Posted by Digg on 27th March 2006
The 60 mm rotor diameter, 3.3 grams Picoflyer is the smallest size electric powered contra-rotating coaxial-rotor RC helicopter ever built. It is battery powered and it uses the Proxflyer concept to give it inherent stability.
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Posted by microdude on 26th March 2006
Although Nintendo hasn’t announced a release date or price for its next-generation console video game, a company executive said Thursday that the “coming-out party” would be at an industry trade show in May.Some investors were hoping that details for the console, code-named Revolution, would emerge in a morning keynote address from company President Satoru Iwata at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Jose, California.
Iwata’s speech, delivered to an audience of game creators, stressed the importance of maintaining innovation in an era of skyrocketing video game budgets.
“Nintendo reiterated their strategy to emphasize game innovation and what is innovative,” said Schelley Olhava, analyst with market research firm IDC, who was attending in anticipation of higher profile news. Last year, Nintendo announced the Revolution at GDC.
Nintendo did announce a new “Zelda” game for its DS handheld, among other games, and an expansion of its online library for downloadable games for the Revolution.
“Nintendo’s been relatively tight-lipped about their next-generation console plans, investors were hoping for incremental details today,” said Evan Wilson, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities, who also attended.
Following the morning keynote, Reggie Fils-Aime, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Nintendo of America, hinted E3 was the likely place where video-game industry watchers would learn more about the console.
“That’s where consumers and analysts will get to see, touch, feel the Revolution content, not only by Nintendo, but also all the third party developers,” said Fils-Aime. At last year’s E3 event, the company said that the console would be available sometime in 2006.
The Xbox 360 from Microsoft has been on shelves since November, while Sony, which controls about 70 percent of the global market, said last week that its PlayStation 3 hardware will become available globally in early November.
Nintendo’s current-generation platform, Gamecube, has sold 20.6 million units worldwide since its launch, slightly behind Microsoft’s Xbox efforts. Sony has sold more than 100 million PlayStation 2 units globally.
“While Nintendo has experienced market share declines in the console and handheld industries, their moves are very important for third party publishers,” said Wilson. The analyst notes that THQ Inc has traditionally generated 30 percent of its sales on Nintendo platforms.
“Today’s message was directed to a development community to identify new ideas and how to bring them to market in a profitable way,” said Fils-Aime.
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Posted by Digg on 26th March 2006
A man in Illinois was parked in front of a home with an open WiFi signal borowing some Internet access when a cop stoped to ask him what he was doing. The war driver told the cop what and how he was doing it and got arrested for breaking a littel know law in Illinios.
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Posted by Digg on 25th March 2006
Laser weapons are still the stuff of science fiction, but the Pentagon is working to change that. One such weapon, now undergoing tests, is the Airborne Laser, a Boeing 747-400F that’s being modified to deliver a beam that can knock missile out of the sky.
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Posted by Digg on 24th March 2006
Need medicine to control your anxiety problem? Come to your neighborhood Walgreens. The friendly people there will lift your spirits with kind words like “CrAzY B****” and “psycho” stamped in your Prescription’s notes and posted in their national database. At least that’s how good Walgreens service has been in Florida lately…
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Posted by Digg on 24th March 2006
US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez backed angry protests by Apple Computer over a new French law that would throw open Apple’s popular online music store to competitors.
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Posted by Digg on 23rd March 2006
While analysts and Apple rumor sites have been speculating, Benq confirms that an iPhone is in the works. Their suppliers who work with Apple have been requested to supply parts for the iPhone. Benq also states that the Apple iPhone is common knowledge in Taiwan. The iPhone is expected to be released in the 4th quarter of this year.
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Posted by Digg on 22nd March 2006
Sony announced today that that they will continue to expand their succesful PSP and make a less expensive package. New games are also on their way such as: Daxter, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Essentials, Monster Hunter: Freedom, Me and My Katamari and more.
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Posted by Digg on 22nd March 2006
“I built a 5-terabyte media server with 20 250GB hard drives–it uses a pair of 500-watt power supplies and has 12 fans running full blast to keep cool. It stores more than 500 of my DVDs, categorized by title, director etc., which it streams to my home-theater PC over a gigabit Ethernet connection.”
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Posted by Digg on 21st March 2006
Google has launched a long-awaited financial news site, which will compete directly with significant Web traffic generators for Yahoo! and Microsoft’s MSN unit. Google’s site, finance.google.com, will compile news, stock-price data, stock charts, company fact pages and other financial data, much like the offerings at other finance Web sites.
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