By Frank on August 9, 2009
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So yesterday my usual multiple updates to the blog were interrupted by a desire to be adventurous and spend the last day of my wisdom tooth extraction recovery wiping and re-installing my main machine. Geeks will typically get the itch to do this every few months or so. The wiping [...]
Posted in Computers | Tagged Microsoft, Windows 7
By Frank on July 29, 2009
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Well, Yahoo has a lot to be all smiles about today.
In a bold move aimed at taking on Google, the clear leader in search right now, Yahoo has decided to abandon its own search efforts and instead form an alliance with who else but Microsoft and their new engine, Bing.
The end of Yahoo [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged Bing, google, Microsoft, Yahoo
By Frank on June 11, 2009
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Those of you who’ve been keeping up with the E3 news know that one of the highlights of Microsoft’s Project Natal motion control was a demonstration by Peter Molyneux, now the director of Microsoft’s EU studios. In this demo, we got to meet Milo, a representation of a digital AI [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Microsoft, Milo, Overly Positive Thoughts, Peter Molyneux, Project Natal
By Frank on June 3, 2009
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Thanks to Kelly of Unenlightened English (go there now to get rid of those “l33t word tendenciez” you have in your writing) for the link to today’s Penny Arcade comic about E3 2009, which provides me with a good jumping off point for today’s awesomely positive pick-me-up for all you geeky cynics out [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged E3 2009, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, wii, XBox
By Frank on June 1, 2009
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Well, Day 1 of E3 has come and gone, but the fun is just getting started at this year’s PR fest – and by PR, I mean Peen Rating – between many of the big developers and console makers out there.
Like last year, Microsoft was first out of the gate for the consoles [...]
Posted in Gaming, Internet | Tagged E3, Microsoft
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