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  • The Seven Ways Each “Next-Gen” Console Succeeds

    Xbox-360 I knew I’d get a lot of complaints over yesterday’s post on “The Six Ways Each ‘Next-Gen’ Console Fails“. Even though I love to critique everything, there are still things I like too though. Here are seven ways that I think each of the current “next-gen” consoles succeed. This is just my take on it, what do you guys think? What do you like the most? Read more

    Filed In: Gaming
    August 28, 2008
  • The Six Ways Each “Next-Gen” Console Fails

    Nintendo Wii People sometimes think that I only critique non-Xbox game consoles, but the truth of the matter is that I critique everything I use. Here are six ways that I think each of the current “next-gen” consoles fail. The order goes from most familiar console to least (I don’t own a Wii personally), and from biggest failure to smallest. This is just my take on it, what do you guys think? How would you change them?
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    Filed In: Gaming
    August 27, 2008
  • Digg’s Dupe Checker: Totally Original I Swear

    Digg-GuyCould Digg’s duplicate checker be any worse? It constantly asks me if my original posts are duplicates. When I submitted my post about “Five Firefox Extensions That Should Be Built-In” here are the “possible duplicates” Digg found. Tell me how close you think these submissions are to mine. Read more

    Filed In: Online
    August 11, 2008
  • Media Center: It’s Official…Wait Until Windows 7

    Vista-Media-Center I wrote about Windows Media Center TV Pack yesterday and how it looked like Microsoft was going to royally botch it up. At the time it was all hearsay, but not any more. It looks like Microsoft decided to move up the announcement date for the TV Pack from next month to today. This is a situation where nobody comes out a winner. Read more

    Filed In: Digital Media, Microsoft
    August 8, 2008
  • Microsoft Wants Media Center To Fail…I Swear

    Vista-Media-Center You may have noticed that I regularly tout Media Center as one of my favorite features of Windows Vista. I have even been using/loving it as my sole DVR for about three months now. It should come as no surprise then that I have been following the next iteration codenamed Fiji quite closely. While the software sounds good for the most part, I can’t understand why it seems that Microsoft is trying to make sure Vista Media Center (VMC) never takes off. Read more

    Filed In: Digital Media, Microsoft
    August 7, 2008
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