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A quick trip to Akihabara
I had a little spare time today, so I went with Albert from the LIVE team (who has been on my show in the past) over to Akihabara , also known as ‘Electric Town.’ While Albert was looking for vintage Japanese action figures, I was taking photos...
See Surface on MSNBC
If you’re a political junkie, keep an eye on MSNBC TV which is using Surface as another tool to show how things are going in the election. The Surface team has a post on what they’ve been working on, including a clip of it being used by NBC...
Posted: Sep 08 2008, 04:56 PM by Major Nelson | with 28 comment(s)
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Getting connected at E3
One of the challenges of going to a major convention like CES or E3 is connectivity. When you take a large group of hyperconnected geeks and slam them all in one hotel, odds are the hotel network just can’t handle the load of the equipment that the temporary...
My Sirius radio car installation (and what I listen to)
Since I appear each week on Sirius Radio ( Maxim Channel 108 ) on the ‘Level Up’ show about video games, I thought I should finally get Sirius in my car. After all, the traffic can be brutal in Seattle and this would certainly help pass the time. While...
Posted: Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM by Major Nelson | with 65 comment(s)
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Surface Demo (Boston area)
If you are interested in Surface and you live in the Boston area, head over to the Sheraton Boston Hotel (39 Dalton Street) tomorrow (November 10th) from 10am to 3pm. The surface team will have three Surface for you to play around with test. Not sure...
New Zunes
The new Zune’s were just announced. You can see ‘em over at Zune.net . Cnet has a write up on some of the new features , including (finally) podcasting support.
Posted: Oct 03 2007, 10:07 AM by Major Nelson | with 14 comment(s)
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Game Controller holder
On my show this week, I was talking about the game controller holder on the wall of my office. A number of you asked for more details and where you could purchase one. Head over to ArmoryTech.com for details and reviews . This is a nice little unit that...
Anyone pick up an iPhone today?
If so, post your review.
Posted: Jun 29 2007, 07:16 AM by Major Nelson | with 248 comment(s)
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Announcing Microsoft Surface
That’s the big rumor that was burning through the web today. Todd over at the Seattle PI has a write up on the official announcement tonight , and more importantly…videos (like the one above) that demonstrate the concept. Here are more stories...
Posted: May 29 2007, 11:02 PM by Major Nelson | with 136 comment(s)
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Deepfish
It’s a new browser for your Windows Mobile device, and it’s called Deepfish. Take a look at the video , and grab the free download if this is your thing.
Posted: Mar 28 2007, 09:21 PM by Major Nelson | with 62 comment(s)
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New Zune site online
I am heading out of New England and back to Seattle soon (via Dulles ) and just got an email from the Zune team that their new site is now live. Initially, the Zune will only be available in the US, with more regions planned for the future. Check it out...
Posted: Nov 02 2006, 10:24 AM by Major Nelson | with 130 comment(s)
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Times Reader
One thing I always missed about living in New England was going to my local bagel shop in the morning and grab a hot salt bagel, and a copy of the New York Times to start my day. When I moved to the Northwest, I changed my morning routine…but still...
Posted: Oct 04 2006, 11:22 PM by Major Nelson | with 30 comment(s)
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XB Stream
I just noticed XB Stream has been released. While I have not tried this yet, it looks like you can stream audio and text XML feeds to your Xbox 360. (Kind of like TVersity ) Let me know if you install this and if it works well. Disclaimer: install and...
Zune
Wonder what J Allard has been up to? Contrary to popular belief he has not been living in the mountains in Montana working on his Gamerscore . Instead, J has has been hard at work on Zune. What’s Zune? It’s a new media player that we just...
How to automatically stream podcasts (and more!) to your Xbox 360
If you share music and pictures to your Xbox 360 from your PC, then you may want to take a look at TVersity . This is an app that let’s you ‘manage your Internet and home media’ and then share it with your Xbox 360 (or PSP.) That means...
My Nintendo DS Lite
I was watching this story develop over at Joystiq earlier today when I got a hot tip via email from a blog reader that guess what? There was a store* in the Seattle area that broke the DS Lite street date as well, and they were selling them. He promptly...
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