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Microsoft’s Xbox Team Gains Windows NT Father, Dave Cutler

The father of Windows NT, Dave Cutler, is currently part of the Xbox team, the Redmond-based software giant has confirmed. Not only was he the mind behind Windows NT, but he also designed Microsoft’s public-cloud operating system, Windows Azure (codenamed “Red Dog”). However, with the Windows A...

19 January 2012
05:59 GMT

China Will Get iSec Gaming Console This Year

Beijing Eedoo Technology, a company that is doing hardware development in China and is funded by Lenovo, one of the biggest computer and notebook manufacturers, has offered some details on the iSec, a new gaming device which will initially be released in China and might then arrive on other markets. The full name ...

9 May 2011
16:21 GMT

Next Generation Xbox Will Be Powered by AMD Chip, Rumors Say

Launched all the way back in 2005, the Xbox 360 managed to make a name for itself in the “next-generation” console wars, but its hardware is pretty much outdated by now, struggling even with 720p resolutions in some newer titles. So a successor is in the works, latest rumors suggesting this will be powere...

2 December 2010
07:21 GMT

Seagate FreeAgent DockStar Hacked Into a Gaming Console, Video Included

Most of you reading this probably know Seagate's FreeAgent DockStar as just a docking solution for your USB enabled storage drive, but one hacker saw things differently and transformed Seagate's Internet-connected device into a pretty powerful gaming console.Although I am sure that Seagate never though of u...

30 November 2010
14:11 GMT

NVIDIA Tegra 2-Based Nintendo DS Rumors Continue

Although NVIDIA's first generation of Tegra processor is just making its way into the market, in the form of the recently introduced Microsoft Zune HD and Samsumg Yeep M1 media players, there are rumors already regarding the second installment of the aforementioned processor. Tegra 2 will reportedly double...

16 November 2009
11:20 GMT

Microsoft Xbox Division Reports Increased Income

Microsoft has revealed the results of its Entertainment and Devices Division, which oversees the strategy for the Xbox 360 home gaming console, showing that sales have remained pretty much unchanged from one year ago, but that the operating income has gone up by a whopping 96%, reaching 312 million dollars. The resul...

27 October 2009
04:50 GMT

Rumor Mill: NVIDIA Tegra Inside Next-Generation Nintendo DS

NVIDIA is a company that has been mostly about graphics, something that has been confirmed over the years by its successful products, such as those high-end GeForce cards. However, the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker is looking to expand its horizons with the help of new products, such as the Tegra chip. Thi...

14 October 2009
05:26 GMT

AMD Ships the 50 Millionth Wii GPU

Sunnyvale, California-based AMD has just announced that it has shipped the 50 millionth ATI 'Hollywood' graphics processor for Nintendo's Wii gaming console. According to the chip maker, the graphics processor powering Nintendo's successful Wii gaming console, codenamed 'Hollywood', has ...

11 March 2009
04:03 GMT

iPhone: the Gaming Console

The folks at touchArcade have put together this interesting article comparing the iPhone's gaming capabilities with those of dedicated gaming devices, such as Sony's PlayStation Portable and Nintendo's DS.By the looks of it, the iPhone clearly has some advantages. Of course, it all comes down to what c...

8 July 2008
10:33 GMT

Apple Patent Hints at Motion-Sensing, Apple TV Gaming

In November 2006, Apple filed a patent hinting at a gaming console. A particularly interesting aspect about it was a three-dimensional remote control system that could detect an absolute location to which a remote control was pointing in three orthogonal axes (x, y and z-axis), much like Nintendo's Wii Remote. T...

9 May 2008
03:56 GMT

Iomega Introduces Gaming Console 160 GB Hard Drive

Storage specialist Iomega has just introduced its Media Xporter Drive, a portable hard disk drive pitched at the gaming console market. The cross-platform media storage solution is fully compatible with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, and allows users to transfer data between the personal computer and the h...

18 April 2008
05:21 GMT

Acer: No Gaming Console, Just a High-End PC

If you are one of the users hardly waiting for Acer's promised gaming console, you might want to re-consider your options, as the company just made it clear that there won't be any. The Taiwanese PC manufacturer claims that the rumors that broke last week are "a major misunderstanding" and it does not plan ...

24 March 2008
05:18 GMT


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