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win free passes to web 2.0 expo [caption contest]

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Web 2.0 Expo Caption Contest Photo

Thanks to our friends over at Technorati, I’ve got my hands on a couple of full passes to next week’s Web 2.0 Expo to give away to two lucky Technabob readers…

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April 16th, 2008 13 comments stumble it! author: technabob

xbox live is five: happy birthday!

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Xbox Live is Five

Wow, time flies when you’re having fun. Can you believe that it’s been five years since the Xbox LIVE online service got its start?

It seems like only yesterday, but on November 15, 2002, Microsoft’s groundbreaking online gaming platform made its debut as an add-on to the original Xbox…

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November 7th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

microsoft working on massively multiplayer fps tech

future tech | video games

Microsoft DonnyBrook MMO FPS

The gaming world is full of MMORPGs, games that feature interaction of hundreds or thousands of players. However, these games usually don’t put them all in the same place at the same time, and don’t have hundreds battling each other at the same time…

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September 7th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

halo 3 co-op mode supports up to 4 players

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Halo 3 Co-op Screenshot

Bungie today confirmed that Halo 3 will not only support online cooperative play, but that it will support up to four simultaneous players in the same game.

The game will support up to four players in Campaign mode on either Xbox Live or System Link, helping you to get through the toughest battles in the game with the assistance of your online buddies…

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July 31st, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

xbox live suffered major outage

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Xbox Live Dead

Around 7:00pm Central Time today (12/27/2006), the online game play portion of the Xbox Live service went down for the count, and as of this writing, (about 4-1/2 hours later), the service remains down. According to most reports, other portions of the service, such as chat, messages and downloads appear to be functional…

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December 27th, 2006 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

play nintendo nes games online for free

retro | video games

vNES Classic Games Online

Can’t wait to get your new Nintendo Wii so you can download and play classic NES games? Over at vNES, you can get a head start by playing 395 games from the old Nintendo online, right now.

Although it’s a little annoying that the site requires Java (v.1.5 or later) to play, it’s done an admirable job of emulating these classics…

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October 8th, 2006 22 comments stumble it! author: technabob

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