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xbox 360 august 2007 update problems

Xbox 360 Logo

[UPDATE: It appears that the problems with the update and Xbox Live Marketplace have been corrected as of about 11:30 Central Time this morning.]
The latest Xbox 360 System Update appears to be causing major problems for gamers today. Speaking from personal experience, the update appears to be completely breaking Xbox Live for some users.
The…

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August 8th, 2007 comments (14) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video games

the super tiny cube pc

Space Wire Cube PC

While I’ve seen some small computers in my time, I think this one might set the record for a fully-functional PC.

Japanese manufacturer Shimafuji has developed the Space Wire Cube PC. The system manages manages to cram an entire PC into a 2-inch cube that fits in the palm of your hand.
The miniscule machine…

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June 22nd, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing

ps3 1.80 system update adds upscaling

Sony PlayStation 3 Vertical

Whee. Sony is rolling out yet another firmware upgrade for the PlayStation 3 console.
The impending version 1.80 upgrade adds a couple of new features, but the most significant one purportedly adds upscaling of DVD, Playstation and PlayStation 2 games to as much as 1080p resolution. I’m very interested to see how this all works,…

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May 23rd, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: home entertainment video games

ps3 system uses 3x more memory than xbox 360

PS3 and Xbox 360

Even though the Xbox 360 has an arguably much faster and easier to use operating environment than the PlayStation 3, it apparently uses significantly less memory than Sony’s big black box.

According to this post by Ozymandias (who happens to work for Microsoft,) the Xbox 360 reserves approximately 32MB of it’s RAM for the System,…

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March 26th, 2007 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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ps3 1.60 update adds background downloads, more

Sony PS3 Closeup

On Thursday, March 22, the Sony PlayStation 3 will be getting a much-anticipated upgrade to its system software. The 1.60 update will add the ability to queue downloads for background processing, rather than the arduous “wait and pray” download method that the console currently offers.

You’ll be able to queue up to six files for…

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March 20th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: home entertainment video video games