Monkey Rant – Beauty vs Talent
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Since when has someone’s looks determined how talented they are? I mean, last time I checked, you don’t need to look like a goddess to be able to play the piano, perform well in sports, …

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12-megapix camera phone? Texas Instruments says no problem
Wednesday, 7 Jun, 2006 – 8:21 | No Comment
12-megapix camera phone? Texas Instruments says no problem

Looks like the techs at Texas Instruments have been busy during the last few months.
The leading maker of chips that run mobile phones, calculators and other electrical stuff, announced today that it has developed a …

Playstation 2 chipset to be included in Playstation 3
Tuesday, 6 Jun, 2006 – 15:33 | One Comment
Playstation 2 chipset to be included in Playstation 3

Well here’s an interesting bit of news that I picked up from over at Gamedaily.
Sony has revealed, via a report in the Japanese magazine Ultra One, that the upcoming Playstation 3 gaming console will contain …

Professor Kawashima’s Brain Training
Tuesday, 6 Jun, 2006 – 11:05 | No Comment

This week will see the release of another addition to Nintendo's Touch Generation series.
Simply titled Brain Training, it does exactly what it says on the tin. It helps train your brain by giving it arithmetic puzzles to work out, and also other stimulating tasks such as reading aloud classic literature via the Ds built in [...]

Google Spreadsheets application to compete with Excel
Tuesday, 6 Jun, 2006 – 8:05 | 2 Comments
Google Spreadsheets application to compete with Excel

King of search Google will introduce a spreadsheet program today, continuing its expansion into territory long dominated by their good chums at Microsoft.
Although it’s still considered a work in progress, Google’s online spreadsheet will offer …

Disney films available for download through CinemaNow
Monday, 5 Jun, 2006 – 11:10 | No Comment
Disney films available for download through CinemaNow

New-release Disney films will soon be available for download via movie site CinemaNow. Unlike other websites, CinemaNow will be offering the Disney films to own, rather than just rent.
The price of the download is expected …

Launch Day Shenanigans
Monday, 5 Jun, 2006 – 11:02 | One Comment
Launch Day Shenanigans

As we are all aware, new hardware launches are often extremely expensive affairs. When you select your console of choice not only is it the hardware that your purchasing, but it's also a game and a couple of accessories to go with it. This of course equates to a fairly serious amount of money.
When you [...]

Sony – Market share is not important
Monday, 5 Jun, 2006 – 8:16 | One Comment
Sony – Market share is not important

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s David Reeves has been making the interview rounds of late, and never one to disappoint, he uttered a truly surprising statement about the PlayStation 3. It appears that Sony is more …

Court bars man from seeing dog
Sunday, 4 Jun, 2006 – 18:47 | No Comment

A Spanish court has ruled that dogs should not be treated like children with allocated visiting rights when it comes to divorce cases.
A Spanish man was originally given permission by his wife to visit Yako, …

Wii Registered Our Interest
Sunday, 4 Jun, 2006 – 10:37 | No Comment

It's that time of the week, yet again…
Yesterday I nipped into my place of work, as I had been informed by the manager that anyone who is interested in pre-ordering Nintendo's forthcoming Wii console should come in-store and 'register their interest'. Being someone who is eagerly awaiting the console much like some religious groups are [...]

No Moore XBox 360 Backward Compatibility?
Saturday, 3 Jun, 2006 – 20:20 | One Comment
No Moore XBox 360 Backward Compatibility?

In an video interview with Kikizo, Microsoft VP Peter Moore hinted at the end of XBox emulation updates with XBox 360. Xbox 360 users with hard drives can currently use software emulators which are required for each Xbox game.

He commented about six minutes into interview “Nobody is concerned anymore about backwards compatibility. We under promised and over delivered on that. It’s a very complicated thing… very complex work. I’m just stunned that we have hundreds of games that are backwards compatible.”

He went on to say “More are coming, but at some point, you just go, there’s enough, let’s move on…

Wii Stores Character Profiles
Saturday, 3 Jun, 2006 – 1:12 | No Comment
Wii Stores Character Profiles

Popular gaming publication Gamelife has revealed that by using the Wii hardware, gamers will be able to create personal in-game 'profiles' of themselves. These profiles that the user creates can supposedly store both personal information, and also a caricature of the player of which can then be mapped to the in-game character. As we saw [...]

Superman to fly early – new release date announced
Friday, 2 Jun, 2006 – 14:54 | No Comment
Superman to fly early – new release date announced

Warner Bros. has moved up the global release date for Superman Returns, director Bryan Singer’s hotly anticipated re-imagining of the Man of Steel, from Friday, June 30 to Wednesday, June 28 to boost the blockbuster’s …

Anna Nicole Smith says she’s pregnant
Friday, 2 Jun, 2006 – 14:38 | No Comment
Anna Nicole Smith says she’s pregnant

Former Playboy Playmate model, reality TV star and would-be oil heiress Anna Nicole Smith announced on her official Web site on Thursday that she is pregnant.
She revealed the news in a brief home video clip …

Iwata Speaks About Nintendo WiiConnect24 And The Virtual Console
Friday, 2 Jun, 2006 – 12:35 | No Comment
Iwata Speaks About Nintendo WiiConnect24 And The Virtual Console

Much speculation and hype has mounted around what Nintendo’s plans are with its recently announced WiiConnect 24 service, and its Virtual Console download system says Nintendo Blog Sickr.
As was mentioned at E3, WiiConnect 24 allows …

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Friday, 2 Jun, 2006 – 11:20 | No Comment
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, has to be one of the most highly anticipated games to be released on the new Playstation 3. In this article we’ll take a closely look at …

New Super Mario Bros review
Friday, 2 Jun, 2006 – 9:58 | 3 Comments
New Super Mario Bros review

New Super Mario Bros. is the first side scrolling true Super Mario Bros game since 1991’s Super Mario World. This Super Mario takes the series back even further to the first Super Mario Bros from …


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