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Mark McDonald / 1up.com:
Revolution Controller Finally Revealed  —  We've seen it, touched it, played games with it.  Read this now.  —  The entire industry has been clamoring for a taste of Nintendo's so-called next-generation 'revolution.' So have we.  Every time Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has opened his mouth …
Discussion: Metafilter
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Matt Casamassina / cube.ign.com:
Live from TGS: Iwata's Keynote  —  Want some Revolution news?  We'll be updating live with everything Nintendo's president says.  Click and refresh.  —  September 15, 2005 - The Tokyo Game Show 2005 is in full effect.  Nintendo's president, Satoru Iwata, gives his keynote speech beginning …
Discussion: Engadget and pasta and vinegar
cube.ign.com:
TGS 2005: Revolution Controller: The Possibilities
Discussion: Joystiq
cube.ign.com:
TGS 2005: Hands-on the Revolution Controller
Discussion: Joystiq and buttonmashing.com
Russ / Russell Beattie Notebook:
AOL Going  —  When I wrote about AOL Rising a few weeks ago, it didn't dawn on me that what they were really doing is prepping themselves up for a sale.  Reports are today that talks are under way with MSN, Google and who knows what the guys two floors down from me at Yahoo! are doing as well.
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Robert McLaws:
Exclusive: BillG Goes To College  —  You want it, we've got it.  The camera work is a little bumpy, but here's the spoof video that was shown at PDC 2005... uncut.  Some highlight screenshots are below...  Watch It Here!  —  Update: For those of you wondering, it was shot with an HP Photosmart R707 digital camera.
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Investors Rush to Buy Another $4.2 Billion in Google Stock  —  Google raised $4.18 billion in a secondary offering last night, as investors tried to add to their holdings of a stock that has more than tripled since the company's initial offering a year ago.  —  Google's follow-on offering …
Discussion: business2blog
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Ars Technica:
Apple supports video podcasting  —  Apple surprised a few people in June when they rolled podcasting support into iTunes 4.9, giving users the ability to download recorded audio programs automatically through the iTunes Music Store.  What is less known is that the company took another step …
Discussion: The Apple Blog and TechBlog
Daniel Terdiman / CNET.com:
Hacking's a snap in Legoland  —  When Lego executives recently discovered that adult fans of the iconic plastic bricks had hacked one of the company's new development tools for digital designers, they did a surprising thing: They cheered.  —  Unlike executives at so many corporations …
Discussion: digg and technology filter
Tony Smith / The Register:
CPUs smarter than 'every human brain combined' by 2060  —  Computers will be able to out-think the entire world population put together within the next 60 years, the head of Lucent's research division has forecast.  —  First, though, phones will be able to tell how their owners smell …
Discussion: Engadget and Smart Mobs
Brian Berger / space.com:
NASA to Unveil Plans to Send 4 Astronauts to Moon in 2018  —  WASHINGTON - NASA briefed senior White House officials Wednesday on its plan to spend $100 billion and the next 12 years building the spacecraft and rockets it needs to put humans back on the Moon by 2018.
Joel Cere on Reputation Protection …:
Google Search Blogs: The End Of Bloggers' Influence?  —  Google launched its dedicated blogs search engine.  Many have reported on it and I did not feel that I had anything of value to add to the chatter.  However, this morning I came across this old article from "The Register while looking …
Matthew David / publish.com:
Sparkle Vs. Flash  —  Opinion: Microsoft's new interactive designer is a heavyweight contender, but is it really battling Flash?  —  Flash has been spreading across the Internet like animated kudzu in recent years, powering dynamic applications in everything from traditionally staid banking sites to digital photo tools.
Peter Galli / eWEEK.com:
Open Source Code Finds Way into Microsoft Product  —  LOS ANGELES—In a move that shows just how far Microsoft Corp. has come, and how pervasive open-source software is in certain areas, the software powerhouse is, for the first time, including open-source technology in one of its shipping products.
Discussion: digg, OSNews.com and OpsanBlog
Daniel Drew Turner / eWEEK.com:
Court Unseals Files on Apple 'Asteroid' Probe  —  A California appeals court has agreed with the Electronic Frontier Foundation's request to unseal documents relating to Apple Computer Inc.'s legal campaign to force reporters for three Web sites to reveal their sources for articles …

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