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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 …
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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 …
cube.ign.com:
TGS 2005: Revolution Controller: The Possibilities — We take in an-depth look at Nintendo's next-generation controller and examine how it will work with established videogame genres. — September 15, 2005 - The Tokyo Game Show 2005 is an event that won't soon be forgotten by Nintendo fans.
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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.
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 …
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 …
redherring.com:
'People believe their partnership with Yahoo is extremely valuable,' —David Chao, — Doll Capital — Management — CAPITAL — AllAbout IPO Soars 727% — Japan's answer to U.S. information portal About.com makes a splash in its first day of trading in Tokyo.
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Saul Hansell / New York Times:Investors Rush to Buy Another $4.2 Billion in Google Stock
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Toner Mishap:
The Simpsons — with "Audio Description" — Well, I've apparently exceeded some sort of data transfer limit at my FTP space; I'm attempting to find new places to house these things... my apologies. — Last Sunday, while I put my kids to bed, Fox showed the season premiere of one of my favorite television shows, "The Simpsons."
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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.
Jon's Radio:
Bill Gates interview: the transcript — I've been too busy here at the PDC to transcribe Tuesday's podcast of my interview with Bill Gates, but the folks at IDG kindly took care of that, so here it is: — JU: So, the Napoleon Dynamite thing was delightful. — BG: It was fun to do that.
Ben Elgin / Business Week:
Yahoo: Mistrust Is Popping Up — A string of issues related to its trustworthiness, especially about adware, could tarnish the portal's reputation on the Net — Yahoo! (YHOO ) has been taking a beating in the blogosphere lately. On Sept. 6 came the revelation that it provided information that helped Beijing jail a journalist.
emarketer.com:
The Big Battle Over Ad Budgets — A new eMarketer report tracks the flow of advertising dollars to the Internet — and how much of that gain is coming from traditional media. — Internet advertising could be dubbed "The Comeback Kid" of the media world. — According to eMarketer projections …