All Entries Tagged With: "Gizmondo"

Microsoft To Launch iTunes Rival?

More rumours are circulating the net that Microsoft is planning on going head-to-head with Apple by launching a music service to compete with iTunes.  Reuters are the latest source, citing un-named 'sources', who have revealed that Microsoft is already having discussions with the big music publishers on licensing their tracks for the new service. Robbie [...]

Playstation 3 Pre-Order Madness Begins

Yes, the fun is about to begin. The PS3 has now become a reality and will be available on the following dates:

Japan November 11th
North America November 17th
Europe March 2007

Pre-Order Now!
If you really want to get your hands on a Playstation 3 then don’t think you’ll be able to walk into your local store [...]

First Scoble And Now Bill: Gates To Step Down At Microsoft After 20 Years At The Helm

Bill Gates announced yesterday that after 20 years at Microsoft, he will gradually reduce his role over the next two years, before leaving the company. During his announcement, Gates explained that he has been working part-time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and full-time for a company that has made him the richest [...]

More PS3 Problems? Rumours That Spec Will Be Downgraded

More bad news is circulating around the net about the Playstation 3. The latest rumours are that the spec is to be downgraded even further with lower clock speeds than promised at E3 2005, and also an external power supply a-la Xbox 360.

Robert Scoble To Leave Microsoft: But What Did He Actually Do?

The big news over the weekend has been that Robert Scoble, Microsoft’s Geek Blogger, is leaving to join new startup PodTech.net.
Reading all the posts made me realise that despite reading his blog for over a year I don’t actually know what Scoble’s official role was at Microsoft. Does anyone know what his official role [...]

QuickTime 7.1 – Does Anyone Use QuickTime Out Of Choice?

I just got a notification on my screen saying that QuickTime 7.1 was available for download. This took me back as I’d totally forgotten that I even had QuickTime installed. I NEVER use QuickTime, unless I am forced to when watching a movie trailer or something similar from a website.
Is there still a [...]

500 Hour Test Of Tomorrow’s Windows Vista

Tom’s Hardware have published a review of Windows Vista after 500 hours worth of testing. I’ve just read through the review and although Windows Vista ‘looks nice’ I’m still struggling to find any killer features that I actually need that will make me upgrade. I think the summary hits the spot for me:
“It [...]

Do You Really Need To Upgrade To Vista At A Cost Of $450?

I’m not sure if I feel sorry for Microsoft. According to reports online piracy accounts for 25% of software sales globally, and Microsoft must be one of the biggest losers. Microsoft tries to combat this through the use of its Windows Genuine Advantage Tool, which verifies if the software you are using is [...]

Is The Bubble Bursting Already For The PS3?

I don’t know if it’s me, but over the last week or so I’ve been sensing that commentators are slowly turning against the PS3. Maybe it’s the $600 pricepoint, or maybe it’s the lack of clear guidance from Sony on what the games are going to be like, particularly the online experience. I [...]

Windows Live Messenger Beta Open – No Need For An Invite!

After saying a few months ago that I had Windows Live Messenger Beta invites available, I had no idea that so many people would request invites – I think around 100 in total.
Well, the beta has is finally open to anyone who wants to use the service.  Just visit the ideas site and download the [...]

Gizmondo CEO Arrested On Suspicion Of Grand Theft

I was watching a lucky bugger on TV who had won the lottery and was choosing his first supercar, when I spotted this story in The Times. Stefan Eriksson CEO of the ill-fated Gizmondo, was arrested at his Bel-Air home in California on Saturday night after detectives served a search warrant, the Sheriff’s Department [...]

Gizmondo Exec Loses Another Car

The poor old Gizmondo didn’t stand a chance with idiots like this running the company. After writing off his Ferrari Enzo last month, Stefan Eriksson of Gizmondo has now lost his Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, which is one of my favourite cars as I work very near to the new McLaren super-factory so I see [...]

Gizmondo Goes Into Liquidation

Well, it looks like it is the end of the road for the Gizmondo as its parent company Tiger Telematics has gone into liquidation.  Tiger Telematics has also announced that it expects the
liquidators to cease all operations and terminate all employees.
Its a shame but I really think everyone but Tiger Telematics knew things were going [...]

R.I.P Gizmondo?

I thought I’d check up on how the British-based Gizmondo was getting on, and I wasn’t surprised to see that things weren’t going very well, but I was surprised to see that the parent company Tiger Telematics had filed for bankruptcy.
The poor fella never really stood a chance going up against the PSP and the [...]

How Much Storage Is Enough?

Techdigest have just written a feature about a media PC from EPC which offers the following hard drive choices – 300GB, 600GB, 1TB and a whopping great 2TB. This is the first time I’ve seen a system offered with TBs of storage.
When I built my new PC I put in two 250GB hard drives [...]

More Ways To Speed Up Windows XP

Update: If you are using Windows Vista then check out 10 Simple Ways To SpeedUp Windows Vista.
Athough I’ve just got a new PC that is scarily fast (well, compared to my old machine) I’ve still spent quite a bit of time trying to make it even faster, and I’ve discovered some handy tweaks that I [...]

Xbox360 Will Never Support DivX According to Major Nelson

Major Nelson of Xbox Live fame, who is also a Microsoft employee, recently stated that the Xbox360 will never support DivX. And the reason why? Because DivX is primarily used to “backup” DVDs and Microsoft don’t want to get involved in this contentious area.
If this is the official view from Microsoft it’s complete [...]

Xbox 360 Vs PC for Gaming – Which Is Better?

Oppposable Thumbs wrote recently comparing the experience of playing Call of Duty 2 on the Xbox 360, which has been
ported over from the PC. Ben and his friends concluded that the experience was the same, although the Xbox 360 had the advantage of also being hooked up to his 56inch screen ad surround sound [...]

Gizmondo Delayed In The US

It just seems to get worse and worse for the poor old Gizmondo.
The latest from across the pond is that its US launch has been put back from August to October.
It just seems to be one piece of bad news after another for the poor old Gizmondo. Oh well, keep your chin up – [...]

Gizmondo Close UK Office

Gizmondo has just given their UK staff at their studios in Cheadle 28 days notice. The company has decided to relocate their development studio to the U.S. and just sack the UK studio staff.
Not looking good for Gizmondo. I don’t want to say ‘I told you so’, but….
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