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First PS3 Game Footage!
Kotaku has been showing some PS3 game footage. Lair Virtua Fighter 5 Untold Legends Resistence Fall...
Author: gclassy Date: 10/20/2006
Blue Dragon is FINALLY selling 360s in Japan.
As reported on Kotaku, Joystiq, and 1UP.com... Pre-orders for the 10,000 limited edition Blue Dragon...
Author: gclassy Date: 10/19/2006
Starbucks Coffee in 50!
We just got upgraded from having Farmer Bros. drippomatic machines to having these monolithic...
Author: gclassy Date: 10/18/2006
ISOrecorder tool
I just found this tool and it looks pretty sweet. If it does what it claims it does, I'm totally...
Author: gclassy Date: 10/17/2006
29 New iPod Killers [contenders] for Xmas
This MP3newswire article reviews 29 new competitors to Apple's iPod. Two which I've blogged about...
Author: gclassy Date: 10/16/2006
10 Multiplayer Maps will ship with Gears of War, woot!
Joystiq just relayed the news that Gears of War will ship with 10 multiplayer maps. Horray for...
Author: gclassy Date: 10/11/2006
Phantasy Star Universe on Wed?
I just read on kotaku that a PSU demo will hit the Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow. If you have a 360...
Author: gclassy Date: 10/10/2006
Xbox 360 with 3 great games for $360!
The Consumerist has a hard to believe deal on the 360 premium (+3 games!) that I would actually want...
Author: gclassy Date: 10/09/2006
Gears of War Impressions from Aeropause gamers
Here is an interesting recap of comments people made after the Texas Chainsaw Massacre / Gears of...
Author: gclassy Date: 10/06/2006
Dead Rising selling out in Japan
Dead Rising has been selling out in Japan where it just recently was released in Japan. This is a...
Author: gclassy Date: 10/02/2006
Chat, talk to your MCE computer over the Internet to schedule PVR shows
Ehomeupgrade reports on this interesting feature which allows you to chat to your home MCE computer...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/29/2006
Wikipedia Article on features new to Vista
I really like the write-up on this article. Most people seem to focus on the UI changes, but Vista...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/28/2006
Xbox 360 HD-DVD Priced (at last!)
According to Major Nelson... It will be an estimated retail price of €199 euros £129 pounds and $199...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/28/2006
Cool sorted function heading script
I've been using this quite a bit lately... yes, I know it's cygwin... but. Anyways grep -ri "pkAPI...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/26/2006
Wallop Social Networking
Wallop just recently went into public beta. Check it out.
Author: gclassy Date: 09/26/2006
FairUse4WM Developer Interviewed on Engadget
Considering I do documentation work on Windows Media DRM, I found this interview to be pretty...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/25/2006
Rumored final Price for Zune $229.99
From Gizmodo: One of our moles on the inside told us Microsoft just had a meeting to determine the...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/22/2006
User Agent String Spoofing in IE 7
Microsoft has released a cool user agent utility for IE 7, User Agent String Utility. This lets you...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/22/2006
My first Microsoft Company Meeting
So I experienced the Microsoft Company Meeting for the first time yesterday. It was interesting to...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/22/2006
iRiver s10 targets iPod shuffle...
The new shuffle has just been trumped by the iRiver s10 in the cute, square, cool personal media...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/19/2006
Tokyo Game Show and X06 will be covered by Xbox Live
This is another great chance for Microsoft to show what's possible using Xbox Live. The coverage of...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/19/2006
Amazon's Unbox Movie Download service, more sansa Reviews
While reading yet another review of the Sandisk Sansa [Wired], I noticed that Wired mentions...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/19/2006
Major Nelson Demonstrates the Xbox Vision Camera
This video podcast [majornelson.com] is pretty interesting. They demonstrate: Video Chat Background...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/18/2006
Zune Announcements get Official, Price, Release Date TBD still?
Features include: FM Radio Send music files to other players (doesn't specify whether this is...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/14/2006
Windows Live Search is... Live
I just realized that Windows Live search is now the active search on the toolbar MSN search. I feel...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/14/2006
Awesome Halo Cover at High School Talent show
Author: gclassy Date: 09/14/2006
CoD2 for 360 has surpassed the 1,000,000 games sold marker
As mentioned on Kotaku and Joystiq, Call of Duty 2 has just recently sold over 1,000,000 units. This...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/13/2006
The Mac BU Blog
I saw mention of the Mac BU blog on MajorNelson.com and, realizing I've made a few rants about Apple...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/12/2006
Vista Home will cost $199, Upgrade will be $99
This is a pretty nice announcement, I think that the pricing sounds just right. Read more about it...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/06/2006
XNA Express released, Components Explained
This is slightly old news but I figured I'd mention it because I'm very excited about it: The XNA...
Author: gclassy Date: 09/01/2006
MS Live Anywhere Screens
Kotaku has a short entry on their blog regarding a few screenshots of Live Anywhere in action that...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/31/2006
ZuneNation
I just noticed the ZuneNation website. They have loads of interesting rumors and bits of information...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/30/2006
Sandisk releases the 8GB Sansa E280 to further the battle against the Nano
I mentioned in an earlier post on that I purchased a 6GB Sandisk Sansa E260. Well, the E280 now is...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/30/2006
Internet Explorer 7 RC1 download
I've encountered a few little quirks in IE7 so far, let's hope that the IE team has improved...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/29/2006
Still more Zune Speculation
I have been trolling around on iLounge, an iPod fan / news site and they have been scooping up all...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/24/2006
Microsoft Powertoys for Photographers
It has been a while since I last took a look at the Microsoft Powertoys site, but there are a few...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/24/2006
Microsoft Live Writer In Beta
I just read on TechCrunch about Microsoft Writer, a free blogging tool that lets you author posts...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/22/2006
Implications of Dead Rising Exceeding Capcom's Expectations
Initial Dead Rising sales have exceeded legendary console games publisher, Capcom's, expectations....
Author: gclassy Date: 08/21/2006
Much needed XBLA joystick coming soon?
I just noticed this on Joystiq, and I hope it's real. XBox live Arcade really needs a joystick for...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/18/2006
First round of Blu-ray Players will not support commercial video playback?
There has been a lot of talk this week about the first generation blu-ray drives. Apparently they...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/18/2006
XNA blog looks good
I just read the first few entries on the XNA blog and I found it to be pretty interesting...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/15/2006
XBLA tools for community developers
So it was announced today that inexpensive and accessible tools will be made available for...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/14/2006
Xbox 360 HD-DVD shown off
GamesIndustry.biz covered the brief snippit of news of the 360 HD-DVD drive and mentioned: Whilst...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/09/2006
Dead Rising comes out on Tues!
Dead Rising, another highly anticipated Xbox 360 title, will be arriving in stores tomorrow. To...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/07/2006
Castlevania Symphony of the Night on XBLA
Joystiq mentions that the classic Konami title, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night will appear on...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/04/2006
gclassy.com
I've now wrapped my blog to gclassy.com so if anyone enjoys reading it, you can more easily find it!...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/03/2006
Virtual PC is FREE and is awesome!
Microsoft wrote a fantastic PC virtualization program and has released it for free. For those "in...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/02/2006