Wednesday 25 April 2007

Next technology generation games console wars

Once again, the three major video game consoles are battleing it out for market shear of the world and as befor the players in this war are Sony,Microsoft and Nintendo.
This time, Sony isn’t first-to-market with their console that honor goes to Microsoft’s Xbox 360. The company’s second entry into the console wars was released a year ago, and has generated strong reviews and decent sales and Nintendo’s Wii, with its unique, motion-sensing controller, has generated good buzz. Sony? Manufacturing problems had caused delays and shortages for their PlayStation 3 launch.
So the million billion dollar question is, after the PlayStation 3 and Wii launches: Is the balance of power shifting in the game industry?

Tuesday 24 April 2007

WIFI

The financial district will be blanketed by a giant wireless internet cloud by commercial WiFi enabler The Cloud.
The service, which will cost £11.99 per month, is targeted at consumers and local municipal staff. It relies on mesh wireless technology embedded in lampposts, street signs and other furniture.
Some 350,000 people work in the Square Mile. The network will initially stretch from the City to Soho and will be powered by around 150 interlinked base stations.
The Cloud said it would be largest single wireless internet network in Europe.
Last month, Global Reach turned a 22km stretch of the Thames into a giant WiFi walkway, allowing both private individuals and local public authorities to exchange data along the riverside. This technology in the future lokks to be the revalution in internet acces with no wires at all.