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Nintendogs

Most portable devices (including Sony?s PSP) use Wi-Fi for collaborative gaming among players scattered all over the world. Nintendogs takes a more intimate approach to wireless networking, thanks to a feature called ?bark mode? that alerts DS owners when another Nintendogs player is nearby. Players can then introduce themselves to one another while their virtual pets frolic together onscreen.

Business 2.0 :: Magazine Article :: What Works :: How Nintendo Took a Bite out of Sony

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Denon’s new AVR-4306 A/V Receiver: ethernet streaming, internet radio playing, iPod connecting monster – Engadget – www.engadget.com

Denon’s new AVR-4306 A/V Receiver: ethernet streaming, internet radio playing, iPod connecting monster – Engadget – www.engadget.com

… two (!) dedicated iPod connection terminals provide “full iPod (3G and above) integration and control.” Not sure if that mean you can control your players via the remote but it sure sounds that way, eh? Oh, and besides all this geekery, you get all the high-end processing you’d expect from Denon including HDMI in/outs with 1080i upscaling, the latest DSPs and codecs, 7 x 130 watts-o-power, and independent audio & video processing capability to setup a 3-room multi-source/multi-zone home entertainment system. Yours for about $2,000.

Yahoo only imitates

One of Yahoo’s vital points – perhaps it’s definitive vital point – is that it doesn’t innovate; it imitates. Even hyperimitates, if you like; soaking up like a sponge more and more corporate versions of cool ideas floating around the Net.

Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab

I don’t exactly agree with the Wallmart vs Target analogy, but yeah, they are both uninteresting… I would also argue that even Google does not innovate anymore; it is quickly turning into Microsoft…

VIM macro to perform Perforce edit on current file

p4, or perforce, is a pain. By default it keeps all files read-only, and you have to notify p4 when you want to edit a file. If you’re like me who uses tags, when I jump to a tag that is in a different file, and worse yet, different directory, it becomes annoying when I have to perform a `p4 edit` on that file. So here’s the VIM macro to accomplish this:

map ,p :!p4 edit <C-R>=expand(“%:p”) <CR>

Put this in your ~/.vimrc and you can do “,p” in your current buffer.

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yet another analyst liking the 5g and predicting x86 soon…

“We are excited about the prospects for further revenue contribution from iPods due to what we perceive as a positive mix shift to video iPods, which have a higher average selling price (ASP) than either the nano or Shuffle,” said analyst Ben Reitzes. “Second, we believe Intel Macs could come as early as Macworld and believe that the initial release could be a broad portfolio of products.”The analyst believes the “iPod Multiplier Effect” is taking shape with strong sales in Macs, retail and peripherals. Additionally, Reitzes said he would not be surprised if Mac sales were buoyed in the future by enhanced digital media capabilities that could catapult Apple to the forefront of the digital home.

AppleInsider | Analyst sees better iPod mix and early Intel Macs

free muni wifi

Looks like Sunnyvale got free municipal wifi now, after Mountain View did. I tried my address and there is no coverage right now… Comcast and whoever the DSL providers are here should be very worried… 😀

http://www.metrofi.com/

MySpace sucks just as much as Friendster and Orkut

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