Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for companies making money by selling us products and services. It is after all the basis of the free market that we all know and love. But when it comes to paying a company a monthly fee just to be able to stream media through their console, that’s where [...]
Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’
Xbox Kinect: Exercise or injuries in the making?
Posted: 29th July 2010 by tcg in hardware, technologyTags: Kinect, microsoft, Wii, xbox360
Kinetic Energy: n. The energy possessed by a body because of its motion, equal to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed. Kinetics: n. the study of human bio-mechanical movement. Xbox360 and new Kinect may be a great way to get you off your hiney and moving, but I [...]
Apple Market Share and Value
Posted: 31st May 2010 by tcg in Apple, computers, WindowsTags: Apple, market value, microsoft
It was a little uplifting and gave me a bit of nose-thumb-moment to Microsoft when Apple’s value surpassed theirs late last week. Call me a fanboy if you want, but I happen to like most of what Apple does and feel a sense of pride in them doing it so well. (I wish I had [...]
bing: next big thing or next big flop?
Posted: 25th October 2009 by tcg in UncategorizedTags: bing, google, microsoft, search engine
I’d been hearing alot about bing and decided to give it a look, first glance it comes across as looking pretty, seems quick enough and has a simple layout. Sound familiar? Sound like the current search engine heavy-weight Google? I’ve often found it strange and amazing at the same time how well and how quickly [...]
Xbox 360 – Renewed and rejuvinated
Posted: 24th November 2008 by admin in UncategorizedTags: consoles, gaming, microsoft
After our little flood in the basement, we had taken all the electronics out and put them in the loft to dry, in the hopes nothing was damaged, but we were expecting at least the Xbox360 to be pooched, the power brick was sitting in the water and plugged into a surge suppressor that was [...]