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Ubisoft CEO Says Next Gen Consoles Closer Than We Think 326

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday June 15, 2009 @03:07PM from the better-faster-stronger dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot tells CNBC that he believes the next generation of video game systems isn't as far away as the public has been led to believe. Guillemot noted that public demand for the best machine possible, as well as coming competition from companies such as OnLive could spur Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo to roll out new systems sooner than they want. That's not good news for publishers, though, as he says games in the next generation will likely cost $60 million to create."

Exec Confirms Google Phone 120

Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday March 16, 2007 @08:42AM from the let-the-battle-begin dept.

cyberianpan writes "The head of Google in Spain and Portugal has confirmed that Google is working on a mobile phone. "Some of the time the engineers are dedicated to developing a mobile phone," This could be the 20% free time development but publicizing that would be stupid. Obviously this phone could link in with Google Earth/Maps... it is a marketers dream for targeted advertising."

Submission + - Ballmer Says Google Is "Insane"

Submitted by

eldavojohn

on Friday March 16, 2007 @08:09AM

eldavojohn writes: "Steve Ballmer spoke a little bit about Google, commenting that it's pace of employee growth is "insane," and the company has few successful businesses outside of Internet search and advertising. Google's current number of employees is nearly doubling each year."

Vista Can Run Without Activation for a Year 357

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday March 16, 2007 @07:22AM from the procrastinists-in-luck dept.

An anonymous reader gave us a heads up on this article for people who like putting things off. It begins: "Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated, a serious end-run around one of Microsoft's key anti-piracy measures, Windows expert Brian Livingston said today. Livingston, who publishes the Windows Secrets newsletter, said that a single change to Vista's registry lets users put off the operating system's product activation requirement an additional eight times beyond the three disclosed last month. With more research, said Livingston, it may even be possible to find a way to postpone activation indefinitely."

Feed New Leopard Species Found (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday March 16, 2007 @05:53AM

Genetic tests reveal the clouded leopard of Borneo and Sumatra is a unique cat species and not, as long believed, the same one found in mainland Southeast Asia. By the Associated Press.

Comment Rumor and speculation? (Score 3, Insightful) 219

by kjlong on Thursday March 01, 2007 @07:07PM (#18200596) Attached to: Sony Blackballs Blog Over PS3 Rumor

Why not just "no comment"? Would it have been quite as big a story if Sony had just refused to comment instead of throwing out lots of threats? Does Microsoft do this? I know Apple sues, but what do other companies do when faced with this kind of thing? Did Sony ask them to hold off on the story, or try to work with them, or just throw out threats?

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