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GDC is winding down here in San Francisco, but Playcast Media is hoping to snag its 15 minutes by announcing new partnerships with Atari, Capcom, Codemasters and THQ (to name a few) for use in its “console-free games-on-demand” service. ‘Course, streaming games in through a set-top-box is nothing new, but few operators in the States offer such a thing with any real substance behind it. Playcast’s solution enables titles to be pushed through existing cable Read More...

SAN FRANCISCO — At a GDC event today, Sony showed off its new PlayStation Move controller, along with a number of games. The audience response was positive, but the demos shown, including sports games and sword-and-shield-style battles, seemed both inspired and informed by what the Wii has done before. We got a quick hands-on with the controller, and have posted some impressions and Read More...

We’ve all heard of the big company that started as two guys in their garage, but these days, with startup organizations and incubators, more and more success stories seem to feature companies that built their success from group collaboration. One excellent example of how startups can take advantage of collaboration is to work in a coworking environment with other companies and entrepreneurs.

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Tuesday I had the opportunity to chat with Harry Lin, CEO of Read More...

With LTE onslaughts from Verizon and AT&T (not to mention countless carriers around the world) drawing near, Sprint’s wasting no time beefing up its WiMAX network ahead of its competitors’ 4G launches in an effort to give WiMAX the best chance it can. Without giving a hard figure, the company says that it expects to launch WiMAX service in “many” markets this year, with several notables among the lot: Boston, Denver, Kansas City, Houston, Minneapolis, Read More...

Nintendo is holding a media summit in San Francisco today, and dropped big news about some of its largest franchises. We’ll have a round-up of the announcements and our thoughts on them tomorrow, but for now… let’s talk about Metroid: Other M.

Announced at last year’s E3, the game will be released on June 27, and will feature hybrid 2D and 3D gameplay. “While much of the game is reminiscent Read More...

For reasons yet to be revealed, search giant Google has acquired San Francisco-based reMail, makers of the reMail e-mail client for iPhone OS. The company promptly pulled the application from Apple’s App Store, however, leaving users perplexed as to the reasons why. 

reMail CEO Gabor Cselle explained in a statement on reMail’s website that the company, and thus the application, had been acquired by Google, and he was hired to work as a product manager on Read More...

SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit (Mac BU) announced during the 2010 Macworld Expo more information about the upcoming Office 2011 for Mac, and users are excited despite the lack of details. Scheduled to be released before the holiday season this year, the revamped Office suite is bringing more parity than ever to the Mac version while still being as Mac-like as it can Read More...

You know you’ve wondered what Google Earth would look like across a curved, eight-display installation, and now your most stupendous dreams are a reality thanks to Liquid Galaxy. That’s the moniker that’s been given to Jason Holt’s 20 percent project, which he’s just now getting to showcase to the world at the TED conference in San Francisco. Reportedly, eight Linux machines are tied to the process, and he’s able to fly through the digital skies Read More...

SAN FRANCISCO—It’s no secret that the Omni Group, makers of well-respected Mac software like OmniFocus, OmniGraffle, and OmniWeb, has decided to go all out for the iPad. The company made the decision to go iPad or bust the minute the device was announced and has been working feverishly ever since then to start making iPad versions of some of its most well-loved apps. Read More...

It has been four years since Microsoft last put on an event like X10, but the publisher seems to be making up for lost time with all the announcements it made yesterday: official release dates, collectors editions, a brand-new console bundle, and previews of some of the biggest games coming out this year were all on the docket.

Normally, you don’t see this many Read More...