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ITC to look into Hillcrest Labs' Wiimote patent infringement claims {Engadget}
Sep 18th 2008 4:34PM I have seen the interview and several other videos demoing this so called freespace and I see a generic gettofied version of the wiimote but in a circle. First I doubt that there is the exact same tech envolved since hillcrests loop deal is only a 2 buttoned remote and circle while the wiimote is rectangle and has 7 buttons a trigger and a crosspad not to mention the 4 lights and a speaker.
I can remember back to late 2004 early 2005 and recall seeing nintendo touting the revoloution as the next big thing with a 3d motion capture interface. They had several mockups and even a V.R> type helmet which I thought was cool and would like to see it released. So I feel that The Big N is not worried and that is why they are letting this company try their play but know that Hillcreast is the one whom will lose ultimatlet due to the fact that it is a generic patent and nintendo was first plain and simple.
The wii was out already before hillcrest revealed their tech so it seems like a get rich for someone elses Idead scam. Nintendo is the leading inovator in the market of videogames and none whom are in the know can argue this. If it were not for nintendo and mario 64 who would know where we would be as far as 3D gaming goes.Ant to think a comany even tried to sue nintendo over analog controllers when the 64 was the first to implement true analog. The the saturn came with nights and the analog device and sony the after.
Nintendo even came up with the first funtional D pad as well on the original game n watch series. See a trend?? Nintendo is the innovative minds behind most of gamings fore fronts in controle innovation. Some may even recall that sony tech for the playstation was basiclly a add on for the super nintendo at first. Sony then evolve it offof the super nintendo and used nintendo tech for the playstation. Check and you will see it as fact.
Hillcrest has no ground here and this is a faild attempt to collect on a generic patent that was bought after the wii was designed. The patent nonsense is out of control here in the u.s. to the point where I am ashamed to live in it.I bet the lawsuit was filed in texas the worlds leader in patent suits. I find it sad that hillcrest cant make a cent of their product which was desinged as a circular device with 2 buttons which was designed for the Dish industry for TV brocats viewing clearly not gaming,so they gonna try to get rich of of someone elses innovation and hard work.
NVIDIA G92 and G94 GPUs failing too? {Engadget}
Aug 12th 2008 10:32PM I have been having hellacious problems with my BFG 8800GT CO over the last 2 or so mnths. For no reason the display drivers crash and the thin keeps giving bsod's every now and again. My card never goes over 64 deg C so I I am guessing there may be some truth here. I have a lifetime warranty so I am going to send it in in a week or so when I get my 4870. I may just splurge for the x2 at that price it really is worth the power. It is cheaper than a sli gtx 280 rig by far.
But yeah my 8800GT is giving me a lot of issue so I am bidding farewell to the big green and going red. I just am wonder still if NVIDIA is going to allow their gpu's to be used soley as a physX card so you can run an ati graphics set up while using a 8800GT for the Physx. To me it would ensure some sales of nvidias card if even as some powerhouse physX cards.
Nintendo Wii USB devices on the way? {Engadget}
Jun 11th 2008 12:17AM sorry thats kesington. oops
Nintendo Wii USB devices on the way? {Engadget}
Jun 11th 2008 12:08AM I have a wireless kingston pilotboard keyboard and mouse kit and the keyboard works on the Wii while the mouse and board work on the PS3. I is a good lil kit for 60 or 70 bones. If you got a Wii and a PS3 you can't go wrong with the kit.
ATI Radeon 4800 series launch details revealed {Engadget}
May 15th 2008 1:50PM I hope it romps on nvidia...they lost their innovation.
Xbox 360 to get a smaller case revision in 2009? {Engadget}
May 13th 2008 2:18PM All 360's will break in a three 2 four year period the way they currentyl are built. Everyone I know that had a 360 has had it break on them and they would recieve "the ms shuffle" where you are force to spend hours upon hours on the phone with cs just so the can tell you that all they will ever do is send you a refurb....microsoft needs to fail for the travesty it has put millions of people through. There is no qulity when it comes to the 360. It seems that whenever a new game that is taxing comes out a whole slew of people suffer the demise of the ever so loved 360. To hell with ms. I went through 4 of those pos' and all were crap so now I have a wii/ps3/and a gaming pc ,Spider platform, that only has to deal with a ms os which is at least not ms hardware.
The winners of the 2007 Engadget Awards! {Engadget}
Apr 14th 2008 3:43PM The thing that gets me is this.....XBOX 360,s still are breaking left and right still to this day so how in the world is that faulty ass system on top???? I thought the sales numbers and all show the wii on top but I guess people love dealing with microsofts customer service so much the put it on top.
I just can not understand how a pos "quality wise" like the 360 was rated first. If you ask me most consumers nowadays are morons any way but even engadget rated it first.
The 360 = shit and so do most people
Screen grabs: KITT the chatty car somehow still needs an Apple Bluetooth keyboard {Engadget}
Mar 21st 2008 1:29PM That was a clever act of product placement...Just as the entire show is just one giant ad frakenstiened together from all the "in" mainstream companies to make a cheap half baked show to sell all of their expensive half baked crap.
You got to love capitolisim.
AMD missteps result in 5% work force reduction? {Engadget}
Mar 20th 2008 3:14AM Well at least they get government cheese ;0)
NVIDIA's GeForce 9600 GT card is officially the new budget hotness {Engadget}
Feb 21st 2008 3:47PM I will stick with my 8800gt from bfg. It is a monster of an overclocker. On the stock cooler I run a 725/987 with temps at 46 idle and 62 load. For now it suits well and everygame I throw at it runs on max cept of crysis of course.
I want to see the 9 series equivelent to the 8800gt. If you think about it this is only a 64 stream processor product so if say a 9800gt is in fact a g94 with at least 112 let alone 128 enabled it is going to be a monster. Thats not saying but what if these g94 chips the tip of it then factor in 8800 equal this 9 series is going to trounce amd and even nvidias 8800 line up.
