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Now we have it, he’s an executive director. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw Spielberg is an executive director of a SF TV show is seaQuest DSV. Anybody still remember that show?

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I agree. The new Kinect seems to be the best part of the hardware to me as well.

Personally I hope this is the beginning of a better golf simulator. Although the Wii Tiger Woods with the Motion Plus was pretty decent.

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how does crappy videos made by phones gel with that site?

Touche. I can’t really think of any “good” reasons unless it’s iMovie specific functions.

about 11 hours ago on Flickr, Vimeo could see deep integration with iOS 7, claims report

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how often have you visited vimeo to find a video of something u wanted to see?

For some people quite a few times actually. They have lots of cool short films contributed by the artists. One I remember still is this one:

http://vimeo.com/7009314

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My guess is it doesn’t “require” a fee but you know, they “could” charge a fee. Wink wink.

Based on the article, it looks like I was wrong and everyone will charge a fee as mandated by MS. At least from what we’ve been told so far.

about 12 hours ago on Xbox One doesn't need always-on internet connection, supports used games 1 recommend

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Thank you for the correction, so the fee is the same for any game disc? that seems a bit odd. Do we know if it’s a percentage of the original price or fixed?

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It’s pretty much what we all expected. Similar but slightly inferior specs to PS4 but comes with a truckload of living room-dominating features.

One problem I see with this strategy is I wonder how non North American markets react to this. If PS4 really does games better, the new xbox might struggle outside the USA and Canada.

about 12 hours ago on Xbox One: a next-gen console with a focus on interactive TV and apps

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Sure, it “supports” used games, but it requires a fee.

My guess is it doesn’t “require” a fee but you know, they “could” charge a fee. Wink wink.

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this becomes the same thing as ‘No used games’.

It sounds more like “If they want to charge for used games, they can but we left the door open!”

Obviously most game publishers won’t take advantage of this. /s

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Flickr’s video quality has neen terrible. I always wanted Flickr to implement Vimeo-like video player. Has the new Flickr update made any improvements to the video quality?

about 12 hours ago on Flickr, Vimeo could see deep integration with iOS 7, claims report

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Replace Photostream with Flickr auto upload and sign me up!!

They serve slightly different purposes. Photostream is really a way to push the photos to all your devices whereas Flickr is an online storage and a social network of photographers.

It’ll be great if there’s an option to do that at the same time. Perhaps a they could send the Photostream pictures to Flickr between their servers without having to involve the phone. However perhaps that might push the Flickr server storage limit too much?

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That’s unfair to Ballmer since he’s the decision maker with the biggest power in the company. Schimidt is just a talking head now in comparison.

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$350 for an Android controller is too damn high.

It’s not a controller but a full blown handheld console with a 5" screen and Tegra 4 inside.

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Plus, most of Apple’s money is outside of the US.

That’s misleading. A company doesn’t have to buy another company with only cash. It can use a variety of financial instruments including bonds and shares. If Apple has money overseas, it could easily leverage than into other means without having to bring it into the US.

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How is nVidia going to make any money by selling this at $99?

5 days ago on Nvidia Shield pre-orders start today, shipping in June for $349 5 recommends

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I feel $350 is pretty reasonable for a machine of this caliber. Unfortunately for nVidia the subsidized pricing models of game consoles and phones have put a completely unrealistic expectation for a handheld gaming device. Almost everyone expects the hardware maker to either lose money upfront or sold with a contract. There’s the Nintendo way of selling lower cost hardware too but nVidia cannot compete that way since they lack the first party games.

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That would be manufacturing which AMD doesn’t do.

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Also, Apple could buy AMD instead, and use this to propel their chips forward. AMD might not be able to compete with Intel anymore, but they have some great R&D.

The biggest reason to buy Intel is their superior manufacturing capacity for chips. AMD doesn’t manufacture chips anymore.

5 days ago on Intel could have been inside the original iPhone, says outgoing CEO