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pasmith
Member since: February 2009
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Peter Smith writes about personal technology for ITworld.
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Vita memory card pricing, PS4 software upgrades and a peek at both new systems' dashboards.
6 weeks 4 days ago
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A Vita price drop, a PS4 release date, and lots of love to the Indies. Here's what we learned at Gamescom
6 weeks 5 days ago
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We got a list of launch titles, a few new game announcements, but sadly no launch date.
6 weeks 6 days ago
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Sony is live-streaming their big Gamescom press event today, while Microsoft is holding a smaller event and skipping the stream. Word is that both companies will reveal launch dates, though!
6 weeks 6 days ago
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It's a time of uncertainty for gamers. With new game consoles right around the corner, do we buy the hot new games for the current gen, or hold out for the next gen versions? This decision is a lot easier for Xboxers than for Playstation fans, thanks to a pair of programs from GameStop and Microsoft.
7 weeks 3 days ago
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pasmith wrote Microsoft talks plans to avoid Xbox One 'red ring' problems, cuts launch plans from 21 to 13 countries The original Xbox 360 was plagued with reliability issues, but Microsoft's Leo del Castillo explains why those issues won't be repeated. Also, MS has had to scale back its launch plans somewhat.7 weeks 4 days ago
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Gamers seem divided on the most recent Xbox 180 change. Personally I'm curious about why they're making all these changes. Also, we should be seeing a new PS3 model next week!
7 weeks 5 days ago
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pasmith wrote Microsoft unboxes the Xbox One. Here's what I did (and didn't) like about what they showed us. The November launch is still months away but Microsoft already has some boxed-up Xbox One retail units available to show off. Here's the good and bad about what comes in the box.8 weeks 3 days ago
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The next console generation will see Microsoft continuing to gate content behind the Xbox Live Gold paywall: both Game DVR and OneGuide will only be available to paying members. Of less concern is the resolution limitation on Game DVR recording.
8 weeks 4 days ago
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The 2013 Nexus 7 is a great tablet, but Amazon might be prepping something even better for a near-future release.
8 weeks 5 days ago
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RSS company Feedly announced Pro pricing for it's Feedly Cloud service over the weekend and offered a limited number of Lifetime memberships. Those sold out quickly but tech bloggers are beating up Feedly on price.
8 weeks 6 days ago
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I don't know which I'm more excited about: filtering the rest of the family's viewing habits out of my Netflix recommendations, or finally getting to watch The Awesomes. I've been waiting since January!
9 weeks 3 days ago
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Yesterday Nintendo released its quarterly financials. The goods news is that the 3DS is doing well. The Wii U, however, is in serious trouble.
9 weeks 4 days ago
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A $35 streamer is hard to pass up, but for now functionality is somewhat limited.
9 weeks 5 days ago
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I've been pretty down on Kickstarter as a funding source for games lately, but here's a project that turned out quite nicely.
9 weeks 6 days ago
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Gamers love to take sides in the console wars, but when there are two platforms competing for our dollars, everyone wins.
10 weeks 3 days ago
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The new Nexus 7 is pretty much what we expected it to be, but this Chromecast streaming thing came out of left field.
10 weeks 4 days ago
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I used to think of Flipboard as just an inefficient RSS reader for mobile devices, but by bringing their Magazine feature to the web they've made a believer out of me.
10 weeks 5 days ago
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A pair of unrelated reports show that user satisfaction with Google+ is dropping, and the service is failing to gain traction in terms of content sharing. Is G+ circling the drain?
10 weeks 6 days ago
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House of Cards is nominated for 9 Emmy awards, Arrested Development 3 and Hemlock Grove 2, but we're supposed to boycott them because they want to ditch Silverlight and sometimes a cropped version of a movie pops up.
11 weeks 3 days ago
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Will leaked pricing and a mystery press event add up to new hardware?
11 weeks 4 days ago
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If you're a gadget nut like me, you might find a lot of your older gear winds up collecting dust. Here's one example of how you can breathe new life into old devices by rethinking its functionality.
11 weeks 5 days ago
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pasmith wrote Not all gamers have forgiven Microsoft, but that doesn't seem to be hurting Xbox One pre-sales Some Mad Catz reps get booed at the EVO tournament just for mentioning "Xbox One" and "exclusive" in the same sentence.11 weeks 6 days ago
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Hulu fans, it might be time to start jinxing Hulu's attempts to sell itself!
12 weeks 3 days ago
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And while we're talking Xbox, there's a petition out there urging Microsoft to return to its original Xbox One DRM system.
12 weeks 4 days ago
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