Weekend Walmart tech deals for geeks, gamers
Walmart has a couple of very interesting tech deals running this Saturday. Get a cheap laptop and find out how to update your old 360 for next to nothing through a scheme that only Rube Goldberg could love.
Microsoft launches pilot rewards program for Xbox gamers
An invitation-only Rewards Program was launched yesterday, allowing select Xbox owners to earn back Points on various purchases.
Nintendo: Larger screen DSi official, profits falling
The rumored DSi with larger screens gets a name and launch date, and Nintendo posts some disappointing numbers. Are these two items connected? I think so.
Spend $80 on games, get a $40 credit at Amazon 10/26-10/31
The big holiday release season is officially underway, and Amazon is hoping to attract gamer dollars with promotions like the Modern Warfare 2 incentive and a recently-announced consumer credit deal on select current-gen games.
Can Nintendo really be planning another DS variant?
The word around the blogs yesterday was that Nintendo is launching yet another Nintendo DS variant (#4, in case you haven't been keeping track), this one with slightly larger screens. How long will they milk this line of handhelds? It's time to innovate, Nintendo!
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Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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