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...There is no question that the powerful processor and graphics of the Xbox 360 will bring about a new wave of cinematic-quality games the likes of which we can barely imagine right now. But I do not want to invite Bill Gates into my living room. The thought of coping with software problems and rebooting before I can watch TV, listen to music or look at photos of my kids' birthday parties is scary. John Martin Stamford, Connecticut...
There is no question that the powerful processor and graphics of the Xbox 360 will bring about a new wave of cinema-quality games the likes of which we can barely imagine. But I do not want to invite Bill Gates into my living room. The thought of coping with software problems and rebooting before I can watch TV, listen to music or look at photos of my kids' birthday parties is scary...
...monitor will pick up sound waves from a mother’s abdomen and transmit them to a central processor. The founders said a key advantage of their design is that it will allow for mobility in the emergency room due to its wireless capability...
They could very well lose it. Rumors surrounding the PlayStation 3's processor make it sound like the Ark of the Covenant wrought in silicon, and it may be much further along than Gates gives it credit for. "We look at delivering a quantum leap in technology, not just Xbox version 1.5," a Sony spokeswoman said recently. ("Kutaragi's good at rhetoric," Gates says of Sony PlayStation czar Ken Kutaragi.) For all the Xbox's underdog pluck, the PlayStation 2 still has an overwhelming hold on the $25 billion global video-game market: 68% at last count, to Microsoft...
Like Microsoft, Sony--whose next-generation PlayStation might not hit store shelves until next spring--hopes its machine will become a home-entertainment hub. Sony is banking on the muscle of the PlayStation's new Cell processor, which the company has called "a supercomputer on a chip" with 10 times the power of the latest PC processors. The new console may employ Sony's new high-density "Blu-ray" DVDs, allowing for longer and more cinematic games. But Sony's online strategy remains unclear...