July 10, 2007
XBox spin off? No way
Seattle PI
Todd Bishop throws cold water on the Wall Street Journal’s speculation of an Xbox spin off by Microsoft.
“From a practical standpoint, one thing the article doesn’t mention is the company’s increasing efforts to connect the Xbox 360 with Windows and other Microsoft products, in areas ranging from online gaming to instant messaging. Anything is possible, but given that trend, it would be even more surprising for the company to change course so dramatically at this point.”
Do uDo iPhone? You Will
ComputerWorld
Frank Hayes says love or hate the iPhone, you’ll have to support it anyway.
“Either we support iPhones on our own terms, or we’ll waste endless energy in cat-and-mouse games with users, all the while generating bad feelings that will sabotage everything else we do. So let’s stop kidding ourselves. For IT, the iPhone isn’t a choice. It’s a project.”
217 million people play online games
Tech Crunch
Duncan Riley has the details of a study that shows 28 per cent of all the people that are online are playing online games.
“Yahoo! Games led the pack, attracting 53 million unique visitors. The fastest-growing Top 10 gaming property was the WildTangent Network.”