La sfida su controller e sensori tra Nintendo, Sony e Microsoft sta arrivando alla resa dei conti, con l’azienda di Redmond che, in occasione dell’E3, inizia a scoprire le proprie carte presentando quello che finora era noto come Project Natal e che ora assume il nome definitivo di Kinect. Kinect – il cui nome deriva dalla contrazione dell’espressione kinetic act (che rimanda al movimento) e, nel suono, ricorda la parola connect, ossia connetti – è, secondo Microsoft, la tecnologia che farà sparire i controller delle console per come li abbiamo conosciuti finora.
La differenza fra “consumption device” e “creation device”
Mary-Jo Foley via Zdnet I’m not planning to dump my Windows machine for the iPad. I am using the iPad as a consumption device, not a creation device (at least for now). And that’s OK. Like many people, I spend most of my day consuming, not creating — reading tweets, surfing Web sites, reading books … Leggi tutto
The company’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, has continued to deliver huge profits. They totaled well over $100 billion in the past 10 years alone and help sustain the economies of Seattle, Washington State and the nation as a whole. Its founder, Bill Gates, is not only the most generous philanthropist in history, but has also inspired thousands of his employees to give generously themselves. No one in his right mind should wish Microsoft failure.