Archive for May, 2004

May 11th, 2004

PSP & Nintendo DS

Posted in Console Games by Diggory

PSP

Well – Sony have unveiled the PSP. It looks very much like the concept shot that came out a while ago.

Nice round-up of the details here.

Built-in 802.11b is interesting.

I can’t see myself buying one though – I simply don’t use portable games any more – I got a GameBoy as soon as they were available in the UK, and I loved it. I’ve got a GBA but never use it.

The PSP will apparently be available in the UK in 2005.

Great Slashdot comment:

My N-Gage just scuttled back into the comforting environment of my pocket. I think it’s crying.

Nintendo have also shown their upcoming mobile hardware:

DS

Game & Watch 2004… um, I mean the Nintendo DS.

May 7th, 2004

Mental Note to Self – PC Spyware removers

Posted in Software by Diggory

Luckily these things aren’t so much of a problem for Macs – but in case you need to clean out a Windows machine that you suspect has spyware on:

SpyBot and Ad-Aware.

May 7th, 2004

OFCOM – Annual Plan 2004/5

Posted in Real World by Diggory

Interesting reading:

Ofcom’s annual plan 2004/5.

May 7th, 2004

Things

Posted in Console Games by Diggory

New EyeToy Ad Campaign Cancelled.

Hey, Hey 16k.

I’m very angry with Royal Mail – Royal pain in the Arse more like. Post that doesn’t turn-up and a bag of other people’s post stuck through my door does not impress. Other people seem to be having the same experiences.

And now some real EyeToy news:

EyeToy Chat – is a video chatting app for the PS2 – Alas I can guess that it’s a proprietary protocol, wouldn’t it be nice if everyone just used open standards?

EyeToy Chat

And while we’re on standards and interoperability – wouldn’t it be nice if I could use my existing (better quality than EyeToy) FireWire Cam with my PS2? Ditto for hard drives (even though you’d probably have to reformat the File System)