Tag archive: Vegas

While almost any time of the year is a great time for a weekend trip to Las Vegas, these trips seem to multiply in the warmer months because guess what; summer season is also wedding season. There are plenty of other good reasons to jet off to Vegas for a weekend of fun and relaxation, but bachelor and bachelorette parties seem to be the most-used excuses. Unless you are the non-partying type, a weekend in Vegas usually means days of lounging… Read More

Clearwire has officially launched its Clear-branded 4G WiMax mobile broadband service in Las Vegas, Nevada, marking the company's fourth major WiMax service area following Baltimore, Portland Oregon, and Atlanta. Clearwire says the Las Vegas service area covers about 1.7 million people over 638 square miles. “Wile it's true that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, now, thanks to Clear, that doesn't mean it has to stay… Read More

U.S. wireless operator T-Mobile has announced that it has activated 3G wireless service in Las Vegas, Nevada, and plans to roll out 3G service to at least 20 more markets by the end of 2008. 3G mobile services are increasingly important to data-intensive applications and Internet services used by both business-oriented smartphones and media-savvy mobile phones, as well as location-based services like mapping, guides, and social networking… Read More

Game publisher Midway is getting a little out in front of announcements tied to next week's E3 video game trade show, announcing a slate of titles it plans to show off…along with their anticipated ship dates. "These games truly reflect our product strategy to develop top quality titles in a wide range of genres that appeal to all segments of the market," said Midway's interim president and CEO Matthew Booty in… Read More

For the last few days, I’ve been living with the Neonode, the closest thing in the market from anyone — including Apple — to what we are likely to see when the iPhone Nano comes out in a few months. Given that this is a generation-two phone, you wonder how many other similar ideas Apple may have “borrowed” from the generation-one Neonode product. Initial impressions are actually surprisingly good,… Read More

Just days after Sony officials were publicly denying news of an impending $100 price cut on the Playstation 3, the company has announced that there will, in fact, be a $100 price cut on the Playstation 3. In a press release Monday morning, Sony announced both the slashed $499 price of its 60GB PS3, and the introduction of an 80GB model packaged with Motorstorm, which will take over for the previous model and retail at $599. Besides… Read More

PlayStation fans will be able to get their hands on a lot more games in the coming months, promises Sony. The Foster City, Calif.-based company said today it will launch more than 100 titles for its PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation2 products. The beefed-up second-quarter of 2007 line-up will comprise industry leading franchises as well as new intellectual properties from both in-house and third parties, according to Sony… Read More

New sales numbers from market research firm NPD show that the Nintendo Wii was far and away the top-selling video game console during January 2007, moving some 436,000 units during the month. However, the rest of the pack was comparatively tight, with Sony's long-standing PlayStation 2 claiming the number two spot with 299,000 units sold, while Microsoft's Xbox 360 landed the number three position with 294,000 units sold and… Read More

As the much-anticipated North American launch of its PlayStation 3 gaming console nears, Sony Corporation has detailed the availability and pricing of key PS3 peripherals, the initial title line-up for the new console, and details of the PlayStation 3 online service. Although pricing for PS3 consoles has been public knowledge for a while—$499 for a 20 GB unit and $599 for a 60 GB PS3 with Wi-Fi—Sony outlined pricing for key… Read More

The GC Game Developers Conference, being held this week in Leipzig, Germany, has brought on a flurry of pledges from European game develoeprs embracing the Agiea PhysX physics processor. The Physx processor—announced back in March and a hit at this year's E3 Expo—enables new levels of real-time simulations of physical objects in games, including everything from realistic character motion to weather and (a delight to many… Read More

Apple iTunes users take note: two separate announcements made today promise to bring some new video content to the online music store for purchase and download to a computer or iPod. NBC News looksto be bringing a variety of its programming to iTunes, while Cartoon Network and LucasFilm will make available the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated action adventure series.   Star Wars: CloneWars, said the Cartoon Network and Lucasfilm, will be made… Read More

Video game publisher Ubisoft yesterday announced it was developing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas for next generation and current generation video game consoles. The title is currently scheduled for a fall 2006 release and is the fifth iteration of the Rainbow Six tactical shooter franchise. In Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, said Ubisoft, the elite counter-terrorism unit players control enters Las Vegas as the city becomes the… Read More