Recently Ceton has announced new retail price for InfiniTV digital cable Quad-Tuner models. This tuner runs on Windows 7 desktop, tower, home theater PC or slimline entertainment device/PC into the ultimate entertainment platform for television. You can watch and record up to four live channels of HDTV at once.
Day-by-day, robots are upgrading. In order to create future intelligent robots, future robots are going to capable of real-time autonomous navigation as they are going to have an internal updated three-dimensional map. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have designed a system which is based on advanced algorithms and a low-cost interactive camera. The 3D map will help the robots to explore unknown environments easily as they move around.
Sony, who was once among the top giants of the gaming industry, has been struggling of late. The gaming industry has well moved on to smartphone and other plethora of other devices, not to mention the crown that is being held by Microsoft’s Xbox 360, a crown which may stay for now given that Kinect is now available for gamers. Nonetheless, Sony has released the next big thing from it’s end. It is already available in Japan and now you can buy it in US within a week or so. In anticipation of the expected launch, Sony has launched an ad campaign to let folks know about it. The video ad is posted below.
Microsoft has already quashed all such rumors which were claiming that the next-generation gaming console by Microsoft, Xbo 720, will make it’s entry in 2012. According to the company, there are no chances for such an occurrence. However, the rumor-mill hasn’t stopped and we keep hearing newer and bolder claims about Xbox 720. The latest claim, by Xbox World Magazine, is that Xbox 72- will be featuring a touchscreen controller!
Rumors around the tech and gaming world have been doing rounds the Microsoft will be unveiling it’s next gaming console, Xbox 720, later this year. However, Microsoft has trashed all such rumours. According to a statement by Microsoft’s head marketing guy, there is nothing significantly new for Xbox gamers this year. Which means that Microsoft will stick to the new releases it has already made, which include expanding the scope of Xbox to Live TV, online streaming and a rich online experience, apart from gaming.
We have reached that time of the year when every major company must make public its quarterly earnings. So, it is now time for Microsoft to do just that. The software giant posted $20.89 billion in fiscal Q2 revenue (calendar Q4) and surprisingly surpassed the fortune foretold by analysts.
Xbox 360 has been one of the strongest points of Microsoft. It is not only the leading gaming console but is also bringing a revolution in the gaming realm through Microsoft’s Kinect units. Microsoft has already sold a record 66 million consoles and 18 million Kinect units. Moreover, the online gaming network by Microsoft, Xbox Live is a huge success for the company. It generates Microsoft a fine revenue and it one of the most popular gaming portals. While currently it can be used only on a Windows Phone device, Microsoft may have plans to add support for Android as well as iOS devices.
Video game controllers are growing nifty and smart by every passing day. With Microsoft having launched Kinect to now incorporate motion detection in video game controls and numerous other technologies entering the realm, video games are becoming really advanced. But here’s the other side of the coin: recently, the largest video game controller in the world was unveiled in London. It weighs 265lbs, is about 12-foot wide and was created with a cost of a whooping $6,000. Good for the creator though because he earned a place in the Guinness World Records Gamer’s edition.