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Posted Feb 17, 2008 at 06:56AM by Gino D. Listed in: News Tags: memory stick, Sony, Ready At Dawn, Dark AleX, NPD
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QuickJump QuickPeek 34 - Image 1(Editor's note: With the Comment of the Week compendium over and done with, we've got a lot more in store for you guys! Another special edition is already brewing on the side, but that'll come soon enough. for now, more regular weekly updates!)

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was a good issue to set the chess pieces for this week. New Dark AleX homebrew, some GTA4 updates, and oh, what's this? Toshiba withdrawing support? Oooh. Juicy.

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Posted Sep 25, 2007 at 06:08AM by Isaac C. Listed in: Accessories, News, Reviews, Games Tags: memory stick, plug-and-play, Sony, headset, Mac OS X, Image Viewer
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Headplay is probably every couch potato's dream. Imagine a TV. Now imagine being able to take it anywhere and everywhere you go (except perhaps in the shower), and being able to watch movies or play games on it anytime you want. That's the concept for the new "Personal Cinema System" device, Headplay.

Headplay is a head-mounted device; basically, a TV you wear on your head. You can connect it to your gaming consoles, your DVD Player, your iPod, your PC, and maybe your Betamax player if it hasn't choked on dust yet. If it has a video out function, Headplay can most probably display it. You can also plug in a memory stick and Headplay can run the media files - movies, videos, and images - with its own built-in player.

Once you're behind the lenses of Headplay it's pretty easy to just relax and go dead to the world around you. It's nothing but you and the screen, with the stereo sounds blocking off everything else. It's like your own movie screen inside your living room.

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To read the complete review of Headplay - what it is, what it does, how it plays on Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, and Nintendo' Wii on it - click on the link for the full article.

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Posted Aug 25, 2007 at 04:12PM by Jerico G. Listed in: News Tags: memory stick, Fanjita, Sony, piracy, Custom Firmware, Noobz
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(Editors Note: Welcome to our 9th ish! I won't be spoiling anything here, dig on all the news below. One request though: Quickjump QuickPeek is here to stay, and we would appreciate any kind of ideas you have on improving it. Are four articles per blog enough? How should we select top stories? Do we need polls for the comment of the week? Do tell us!)

New week, new breakthroughs, new issue. The last week was one of the most monumental so far, so if you've missed checking our sites, you're a goner. Nah, we're just messing with you. That's what QuickJump QuickPeek is for, to provide you guys with the week's top events. Sure, nothing beats being among the first to read about newsbreakers once they hit our pages, but the QuickPeek experience is close enough. On to this week's issue!

The full issue awaits after the jump!

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Posted Aug 02, 2006 at 04:45AM by Remi M. Listed in: Rumors Tags: Linux, Wiimote, memory stick, Kiyoshi Saruwatari
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linuxAnother Wii rumor has surfaced, this time it was divulged by a guy named Kiyoshi Saruwatari, who claims to have connections with Nintendo as a designer. He said that Wii would be the first console to sport an extensive built in software. According to this character, the next-gen Ninty console will come fully equipped with emulators and a download manager.

He continued by saying that "it will also have the option to download and view videos from Nintendo with new video player, and file manager because the memory card now can take many things, including videos, VC games, saved data, game contant and much else."

So, let's say that everything he said is all true and that the Wii is going to be capable of all that and more, then why in the world is it sporting a very low price tag? Kiyoshi has an answer for that: Nintendo perform some cost-cutting measures as the Wii will have software based on an industry standard platform that's open source, and that's where Linux entered the picture. He elaborated his statements by telling that "Wii will have Linux as operating system with proprietary GUI and applications based on commonly open source for Linux programs."

Reading all that made you think of homebrews for the Wii, right? According to this guy, that's not gonna be a possibility. "The final system in closed and will allow only signed code etc and will be very secure, even though it's technically compatible with a world of already existing software." But then again, this is an unconfirmed speculation, anything is still possible.

Where would you find this rumored Linux OS? He says that the system itself will be placed on a 512MB memory stick integrated in the system and it's hidden, you can't remove it so there is no risk for removing the system software. "The memory card make the system start up very quick, and if you hold A on the Wiimote while starting Wii, it will automaticaly start the game in the DVD without booting Linux, and you can also set up this in Settings so it always starts automatically. But by default, it brings you to a menu, similar to the Nintendo DS menu."

Whether this is a leak or someone is pulling our legs, we don't know. But then again, it is up to you to decide if all these has a tinge of truth in it or if it's just pure baloney. Whatever your reactions are, don't hesitate to tell it to us through your comments.

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