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The iPad is one of the single most popular consumer products in the history of civilization. As of the end of 2011, it sold over 55 million units between the iPad 1 and the iPad 2. The release of the iPad 3 last month overwhelmed the tech world, with three million copies sold in the [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Art, Entertainment, Internet, Misc · Tagged 3G, Apple, Apple Inc., Computing, consumer entertainment products, Dan Seitz, Electronics, Hal9000, IBM, iPad, iPads, Joker, Legos, Microsoft, Nerds, Nintendo, René Magritte, Snow White, steve jobs, Super Mario, The Thomas Crown Affair
Older and wiser, the games industry is still no stranger to failure. Thankfully, due to a wider market and a new found ability to learn from the mistakes of the past, disasters come and go without toppling the biggest names in the industry (well, we assume they do). For those nostalgic for a time when [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Games, History, Movies, People · Tagged Apple, Apple Inc., Atari, Atari Jaguar, Atari S.A., cellular telephone, Copywriter, Current Generation Manufacturing, daftly oversized controller, eBay, eBay Inc, Entertainment, Gamepad, Games, Handheld game console, History of video games, iphone, Japan, Mega Drive, Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, Nintendo, Nintendo Co.,Ltd., North America, optical media, Playstation 3, Sega, Sega 32X, SEGA CORPORATION, Sega Mega Drive, software library, software titles, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Steph Wood, Technology_Internet, United Kingdom, USD, Video game console, Video game development, xbox
Say the year 2012 to most people and chances are they will think of doomsday, which is remarkable considering that just ten years ago few people would have assigned any special significance to the date at all. Today, however, all one has to do is type the year into a search engine and they will [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, History, Religion · Tagged adam, Amazon.com, Amazon.com.dedc, Apocalypticism, Armageddon, author, bible, Cable TV, California, Charles Taze Russell, Christian eschatology, Clare Prophet, Colorado, considerable buyer, culture, Denver, Doomsday, Earth, Edgar Cayce, Edgar Whisenaut, Elizabeth Clare, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Encouraging JWs, End time, Eschatology, Europe, farmer, federal government, food, founder and spiritual head, Greater London, Hal Lindsey, Herbert W. Armstrong, Inc., Islamic eschatology, Israel, Jack Van Impe, Jeff Danelek, Jesus Christ, John Gribben, judge, LLC, London, Marshall Applewhite, Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, Minister, Montana, music teacher, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New Englanders, New York, New York City, Nike, preacher, prophecy, Rancho Santa Fe, religion, San Diego police, scientist, search engine, Second Coming, Seventh Adventist Church, software patches, steamboat captain, Stephen Plagemann, United Kingdom, United States, William Miller, Worldwide Church of God, www.ourcuriousworld.com
By this point in life we’re all well aware that Japan is the source of crazy, crazy things, so to create a list of their weirdest video games seems like it would be old hat. But Japan never ceases to amaze us; even in this day and age, when just hearing the word “Japan” conjures [...]
Posted by Mark Hill on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Games · Tagged America, Arcade games, Boong-Ga Boong-Ga, Carl Lewis, cellular telephone, Cho Aniki, Doki Doki Majo Shinpan!, Entertainment, Facening de Hyojo Yutaka ni Insho Up: Otona no DS Kao Training, Gal*Gun, Games, History of video games, I’m Sorry, Japan, Japanese Video Games, Kakuei Tanaka, Kancho, Love Death, LTD., madonna, Mark Hill, metal plate, Michael Jackson, Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, Nintendo, Nintendo Co., Nintendo DS, player, priest, Prime Minister, Princess, Princess Maker, Super Galdelic Hour, The Price is Right, Top 10 Weirdest Japanese Video Games, Toylets, Weirdest Japanese Video Games
A format war occurs when two incompatible versions of a similar technology begin to compete against one another in the market. In almost every case, one of the two formats wins out in the end, either because of a better marketing strategy or a superior product, leaving groups of unlucky consumers with an obsolete technology [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Friday, September 17, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Business, Games, History, Internet · Tagged AC, Apple, Apple Inc., Atari, Atari S.A., audio and video technology, Audio storage, Berliner, Berliner Effektengesellschaft AG, Betacam technology, betamax, blue laser, bob dylan, car industry hurt sales, Circuit City, Circuit City Stores, Commodore, Computer storage media, consumer electronics, D.C., Digital media, digital media storage, digital video, distribution technology, DivX, DOS, DVD, DVD technology, electricity, Electronics, electronics manufacturers, Emile Berliner, Federal Communications Commission, first electric chair, Format war, George Westinghouse, Harris Communications GmbH, HD DVD, hi-fi systems, High-definition television, Howard Stern, IBM, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, internet radio, Japan, Java, mac, Martha Stewart, media manipulation, Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Windows, Niagara Falls, Nikola Tesla, obsolete technology, Playstation 3, RCA, satellite radio industry, similar technology, Sony, Sony Corporation, Storage, Technology_Internet, telephone conversations, Thomas Edison, Toshiba, TOSHIBA CORPORATION, United States, USD, vhs, video, voltage, Warner Bros, Warner Brothers
Gamers, prepare for 2011. There are some very cool game titles coming. George Lucas and his studio are releasing the first series of the Star Wars video game. Electronic Arts is trying to take Crysis to a whole new level. We also have Rage, Portal 2 and Gears of War 3, all delightful if you [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Games · Tagged 2011 games, 3D graphics, ASCII, assasin's creed, computer games, Crysis, crysis 2, dead space 2, driver, driver: san francisco, Electronic Arts, Electronic Arts Inc, Entertainment, First-person shooters, Games, Gears of War, gears of war 3, George Lucas, Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, mortal kombat 9, Multiplayer online games, new games, New York, portal 2, Rage, san francisco, star wars the old republic, studio of George Lucas, The Old Republic, toaru majutsu no Index, top 10 games, top 10 lists, TopTenz, video game reviews, video games, Warner Bros, Warner Brothers, Windows games, ZeniMax Media Inc
Google is amazing (please thank me for this amazing revelation). There are some things you probably didn’t know Google can do. Take your time and read the information below. You’ll likely learn a few tips and tricks that will make you appreciate Google even more. 10. Find a beautiful wallpaper for your desktop resolution with [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, July 12, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under People · Tagged Adobe, Adobe Systems Inc, Gmail, Gmail interface, Google, Google Inc., google tips, google translate, google tricks, google video, Google's hoaxes, Internet, internet tips, iPad, Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, PDF, pdf quickview, search engine, Search videos durations, social network, video site, weather portal, Web 2.0, world wide web
Warning: Some of the videos may contain material that is offensive to some readers. TopTenz.net does not support these games and lists them here only as a matter of showing how strange some video games, especially their storylines, may be. Unfortunately, some of these strange video games also are in extremely poor taste. Many different [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 12:21 am
Filed under Bizarre, Games · Tagged Aerosmith, Arcade Game, Arcade games, Atari, Commodore, computer games, Danny Ledonne, Electronic games, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Entertainment, Games, genesis, Giana Sisters, john f kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mario Bros, Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Windows, Midway, Mystique, Nintendo, Nintendo Co.,Ltd., Nintendo DS, Pong, RPG, Stephane Krupa, Steven Tyler, strangest video games, Super Columbine Massacre RPG!, The Great Giana Sisters, Time Warner Inc., tom hanks, Tong Shau Ping, Video game controversies, video game publisher, video games, Warren Commission, ZX Spectrum games
In today’s world, technology is definitely the way of doing well…everything. You can watch T.V. online, listen to music online, bank, shop, give yourself a virtual makeover and even order food. As great as technology is, especially computers and the Internet, there are down falls. Some claim that with the invention of the Internet, computers, [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Internet, People · Tagged Adrian Lamo, bank accounts, bank fraud, communist politician, Computer hacking, computer scientist, Computing, Cybercrime, Eric Corley, F.B.I, Fred Cohen, Hacker, Hackers, Hackers Wanted, hacking, infamous hackers, internet cafes, John Schiefer, Jr, Kevin Mitnick, Kevin Poulsen, Legion of Doom, Mark Abene, Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, MIT, Nahshon Even-Chaim, operating systems, Phreaking, Rober Morris, Robert Morris, Robert T. Morris, telecommunications, the F.B.I., University of Southern California's School of Engineering, Vladimir Levin
Everyone makes bad decisions in life. Fortunately for most of us, the bad decisions we make aren’t broadcast to the world. When you’re a major corporation and you trip and fall flat on your face for all the world to see? Heck, even that isn’t as bad as all the money you may lose your [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under Business · Tagged airplanes, Alexander Bell, Apple, baseball, bill gates, brand, British Airways, Coca-Cola, coke, computers, E.T., Gateway Computers, IBM, Mac Clones, Microsoft, Microsoft Bob, microsoft office, Monday Night Football, N-Gage, new coke, New York City, new york yankees, Nokia, Power Computing, Reese's Pieces, software, The Beatles, top 10 bad corporate decisions, Western Union, Yankee, Yes Network