USB IR dongles almost cure PS3's universal-remote woes
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One of our original and most persistent gripes about the PS3 has been the lack of any sort of IR support that would allow you to program your universal remote to command the system. Now, a handful of less-than-perfect solutions are hitting the market.
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Tycho:  Stop whatever you're doing right now and watch this video - offered in HD for Windows Media or Quicktime.  That's Level 5's White Knight Story, and I must stress for readers that Level 5 is in no way fucking around.  That's how you sell us a Goddamn Playstation 3.  We are almost impervious to many of the brands that define Sony's hardware:  for us, Metal Gear Solid and Gran Turismo emit no will crushing pheromones.  Compare that to the White Knight clip, which is a fairly comprehensive tour of my private desires.
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By Benjamin J. Romano, The Seattle Times  Sep. 14--Microsoft's newest keyboards are acting more like remote  controls.
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Sony announces new functionality for both its PS3 and PSP gaming hardware.
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Icon sparks speculation Sony may have made a slight PlayStation 3 faux pas by posting the image of a potential update to the XrossMediaBar (XMB) user interface that would give gamers access to in-game communications options.â¦
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The PlayStation 3 system is surprisingly clunky to use and simply does not provide many basic functions that users have come to expect.
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Underpromising in order to overdeliver can't make up for sluggish operating results.
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A remote control device which can operate household appliances has given a disabled man back his independence.
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By Fiona MacRae AS any truly dedicated couch potato will tell you, it can be tiring pressing the buttons on the remote control. But even that exertion might soon be avoided with the arrival of the thought-activated television.
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Theater-quality entertainment systems are coming to the car. Is rush hour ready for wireless file swapping?
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Guitar Hero groupies, get ready: A third entry in the musical franchise is on the way, and it will have a wireless controller!
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Will the competing next-generation optical disc standards ever meet in the same device? Not for now, it seems.
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I'm sorry to see that my blog entry on recent controversies over freedom turned into a thread about TiVo. But since TiVo seems to be such a hot button, I would like to address that issue directly. I made the point in the discussion that TiVo did not license its hardware under the GPL (duh, GPL is a software license, after all), or even a GPL-like license.  So all the fuss about what rights you have with respect to TiVo hardware is nonsense.  Sure, you have the right to modify the hardware because you bought it.  But you will void your warranty, and TiVo is under no obligation to provide you with the schematic, BIOS, or anything else to make it easy to modify the hardware.  Having said that, let's cut through all the posturing about what rights we have, and get to the real issue here, which is what motivated TiVo to use a digital signature, and what would motivate people to modify the TiVo software and run the modified version on a TiVo box.
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Japanese gamers get a cheaper PlayStation 3, and everyone gets HDMI. But Sony wonât say what percentage of PS3 units will be the less expensive models. Chris Kohler reports from Tokyo.
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Receiver will allow your TV to display HD content that's stored on your PC.
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Early attempts have been marred by high cost and low performance. Now, Avnera thinks it has the answer.Photos: Cutting the speaker cord
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Punts 802.11a kit at gamers, multi-room music streamers