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Lucille Wood
May 17, 2022
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The Latest PlayStation Move Games

With the upcoming release move, PlayStation fans are eagerly awaiting the release of several PlayStation Move games. PlayStation Move, scheduled to be released on September 17, combines the greatest elements of the Wii remote and Microsoft’s Project Natal to create a highly responsive motion sensor controller. Sony has announced several games that will utilize the new controller.

PlayStation sports fan have plenty to look forward to once the PlayStation Move is released. Sports Champion, slated for September 7, consists of six events ranging from archery to gladiator style dueling. Sports Champions has three different modes: Free Play, Challenge Mode and Competition Mode. Competition Mode allows players to go head to head and compete with up to three friends. Players looking for a bigger thrill may find the perfect match in The Fight: Lights Out. The Fight: Lights Out is a gritty fighting game that puts players in the shoes of an up and coming street fighter. The game features online and off line multiplayer as well as a single player career mode. The Fight: Lights out will hit the shelves on October 26, 2010.

Sports games are not the only PlayStation Move games making an appearance. Fans of Little Big Planet will be thrilled to know that Little Big Planet 2 will be PlayStation Move enabled. Scheduled to be released on November 16, this 3D platformer will bring back the loveable sackboy for another round of fun. Sly Cooper will also make an appearance on the PlayStation Move with The Sly Collection. The Sly Collection will contain updated, re-masterd versions of all three Sly Cooper games. As an added bonus, Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves will be available in 3D.

Resident Evil fans will be glad to know the Resident Evil 5: Gold Addition is already PlayStation Move enabled. Resident Evil 5 brings Chris Redfield to a remote African village in search of a new threat. Armed with a new partner, Sheva Alomar, the two must fight to stop the latest threat. The Gold Addition includes two new episodes, AÃ¯Â¿Â½Lost in NightmaresAÃ¯Â¿Â½ and AÃ¯Â¿Â½Desperate EscapeAÃ¯Â¿Â½ along with two new costume packs. For those that enjoy adventure games with a twist, Heavy Rain is a great choice. Released on February 23, 2010, Heavy Rain takes interactive story telling to new level as players shift between four different characters all caught in a stunning, emotional action adventure game.

PlayStation Move games expected to be released in the near future include: Beat Sketcher, Heroes on the Move, SOCOM 4: US Navy Seals, SingStar Dance, Time Crisis Razing Storm, Sorcery and more.…

Lucille Wood
May 17, 2022
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Console Gaming, Then and Now

We all remember pong, in fact, it’s still around. Cell phones, MP3 players, retro game reinventions still bring us Pong and many of the other classic games we know and love. Console games two decades ago(about when I was born) were very primitive. People often used number pads to enter in commands, those commands would then translate to an action on a screen. Some consoles were actually housed in wood, not plastic. It wasn’t until Nintendo released the NES that the market really exploded.

Nintendo had achieved something that the competition had not. The NES(Nintendo Entertainment System) was sleek, clean and it featured cartridges(games) that could be bought and inserted into the system to play. Many, many games were made for the NES and it was on top of the world for the time.

Nintendo later announced the Super NES, which had taken advantage of the newest technology at the time. This was the tipping point where 2-D smoothed into 3-D. The N64 was the next step, Sony was close behind with the Playstation. The N64 was still using cartridges while the PlayStation used discs. This turned a lot of game publishers away from the N64 because it meant developing for 2 different technologies.

This Brings us up to the year 2000. You have 3 major competitors; Sony’s PlayStation 2, Microsoft’s Xbox and Nintendo’s Gamecube. All have 3-D graphics and immersible gameplay but the Xbox and PlayStation 2 appealed to more hardcore gamers while the Nintendo kept a fun casual gamer environment. The Xbox and PlayStation 2 did something that the Gamecube did not, online multiplayer. For the first time, gamers would be able to use the Internet to play with each other. This took video games to a whole new level.

With today’s consoles hot on the market(Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii) it is only a matter of time before we see another big breakthrough from console games. There are technologies in the works that will hopefully have gamers moving and controlling game characters in a life-like manner. If the last decade in changes are any indication of the changes to come, then we have a lot to look forward to.…

Lucille Wood
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military
May 15, 2022
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US Military Sales to Taiwan – Is It Safe to Allow That Technology to Be Stolen There?

Last year we were discussing the challenges of selling Taiwan our latest weapon systems in case they wanted to defend themselves against a Chinese forced reunification. If we don’t there would be little reason for China not to force their political will, but if we do, it’s well known that Chinese spies have infiltrated the Taiwan Military and political leadership, and thus, might someday use that same technology against us, our allies, or sell it to our enemies. Okay so, let’s talk.
You see it is my contention that Taiwan has been fully infiltrated, and thus, we ought to watch out for espionage or Chinese spies getting Lockheed’s technology (missile defense shield), and what about those F-16 upgrades, of course, China already has that due to Pakistan and other nations, the Chinese were all over the last India Air Show with the newest F-15 modifications for stealthier design, and F-16 modifications.
There are now direct flights between the countries (China and Pakistan), direct trade, and political talks at the highest levels, and previously there were lots of inter-connected flights through Hong Kong, etc. and the latest direct flights are bothersome too, not quite as serious as the secret flights between Venezuela and Iran, because it is important for those two nations to be on good-terms and continue talking – that prevents war and conflict.
Nevertheless, this is how proliferation occurs, just like the North Koreans selling nuclear weapons tech to Syria or the Pakistani scientist to Iran. We have some serious challenges around the world with military tech flows, and these are just a few of what’s out in open and well-known. The recent political talk between Taiwan and Chinese leaders about eventual re-unification, which seems to be a “trial close” sale on the Taiwanese voters, and whenever a Taiwan businessman (patriotic spy) or politician speaks out about China, all of a sudden he’s out of business, out of office and facing some sort of charges.
How about on the spy front? Well, there are several former bought-off Taiwanese double-spies converted into Chinese assets now. China wants our Aegis system tech, and the Metal Storm systems from Europe, as they know they need it, and they are right they are going to need it if they push much harder against South Sea bordering nations, as the US Navy is serious about keeping open shipping channels and open waters.
Does China think the US is weak? Well, perhaps they are not na?Ã¯Â¿Â½ve to think that we are militarily weak, but they realize the US people cannot stomach a war. Of course, and during the Vietnam war, we wouldn’t bomb past the parallel, where the supply lines were coming from, how do you fight a way half way, my dad said we could have won that war in any 10-period had they let the various carrier groups and USAF in there. Oh well, also China looked pretty weak too when confronted with the Vietnamese who were not afraid to die to defend themselves.
It seems that when Chinese and US Politicians talk, they simply set aside many of these other issues, which are serious enough to discuss, and such a dialogue would be of value, as our nation’s economies are inter-connected of course. Please consider all this and think on it.…

Lucille Wood
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iphone
May 14, 2022
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Get Your Free iPhone 4G – Here’s How

Software companies manufacturing applications for gadgets such as the iPhone need your help. Becoming a beta tester is easier than you might think and you will end up with the coolest gadgets for free in exchange for your help.
So what will it take to become an applications tester? Well, not pretty much to be honest. You won’t need previous experience or references because software manufacturers want their applications to be tested by ordinary people just like you and me. This will give them an idea about how their software is going to be received by the general public. To software engineers everything looks easy to use but there have been when applications that were only tested by the people who made them proved to be commercial failures as the general public found them too hard to operate.
This is why beta testers are now regular people, kids, students, housewives and school teachers. The testing process is quite simple. All you will have to do is take the iPhone with the application installed on it and use it only when you need it just like a regular buyer would. You won’t have to assess the technical features of the software but its general usability and every day utility.
After the testing period (usually about a week) you will have to give your honest review to the company. As a reward for your work (if you can call playing with a gadget “work”) you won’t be paid in cash but you will get to keep the iPhone you’ve just used for testing for free instead.…

Lucille Wood
May 14, 2022
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Sony’s Big E3 Announcements For 2009

Various rumours gained increasing momentum during the build up to the E3 technology show in early June. Perhaps the most persistent rumour was that of a PlayStation 3 price cut and a new PSP handheld gaming device. The PS3 price reduction didn’t happen, although the new PSP did. We the take a look at Sony’s major E3 announcements.

Perhaps the biggest announcement was the first one. Sony unveiled a new PSP handheld console called the PSP Go. The main feature of the device is a moveable screen which slides open to revel the controls which appear to be much improved from the previous generation PSP with a more PS3 like layout including the introduction of an analogue stick. This new sliding screen allows the device to be a claimed 50% smaller and around 40% lighter than the original PSP. In what could be considered an admission of defeat, the UMD (Universal Media Disc) drive has been discontinued, a move which will surely see the disappearance of this little-loved proprietary format. In its place is a memory stick card slot (using the M2 format) along with 16GB of internal memory. Built in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth communication technologies also feature. The PSP Go will hit the shops in October 2009 for $249.99.

The second big announcement from Sony was a motion controller for the PS3 games console. The control system works in conjunction with the PlayStation Eye motion-sensing webcam which tracks the motion of the player around the room. The demo showed the player replicated on the screen, usually with some sort of weapon being held in their hand such as a light sabre or a sword. The technology is clearly a play on Nintendo’s Wii motion control system and looks to take the original Wii controller a stage further by using full body movement. It is interesting to note that Microsoft also launched a similar system at E3, although it has to be said that the Sony system looked a lot closer to making production than the Microsoft system.

These represented the two major announcements at the show. Other news surrounded new and upcoming games. Some notable highlights were a live demo run of Uncharted 2, a live demo of the war game M.A.G showing a staggering 256 live network players playing in real time through the internet. Some new games were also announced including a PS3 exclusive by Rockstar (developers of GTA4) called Agent and based in the 1970’s. A new game from the Metal Gear Solid stable called Peace Walker was also announced, along with a little trailer to accompany it. The game is due in 2010.

That concludes our brief look at Sony’s E3 2009 announcement.…

Lucille Wood
May 12, 2022
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Find All the Latest Phone Gadgets

It seems like every day new developments are made in technology and one of the more rapidly developing areas of technology involves the mobile phone. People all over the world have come to depend on their mobile phones to conduct their businesses as well as their personal and social lives. As cell phones have become increasingly popular, accessories and phone gadgets have been created to help users personalize their mobile phones and to make them serve even more functions. From car chargers to stylish cases and downloadable applications, phone gadgets take a variety of forms and perform a variety of functions.

When it comes to cell phones and gadgets, some online suppliers know all that there is to know. As one of the leading online suppliers in electronic gadgets, gadget suppliers make it their business to provide their customers with a huge selection of items at very low prices. These suppliers have all kinds of phone gadgets to offer from a variety of convenient chargers to fashionable, decorative gadgets. No matter what kind of product you are looking for, the internet is sure to have something that catches your eye.

There is a wide selection of phone gadgets in the category of mobile phone chargers. There are a variety of options for the popular iPhone including the Traveling Wall Charger, the Home/Car Charger, and the regular Wall Power Charger. Bluetooth headsets are another popular category in phone gadgets. Bluetooth headsets provide the user with hands-free access to their calls and many online suppliers make this privilege available at a low cost in comparison to many of the top electronic stores. In addition to the more functional phone gadgets, online gadget suppliers also offers a variety of fashionable gadgets such as LED lights, decorative casings, and key chains to attach to your mobile phone. No matter what your style is, the internet has a variety of fashionable phone gadgets available for you to choose from.

Many internet gadget suppliers are proud to offer their customers great products at low prices. Not only do most of these companies offer competitive prices, but they throw in free shipping and a 30-day money back guarantee to sweeten the deal. Customers all over the country have discovered what internet gadget suppliers can do for them. What are you waiting for? Shop online now for all the latest mobile gadgets at great prices and styles that will be perfect for you.…

Lucille Wood
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consciousness
May 11, 2022
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Green Energy – Bring Eco-Friendly Consciousness

At present, everyone are taking an active role in bring eco-friendly awareness and ways to save our planet. Certainly, it took years many years of hard research and development in bringing advanced and latest technologies into human lives. But humans are now playing with the planet that brings different types of ecological imbalances. This is the main reason for which small and big companies are considering green energy method to save our earth. Fundamentally, eco-friendly is an electricity energy that is created from a process that has zero negative effect on our planet. You can find that there are many other energy sources those have high rate of bad impact on the environment. One of the worst examples is fossil fuel with high rate of side effects to our earth.

Green energy has zero negative effect on environ than conventional methods that bring bad side effects. Some of the green approach are hydro energy, geothermal, wind and solar. Nuclear energy is also considered green resource because it gives low waste production virtual to other energy sources.

Let’s have some idea about the different kinds of green energy:

Solar Energy – This environmental friendly energy is being used from the ancient times. In this type of energy the sunny heat and light of the sun is used.

Wind Energy – This form of energy is used to make electricity. There are many cities those use the power of wind to generate electricity. Wind pumps, wind mills, and wind turbines are some of the important sources of wind energy.

Geothermal – This type of energy is used to determine the temperature of our planet. It is how the earth was formed with volcanic activity, mineral decays and other forms.

Nuclear Energy – This form of energy is used to generate electricity with the help of nuclear fission reaction.

Hydro Energy – Hydropower is used to generate electricity and in this falling water force is used. This is one of the best forms of green energy.

The main aim of eco-friendly energy is to generate renewable electricity with negative pollution emission. It is true that all type of energy somewhat brings negative effect and pollution. But the rate of negativity is minimal. However, sustainable energy is renowned for contributing low rate effect than other types of energy. Well, there are many other forms of green energy but each of them plays a vital role in saving our planet. It helps to reduce green house and other forms of harmful effect. If you are really concerned about the earth, then you need to look for sustainable ways of making the earth greener and worth living.…

Lucille Wood
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medical
May 9, 2022
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Three Reasons Simulation Technology Should Revolutionize the Medical Industry

Aviation analogies are often used in discussion and analysis of medical quality issues. Both industries depend on the decision making of relatively few specialists to ensure the safety of their clients. In the case of both of pilots and clinicians, the smallest lapse in judgment can have a profound impact on human safety. The need for performance management in aviation launched a billion dollar flight simulation industry for approximately 75,000 flight crews worldwide. Death due to operator error has seen a dramatic reduction in aviation since the introduction of flight simulation technology. That and other process improvements have elevated aviation to one of the safest forms of travel.
Other studies show that 44% of physician-originated error results from a deficit in practitioner knowledge or skill. For an industry that is undergoing massive improvements in the quantity and efficacy of diagnostic and treatment options, the state of the art in disease training is surprisingly archaic. The primary method of delivering new information to physicians is still verbal and written. Medicine is well positioned to experience the benefits of simulation training.
Today web-based clinical simulation training is readily available and prepared to assist in the education and practice of medical professionals. Many note that it has the potential to alter the landscape of today’s medicine, providing quality education and unparalleled experience to today’s physician, nurse, and medical professional. There are many reasons how and why this educational tool can reduce human medical error in general. However, it is important to focus on three of the most important benefits of medical simulation and how it can alter the practice and understanding of today’s medicine.
1) Medical training in a consequence-free environment
When identifying, diagnosing, and prescribing in a virtual/web-based simulator, clinicians can feel more comfortable making decisions because they are in a consequence-free environment. If a clinician makes a serious error which results in patient injury or death in simulation, the likelihood of making the same mistake in clinical practice is significantly decreased.
2) Fewer restraints on clinical learning
Virtual patient simulators are available everywhere at once; the availability of high quality training is no longer constrained by access to classrooms, teachers, and experts. The medical student, nurse, or trained physician with access to a computer with an Internet connection is able to continue training at any time, day or night.
3) Reduced variability in clinical care delivery (i.e. fewer medical errors)
When training on advanced web-based simulators, such as , which utilize a “Quality Improvement Cycle”, a clinician’s treatment path is compared to best practices and, when available, medical guidelines, and medical error is quickly identified in a specific patient context. Recent studies ( ) demonstrate surprising efficacy in pre/post testing for simulation-based clinical learning.
Simulation training has the potential to revolutionize the medical industry by expanding training capabilities and ultimately enhancing clinical care standards. Its ability to train clinicians in a worry-free environment, easy accessibility, and ability to identify and remediate skill gaps suggest that simulation technology is well positioned to have a profound impact on the quality of healthcare training and delivery in the US.…

Lucille Wood
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benefits
May 7, 2022
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The Benefits Of Teaming With A Consulting Firm That Offers Business Intelligence Analytics

When searching for the best technology consulting firms in the region, there is a crucial list of criteria that companies need to consider in order to achieve optimal professional success. Naturally, one of the most influential factors to look for in a technology consulting firm is their talent-recruiting capabilities. It’s no secret that a company is only as strong and as well-equipped as the staff that runs it. Thus, organizations spanning a multitude of operational verticals depend on their technology consulting firms to solicit the top tier of available candidates that have the experience and skillsets necessary to proactively and proficiently contribute to the success of their organizations.
Business Intelligence Analytics: A Vital Offering From Any Technology Consulting Firm
While candidate sourcing and job placement offerings do represent an integral part of any successful relationship with a technology consulting firm, it’s important to remember that that isn’t the only criteria to look for when screening an ideal provider to partner with. A well-rounded, professional and experienced firm will offer clients an extensive and comprehensive service portfolio that addresses far more than merely their current candidate requirements. What’s one of the most important offerings to demand from your technology consulting firm? Business intelligence analytics.
Key Value Add Differentiators Business Intelligence Analytics Deliver Your Business
No matter what technology vertical your corporation is currently operating in, aligning your organization with a business intelligence analytics resource can deliver a multitude of benefits. Without having a steady and accurate gauge of the state of your organization, it’s hard to ensure that your team is operating at max capacity. An experienced team can help your company drill down on some of the most vital service factors and trending industry indicators to help your company stay ahead of the curve and aware of any potential downturns.
Additionally, not only will a business intelligence analytics team help quantify the current state of your organization, they can also provide a third-party impartial opinion on how things are being managed within your team. Even the most successfully run companies can find themselves struggling with accurately and objectively identifying areas that warrant attention and improvement. An outside business intelligence analytics provider can give your company the fresh perspective it needs to ensure it is always operating as proficiently as possible.
Finally, your chosen analytics provider’s job is not done once it merely identifies your company’s existing inadequacies and operational glitches. A truly seasoned and professional firm will also help your team delve deeply into the exposed issues to get at the root of all internal inefficiencies. From there, a polished firm will then partner with you to create a customized strategic plan to effectively and proactively address the issues. Once a course of action has been delineated, your selected vendor will have the experience and fortitude to help your organization follow through with a systematic execution to get your corporation back on track and operating at optimal productivity levels.…