By Brennon Slattery PC World (US) January 21, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO (01/16/2009) – Couch potatoes, rejoice: now you can watch YouTube right in your living room on your big-screen television. YouTube announced its union with Sony and Nintendo to bring YouTube for Television (that’s http://www.youtube.com/tv — a link only accessible via a game console) through [...]

By Jeff Bertolucci PC World (US) January 06, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO – LG Electronics this spring will launch a series of broadband-enabled HDTVs that will stream movies, TV shows, and other high-definition content from Netflix, without the need for an external set-top box, the company has announced. LG and Netflix are demonstrating the new products [...]

By Lincoln Spector PC World (US) December 10, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO – A TV can’t do much by itself. To get true movie sound, you need to supplement it with a home theater system: a digitally friendly amplifier, a large subwoofer, and at least five satellite speakers (or something like Yamaha’s YSP-1000 virtual surround sound [...]

By Matt Peckham PC World (US) February 17, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO – Are you bored with beautiful games? Alright, okay, I know — just because they’re pretty doesn’t mean they’re empty-headed. But you’ve gotta admit, after all these years, and for all the passionate chatter about gaming “growing up,” there’s still a kind of funky-smelling [...]

By Matt Peckham PC World (US) January 21, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO  – The console game Wii aficionados literally can’t live without is now unofficially the top selling video game ever. That game would be Wii Sports, a hodgepodge of Mii-infested no-frills sports games that comes with every single Wii, desired or no. That Wii Sports’ [...]

By Matt Peckham PC World (US) January 06, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO  – Who wants scads of commercial PC games for free? No, I don’t mean the kind you download illicitly, silly. I’m talking about older but as well a few newer games, including a few award-winners that publishers have made available over the years and [...]

By Matt Peckham PC World (US) December 10, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO – To hear Ken Levine cite Ultima Underworld as the game that inspired him makes me smile. I miss the Ultima series, the Underworld games most of all. I even miss the “World of Ultima” spinoffs. Remember Savage Empire? Martian Dreams? I do. I [...]

By Digital Arts staff Digital Arts Magazine February 17, 2009 LONDON- Fujifilm debuts new sensor technology in FinePix F200EXR camera Fujifilm has launched its first camera featuring its EXR technology, the FinePix F200EXR, which was announced at the Photokina 2008 exhibition. The company says that the FinePix F200EXR utilises the technology to create an unprecedented [...]

By Jeff Bertolucci PC World (US) January 21, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO – Reliability and Service: Digital Cameras Canon no longer dominates the digital camera category, suffering a dramatic drop-off in consumer approval in our survey this year compared with its performance in last year’s survey. In 2007, Canon smoked the competition with above-average scores in [...]

By Melissa J. Perenson PC World (US) January 06, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO  – The impression that digital SLR (single-lens reflex) cameras are too complicated to use is quickly fading. So, too, is the notion that they lack some of the friendly features found on point-and-shoot cameras. While digital SLRs probably won’t replace pocket cameras anytime [...]