Video Games

Microsoft moved up its Xbox and Kinect production for the holiday season and will consequently see shortages in the next two months. Demand for the units was plentiful, with 1.9 million Xboxes sold in December, but the production shortages stopped them from surpassing Nintendo Wii’s 2.3 million units. Consoles are facing declining sales in the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110117_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Internet monitoring company Pingdom analyzed numerous reports to figure out how users spent their time online in 2010. 1.97 billion worldwide users sent over 107 trillion messages, 360 billion items on Facebook and watched over 730 billion videos on Youtube. Social media is only getting bigger, and Continue Reading →

International CES 2011 is in the history books and it was a wonderful show. Over 135,000 attendees, over 20,000 new product announcements, over 1.6 million square feet of exhibit space — it was a non-stop tech festival that truly has no equal anywhere on Earth. Samsung, Sony, Sharp, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Vizio, Joe, Sally, Tom, Continue Reading →

The PlayStation 3 was recently hacked and its security codes were published online. Sony is suing George Hotz, one of the hackers from the group Fail0verflow that released the information. The group’s website tries to convince Sony that they vehemently oppose videogame piracy. Read the full article at BBC.co.uk Continue Reading →

Shelly chats with Microsoft’s Molly O’Donnell about the Xbox Kinect. Continue Reading →

Nintendo’s yet-to-be-released handheld game device, the 3DS, was recently stolen from a Chinese production facility. A release date and price for the 3DS are still unknown, but we now know that it will have 96MB of RAM and a 1,300mAh battery. A YouTube video showing off the device was quickly taken down. Read the full Continue Reading →

A warning from Nintendo’s Japanese website states that the 3-D screen on the upcoming 3DS could be harmful to children 6 years and younger. The stereoscopic imaging causes more strain on the eyes than a normal screen and could damage the underdeveloped eyes of a child. Nintendo has included parental controls that will allow you Continue Reading →

The Xbox Kinect, one of this season’s hottest gifts, is continuously being modified in the most creative ways imaginable. Recent hacker Takayuki Fukatsu rigged two Kinect units that manipulate the video in real-time to create an invisibility cloak effect. It’s not Harry Potter, but this little experiment shows how consumer technology is moving closer to Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/101209_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Ever worry that upon passing, your social media presence would be underwhelming? A new website called 1000 Memories was created to help families and friends share memories of those who have passed away. Who would you trust to be your social benefactor? In other news, The WikiLeaks Continue Reading →

Shelly Talks About Xbox 360 Kinect on Fox 5 News at 10 Continue Reading →