The final OUYA retail console is ready, we go hands-on

It's been a long time coming, and now the Android-powered, Kickstarter-funded OUYA video game console is finally heading to backers. Sure, the final retail units for non-backers won't be available until June, but around 50,000 lucky folks who pledged over $99 to OUYA's massively successful campaign will be receiving their units in the coming days. We've already heard what developers have to say about it, but this week we got our first hands-on with the miniature, Tegra 3-powered game console we've been hearing so much about since last summer.

Is it the "best Tegra 3 device on the market," as OUYA's claimed? Let's find out!

Gallery: Ouya hands-on (GDC 2013)

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/28/ouya-hands-on/

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FBI 'flying saucers' NM memo bureau's most viewed

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) ? An FBI report of "flying saucers" in New Mexico sent to then-Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1950 has become the most popular file in the bureau's electronic reading room.

The Roswell Daily Record reports (http://bit.ly/1647qm6) the memo sent by FBI Washington, D.C.- field office chief Guy Hottel has been viewed nearly a million times.

The document is about a report of three flying saucers allegedly recovered in New Mexico, each occupied by three small human-shaped bodies. It says an informant told officials that the UFOs had ended up there because a government radar in the area interfered with their controlling mechanisms.

The FBI never followed up on the report.

The memo is available in the "The Vault," an electronic reading room launched by the FBI in 2011 that contains around 6,700 public documents.

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'The Vault' memo, http://vault.fbi.gov/hottel_guy/Guy%20Hottel%20Part%201%20of%201/view

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HBT: Marlins' Morrison eyes return by mid-May

Logan Morrison has missed all of spring training as he recovers from knee surgery, but the Marlins first baseman is scheduled to take a big step in his comeback when he starts throwing, fielding, and running next week.

Morrison told Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald that he?s hoping to come off the disabled list by mid-May and described himself as ?frustrated? by having to sit out so much action.

Casey Kotchman has made the Marlins after signing a minor-league contract and will open the season as the starting first baseman. It?ll be interesting to see what happens if Kotchman fares well, because while Morrison has played quite a bit of left field in the past the Marlins probably wouldn?t want him in the outfield post-knee surgery and Kotchman can only play first base.

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Sprial galaxy: Hidden depths of Messier 77 revealed

Mar. 28, 2013 ? Messier 77 is a galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, some 45 million light-years away from us. Also known as NGC 1068, it is one of the most famous and well-studied galaxies. It is a real star among galaxies, with more papers written about it than many other galaxies put together.

Despite its current fame and striking swirling appearance, the galaxy has been a victim of mistaken identity a couple of times; when it was initially discovered in 1780, the distinction between gas clouds and galaxies was not known, causing finder Pierre Mechain to miss its true nature and label it as a nebula. It was misclassified again when it was subsequently listed in the Messier Catalogue as a star cluster.

Now, however, it is firmly categorised as a barred spiral galaxy, with loosely wound arms and a relatively small central bulge. It is the closest and brightest example of a particular class of galaxies known as Seyfert galaxies -- galaxies that are full of hot, highly ionised gas that glows brightly, emitting intense radiation.

Strong radiation like this is known to come from the heart of Messier 77 -- caused by a very active black hole that is around 15 million times the mass of our Sun. Material is dragged towards this black hole and circles around it, heating up and glowing strongly. This region of a galaxy alone, although comparatively small, can be tens of thousands of times brighter than a typical galaxy.

Although no competition for the intense centre, Messier 77's spiral arms are also very bright regions. Dotted along each arm are knotty red clumps -- a signal that new stars are forming. These baby stars shine strongly, ionising nearby gas which then glows a deep red colour as seen in the image above. The dust lanes stretching across this image appear as a rusty, brown-red colour due to a phenomenon known as reddening; the dust absorbs more blue light than red light, enhancing its apparent redness.

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My Take:High Speed Internet Is No Threat To Traditional TV Yet ...

• By?TechMoran
• March 13, 2013

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By Celina Jones

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Millions of people have switched from the traditional television sets to other more interactive alternatives like iTunes and online video streaming sites. Many people have also realized that the search to cut their expenses has led them to the online entertainment providers that provide them more services and channels than traditional cable TV.
What Does the Switch Mean?

It?s clear that the old-fashioned television set that sat in the middle of the living room is quickly becoming a must have commodity for those people who have excess room in their homes or the extra cash to burn. People want their entertainment, just as they always have, but they want it in a way that is easy for them to use anywhere and that?s affordable too. Internet and TV services can be expensive so it is worth comparing various options from different satellite and cable TV companies on a comparison site.
According to Industry Executives:

According to the cable TV executives, the cable TV industry has the ability to shrug off the internet threat when it comes to viewing online content like movies and videos, mainly because it has the proper infrastructure that is better suited for delivering good quality pictures and high video delivery to the consumers.

On the other hand, if you ask the people who prefer to live stream and watch the latest videos on the internet like YouTube then you will get a totally different answer. This new generation says that the traditional TV is a dinosaur that has not been informed yet of its demise. Though both sides raise valid points for their opinions, the answer to whether the beloved TV is threatened by the rapidly spreading online culture of the new generation is a question that can only be answered in the years to come.

?Internet TV is not going to become a competitor for at least a decade, half generation, more,? says Convergence analyst Brahm Eiley. In its current form, Internet video ?has no feet? to replace the TV access and content business, he argues. ?Online is not returning what traditional TV can? in terms of economics, argues Eiley. ?Nor is online in most cases a more enjoyable experience.?

Just follow the money: In the U.S. last year, Broadcasters and cable TV saw roughly $1.56 billion in Online TV related advertising revenue, a number Convergence says will jump to $1.83 billion in 2010. In contrast, Broadcasters and Cable Networks brought in $62 billion in TV advertising revenue last year, nearly $34 billion in programming fees from access providers, and, in turn, telcoTV, cable and satellite providers brought in $84 billion in TV subscription fees.
Conclusion

Eventually Wi-Fi and other interactive technology will catch up and may even overlap the quality and reliability of cable TV, but for now we?re not even close. According to a latest report, the more time an individual spends streaming media, the less time they spend watching it on traditional TV, which could make sense. If a person has already seen this week?s episode of their favorite TV show they don?t need to catch a rerun of it on their TV.

So when you hear about traditional TV being in danger of becoming extinct or something like that, nod your head but do so knowing that things aren?t changing as quickly as some may want you to believe. Little is changing in terms of TV service now.

Good old-fashioned cable TV is still the best way to watch some great entertainment. There is no buffering and unless you have a dish setup outside in a powerful rain storm, you aren?t going to lose the broadcast randomly.

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Authors Bio:

Celina is a senior analyst of a consulting team at High Speed Internet who also has a vast experience in marketing and financial services. She also often writes blogs and articles which provide useful information on the different uses of the internet including the way it has changed the landscape of traditional cable TV.

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American River Current : The cost of console gaming is ?too damn ...

Korbl Klimecki, Web Editor
March 12, 2013
Filed under Arts & Culture, Metagame, Tech/Gaming, Video Games

For the price of freedom to play any game release, you could buy two used cars-or one, and a decent computer (and still play a lot of games).

For the first 22 years of home gaming consoles, up to the Nintendo Entertainment System, rarely did a console breach the $200 mark (give or take ~10 percent). Outliers existed with prices as high as $700, but who do you know that had a 3DO Interactive Multiplayer in 1993?

Sega (Saturn) and Sony (Playstation) were the first major companies to breach this benchmark, at $399 and $299.99, respectively. With this fissure, the cost of gaming erupted into a geyser of money hemorrhaged from gamers? collective wallets.

The Playstation 2 and Xbox marked the sixth generation of video game consoles releasing for $299.99, while Nintendo clung to its historical price point, around $200, until the release of the Wii ($249.99) seven years ago.

With the PS3, prices climbed to $499.99, dwarfing competitors, with little to show for the price.

With time, prices drop, and the Wii can now be bought for $99.99, and a basic Xbox 360 could be $199.99. But these systems are on their way out. The PS3 still costs $299.99, after being on the market for seven years. If not for my intense love of the bloody, blasphemous, deicidal Kratos and the God of War series, I wouldn?t even countenance buying the soon-to-be glorified space heater.

Honestly, to an extent, one can almost understand why prices have risen so high. Technology quickly reduces in price, but new technology is always costly.

But here?s the thing. I can buy a good desktop computer for less than $1000. If I wanted to play any given game of the current generation, and not worry about system exclusivity, I would need to drop at least $600 at this point. If I?d wanted that freedom from the start, it would be over $1,000 for three separate pieces of hardware with limited functionality. It is difficult to find emulator programs for seventh-generation systems, such as the Xbox 360, but I know they?re out there.

Even putting aside piracy, I may not be able to play God of War III on my PC, but I can buy Saints Row the Third or Tomb Raider on Steam and play it on the upgradable box already in my room, without shelling out several hundred dollars for a dedicated game machine. You can even buy a gaming PC, and then use the same box for surfing the Internet or typing a report.

Just this month, a Linux-based ?Steam-box? was announced for $999.99. The Valve-backed Xi3 is, however, upgradable, and boasts 1 TB of storage and a high-end video card, making it a more game-tailored PC than game-dedicated box.

Source: http://www.arcurrent.com/arts-culture/2013/03/12/the-cost-of-console-gaming-is-too-damn-high/

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