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...kind of like going from an Xbox to an Atari.' BILL BURTON, White House spokesman, on his new office, where external e-mail log-ins and social websites are prohibited...
...This decade has definitely seen some of the most memorable CES events in history. The Microsoft Xbox and the plasma TV were both unveiled in 2001. High-definition TV and Blu-Ray came along by 2003. When Bill Gates was demonstrating Windows Media Center at the 2005 CES, his on-stage computer crashed mid-demo; a few minutes later, a Microsoft employee got the "blue screen of death" when demonstrating another application. Chuckles and schadenfreude abounded...
Sony is hoping Home will breathe some life into its flagging video-game division, which, according to Business Week, lost about $3.8 billion over the past two years. It sure can't help Sony that the latest PlayStation console costs nearly twice as much as Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's adorable...
...waves. Another time, he flies through the air to return a kidnapped boy. And most impressive of all, he discovers a triple homicide and brings the victims - three children who had been chopped into bits and stored in pickle jars - back to life. Compared to this, making an Xbox by hand is probably child's play...
...virtual theater and even watch real movies from Sony and partner Paramount - and who knows who else. Sony could surely use the money; its PlayStation 3 division has lost nearly $3.8 billion over the past few years. The PlayStation 3 costs $400 and is getting thumped by Microsoft's Xbox, which is twice as popular, and Nintendo's adorable Wii, which has sold four times as many units for the month of October. So a lot is at stake here...