“Games and gamers are fast becoming the defining cultural icons of today’s generation. GDC 2007 really exemplified this. When we looked beyond the expected technical meetings, we found a host of sessions that dealt with social and cultural issues, including the whole serious games movement, round tables on gaming addiction, and other navel-gazing offerings.”Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- GCensus: Using Google Earth for Census Analysis @ ExtremeTech
- Meet cGrid, the real-time P2P punisher @ Ars Technica
- DirectX 10 Editorial @ ASE Labs
- Sungale Your Bluetooth Link! Car Kit Review @ Bigbruin
- Windows Vista: Flawed Just Like Windows Me @ OSWeekly
- Why Apple OS Could Be a Corporate Success @ OSWeekly
- DRM: Microsoft’s Ace in the Hole @ MadPenguin
- Why Dell Is Really Saying No to Linux @ OSWeekly
- Nokia 7390 L’Amour Designer Phone Review @ CoolTechZone
- Nyko Multi-Reader 360 for the Xbox 360 @ Futurelooks
- Oppo DV-981HD Upconverting DVD Player @ hardCOREware
- Windows XP and Vista Performance Comparison @ OZHardware
- Freespire 2.0 Alpha 1 @ Phoronix
- Mojo Energy Mints from Sweet Stuff Innovative Products @ A True Review
- Technic3D with oVerkill.OC Team on CeBI
- Griffin Elevator Desktop Stand Review @ ThinkComputers
- 3 weeks left to Donate/Enter Raffle @ HardwareLogic
Waiting to get in the game
ExtremeTech has wrapped up their GDC 2007 coverage with a big slideshow, covering some interesting new peripherals and systems, as well as a long writeup on the presentations they saw. Get a look at what is coming up for 2007/8.
