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Small gestures: Talking to tomorrow's tech

The Wii's success is truly phenomenal. All but dead in the console race three years ago, Nintendo is now leaving Sony and Microsoft in the dust. The biggest reason, aside from its low price: its easily mastered, gesture-based interface.

| Opinion | Personal tech | 09/30/08 at 11:28 am |


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Wii storage solution coming, 'better' than a hard drive

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, always the outspoken gaming exec, on Monday teased that Nintendo was indeed working on a Wii storage solution, with the cryptic caveat that it would be "better than" a hard drive.

| News | Personal tech | Storage | 09/09/08 at 7:48 pm |


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Nintendo sales, profit surge on Wii, DS

Nintendo reported strong growth in its sales and profit during the April to June quarter thanks to the popularity of its Wii console and DS handheld gaming device -- although sales of both devices dropped in Japan.



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How about a Wii bit more storage, Nintendo?

Every company off-site retreat that we have, our gaming aficionado brings several consoles for the rest of us to play with, and the Wii always draws the biggest after-hours crowd. It's an amazing piece of technology. So why is it that Nintendo can't pack more than half a gigabyte of storage into its system?

| Opinion | Personal tech | Storage | 07/24/08 at 5:26 pm |


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