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  • Nintendo's Wii to be equipped with PixArt's multi-object tracking technology
    May 15, 2006 – 11:08 AM
    Taiwan-based PixArt Imaging (PXI) on 12 May announced a strategic agreement with Nintendo to provide its multi-object tracking (MOT) technology for the controller of the "Wii" next-generation gaming console.
  • TG Daily Video: The Nintendo Line and Via's UMPC
    May 14, 2006 – 1:57 PM
    We published several videos over the past few days to offer you a first hand hand impression from the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Here are two more videos that slipped through our busy schedule initially: Via demonstrates it's Ultra Mobile PC and if you have not made it to E3 in person, you'll see what you have missed at the Nintendo booth.
  • Nintendo applies for voice to text software patent
    February 4, 2006 – 2:07 PM
    Nintendo of America filed for a patent to cover voice to text chat conversion. Patent application 20060025214 was filed in July 29, 2004 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but has only appeared on the agency's website recently. Nintendo believes that voice to text conversion could enhance online games by altering color and font size of text depending on the tone and amplitude of the speaker's voice.
  • STMicroelectronics sensors to be used in Nintendo's Wii
    May 10, 2006 – 11:34 AM
    STMicroelectronics on May 9 announced that its three-axis acceleration sensors will be used to provide a motion-activated user interface for Nintendo's new home console, Wii.
  • New deal brings handwriting abilities to Nintendo DS
    October 26, 2005 – 11:42 AM
    The Nintendo DS handheld console has added handwriting recognition to its features, with a deal being announced this week with Zi Corporation to bring the Decuma handwriting technology to the platform.
  • GemTek to ship USB dongles to Nintendo in October
    October 7, 2005 – 11:11 AM
    GemTek Technology has secured orders to manufacture external wireless USB dongles for Nintendo's game consoles, with volume shipment to begin in October, according to market sources and an October 6 report in the Chinese-language Commercial Times .
  • Guy Makes a PC Out of Nintendo Wii
    September 4, 2008 – 6:10 PM in Build Your Own
    Modding your computer to look cooler is one thing, and overclocking it your processor and memory is pretty cool too. But someone has managed to stuff a fully operational desktop PC into Nintendo’s minuscule Wii. Of course, the internals of the Wii were g
  • E3 2006: Nintendo blows a big chance as Sony proves PS3 games do exist
    May 10, 2006 – 3:32 PM
    Reporters eager to see the Wii during Wednesday's early morning preview session for the media, were astounded to learn the Wii display was being kept under wraps until the general attendess were let in.
  • E3 Keynote impressions: Nintendo outshines Sony with Wii presentation
    May 9, 2006 – 9:32 PM
    It wasn't the Academy Awards but Nintendo was hardly short on star power and excitement at its media briefing for E3 2006. Inside a crowded, glitzy Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Nintendo once again displayed the magic touch that had made the company's products so successful and endearing over the years.
  • Nintendo steals Sony's, Microsoft's thunder at E3
    May 11, 2006 – 3:35 PM
    On the second day of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), it becomes clear that Nintendo's upcoming Wii console grabs the attention of show attendees at a much faster pace that the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360.
  • GDC 2006: Nintendo to make Sega games available for "Revolution" console
    March 23, 2006 – 5:36 PM
    No "Revolution" launch date announcement - that's the news from Nintendo at GDC. President Satoru Iwata avoided to mention any specifics about the upcoming game console in his GDC speech, but at least promised to expand the Revolution's download service with more classic games - including Sega titles.
  • Wii, not Xbox 360, may have prompted PS3 price cut in Japan
    September 22, 2006 – 4:42 PM
    Sony's unexpected price drop of the base PS3 comes just two days after Microsoft's announcement to offer a bargain priced HD DVD price for the Xbox 360. But Sony may not be worried about Microsoft, but rather about a strong Nintendo Wii in Japan, Chris Crotty of market research firm Isuppli suggests. And there may little reason for Sony to extend the price cut to the U.S.
  • IBM ships Broadway CPU for Nintendo Wii console
    September 8, 2006 – 11:45 AM
    IBM today announced that it has begun shipping the microprocessor that will be built into Nintendo's upcoming Wii video game system. Nintendo has a multi-year contract with IBM to create millions of the microchips, code-named "Broadway," which are specially designed with the Wii's unique game play interface in mind.
  • Sandisk to offer flash memory card for Nintendo Wii
    November 17, 2006 – 3:08 PM
    Sandisk piggybacks on the launch of Nintendo's Wii and said that will be offering a "special edition" SD memory card when the game console launches this weekend.

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