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Sony’s Registered A Bunch Of Domains For Something Called ‘Console Wars’
History is written by the victors, as the saying goes. And victory can be as simple as registering a crap load of domain names before your competitors. While domains aren’t damning evidence of planned activities, one does have to wonder what Sony Pictures would want with URLs playing on the words “console”, “war” and “movie”.
Begun The Console Press Release Wars Have…
With the GfK results for 2010 being released today, citing a 16% drop in overall sales, both Sony and Microsoft were quick off the mark, shooting out press releases within 30 minutes of one another, each bursting with hyperbole regarding the incredible year they’ve both had. But who was the winner in this console arms race? I’m not sure. I’m so confused…
The Origins & A Brief History Of ‘Fanboy’
The epithet “fanboy” may be one of the useful verbal barbs one can sling at the faithful follower of technology—consumer electronics, video games or otherwise—as the console wars rage on. Where did this catch all insult come from?























