Archive for October 4th, 2007

Amazon Music Store

Sections, Technology: October 4th, 2007

Amazon has opened a music store to compete with Apple’s online store.  Looks pretty good so far and could provide a nice alternative.  Competition in the market place means we, the consumer, wins.  You can find the Amazon Music Store here. (www.amazonmp3.com) Enjoy!
-Wes

Tech: IBM’s Lotus Symphony

Sections, Technology: October 4th, 2007

IBM has came out with a non-boring product surprisingly. It’s a free office suite consisting of a Word, Excel and PowerPoint like product and did I mention that it’s free? I downloaded it today and have been testing it out on a few machines. It’s a little sluggish on older machines but [...]

Preview: FF XXII:RE DS The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Gaming, Handheld, Sections: October 4th, 2007

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings for the Nintendo DS like Lucy Ricardo has “got some explaining to do”. FFXII DS has been out in Japan for a few months now. It is Square’s attempt at an rts like game and is said to have been “dumbed down” for the jp audience since theoretically they aren’t [...]

Preview: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles DS

Gaming, Handheld, Sections: October 4th, 2007

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fate (mouth full) or FFCC: ROF is a DS game whose origins is traced back to a title found on the Nintendo GameCube and known in some gaming circles as “the bucket” game. You had to have a moogle carry a bucket around for you or worse the 2nd [...]