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Microsoft Gaming System for your Zune, Xbox, PC and PDA

Microsoft already has one of the best gaming systems around with Xbox 360 gaming console. With Xbox Live it also has one of the best online gaming services. Zune is great music player so far, but Microsoft has plans to transform it into a mobile gaming platform.

And the recent Microsoft patent filing called “Multi-component gaming system” shows how it will bring it all together into an ultimate networked gaming nirvana. Here’s how this system will work:


Any device that has CPU, memory, appropriate connection interface and necessary software, will be able connect to the system. The device can be your portable Zune player, PDA Phone running Windows Mobile x.0, Xbox 360 Elite, your Vista Laptop or Desktop PC, or a Windows XP server running in your basement. It can even be your friends pocket PC connected via 4G network.

The devices can be connected via any wired or wireless interface, e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LAN, UWB, USB, Firewire docking station.

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November 28, 2008 - 3:15 PM No Comments

Asus N10J


Designed for optimized mobility, the ASUS N10Jc is perfect for individuals constantly on the move. Sporting a 10.1″ monitor, the N10Jc delivers a multi-sensory experience with a NVIDIA GeForce 9300M graphics card and Intel Atom processor. This makes Asus N10J totally different with Asus EeePC.

Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz (left)          Intel 945GME(right)

Asus N10J is powered with 45nm Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, Intel 945GME + ICH7-M chipset that found on others netbook also…

Due to equipped with mobile GeForce 9300GS graphic card, it no longer need to  fullfil Microsoft Windows XP OLCPC standard, such as limitation of 160GB & 1GB ram. Thus, ASUS N10J can equipped with 250GB SATA HDD, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic that support DirectX 10, and 2GB PC-2 5300 533MHz DDR2 memory. This enhance the machine performance, especially on multimedia side and gaming.

Geforce 9300MGS core & detail specs



Detail specs:

Well, compare to normal netbook, Asus N10J can be considered as gaming netbook!

Below is the review of this gadgets found on youtube.

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November 22, 2008 - 1:13 PM No Comments