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Phantom Console Makes Phantom Appearance
At CES... Sort Of...

Phantom Console Makes Phantom Appearance
At CES... Sort Of... 01/09/2004 09:50 PM
Earlier this year we had a few articles about the mysterious Phantom gaming console that many are saying is just a big hoax or scam - as there seems to be very little real information on the thing. Now TAD writes in to point out that: "The Phantom console has shown up at CES, with no games, no screen shots - the reps wouldn't even turn it on. Just a box with some "ports" on it." Doesn't do much to inspire confidence.

The phantom Phantom game console

The phantom Phantom game console 01/12/2004 04:04 AM
The Phantom PC Game Console, which like the OQO and a few of the other vaporous devices we'd been hearing about forever, finally showed up...

Microsoft declines to specify on
Longhorn launch date

Microsoft declines to specify on
Longhorn launch date 08/02/2004 12:23 PM
Microsoft's chief financial officer, John Connors, talked up the "innovative pipeline" that will ensure that new products and technology keep rolling out through future years.

But "future" was the key word at the annual financial analyst meeting when it came to the next major version of Windows. Microsoft did not provide the final ship date for the release of Longhorn. "We've made really good progress in the last year. The next milestone for us is getting the beta out sometime next year and that'll be the point at which the feature set and the schedule will really be pretty much locked down," said Bill Gates, Microsoft's chief software architect.

"It's a release that's driven by the breakthrough features, and we'll have a strong sense of exactly what gets in and what the schedule looks like as we get that beta out sometime in the next ... well, next year sometime." Gates did not say the beta would be released in the first half of next year, as the company had been saying prior to last week. If the beta should slip to the second half of the year, that could have a snowballing effect on the final ship date and potentially push the product beyond the 2006 target that the company has bandied about.

News source: ComputerWeekly.com

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File-Path-Localize-1.0.0

File-Path-Localize-1.0.0 02/12/2004 10:09 AM

Microsoft needs some open-source fairy
dust

Microsoft needs some open-source fairy
dust 04/26/2004 08:56 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 26 2004 1:07PM GMT

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Climb; Intel
and Microsoft Rise, Amazon Declines

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Climb; Intel
and Microsoft Rise, Amazon Declines 01/04/2005 08:53 AM
Bloomberg Jan 4 2005 1:25PM GMT

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if it
weren't for women, my thing would rust.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if it
weren't for women, my thing would rust. 08/17/2004 09:41 AM
How to tell someone that you like them.

Phantom console

Phantom console 11/05/2003 07:08 PM

Spooked by a Phantom

Spooked by a Phantom 01/17/2004 10:56 PM
The new Phantom from Infinium Lab is the promise of high-end computer power with console ease. But will it work?

Phantom pixels in CSS

Phantom pixels in CSS 06/04/2004 02:16 PM

Last weekend I helped get a great new FCC policy blog up called Wireless Unleashed. It's a cool idea about how once regular TV stations go digital, all the unused stuff above channel 13 could be reallocated as a new free wireless spectrum, kind of like a super powerful 802.11b.

Anyway, now that the site is up, I can point out a phantom CSS pixel problem I encountered while doing the layout. I used a basic three colum CSS layout, with some padding in the main content area. My favorite hack is that it's got a background image to make the post area and sidebar fill their space to the bottom (while using an alpha transparent png that degrades nicely in IE for windows). On this one page, the design called for full-width banners, so I put some inline CSS to override the padding in the white area, and to get IE and moz to display the full width banners I had to resort to an image replacement hack.

Now, here's the crazy part. The center column isn't fixed width in CSS even though it's a fixed width layout, and the banners with people's names on them are the full width of that space. If you look carefully, you'll see a pixel or two of white space on the right edge of the banners. In firefox I see one pixel. In IE/Win, I see about 3 px. If you scroll down below the right sidebar to the last banner, you'll see that it's flush and there's no gap at all. The background line between white and orange doesn't bend, but the banners don't appear all the way to the edge when content is on the right. I can't figure out why, and just gave up on trying.

The phantom menace?

The phantom menace? 03/25/2005 04:10 PM
CNETAsia's Winston Chai wonders whether it's too early to hit the panic button on mobile viruses.

The Phantom Console

The Phantom Console 05/11/2004 09:27 AM

Infinium Labs sets launch for Phantom console: There's a new gaming console coming. It's free with a two year subscription to their gaming service,

The console features a PC-like architecture, with 256 megabytes of RAM and a 40 gigabyte hard drive, running an embedded version of Windows XP. It will use a custom controller and support surround sound and high-definition TV.

But Bachus downplayed the capabilities of the hardware, saying the real focus was the gaming service. "It's kind of a fool's errand to try and chase the PC," he said.

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Phantom IRC Services

Phantom IRC Services 07/06/2004 12:05 AM
New Staff Added

Tales of the Phantom

Tales of the Phantom 01/28/2004 02:20 AM
USA Today Jan 28 2004 6:51AM GMT

How to get game? Phantom knows

How to get game? Phantom knows 05/27/2004 06:29 AM
Chicago Tribune May 27 2004 10:49AM GMT

The Phantom Controller Menace

The Phantom Controller Menace 05/13/2004 05:03 PM
JANE PINCKARD -- The Phantom is officially on display at E3 - as discussed earlier this week on Gizmodo. As reported, it will have no external ports. That means no piracy, people! Arrr! Rumors of this platform were thought to be a hoax at first ... because wouldn't you have...

Wraps come off Phantom console

Wraps come off Phantom console 05/10/2004 10:17 AM
BBC May 10 2004 2:13PM GMT

On-Demand Games a Phantom No More

On-Demand Games a Phantom No More 05/10/2004 06:04 AM
The long-awaited Phantom Gaming Service -- which lets customers rent or buy PC games online -- will go on sale in November. Infinium Labs hopes to attract 'lapsed' gamers who don't have time to cruise the aisles at the mall. By Kourosh Karimkhany.

Phantom Goes Live in 2005

Phantom Goes Live in 2005 12/24/2004 12:15 PM

This is a shocker: The Phantom Game Service will be demonstrated at the upcoming CES in the Microsoft Booth in preperation for going live in 2005. I always assumed that the Phantom would live up to its name and go down in a flaming streak of screaming investors. The device will use Windows XP Embedded technology to deliver games to peoples’ living rooms. Infinium Labs, the company behind the Phantom, say they’ve got the backing of nearly two dozen leading game providers.

Infinium Labs to Demonstrate Phantom at CES

Phantom Console To Use Windows XP

Phantom Console To Use Windows XP 11/15/2003 08:50 AM

Is cyberterrorism a phantom menace?

Is cyberterrorism a phantom menace? 11/11/2003 04:30 PM
Gartner's information security and risk research director dismisses cyberterrorism as a "theory."

First Phantom Renaissance Screens

First Phantom Renaissance Screens 06/14/2004 04:33 PM

Phantom Authority Network

Phantom Authority Network 01/16/2004 10:56 AM
Andrea Cifftolilli's Phantom Authority case study on Wikipedia applies team and good club theory and transaction cost analysis to provide insight into how large scale wikis work. Do read this paper...I'm only providing a single point here. First the numbers,...

Venture investing declines

Venture investing declines 04/27/2004 12:21 AM
Boston Globe Apr 27 2004 5:09AM GMT

Gandhi Declines Top Job
(washingtonpost.com)

Gandhi Declines Top Job
(washingtonpost.com) 05/18/2004 10:33 PM
washingtonpost.com - NEW DELHI, May 18 -- Sonia Gandhi, who led her party to an upset victory in parliamentary elections despite the handicap of a foreign birth certificate, stunned the nation Tuesday by telling a chaotic meeting of her supporters that she would not accept the job of prime minister.

Phantom console shows its substance

Phantom console shows its substance 05/15/2004 04:10 AM
The long-awaited Phantom game system and service has gone on display at the E3 games show.

Infinium Labs Unmasks the Phantom

Infinium Labs Unmasks the Phantom 05/10/2004 11:51 AM
Infinium Labs creeps tentatively out of the morass of lawsuits and speculation today to finally reveal some hard facts about the machine that sees itself less as a gaming console and more of an interface to a gaming experience. Billing itself as a "game receiver," the Phantom (now with an...

Top Secret Fanless Antec 350 W PSU
Phantom

Top Secret Fanless Antec 350 W PSU
Phantom 01/23/2004 02:22 PM

Infinium Says Phantom E3 Internet Was
Live

Infinium Says Phantom E3 Internet Was
Live 05/27/2004 12:16 PM
Oh, remember at E3 when we reported that Infinium Labs' Phantom game summoning device wasn't streaming live content from the web? Infinium contacted me to maintain that they did have Internet connections for the Phantom receivers in the E3 booth....

Phantom Controller Rebranded Saitek

Phantom Controller Rebranded Saitek 05/17/2004 07:40 AM
Reader Ryan Block made a good connection: the new controller for Infinium Labs' Phantom Receiver is just a rebranded Saitek P220 PC gaming pad. Fortunately, Block says the $10 he spent on his P220 has been money well spent, despite its lack of analog controls or shoulder-buttons. Related The Phantom...

Foreign investment declines this month

Foreign investment declines this month 07/11/2004 06:39 AM
Maekyung Internet Jul 11 2004 11:09AM GMT

Egypt declines G8 summit invite

Egypt declines G8 summit invite 05/24/2004 08:16 PM
Egypt declines an invitation to a meeting of the Group of Eight industrialised nations in the US.

U.S. declines to create do-not-spam list

U.S. declines to create do-not-spam list 06/15/2004 01:33 PM

Iran Declines Dole Visit for Now, U.S.
Says

Iran Declines Dole Visit for Now, U.S.
Says 01/02/2004 07:22 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 2 2004 6:44PM ET

Kids' antidepressant use declines
(USATODAY.com)

Kids' antidepressant use declines
(USATODAY.com) 02/01/2005 08:28 PM
USATODAY.com - Massive publicity about antidepressants causing suicidal behavior in children is prompting more parents and doctors to hesitate longer or "just say no" to giving kids the pills, suggest new prescription records and interviews with doctors.

Infinium's Phantom Console: It Works,
Sort Of

Infinium's Phantom Console: It Works,
Sort Of 01/16/2004 11:01 AM
Want PC games easy? Phantom is the promise of high-end computer power with console ease, but will it work?

The Phantom Looking More Real, New
Business Model Still Questionable

The Phantom Looking More Real, New
Business Model Still Questionable 05/10/2004 01:30 PM
As expected, Infinium Labs is using E3 as its coming out party to prove that they do, in fact, have a product. You may recall this is the company that has faced lots of doubt about whether or not its gaming console really existed. The company started to look a bit more respectable by hiring a CEO who helped develop the X-Box, but quickly lost a lot of goodwill by suing one of the sites that questioned the legitimacy of the company. Now, they're making a big push to prove that they exist. Wired News has an article about the company saying that instead of pushing it as competition to gaming consoles, they're targeting "occasional" or "lapsed" gamers and offering the system as a service. That is, if you agree to pay $30/month for two years you get the hardware "free" and access to the basic level of downloadable games they offer. Of course, it's not really free, but the hardware fee is baked into that monthly fee. Of course, it looks like they still don't have any publishers officially signed up. The games they're displaying at E3 are only for display at E3 and might not actually be available when the device/service launches in November. As anyone in the gaming business will tell you, if you don't have good publishers signed up early, the gaming device will fail. Infinium seems to believe they'll be able to sign up enough publishers now that they can demonstrate the device publicly and build some buzz. You'll also notice that the box looks entirely different than it did just a few months back when people were doubting that it really existed. More importantly, you have to wonder about the business model and the target market. They say they don't want hardcore gamers, because they'll already have a console and a PC with all the games they want. However, you have to wonder why the occasional or lapsed gamer wants to pay $30/month if they don't really play games that often. On top of this, the games they'll offer at that basic level of service are older games. As Infinium points out, this may help get publishers on board by offering them a new revenue stream for old games, but that also means that your offering users old games. I guess they're hoping that these lapsed video gamers won't notice that they're playing old games, but it doesn't seem like the most compelling pitch to a lapsed gamer: come back to gaming, but get locked into a two year, $30/month contract, and we'll let you play a few old games that you can probably pick up for a couple dollars in the bargain bin!

To Infinium and beyond: Kevin Bachus
talks Phantom

To Infinium and beyond: Kevin Bachus
talks Phantom 01/29/2004 09:58 AM
Interview E3 outing - official

E3: Floor Team: Infinium Labs' Phantom

E3: Floor Team: Infinium Labs' Phantom 05/12/2004 05:34 PM
More pics from the Gizmodo E3 Floor Team, this time of Infinium Labs' Phantom console (and the first ground breaking title, VARMINTZ!), as well as a special Yeeeehaw! surprise. Also, and I don't recall where I heard this, but some are saying that Infinium is claiming not to have been...
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