Microsoft launches "10" daily videocast
Legitimate media outlet or info-mercial-tainment?
That seems to be the question swarming around Microsoft's "10" like so many
black flies. 10 is a daily videocast with an unGoogleable name and one has to squint a bit—but not much—to
figure out that it's coming direct from Redmond. Hosted by ex-TechTV hosts Tina Wood and Laura Foy, 10 is "for
people who want to use technology to change the world" and features videos "highlighting people, their
passions and often the technology they are using." Today's video is about indie Internet radio station KEXP, and
about one minute in is when you'll hear the testimonial for Microsoft's IIS and SQL Server. No smoking gun, to be sure,
but I'm not holding my breath for them to feature some great site built on a LAMP stack. As a side note, if you load the site in
Internet Explorer you're served WMV videos, but if you do it in Firefox you'll get H.264. Hmm.[Via Digg]
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Cameron Clayton said 9:23PM on 3-13-2006
Um wrong, those are ex-G4tv hosts, and never worked for TechTV.
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Jordan Running said 10:23PM on 3-13-2006
Well, that's what I get for not watching more TV.
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Franklin said 11:44PM on 3-13-2006
I'd hit it (them).
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mang said 1:56AM on 3-14-2006
That was a waste of 5 minutes... last video I watch over there.
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L'Emmerdeur said 11:05AM on 3-14-2006
Is there some unwritten rule that geeky girls have to have hair reminiscent of rat fur?
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