http://www.kryptonlogic.com Traveling thru Time & Space to Connect Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:45:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said Monday that doctors may have discovered the cause of the weight loss that has caused speculation about his health, adding that he will continue to serve as the computer maker's CEO. In a letter to the "Apple community," Jobs said the ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2009/01/05/steve-jobs-hormone-imbalance-causing-weight-loss/ Matt Smith has been named as the actor who will take over from David Tennant in Doctor Who - making him the youngest actor to take on the role. [BBC] - At 26, Smith is three years younger than Peter Davison when he signed up to play the fifth Doctor in ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2009/01/03/new-doctor-who-actor-is-the-youngest-ever/ All of us at the Kryptonlogic Studios would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Thanks for the great year we had here at Kryptonlogic and at KryptonHosting. We hope that everyone had a great year and we look forward to another great year, 2009, with hundreds of new ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2009/01/01/happy-new-year-2009/ Today's Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece illustrating why the PS3 is floundering in the contest with Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360. PS3 sales are on the decline while the competition is rising at a dramatic rate. So, what are some of the main issues with the PS3? It's overpriced Microsoft dropped prices on ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/29/why-the-wii-and-xbox-are-killing-sonys-ps3/ All of us here at the Kryptonlogic Studios would like to wish all our readers and there families a wonderful and safe Christmas. We will be back on the 26th with more news and great holiday stuff. For now, enjoy your dinner and open all those presents. Merry Christmas!!!!!!! http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/24/merry-christmas-from-kryptonlogiccom/ NASA's space shuttle Endeavour recently returned to the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after its successful mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle, being a reusable spacecraft, has a cycle of preparation, execution and recovery - Endeavour has been through this cycle 22 ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/23/round-trip-with-endeavour/     Birth by Sleep is a prequel to the first Kingdom Hearts game, taking place ten years prior, and focusing on the story of knights that wield Keyblades before the series' main protagonist Sora. Nomura has stated that, though there are three scenarios—one for each of the main characters, Terra, Ventus ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/19/kingdom-hearts-birth-by-sleep-trailer-high-definition/ (Yahoo! Tech) - Yahoo! Tech writer Christopher Null listed Rock Band 2 among his personal eight best tech products of 2008. In the short write up he says that he finds it "humbling that I listen to more music while playing Rock Band than I do on my iPod". The game's ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/18/rock-band-2-best-invention-of-2008-blu-ray-worst/ Guitar Center today announced the findings of a national survey linking the popular video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band to dramatic increases in the gamers’ interest to own and play real instruments. Not only did the survey confirm that the majority of those who play the games are more ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/17/guitar-hero-rock-band-research/ Here's some uplifting video from the trainwreck Sony Home. In it, we see two female avatars being surrounded by male avatars doing little dances. Apparently this is happening all over the service. A lot. This next video, however, is hilarious. Called a "Quincy," the act lures in desperate males, and then ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/15/sony-home-female-avatars-are-not-safe-in-sony-home/   Apple released two new Get a Mac ads, just in time for the holiday season. The two ads, entitled "I Can Do Anything," and "Tree Trimming," are animated, and very amusing.  In the I Can Do Anything ad [direct video link], PC shows off what he can do because he is ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/15/apple-debuts-two-holiday-get-a-mac-ads/ A new source claims that Apple's long-overdue revision of the Mac mini will make its appearance at Macworld Expo early next month. Claiming to have obtained the information from a "corporate" employee of Apple, Wired has allegedly heard that a refresh of the compact, headless desktop is due at the start of the show. The ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/15/mac-mini-makeover-considered-likely-for-macworld/ Apple on Monday released Mac OS X 10.5.6, a recommended update for all Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard users that includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of Macs. Mac OS X 10.5.6 Server was also released in addition to Security Updates for client and ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/15/apple-releases-mac-os-x-1056-update/ (Gizmodo) - TechCrunch reports that the Google Chrome browser will soon graduate from beta status into a final release. Even if you've tried Chrome and passed, rest assured you haven't seen the last of it. Back when Microsoft snuck up behind Netscape and stole its crown, hardly anyone knew that there ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/11/chrome-soon-leaving-beta-let-the-war-begin/ (Engadget) - It's hard to say if this rumor is true, but it's not behavior that Best Buy has avoided in the past. In fact, we vividly remember this exact same scenario happening in late 2006 -- the difference? That was the Wii's launch year. This is two years later. ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/11/best-buy-rumored-to-be-hoarding-wiis-for-holiday-push/ (Engadget) -We knew it was coming this month, now we have the day: tomorrow. Yup, PlayStation Home will launch globally on December 11th. The 3D virtual on-line community is like Second Life, only with the risk of rootkit. Hot. All kidding aside, the new service gives PS3 owners a customizable ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/10/playstation-home-launching-globally-on-december-11th/ (cNet) - Television as we know is about to change drastically in the U.S. in February when broadcasters switch solely to transmitting digital signals. And even though there are many benefits to this transition, there are also a few downsides. Here's the lowdown on what you can expect from the new ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/09/how-to-prepare-for-februarys-digital-tv-switchover/ NASA will delay the launch of the next-generation Mars rover two years due to technical difficulties and cost overruns. The mission, which was originally scheduled for late next year, is now slated for 2011, officials said Thursday, according to a report in The Los Angeles Times. The new target date was the ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/07/next-gen-mars-rover-mission-delayed-until-2011/ Search engine giant Yahoo has formally launched an updated version of Flickr optimized for mobile phones and with special formatting friendly to the iPhone, including a newfound ability to watch streaming videos. The revamped edition of Flickr mobile is ostensibly built for all smartphones with capable web browsers, such as any Firefox, Opera ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/04/yahoo-launches-iphone-friendly-flickr-with-video-support/ Apple has brought us the iPod, iMac, PowerBook and OS X, and has also pumped countless dollars into products that didn’t live up to its standards for mass production. As sought after as Apple’s finished products, Cupertino prototypes are the stuff of lore. Here are 10 of the best ... http://www.kryptonlogic.com/2008/12/03/products-never-released-by-apple-real-prototypes/