| Microsoft says 'nobody bought' Xbox 360 faceplates Posted: 18 Dec 2010 07:00 AM PST Posted by Devina Divecha on Sat 18 Dec 2010 Xbox 360 faceplates may not have been very popular. Albert Penello, Microsoft's global marketing boss, has told OXM his thoughts on the Xbox 360 faceplates accessory.
He revealed to OXM that they killed the faceplates quickly because "nobody bought it". He added that he didn't think the faceplates were a bad idea as five years ago, they were all the rage.
He said in his OXM interview: "We don't ever create an accessory with the intent of having it fail."
"The idea wasn't bad... people used to put faceplates on their cell phones. Rewind five years, faceplates were what everybody wanted to do."
The Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim was shown to the world at E3 2010, but without official faceplates. This explains why.
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Via: OXM
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| Google maps human bodies with Body Browser Posted: 18 Dec 2010 02:28 AM PST Posted by Devina Divecha on Sat 18 Dec 2010 3D models of the human body now available in your browser Google has launched the Google Body Browser in order to help users explore the human body in layered 3D view.
It's being compared to having a Google Earth experience, only with the human body and functions in-browser.
The Google Body Browser is essentially a detailed 3D model of the human body and users peel through various layers, zoom in to specific areas and navigate around to parts that interest you.
The Body Browser works on Google Chrome Beta, but also on other browsers that support Web GL - a 3D, HTML 5 based technology. The beta versions of Safari and Firefox are also said to support the tool.
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Via: UberGizmo
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| Facebook's oldest user is a 103-year-old using an iPad Posted: 18 Dec 2010 01:56 AM PST Posted by Devina Divecha on Sat 18 Dec 2010 Age is no barrier to use Facebook. On an iPad! UK now has the distinction of having a person thought to be the oldest member of social networking website, Facebook.
Great-grandmother Lillian Lowe, 103, Facebooks with an Apple iPad in order to keep in touch with family and friends.
However, since being outed as the oldest Facebook user, the centenarian who lives in Tenby, has received a deluge of Facebook friend requests from people around the world. The BBC reports she has had 999 friend requests already.
Her current profile picture has her with the Apple iPad showing Facebook on the touch-screen.
Facebook, which now has over 500 million users, sees Ms Lowe around two times a week.
The tech-aware great-gran also thanked people for their messages.
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Via: BBC
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