Xbox 360

Microsoft's next generation Xbox, the Xbox 360, was released on November 22, 2005. NVIDIA ceased production of the Xbox's GPU in August of that year, which almost certainly marks the end of Xbox production and the quick release of the Xbox 360 featuring a new GPU from NVIDIA's rival ATI. [17] When equipped with a removable hard drive add-on, the Xbox 360 supports a limited subset of the Xbox's library (more than 200 games at US launch) through emulation. (Games in emulation add support for the Xbox 360's higher screen resolution and a ...

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The Xbox 360 is Microsoft's newest video game console, the successor to their original Xbox. It was released on November 22, 2005 in North America, December 2 in Europe, and December 10 in Japan. It will be released on February 2, 2006 in Mexico, February 24 in South Korea, and March 2, 2006 in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. The Xbox 360 will compete against the upcoming generation of consoles, including the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution, and was officially unveiled on MTV on ...

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• Xbox 360 - Retail configurations and pricing
• Xbox 360 - Launch details
• Xbox 360 - Dates
• Xbox 360 - Available titles
• Xbox 360 - Components and accessories
• Xbox 360 - Controller
• Xbox 360 - Detachable hard drive
• Xbox 360 - Faceplates
• Xbox 360 - AV connection cables
• Xbox 360 - Other
• Xbox 360 - Hardware specifications
• Xbox 360 - Central processing unit
• Xbox 360 - Graphics processing unit
• Xbox 360 - Memory
• Xbox 360 - System bandwidth
• Xbox 360 - Overall System Floating-Point Performance
• Xbox 360 - Audio
• Xbox 360 - Video
• Xbox 360 - DVD drive
• Xbox 360 - Physical characteristics
• Xbox 360 - Miscellaneous
• Xbox 360 - Dashboard
• Xbox 360 - Software development
• Xbox 360 - XNA
• Xbox 360 - Procedural synthesis
• Xbox 360 - Backward compatibility
• Xbox 360 - Xbox Live on the Xbox 360
• Xbox 360 - Xbox Gamer Guide
• Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Marketplace and Arcade
• Xbox 360 - Marketing
• Xbox 360 - Viral advertising and alternate reality games
• Xbox 360 - Console launch
• Xbox 360 - United States and Canada
• Xbox 360 - Europe
• Xbox 360 - Japan
• Xbox 360 - HD-DVD
• Xbox 360 - Technical Issues
• Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death
• Xbox 360 - Crashing
• Xbox 360 - Disc Scratching
• Xbox 360 - Disc Playback Problems
• Xbox 360 - Power Supply
• Xbox 360 - Red Light Patterns
• Xbox 360 - List of Solutions

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Xbox 360 - Controller. The Xbox 360 has the ability to support up to four wireless controllers. Alternately it can support two wired controllers through the use of its USB ports at the front, the USB port on the back will support a third controller. Since the controller has a USB cable, it is also usable in Windows PCs. The wired controller has a nine foot (2.74 m) long cord with a break-away feature. The wireless controller has a battery life of up to 25 hours on the NiMH rechargeable battery pack (optional and recommended) and a recommended range of up to 30 feet (9.14 m), ...

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Media Center has higher hardware requirements than other versions of Windows XP. MCE 2005 requires at least a 1.6 GHz (or equivalent) processor, DirectX 9 hardware-accelerated GPU (such as a recent ATI Radeon or NVIDIA GeForce), and 256 MB of RAM. Some functionality, such as Media Center Extender support, use of multiple tuners, or HDTV playback/recording carries higher system requirements. Unlike most other software PVR solutions, Media Center is restricted in the range of hardware that it supports. Media Center tuners must have a st ...

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Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition - Hardware Requirements, Windows XP Media Center Edition - Versions, Windows XP Media Center Edition - Hacks

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Console game - Controllers. Main article: Game controller The different consoles each use different controllers. Controllers are input devices used to interact with the game. So, for example, if you had a game in which you must control a character in order to obtain a red apple, you would be able to use an analog stick or directional pad ("D Pad") to move your character towards the apple to collect it. Video games, of course, are usually much more complicated than this. In the game Pikmin for ...

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Console game, Console game - Introduction, Console game - Console and display, Console game - Controllers, Console game - Screen, Console game - Limitations, Console game - Ratings & Censorship, Console game - ESRB, Console game - PEGI, Console game - Germany: BPjM and USK, Console game - Other information, Console game - Top video games, Console game - 2004, Console game - 2003, Console game - Critics of video games

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Central processing unit - Integer precision. The way a CPU represents numbers is a design choice that affects the most basic ways in which the device functions. Some early digital computers used an electrical model of the common decimal (base ten) numeral system to represent numbers internally. A few other computers have used more exotic numeral systems like ternary (base three). Nearly all modern CPUs represent numbers in binary form, with each digit being represented by some two-valued physical quantity such as a "high" or "low" voltage. ^{See also:}

Central processing unit, Central processing unit - History, Central processing unit - Discrete transistor and IC CPUs, Central processing unit - Microprocessors, Central processing unit - CPU operation, Central processing unit - Design and implementation, Central processing unit - Integer precision, Central processing unit - Clock rate, Central processing unit - Parallelism, Central processing unit - Vector processors and SIMD, Central processing unit - Notes

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A central processing unit (CPU), or sometimes simply processor, is the component in a digital computer that interprets and executes instructions and data contained in software. CPUs provide the fundamental digital computer trait of programmability, and are one of the core components found in almost all modern microcomputers, along with primary storage and input/output facilities. In a similar vein, microprocessors are a type of CPU that is manufactured on an integrated circuit, often as a single-chip package. Since the m ...

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• Central processing unit - History
• Central processing unit - Discrete transistor and IC CPUs
• Central processing unit - Microprocessors
• Central processing unit - CPU operation
• Central processing unit - Design and implementation
• Central processing unit - Integer precision
• Central processing unit - Clock rate
• Central processing unit - Parallelism
• Central processing unit - Vector processors and SIMD
• Central processing unit - Notes

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Wolfenstein 3D (commonly abbreviated to Wolf 3D) is a computer game that is generally regarded as having popularized the first person shooter genre on the PC. It was created by id Software and published by Apogee Software on May 5, 1992 for DOS. The game was inspired by the 1980s Muse Software computer games Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein for the Apple II. It has been ported to many systems, including 3DO, SNES, Game Boy Advance, Acorn Archimedes, and the Apple IIGS.< ...

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• Wolfenstein 3D - Overview
• Wolfenstein 3D - Storyline
• Wolfenstein 3D - Legal issues
• Wolfenstein 3D - Technical implementation
• Wolfenstein 3D - Legacy
• Wolfenstein 3D - Trivia
• Wolfenstein 3D - Bosses

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BioWare Corp. is a Canadian electronic entertainment company founded in February 1995 by medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. BioWare specializes in creating computer and console video games and has become famous for successful computer role-playing games such as Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Muzyka and Zeschuk are currently joint CEOs of BioWare; ...

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• BioWare - Games
• BioWare - Third party games using BioWare engines
• BioWare - Engines

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The Microsoft Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console first released on November 15, 2001 in North America, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and on March 14, 2002 in Europe. It was Microsoft's first independent venture into the console arena, after having developed the operating system and development tools for the MSX, and having collaborated with Sega in porting Windows CE to the Sega Dreamcast console. Notable launch titles for the console include Amped, Dead or Alive 3, Halo: Combat EvolvedIncluding:

• Xbox - History
• Xbox - Development
• Xbox - Software
• Xbox - Xbox Live
• Xbox - Market share
• Xbox - Hardware
• Xbox - Detailed specifications
• Xbox - Special Limited Editions
• Xbox - Official Xbox accessories
• Xbox - Audio/video connectors
• Xbox - Networking
• Xbox - Multimedia
• Xbox - Controllers and removable storage
• Xbox - Screenshots
• Xbox - Xbox and DirectX
• Xbox - Modding the Xbox
• Xbox - Price history
• Xbox - Xbox 360
• Xbox - Programming for Xbox

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Alone in the Dark is a series of survival horror computer games from Infogrames (now Atari). In most of the series, the gamer plays as private investigator Edward Carnby, who usually goes to investigate a haunted mansion or town that is full of undead creatures. The story is based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, although later games in the series drew inspiration from other sources including Voodoo, the Wild West, and the works of H.R. Giger. Though many credit the popular "Resident Evil" game series for creating the genre of survival horror, it was truly Alone In The Dark ...

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• Alone in the Dark series - Game list
• Alone in the Dark series - The Games
• Alone in the Dark series - Alone in the Dark
• Alone in the Dark series - Alone in the Dark 2
• Alone in the Dark series - Jack in the Dark
• Alone in the Dark series - Alone in the Dark 3
• Alone in the Dark series - Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
• Alone in the Dark series - Alone in the Dark 5
• Alone in the Dark series - Characters
• Alone in the Dark series - The original trilogy
• Alone in the Dark series - The New Nightmare
• Alone in the Dark series - Origins
• Alone in the Dark series - Engine

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Notable events of 2005 in computer and video games. See also history of computer and video games. 2005 in video gaming - Events. March 6 — The television show 60 Minutes tackles issues within video game controversy. This segment of 60 Minutes has been criticized by video game players for encouraging video game censorship. March 7 - March 11 — Game Developers Conference; Nintendo keynote speech: "The Heart of the Gamer" by Satoru Iwata, president of Nin ...

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• 2005 in video gaming - Events
• 2005 in video gaming - Business
• 2005 in video gaming - Notable releases
• 2005 in video gaming - Trends
• 2005 in video gaming - Video game systems
• 2005 in video gaming - Handheld game systems
• 2005 in video gaming - Video game sales

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This article is about the decade starting at the beginning of 2000 and ending at the end of 2009. For the century or millennium starting in 2001, see the links below. 2000s - The decade as a whole. The 2000s decade refers to the years from 2000 to 2009, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. So far, the 2000s has been marked generally with an escalation of the social issues a ...

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• 2000s - The decade as a whole
• 2000s - Names of the decade
• 2000s - Criticisms of the Decade
• 2000s - Events and trends
• 2000s - Technology
• 2000s - Science
• 2000s - War peace and politics
• 2000s - Economics
• 2000s - Culture and religion
• 2000s - Other
• 2000s - Trends and Fashion
• 2000s - United States
• 2000s - Music
• 2000s - United States and Canada
• 2000s - Europe
• 2000s - Latin America/Caribbean
• 2000s - Film
• 2000s - Video Games
• 2000s - Television and Radio
• 2000s - Sports
• 2000s - People
• 2000s - World leaders
• 2000s - Entertainers
• 2000s - Sports figures

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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEx: 4338) is the world's largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of 40 billion US dollars and nearly 60,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. The company's headquarters are in Redmond, Washington, USA. Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Its most popular products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software, each of which has achiev ...

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• Microsoft - History
• Microsoft - 1975–84: the founding of Microsoft
• Microsoft - 1985–91: the rise and fall of OS/2
• Microsoft - 1992–95: domination of the corporate market
• Microsoft - 1995–99: foray into the Internet and other venues
• Microsoft - 2000–05: legal issues XP and .NET
• Microsoft - Product divisions
• Microsoft - Microsoft Platform Products & Services Division
• Microsoft - Microsoft Business Division
• Microsoft - Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division
• Microsoft - Business culture
• Microsoft - User culture
• Microsoft - Corporate affairs
• Microsoft - Corporate structure
• Microsoft - Stock
• Microsoft - Diversity
• Microsoft - Logo
• Microsoft - Criticism
• Microsoft - General
• Microsoft - Lists
• Microsoft - Footnotes

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Akira Toriyama (鳥山 明 Toriyama Akira, born on April 5, 1955 in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. He debuted in 1978 with the story Wonder Island, published in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, and gained fame for Dr. Slump, serialized weekly in Shonen Jump from 1980 to 1984. He is probably best known for his series Dragon Ball. This work was one of the linchpins for what is known as the Golden Age of Jump. Its success "forced" Toriyama to work on Dragon Ball f ...

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• Akira Toriyama - Selected Bibliography
• Akira Toriyama - Manga/Anime
• Akira Toriyama - Childrens Books
• Akira Toriyama - Video Games

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Alexey Pajitnov (Алексей Пажитнов, born 1956, Russia), whose last name is sometimes transliterated Pazhitnov, is a Russian computer engineer, who developed the popular game Tetris while working for the Computer Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, a Soviet government-founded R&D centre. Alexey Pajitnov - Biography. Pajitnov created Tetris with the help of Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov in 1985. The game, first available in the Soviet Union, appeared in the West in ...

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• Alexey Pajitnov - Biography
• Alexey Pajitnov - Works

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In technology, especially computing, a product is said to be backward compatible when it is able to take the place of an older product, by interoperating with other products that were designed for the older product. Backward compatibility is a relationship between two components, rather than being an attribute of just one of them. More generally, the following criteria needs to be met: There is a defined functional interface "I". There is a server component "S" which provides the functionality of I. < ...

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• Backward compatibility - Examples

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2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. It corresponded to the years 5765-5766 in the Hebrew Calendar, 1425-1426 in the Islamic Calendar, 1383-1384 in the Iranian calendar and 2758 a.U.c. 2005 was the World Year of Physics, the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar, and the International Year of the Eucharist in Catholicism. 2005 - Events. 2005 - January. January 4 - Death of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri, a ...

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• 2005 - Events
• 2005 - January
• 2005 - February
• 2005 - March
• 2005 - April
• 2005 - May
• 2005 - June
• 2005 - July
• 2005 - August
• 2005 - September
• 2005 - October
• 2005 - November
• 2005 - December
• 2005 - Births
• 2005 - Deaths
• 2005 - January-March
• 2005 - April-June
• 2005 - July-September
• 2005 - October-December
• 2005 - Nobel Prizes
• 2005 - 2005 in fiction

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Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. The architecture complemented versions of Windows that were based on MS-DOS until 2001. Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are the latest versions of Windows NT, though they are not branded as such for marketing purposes. Windows NT - Development. When development started in November 1988, Windows NT (using protected mode) was to be known as OS/2 3.0, the third version of the operating sy ...

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• Windows NT - Development
• Windows NT - Releases
• Windows NT - Supported platforms
• Windows NT - NT designation
• Windows NT - Notes

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Banjo-Tooie is the sequel to the 1998 Nintendo 64 game Banjo-Kazooie. It was released on November 1, 2000 for the Nintendo 64. It was published by Rareware and features the popular video game characters Banjo and Kazooie. Banjo-Tooie - Aim. As before, the aim of the game is to collect all the Jiggies (golden jigsaw pieces) that can be found. There are ten in each level, and an additional one is awarded for finding each of the nine families of Jinjos hidden throughout the game. This, in additio ...

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• Banjo-Tooie - Aim
• Banjo-Tooie - Rumors of connection between Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie
• Banjo-Tooie - Plot
• Banjo-Tooie - Main Characters
• Banjo-Tooie - Levels
• Banjo-Tooie - Cameos
• Banjo-Tooie - Banjo-Threeie

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