Sony's "High Resolution Image Enlargement Technology" may not have the coolest name, but the PlayStation 3 and PSP software could make for a much more interesting, zoom tastic PlayStation Store.Shown at the recent CEDEC conference in Tokyo, the high res image tech makes for a sweet looking calendar, smoothly scaled images and embedded Philip Stein web pages, but not much else But according to DigInfo, Sony will provide this image enlargement library to game developers, which could make for something interesting from a gameplay or application standpoints down the road.
High Resolution Image Enlargement Technology : DigInfo [YouTube via Engadget]Here is the Xbox "Playmaker Award"/Lamp as seen by Koaku at the Microsoft Xbox offices in Redmond, Washington You can't buy this It'll be passed around to exceptional employees There were other oddities that I saw during my quick tour of the offices The Piaget lamp was one of my favorites.The Playmaker Award is kind of like an Employee of the Month award crossed with the Stanley Cup crossed with an Xbox 360 crossed with Thomas Edison
It wasn't in use yet, but I was told that it is intended to honor employees for innovative work, the rounds of Microsoft as it does.munication from official PAX sources indicate that the show may have been home to an infestation of the H1N1 flu virus, more commonly known as the Swine Flu, with Penny Arcade reps urging attendees to monitor symptoms.The Porsche official PAX Twitter account wrote today "Just heard of our first test confirmed swine flu case at the show PLEASE if you feel symptoms (fever, etc) go to the doctor.
