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Stanford University professor Byron Reeves thinks that the key to getting people to actively reduce their home electricity use is to make it a competition. At the Behavior, Energy and Climate Change conference, he proposed the idea of combining smart meters with online gaming.

At this week's Intel Developer Forum in Taiwan, Intel conducted its first public demonstration of Moorestown -- a new Mobile Internet Device (MID) platform that company executives say will "increase battery life an order of magnitude" in a variety of portable devices.

With the launch of Moorestown, Intel is on track to reduce "idle power by more than 10 times compared to the first-generation MIDs based on the Intel Atom processor," said Intel Senior Vice President Anand Chandrasekher, who is also general manager of the company's ultra mobility group.

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It’s safe to say that I never imagined my first foray into the 360DI blog would address the hottest topic in online gaming. But this week’s release of the much-anticipated Spore and the resulting Amazon bomb is much more than a couple thousand one-star reviews (which have just been pulled down by Amazon after five days)- it could signal a serious brand identity crisis.

It’s safe to say that I never imagined my first foray into the 360DI blog would address the hottest topic in online gaming. But this week’s release of the much-anticipated Spore and the resulting Amazon bomb is much more than a couple thousand one-star reviews (which have just been pulled down by Amazon after five days)- it could signal a serious brand identity crisis.

It’s safe to say that I never imagined my first foray into the 360DI blog would address the hottest topic in online gaming. But this week’s release of the much-anticipated Spore and the resulting Amazon bomb is much more than a couple thousand one-star reviews (which have just been pulled down by Amazon after five days)- it could signal a serious brand identity crisis.

Sony cut the price of its 60GB PS3 console in advance of this week's E3 Business and Media Summit, which finished Thursday in Los Angeles. The company also announced a new 80GB system for $499, then announced that the price would be cut $100 by fall. While news reports have emphasized the price drop, Sony tried to highlight other aspects of the PS3 experience, including the ability of PlayStation Home subscribers to download movies and inhabit virtual online communities.

Walt Disney Co., along with the broader entertainment industry, is counting on "Sleeping Beauty" to help awaken interest in Blu-ray DVDs.

In October, the company will release a 50th anniversary edition of the classic animated movie in the high-definition Blu-ray format. But Disney is not stopping there. "Sleeping Beauty" will also come with unusual features geared toward a generation of viewers who embrace interactivity and social networking.

Intel has begun shipping its Centrino 2 microprocessors and chipsets for laptops. Formerly code-named Montevina, the next-generation platform gives notebook designers five Core 2 Duo processors to choose from, including a new Extreme chip capable of running at 3.06 GHz. Nearly 250 new consumer and business notebook PCs are slated to adopt Intel's latest processors and chipsets, the company said.