Archive for March, 2007



Live from STKI.Info

It’s the Annual STKI.Info Summit today, at Avanue, Airport City, and IBM is the main attraction of the event. The lectures are interesting, covering all aspects of the IT industry, but IBM’s booth at the ground floor is drawing a crowd. Why you ask? PS/3 of course, that’s why.
IBM is showcasing, 1st in Israel to the open public, the PS/3 game console, which includes the Cell processor, IBM’s revised POWER chip. The 4 PS/3 consoles are working non-stop – playing, playing and playing some more.

The summit is 3 hours from over, so if you want a chance to explore PS/3 – now is the time.

Another aspect of IBM’s Innovation is also showing – Second Life. IBM is investing heavily in Second Life, as part of its effort to explore Virtual Worlds and 3D internet. The SL demo is taking visitors on a guided tour inside IBM’s islands in SL, and also showing some videos prepared in advance of major IBM activities in SL, such as Lotusphere 07, the Australian Open, Circuit City store and more. Stop by the IBM booth, located in the middle of the floor, for the full 411.

Impression from PS/3 launch party

It was a nice evening yesterday in Tel Aviv, Israel, as Sony prepared to launch the PS/3. In the trendy Whiskey-Gogo bar at the Tel Aviv Harbor, gathered some 200+ game freaks to play the next gen of Sony’s Blu-Ray machine. Major internet news sites covered the event – you can read from nrg.co.il, walla!, Ynet and others.

Some red PS/3 banners welcomed the guests (by invitation only), and 12-14 PS/3 consoles were spread out in the room, with matching Sony LCDs – to support the HD capabilities of the console. Sony also invited local celebrities, Basketball and Football players, news anchors and business man – who came with their kids…

The console itself is pretty amazing. All the videos you see can’t reflect the true quality of the machine, and Sony also allocated one Full HD LCD to show the difference between regular DVD and Blu-Ray DVD – just for fun. Sony released 8 Blu-Ray titles, and the first 1000 lucky buyers would get the PS/3 with the latest Bond movie, Casino Royale. On the demo, it looked superb! But how many of us, normal people, have Full-HD LCD in our living room? I’m guessing very few…

If you want to play with the new PS/3, you can visit the IBM booth tomorrow (March 21st) at the 2007 STKI.Info Summit, at Avenue, Airport City. IBM is taking sponsorship at the summit and will showcase the PS/3 console as part of its Innovation message. I will be there also, for IBM (my employer..) taking the guests on a virtual Second Life tour, into IBM Islands.. IBM has 12 islands in SL, including 2 stores (Circuit City and Sears), along with SOA Hub and conference halls.

Anyway, see you tomorrow at the IBM booth !

PS/3 arrives to Israel – March 24 !!

It’s coming.. soon.. you can almost smell it.. Sony PS/3 will make its debut in Israel on Sat. the 24th. 5 days from now. A handful of lucky people, yours truly included, will get a chance to explore the much anticipated game console tomorrow (Mon.), at the official Sony launch event.

PS/3 features IBM’s technology, the Cell processor, which also runs xBox 360 and Nintendo Wii.

Stay tuned for pictures and first impressions tomorrow night..

buying a software..

When you tell people you’re going to buy a software, they look at you like you fell from the sky. “You’re going to buy a software? why?” I don’t know when this trend started, that paying for a software is the act of fools, or people who are simply new to this new thing called “The Internet”. There were times when buying a software was good, and acceptable. I used to go to a computer store in Tel Aviv and buy a game I wanted, or a Word Processor.

Buying a software.. it has a nice ring to it, don’t you agree?

and thanks to bLaugh.com

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