Category: Videos

“Wii Would Like to Play”

The first Nintendo Wii commercials are now hitting the US airwaves and they are amazingly good pieces of marketing for the new video game console.

The “Wii would like to play” tag works really well, turning a name that most gamers have raised a skeptical eyebrow over into a catchy slogan that promotes the social gaming aspect of the system. Even the inclusion of the two japanese gentlemen is a great little play on the ii’s in the name.

With such a really strong marketing message, combined with the lowest price tag of any of the new game console, as well as hardware that isn’t going to make you feel the need to spend more money on an expensive HDTV, the Wii has made even a staunch Nintendo skeptic as myself interested in the system.

How to Lose Control of Your Computer in 6 Days

This report from Denver News Channel 7 should send chills up the backs of parents who willingly let their kids download music and movies from free file sharing tools such as Limewire and Kazaa without current and updated antivirus and antispyware protection.

In the clip, a computer forensics expert places a computer protected with an antivirus program onto three free peer to peer file sharing networks and allows it to sit passive for six days, never downloading or uploading a single file. Six days later, malicious software is found on the desktop.

The video goes on to recommend that owners can protect their computers by adding an up-to-date antispyware program in addition to the antivirus program, as well as a protective firewall.