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OnLive: Will it beat Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii at their own game? (PC World)

 
PC World - Game consoles as you know them could become obsolete sooner than you'd think. Imagine a supersvelte thin-client box that streams HD games in real time over the Internet. Pay a subscription fee and it can run the latest games at reasonably high resolutions on your TV, PC or Mac. We just saw--and tried it--for ourselves. It's called OnLive. (link)

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