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Mario makes way for Shakespeare on Nintendo DS in HarperCollins deal
technology.timesonline.co.uk - 12/10/2008
Mario makes way for Shakespeare on Nintendo DS in HarperCollins deal
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Nintendo, the Japanese video games company that brought us Donkey Kong and Mario the Plumber , is to announce a deal with the publisher HarperCollins today to make literary classics available to read on its DS portable games consoles. The 100 Classic Book Collection ranges from Shakespeare and ...
instructables.com - 12/8/2008
Instructables.com: Nintendo Keyless Entry System
— instructables.com — Use a Classic Nintendo controller to lock and unlock your door! The output from the Controller is... read by an arduino and it looks for a particular combination of buttons, once the combination is entered it sends a signal to eject a Cd-Rom Drive which ... (more) Instructables.com: Nintendo Keyless Entry System

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club.nintendo.com - 12/16/2008
Club Nintendo | Nintendo Member Rewards
— club.nintendo.com — Join Club Nintendo and get rewarded Become a part of Club Nintendo for the opportunity to earn... Coins that you and your family can redeem for exclusive rewards. Club Nintendo is also the only way to register products, enter sweepstakes and sign up to ... (more) Club Nintendo | Nintendo Member Rewards

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Drinking Straw + Nintendo DSi + Korg DS-10 = Peter Frampton Talk Box (video)
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Drinking Straw + Nintendo DSi + Korg DS-10 = Peter Frampton Talk Box (video)
— youtube.com — I still haven't played with the Korg DS-10 software for the DS, but this quick mod for... a talk box done by taping a straw over the speaker is now even more incentive. He's already got the Kanye/Murakami bear glasses—now all this guy needs is an ... (more) Drinking Straw + Nintendo DSi + Korg DS-10 = Peter ...

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Wired: Gadget Lab:  Nintendo DS: The Next Popular Book Reader?

CrunchGear:  Book-like Nintendo DS to get, you guessed it, books

Gearlog:  Nintendo DS Now Also a Book Reader

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Nintendo DS: The Next Popular Book Reader?
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... simply releasing cartridges like this one, the game company would be competing with Amazon's Kindle and other manufacturers selling readers. I'd imagine many would enjoy using the DS as a book reader, because the dual-screen interface is quite pleasant to use. Having two screens more closely emulates the experience of reading a book anyway, right? And it's likely this will be successful, as book-reading software on the iPhone is already extremely popular.  Mario makes way for Shakespeare on Nintendo DS in HarperCollins deal [Times Online] ...

Book-like Nintendo DS to get, you guessed it, books
CrunchGear — ... Turn the Nintendo DS sideways and then open it. It’s like a book! ROFL!!! They should totally make it so you could read books on it, but they should only make 100 books available at first and it should only be available in Britain– like so. ...

Nintendo DS Now Also a Book Reader
Gearlog — ... While still mainly a handheld gaming device, the Nintendo DS could now officially be used as an e-book reader similar to the likes of the Kindle and the Sony Reader. According to Times Online, the Japan-based company struck a deal with publisher HarperCollins to make literary classics available in their digital format on the DS console. Making use of the handheld's touch screen spec, pages are turned by swiping a finger across the page. I do think this is a fantastic idea - Nintendo gets to cater to another set of audience other than just gamers and gamers ...

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