Nintendo is fond of saying, and I believe it will reiterate this morning's press conference, that the reason for its success is innovation and creativity realized in both hardware and software. There is no doubt that Microsoft's newest offering, Kinect, is also innovative. More powerful than the Wii, the new hardware device can see and hear us, permits us to control the console with voice and movement. But is that enough?

The generation that grew up on Xbox and Playstation has now grown-up and has kids. Microsoft is betting that those twenty-somethings that typified the the rock-and-roll pioneer of video gaming are now looking to play with their family. In a bold departure from the hard-core blood-and-guts b-roll that was the staple of E3 launches in the past, tonight's debut of Project Natal, now renamed Kinect, was a love fest that featured yoga and pet tigers.

Apple and Censorship...I've often written about Apple's increasingly 1984ish censorship policies. Now they've upped the ante by censoring a Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist's app "because it ridicules public figures".

Nintendo's announcement that its next generation hand-held gaming platform will feature glasses-free 3D, once again places Nintendo in the forefront of technological innovation.  Time and again, Nintendo has pushed the technological envelope, reinventing what we think of as gaming.  Mario Paint, the Wii, Wii Fit, the Gameboy and the DS.  All of these products have taken gaming in new directions, unfettered by the preconceptions of established market.  3D, partciularly 3D without glasses, is a bold, innovative step that will help propel the company forward even as it faces new competition fr

Over the past week I've received wink wink, nudge nudge, emails from my friends asking in a knowing sort of way if I had pre-ordered an iPad.

While I can't tell you (yet) about the coolest, biggest new Star Wars toy that is coming to the 2010 Toy Fair, I'm happy to show you the flying Millenium Falcon that will be hovering about your living room later this year!

Unlike last year's Star Trek flying toys (that didn't really fly) this one looks like it might be air worthy, using the same large fan that powers many 'copter toys.

With the holidays fast approaching James is taking to TV and Radio talking about games, gadgets, and gizmos that make great gifts.

I have been consistently impressed with the Squeezebox line of wireless music systems.  My first experience was with the Squeezebox Duet and then last year’s Squeezebox Boom.  The new Logitech Squeezebox Radio is a downsized version of the boom.  Sporting mono, rather than stereo, its petite dimensions make it ideal for a nightstand or kitchen shelf.  Unlike its older sibling, the Radio does not come with a remote, though it is available separately.

Here is the link to my latest segment on the Today Show.

I'll be appearing on the Today Show on August 27 to talk about Back-to-School hi-tech for kids from preschool to high-school. Follow the link for some of the products I'll be demoing.