Atari and Intellivision were two of the first big names in home video game consoles in the late 1970s and early 1980s. But that was a long time ago, and a series of companies have bought and sold the rights to the Atari and Intellivision brand names and game catalogs in the decades that have passed since then.
All of which makes today’s announcement that Atari has acquired the Intellivision brand feel a little… meaningless. The company that’s called Atari today has little resemblance to the one that brought Asteroids, Missile Command, Pac-Man and Pong into our homes. And the Intellevision brand it’s acquiring is also barely connected to the Intellivision of the 1980s. It’s also interesting o note that Atari isn’t buying the company that owns the Intellivision brand… it’s buying the name and rights to over 200 games.
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.
Atari Buys Intellivision Brand, Ending ‘Longest-Running Console War in History’ [Variety]
The company that owns the rights to the Atari name and intellectual property has acquired Intellivision brand and IP rights for 200+ games. It brings two classic names together, but it’s just the latest in a long line of acquisitions.
Car Thing discontinued [Spotify]
It was pretty clear Spotify was iffy on its streaming-to-automobiles accessory when Spotify decided to name it “Car Thing.” It launched the device in February, 2022 and discontinued it months later. Now Spotify is planning to brick existing units in December, 2024.
TerraMaster F2/F4-424 Alder Lake-N NAS systems now available [Amazon]
TerraMaster’s new F2-424, F4-424, and F4-424 Pro NAS systems with Intel Alder Lake-N chips (Intel N95 or Core i3-N305), up to 4 HDD bays and 2 M.2 slots for NVMe SSDs and dual 2.5 GbE LAN ports are now available for $380 and up.
Meet TUXEDO Stellaris Slim 15 Gen6, a Thin and Light Linux Gaming Ultrabook [9to5Linux]
The latest version of the Tuxedo Stellaris Slim 15 inch Linux laptop is available with a choice of Intel Core i9-14900HX or AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS processors. It has a 2.5K 240 Hz display, a 99 Wh battery and NVIDIA graphics.
DDR5 CAMM2 memory is coming to desktop motherboards [@msigaming]
MSI’s upcoming Z790 Project Zero Plus will be on of the first desktop motherboards to adopt the new CAMM2 standard for high-density, removable DDR5 memory modules. MSI will show a prototype at Computex in June.
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