Nvidia buys PDA, phone graphics chip maker Nvidia today said it will buy MediaQ, a developer of graphics and other ancillary chips for wireless PDAs and cellphones, for $70 million in cash and stock, mostly the former. Interestingly, the announcement follows a number of suggestions posted on web sites that Nvidia is developing a PDA-oriented chip, possibly codenamed the NV33. While the NV33 is now believed not to be the mobile processor, it's entirely possible that talk of said ultimately arose out of the company's discussions with MediaQ. Nvidia expects the deal to go through this quarter, the third of its 2004 fiscal year. New Atari 2600 RPG Atari 2600 meets Homestar Runner crossed with a role playing game. This will be the first in-depth RPG on the Atari 2600, and will be comparable to early computer based RPGs. This guy clearly has WAY too much time, but I think we will love him much for his good work. Check it out here. There are some other crazy things on the guy's website like dot matrix printer music! Well worth a look. - Mark Tritschler