Nintendo just announced that its Wii Internet Channel is now free. Apparently you used to have to spend 500 Wii Points to use it. Yep, that's right. You can now look ...

The Wii just got a little more social. Share links with friends and enjoy your USB keyboard instead of the maddening onscreen keyboard. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before ...

Sure, Nintendo's Wii console is your gateway to a new way to play videogames. But for the first time ever, the Big N is hoping that you will enjoy its system even when you're not gaming. To that end, ...

I'm sad to report that I suffered a terrible loss recently. My PC, which had served me faithfully for five years, finally died. Needless to say I was quite disturbed by this turn of events. Firstly, ...

Nintendo has made the Wii Internet Channel free for all Wii users, saying, "Effective immediately, people who want to browse the Internet using their Wii consoles will be able to do so at no added ...

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 1, 2009 – Nintendo is offering an easy way for Wii™ console owners to access the Internet without a computer. Effective immediately, people who want to browse the Internet using ...

Today, Nintendo announced that the Internet Channel is once again available on the Wii Shop Channel for free--and will cost nothing for the rest of the Wii life cycle. Users that already paid for the ...

Browsing the web on a games console from 2006: what could possibly go wrong? As it turns out, almost—but not quite—everything. First, a reminder, because even if you were there at the time, you’ve ...

The Wii U's online connection protocols and parental controls are detailed in the console's instruction manual, sent to Polygon today along with the hardware. Users will need a wireless LAN connection ...

Nintendo has released a long-awaited update to the Internet Channel; best of all it's free again, just as it was when it was first released. To compensate those who may have purchased it a free NES ...

Hey man, you don't owe us an explanation. Times are tough, so maybe you just don't have the 500 Wii points (that is, five bucks) to get in on the Wii Internet Channel, and you missed the free launch ...

If you own a Nintendo Wii, then you will probably have purchased the Internet Channel, which allows you to surf the net on your Nintendo Wii. Previously, if you wanted to add the channel to your Wii, ...