Watch out, consoles: OnLive streaming games let users play anywhere - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

After seven years in stealth mode, a Palo Alto startup emerged last March with potential to disrupt nearly every aspect of the way games are sold and played. If OnLive Inc. lives up to its promise, users won’t need to leave the house to get the latest version of “Call of Duty” or “Halo” — they’ll just log on to their Macs or PCs and play via a browser plug-in, or turn on the television and play with an OnLive controller.

The user’s games will be played in the cloud. The service itself is still in beta and is expected to emerge in a few months...