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This page lists all news articles written by Andre Yoskowitz
during June, 2009. News
articles are sorted so that the latest article appears at the very top of the page
and the oldest article appears at the bottom of the page.
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June, 2009
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Earlier today we reported that the infamous public torrent tracker The Pirate Bay had been sold to the software company Global Gaming Factory X, who then decided to shut down the tracker and ...
30 Jun 2009 6:03 PM | 21 comments
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According to new data from Charter Equity Research analyst Edward Snyder, sales of the Palm Pre are beating all expectations, with the number almost doubling all previous analyst estimates.
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30 Jun 2009 3:56 PM
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According to a new Siliconera report, Sony has patented a new method that would allow the Cell processor of the PlayStation 3 to fully emulate the Emotion Engine, bringing full backwards compatibility ...
30 Jun 2009 3:10 PM | 25 comments
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In a surprising announcement today, Bsquare has said they will be porting Flash Lite 3 to Android phones by the "late Q3," eliminating the need for users to wait for the official Flash 10 port ...
30 Jun 2009 2:50 PM | 2 comments
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The popular all-in-one CDR / DVDR / Blu-ray application Nero has updated to version v9.4.13.2b and with it brings alot of new changes:
* InCD (6.4.11.1)
* InCD features operate with ...
30 Jun 2009 2:35 PM | 5 comments
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In 2006, the popular online movie rental company Netflix started a contest to see who could improve its recommendations by 10 percent.
Today, a "multinational group of researchers, scientists ...
30 Jun 2009 3:56 AM | 1 comment
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According to the Nikkei business daily, Sony is actively considering developing a 'PSP phone,' a mobile phone/gaming handheld hybrid, in an effort to compete with the astoundingly popular iPhone.
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29 Jun 2009 7:34 PM | 30 comments
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Mozilla has announced it will be releasing the final version of Firefox 3.5 tomorrow, the very last day of its own self imposed deadline.
The release comes little over a year after the official ...
29 Jun 2009 7:12 PM | 7 comments
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Microsoft has announced the addition of Canal+ to Xbox Live in France, allowing French gamers to watch films and soccer on demand from their consoles.
The move follows a similar deal with ...
29 Jun 2009 3:15 PM
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If you have switched mobile phone brands anytime recently, you will surely have encountered the annoyance of needing to buy a new proprietary charger, either for your wall, your car, or for your PC.
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29 Jun 2009 1:40 PM | 11 comments
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Last week, the file-hosting giant Rapidshare lost a case to the German copyright society GEMA.
As part of the ruling, Rapidshare was told to "proactively filter" over 5000 tracks from GEMA's ...
29 Jun 2009 12:19 AM | 6 comments
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The large indie movie studio Gigantic Group has announced it will be starting Gigantic Digital, an online streaming movie service that will begin with the release of "Motherland" on August 26th.
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28 Jun 2009 11:47 PM | 4 comments
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Albeit buggy, Hulu playback on the PlayStation 3 has been allowed for some time now, giving console owners the ability to watch some of their favorite shows on their nice HDTVs.
That seems ...
28 Jun 2009 10:45 PM | 7 comments
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The VideoBay, the video sharing site promised by the founders of The Pirate Bay over two years ago, is getting closer to fruition, with the site allowing a "sneak peak" to all users of its abilities.
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28 Jun 2009 7:44 PM | 11 comments
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According to a new study performed by Futuresource Consulting, 8 percent of consumers from the UK, France, Germany, and the US admitted to downloading video content such as movies by unauthorized ...
28 Jun 2009 2:22 AM | 10 comments
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According to Futuresource Consulting, despite slower than expected growth, Blu-ray software sales will account for 50 percent of all home entertainment business by 2012.
Additionally, the ...
28 Jun 2009 12:31 AM | 5 comments
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According to Sony executive Robert Wiesenthal, the company is set to launch a PSN-esque online service across a multitude of its hardware products.
The service could start as soon as March ...
28 Jun 2009 12:06 AM | 1 comment
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According to a "mole" speaking to Arstechnica, both Sony and Microsoft will introduce new hardware packages this fall, in addition to price cuts.
This is all considered rumor for the time ...
27 Jun 2009 11:51 PM | 67 comments
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Citing the increase in netbooks now on the market, most of which do not include optical drives, a source within Microsoft, speaking to CNET, says the software giant is considering offering the ...
27 Jun 2009 11:31 PM | 28 comments
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The Canadian equivalent of Netflix, Zip.ca has announced today that they are currently in talks with Sonic Solutions to bring the popular online movie download service CinemaNow to Canada.
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27 Jun 2009 3:22 AM | 1 comment
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Despite a prolonged slump in hardware sales, Japanese console sales improved marginally week-on-week for the week ended June 21st, with the Nintendo DSi remaining at the top of the chart.
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26 Jun 2009 9:30 PM | 3 comments
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According to a VG247 report, the eventual PS3 firmware 3.0 will be a "completely new system," not unlike how the NXE was for rival Microsoft's Xbox 360 console.
The report says the update ...
26 Jun 2009 7:11 PM | 44 comments
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Speaking with an anonymous Microsoft engineer, NeoWin has reported a few interesting new facts about the upcoming Zune HD media device, including pricing, which has not yet been officially revealed.
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26 Jun 2009 5:36 PM | 11 comments
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According to a new blog post by the iPhone Dev Team, iPhone 3GS jailbreaking software is on the way, as the new updated device still has the same exploitable bootrom that past models have.
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26 Jun 2009 5:24 PM | 3 comments
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LG has said today that they are upping production of LED-backlit LCD TVs, hoping to sell 5 million units in 2010.
Overall, for 2009, the company's goal is to sell 18 million LCD TVs, making ...
26 Jun 2009 3:02 AM | 10 comments
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Sonic Solutions, owners of the popular movie streaming service CinemaNow have said the service will now be available for Japanese Wii users.
The company is partnering with Fujisoft to bring ...
26 Jun 2009 2:19 AM | 1 comment
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Square Enix has been sued today by a gamer who claims the company has been secretive about fees and late payment penalties in regards to the popular online RPG Final Fantasy XI.
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26 Jun 2009 1:28 AM | 4 comments
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According to a new TorrentFreak report, using data collected by Tribler the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent is the clear market leader for client use, followed only remotely close by Vuze.
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26 Jun 2009 12:17 AM | 18 comments
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Microsoft has said today that new consumers who buy Vista PCs before the much anticipated Windows 7 operating system launches in October will get a free upgrade to the new OS.
To get added ...
25 Jun 2009 11:54 PM | 27 comments
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A Berlin court has today ruled against the file-hosting giant Rapidshare, siding with the German copyright society GEMA.
As part of the ruling, Rapidshare must now "proactively filter" over ...
25 Jun 2009 3:16 AM | 9 comments
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A few of Sharp's LCD HDTV line has been banned from import to the United States today, following the ruling against the company in a patent dispute with Samsung.
The two companies have been ...
25 Jun 2009 3:01 AM | 3 comments
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Sky Broadband has admitted and apologized for an error with their system that has been blocking UK users from accessing the PlayStation Network for the seven hour period of 5pm to midnight.
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24 Jun 2009 8:08 PM | 7 comments
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Sony has announced today that the PlayStation Network has hit a new milestone, 25 million registered users.
Additionally, users have downloaded over 500 million pieces of digital content.
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24 Jun 2009 7:54 PM | 8 comments
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With all the recent hype about the new iPhone/iPod Touch 3.0 software , we at AfterDawn felt it necessary to update our excellent firmware version 2.0 jailbreaking guide for the new software.
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24 Jun 2009 5:51 PM
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According to a new Twitter post, it appears Apple has dropped the space from the iPhone 3G S making it the simpler 3GS (no space).
This is not earth shattering news, obviously, but it is ...
24 Jun 2009 3:54 AM | 17 comments
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The French independent labels collecting society SPPF has this week filed a lawsuit against giant video sharing site YouTube, alleging copyright infringement.
The SPPF says that over 100 ...
24 Jun 2009 3:32 AM | 3 comments
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The IFPI and the City of London Police and the Intellectual Property Office have this week arrested a 33 year-old man for allegedly being part of a "scene" release group that specializes in ...
24 Jun 2009 3:05 AM | 2 comments
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Following a lengthy investigation into copyright infringement, a Milan judge has this week ordered the operators of a few unauthorized music download sites to forfeit $2.4 million euros.
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24 Jun 2009 2:36 AM | 1 comment
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The iPhone Dev Team has now officially released the iPhone 3.0 software unlocking software, dubbed Ultrasn0w, which will help iPhone 3G users to unlock their phones that have been updated to software 3.0.
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24 Jun 2009 2:04 AM
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We have a new guide available today for our AfterDawn users, on how to use the new program DoubleTwist to share, sync, convert or import video, music or picture files.
You can use, DoubleTwist ...
23 Jun 2009 2:52 AM
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According to a TouchArcade report, Apple has banned a fully-licensed Commodore 64 emulator from the App Store, claiming it violates the iPhone SKD Agreement.
The application was developed ...
23 Jun 2009 2:36 AM | 11 comments
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Gary Wade Leak, a Sony lawyer who was a star witness for the RIAA in the recent Jammie Thomas trial has said today that even he is "shocked" by the amount of money Thomas is now being forced ...
23 Jun 2009 2:16 AM | 23 comments
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Just weeks after their patent victory over EchoStar, TiVo is getting ready to expand substantially, says sources talking to Bloomberg.
The DVR maker is in talks with PPV providers in an effort ...
22 Jun 2009 11:52 PM | 2 comments
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Apple has announced today that the company has sold 1 million new iPhone 3G S units its launch weekend. Additionally, over six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in ...
22 Jun 2009 11:22 PM | 7 comments
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EMI has sued the free streaming music service Grooveshark today, accusing the site of facilitating copyright infringement.
Says Grooveshark:
For the past year, Grooveshark has been ...
22 Jun 2009 3:00 AM | 3 comments
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The world's second Android phone, the HTC Magic is selling very well, according to HTC CEO Peter Chou, who says the phone is set to hit 1 million sold by next month, taking half the time its ...
22 Jun 2009 12:09 AM | 7 comments
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The anticipated iPhone 3G S was released on Friday and many users are still having delays activating their new phones.
Apple today, is trying to make amends for the delays, and is giving ...
21 Jun 2009 10:24 PM | 9 comments
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Cevat Yerli, Crytek CEO, has suggested that the upcoming game Crysis 2 will for the most part max out the PS3's technology.
Yerli says the performance analysis of the game shows full occupation ...
21 Jun 2009 9:44 PM | 26 comments
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Although the big news has been surrounding the RIAA and their decision over file sharer Jammie Thomas, another piece of interesting news regarding the trade group has surfaced today as well.
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21 Jun 2009 1:22 AM | 25 comments
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In early January, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took a leave of absence from the company prompting many to question the CEO's health.
At the time he said: "As many of you know, I have been losing ...
20 Jun 2009 8:20 PM | 11 comments
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On Thursday, Jammie Thomas was found to have "committed willful violation" of the copyrights of 24 songs she shared via P2P and the jury awarded the RIAA and the media companies $1.92 million ...
20 Jun 2009 7:31 PM | 10 comments
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Yesterday, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick suggested that the publisher may eventually be forced to drop support of the PlayStation 3 console if Sony does not cut its price.
"They have to cut ...
20 Jun 2009 6:12 PM | 20 comments
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Following the recent jury decision against alleged file sharer Jammie Thomas, in which the woman was fined $80,000 USD for each of the 24 songs she shared via P2P, the popular artist Moby has ...
20 Jun 2009 5:48 PM | 36 comments
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Sony Pictures has announced today the company's two latest BD-Live features, MovieIQ and CineChat.
Mike Abary, senior vice president of information technology products and personal audio, ...
19 Jun 2009 5:18 PM
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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has suggested today that the publisher may be forced to drop support of the PlayStation 3 console if Sony does not slash the price of the system, and soon.
"They ...
19 Jun 2009 5:05 PM | 35 comments
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The Nintendo DSi was once again the best selling hardware in Japan for the week ended June 14th, although sales in general continue to fall in comparison to the 2008 average.
The handheld ...
19 Jun 2009 4:54 PM | 3 comments
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The online retailer Meijer is now the first company to offer a standalone Blu-ray player for under $100 USD, selling the Curtis Mathes CMMBX130 for $99.99.
The standalone will playback Blu-ray ...
19 Jun 2009 4:46 PM | 7 comments
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Microsoft has confirmed that they are now shipping a Jasper-based Xbox 360 Arcade units with 512MB of on-board flash memory, a double from the current 256MB.
"The Xbox 360 system software ...
19 Jun 2009 2:04 AM | 15 comments
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At the E3 Expo earlier this month, Microsoft announced that they will start an "on-demand" service for downloads of games for the Xbox 360 through Xbox Live.
The company has today re-branded ...
18 Jun 2009 10:54 PM | 2 comments
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Last September, Minnesota woman Jammie Thomas was convicted of sharing 24 unauthorized tracks via P2P and was told to pay the RIAA $220,000 in damages. Thomas was granted a retrial however, ...
18 Jun 2009 9:00 PM | 57 comments
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Panasonic has revealed an 85-inch full HD 1080p plasma display today at the Infocomm show in Florida that is based on the company's NeoPDP technology.
The display is meant for use as an electronic ...
18 Jun 2009 7:30 PM | 7 comments
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T-Mobile has made an announcement via Twitter today noting that the much anticipated second Android Google Phone will be dubbed the G1 Touch and will be based on the Huawei U8230.
The device ...
18 Jun 2009 6:46 PM | 10 comments
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According to analysts at Citigroup, the in-game advertisement market should reach $1 billion USD in revenue by 2014, marking a 40 percent growth from the current market, an expected $600 million ...
18 Jun 2009 1:41 AM | 8 comments
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In 2006, the controversial anti-piracy company StarForce went out of the public eye after it was found that the the company's DRM was actually harmful to any PC playing a game crippled by it.
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18 Jun 2009 12:10 AM | 6 comments
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Apple has released the much anticipated iPhone/iPod Touch firmware version 3.0 today, adding over 100 features to the current 2.2.1 software.
iPhone owners can download the software for ...
17 Jun 2009 11:31 PM | 4 comments
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Verizon has announced today that broadband customers in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island can now sign up for a new on-demand PC gaming service that will allow unlimited access to 1400 ...
17 Jun 2009 11:13 PM | 6 comments
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The notorious iPhone Dev Team, known best for releasing software that jailbreaks iPhones and iPod Touches, has released a video today showing off a new version of yellowsn0w called ultrasn0w ...
17 Jun 2009 10:25 PM | 4 comments
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As was the case earlier this year, the Sony PlayStation 2 remains the most played console by gamers, despite the fact that the Nintendo Wii has been the best selling console for over 2 years.
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17 Jun 2009 3:17 AM | 24 comments
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Microsoft sources have denied 1UP's recent report that a new Xbox is coming in late 2010.
Aaron Greenberg, director of product management, says: "I think part of the excitement about this ...
16 Jun 2009 3:50 PM | 23 comments
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Netflix has announced that it will finally add subtitles to its video streaming library, however, not until next year.
CEO Reed Hastings says the lack of subtitles has been one of the biggest ...
16 Jun 2009 12:43 AM | 9 comments
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According to Fido representatives, Canadian movile phone carrier Rogers will be selling the upcoming iPhone 3G S for $799 (16GB) or $899 (32GB) CAD without contract, prices that far exceed the ...
15 Jun 2009 11:11 PM | 12 comments
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Last week we reported that the Nintendo Wii, among other consoles, took a serious hit to its sales, seeing a 57 percent drop year-on-year for the month of May.
The drop marked the third consecutive ...
15 Jun 2009 10:42 PM | 21 comments
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Virgin Media, the large cable TV operator and music store chain has announced an unlimited music download subscription service with Universal today, designed to allow all Virgin broadband users ...
15 Jun 2009 9:45 PM | 7 comments
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Microsoft is set to release a free anti-virus program "soon", dubbed Morro, which promises to handle virus and malware threats as well as paid suites. The software will lack other utilities ...
15 Jun 2009 2:17 AM | 30 comments
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Apple seems to have another hit on their hands, with the company already warning that the upcoming iPhone 3G S will be sold out on launch day and anyone pre-ordering after the 13th will not ...
15 Jun 2009 12:47 AM | 9 comments
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Jon Lech Johansen, known notoriously as “DVD Jon” for his work in cracking the CSS encryption on DVDs, has this week put up an advertisement that directly mocks Apple.
The ad campaign, placed ...
14 Jun 2009 11:20 PM | 7 comments
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The Amazon Kindle DX e-book reader is already sold out at the giant e-tailer, just three days after Amazon announced large volume on pre-orders.
The next batch of supply will be available ...
14 Jun 2009 10:58 PM | 2 comments
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Systemax, the new owner of the Circuit City brand name, has said the company will remain an online-only business for the time being, with the computer maker showing no signs of re-opening brick ...
14 Jun 2009 2:38 AM | 4 comments
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According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the federal hotline set up to hear calls relating to the mandatory DTV transition has had over 700,000 calls since Friday morning, the ...
14 Jun 2009 1:54 AM | 21 comments
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According to a Dell press release, users can now purchase and download authorized Microsoft software through the company's Download Store, marking the first time a non-Microsoft site has offered ...
13 Jun 2009 8:51 PM | 15 comments
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Yesterday we reported that the AACS Final Adopter Agreement had been made available and surprisingly still included in the license was the controversial Managed Copy which allows owners of Blu-ray ...
13 Jun 2009 8:12 PM | 26 comments
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According to Philip Schiller, Apple senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, has announced this week that in three days since its public launch Apple's Safari 4 has been downloaded ...
13 Jun 2009 7:49 PM | 8 comments
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Sarah Sharp, of the Intel Open Source Technology Center has said today that Linux will be the first operating system to officially support USB 3.
The support will soon be integrated into the Linux kernel.
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12 Jun 2009 8:05 PM | 21 comments
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According to the latest figures from NPD, US video game sales for May collapsed year-on-year, with software, hardware and accessories sales combining to fall 23 percent from May 2008.
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12 Jun 2009 3:58 PM | 3 comments
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According to a Blu-ray.com report, the AACS Final Adopter Agreement is now online, and includes 188 pages of documents, exhibits, tables and attachments.
AACS is the current content protection ...
12 Jun 2009 2:11 PM | 2 comments
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Just last week, the BBC publicly accused ISP BT of throttling iPlayer streams, hindering user's ability to watch television online.
John Petter, managing director of BT Retail's consumer ...
12 Jun 2009 1:46 PM | 11 comments
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Metropolitan Police and the FBI have announced today the arrest of 10 members of what are being called an online music fraud "gang" accused of downloading their own uploaded music thousands ...
12 Jun 2009 1:21 PM | 3 comments
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In May, the French National Assembly voted for and passed the controversial 'three strikes' law that would have multiple time piracy offenders stripped of their Internet rights.
Today, the ...
12 Jun 2009 2:20 AM | 7 comments
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LG has announced today they have begun shipping two new lines of HDTVs, TVs first announced during the CES event in January.
The LH50 line are LCDs and include a 42 and a 47-inch model. The ...
12 Jun 2009 12:37 AM | 5 comments
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Sony has announced that the on-demand video service VidZone is now available for free for European PlayStation 3 owners.
VidZone currently runs the service from their own independent website, ...
11 Jun 2009 1:43 PM | 17 comments
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Last week during the E3 Expo, Sony officially launched the PSP Go handheld, which removes the UMD drive, adds a slider design and and is slimmer than previous models.
Today, expert gaming ...
11 Jun 2009 1:16 PM | 48 comments
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Back in May we reported that the latest edition in the blockbuster franchise The Sims had been leaked to P2P, a full 15 days before its official release date.
According to BigChampagne data ...
11 Jun 2009 1:55 AM | 13 comments
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Giganews announced last week that they had set a new Usenet milestone, upping binary retention to 300 days, a first for any provider.
Retention time is how long Giganews stores data available ...
9 Jun 2009 11:23 PM | 13 comments
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Sure we have heard rumors that a Sony PlayStation 3 price cut has been in the works for months now, but new "industry sources" are saying today that a $100 USD price cut is coming in August, ...
9 Jun 2009 11:06 PM | 23 comments
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ESA CEO Mike Gallagher has spoken out this week about both piracy and DRM in the gaming industry, and GamePolitics has made a nice summary of his remarks.
In regards to piracy:
"Piracy ...
9 Jun 2009 10:56 PM | 17 comments
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One month after announcing its release in Europe, Harman Kardon has announced it will release its first Blu-ray player, dubbed the BDP-1, in North America as well.
The BDP-1 will also have ...
9 Jun 2009 10:41 PM | 5 comments
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Hulu, the joint online video site owned by NBCU, Disney and Fox had another strong month in April, gaining views for the sixth consecutive month.
However, the site lost market share as YouTube ...
9 Jun 2009 10:15 PM | 3 comments
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Apple has introduced the updated Safari 4 browser today, taking it out of public beta.
A few of the new additions, taken from the full updates page are as follows:
Full-Page Zoom
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9 Jun 2009 1:10 AM | 4 comments
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Campbell Kan, Acer mobile computing VP has noted today that the computer company is currently developing a laptop with 3D display that will be available by the end of October.
The model will ...
9 Jun 2009 12:57 AM | 7 comments
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said this week that he believes that although high definition video has no "significant meaning" to users of the extremely popular Wii, the next Nintendo ...
8 Jun 2009 10:21 PM | 32 comments
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Three major motion picture studios, Lionsgate, Paramount, and MGM have jointly announced the launch of Epix, an HD online streaming service and HD TV station that will allow users to watch the ...
8 Jun 2009 10:09 PM
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Apple had a busy day today at the WWDC 2009 event, revealing that they will be slashing the price of the lowest capacity iPhone 3G to $99 USD, launching an new iPhone 3G S model, and introducing ...
8 Jun 2009 9:22 PM | 17 comments
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VUDU has added 60 Disney films to its online movie download catalog, marking the first time those films are available online for purchase, legally, in HD.
The movies range from "No Country ...
8 Jun 2009 12:49 AM
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Pioneer has begun shipping three new Blu-ray standalone players, all three of which were introduced at CES in January.
The Elite BDP-23FD will include BD-Live support, "audiophile-grade" ...
8 Jun 2009 12:06 AM | 5 comments
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According to industry officials, an anti-piracy dog by the name of Paddy has made a large bust in Malaysia, uncovering 35,000 pirated discs in a few warehouses in the region.
The MPA added ...
7 Jun 2009 1:03 AM | 20 comments
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According to Carphone Warehouse and Talk Talk CEO Charles Dunstone, piracy is unstoppable and the media industry's call to have ISPs as watchdogs is "naive" at best.
Instead, Dunstone believes ...
7 Jun 2009 12:28 AM | 44 comments
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Nintendo has launched a black colored Wii console in Japan today, marking the first time the console has been available officially in a different colorway then the standard white.
The console ...
5 Jun 2009 1:14 AM | 28 comments
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Son has noted today that they will allow new owners of the PSP Go handheld to download digital copies of games they currently own on UMD, because the drive has been removed from the updated console.
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5 Jun 2009 12:41 AM | 28 comments
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According to the latest figures from StatCounter, the Opera mobile browser has once again overtaken the iPhone's Safari browser as the most popular mobile browser internationally.
The two ...
3 Jun 2009 11:54 PM | 7 comments
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According to Sony America boss Jack Tretton, the company is preparing to expand their PlayStation business further into South America, marketing their consoles more in Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.
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3 Jun 2009 11:21 PM | 3 comments
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According to new figures from the Entertainment Software Association, 68 percent of American households play video games, an increase of just over 3 percent from 2008.
The report, presented ...
3 Jun 2009 11:09 PM | 16 comments
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Following Microsoft's presentation yesterday, it was Sony's turn today to woo the crowd at the E3 Expo and for the most part they did.
First off was the announcement of the worst kept secret ...
2 Jun 2009 10:39 PM | 74 comments
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In an update to our main Microsoft E3 summary article, it appears the software giant is set to put some added pressure on retail chains, announcing they will start "on-demand" downloads of games ...
2 Jun 2009 9:54 PM | 12 comments
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Nintendo has announced that the popular DSi handheld has hit a new milestone this week, 1 million units sold in Europe.
The DSi is 12 percent thinner than its predecessor, the DS Lite with ...
2 Jun 2009 9:32 PM
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T-Mobile, the fourth largest mobile phone carrier in the U.S., has confirmed that the much anticipated G2 Android phone will be available starting "early summer."
The company has sold over ...
2 Jun 2009 9:17 PM | 2 comments
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Microsoft had a pretty big day today at the E3 Expo, unveiling an entirely new control system for its Xbox 360 console among other notable announcements.
Dubbed Natal, the system is a fully ...
2 Jun 2009 2:47 AM | 38 comments
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HDTV ownership increased 73 percent over the 12 months ended February, says new Nielsen figures, reflecting the continuing falling prices in the sets.
The overall growth also "fueled" growth ...
1 Jun 2009 11:16 PM | 6 comments
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has begun a new promotion to promote the upcoming Ghostbusters Blu-ray, allowing fans the chance to become "stars" of the BD-Live features on the disc.
The ...
1 Jun 2009 10:11 PM | 3 comments
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eMusic, the online music download store that started in 1998, has announced that it has added music from its first major label, bringing in Sony's 'classic' catalog, all music that is 2 years old or older.
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1 Jun 2009 9:37 PM | 2 comments
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Popular online video Hulu is close to profitability, or at least breaking even, says NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker.
The site, a joint venture between Fox, NBCU and Disney, now “has to figure out the ...
1 Jun 2009 3:36 AM | 7 comments
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Redbox, the automated DVD rental kiosk company, has announced that they have hired their first "senior level videogames executive," and plan to expand into video game rentals this summer.
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1 Jun 2009 3:12 AM | 6 comments
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Yesterday we reported that the upcoming PSP Go had been leaked showing off a new piece of hardware with a slider screen, 16GB of flash memory, along with the addition of Bluetooth and the removal ...
1 Jun 2009 2:44 AM | 42 comments
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Guide: Updating your T-Mobile G1 to Android 1.5 (Cupcake) manually
Here is a guide for how to update your T-Mobile G1 to the new and hotly anticipated Android 1.5 (Cupcake) firmware update, ...
31 May 2009 8:11 PM | 7 comments
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