Sure, this might seem like another piece of Apple news, but there’s more to it. Apple has joined in a boycott of Fox News Networks advertising along with over 200 other companies. The reason? Some really brash statements by the networks own Glenn Beck. He went as far as calling President Obama a racist [...]
Archive for March 2010
Apple joins Fox News Boycott and Glenn Beck Hate
March 29, 2010Netflix on Windows Phone 7 Series
March 16, 2010Microsoft’s latest foray into the smartphone OS market is looking bright in some places and few blemishes in others. One big announcement was Netflix’s streaming application running natively on the Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series. If it can really push this out when WP7S launches, it’ll have a distinct advantage over the [...]
Playstation Move
March 12, 2010Is it just a weird name? Or is actually the start of Sony’s move into territory that Nintendo is dominant in? Whatever the case may be, Sony’s new accessory for the PlayStation 3 introduces motion control that blows SIXAXIS out of the water. It’s supposed to offer more precise control within 3D space instead of [...]
Sony Playstation Network gets HD movies from major studios
March 10, 2010Sony has signed a deal for it’s Playstation Network that will garner it HD movies from all six of the major studios. Boasting as the first company to do such a task, will role out an initial start with 19 offerings which happen to include blockbusters such as “Star Trek” and “District 9.” The big-gun [...]
Ubisoft DRM goes down, tempers go up
March 9, 2010Ubisoft’s authentication servers went down the other day while users were enjoying their regular gaming sessions. For most of the games Ubisoft is releasing, they are requiring that you maintain an internet connection so that the game can get in contact with the authentication server. If the connection is lost, the game stops and [...]
Steam on Mac
March 8, 2010Valve made the announcement that they are officially bringing Steam and it’s many games over to the Mac platform. This includes all the popular Valve titles such as Left 4 Dead and Half-Life 2, as evident with the teaser image of one Gordon Freeman with an Apple logo on his chest. Of course, games based [...]
Apples sues HTC over patents
March 2, 2010Big news today. Apple has filed suit against HTC over a series of patents. Through a series of patents, Apple is claiming that HTC has created and sold phones both Windows Mobile and Android based that infringe upon Apples own technology. Apple filed suit today and is asking for an injunction against specific handsets that [...]
Windows 7 RC begins implosion
March 1, 2010Today marks the beginning of Windows 7 RC’s death. Well, nothing too morbid persay, but starting today, any system with Windows 7 Release Candidate will shutdown after two hours. On it’s own, of course. This is to encourage you to upgrade to the real deal and buy an official copy. You have until June 1st [...]