10 Game-Changing Technologies coming in ‘08 [w/Pics]
From brain-wave game controllers to plastic that repairs itself, here are 10 technologies that could shake things up in 2008.
Archive for December 13, 2007
Movable Type is Open Source
As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source. This means you can freely modify, redistribute, and use Movable Type for any purpose you choose.
Facebook Stirring Up Anger For Disabling Accounts
As if Facebook didn’t have enough to worry about, now it may have a growing customer service problem on its hands.
NBC continues anything-but-Apple strategy with SanDisk deal
NBC has announced yet another initiative to digitally distribute some of its TV content, this time through a partnership with SanDisk. Universal is also testing simultaneous digital and DVD release through Vudu, rounding out 2007 as the year of “Anything but Apple.”
Study: 95% of all e-mail sent in 2007 was Spam
There was a time - 2004 to be precise - when spam “only” consumed 70 percent of all e-mail. Those were the good old days. Today, as Barracuda Networks’ annual spam report shows, upwards of 95 percent of all e-mail is spam.
PSP 3.80 update brings streaming audio, video scene search,
Word from Sony Japan says that they’ve got a 3.80 firmware update for their hot selling PSP in the chute. Scheduled for release on the 18th, the new code brings the following enhancements:
Streaming Internet Radio player
Video scene search
RSS now supports OPML and pictures…
PS3 Review: Unreal Tournament 3
One of the first reviews on UT3 for Sony Playstation 3.
Microsoft screws Canadian gamers with over priced movies
SD movies will cost 460 points and HD will cost 610 points. In other words, Canadians are paying significantly more than Americans, who pay 240 or 360 points for older films, and 360 or 480 for new releases. So, Canadians spend nearly $9 on an HD new release compared to $6 American
Xbox 360 Failure Rate: Will My Christmas Present be a Dud?
A few hours into my first game I feel a crazy amount of heat radiating from the machine. It gets warmer and warmer until the green circle on the front of the console fades into the sickening red of hardware failure. Instead of a game box I now have a worthless brick.
Activision blocks release of Rock Band compatibility patch
The compatibility patch was submitted, approved and had been scheduled for release by Sony on Tuesday, December 4. Unfortunately, Activision objected to the compatibility patch’s release. The patch remains with Sony, but we have been told that it will unfortunately not be released due to Activision’s continued objection.
10,000 Frozen iPods Inside Popsicles Giveaway
After decades of popsicle promotions that included prizes printed on the stick, Brazilian ice-cream company Kibon has taken it to a new level by including the actual prize inside the popsicle: they will manufacture 10,000 specially made propsicles, identical in size and color to the actual thing, frozen with iPod shuffles inside.
The Worst Big Budget Games Of 2007
Kane & Lynch, Lair, and company.
