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Archive for January 5, 2008
Major Nelson emerges as face of Xbox
Dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and sporting unkempt graying hair, Larry Hryb looks like just another guy in Microsoft’s corporate headquarters. Xbox 360 players know Hryb by his alter ego, “Major Nelson”
The ethics of Stealing Wifi
A recently released study by a security firm says that using an open WiFi network without permission is stealing. Ars looks at the ethics of open WiFi
Xbox 360 worldwide sales hit 17.7 million
Thanks to the holiday season, Xbox 360 worldwide sales have reached 17.7 million units. Last we heard about Xbox 360 sales were back in October when Microsoft reported they’ve sold 13.4 million units and its gaming division profited for the first time.
Hackable Linux phone upgraded
OpenMoko will ship a new version of its user-modifiable Linux-based mobile phone next year. The “Neo FreeRunner” resembles OpenMoko’s original Neo1973 model, but with WiFi, 3D accelerometers, and a much faster processor.
DRM Officially Dead: Last Major Label Sony Plans to Drop DRM
It’s over. The last major label to hold out on selling DRM-free MP3s, Sony BMG, is “finalizing plans” to sell music not locked down with DRM. It’ll be available sometime in the first quarter, apparently in time to get in on Amazon and Pepsi’s 1 billion song giveaway.
New Cloverfield Details Emerge
A new article in Variety reveals a few new Cloverfield tidbits. Here are the interesting pieces.
U.S. Album Sales Fell 9.5% in 2007 - Online sales up 45%
Album sales in the United States plunged 9.5 percent last year from 2006, as the recording industry had another weak year despite a 45 percent surge in the sale of digital tracks, according to figures released Thursday.
Insect Attack May Have Been Death Knell for Dinosaurs
“There are serious problems with the sudden impact theories of dinosaur extinction, not the least of which is that dinosaurs declined and disappeared over a period of hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years.”
Japan proposes Net censorship, watermarking
The Japanese government may begin to more heavily scrutinize websites mobile content and file sharing if a series of proposals go through. “Harmful” content could be censored and copyrighted files would be watermarked under two of the proposals.
