A series of Apple patent filings published this week reveal a version of the Apple TV media device capable of browsing and recording live television programming in addition to serving up pre-aired content from the company’s iTunes Store.
Microsoft Corp is not in talks to include Sony Corp’s Blu-ray high-definition DVD technology in its Xbox 360 video game console, an executive said on Wednesday.
Blu-ray prices go up w/out HD-DVD
Mike Hickey, the analyst who said Halo 3 was responsible for poor movie ticket sales (as opposed to the fact that it was mostly pure dreck like The Heartbreak Kid at the time), is now predicting the same thing will happen when GTA IV is released.
Capcom announced today that its developing Plunder for the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC. Developed by Certain Affinity, known for their previous work on the Halo series, Plunder is a real-time multiplayer strategy game that puts players in command of a pirate ship with the goal of destroying your enemies and capturing towns….
The Software Freedom Law Center, which provides legal representation and free consulting services to open source software developers, has issued a statement declaring that Microsoft’s Open Specification Promise does not provide adequate assurance that GPL-licensed implementations of the Office Open XML format will be free of patent liability.
