Archive for June, 2011 - Page 79
Capcom Changes Restrictions on Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition PC DRM
Last week, Capcom’s Christian Svensson revealed that they were implementing an online-only DRM with the PC version of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition due the problems they had with hacking and piracy with the PC version of the original Street Fighter IV. Today, Svensson took the Capcom-Unity site to [...]
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SlingPlayer Hits Google TV In Beta Version With SlingPlayer For Connected Devices
Oddly enough, we haven’t heard a whole lot out of the crew at SlingBox of late. But now, there’s a little extra chunk of news that’s slipped out, especially if you’re a SlingBox owner who has–or who’s looking at–a Google TV. SlingPlayer for Connected Devices has just been released (though [...]
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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Coming to Xbox 360 by End of 2011
A console version of The Witcher 2 (or really any Witcher game, for that matter) has been rumored and teased for quite some time now, but CD Project Red actually confirmed that a console version is in the works at CDP Summer Days earlier today. Unfortunately, PS3 owners seem to [...]
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Getting Starz Content Back On Netflix Could Cost Netflix Big
Netflix users, you may have a bit of reason to be concerned, especially if you like Starz content on your Netflix queue. Seems Starz is asking a whole lot more cash to keep content on Netflix, from $30 million last year, to $350 million this year.
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Sony NGP Found To Be Backward Compatible With Downloaded PSP Games
With the somewhat diminished gaming bacchanal known as E3 coming in a matter of days, it’s really not surprising to start seeing gaming hardware news slip out ahead of schedule. And the big surprise here is that news has slipped out about the Sony NGP, and the news is pretty [...]
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PlayStation Network Down Update: PSN Fully Restored in Most Regions Today, PlayStation Store Returns
Sony’s nightmare is about to come with an end, as they’ve finally managed to fully restore PSN most everywhere around the world. This means that you can log in and browse the massive update they’ve made to the PlayStation Store (Qriocity services are also back today), unless you live in [...]
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Kogan Agora Brings Chromium To Laptops
For those of you who’ve been wanting to get a little of that sweet Chromium action going on in a moderately priced and lower end spec equipped laptop, you’ll be kind of happy to know that a new such commercially available model has hit: the Kogan Agora, by name. And [...]
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Qualcomm's Mirasol eReader Display Shut Down To Focus On New Version
It’s always kind of a shame to see a product line get killed off before it can even hit shelves, but that’s the nature of the technology game, really. Sometimes products don’t even manage to take on the market before they’re shut down, and that’s what happened to Qualcomm’s Mirasol [...]
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Apple Upgrades MacBook Pros At Production Level To Use SATA3 In Optical Drives
Early adopters of the MacBook Pro, you’re likely to be a bit distressed by what you’re about to hear, but if you put off buying a MacBook Pro for a while, prepare to have your decision royally justified. Seems that Apple’s been quietly tweaking its MacBook Pro lineup to include [...]
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Analysts Say iPhone 5 Won't Be Released Until October Or November
Will 2011 be the year of the iPhone 5? It’s looking doubtful, or at least that’s what analysts at Susquehanna Financial are calling, as problems emerge on the iPhone 5. Though looking at it, these may not be problems at all.
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