Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

For those lucky enough to live in the cities graced with the presence of Microsoft retail locations this weekend, the company has set up a promotion whereby interested customers will be able to test the recently announced Kinect Peripheral ahead of its launch later this year. The Microsoft Store locations in Scottsdale, Arizona, Lone Tree, [...]

Bloomberg is reporting that Sony is close to signing a deal with News Corp and NBC Universal owned Hulu to integrate the service as a premium option on the Playstation Network, which is also being offered to Microsoft for potential integration into Xbox LIVE. The service is expected to consist of access to major network [...]

YouTube has won a summary judgment against Viacom regarding a lawsuit filed by the media conglomerate against the video sharing site in 2007 alleging that YouTube willingly and knowingly committed copyright infringement.  The English Premier League via its commercial rights division was also a plaintiff in the case along with Viacom At issue were the [...]

OnLive has officially announced the launch of its highly-anticipated cloud gaming service for Thursday June 16th. To celebrate the launch the service is also offering a Founding Members program whereby those that sign up and meet the service requirements as specified internally by OnLive will be selected for a free year of service, with the [...]

If you’re a savvy user of credit cards, you know that many cards offer a lot of free protections. One of the biggest secrets in credit card details is that many offer up to a year of additional warranty coverage on the purchase of most technology products (and just about everything else that you buy). [...]

In the ongoing legal saga between Nokia and Apple, Nokia has fired the latest shot by filing suit against the manufacturer in Wisconsin Federal district court over five patents that the Finnish giant is alleging are being infringed with the iPhone and iPad 3G. The patents in question relate to technologies for enhanced speech and [...]

Intel has officially announced the forthcoming launch of the Atom Z6 series of processors intended for use in devices running MeeGo and Android based on its Moorestown smart device platform. The processor line will be set at 1.5 GHz for mobile applications, while another application for tablets increases clockspeed up to 1.9 GHz, with no [...]

Card processing solutions developer Verifone has launched its PAYware Mobile credit card processing system for the iPhone 3G and 3G S. The system allows merchants to accept credit card payments while mobile consisting of the PAYware Mobile app and hardware sleeve for accepting credit cards with included stylus for signature capture. The system also allows [...]

Following up on a previous report regarding the UK customer who received a refund from Amazon after an inquiry regarding options for recourse after the 3.21 update, Sony has gone on record stating that it will not reimburse retailers who choose to refund customers under Directive 1999/44/EC regarding device functionality changes and compliance after initial [...]

Following up on Bloomberg’s initial report regarding Palm’s intentions to seek bids for a potential sale as soon as this week, Reuters has followed up with more news, which includes the revelation that network hardware manufacturer Cisco is now interested in purchasing the smartphone platform developer and manufacturer. Palm is also said to be interested [...]