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Time Warner adds ESPN3 in new deal 6 Sep 2010
Time Warner Cable has signed a new deal with Disney this week, giving their subscribers free access to the sports site ESPN3.
Because of the deal, 12.7 million Time Warner subscribers and 2.4 million Bright House subscribers will get free access to the site, and the ability to stream full games.
During the recent World Cup, ESPN says almost 8 million people tuned into the site at one point during the tournament.
The cable companies had long held out on ESPN3, citing excessive fees from Disney.
Additionally, the agreement will allow TW and BH to continue carrying the Disney Channel, ABC Family, Disney XD and ESPN 3D.
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Redbox hits one billion rentals 6 Sep 2010
DVD and Blu-ray rental company Redbox has hit a major milestone this weekend, one billion movie rentals.
As a promotion, the company is now giving away free rentals to users and starting a contest to give away a full Sony Entertainment System.
Redbox, which started a revolution when it began offering DVD rentals for $1 a day via thousands of kiosks, now says users rent almost 10 million movies per week.
The company has 24,000 rental kiosks in the U.S.
Redbox says (via NewTeeVee) the 1 billionth rental was a copy of "Clash of the Titans," rented from a kiosk in Florida.
Earlier this year, Redbox expanded its business by offering Blu-ray rentals, at $1.50 per night.
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Apple iOS 4.1 launching on Wednesday 6 Sep 2010
Apple's UK site has revealed this weekend that the iOS 4.1 software update will be released on September 8th.
The American site still lists the update as "coming soon."
Apple unveiled the update, along with a new Apple TV, revamped iPods and iTunes 10 last week at their September media event.
With 4.1 comes HDR photography support, 'Game Center,' HD video uploads and TV show rentals.
Furthermore, the update will fix bugs and other issues from the original 4.1 release. iPhone 3G owners should be ecstatic as 4.1 should eliminate the excessive slowdown caused by the OS.
It is important to note that iPad owners will not receive 4.1 and will have to wait for 4.2 to receive all the upgrades.
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FCC info leaked about HTC Android GSM/CDMA Slider 6 Sep 2010
First leaked last month, but now finally official thanks to testing results posted by the FCC, HTC is launching a slider that will run dual 3G modems, one for CDMA, and one for GSM.
The pictures also reveal the smartphone will be headed to
While the internals have not been confirmed, the device does have a 4-inch multi-touch screen, a standard camera with single-LED flash and a full slide-out keypad.
Its most notable feature is the dual 3G modems, CDMA 2000 for EV-DO Rev. A access and a GSM 850 modem. The dual modems will allow owners to use the phone practically anywhere in the world.
Additionally, the phone is rumored to have an extremely fast 1.2GHz processor, although that is still rumor.
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'Duke Nukem Forever' finally coming in 2011? 6 Sep 2010
In 1997, the game Duke Nukem Forever was announced by George Broussard, one of the developers of the popular franchise.
Thirteen years later, the game has still not been released and "Forever" has become infamous.
Just this year, developer 3D Realms shut down the project, after it had been revived in 2009.
Finally, however, it appears the game will be hitting retail shelves, as the franchise rights have been transferred to Gearbox, the team behind Half-Life and Brothers in Arms.
Duke Nukem Forever will now launch for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PCs in 2011.
Says Broussard: "Gearbox was the only home appropriate for the Duke Nukem brand. This will be a win-win situation for everyone involved, especially the fans."
"Fifteen years ago,Duke Nukem 3D helped launch my professional video game development career, adds Gearbox president Randy Pitchford. "The Gearbox Software team and I are ecstatic that we have grown to a position to be able to pick up and carry the torch and help Duke rise back to glory in his time of need."
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RIM purchases app developer DataViz? 6 Sep 2010
According to multiple reports, RIM has acquired the popular app developer DataViz for $50 million USD.
DataViz is the company behind Documents To Go, the very popular mobile productivity suite found on Android, BlackBerry, iOS and Maemo devices.
The company had been working on a WebOS version, but recently suspended development.
Outside of blog speculation, more concrete evidence of the acquisition comes via LinkedIn, where many DataViz employees have begun listing RIM as their employer.
Neither company has confirmed the purchase, as of yet.
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Android now controls a quarter of U.S. web traffic 6 Sep 2010
According to Quantcast, Android continues to close the gap with Apple's iOS in regards to overall web traffic in the United States.
Android has pushed to 25 percent of the overall market, with Apple remaining the leader at 56 percent.
At its peak in September 2009, Apple controlled about 68 percent of the market. During the same period, Android only had 8 percent.
RIM, despite having a large share of the U.S. smartphone market, remained flat at 9 percent, thanks largely to a non-user-friendly Web browsing experience.
All other mobile OS' accounted for the remaining 10 percent of the web traffic.
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iPad with camera seen in picture? 6 Sep 2010
Thanks to 9to5mac, the world now has a blurry picture of an alleged next-generation iPad, one that includes a front-facing camera and the ability to use FaceTime, Apple's video conferencing software.
The picture shows the tablet in debugging mode for video calls. The site says field-tested iPhone 4 models had the same debugging mode revealed before its eventual launch.
While the photo is of debatable authenticity, most consumers and industry insiders have anticipated that the next-generation tablet will include at least one camera.
During the recent September media event, CEO Steve Jobs said HDR photography was headed to the iPad with the upcoming iOS firmware update, to version 4.2. The feature would seem useless without a camera.
Apple's new competitors, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Toshiba Folio 100, include cameras, giving them a leg up on the iPad, in at least that feature.
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New Droid 2 ad taunts the iPhone 6 Sep 2010
Motorola's latest ad, promoting the Droid 2, has taunted the Apple iPhone, playing on the company's "there's an app for that" ad lineup.
The Droid 2 ad is simple, asking the question: "Flash websites? There's a phone for that."
Motorola's full-page ad was seen in newspapers over the weekend.
Continues the ad: "Flash sites require Flash capabilities. Seemed pretty simple to us." The Apple iPhone cannot playback Flash content, as CEO Steve Jobs wants to push HTML5 for Web browsing.
While Flash playback on Android 2.2 devices is far from perfect, it is better to at least have the ability.
Motorola and Apple have traded jabs recently, mainly over signal problems for the iPhone 4 and the Droid X.
Pic via Electronista:
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T-Mobile to release entry-level Android 2.2 smartphone from Huawei? 6 Sep 2010
According to multiple reports, Huawei's recently unveiled Ideos Android smartphone is headed to T-Mobile USA, and it will be cheap.
The Ideos runs Android 2.2, Google's latest firmware update for the mobile OS.
If the reports prove accurate, T-Mobile will sell the entry-level device for just $49 with contract or $199 without, creating a very cheap way for users to get into updated Android smartphones.
The price point works for both sides because T-Mobile is looking to increase their smartphone market share and Huawei is looking to break into the American market.
Huawei's Ideos has a small 2.8-inch capacitive QVGA touch screen and 3G with support for 7.2Mbps HSDPA.
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'Medal of Honor' blocked from U.S. military bases 6 Sep 2010
Medal of Honor, the latest game in the long-standing franchise has been blocked from 49 GameStop locations and all U.S. military bases worldwide.
The game was banned because in the game's multiplayer mode you can play as either the Americans (and allies) or as the Taliban insurgents, a fact that angered former vets and parents of vets.
"I don't see how shooting soldiers based on real Americans is entertainment while people are dying every day for this country," said Karen Meredith. Meredith's son, a former Army lieutenant, was killed during the Iraqi conflict in 2004.
"How can they say it's OK for someone to play the Taliban? You'll have people sitting at home, drinking beer, shooting at American soldiers, maybe missing, then starting over. Well, Ken didn't have a chance to start over," finished Meredith.
The decision in the U.S. is the second time an allied country has made a fuss over the title, with British Defense Secretary Liam Fox asking retailers to not stock the game.
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iSuppli: Dell retakes second place in computer market 5 Sep 2010
After falling to third place last year behind perennial leader HP and Acer, iSuppli has reported this week that Dell has retaken second place in the PC manufacturing market.
Overall, PC shipments increased this quarter to 82 million, with Dell taking a 12.8 percent share, just beating out Acer at 12.4 percent.
HP remained the leader at 18 percent.
Despite a decent jump in overall sales, all three of the top manufacturers saw a sales decline. Lenovo, on the other hand, saw an 18.6 percent jump in sales, good enough to take 10.1 percent of the market.
Acer and HP saw the largest declines, with sales falling 6.2 and 6.3 percent, respectively, from the quarter preceding this one.
HP has spent the last sixteen quarters in first place.
Graph via iSuppli:
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New scam alert: Fake copyright infringement letters 4 Sep 2010
The French high authority HADOPI, which was put in place to oversee the country's recently passed "three strikes" anti-piracy laws has a new problem on its hands; phishers and scammers using the authority's name to trick people into giving up personal information.
The group is allowed to issue sanctions and fines to Internet users accused of piracy, with a "third strike" meaning disconnection from the Web, and a blacklisting.
E-mails, purportedly being sent from HADOPI, have been hitting thousands of inboxes this week, all claiming that the recipient has been accused of copyright violations.
The accused are then pushed to a website to pay off their fine, which leads to phishers stealing their personal info along with the money.
"As expected, this is classic Internet," says HADOPI's Secretary General Éric Walter (via Ars).
HADOPI says it will begin sending out the first real violation letters in the coming months.
(Article pic found here)
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Court rules in favor of German man fired over using 2 cents worth of electricity 3 Sep 2010
Last May, network administrator Oliver Beel was fired from his job after he charged his Segway vehicle using the firm's power source for 90 minutes.
It was revealed that Beel had used 1.8 euro cents worth of electricity and he was fired two days later.
This week, a court has ruled that the firm had no grounds to fire Beel, dismissing the firm's appeal against his reinstatement, says Reuters.
The court says the firing was not appropriate given Beel's offense.
"Minimal electricity cost involved, the plaintiff's 19-year employment by the company and the fact other employees charged mobile phones and digital photo frames at the firm's expense without punishment," were all cited as reasons for the dismissal.
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Buffalo Japan releases portable 3D Blu-ray drive 3 Sep 2010
Buffalo Japan has announced this week the launch of the BG3D-PI6U2-BK, a portable 3D Blu-ray drive.
Owners can plug the device into their Windows PC via the USB port and view 3D Blu-ray movies. Of course, you will need a 3D-enabled display.
The drive is very thin at 5.39 x 5.78 x 0.78-inches and weighs 340g.
Buffalo's BG3D-PI6U2-BK writes data to BD-R/RDL6 discs at 6x and BD-RE/RE DL discs at 2x.
The drive will sell for 30,000 yen (a bit over $350 USD). It will hit Japan next month, with an expected North American launch later in the year.
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