Article Archive for November 2007

Live Documents – Google Docs killer? Think again.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 23, 2007

Live Documents - Google Docs killer? Think againSabeer Bhatia seems to be making a career out of making money from Microsoft. This is the guy who sold Hotmail to them for $400 million, after all. Now he wants a piece of Microsoft’s $20 billion Office pie – by coming up with his own online office suite and if he gets to hurt Google’s own Google Docs along the way, that’s no pain on his conscience.

Sony crippling store downloads to prop up the corpse of UMD?
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 23, 2007

sony crippling store downloads to prop up the corpse of UMD? Sony are refusing to admit the failure of their proprietary Universal Media Disc (UMD) format.  The discs hold games and movies for the Playstation Portable console.

5 Hollywood studios sue Chinese website for copyright infringements
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 23, 2007

5 Hollywood studios sue Chinese website for copyright infringementsFive Hollywood studios have sued Beijing-based Jeboo.com and an Internet café in Shanghai for copyright infringements, the state media reports.

Halo 3 crashes Xbox 360: Microsoft, Bungie face class action suit
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 23, 2007

Microsoft, Bungie face class action suitA class action suit has been filed by a California resident against Bungie, the game developer of “Halo 3”, and Microsoft claiming their blockbuster video game is not fit for its purpose of being played on an Xbox 360.

Skip black Friday, shop online
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 22, 2007

Untitled-3 For those who may not be familiar with it, Black Friday, in the US is the day after Thanksgiving in which stores have very early sales, early bird specials and so forth.  The deals offer insane savings on brand new items from TVs to flash drives and everything in between.  Some stores open at Midnight, some at 4am, it just depends.  I will be skipping all those offers, for one reason, most of these deals can be had online, right now without the hassle.

Hack your Microsoft Zune 2 to support more formats and enable flash drive use
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 22, 2007

Untitled-2 So, you’ve got your Zune 2 and your sitting around with almost nothing to do except wonder what you can do to make your Zune more useful.  Hack it, of course.  I’m not about to tell you to take it apart but there are some software utilities out there that can increase the usefulness of your Zune.

Sony CEO claims PS3 matching PS2 sales momentum
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 22, 2007

Sony CEO claims PS3 matching PS2 sales momentumMost analysts are in agreement that the Sony PS3 hasn’t sold anywhere near the expected quantities up to now. Howard Stringer, Sony’s CEO disagrees however, and claims that the sales momentum is matching that which the Playstation 2 experienced in it’s early days.

Sony CEO Stringer talks Blu-ray Vs HD-DVD – PS3 still best option
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 22, 2007

Sony CEO Stringer talks Blu-ray Vs HD-DVD - PS3 still best optionThe battle to be the DVD format of choice is still dragging on, with both sides claiming the upper hand. In the run up to the all important holiday season, Sony CEO Howard Stringer has been talking up Blu-ray, and claiming his format will ultimately triumph over rival HD-DVD.

88 million copies of Vista sold
Posted from VISTA.BLORGE on November 22, 2007

88 million copies of Vista sold Leave it to Microsoft to claim that over 88 million copies of its flagship operating system have sold.  Vista might be selling but these days it gets more bad reviews than good but Microsoft knows how to sell a bad product.

YouTube for a cause : U.N. Agency makes the Hunger Bytes call
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 22, 2007

 

U.N. aid agency's plea to budding filmmakers YouTube – provider of daily entertainment for Internet junkies everywhere. So why not harness that power for other causes than sharing drunken karaoke sessions or funny ads? If you have the will and a videocamera, why not take up the World Food Program’s challenge to create a video to help educate the online community about global hunger?

A guide to ESRB ratings for parents with a Wii, PS3, or Xbox 360 in their home
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 22, 2007

A guide to ESRB ratings for parents with a Wii, PS3, or Xbox 360 in their home Whether buying gifts for nephews, nieces, cousins, or your own children, are you making sure you’re buying an appropriate title for them?

Digital camera report: Canon Powershot G9
Posted from PHOTO.BLORGE on November 22, 2007

Digital camera report Canon Powershot G9 The Canon Powershot G9 is a high-end fixed lens digital camera designed for prosumer/photography enthusiasts who has been longing for the RAW mode which has been absent with previous Canon G models.

Guitar Hero III songs see massive digital sales increase
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 22, 2007

Guitar Hero III songs see massive digital sales increaseIt seems if a record company want to sell their songs and give a band on their label a boost, there’s no better way of doing it than getting featured in a rhythm game. Digital sales of tracks featured in Guitar Hero III have apparently seen a dramatic hike since its release.

Google Custom Search is now available worldwide
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 21, 2007

Google Custom Search is now available worldwideThe Google Custom Search Business platform is now available internationally in 40 languages, and in close to 80 countries worldwide. It was previously only available in the United States of America to allow organizations to add Google search functionally to their web sites.

MoveOn.org sets its sites on Facebook privacy violations
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 21, 2007

MoveOn.org sets their sites on Facebook privacy violations MoveOn.org, best known for its controversial political ads, has set its sights on a whole new type of target: Facebook’s perceived privacy violations.

Facebooks “social ads” are barely over two weeks old, and it has already had the legality questioned, and now it is being pondered if they violate a user’s right to privacy.