Sony bought Gaikai, a web base cloud gaming service, for $380. Will this be in the next Playstation, maybe they will have a platform called Playstation Everywhere, it could be in tvs, phones, tablets, etc. Heres Sony's Press Release -
SCE to Build a Cloud Service Bringing Gaikai's Cloud Based-Streaming Technologies into Its Network Business
TOKYO, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Sony Computer
Entertainment (SCE) today announced that it entered into a definitive
agreement on June 30, 2012 (Japan Time) to acquire Gaikai Inc., the
world's leading interactive cloud-based gaming company, for
approximately USD 380 million. Through the acquisition, SCE will
establish a new cloud service, ensuring that it continues to provide
users with truly innovative and immersive interactive entertainment
experiences.
"By combining Gaikai's resources including its
technological strength and engineering talent with SCE's extensive game
platform knowledge and experience, SCE will provide users with
unparalleled cloud entertainment experiences," said Andrew House,
President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "SCE will
deliver a world-class cloud-streaming service that allows users to
instantly enjoy a broad array of content ranging from immersive core
games with rich graphics to casual content anytime, anywhere on a
variety of internet-connected devices."
"SCE has built an
incredible brand with PlayStation and has earned the respect of
countless millions of gamers worldwide," said David Perry, CEO of Gaikai
Inc. "We're honored to be able to help SCE rapidly harness the power of
the interactive cloud and to continue to grow their ecosystem, to
empower developers with new capabilities, to dramatically improve the
reach of exciting content and to bring breathtaking new experiences to
users worldwide."
Established in 2008 and headquartered in
Aliso Viejo, California, Gaikai has developed the highest quality,
fastest interactive cloud-streaming platform in the world that enables
the streaming of quality games to a wide variety of devices via the
internet. With this acquisition, SCE will establish a cloud service and
expand its network business by taking full advantage of Gaikai's
revolutionary technology and infrastructure including data centers
servicing dozens of countries and key partners around the world.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Boot 2 Gecko changes name to FireFox OS for there moblie OS
Alongside the name change, Mozilla also announced its hardware and
telecommunications partners for the Firefox OS consumer launch. The
focus will be on emerging markets and budget-conscious customers. The
first Firefox OS phones are expected to launch in early 2013 in Brazil,
on the Telefónica-owned brand Vivo, Mozilla said in a statement.
Mozilla’s hardware partners so far are ZTE and TCL Communication Technology (which will be branding its phones as Alcatel One Touch devices). Both Chinese companies are known for making low-priced, entry-level hardware. Handsets from both ZTE and TCL will run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors, Mozilla said.
Among the wireless providers that are committed to selling Firefox OS phones are Sprint in the United States, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, Abu Dhabi’s Etisalat, the Philippines’ Smart, Telecom Italia in (you guessed it) Italy, Spain’s Telefónica and Telenor in Norway.
The Firefox OS is being built to exclusively run web-based HTML5 apps, which we demoed at the CTIA Wireless show in New Orleans in May. The operating system and its included apps display a ton of potential, and Mozilla’s Chief of Innovation, Todd Simpson, said at CTIA that the company was focused on offering the open web on smartphones, free of the walled-off app and content stores seen on rivals such as Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS.
(Source)
Mozilla’s hardware partners so far are ZTE and TCL Communication Technology (which will be branding its phones as Alcatel One Touch devices). Both Chinese companies are known for making low-priced, entry-level hardware. Handsets from both ZTE and TCL will run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors, Mozilla said.
Among the wireless providers that are committed to selling Firefox OS phones are Sprint in the United States, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, Abu Dhabi’s Etisalat, the Philippines’ Smart, Telecom Italia in (you guessed it) Italy, Spain’s Telefónica and Telenor in Norway.
The Firefox OS is being built to exclusively run web-based HTML5 apps, which we demoed at the CTIA Wireless show in New Orleans in May. The operating system and its included apps display a ton of potential, and Mozilla’s Chief of Innovation, Todd Simpson, said at CTIA that the company was focused on offering the open web on smartphones, free of the walled-off app and content stores seen on rivals such as Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS.
(Source)
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Second time in two months Apple filed claim with U.N. agency to get hands on a ipad3.com
Last month, for example, it first asked for, then was granted, control of iphone5.com, a domain that was used to host a discussion forum devoted to smartphones.
Although a WHOIS search conducted at the time Apple was awarded iphone5.com put the domain in the hands of Corporation Service Company (CSC), a Delaware legal, business and financial firm that offers domain protection and recovery services, a similar search Sunday showed that it is now registered to Apple itself.
In November 2011, the company was also successful in a bid to acquire iphone4s.com and seven other URLs, all with the "iphone" name, and several of which included phrases such as "porn," "sex" and "xxx."
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Although a WHOIS search conducted at the time Apple was awarded iphone5.com put the domain in the hands of Corporation Service Company (CSC), a Delaware legal, business and financial firm that offers domain protection and recovery services, a similar search Sunday showed that it is now registered to Apple itself.
In November 2011, the company was also successful in a bid to acquire iphone4s.com and seven other URLs, all with the "iphone" name, and several of which included phrases such as "porn," "sex" and "xxx."
(Source)
Severe storms caused an outage of Amazon's Web Services in northern Virginia.
Storm took down Netflix, Pinterest, Instagram and other sites due to an outage in northern Virginia.
According to Amazon Web Services, at 8:21 p.m. PDT it was "investigating connectivity issues for a number of instances" in the East region. By early Saturday morning, Amazon said it was "continuing to work to recover."
Netflix, Pinterest were back up, but as of early Saturday Instagram was still down.
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According to Amazon Web Services, at 8:21 p.m. PDT it was "investigating connectivity issues for a number of instances" in the East region. By early Saturday morning, Amazon said it was "continuing to work to recover."
Netflix, Pinterest were back up, but as of early Saturday Instagram was still down.
(Source)
No sales of Galaxy Nexus Phone in US due to Apple court case
For the second time this week, sale of an
Android-based device made by Samsung has been banned in the United
States by a federal judge.
On Friday, Judge Lucy Koh barred the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone in the United States until a patent lawsuit between the Korean company and Apple is settled. (Source)
On Friday, Judge Lucy Koh barred the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone in the United States until a patent lawsuit between the Korean company and Apple is settled. (Source)
A U.S. judge Agrees with Apple and bans sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab in the US
A U.S. judge on
Tuesday backed Apple Inc's request to stop Samsung Electronics selling
its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the United States. (Source)
Nvidia loses 10 million GPU order due to poor Linux support
Nvidia loses 10 million GPU order due to poor Linux support ... this not to long after Linus Torvalds, the creator of linux went of a rant about Nvidia and Linux. Here is the video of Linus Torvalds talking -
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