Posted by Simon Perry on 5 January 2004 | Tagged as: Business, DVD, Legal, Software
After years of legal wrangling, Norwegian state prosecutor, ØKOKRIM, have declared they will not appeal against a not guilty ruling for deCSS author Jon Lech Johansen, otherwise know as DVD-Jon.
Posted by Simon Perry on 19 December 2003 | Tagged as: Cross platform, Platforms, Music, DVD, Industry Trends, Storage, Gaming
Sony has reduced the features and supported format of the PSX between its announcement and actual release to the public, the most confusing being its now-lacking Ethernet port. Analysts have reacted strongly against this, but the consumers appear to be lapping it up.
Posted by Simon Perry on 8 December 2003 | Tagged as: Platforms, Uncategorized, China, Gaming
Nintendo has now launched its low cost gaming platform that is exclusively for sale in China and it has been reviewed by a number of sites. The games distribution and protection contain a number of innovate features.
Posted by Simon Perry on 4 December 2003 | Tagged as: Business, Legal, Storage, Software
Microsoft announce their intention to charge for use of the filing structure that most digital consumer electronics devices use to store their files.
Posted by Simon Perry on 17 November 2003 | Tagged as: Content, Input devices, Industry Trends, Gaming
The way that people are instructing their computers is expanding beyond keyboard, mouse and games controller. Two Xbox games have speech recognition built in and the Sony EyeToy responds to players waving their arms around.
Posted by Simon Perry on 12 November 2003 | Tagged as: Mobile, Legal, Business, Bluetooth, Cellular, Gaming, Portable, Audio Hardware
Nokia are getting bashed a lot for the N-Gage, their do-it-all, mobile games machines,. The latest news is that a hackers group claim to have taken the games off it and have had them playing on another Symbian handset, a Siemens SX1. If true, income for them could be damaged.
Posted by Heidi Jacoby-Ackland on 13 October 2003 | Tagged as: Uncategorized, Business, TV programme review, Industry Trends, Gaming, Computer-Centric
Program your Tivo now. Fightbox, the BBC’s new cross-platform interactive programme, is coming to a TV near you. Robot Wars meets The Sims-on-performance-enhancing-drugs, the BBC publicity machine is very keen to emphasise that Fightbox is a TV first. What, exactly, is Fightbox though? Is it the logical future of entertainment? …
Posted by Simon Perry on 9 October 2003 | Tagged as: Platforms, DVD, Video Hardware, Gaming
Finally the Sony PSX details are released. It is an Ethernet-connected games console that can record TV programmes to its large hard drive, store and play both photos & music and record DVD’s. This will give Sony total vertical integration - their media direct to the consumer’s lounge.
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 3 October 2003 | Tagged as: Content, Software, Gaming, Computer-Centric
Do you hanker after playing old-school video arcade games? In a move similar to the music industry allowing legal MP3 downloads, StarROMs has released an initial 60 classic arcade game ROMs for download, starting at $2. Downloaders will be able to use these files with their favourite arcade machine emulator to play cherished arcade classics.
Posted by Simon Perry on 22 September 2003 | Tagged as: Business, Mobile, Cellular, Software, Gaming
After announcing their intention a month ago, Nokia have now completed the purchase of sega.com in a hope to make the N-Gage platform a strong online, multi-player gaming platform.
