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by Published on July 12th, 2012 23:18- Categories:
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Rumours of a possible smartphone release from Amazon have heated up following the departure of another Windows Phone executive.
The buzz first began earlier this year when Brandon Watson jumped ship to the online retailer from Microsoft's smartphone platform, sparking rumours than the company was working on it's own smartphone device.
Watson left the company to become the director of Kindle cross platform at Amazon.
After falling relatively quiet, rumours have started flying again with another Windows exec making the switch.
Robert Williams, who was previously senior director of Windows Phone business development, recently updated his LinkedIn profile to state he is now "Director App Store" at Amazon.
Neither of these appointments specifically point to an impending Amazon Phone release, but they come at a time where the rumour mill is buzzing with reports that the company is currently testing out a number of smartphone prototypes, which it plans to sell at the end of the year.
Many expect the rumoured device to be similar to Amazon's Kindle Fire, equipped with a smaller screen and powered by an Android operating system.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...-amazon/028680 ...by Published on July 12th, 2012 23:16- Categories:
- PC News
The login details of more than 450,000 Yahoo customers have been leaked online after its Yahoo Voices network was hit by an SQL injection attack.
According to Ars Technica, the information was posted on a public website by a hacking group known as the D33Ds Company and the act was done as a wake-up call to Yahoo.
The group managed to penetrate the Yahoo subdomain by utilising a union-based SQL injection to trick the server in to dumping huge amounts of information. Which it did. In plaintext.
“We hope that the parties responsible for managing the security of this subdomain will take this as a wake-up call, and not as a threat,” read a short statement from the hackers.
“There have been many security holes exploited in webservers belonging to Yahoo! Inc. that have caused far greater damage than our disclosure. Please do not take them lightly. The subdomain and vulnerable parameters have not been posted to avoid further damage.”
If you wish, you can check if your details have been compromised at the D33Ds website.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...-leaked/028681 ...by Published on July 12th, 2012 23:15- Categories:
- Android News
Unnamed officials at some of Amazon's parts suppliers have told the Wall Street Journal that the company is testing a smartphone and that mass production of the device may start late this year.
One person said that the screen of Amazon's smartphone currently being tested measures between four and five inches.
Speculation about an Amazon smartphone has increased dramatically in the last month, so expect more rumours and maybe even some facts in the coming weeks.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...n-phone/018604 ...by Published on July 12th, 2012 23:13- Categories:
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New research claims that Brits only manage one hour of the day without using any tech products.
The study, conducted by myvouchercodes.co.uk, polled 1,239 people with the aim of analysing Britons' relationships with technology.
Taking into account everyday items such as computers, mobile phones, radios and televisions; participants spent on average just 1.2 waking hours a day not using any technology.
Those who took part were also asked which items they spent the majority of their time on each day, with the results being as follows:
1. Computer/Laptop - 31%
2. Mobile Phone - 19%
3. Tablet PC - 12%
4. Radio - 7%
5. Games Console - 4%
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...om-tech/018609 ...by Published on July 12th, 2012 00:59- Categories:
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It was probably the biggest game collection ever to be sold in a single Ebay auction.Thousands of titles were included, not least every single game for ever Sega console ever, and every single game for every Nintendo console until the Wii.Even the Virtual Boy.But, several days on, the anonymous French seller is still waiting for payment for the $1.32m (£788,120) collection, a private hobby that has taken him "around 15 years".His rarest treasure? "That'd be Go-Net for Megadrive, as less than 5 (maybe 3?) copies are known/identified on this planet," he told Eurogamer."But if I had to name the most expensive I had in my hands during those 15 years, that'd probably be each of the three Kizuna Encounter and the three Ultimate 11 NeoGeo AES European cartridges I had."I sold them for a ridiculously cheap price (which wasn't that cheap back at the time)... everybody makes mistakes!"..."I achieved my goals in this domain, having all the games ever made for my beloved systems."
A fraction of the games on offer.
Completing the collection of Nintendo and Sega retro titles has allowed him to now move on and put the project up for sale."I achieved my goals in this domain, having all the games ever made for my beloved systems. I'm a 8-16 bit fan. I do like 32-64 bit systems as well, but not as much as I have loved SFC/PCE/MD systems.""But the sale isn't done yet."Under UK law, when someone wins an auction or buys something outright, the sale forms a legally binding contract to purchase that item."For the moment the buyer hasn't paid yet," the seller concludes. "I can't say anything more about it until he pays."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ame-collectionby Published on July 12th, 2012 00:55- Categories:
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3DS games Etrian Odyssey IV and Little Battler eXperience Explosive Boost debuted in second and third places respectively during the week ended July 8, while PSP title Toriko Gourmet Survival 2 took fourth, Andriasang reports.The PS3 versions of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Anarchy Reigns entered at seventh and eighth, while the Xbox 360 editions came in at No.23 and No.28 respectively.
3DS remained the frontrunner on the hardware front, while PS3 moved up to second place as Vita sales halved - the system had enjoyed a boost the previous week thanks to the launch of a Crystal White version.
Weekly software sales (life to date)
- Pokemon Black & White 2 (DS, Pokemon) 181,756 (2,217,227)
- Etrian Odyssey IV (3DS, Atlus) 97,142 (NEW)
- Little Battler eXperience Baku Boost (3DS, Level-5) 55,614 (NEW)
- Toriko Gourmet Survival 2 (PSP, Namco Bandai) 43,790 (NEW)
- Run For Money: Flee From the Strongest Hunters in History (3DS, Namco Bandai) 30,054 (NEW)
- Dragon Quest Monsters Terry's Wonderland 3D (3DS, Square Enix) 25,027 (812,642)
- Ghost Recon Future Soldier (PS3, Ubisoft) 23,021 (NEW)
- Anarchy Reigns (PS3, Sega) 21,199 (NEW)
- Culdcept (3DS, Nintendo) 11,657 (65,743)
- Mario Party 9 (Wii, Nintendo) 10,396 (468,430)
Weekly hardware sales (previous week)
- 3DS: 51,930 (65,267)
- PS3: 14,297 (16,399)
- Vita: 11,544 (22,638)
- PSP: 10,627 (11,461)
- Wii: 6,654 (6,880)
- Xbox 360: 711 (861)
- DSi: 455 (657)
- PS2: 474 (490)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...-latest-chart/ ...by Published on July 12th, 2012 00:49- Categories:
- Android News
In an effort to woo developers to its Android-powered Kindle Fire tablet, Amazon has announced GameCircle. The series of new APIs allow developers to integrate a number of new features into games designed for the Fire.
GameCircle adds an achievement system, leaderboards and sync. Sync may be the most interesting feature, as it allows players to save their game progress in the cloud, so that they can pick up a game session after switching devices or even after restoring a deleted game – a valid concern considering the Fire's roughly 6GB of usable space.
The video above explains GameCircle in more detail. Developers interested in integrating GameCircle into their games can sign up for an invitation righthere.
http://www.amazonappstoredev.com/201...ndle-fire.html ...by Published on July 11th, 2012 21:58- Categories:
- PC News
Microsoft CEO reassures PC partners as he expounds Windows 8 "ecosystem"
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Steve Ballmer has eased the potential worries of Microsoft's PC manufacturing partners by insisting that the Surface tablet is a design point intended to set standards, rather than a move to muscle them out of the territory.
Speaking at the Worldwide Partner Conference yesterday, Ballmer told his audience that the device would have its place, but that Windows 8 devices would have a healthy and diverse ecosystem.
"Surface is just a design point," All Things D reports Ballmer as saying.
"It will have a distinct place in what's a broad Windows ecosystem. And the importance of the thousands of partners that we have that design and produce Windows computers will not diminish. We have a mutual goal with our OEM partners to bring a diversity of solutions, Windows PCs, phones, tablets, servers to market.
"What we seek to have is a spectrum of stunning devices, stunning Windows devices. So, every consumer, every business customer can say, 'I have the perfect PC for me.' … We're excited about the work our OEM partners are doing on Windows 8."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...t-says-ballmer
...by Published on July 11th, 2012 21:50- Categories:
- PC News
Will MS buy the house of Call of Duty?
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Vivendi chief executive Jean-Bernard Levy stepped down last month amidst growing concerns about the company's debt and flagging share price. One of the rumored ways that Vivendi could bolster its financial position is to sell off its 60 percent stake in video game behemoth Activision Blizzard, and today more fuel has been added to that fire, as Reuters has reported that Vivendi is now actively testing the waters.
"It's nothing official yet, but they've asked a bank to go and talk to possible buyers for Activision," said a source close to the Vivendi board, according to the report.
The idea is that by selling Activision Blizzard the French media conglomerate could raise about $10 billion. Those who may be interested include cash-rich firms like China's Tencent, media giant Time Warner, Microsoft, as well as private-equity heavyweights KKR, Providence and Blackstone, according to banking sources.
There already is an existing relationship between Tencent and Activision as the two recently announced a partnership to offer Call of Duty as a free-to-play online game in China. The report notes, however, that buying Activision outright may not make sense for Tencent and its very different business model.
"They have two big franchises, Call of Duty on the console side and World of Warcraft on the MMOG (massively multiplayer online game) side. And China is not a big market for console businesses; online games are much bigger for various reasons," said a banker.
Microsoft, on the other hand, may want to add some more blockbuster IP to its arsenal on Xbox, and making Call of Duty 100 percent Xbox exclusive is likely appealing, but the company may not want to invest so much when it's gearing up to launch a next-gen console in the next year or so.
"They probably don't want to distract themselves too much, but they are the ones who, if they want to stay in games, would think about owning some of these big franchises, not just providing the consoles," a banker source said.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ision-blizzard
...by Published on July 11th, 2012 21:48- Categories:
- PC News
Digital Foundry looks at the challenges Apple faces with the arrival of the Google Nexus 7 and Microsoft Surface.
For over three years, only one tablet product has gained traction with the mainstream: Apple's phenomenal iPad. Niche challengers have come and gone, while heavyweights including RIM, Sony, Samsung and Motorola have all singularly failed to make any kind of impact on Apple's stranglehold on the market. Now the Cupertino giant's closest rivals have finally woken up: Microsoft and Google are both rolling out the big guns with the upcoming releases of Surface and the Nexus 7.
There's little doubt that the iPad has defined the prerequisites of a mainstream-focused tablet, and to a certain extent both of these challengers are "me too" products. Each is based on the notions of a slick, user-friendly interface, capacitive touch-screens, and low-power integrated processors paired with large batteries to provide stamina in the 8-10 hour range - the defining elements of the iPad.
However, the differences between the products are interesting in that they illustrate exactly where Apple's challengers believe its weaknesses are: the question really is whether these perceived deficiencies are enough to really open up the market.
"The likes of RIM, Sony and Samsung have all failed to effectively challenge the iPad phenomenon. Now Apple's rivals have finally woken up - but can Microsoft Surface and the Google Nexus 7 compete?"
Google's approach is intriguing: with the Nexus 7, it has staked a claim to the value end of the market, looking to offer an approximate high-end experience in a package that is a fraction of the cost of the $500 top-end "New iPad" and half the price of the $400 iPad 2. Google's tablet miniaturises the experience onto a 7-inch, IPS 1280x800 screen that cuts some corners on brightness and colour reproduction but crams a lot of pixels into a small enough area to give something approaching Retina fidelity.
Elsewhere, all the core functionality you would expect from a tablet is present and correct, while more extravagant elements that have somehow become a standard on more expensive tablets have been stripped out - so there is no rear-mounted camera for example, no HDMI output - and only a single microUSB port.
Only 8GB and 16GB SKUs are planned and there is no support at all for cellular connectivity - Google's strategy seems to be in attracting the value-conscious and tablet newcomers, and perhaps convince them to upgrade when the time is right to another Android tablet. The Nexus 7 is produced by Asus, and the Nexus 7 comes across to a certain extent as a "gateway" product to the firm's more expensive offerings.
Microsoft's Surface has no pretensions in masking the "me too" elements of its design. Although it has opted for a widescreen display over the iPad's 4:3 screen, there's little doubt that it aims for the premium side of the market in exactly the same way as the Apple tablet, with its high-end magnesium finish and weight/dimension advantages over the current generation iPad. At its presentation for the device, a huge amount of focus was put into the kickstand - curious, as it suggests that Microsoft believes that a great deal of tablet-time is spent near some kind of static, flat surface that it can rest upon.
Google's Nexus 7 aims to differentiate itself from iPad with a bargain $199 price-point, along with a user-experience that offers much of the slickness and appeal of Apple's established, market-leading offering.
But the true point of difference that Microsoft is banking on is Windows 8 and everything it represents: specifically functionality, productivity and the ubiquity of the OS on other devices. A fully featured USB port means that virtually any peripheral can be run from the tablet - printers, storage drives - with standard Windows drivers being used to run them. The Touch and Type covers in combination with Microsoft Office potentially offer Surface RT a level of functionality well beyond what the iPad offers, in a pleasingly integrated manner.
Traditional, native x86 Windows programs won't work on the Surface RT however, and therein lies one of Microsoft's biggest challenges: building its own version of Apple's walled garden app store. Having failed comprehensively with Windows Phone 7, Microsoft desperately needs to create transaction infrastructure that rivals Google Play and iTunes. Just a couple of months from launch, there are still some question marks over the Metro marketplace and the level of support it will attract.
"A merging or convergence between OSX and iOS has been mooted for years now, but Microsoft has got their first by rolling out Windows 8 simultaneously on computer and mobile platforms."
Of course, the advantage Microsoft has is the sheer proliferation of Windows on traditional computers and laptops. The next version of the desktop OS features support for Metro apps, along with the compatibility with traditional x86 binaries missing from the RT tablet. The same core kernel is ...- Search DCEmu
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