Microsoft is planning on getting into the mobile digital rights management (DRM) market and has signed a deal with Japan’s NTT DoCoMo phone company. The deal is to standardize that provider’s phones with Windows Media Continue reading “Microsoft plans mobile DRM with NTT DoCoMo”.…more
GameStop reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings Thursday as sales more than doubled, thanks to the acquisition of Electronics Boutique. Who said that all gaming companies are doing bad? GameStop earned $11.7 million, or 15 cents a Continue reading “GameStop Knocks Off Estimate”.…more
Today Legit Reviews has the ASUS PhysX P1 card on the test bench, which adopted Ageia’s all-new PhysX Processing Unit (PPU) that hopes to take gamers to a completely new level of video realism. Read on and see what the card does, how much power it consumes, what games will be supported, and our general thoughts on a PPU.
Today, Pioneer announced the release of the BDR-101A, the first PC-Based Blu-ray Disc Burner. Rewritable media from TDK, and software from Roxio give this burner 50GB of capacity on a dual layer Blu-ray disc (BD-R Continue reading “Pioneer Ships First PC-Based Blue-Ray Burner”.…more
MP3 music player maker Creative’s U.S. patent lawsuit against Apple has boosted the loss-making Singapore firm’s shares, but analysts fear it will disrupt management turnaround efforts. I find it interesting that a lawsuit helped jump Continue reading “Apple Suit Seen Hurting Creative in Long Run”.…more
Hewlett-Packard Co.’s fiscal second-quarter profit rose 51 percent Tuesday as the printer and computer company benefitted from cost-cutting, gains in PC market share and higher revenue. This is a shocker to some, but expected after Continue reading “H-P earnings up 51 percent”.…more
The recording industry on Tuesday sued XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., alleging its Inno device that can store music infringes on copyrights and transforms a passive radio experience into the equivalent of a digital download Continue reading “The RIAA sues XM Satellite Radio Over Infringement”.…more
Power Quotient International (PQI) recently introduced its high-density 16GB NAND flash-based card drive, the U510, for the mid-range to high-end memory storage market. While 16GB for a flash-based card drive is not unheard of the Continue reading “PQI Introduces Sleek U510 16GB Flash Drive”.…more