The free ride might soon be over, or at least slowing down. According to a report in the New York Times, Hulu, the popular online streaming site, will begin testing a subscription service called Hulu Plus perhaps as early as May 24. Users who aren't interested in forking over a monthly stipend would still be able to view the five most recent episodes of most TV shows for free, such as Saturday Night Live and Glee. [......]
Archive for April, 2010
Beginning April 25, you'll be able to stroll into Target's flagship downtown Minneapolis store or one of 102 south Florida stores and purchase Amazon's Kindle ebook reader, Target announced today. "We’re excited to be working with Amazon to help even more readers discover Kindle, in-store only at Target," said Mark Schindele, senior vice president, Target. "We strive to enhance our product offerings to include surprising products and services at great values so we’re proud to be the first brick-and-mortar retailer to sell Kindle, allowing our guests to feel how lightweight and easy on the eyes Kindle is." Prior to this, Kindle has only been available online direct from Amazon. [......]
In a blog post on Wednesday, Eric Lempel, Director of Sony's PlayStation Network Operations, announced a "mandatory update" (version 3.30) which he says will be available shortly. [......]
We don't know what kind of black magic PC Treasures and Digital Works Australia are into, but whatever it is, the two companies have conjured up a battery charger that's capable of re-juicing disposable batteries. [......]
Slowly but surely, the six-core revolution is getting under way. Intel kicked things off with the release of its Core i7 980X, followed by a flurry of six-core chips at the ready from AMD, and within the next few weeks, Intel will release a slightly lower clocked (and lower priced) followup to the 980X. According to reports, Intel's Core i7 970 part will likely show up in the third quarter. [......]
We know you guys and gals are sick to death of Apple stories -- blame the temporary uptick in Apple-y content on the recent triple play (iPad release, iPhone OS 4 anouncement, lost/stolen iPhone 4G) -- but this one was just too quotable to pass up. According to Steve Jobs, if you want to watch porn, get an Android phone . Here's how it went down[......]
If you've been itching for an OS update on your BlackBerry, you're not alone - so has every other BlackBerry owner. The good news is you won't have to wait long until there's an update, and in the meantime, Boy Genius Report (BGR) has the full scoop on the upcoming OS, as well as a bunch of pics[......]
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews As promised, the world's trade negotiators have finally released a public and, to a limited extent, redacted version of the current draft document for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Releasing a draft of a global trade agreement is actually unprecedented, say many diplomats[......]
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews In an indirect yet obvious way, Section 3.3.1 of Apple's new iPhone developers' agreement binds developers to a promise that whatever they bring to the iPhone will be created exclusively for the iPhone[......]
It might soon be time to take that netbook of yours out behind the shed and put it out of your misery. Or better yet, sell it on Ebay. [......]
How much gaming goodness can you cram into a 15-inch chassis? That's what Maingear set to find out and the end result is the relaunched eX-L 15 gaming notebook. Driving the Full HD 1920x1080 LED display is ATI's Mobility Radeon HD 5870 graphics adapter, the fastest mobile graphics chipset on the planet. [......]
Somewhere, someone out there is saying "Told you so!" The reason? Oracle has begun charging $90 per user on a plug-in for Microsoft Office that Sun Microsystems used to give away for free. [......]
IT software specialist Compuware made the most out of the Cloud Expo 2010 by unveiling its CloudSleuth beta technology, essentially a Web portal for users to collaborate. "CloudSleuth’s approach is conceptually very simple," Compuware explains[......]
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 public beta for Windows from Fileforum now. Starting today, an ambitious project from the Mozilla Foundation called "Lorentz" makes its first public, experimental debut, with the release of a public beta of Firefox 3.6.4. [......]
