Oh no :( The last thing I wanted was for a huge, monopolistic telco to gain control of MORE spectrum. AT&T’s private 700MHz grab approved by FCC The Federal Communications Commission today approved AT&T’s plan to buy 700MHz spectrum from Aloha, finalizing a deal first set in motion in October. The $2.5 billion deal was given to the American carrier despite reservations by FCC commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps,.. Read More
Gamespot is now pretty much dead to me.
The news keeps getting worse for Gamespot. I just read on Joystiq that Ryan Davis is now leaving the formerly amazing gaming news site/community. I just want to say, “Fuck you.” to Gamespot’s managers for not having the balls to respect Jeff Gerstmann‘s journalistic responsibility to write unbiased reviews. Rather than support him, you caved to your paid advertiser and let them bully you into changing both the written and.. Read More
2.04.08
So I had a few of my geekier friends make note of the fact that today’s date was interesting because: 2^1 = 2 (February) 2^2 = 4 (the fourth) 2^3 = 8 (year 08) Yikes.
More Blu-Ray wins news
Can we just get on with it? I’m almost at the point now where I don’t care, since I’ll probably just do digital downloads. Maybe Microsoft wins, after all. Gartner: Blu-ray to Win Format War Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 03:00 PM ET Calling Warner’s decision to back Blu-ray exclusively “fatal” for the HD DVD format, leading tech research firm Gartner, Inc. is predicting an end to the format war.. Read More
Gartner: Blu-ray to win in 2008, HD DVD price cuts are “useless resistance” – Engadget
Hooray! Let’s get on w/ it then, shall we? Gartner: Blu-ray to win in 2008, HD DVD price cuts are “useless resistance” – Engadget: Posted Jan 28th 2008 5:46AM by Thomas Ricker Gartner, the fat lady of research firms, is singing HD DVD’s swan song this morning. Hiroyuki Shimizu, Principal Research Analyst in Japan, says in Gartner’s Semiconductor DQ Monday Report that, “Gartner believes that Toshiba’s price-cutting may prolong HD.. Read More