In what turned out to be a huge day for digital entertainment news yesterday, Sony announced that they would be dropping DRM from their music, as well. Sony BMG Will Drop DRM: BusinessWeek says that Sony BMG will join us here in the 21st century when they become the last of the top 4 big record companies to drop DRM. … Sony BMG would become the last of the top.. Read More
We may FINALLY see an end to the HD format wars!
The guys over at The Consumerist have a great comparison of which movie studios are on which side in the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD high def disc format war. The comparison was brought on by yesterday’s announcement from Warner that they’re going to switch exclusively to Blu-ray in May. This is great news to me, as I’ve stopped buying any new movies because I didn’t want to end up with.. Read More
Paris Hilton Get’s Screwed (It’s not what you’re thinking)
Holy crap. The current head of the HIlton fortune has decided not to will the money to down the family line, but give it to the charity they established. Paris loses out: Hilton fortune pledged to charity | Entertainment | Reuters: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:38pm EST By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. hotel heiress Paris Hilton’s potential inheritance dramatically diminished after her grandfather Barron Hilton announced plans.. Read More
Army working in more Macs to diversify systems, thwart attackers – Engadget
Army working in more Macs to diversify systems, thwart attackers – Engadget: Posted Dec 22nd 2007 8:04AM by Nilay Patel The Army’s been poking around with OS X for a while — Xserves have run army.mil for a couple years now — but it looks like it’s about to deploy even more Apple machines in an effort to diversify its install base and frustrate would-be attackers. The move is partially.. Read More
New firmware enables PS1 games on PSP through Remote Play – Joystiq
Wow! I updated my PS3, but haven’t done the PSP, yet. It’s ironic that the patch that just came out does this for me, because I only just tried connecting them for Remote Play on Tuesday. New firmware enables PS1 games on PSP through Remote Play – Joystiq: by Christopher Grant Dec 18th 2007 1:45PM DivX for the PS3 and internet radio for the PSP weren’t the only treats buried.. Read More