| iTunes still tops, but Walmart busts a move in movies Posted: 22 Aug 2011 12:00 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Apple’s online movie store is still king and has actually increased its share from 64.9 to 65.8 percent. However, there’s a lot of movement among the pretenders to throne with Sony taking a beating and, surprisingly, Amazon falling behind Sam Walton’s biggest retail success. Although Walmart recently shuttered its Music Downloads Store, the brick and [...] |
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| I Am Alive first gameplay video looks a bit ‘Uncharted’ Posted: 21 Aug 2011 11:20 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE I Am Alive is a title revealed by Ubisoft back in 2008 before it went into hiding for several years. The game was rumored to have been canceled, but Ubisoft recently revealed that the title was still in development. According to reports, the game is being completely redone using the Splinter Cell: Conviction engine. Apparently [...] |
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| More LTE breadcrumbs, engineers Posted: 21 Aug 2011 09:28 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE Long Term Evolution, a vague strings of words that are exciting a lot of interest from iPhone fans. Although it’s quite obvious that Apple is testing the 4G wireless tech that powers Verizon and AT&T next generation networks, it’s much less clear when the rest of us will get our hands on it. LTE specific [...] |
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| Southampton develops new glass memory and associated lingo Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Researchers at the University of Southampton have come up with a new form of memory made from silica glass and using lasers to read and write on it. The researchers say that this will reduce the cost of medical imaging. Anything that reduces medical costs is wonderful. Of course you will need to learn a [...] |
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| Australian tech tax bites Apple buyers Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:20 PM PDT 
Categories: MAC.BLORGE Why do dogs, you know, do that thing that dogs do? Because they can. Why do Microsoft, Lenovo and generally every tech company doing business in Australia charge hundreds more down there than in their home markets? Apple might not be the biggest offender, but is easily the most obvious. So, if you’re a federal [...] |
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