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Sony pulls PS3 update after some gamers report bricked systemsPosted by Danny
Just hours after making it publicly available, Sony has pulled the PlayStation 3's latest firmware download (v2.40) due to reports of inoperable consoles after the update process.

SCEA's director of Corporate Communication and Social Media, Patrick Seybold, played down the problem, saying that incoming calls regarding failures have been of a low volume, and the removal is only temporary.

If incidents are in any way reflected by the voluminous message board chatter on the subject, it has only affected a fraction of users. Of the hundreds of posts reporting v2.40 update status for Playstation.blog readers, only several dozen posted system failures, and conditions surrounding those were somewhat inconsistent.

The worst outcome that several users have reported is a PS3 that simply...
Posted July 5th, 20081 reply | Read more on the forum...
Viacom Wins Access to Google, YouTube User InformationPosted by Danny
A judge ordered this week that Google must turn over personal records of YouTube users to Viacom (NYSE:VIAB), according to court documents. The ruling comes as part of the discovery phase of a lawsuit filed in March 2007 in which Viacom alleges that YouTube users are using the service to upload and view more copyrighted content than organically created video.

The ruling means that Google (NSDQ:GOOG) will have to produce all personal content of users, including names and IP addresses, to Viacom. Viacom's intentions are to get their hands on user information in order to identify YouTube users who are committing copyright infringement.

The contention is that organic YouTube content is not as popular as material that is subject to copyright. Viacom believes " and a judge agreed "...
Posted July 5th, 20080 replies | Read more on the forum...
It's official: Mozilla's Firefox sets Guinness World RecordPosted by Danny


From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, Mozilla indeed reached its goal of setting the record for "the single most downloaded piece of software in a single day."

"Mozilla set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours for the 8,002,530 downloads of Firefox 3!" a Mozilla spokesperson told BetaNews yesterday.

As previously reported in BetaNews, Mozilla needed to keep careful watch over its servers in handling millions of requests for Firefox 3.0, the latest iteration of its browser.

Given the final build's file size, just the completed downloads (never mind the incomplete ones) constitute about 54.56 TB of data during that period. The actual data transfer has been estimated at...
Posted July 5th, 20085 replies | Read more on the forum...
AT&T To Offer No-Contract iPhonePosted by Danny
While the regular price of an iPhone is $199 if you take a 2-year contract with AT&T, if you're willing to pay a lot more you can get one without a contract. An article in InfoWorld mentions that 'Freedom will come with a price — $599 for an 8GB device and $699 for a 16GB — but this will mark the first time consumers in the United States are able to buy an iPhone without being tied down to a two-year contract. The phone probably would still be locked for use only on AT&T's network, said Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg. But buyers could choose a pay-as-you-go plan for voice service.' The question still remains, does it make any sense to pay that much for a phone that is still locked to AT&T's network even if you aren't bound to a contract?

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Virgin: We Won't Cut Off File Sharers; Sends Envelope Saying 'We May Cut You Off'Posted by Danny
After reports said that UK broadband ISP Virgin Media would become the recording industry's copyright cop, Virgin came out denying it, saying that kicking users off the internet was draconian. However, it later admitted that it would send warning letters to people, based on the flimsy evidence used by the recording industry. Now Virgin has started sending out those letters, claiming that it's just sending letters and that there is "absolutely no possibility" that it would ban file sharers from connecting to the internet. That must explain why it sent the first batch of warning letters to people in envelopes that read: "Important. If you don't read this, your broadband could be disconnected." Absolutely no possibility, huh? It's not necessarily...
Posted July 5th, 20083 replies | Read more on the forum...
Opera 9.51 ReleasedPosted by Makaveli213
We released 9.51 today, which addresses a few security and lots of stability issues. This release is a recommended upgrade for all those running the latest stable releases.

Windows Changelog:

Opera 9.51 is a recommended security and stability upgrade. Please see the Security section.
Changes since Opera 9.5
User Interface
Fine-tuned the new Opera skin.
Improved drag/drop of tabs.
Fixed problems with search engines when upgrading from Opera 9.2x.
Fixed a stability issue when printing or when in print preview.
Added an option to toggle mouse flips in opera:config (User Prefs - Enable Mouse Flips).
Textarea inputs now clear when no-cache is set.
Saving of images is no longer recorded in transfers.
Mail/News
Feeds now show the first time when you subscribe.
Posted July 3rd, 20080 replies | Read more on the forum...
Ballmer Becomes Lone Voice at Microsoft's HelmPosted by twizted_elements
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Steve Ballmer has been CEO at Microsoft Corp for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates, the college friend who brought him to the company nearly three decades ago.

The pressure of leading the world's largest software maker will only escalate in the wake of a bungled attempt to acquire Yahoo Inc, a move that forced the Web pioneer into the waiting arms of Microsoft's archrival, Google Inc.

Adding fuel to the fire has been a lukewarm reception by customers for the company's flagship product, Windows Vista.

"The pressure is certainly on," said Alan Davis, analyst at investment firm D.A. Davidson.

For the first time in his career, the 52-year-old Ballmer, whose public histrionics often overshadow a sharp intellect and a gift for...
Posted June 29th, 20080 replies | Read more on the forum...
T-Mobile to sell 3G iPhone from 1 euro in GermanyPosted by John_H
Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile will sell Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) new iPhone for as little as 1 euro ($1.54) for the 8-gigabyte version together with a 69 euro monthly contract, it said on Monday.

Apple is set to reach far more consumers with the launch of the 3G iPhone in 70 countries than it did with the original version a year ago, partly due to having abandoned its insistence that carriers give it a share of call revenue.

Operators such as T-Mobile now have more scope to subsidize the cost of the phone to buyers in return for more lucrative contracts.

Some carriers, including Telefonica's (TEF.MC) O2, have said iPhone users consume 30 times as much data as users of other Internet-enabled phones.

The original iPhones that went on sale a year ago...
Posted June 17th, 20081 reply | Read more on the forum...
Samsung unveils touch-screen smart phonePosted by John_H
South Korea's Samsung on Monday unveiled its latest smart phone, a touch-screen model to be commercially launched in Southeast Asia this week.

The Omnia, which means "everything" in Latin, comes with a five megapixel built-in camera, 3.2-inch (eight-centimetre) screen as well as video functions, the company said.

With its touch-sensitive screen, drag and drop operation and an on-screen Qwerty keyboard, the Omnia also comes with GPS for navigation, Microsoft Office document viewer and Microsoft Windows Mobile professional software, Samsung said.

"The Omnia mobile range will help users to be at the forefront of work and play and at the same time, to stay connected anytime, anywhere," Geesung Choi, president of Samsung Telecommunications said.

No pricing...
Posted June 17th, 20080 replies | Read more on the forum...

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