Tag: Xbox 360
What devices can play iTunes Plus downloads?
So, Apple launched its iTunes Plus DRM-free downloads yesterday, and the company is already catching flak for embedding users’ names and email addresses in the files they download. The big idea is that you’ll be able to play the files on devices other than iPods. So what do they work on?
BT & Sony team up to make the PSP a mobile phone, and HDTV 2.0: the latest stories from Shiny Media
– BT and Sony have announced a deal that will allow the PSP to become a mobile phone. Could this make it an iPhone-killer? [iPhonic] – HDTV is now "HDTV 2.0" according to HP. Find out how tenuous this…
Latest iPhone survey results and downloadable content on the PS3: the best stories from Shiny Media
The next batch of results from iPhonic's UK iPhone survey are discussed on the site today. Which network is the respondents' favourite to get the iPhone? [iPhonic] Downloadable content will debut on the PS3 in June. PSPSPS has the…
Sky HD link with Hollywood studios and 80GB PS3: the best stories from Shiny Media
– Sky has announced it will screen more Hollywood blockbusters in high definition. Plus more original commissions will be available in the improved format [HDTV UK]
Microsoft, Blu-ray, and the back-up plan?
Last week we reported that, based on an iTmedia interview with Peter Moore, there was the possibility that Microsoft would support Blu-ray via the Xbox 360 console if that format became dominant over HD DVD at some time in the future.
Apparently, we were wrong.
On the Gamerscoreblog, a Microsoft representative “cleared the air” by stating that those reports were based on taking Moore’s words out of context, and are simply incorrect.
We firmly stand behind the HD DVD format as the best choice for consumers. Current reports indicating that Microsoft has a back-up plan, which includes Blu-ray support are incorrect. We’re fully committed to HD DVD and have absolutely no plans to support other optical formats.
Now I’m left wondering if Microsoft is arrogant, or stupid, or both.
Google Maps Mobile and Motorola RAZR 2: the latest stories from Shiny Media
– Google Maps Mobile is here. Find out how it compares to the version we know and love [Techscape]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on XBox 360, plus iPhone release date rumours: the latest stories from Shiny Media
– If you can't wait for the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on the XBox 360, you can check out a demo… as long as you live in Europe [XBoxer] – Place your bets on…
Enter Shikari partner with Xbox for Blue Dragon soundtrack
Not one to follow the music charts, when I heard Enter Shikari were working in partnership with Xbox, my initial reaction was “Enter what!? What’s a curry take-away got to do with the Xbox?!” Nevertheless, when I bunny-hopped over to their Myspace and joined the millions of others who’d downloaded their tracks, I became rather keen to see exactly why…
Interview: PKR's Jez San on blending online poker with The Sims
PKR.com has been described as a mixture of online poker and The Sims, which is as good a reference point as any. It’s a real-money online poker site, except instead of a top-down view with thumbnail cartoons to represent the…
If Microsoft buys Take Two, could PS3 lose Grand Theft Auto?
Okay, this is just speculation right now, but Microsoft is reportedly considering an acquisition of troubled publisher Take Two. That’s the same Take Two that owns Rockstar Games, which develops the Grand Theft Auto series.