Today to celebrate the PS3's third birthday (yea, right :p) Microsoft's Major Nelson has announced that the new XBox Live fall update is now available for XBox 360 users, which features Twitter, Facebook, Zune Video and Last.FM support.
To quote: "We’ve just released the latest new features for your Xbox 360. In case you’ve been off the grid for the past few months and don’t know what is in this...
Update: Edge-Online is now reporting that Analysts Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities and Jesse Divnich of EEDAR wouldn’t be at all surprised if Sony’s next handheld supported the platform holder's proprietary UMD format.
According to PlayStation Insider (linked above), they have received a tip regarding the functionality of the upcoming PSP 4000.
I can’t recall a new media format taking as much heat from consumers and the press as I have seen with Blu-ray... tagging it as an unneeded upgrade to DVD and too expensive.
While there may be some truth to one of those arguments, no one should doubt the superior picture and sound quality the format produces.
Sure you can get a DVD player that upscales, but...
Folks at E3 witnessed Microsoft instantly fast forward a streamed 1080p movie right at start up. But how could this be possible?
How can a streamed 1080p movie have instant access to every point of the movie? Doesn’t it need to buffer that huge file? Could this be Blu-Ray’s true competitor? Or perhaps the beginning of the end for Blu-Ray?
As I'm sure many of you know, E3 2009 is about 2 weeks away and it's almost time to sit in front of your PlayStation's Xbox's and Wii's waiting for the next big announcement in gaming.
Now many of you have already expressed your opinions on what is and what isn't going to be at the show, however the is no thread that I could find so far where that data is compiled, I hope...
According to an insider, Team XBox has the scoop that the first wave of Microsoft job cuts will hit the Entertainment and Devices division, including Xbox, Zune and Windows mobile.
But as they point out, its a bit surprising as the division experienced good revenue growth last quarter.
To quote: Yesterday, we told you that Microsoft will cut 5,000 jobs over...
I figured I would share this here since I just went through this myself.. Many people complain that when they convert DVD to video and watch it on laptop or PC the quality gets bad.
How to resolve this issue? We can do so by converting DVD to MKV and other HD video formats. These HD videos are often bigger than standard video and maintain the high quality.
Microsoft has launched a safety education campaign to help parents their children's digital media use. Below is the press release with the announcement:
Press Release: Microsoft Encourages Families to Get Game Smart
Safety education campaign helps families manage video gaming and media use; company starts nationwide search for parents and teens to serve as...