Archive for: March, 2011

Buffalo Plans Portable Blu-ray Writer for Japan

Buffalo has just introduced its first portable Blu-ray writer. The BRXL-PC6U2-BK uses two USB 2.0 connections for power and signal and can write data to 128GB BDXL discs at up to 4x. It weighs 340 grams and is one of the few portable BD writers available on the market. Buffalo bundles the drive with Cyberlink’s […]

Starz Will Now Delay Content 90 days for Netflix

Starz premium TV content will be delayed from Internet streaming through Netflix for 90 days after it first airs. Exclusive first-run movies from Starz portfolio including those from Sony and Disney will soon follow the new 90-day policy. This comes after Netflix agreed to delay movies from Fox and Universal in exchange for wider access […]

Duke Nukem Forever Pushed Back to June

Duke Nukem Forever has been delayed, again. Set for a May 3 launch, developer Gearbox Software has said the launch is now being pushed to June 10 internationally and June 14 for the United States and Canada. Things were looking up for Duke Nukem fans after 2K games announced that 3D Realms had handed the […]

Apple Mac OS X Turns 10 Years Old

Thursday marked ten years since Apple left System 9 and moved on to OS X. Mac OS X is based on a range of technologies developed by NeXT, a company that was founded by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and bought by Apple in 1996, which was also the mark of Steve Jobs’ return to Apple. […]

iSkin Launches EarTones – Earbuds with Mic

iSkin has launched a new line of earphones called EarTones with built-in mics that are specifically designed for iOS devices but also work well with Macs using programs like Skype, iChat and FaceTime. The microphone features call and iPod control on iOS devices, including the iPad 2, and the earphones offer other innovations like an […]

RIM Confirms BlackBerry PlayBook Will Run Android Apps

RIM along with its latest results confirmed that it would support Android apps on the BlackBerry PlayBook. The seven-inch tablet will have a Java engine that not only supports legacy BlackBerry Java apps but those running Android 2.3. The apps will need “players” to work but just need to be repackaged to be downloadable through […]

Pacific Media Predicts Projector Market Will Grow 35% Year Through 2015

Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has just released their latest updated forecast of the worldwide front projector market. PMA estimates that the 8.5 million units sold during 2010 will increase to more than 39 million units during 2015. The forecast includes all projectors, from tiny pico projectors used […]

Kate Winslet will Author a Book of Celebrity Self-Portrait Photos

Kate Winslet will author a book of celebrity self-portrait photos by Ben Stiller, Jude Law, Meryl Streep and others to support the treatment of autism, Simon & Schuster said on Thursday. Winslet organized the collection of self-portrait photos for the book titled “The Golden Hat” after becoming inspired by an HBO documentary she narrated called […]

Limited Edition Copies of the New Dorothy of Oz Comic to Debut at WonderCon

Fans of the beloved “Oz” franchise will get a glimpse of the Emerald City with the official unveiling of the New Dorothy of Oz, limited edition comic book Saturday, April 2 at San Francisco’s 2011 WonderCon. The comic, produced by publishers IDW and Summertime Entertainment, is the first in a series of five progressive books […]

NEW PS3 PSN TOS Coming on April 1st with Launch of New SNEA Division

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has created a division dubbed Sony Network Entertainment America (SNEA) and as of April 1, 2011 (not playing an Early April Fool’s joke here) PSN users will be prompted to agree with their new Terms of Service (TOS). It is the version 9 of the TOS, if anyone out there […]

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