Whether you call it downloadable content, game add-ons or digital media distribution, the new wave of accessing information for console games is drastically evolving thanks to die-hard efforts of Microsoft and Sony. The industry is continually finding ways to break out of the reliance of hard-copied media formats. And even though both Microsoft and Sony…
Daily Archives: December 20, 2008
Hybrid Blu-Ray and DVD Movie Disc Announced
A Japanese software company called Pony/Canon (sounds like a Civil War-era weapons system) announced the February release of the first-ever movie title to be released on a hybrid Blu-Ray/DVD disc. The disc layers one format on top of the other on the same side of the disc. The outside layer reads but reflects Blu-Ray blue…
‘iTunes weTax,’ says New York State
Seeking the means to shrink a nasty budget deficit, legislators in Albany have floated the idea of slapping a 4% tax on entertainment services delivered via the net, including streaming movies, e-books, and music downloads. Tweet Source
James Cameron Heads To The Forbidden Planet
The Day the Earth Stood Still currently stands, precariously, atop the box office heap. That means everyone is now looking for the next 1950’s science fiction movie to remake. These movies are now considered classics even though no one would even think about renting or buying them on DVD. The next “rent a title that…
