Amid the general love-fest over the Amazon Kindle, its DRM is beginning to bite some users in the butt as they are getting locked out of their accounts and, subsequently, their e-book purchases. The incidents highlight once again that the customer doesn’t really own the content when it comes to DRM; even when it’s so…
Daily Archives: April 16, 2009
Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube
Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube — So far, YouTube has been a free, advertising-supported service, but Google plans to build payment mechanisms into its video-sharing site. — “With respect to how it’ll get monetized, our first priority is on the advertising side. Tweet
StarCraft II Battle Report 2: When Faced With Defeat Call In Some Banshees
The latest Battle Report sees the associate game balance signers, Matt Cooper and David Kim, going head-to-head in some break-neck, real-time tactical combat using the Zerg and the Terran. The second entry in the Battle Report series is really cool, whether you watch the HD video or hunker down and read through the transcript. Primarily,…
GameStop Wants Cheaper Consoles, Predicts Hot Titles
GameStop Wants Cheaper Consoles, Predicts Hot Titles — Consumers hoping for a price cut on video game hardware have a new—and powerful—ally. Tweet
