Hulu Launches Desktop App, Forbids Use on Anything Other than PCs — After beating competitors like Joost by choosing to go to the web rather than the desktop, and shutting out third-party apps that enable its videos on desktops or other devices like MyMediaPlayer and Boxee. Tweet
Daily Archives: May 28, 2009
SATA 3.0 standard ratified; 6Gbps, isochronous SATA inbound
The SATA International Organization, the industry consortium governing Serial ATA interfaces, yesterday released a finalized version of the SATA 3.0 specification, which features 6.0Gbps data transfers and a number of improved features while remaining completely backwards-compatible with existing drives, controllers, connectors, and cables. While current hard disk drives can’t saturate SATA 2.0′s 3Gbps data rate,…
Atlantis’ Joe Flanigan, BSG stars to guest on Warehouse 13
Stargate Atlantis star Joe Flanigan will appear in SCI FI Channel’s upcoming Warehouse 13, as will former Battlestar Galactica cast members Tricia Helfer, Michael Hogan and Mark Sheppard, SCI FI announced. Other guest stars include Gossip Girl‘s James Naughton; Roger Rees of Cheers; Eureka‘s Joe Morton, Erica Cerra and Niall Matter; and Ivan Sergei from…
City of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary open beta begins
NCsoft has announced that City of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary has entered open beta. They write, "We are pleased to announce that City of Heroes content Update Issue 15: Anniversary has gone straight into Open Beta phase. Now is your change to celebrate the return of The 5th Column by playing and giving feedback on…
Spider-Man Gets Caught In the Dark Reign Today
Media Release — The events of Dark Reign finally catch up to Peter Parker in Amazing Spider-Man #595, on sale now! Acclaimed writer Joe Kelly and fan favorite artist Phil Jimenez begin the hotly anticipated “American Son” as the web crawler takes on his most dangerous mission yet! Can Wolverine, fellow member of the New…
Xbox 360 Hits 30 Million Sales
Microsoft has announced that worldwide Xbox 360 sales have surpassed 30 million units since the console launched on November 22, 2005. The company said that Xbox 360 has achieved the highest percentage growth in hardware sales of any console so far this year, up 28 percent over 2008. In addition, the Xbox Live community now…
