An anonymous reader writes “It looks like Microsoft might finally be realizing that Silverlight can’t cover every platform, according to this conversation with Bob Muglia: ‘… when it comes to touting Silverlight as Microsoft’s vehicle for delivering a cross-platform runtime, “our strategy has shifted,” Muglia told [ZDNet]. Silverlight will continue to be a cross-platform solution, [...]
donniebaseball23 writes “Oral arguments for the California games law are set to begin on November 2. It’s a hugely important court case for the industry, and if the Supreme Court sides with the legislators it could lead to an exodus of talent from the games business, says one attorney. ‘Certainly less games would be produced [...]
SocResp writes “A chemical called n-hexane has been poisoning the nervous systems of Chinese workers who assemble touchscreen devices for Apple and other companies, an investigative journalist from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports. It’s scary to think that people are being damaged to pursue high production rates. For companies with soaring profits and share prices, [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, the video game publisher best known for “Grand Theft Auto,” said Chief Executive Ben Feder will step down and be replaced by Strauss Zelnick, the company’s executive chairman. Original post by Kevin Purdy
We can’t even count the number of times we’ve heard someone say, “webOS is great but I wish it was available on some decent hardware.” The PEBL-esque Palm Pre certainly sports a sleek design, but the build leaves much to be desired. When HP acquired the struggling smartphone maker earlier this year, a new hope [...]
Trailrunner7 writes “A raft of class action lawsuits filed in Federal court charge the globe’s biggest social networking firms with violating federal communications privacy laws, allowing advertisers to profit from personal information harvested from users. Weeks after the Wall Street Journal blew the whistle on lax data privacy standards on Facebook, a string of class [...]
The Pick Punch is a great gadget for guitar, banjo, mandolin and other stringed instruments that require a pick for strumming. If you can’t figure out what purpose it serves just by the name and image, then you have my permission to skip this review. Everyone else, click through for more info. … [visit site [...]
