Tag archive: Guy

Motorola’s new A3100 all-touch-screen smartphone in a nutshell: Guy next to me: “So what do you make of this thing?” Me: “Eh, I’m not really a Windows Mobile guy.” Guy next to me: “Who is?” With Apple iPhone OS, Google Android, and now Palm WebOS competing in the smartphone space, it’s hard to believe that any company is still hacking up Windows Mobile phones, but Motorola is still… Read More

Although it has been a little overlooked in all the hubbub surrounding yesterday's Macworld Expo keynote announcements from Apple, 20th Century Fox movie studio has announced a new partnership with Apple that will enable purchases of selected Fox DVDs to get a digital copy of their purchase for use with iTunes. Dubbed “iTunes Digital Copy,” the feature will enable iTunes users to put the DVD content into their iTunes… Read More

YouTube lost a provider of traditional media content on Sunday afternoon when NBC Universal pulled its clips from the site in preparation for the launch of its own site, Hulu.com. Previously, the company had maintained its own channel on YouTube with promotional clips from NBC shows. Hulu will be a joint venture between NBC and News Corp., which owns Fox. Together they will host clips from shows including Late Night with Conan… Read More

While the Xbox 360 is a gaming platform first and foremost, it may be gaining momentum as a platform for content distribution as well. Microsoft and Fox announced on Thursday that the latest show to offer downloads through Xbox Live will be Fox's animated comedy, Family Guy. The overlap between Family Guy's audience and Xbox 360 gamers is significant. In 2006, Family Guy was the #1 primetime series for men between 18 and 34… Read More

Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment today unveiled the names of voice talent they've signed for character voiceovers in their upcoming video game console title Justice League Heroes. This title is slated to come out this fall on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Xbox video game systems. Justice League Heroes, which is being distributed by Eidos Interactive and developed by Snowblind Studios, is an action-adventure game… Read More

Fox Mobile Entertainment, a unit of News Corp., yesterday announced a new mobile portal which will bring together a diverse amount of content from across News Corp.'s various divisions and also from other media outlets. The portal, known as Mobizzo, will initial be available to Cingular and T-Mobile customers, with a la carte offerings ranging from $1.99-$2.49 and monthly subscription plans averaging $5.99 per month. Mobizzo, said… Read More

You just gotta love a system where the Little Guy can quickly stand up to the Big Giant Corporation and express his profound disappointment over not being sufficiently able to create enough virtual mayhem. To whit: Reuters is reporting Chicago's Robert Byers has brought a proposed class action lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, claiming the company's new Xbox 360 gaming console has a design flaw which causes the… Read More