Today’s Tech News - Mar. 5, 2007
BBC targets YouTube for ‘new audience’ - Contractor UK
The BBC has said “thank you” to the thousands of YouTube users who’ve racked up over 60000 views of its new commercial brainchild worldwide.
PS3 will upscale DVD in the future? - iTWire
By Mike Bantick. It already has a Blu-ray drive, now Sony gives the scoop on a possible improvement to viewing your current collection of DVDs on PlayStation 3. Finally some good PR press for Sony on the PlayStation 3. Phil Harrison, President of Sony …
Can a 51Gb HD DVD beat Blu-ray at 50Gb - iTWire
Despite reports that Toshiba’s new 51Gb HD DVD has been submitted for approval, this hasn’t yet happened.
Xbox Cinema - New York Times
WHEN the dust finally settled on the 2006 holiday buying season, American consumers — who braved long lines, cold weather and possibly a few kicks to the shins — had spent $3.7 billion on new video-game consoles and software
Social Networking’s Next Phase - New York Times
Next week Cisco Systems, a Silicon Valley heavyweight, plans to announce one of its most unusual deals: it is buying the technology assets of Tribe.net, a mostly forgotten social networking site, according to people close to the companies’ discussions.
Rivals launch dueling Mac virtualization products - Computerworld
Two makers of virtualization software for running the Windows operating system on Apple Inc.’s computers have announced dueling upgrades this week.
Berners-Lee: Keep the Internet free - ZDNet.com.au
World wide web father Tim Berners-Lee told politicians on Friday that it’s critical to shield his seminal innovation from control by a single company or country.
Tool Cracks Vista Activation for the Ultrapatient - PC World
A user can apparently crack Windows Vista’s activation process by applying brute force to come up with valid product keys. A Web site posted a tool Thursday that can apparently crack Windows Vista’s activation process by applying brute force.
Windows Live OneCare struggles in latest comparative - Ars Technica
Windows Live OneCare has received yet another negative review, this time with the Microsoft antivirus product finishing dead last in a test of 17 scanners.
Joost TV Gets Multinational - Red Herring
Internet TV broadcaster Joost won’t formally launch for another few months, but it’s wasted no time in lining up eclectic content that analysts say could steal away some of YouTube’s audience.
