Star Wars: Battlefront
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Zombies)
Street Fighter V
Tekken 7
Vector
Ratchet & Clank
Driveclub (Bikes)
Uncharted 4 (Multiplayer)
RIGS (PlayStation VR)
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (PlayStation VR)
Gran Turismo Sport
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
EU Fines Optical Disc Drive Makers €116 million For Cartel
The European Commission has fined eight optical disc drive suppliers a total of €116 million for having coordinated their behaviour in relation to procurement tenders organised by two computer manufacturers, in breach of EU antitrust rules.
The anticompetitive conduct subject to fines concerns agreements to collude in procurement tenders for CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray drives for laptops and desktops produced by Dell and Hewlett Packard (HP).
Philips, Lite-On, their joint venture Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions, Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology, Sony, Sony Optiarc and Quanta Storage Eight were engaged in the illegal practices according to the European Comission.
Philips, Lite-On and their joint venture Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions received full immunity from fines as they were the first to reveal the existence of the cartel.
The anticompetitive conduct subject to fines concerns agreements to collude in procurement tenders for CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray drives for laptops and desktops produced by Dell and Hewlett Packard (HP).
Philips, Lite-On, their joint venture Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions, Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology, Sony, Sony Optiarc and Quanta Storage Eight were engaged in the illegal practices according to the European Comission.
Philips, Lite-On and their joint venture Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions received full immunity from fines as they were the first to reveal the existence of the cartel.
| Fine before adjustment (€) | Fine (€) | |
| Philips |
10,461,000
|
0
|
| Lite-On |
31,366,000
|
0
|
| Philips,&,Lite-On Digital Solutions |
22,037,000
|
0
|
| Hitachi-LG Data,Storage |
74,243,000
|
37,121,000
|
| Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology |
73,833,000
|
41,304,000
|
| Sony |
18,062,000
|
21,024,000
|
| Sony Optiarc |
10,085,000
|
9,782,000
|
| Quanta Storage |
7,146,000
|
7,146,000
|
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Intersting sales figures from Japan.
PlayStation 4 benefits massively from a price cut, hitting the top of the chart and seeing a huge increase on last week's sales numbers.
- PlayStation 4 - 46,177 (Last week - 4,071)
- New 3DS XL - 18,136 (21,765)
- PlayStation Vita - 15,237 (19,078)
- Wii U - 12,843 (18,024)
- New 3DS - 4,367 (5,069)
- PlayStation 3 - 2,088 (2,630)
- 3DS - 1,160 (1,529)
- PlayStation Vita TV - 761 (790)
- 3DS XL - 587 (747)
- Xbox One - 203 (232)
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Facebook to Launch Its Own Satellite to Beam Free Internet
Facebook has revealed its secret plan to launch a $500 Million Satellite by 2016 in order to provide Free or cheap Internet access in the developing nations.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made an announcement that the social network partnered with French satellite provider Eutelsat Communications to beam free Internet to several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The future of gaming is here, see Microsoft HoloLens’ Mixed Reality “Game” Project X-Ray In Action
The “game” isn’t an actual prototype for a commercial title, as much as an exploration of the possibility of mixed reality gaming using holograms, but it’s actually quite impressive on its own.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Google and Microsoft end their years-long patent war
And just like that, another one of the tech industry's epic patent battles is coming to a close. Google and Microsoft have dropped all 20 (!) of the lawsuits they've filed against each other, ending their five-year dispute over everything ranging from phones (Microsoft's main gripe) to Xbox video playback (Google's gripe, and formerly Motorola's).
The two will now partner both on technology as a whole and on "certain patent matters," such as building a royalty-free video format that prevents these kinds of legal fights in the first place. The truce is no doubt a relief if you're tired of seeing endless stores about the lawsuits (guilty!), although it's not a complete shock if you've been following changes in corporate culture.
You see, Microsoft is in a very different place than it was when it first sued Motorola in 2010. Back then, the company under Steve Ballmer was bent on containing Android's growth wherever possible and giving Windows Phone a shot at recreating Windows' desktop monopoly. Flash forward to current CEO Satya Nadella and it's a different story. He's less interested in operating system dominance (in part because that's no longer realistic) and more in putting Microsoft's apps and services in front of as many people as possible, even if that means supporting Android ahead of Windows. We'd add that Google isn't facing nearly as many threats as it has in the past -- there's less incentive to countersue and push for settlements. In either case, the hot-blooded competition that fueled the lawsuits has long since cooled down.
You see, Microsoft is in a very different place than it was when it first sued Motorola in 2010. Back then, the company under Steve Ballmer was bent on containing Android's growth wherever possible and giving Windows Phone a shot at recreating Windows' desktop monopoly. Flash forward to current CEO Satya Nadella and it's a different story. He's less interested in operating system dominance (in part because that's no longer realistic) and more in putting Microsoft's apps and services in front of as many people as possible, even if that means supporting Android ahead of Windows. We'd add that Google isn't facing nearly as many threats as it has in the past -- there's less incentive to countersue and push for settlements. In either case, the hot-blooded competition that fueled the lawsuits has long since cooled down.
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