TIOLI 40 – Everybody Bust!
Posted on Monday April 2nd 2012 at 6:58pm
This week it seems everybody is going bust and shutting down. Sad times indeed. Shownotes after the break.
Internet:
A Fleet Of Pirate Bay Aerial Server Drones? Why Not?
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/19/a-fleet-of-pirate-bay-aerial-server-drones-why-not/
Pirate Bay servers going airborne in tiny drones
http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pirate-bay-servers-going-airbo.html
Pirate Bay Sets Course for Un-Killable Cloud
http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/03/pirate-bay-cloud/
Mozilla caves, will support H.264 to avoid ‘irrelevance’
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/19/mozilla-caves-will-support-h-264-to-avoid-irrelevance/
YouTube wants to make your crummy video slightly less crummy
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/21/youtube-wants-to-make-your-crummy-video-slightly-less-crummy/
Phones/ Tablets/ eReaders:
RIM Falls Short: BlackBerry Shipments Down 21% From Q3, Former Co-CEO Jim Balsillie Resigns
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/29/rim-falls-short-blackberry-shipments-down-21-from-q3-former-co-ceo-jim-balsillie-resigns-from-board/
RIMour: RIM Is Laying Off Execs As Dust Settles Post-Earnings
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/29/rimour-rim-is-laying-off-execs-as-dust-settles-post-earnings/
Blackberry maker posts $125m loss
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17557177
Windows Phone Inches Past Near-Dead Symbian In U.K. Market Share
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/20/windows-phone-inches-past-near-dead-symbian-in-u-k-market-share/
Samsung Exec Says Galaxy S III Could Launch In April After All
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/21/samsung-exec-says-galaxy-s-iii-could-launch-in-april-after-all/
Unnamed Samsung exec says quad-core Exynos inside Galaxy S III, LTE on-chip
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/19/unnamed-samsung-exec-says-quad-core-exynos-inside-galaxy-s-iii/
Unraveling the next exciting Android phone: Samsung Galaxy S III
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/03/unraveling-the.php
Rejoice, Twitter Power Users: “Next Generation” Tweetdeck Apps Coming For Android And iOS
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/17/rejoice-twitter-power-users-next-generation-tweetdeck-apps-are-coming-for-android-and-ios/
Visualized: new iPad burns 10 degrees hotter than its predecessor
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/19/new-ipad-10-degrees-hotter/
Apple: don’t worry about hot iPad reports, it’s cool
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/20/apple-dont-worry-about-hot-ipad-reports-its-cool/
Heatgate or Hype? Thermal imaging of new iPad vs. iPad 2 (photo)
http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/thermal-imaging-of-new-ipad-vs.html
Games:
GAME Stores Stop Refunds, One Asks Customers Not to be Violent [Game]
http://kotaku.com/5897313/game-stores-stop-refunds-has-to-ask-customers-not-to-be-violent
277 GAME stores shuttered, 40% of workforce let go, gift cards suspended
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/277-game-stores-shuttered-40-of-workforce-let-go-gift-cards-s/
Updated: UK Video Games Retailer Game Group Goes Bankrupt, Closes 277 Stores, Lays Off 2k Workers
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/26/after-troubled-period-video-games-retailer-game-group-goes-bankrupt-in-the-uk/
UK retailer GAME goes into administration
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/21/game-goes-into-administration/
British Retailer GAME Admits It’s Worthless, Prepares to Enter Administration [Game]
http://kotaku.com/5895147/british-retailer-game-admits-its-worthless-prepares-to-enter-administration
GAME weighs final options before point of no return
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/20/game-weighs-final-options-before-point-of-no-return/
GAME enters administration, delisted from stock exchange
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/game-enters-administration-delisted-from-stock-exchange/
UK Retailer GAME Enters Administration
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/21/uk-retailer-game-files-for-administration.aspx
GAME finally gives up and goes into administration. But is it gone forever? Here’s what this really means
http://www.gamesradar.com/game-finally-gives-and-goes-administration-it-gone-forever-heres-what-means-real-terms/
GAME starts closing stores, explains what’s happening to reward points, pre-orders etc
http://www.gamesradar.com/game-closing-stores/
Game Group enters administration
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17512143
BBC News – Game Group to file for administration
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17455742
Someone Sent BioWare 400 Cupcakes
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/27/someone-sent-bioware-400-cupcakes.aspx
A Review of Mass Effect 3′s Cupcakes [Snacktaku]
http://kotaku.com/5896982/a-review-of-mass-effect-3s-cupcakes
Mass Effect 3 Ending Controversy, Day 22: Cupcakes for everyone, because Mass Effect?
http://www.gamesradar.com/mass-effect-3-ending-controversy-day-22-cupcakes-everyone-because-mass-effect/
ChipIn: RetakeME3 – Cupcake Campaign!
http://retakeme3cupcakes.chipin.com/retakeme3-cupcake-campaign
Was the Ending of Mass Effect 3 Telegraphed Five Years Ago? [Mass Effect]
http://kotaku.com/5897486/was-the-ending-of-mass-effect-3-telegraphed-five-years-ago
Mass Effect’s Producer Promises ‘We’ll Keep Listening’, and New Content that Brings ‘Closure’ [Mass Effect]
http://kotaku.com/5894186/mass-effects-producer-promises-well-keep-listening-and-new-content-that-brings-closure
BioWare Says It Hasn’t Ruled Out Changing Mass Effect 3′s Ending [Blip]
http://kotaku.com/5894485/bioware-says-it-hasnt-ruled-out-changing-mass-effect-3s-ending
BioWare Is Working on a Modified Mass Effect 3 Ending [Mass Effect]
http://kotaku.com/5895215/bioware-is-working-on-a-modified-mass-effect-3-ending
Hudson: ‘Your feedback has always mattered’ in Mass Effect 3, even now
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/18/hudson-your-feedback-has-always-mattered-in-mass-effect-3-ev/
Mass Effect 3 player feedback spawns ‘content initiatives,’ details in April
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/mass-effect-3-player-feedback-spawns-content-initiatives-deta/
BioWare Undecided Over Changing Mass Effect 3′s Endings
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/19/bioware-undecided-over-changing-mass-effect-3-39-s-endings.aspx
BioWare Addressing Mass Effect 3 Endings
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/21/bioware-addressing-mass-effect-3-criticisms.aspx
Mass Effect 3 ending still open, BioWare “has ruled nothing out”
http://www.gamesradar.com/bioware-have-ruled-nothing-out-mass-effect-3-ending/
BioWare co-founder weighs in on Mass Effect 3 ending debate, says studio is “hard at work” on solutions
http://www.gamesradar.com/bioware-co-founder-weighs-mass-effect-3-ending-debate-says-studio-hard-work-solutions/
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Goes Single-Player as Layoffs Hit Relic and Vigil [Warhammer]
http://kotaku.com/5897540/warhammer-40000-dark-millennium-goes-single+player-as-layoffs-hit-relic-and-vigil
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium MMO now single-player game, 118 laid off
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/29/warhammer-40-000-dark-millennium-mmo-now-single-player-game-10/
Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online Is No Longer A MMO
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/29/warhammer-40k-dark-millennium-online-is-no-longer-a-mmo.aspx
Sega streamlines US, European operations after 2011 figures predict $86 million loss
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/30/sega-losses/
Sega canceling games, cutting jobs in US and Europe to restructure
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/30/sega-canceling-games-cutting-jobs-in-us-and-europe-to-restructu/
Sega axing staff and games in US and UK due to poor fiscal forecast
http://www.gamesradar.com/sega-axing-staff-and-games-us-and-uk-due-poor-fiscal-forecast/
BBC News – Unreal games engine licensed to FBI and other US agencies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17535906
Game Rant » Robert Bowling Wanted to Release Free DLC and Axe Subscriptions
http://gamerant.com/infinity-ward-robert-bowling-call-duty-dlc-subscriptions-zi-140848/
Minecraft heads to the Xbox 360 on May 9th, do not adjust your TV sets
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/22/minecraft-for-xbox-360-on-may-9th/
$20 Minecraft, New Fable Hit Xbox Live This May [UPDATE] [Minecraft]
http://kotaku.com/5895559/20-minecraft-new-fable-hit-xbox-live-this-may
Minecraft 360, Fable Heroes Get Release Dates
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/22/minecraft-xbox-360-highlights-microsoft-39-s-39-arcade-next-39.aspx
Minecraft XBLA, Fable Heroes release dates and more announced as part of Microsoft’s Arcade Next promotion
http://www.gamesradar.com/minecraft-xbla-fable-heroes-release-dates-and-more-announced-part-microsofts-arcade-next-promotion/
Minecraft built $80 million in revenue
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/minecraft-built-80-million-in-revenue/
The engine that will drive the next version of SimCity looks amazing
http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/the-engine-that-will-drive-the.html
‘Dawnguard’ Trademark Filed, May Point to Skyrim Expansion [The Elder Scrolls]
http://kotaku.com/5895751/dawnguard-trademark-filed-may-point-to-skyrim-expansion
Rumor: SOCOM Creators Being Shut Down by Sony [Zipper Interactive]
http://kotaku.com/5894692/rumor-socom-creators-being-shut-down-by-sony
Sony Confirms It has Shut Down SOCOM and MAG’s Studio [PS3]
http://kotaku.com/5897953/sony-confirms-it-has-shut-down-socom-and-mags-studio
Gamestop sees ‘modest increase’ to ‘all-time high’ sales of $9.55B in fiscal 2011
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/22/gamestop-sees-modest-increase-to-all-time-high-sales-of-9-5/
GameStop Gives the GameCube the Sweetest Rejection Note Ever [Gamecube]
http://kotaku.com/5896230/gamestop-gives-the-gamecube-the-sweetest-rejection-note-ever
Notch making Elite-inspired space-based trading sim/sandbox title
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/25/notch-making-elite-inspired-space-based-trading-sim-sandbox-titl/
Computers:
Adobe unveils Photoshop CS6 beta with redesigned UI and 65 new features, download it for free today
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/22/adobe-photoshop-cs6-beta/
Adobe unleashes completely redesigned Photoshop CS6 public beta
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/03/adobe-unleashes.php
Other:
BBC’s iPlayer The Latest To Join Microsoft’s Xbox Platform, Free And UK-Only For Now
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/20/bbcs-iplayer-the-latest-to-join-microsofts-xbox-platform-free-and-uk-only-for-now/
BBC iPlayer app finally launches for all UK Xbox 360s
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/20/bbc-iplayer-app-xbox-360/
PSA: BBC iPlayer now available on 360 in the UK
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/20/psa-bbc-iplayer-now-available-on-360-in-the-uk/
BBC – Media Centre – BBC iPlayer launches on Xbox LIVE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/bbciplayer-on-xbox.html
Apple announces dividend and share repurchase program for 2012, expects to spend $45 billion over three years
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/19/apple-dividend-share-repurchase-program-2012/
Apple Goes Blue Chip With New Quarterly Shareholder Dividend
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/apple-goes-blue-chip-with-new-quarterly-shareholder-dividend/
Social Media:
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To Finish:
Nokia seeks patent for ‘tattoos’ to tell you who’s calling
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/03/nokia-seeks-pat.php
Tricorder designs go open source: can detect magnetic fields, reveal Trekkies (video)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/29/tricorder-designs-go-open-source/
Open source “tricorders”: handheld sensor packages for everyone
http://boingboing.net/2012/03/29/open-source-tricorders-ha.html
This is a real, working, Star Trek-style Tricorder
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/03/this-is-a-real.php
Notch’s new space game is called … Mars Effect?! – Joystiq
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/notchs-new-space-game-is-called-mars-effect
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