PC gaming saviour Valve is launching an odd card collection and swapsie system it calls Steam Trading Cards, designed to encourage gamers to play older titles to earn virtual cards to collect and eventually trade for in-game items. Read More >>
Featured comment by soothsayer36:
"the eula has not been tested in court and would likely fail and come on who the hell reads 10 pages of legal stuff when they want to play a game .. an..." More »
The Nexus 7 just got a little bit more awesome, thanks to Google Play. In the battle for the budget tablet, content is king, and we can now officially buy magazines from Google Play in the UK. After being teased yesterday, everything's officially official now. Take that Kindle Fire and Nook HD. Read More >>
Yes, that's right, buy yourself one of those beastly Sony 4K sets for the best part of £25k and you'll get access to exclusive, free 4K content direct from Sony through the 'world's first Ultra HD delivery solution'. Sounds like a veritable bargain to me, well, compared to that £600,000 152-incher anyway. [Sony via TechRadar] Read More >>
In 2001 I downloaded five songs by a now-defunct "folk rock duo" from the internet. The band was obscure, its albums not stocked at the small-town music stores nearby or the Walmart 25 minutes up Route 1. iTunes didn't exist yet. Amazon was still a bookstore. So I fired up LimeWire and snapped them up them for free. Read More >>
Featured comment by lancsDavid:
""I pay for content because I respect the people who make it"
u deluded fool. u pay cos u're afraid of getting caught if u try & get it for fre..." More »
British game developer Peter Molyneux, the man behind such classics as Populous, Black & White and Fable, quit his Microsoft role recently to create smaller indie titles. His first test venture is Curiosity, a bizarre experiment featuring a £50,000 digital chisel players may purchase within. Read More >>
It’s about time we got a taste of what Netflix has been cooking-up on its own in the US. The Americans have been enjoying all that fancy new original Netflix content including Lilyhammer for months now, while the UK has been stuck out in the cold. Now we’ll get to see what all the fuss (or lack there of) is about, but only after it’s been broadcast on BBC. What the hell? Read More >>
Featured comment by britishchris:
"If they do this to Arrested Development I will NOT be impressed.
Knowing my luck it will also be bought by Sky and shown on Sky Atlantic, which sti..." More »
Sky’s continuing full speed with its push to release its content from its satellite lock-in. Sky Anytime+, which lets you stream Sky’s TV roster plus on-demand catch-up from the likes of the BBC, can now be pulled down across any internet connection as predicted, not just Sky’s own-broadband service. Read More >>
The arrival of Netflix in the UK and the growth of rival LoveFilm on the film delivery scene could help BSkyB out of its current fix with the Competition Commission, which has asked for more time to consider competitiveness in the UK's broadcasting world thanks to the new streaming upstarts. Read More >>
Featured comment by rustybullet:
"Why can they not make everything stream? Why do I still have to wait for a disc to arrive in the post if I want to rent it?
For new releases - you'..." More »
Speaking at a conference in LA on Saturday, CBS' CEO Leslie Moonves explained how Steve Jobs approached him with a pitch for an Apple subscription content service. Moonves, however, wasn't convinced, and he decided to turn Jobs away. Read More >>
Featured comment by Danjc2:
"From This, it basically sounds like Moonves' fear was that Apple TV would be popular enough, and SJ persuasive enough, to make sure the deal was nowhe..." More »
Netflix has some great news; it’s tied-up yet more streaming exclusives in the form of Academy Award nominated films from The Weinstein Company including The Artist. Trouble is us Brits aren’t in on the deal, and that’s a problem. Read More >>
Featured comment by zim11:
"Well I get to watch the walking dead, Alcatraz and any other cool USA show often weeks and months before the UK for free. Thinks I`m going to pay for ..." More »
Selling a book with Apple's iBook Author program is now a one-way ticket to Apple being the only place you can sell the book. Maybe selling your book on iBooks isn't such a great deal after all. Read More >>
Given that they're both multi-billion pound businesses, Disney and YouTube embarking on a £6 million joint adventure seems like small potatoes. But as the NY Times explains, the two need each other in a bad way. And this could be the start of something big. Read More >>
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