Good morning. Here are today’s top tech links so far. We’ll cover some of these throughout the day but feel free to get a head start.
After British culture minister Ed Vaizey announced his intention to get internet service providers (ISPs) to prevent the country’s citizens from accessing pornography, experts tell the BBC the plan is nearly impossible. Chief Technology Officer at Timico Trefor Davies said with the amount of pornography online plus the various techniques to get it via websites, streaming, downloading [...]
It’s the legal battle that sounds as if it’s been planned by children: Eastman Kodak is suing Shutterfly, alleging that the site is infringing on Kodak patents in its manufacture and sale of photo-based products. In response, Shutterfly is countersuing, arguing that not only is the company not infringing on any patents, but that Kodak [...]
Here at Techland, only one television program manages to tie into so many of our geeky obsessions all at once. Superheroes, mythical creatures, action figures and barely believeable sci-fi all flop onto each other on the glorious cavalcade that is The Venture Bros. Cartoon Network’s just started airing the series from the start and Techland’s Hive [...]
When you think “online clothing outlets,” eBay may not be the first place that springs to mind, but if the San Jose-based company has anything to say about it, that’ll soon change. The company announced this morning that it had acquired the European company brands4friends, which describes itself as “Germany’s largest online shopping club for [...]
Chair Entertainment’s hit action-RPG has notched upwards of 250,000 sales on the App Store (at least according to Game Center user count), making it one of the best-selling games on the iOS platform. And now, Epic Games is rolling out new content for a free update tomorrow with new gear for loot-hungry player to earn:
Movie studios and theater owners are said to be gearing up for a fight – but it’s not over the cost of movies or how many will require larger screens or special glasses. Instead, the battle is about the window between theater releases for movies and their video on demand debut. Studios are looking to [...]
Just in time when you’re about to play the game to the point of where you are bored of it, Call of Duty: Black Ops is releasing their first DLC – downloadable content for you newbies – this February 2011. Treyarch online director Dan Bunting made the announcement during an episode of Major Nelson Radio. The package, [...]
Sony says they are optimistic about Google TV and 3D TVs despite negative reviews, according to the New York Times. The company projected that Google TV and the 3D TV models would make them profitable in the TV manufacturing sector after six years of straight losses, but it looks like they are going to have to wait [...]
Social check-in network Foursquare is getting in to details. With its new iPhone app, users will now be able to add photos and comments to their activities.
AT&T is getting a jumpstart on its 4G network by agreeing to purchase almost $2 billion worth of airspace used by Qualcomm’s recently-shuttered Flo TV service. Flo TV plans to stop using the airspace in March 2011 and the sale is expected to close in the second half of next year sometime, pending regulatory approval.
