PC World - The European Commission wants to scrap the patchwork of national rules governing what music and movies consumers can download from the Internet, and instead create one marketplace for everyone in the European Union, commissioners Vivane Reding and Meglana Kuneva said Tuesday.
PC World - Top Chinese search engine Baidu is considering sharing ad revenue from its music search service with record labels, or remunerating the labels in some other way. Baidu’s move toward authorized downloads comes after years of criticism of the search service for linking to downloads of pirated songs on other Web sites.
PC World - Top Chinese search engine Baidu is considering sharing ad revenue from its music search service with record labels, or remunerating the labels in some other way. Baidu’s move toward authorized downloads comes after years of criticism of the search service for linking to downloads of pirated songs on other Web sites.
Macworld.com - Blizzard Entertainment, makers of World of Warcraft, as well as the upcoming games Diablo III and StarCraft II, have announced that tickets for their annual BlizzCon event go on sale on May 16, 2009.
AP - Thanks to “Dance Dance Revolution,” “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band,” music games have become an increasingly popular part of the video-game universe. But you don’t need a plastic floor mat or a phony guitar to get your groove on.
AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. posted a smaller net loss Tuesday for its fiscal fourth quarter as it further slashed costs in a quarter that had fewer hit game launches.
Reuters - Vivendi said on Tuesday that Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy will also become chairman of Activision Blizzard, the world’s top video games company known for its “Guitar Hero” franchise.
Macworld.com - Every time we start hearing about just how much money Apple has in the bank—as of last count, that number is hovering around a pretty flush $29 billion—rumors start fly about what the company will do with its Scrooge McDuck-level cash reserves. Acquisitions always make for a juicy suggestion and current speculation has fallen on two major targets: social-networking site Twitter and video-game company Electronic Arts.
PC World - Are we gaming in the final days? The waning moments? The terminal ticks on some ominous, premonitory tech-trending clock? Are all the breathless pundits prognosticating about Xbox 720’s and PlayStation 4’s just the blithe leading the blind? Are the days of console cycles and turbulent software development kit refreshes on the verge of evanescence?
PC Magazine - Launching for Xbox Live on May 13, Star Trek: DAC is a multiplayer game for up to 12 online players that lets you choose between three different ship types and team-battle situations.
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