5th March 2011 Archive

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• Sony wins subpoenas revealing visitors to PS3 jailbreaker site

  Geohot's followers unmasked

  A federal magistrate has awarded Sony a subpoena allowing the company to obtain the IP addresses of everyone who visited the personal website of PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz for the past 26 months. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero of San Francisco also granted Sony's request for subpoenas on Google, Twitter, and …

  Media 5 Mar 2011, 00:57

• Cloudy iTunes rumors juiced by music mogul talks

  Must. First. Destroy. Music. Apps

  Apple is laying the groundwork for its long-awaited cloudy iTunes service, busily negotiating with music-industry decision-makers about allowing multiple downloads of their creative content, according to a report citing people with knowledge of the company's plans. Bloomberg reports that Apple is in talks with Universal, Sony …

  Media 5 Mar 2011, 05:51

• Acronis: We're snatching Symantec market share

  CeBIT We're coming to get you, backup!

  Acronis says that it is taking market share away from the established players like Symantec as server virtualisation changes prompt customers to re-evaluate backup and recovery products. It's not that customers migrate backup data sets from, for example, BackupExec to Acronis. Instead the legacy backup software gets left …

  Storage 5 Mar 2011, 07:00

• Game offers pre-orders on pre-owned titles

  Buy used games before they get used

  Game has launched a scheme for customers to order pre-owned games before the title has even hit the shelves. Registered visitors to the Game website can place orders and will be put into a queue. As new releases come back into the shop as used copies, they will be mailed out to the people waiting in the virtual line. Each …

  Games 5 Mar 2011, 07:05

• Samsung UE55D8000 55in net-connected LED TV

  Review 3D telly with downloadable apps

  Samsung’s D8000 is as stylish as it is advanced. Barely contained by the tiny 5mm brushed-metal bezel, its images appear suspended in space. Only the brand’s familiar X-wing pedestal, with illuminated logo bulging from the bottom of the screen, keep them tethered to terra firma. Samsung's 55in D8000: more picture that telly …

  Hardware 5 Mar 2011, 09:00