Google’s not saying much about it, but one can’t help but think the company’s late-week acquisition of open-source home theatre and DVR software developer SageTV is related to its struggling Google TV offering. More »
I love the weekends before E3. I’ve worked four. You get everything in the tips jar—yesterday we got one that said Half-Life 2: Episode 3 would be a Wii 2 launch title. It was too earnest to be a troll. More »
A site that’s made a name for itself as a leaker of legitimate Apple prototypes and near-complete devices has done it again, leaking an iPhone 5 case that shows a bigger screen and a different flash location. More »
Microsoft’s Zune media player never really caught fire, or generated much heat at all. And while Microsoft appears committed to Zune’s services and features, ZDNet speculates that Zune as we know it isn’t long for this world. More »
The Loop is reporting that Apple’s Mac App Store will launch at noon EST (4am AEDT) tomorrow. The January 6 launch date has more or less been confirmed by multiple reports, but Jim Dalrymple has sources telling him that Apple will flip the switch when they begin their work day on the West Coast. The Mac App Store will give OS X users a similar sandbox environment to find and download apps for the operating system. [The Loop]
Bloomberg reported today that Microsoft is busy porting Windows to the ARM-based chips that dominate the smartphone and tablet market. If true, that would likely mean no possibility of future WP7 tablets. Which sounds unlikely! Here’s a better bet. Updated. More »
