Mar 30
bloggarriv has upgraded to 2.5
i’ll keep you posted any any findings/improvements etc
What I want to know is what happened to 2.4?
Mar 28
Sky’s latest advertisement for high definition pieces together existing footage from films, documentaries, and dramas, to expose the reality of watching TV in HD.
Still frames from the likes of Blood Diamond, Déjà Vu and the documentary Hunter Hunted are used, including scenes of tigers fighting in the snow, and Leonardo DiCaprio ducking out of danger in Blood Diamond.
They were created by “Brothers and Sisters” using After Effects technology.
Sky HD advert:
Mar 26
Sony has announced that it will release a firmware upgrade — version 2.20 — for the PlayStation 3 which will make it fully Profile 2.0-compliant.
New features of note with the update will include support for Internet interactive functionality, better handling of DivX content, a Resume Play option to start playing a Blu-ray Disc or DVD from the same point it was stopped, and greater integration with the PSP which allows the PSP to be used as a remote control for the PS3.
Whatever you think of the PS3 having a Blu-ray player, and being used in statistics to try and prove how popular the format is, it seems pretty clear that Sony has produced a high definition player that puts many standalone units to shame, in terms of current and future functionality.
Mar 19
The GAA has announced details of their new sponsorship deal for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling and Football Championships. The restructured format will see the SFC sponsored by Toyota, Ulster Bank and Vodafone, with the SHC sponsored by Etihad Airways, Guinness and RTÉ. Under the new format, the All-Ireland competitions will be known as the GAA Football All-Ireland Championship and the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship
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Mar 18
Japan’s Toshiba is likely to book a 100 billion yen ($986 million) loss in its high-definition DVD business and post a full-year operating profit of around 250 billion yen, the Nikkei business daily said today. Shares of Toshiba opened down 2.3 per cent at 717 yen on the report.
Toshiba’s decision to pull the plug on HD DVDs will entail production line changes and other charges that would double the 50 billion yen loss the electronics group had previously expected this business year on next-generation DVDs, the Nikkei said. When Toshiba announced its withdrawal from HD DVDs last month, it had HD DVD agreements with several studios including NBC Universal’s Universal Pictures, Viacom’s Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG
Mar 17
Below is a clip of the St. Patrick’s Day festivities in Munich.
Mar 07
"The notion of a static, unchanging climate is foreign to the history of the earth or any other planet with a fluid envelope. The fact that the developed world went into hysterics over changes in global mean temperature of a few tenths of a degree will astound future generations."
- Richard Lindzen, Professor of Meteorology MIT and Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Mar 07
Sky is planning a reshuffle of its EPG to create more spaces in 13 of its genres.
Gaps created by channel launches and departures will be filled by existing channels moving up in the guide. They will, however, retain their positions relative to each other.
Six genres will be moved to inhabit different channel number blocks entirely. They are believed to be lifestyle and culture, religion, music, shopping, gaming and dating.
Channels are expected to be informed of their new positions late next month and the changes will happen through the summer.
“In making these changes we believe we can improve navigability for customers, make more efficient use of available channel numbers and ensure that growing genres have the flexibility they need for future expansion,” explained Nicola Bamford, Sky’s director of channels and operations.
Mar 06
Taking steps to ensure that it maintains its position as the most popular web browser available, Microsoft has launched a beta version of Internet Explorer 8. With Firefox gaining ground, Microsoft has been attempting to bolster its browser, but the latest upgrade will do little to whet the appetite of internet users.
Although the Redmond-based behemoth dragged its heels when it came to upgrading Internet Explorer last time round, when IE7 was finally unveiled in October 2006 — some five years after the release of IE 6 — it came with a host of new enhancements including anti-phishing features, improved Active X controls, tabbed browsing and an integrated RSS feed reader.
However, the latest version of the browser, which was unveiled on Wednesday at MIX ‘08, Microsoft’s web designer and developer conference, offers little more than a few tweaks here and there rather than a wholesale upgrade. In addition to two brand new features, ‘Activities’ and ‘WebSlices’, IE 8 comes with integrated developer tools and better compliance with web standards. The Activities feature allows users to highlight text on a website, and from there map addresses, define or translate words, send content to another application and more. Meanwhile, WebSlices enables users to subscribe to content directly within a webpage in a similar manner to which they can subscribe to RSS feeds.
Internet Explorer 8 beta 1 also promises increased interoperability, offers developers better predictability when designing sites, and comes with full support for cascading style sheet (CSS) 2.1 at release to manufacturing. The browser, which is scheduled for full release later on this year, also includes integrated developer tools to quickly debug HTML, CSS and scripts in a visual environment.
Although Microsoft remains some way in front of its rivals in the browser market, its slice of the pie has decreased substantially over the past few years. The beta version of IE 8 is available for download here
Mar 06
Sony Pictures planning over 100 titles this year
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that it’s to scale up the production and marketing of Blu-ray titles this year, with the release of over one hundred titles.
Exact details aren’t available yet, though a few selected titles arriving include ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, and upcoming theatrical releases ‘Hancock’ with Will Smith, and ‘Don’t Mess With the Zohan’ with Adam Sandler.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s President, David Bishop, said that they would be pushing the Blu-ray format as the best possible high definition experience, compared to satellite and cable services.
Marketing efforts will include larger displays at stores like Best Buy and Blockbuster, celebrity endorsements, and Q&A’s with well-known directors.
