Microsoft reportedly plans to take a cut of used game sales Saturday, May 25, 2013
Xbox One games are installed to the console’s hard drive and registered to users’ Xbox Live accounys. It remains unclear how the system will handle used games and Microsoft has failed to address the issue. According to a report from gaming news website MCV, retailers will be allowed to charge whatev.. .. read more..
Samsung reportedly supplying OLED displays for Google Glass Saturday, May 25, 2013
One of the more intriguing stories to follow in recent months has been the relationship between Samsung and several of the big-name tech companies that have relied upon it for components. Apple has made definitive moves away from Samsung and Google has shown some wariness about the company’s overwhe.. .. read more..
Yahoo reportedly places bid to buy Hulu stake Saturday, May 25, 2013
Yahoo is apparently determined to show that it can do more than pay $1.1 billion for a bunch of teenage girls’ blogs. Unnamed sources tell Bloomberg that Yahoo has submitted an offer to buy video streaming website Hulu, a sign that the company is still considering ways to counter the enormous video .. .. read more..
Another patent suit bites the dust: Motorola can’t ban Xbox Saturday, May 25, 2013
The good news with patent suits is that even when they’re successful they very rarely result in outright sales bans of popular products. And now Ars Technica reports that yet another attempt to enforce a sales ban has fallen flat on its face, this time Motorola’s attempt to stop sales of Microsoft’s.. .. read more..
News Corp. OKs poison pill, buyback before split Friday, May 24, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile trading period after the split is c.. .. read more..