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Electronic Arts is no longer the biggest video game company as a new merger between Activision and Vivendi, parent company to Blizzard Entertainment, was announced yesterday in a press release on Business Wire: Vivendi and Activision to Create Activision Blizzard – World’s Largest, Most Profitable Pure-Play Video Game Publisher Combination Brings Activision’s Best-Selling Video Games, . . . → Read More: “Activision Blizzard” is the new 900 lb gaming gorila. The folks over at ArsTechnica have an entry up about a decision by the FCC to ban exclusivity deals between cable companies and apartment complexes: If you’re one of the millions of Americans who lives in a multiunit dwelling (MDU), there’s a good chance that your rent or association fees pay for a TV service . . . → Read More: Good news for apartment dwellers: FCC slaps down exclusive cable TV deals. The folks who create the various DRM schemes used to try and secure content these days are growing uneasy as signs of a consumer backlash appear to be growing. So what do they do when faced with a potentially angry pitchfork wielding crowd? They hasten to blame somebody else for their sins: SEPT. 19 | . . . → Read More: DRM developers play Blame The Content Owners. It seems the kerfuffle caused by fringe religious fundy Danny Carlton by his Why Firefox is Blocked site which I wrote about a couple of weeks back is still drawing some attention here and there. The New York Times wrote about it as did a couple of other news sites and now the folks at . . . → Read More: There’s some debate on the legality of web ad blocking software. The popularity of bottle water just boggles my mind when you consider that it costs more than gasoline at the moment and most folks can get the equivalent from the tap in their kitchen sink. The fact that a lot of devotees seem to be under the impression that bottled water is somehow superior to . . . → Read More: Pepsi tries a little truth on Aquafina bottles. Elwed dropped me a note with a bombshell from the folks at EMI. Seems they just put out a press release stating their plans to drop the DRM from their digital music files while also upping the sound quality. Eric Nicoli, CEO of EMI Group, said, “Our goal is to give consumers the best . . . → Read More: EMI drops DRM and ups the quality on digital music files. Borders has been having a rough time in the traditional brick and mortar bookstore business so they’ve just announced a major restructuring: The Borders Group, one of the nation’s largest book retailers, announced a new strategic plan yesterday to close nearly half of its Waldenbooks stores, sell off or franchise most of its 73 overseas . . . → Read More: Borders to shutter some stores and launch new online retail website. This is just bizarre if it ends up being true. GM has been losing billions so they think buying another company that’s also losing billions would be a smart thing to do? So says the folks at Leftlane News: Rumors of an alliance first appeared in Germany’s Manager-Magazin, but today’s report is the first calling . . . → Read More: General Motors supposedly in talks to buy Daimler Chrysler. Another year has passed — one that saw gas prices spike to well over $3.00 a gallon in many parts of the U.S. — and the folks at Exxon Mobile are breaking record profits: Exxon Mobil Corp. roared past Wall Street expectations and set a new record for the highest profit ever earned by a . . . → Read More: Biggest. Profit. Ever. Made by your friends at Exxon Mobil. |
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