OMG OMG OMG OMG MySpace change!! NOT
Whats so good about myspace anyway? LOL. MySpace have had a design change, looks really good, sorta web 2.0ish. I’ve posted a screenshot below. Why don’t you take a look for yourself. There is a yellow bar at the top of the old homepage asking you to switch designs.
Halo 3 rakes in $170 millon in one day
Halo 3, Microsoft’s Entertainment division’s last hope to get a profit, has raked in $170 million in the US alone on launch day. This puts it as a bigger launch day than the Spiderman 3 movie and the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book.
MySpace blocks non-Optus customers
MySpace in Australia and Optus, who owns the exclusive rights, have now blocked users without an Optus account to the MySpace mobile version and redirected to the MySpace homepage, which is useless when on a mobile device.
Office 2008 for Mac due in January 2008
Office 2008 for the Mac is set to be released soon, with it being launched in Australia on the 31st January 2008; with a mix of three versions.
The full version of Office 2008 will contain Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Entourage. The ‘Home & Student’ edition will feature Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Entour… basically the same thing. How weird?
isoHunt blocks US Users
IN BRIEF: isoHunt has now blocked US Users on their trackers. This, according to a post on their homepage, applies to all trackers. They claim it is due to the “US’s hostility to P2P technologies” and also the pending lawsuit against the MPAA.
Pirates to sue media giants
The Pirate Bay has filed criminal charges against the big media companies over alleged attacks against the site.
The police complaint, which names all the Swedish subsidiaries of music and movie companies, follows a leak over the letters of MediaDefender, a firm allegedly hired to disrupt the site torrent tracker.
iPhone hack voids your warranty
According to Engadget, Apple has been chasing down those who have unlocked their iPhone. A recent report has said that a person tried to get their iPhone, filled with third-party apps and unlocked, repaired. Apple refused, saying that “the warranty was voided,” and also saying that it was blacklisted.
Microsoft might invest in Facebook
Microsoft is currently in talks with Facebook to buy a minority stake in the company. This new deal could make the company value at $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday.
They ‘got it wrong’…
This story comes from Media Report
Fairfax Media, owners of The Age and AFR, is set to relaunch the afr.com after a few months from it’s first relaunch; with more content becoming free, after a few critics complaints.
Twitter friends…?
Today, we would like to announce that our feed is now available in Twitter. Twitter is a famous Web 2.0 site that allows you to tell your friends what you are up to via the web or mobile.
AOL cans Health Blogs…
AOL has quietly canned three of it’s health blogs; The Cancer Blog, The Diabetes Blog and The Cardio Blog. These were part of Weblogs Inc, the owners of Engadget.
According to TechCrunch, this brings the total of 60% of blogs being axed. The total of blogs is now 55, with only 33 standing. 7 of them are translated versions of Engadget and Autoblog. The count does not count the blogs (Blogging Stocks) under AOL banner.
Mozy Acquired by EMC
BREAKING: TechCrunch is reporting that the Online Storage company Mozy has been acquired by EMC for $76 million.
Previous rumors claim that Google was to buy Mozy, but proven false. They just raised $1.9 million in venture capitalists. This is similar to eBay’s acquisition of StumbleUpon.
Zune is a try hard?
Zune-Scene has confirmed that a some new Zune players are coming out soon.
Rumour has it that the release date will be on October 16, with two versions, with a 4GB, 8GB and 80GB version; in three colours – red, black and pink… no more brown!
O2 wins iPhone contract
BREAKING: Spanish mobile operator, O2 has secured a deal to sell the iPhone in the UK. It agreed to give Apple 40% of the profits when it goes on sale.
The newspaper said on Monday that it has also agreed on the how it would go for. The 40% cut of profits is exceeding what industry experts believe.
DIY ringtones disabled?
The latest version of iTunes may have disabled some DIY ringtones for your iPhone, but it didn’t take long for another hack to get around.
According to MacRumors, a user named ShadowFox has said that you have to flip a metadata bit and change the file extension to .m4r. Also, we have heard (via Engadget) that iToner still works. We are currently looking for truth into this.