Daily Archives: April 8, 2012

Universal Pictures now available to re-download on Apple’s iCloud

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Movies from Universal Pictures purchased on iTunes can now be re-downloaded through the iCloud service, leaving just one major studio, Fox, that is not a part of iCloud. Continue reading →

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Marketplace reporter gets rare tour of Foxconn’s iPad plants

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American Public Media’s Marketplace has posted early details of a rare guided tour of a Foxconn factory. The only such tour outside of an earlier ABC visit, the visit by Mike Daisey exposé reporter Rob Schmitz included “unfettered” access. In first-hand talks with staffers, his initial impression was that many of the reports of underage workers and dangerous conditions were overstated, and that the truly common issues were management and pay…. Continue reading →

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Review: Sony 3D Personal Viewer HMZ-T1

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Dreams of imminent virtual reality mostly ended with the year 2000, but hopes for are more immersive experience than a living room TV have been kept alive. Sony is clearly keen to experiment with this and has the first truly high-end, mainstream 3D personal display in the 3D Personal Viewer HMZ-T1. We’ll find in our review of the Sony 3D Personal Viewer if the first generation is good enough to be worth leaping in early…. Continue reading →

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Reviews: Sony 3D Personal Viewer HMZ-T1

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For those who remember the 1990ís, much of the technology talk at the time surrounded the concept of virtual reality, or VR. Movies like The Lawnmower Man took viewers into incredible virtual worlds where they were fully immersed. That dream has largely faded away over the past 10 to 20 years as the technical challenges in bringing the concept to commercial reality seemed distant. In th …… Continue reading →

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RIM pulls PlayBook app sideloads, says Android 25% pirated

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RIM is dropping app sideloading support from the BlackBerry PlayBook in a bid to prevent the problems that have plagued Android, the company’s Developer Relations VP Alec Saunders stated earlier in the week. The company would have a “solution” for developers to do it in testing, but the end user would have to go through BlackBerry App World, much like Apple does with the App Store. He believed Android had a rampant problem with piracy, where about a quarter of material was pirated…. Continue reading →

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