George Lucas leaves Hollywood and his empire a bitter man over the apparent rejection of his latest film and the continuous lashings from disgruntled Star Wars fans.
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Lovefilm’s movie streaming will switch from Flash to Silverlight on PCs in 2012
As it prepares for Netflix’s 2012 UK invasion Lovefilm appears to be taking a page out of its competitor’s strategy, and it’s all because of the studios. When streaming to Windows PCs and Macs it will only support Silverlight as of the first week in January (we should mention it’s coincidentally timed alongside a particular electronics show), ditching Flash encodes for its video. Like Watch Instantly, that will mean a lockout for non-Intel Macs and Linux users who don’t have a player that supports the necessary DRM, but it’s just those three letters that are behind this. Streaming Project Manager Paul Thompson writes on the company blog that Silverlight beat out Flash and new challenger HTML5 in order to meet studio’s anti-piracy requirements, as well as take advantage of its Smooth Streaming adaptive bandwidth adjustments. Everything will stay the same on other streaming devices, while Netflix has been able to support Chromebooks via plugin and is rumored to be working on a Netflix solution, we’ll have to wait and see if Lovefilm can do the same.
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Parents Get Free Games From Skyrim Baby Name Challenge
One couple has named their new son Dovahkiin in order to claim a lifetime of games from Bethesda.
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Pictures from last night’s 25th anniversary Zelda symphony concert
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Siri ported to iPad, still getting silent treatment from Apple servers
Developers wasted no time bringing Siri to the iPhone 4, and nine days later, it’s been brought to the iPad as well. This version, running on a first-generation jailbroken Apple tablet, suffers from a similar problem as past non-iPhone 4S ports: it’s still not talking to Apple’s data servers. This means that until devs manage to get voice commands recognized and initiated, the iPad’s unofficial virtual assistant will remain effectively gagged.
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