No matter how much money they make from their products hi – tech developers never forget the importance of playing. Microsoft has kicked off proceedings at this year's Game Developer Conference in San Francisco by announcing a new 512MB memory unit for the Xbox 360, as well as upping the size limit for Live Arcade games.
The new memory will be available from 3rd April for US$ 49.99, and for a limited amount of time will be pre-loaded with EG fav Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. The existing 64MB stick will also drop to US$ 29.99. UK and European pricing details have yet to emerge.
This new hardware will accommodate the increased girth of Live Arcade titles, which will move from a 50 MB limit up to 150 MB - effective immediately.
There's been much speculation this year about whether Microsoft would make this move, particularly after Castlevania: Symphony of the Night proved too big to be shoehorned into the existing Arcade restrictions.
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Diana Zotescu, student at SigEx Foundry ( http://sigexfoundry.info ).
"Multimedia & Broadcasting" project of The Foundry School ( http://sigexventures.info).
Monday 5 March 2007
EU talks tighter Budgets for Latvia, Bulgaria and Romania
The EU is not all honey for countries that do not keep up with their economic schedule. EU budget rules -- the Stability and Growth Pact -- say that during economic good times, countries that have not yet achieved their medium-term budget position should cut deficits by at least 0.5 percentage point a year until they reach the target. This is the case with Romania, Bulgaria and Latvia. Latvia has experienced during the last couple of years a phenomenon of economic heating with a 10 percent growth per year, which might prevent it from reaching its budgetary goals.
Bulgaria, which joined the EU in January with Romania, should try to achieve a higher budget surplus to contain macroeconomic risks from the country's ballooning current account deficit.
In spite of the economic misleads foreign investors seem to consider the Eastern European markets as rewarding assets. This is the case with The Foundry Schools who will soon start the “Be a Part of It” promotional tour in Eastern Europe. The Foundry School which i am currently attending offers training courses for PR practitioners, translators and computer engineers. It is a training, research and development center working on behalf of SigEx Inc. The revolutionary platform it uses for communication is based on the SuperPBX concept. The Foundry and Sigex Inc. are the creation of CEO Chris Cantell and COO Frederic Artru - two professionals in their field of activity. For more information on financial issues please check the SigEx Foundry press release at ( http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-27-2007/0004536050&EDATE= ).
Diana Zotescu, student at SigEx Foundry ( http://sigexfoundry.info ).
"Multimedia & Broadcasting" project of The Foundry School ( http://sigexventures.info).
Bulgaria, which joined the EU in January with Romania, should try to achieve a higher budget surplus to contain macroeconomic risks from the country's ballooning current account deficit.
In spite of the economic misleads foreign investors seem to consider the Eastern European markets as rewarding assets. This is the case with The Foundry Schools who will soon start the “Be a Part of It” promotional tour in Eastern Europe. The Foundry School which i am currently attending offers training courses for PR practitioners, translators and computer engineers. It is a training, research and development center working on behalf of SigEx Inc. The revolutionary platform it uses for communication is based on the SuperPBX concept. The Foundry and Sigex Inc. are the creation of CEO Chris Cantell and COO Frederic Artru - two professionals in their field of activity. For more information on financial issues please check the SigEx Foundry press release at ( http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-27-2007/0004536050&EDATE= ).
Diana Zotescu, student at SigEx Foundry ( http://sigexfoundry.info ).
"Multimedia & Broadcasting" project of The Foundry School ( http://sigexventures.info).
Win-Win game for YouTube and BBC
It seems that the deal between BBC and YouTube turned out to be a success story for the both sides. BBC will gain access to the millions of users of YouTube and YouTube will share some of the legendary aura surrounding BBC. Moreover the BBC will be able from now on to closer peek into the habits of its viewers and adopt more appropriate marketing policies. It is great indeed to see venerable BBC coming out on the market with a fresh scent of digital broadcasting. BBC Director General Mark Thompson said the broadcaster hopes to drive extra traffic to its own Web site and bring in commercial revenue to supplement the license fee levied on British taxpayers.
"It's essential that the BBC embraces new ways of reaching wider audiences with non-exclusive partnerships such as these," he said.
For more news on digital broadcasting check http:// http://www.sys-con.com/read/344084.htm. The link presents the launching of a innovative digital broadcasting product Cantell TV. Massive video streaming and broadcasting is one of the projects studied and implemented in The SigEx Foundry. The Foundry is a training, research and development center working on behalf of SigEx Inc. The revolutionary platform it uses for communication is based on the SuperPBX concept. The Foundry and Sigex Inc., are the creation of CEO Chris Cantell and COO Frederic Artru - two professionals in their field of activity.
Diana Zotescu, student at SigEx Foundry ( http://sigexfoundry.info ).
"Multimedia & Broadcasting" project of The Foundry School ( http://sigexventures.info).
"It's essential that the BBC embraces new ways of reaching wider audiences with non-exclusive partnerships such as these," he said.
For more news on digital broadcasting check http:// http://www.sys-con.com/read/344084.htm. The link presents the launching of a innovative digital broadcasting product Cantell TV. Massive video streaming and broadcasting is one of the projects studied and implemented in The SigEx Foundry. The Foundry is a training, research and development center working on behalf of SigEx Inc. The revolutionary platform it uses for communication is based on the SuperPBX concept. The Foundry and Sigex Inc., are the creation of CEO Chris Cantell and COO Frederic Artru - two professionals in their field of activity.
Diana Zotescu, student at SigEx Foundry ( http://sigexfoundry.info ).
"Multimedia & Broadcasting" project of The Foundry School ( http://sigexventures.info).
The Stock market grows ever more unstable
The sun doesn’t seem to shine on Wall Street since last week. The stock slide that started off in China to hit Europe and US later continues with the fall from the Japanese stock market. "If New York continues to slide and the yen continues to strengthen at this pace, there is no bottom in sight for Japan," said Kirby Daley, a strategist at brokerage Fimat in Tokyo. A near 9 percent slump in China's main stock index last Tuesday, combined with worries about stalling U.S. growth, sparked a wave a selling in world equity markets, many of which had been trading around record highs.
Australian stocks fell 2.3 percent to a seven-week closing low, erasing all their gains for 2007, with the world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, dropping 2.9 percent.
Share indexes in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore lost between 3 and 4 percent and South Korea's benchmark fell 2.7 percent. The worst thing is the fact that nobody knows the reason behind the price drop. Yes it is the fear that the US economy might enter a recession but is this enough of a reason? "This is not like September 11, when there was a clear issue, so the sell-off was reasonable," said Lim Chang-gue, a fund manager at Samsung Investment Trust Management in Seoul.
"Something bad seems to be happening, but there is no one clear reason. It's this unknown that is making it worse so people are just selling out."
In spite of the price shake affecting the stock markets SigEx Ventures registered a steady increase in share price, which makes it a trustworthy investment. SigEx Ventures, Inc., a private equity investment fund headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, primarily invests in first round funding for advanced technology companies. Read the SigEx Ventures Financial Press release here (http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-27-2007/0004536050&EDATE= ).
Diana Zotescu, student at SigEx Foundry ( http://sigexfoundry.info ).
"Public Relations & Advertisement" project of The Foundry School ( http://thefoundryschool.tv), ( http://sigexventures.info ).
Australian stocks fell 2.3 percent to a seven-week closing low, erasing all their gains for 2007, with the world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, dropping 2.9 percent.
Share indexes in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore lost between 3 and 4 percent and South Korea's benchmark fell 2.7 percent. The worst thing is the fact that nobody knows the reason behind the price drop. Yes it is the fear that the US economy might enter a recession but is this enough of a reason? "This is not like September 11, when there was a clear issue, so the sell-off was reasonable," said Lim Chang-gue, a fund manager at Samsung Investment Trust Management in Seoul.
"Something bad seems to be happening, but there is no one clear reason. It's this unknown that is making it worse so people are just selling out."
In spite of the price shake affecting the stock markets SigEx Ventures registered a steady increase in share price, which makes it a trustworthy investment. SigEx Ventures, Inc., a private equity investment fund headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, primarily invests in first round funding for advanced technology companies. Read the SigEx Ventures Financial Press release here (http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-27-2007/0004536050&EDATE= ).
Diana Zotescu, student at SigEx Foundry ( http://sigexfoundry.info ).
"Public Relations & Advertisement" project of The Foundry School ( http://thefoundryschool.tv), ( http://sigexventures.info ).
Thursday 1 March 2007
Watch Videos on your I-Luv Ipod
Converting video for use on an iPod or PlayStation Portable is often time-consuming and complex. The iLuv i182 is meant to change that.This dock connects to any source with an S-video port and records television (and other video and audio) directly to the iPod’s hard drive. An attachable SD and MemoryStick card reader can also save video for use in the PSP portable game system or other video players. The i182 will be available this month for $229 at www.i-luv.com and in stores. It records at 640-by-480 pixel resolution for iPods and 720-by-480 pixel resolution for the PSP and other devices. The device can be set to stop recording at a preset time, so you can turn it on — at, say, the beginning of “Lost” — and let it record for later consumption.
The recordings are encoded specifically for each playback device and are immediately available once recording is complete.
Unfortunately, you still need to initiate the recording manually, so the iLuv i182 isn’t a replacement for a TiVo.
Diana Zotescu, student at SigEx Foundry http://sigexfoundry.info
"Telecommunications & Broadcasting" project of The Foundry School ( http://thefoundryschoo.tv
)
The recordings are encoded specifically for each playback device and are immediately available once recording is complete.
Unfortunately, you still need to initiate the recording manually, so the iLuv i182 isn’t a replacement for a TiVo.
Diana Zotescu, student at SigEx Foundry http://sigexfoundry.info
"Telecommunications & Broadcasting" project of The Foundry School ( http://thefoundryschoo.tv
)
Cantell TV set to conquer digital communications
PARIS, FRANCE – 1 March, 2007 – Cantell TV is entering the digital broadcasting era, offering today the newest and hippest digital broadcasting systems. Cantell TV skillfully combines an array of amazing technological breakthroughs: revolutionary broadcasting services coupled with enhanced video communication capacity, including video-rooms, four-way video-conferencing, integrated phone services, SMS communications and many more – powered by marketing partner SigEx Telecom.
“We are pleased to offer our end-users to finally be in full control. Not only they will control entertainment offered by the outside channels, but also have a strong hold on their own digital content: videos, music, and photos. Our end-users will have infinite choices of “what”, “where” and “when” and will be able to share and broadcast this content throughout our network,” says Christopher M. Cantell, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cantell TV.
Cantell TV ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a TV broadcasting company, completely redefining the notion of digital entertainment.
The element that primordially distinguishes Cantell TV from its competition stems from the revolutionary user interface it delivers. It is based on a large multi-option display and innovative new software that lets you control everything at the tips of your fingers. The concept that Cantell TV brings to the public has been created with a fluid stream of innovation: you can view your favorite selection of TV shows, video-chat to your pals about the latest Martha Stewart scandal or yesterday’s NYSE slump; simultaneously upload your home-video footage taken in Tahiti and SMS you cousin in Iceland to take a look at it on his own Cantell TV LivingSpace. The multimedia universe that this digital broadcasting company is bringing to its consumers is bound to raise the bar of digital entertainment industry. With more and more end-user rejoicing over this high-tech wonder, a question looms in the shade: Will the competitors deal with it?
About Cantell TV
Cantell TV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. Cantell TV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. Cantell TV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.
About SigEx Telecom
SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.
About the Founder
Chris Cantell brings more than 18 years of experience and ownership of diverse companies in technology licensing, recruiting and international corporate structuring with expertise in areas ranging from software development, public relations and advertising, to finance on a global basis, including United States, Europe, Canada, and a five year stint in South America (Brazil). Chris has a proven track record developing new business, researching and securing existing structures to solve complex problems, and recruiting best practices to deliver superior results. He works closely with industry leaders to develop deep relationships, usually measured in years, to create sustainable structures.
“We are pleased to offer our end-users to finally be in full control. Not only they will control entertainment offered by the outside channels, but also have a strong hold on their own digital content: videos, music, and photos. Our end-users will have infinite choices of “what”, “where” and “when” and will be able to share and broadcast this content throughout our network,” says Christopher M. Cantell, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cantell TV.
Cantell TV ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a TV broadcasting company, completely redefining the notion of digital entertainment.
The element that primordially distinguishes Cantell TV from its competition stems from the revolutionary user interface it delivers. It is based on a large multi-option display and innovative new software that lets you control everything at the tips of your fingers. The concept that Cantell TV brings to the public has been created with a fluid stream of innovation: you can view your favorite selection of TV shows, video-chat to your pals about the latest Martha Stewart scandal or yesterday’s NYSE slump; simultaneously upload your home-video footage taken in Tahiti and SMS you cousin in Iceland to take a look at it on his own Cantell TV LivingSpace. The multimedia universe that this digital broadcasting company is bringing to its consumers is bound to raise the bar of digital entertainment industry. With more and more end-user rejoicing over this high-tech wonder, a question looms in the shade: Will the competitors deal with it?
About Cantell TV
Cantell TV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. Cantell TV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. Cantell TV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.
About SigEx Telecom
SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.
About the Founder
Chris Cantell brings more than 18 years of experience and ownership of diverse companies in technology licensing, recruiting and international corporate structuring with expertise in areas ranging from software development, public relations and advertising, to finance on a global basis, including United States, Europe, Canada, and a five year stint in South America (Brazil). Chris has a proven track record developing new business, researching and securing existing structures to solve complex problems, and recruiting best practices to deliver superior results. He works closely with industry leaders to develop deep relationships, usually measured in years, to create sustainable structures.
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