Downloads

PlayStation 3 Video Download Service Coming Soon?

The rumor of Sony giving PS3 a video download service at E3 just got bumped up again by a small ad video floating around the net. The screencap shows 13 icons, but Cartoon Network, NBC, HBO, and some other one are used twice, leaving only nine TV stations for download. If Sony doesn't unveil this at E3, we'll be really surprised—and maybe even a little offended. [sev1512 via PS3 Fanboy via Kotaku] More »

2:30 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Jason Chen
2,943 views, 27 comments

Latest by Cake_Eater: @robinandtami: That idea is several flavors of retarded. You're saying to improve the service (i.e. remove the screaming monkeys) Microsoft should make users PAY MORE FOR IT? That's ridiculous. Xbox Live has no legitimate reason to cost money. Resistance's online multiplayer more »

nintendo

Nintendo's WiiWare Launches Today

Those of you who own Nintendo Wiis may like to know that Nintendo's answer to Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network titles goes live today. Called WiiWare, the offerings are smaller, downloadable games (and applications) that currently range from $5 to $15. Formerly, Nintendo has focused on the Wii's Virtual Console downloads—ports of old Nintendo titles. The difference here is that WiiWare's content is all original and generally focused at the small developer. Six games are available starting today. They're listed after the jump. More »

12:40 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Mark Wilson
9,020 views, 29 comments

Latest by GhoS: I really like Nintendo, but they really blew it with the storage capabilities. They keep using the on-board storage of 512, but if anyone tries to use the service a lot they run out of room. Yes you can move more »

riaa

RIAA Tech Chief: DRM Not Dead, Will Become More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine

As CNET points out, when Sony BMG became the last major label to sell DRM-free tracks, we pretty much declared DRM deader than HD DVD or Tony Stark if he got in a fight with Batman (at least for the music industry; movies are another story). But RIAA tech chief David Hughes told a panel yesterday that DRM is tech's Obi-Wan Kenobi: It's coming back and will be powerful than we can possibly imagine, but it won't be giving sage advice to budding Jedi. More »

7:00 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By matt buchanan
6,099 views, 40 comments

Latest by VENAT0R: a pirates life for me! more »

iphone

NBC Streaming Full Episodes of 30 Rock and the Office to iPhones (for Free, No Ads!)

Even though there's no love lost between NBC and iTunes, that doesn't mean NBC doesn't love you! At least if you've got an iPhone or iPod touch. They're streaming full episodes of 30 Rock and The Office to iPhones (and touches) in QuickTime, for free, with NO ads. They work, nicely, but the major catch is that if you exit Safari, you've gotta re-DL all over again, and the files are huge, so is this Wi-Fi only, really. This looks weird for NBC, but it's really not. More »

7:50 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By matt buchanan
16,541 views, 28 comments

Latest by alxx86: quality is shit compared to the BBC Stream more »

zune

Microsoft Developing Copyright Filter for Zune, Will Block Pirated Content

Yesterday, NBC jumped aboard Starship Zune after its protracted breakup with iTunes. It's clear why—and going with NBC's pricing was only part of it. Saul at the NYTimes says that Microsoft has agreed to develop a copyright filter that would block pirated content from being played on Zunes. Which is exactly what NBC was demanding from iTunes. Sucks, right? Well NBC's president of digital distribution just thinks you don't know what's good for you. Update: Microsoft says NBC was speaking out of turn, and there's nothing like this in the works for Zune. Phew. Update 2: As I suspected, Microsoft's denial actually isn't that black & white, details on that below. More »

6:40 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By matt buchanan
4,560 views, 69 comments

Latest by B: @TOWken22: Zune was never cool, not even for 10 seconds. It was to be the iPod for nerds. Too bad it failed even there, because there are better mp3 players for nerds. more »

drm

Five Stores That Hosed Customers With DRM

Sure, it's easy to blithely state that DRM is annoying and sucks. But the fact is, it really can leave you holding vaporous media that you paid real money for, like when a vendor closes up shop or switches to new DRM. Last 100 rounds up five stores that have done just that: Major League Baseball (switched DRM, nuking any video bought pre-2006); Google (killed video store, and any vids you bought); Sony (ditched ATRAC and shut down Sony Connect); Virgin Digital (closed store, told customers to burn tracks to CDs and re-import as MP3); and most recently, Microsoft, which is shuttering MSN Music and its PlaysForSure (now officially worst DRM name ever) authentication servers in August. More »

12:15 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By matt buchanan
8,033 views, 44 comments

Latest by null: Comment on Five Stores That Hosed Customers With DRM Another story of a digital store that hosed customers is that of Triton ( http://en.wikipedia. ) "Triton was a digital delivery and digital rights management service created by Digital Interactive Streams, which more »

internet

10 Percent of Broadband Subscribers Suck Up 80 Percent of Bandwidth But P2P No Longer to Blame

The most consistent rationale for ISPs to throttle p2p applications or charge by the byte is that a small minority of users drain a vastly disproportionate amount of bandwidth, like the planet-raping aliens in Independence Day. Om Malik pulls a few of these numbers out of Arbor Networks' CTO, who develops all the traffic management tools your ISP probably uses, so while there's a conflict of interest (portents of internet doom sell more stuff) they have the data. Ten percent of subscribers consume 80 percent of bandwidth, a super-leeching 0.5 percent swallow 40 percent of bandwidth, and the rest like your mom, 80 percent, sip less than 10 percent. But p2p isn't the culprit. More »

5:00 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By matt buchanan
52,387 views, 58 comments

Latest by mendo: I've used [www.myfonts.com] but I didn't find a perfect match. Anyway the font Gizmodo uses is something very similar to "Captain comic" [www.myfonts.com] more »

wal-mart

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

When we last compared Wal-Mart's MP3 store to Amazon's, only Universal and EMI had gone DRM-free, and Wal-Mart still stocked tunes locked down with Windows Media DRM. Now Wal-Mart's store is completely DRM-sanitized, but their saber rattling to Sony and Warner for DRM-less music has gone ignored, so they're not selling any tracks from those labels (outside of Neil Diamond). Topping it off, despite the platform-agnosticness of MP3, the store still only really works in Internet Exploder. Not a good spot for Wally World. More »

6:15 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By matt buchanan
2,231 views, 11 comments

Latest by adam_h: The title of this article is horribly worded. Keep the quality coming giz! more »

dealzmodo

Free Flight of the Conchords MP3 Today

Scary factoid: on my recent vacation, I combed my hair funny as a joke. My wife freaked out a bit, saying that I looked like Murray Hewitt. She was right, so I called her "Brit" for the remainder of the trip. (Unfortunately, she looks nothing like Bret McClegnie.) On the plus side, today you can download Flight of the Conchords' "Ladies of the World" MP3 for 100% free on CNET. You don't remember that song from the series? Then you're fired, reader. Hit the jump for a reminder and reapply to Gizmodo through the tips line.

UPDATE: Business Time is available free as well.

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8:55 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Mark Wilson
10,417 views, 32 comments

Latest by EyeTestYoGames: i got the 1st season for free at the best buy achievers show ...woot woot lol more »

riaa

Warner Music Pushes for Mandatory Music Tax on Your Internet Bill

If iTunes music subscriptions don't happen, it's not because the industry lacks interest. Universal's already got a sub plan; Sony BMG is forging ahead with their own; and now Warner Music is investing serious resources and effort into pushing for a monthly music tax. They want $5 a month tacked onto everybody's internet bill, and in return, everyone would have unlimited access to basically all known music. It's not as generous as it sounds. More »

11:19 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By matt buchanan
14,267 views, 76 comments

comcast

Comcast n' BitTorrent BFF: What's Good, What Sucks

Okay, so Comcast and BitTorrent are finally making nice after being all Crips and Bloods, even rousing the FCC out of its slumber at one point, which Comcast fought with every trick in the book. It sounds awesome on paper: Your torrents are safe! More bandwidth! Torrents will work even better! Comcast is all for net neutrality! Not quite. You might actually even be worse off. More »

7:45 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By matt buchanan
14,427 views, 16 comments

Latest by o0oceanwaters: is this web cite for people that are stuck in some best of their year era...hehehehe...troops move forward more »

bittorrent

BitTorrent Plugin Detects ISPs Raping Your Torrents

Vuze/Azureus actually operates a legit video delivery business using torrent, so they've been among the most vocal opponents of ISPs throttling torrents. To help build their case and create a detailed log of every ISP that scrambles torrents, along with their particular poison—short-circuiting uploads or general bandwidth caps, for instance—they've released a plug-in for their BitTorrent client that detects ISP torrent sabotage. On your end, it keeps track of interrupted connections and lets you know if your ISP is hosing you, and you can share the results with Azureus, if you'd like. They've already got a wiki going of the worst torrent ISPs, with Cablevision, RCN and Adelphia pulling the same tactics as Comcast. [Torrentfreak via DSL Reports]

1:00 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By matt buchanan
27,281 views, 34 comments

Latest by TNTBW: P.S. When Comcast dies, I'll piss on their grave:) more »

sony bmg

Sony BMG "Working On" iPod-Friendly All-You-Can-Eat Service

So, there might not be an iTunes subscription plan, but that doesn't mean the labels are any less enthusiastic about a monthly cash drip. According to their CEO, Sony BMG is "working on" its own subscription service, which would "provide access to our entire music catalogue for all digital players, including Apple's iPod" for about $9 to $12 a month. Better yet, he said it's "even possible that clients could keep some songs indefinitely, that they would own them even after the subscription expired." More »

11:40 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By matt buchanan
2,201 views, 15 comments

Latest by BAngieB: These two messages below are cracking me up. more »

rumor revenge

BusinessWeek: Apple Doesn't Give a Flying F$#! About All-You-Can-Eat iTunes

BusinessWeek can't leave a juicy rumor—that Apple's finally considering going down the iTunes subscription path—untouched. Whereas the NYT and FT seem to be getting their info from label execs, BW claims their sources on the Apple side of the things say "no such talks are under way." So, what's really going on? Here's how we're digesting this specu-flustercuck. More »

7:30 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By matt buchanan
9,166 views, 23 comments

home entertainment

Myka Brings BitTorrent to Your TV

The Myka is what many Torrent fans have been waiting for—a device that makes it easy to download torrents and play them on your living room TV. You can connect to the internet via LAN or WiFi, it has HDMI, Composite, S-Video and SPDIF ports (nice), your choice of 80, 160 or 500 gigabytes (and USB expansion) and the Linux OS with pre-installed BitTorrent software. You can even transfer videos directly from your computer. Prices are going to fall between $299 and $459, which is more than the Apple TV, but something tells me that there is some built-in value there. Additional pic after the break. More »

3:30 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Sean Fallon
8,775 views, 36 comments

Latest by John Laur: Fine: Ripping off apple & sonos for your gear design. Not Fine: Uglying it up by plastering shitty logos all over it. You buy it because it has BitTorrent, right; do you need to be reminded every single time you look at more »

itunes

NYT: Apple Discussing iTunes All-You-Can-Eat Downloads With Labels Next Week

The New York Tiimes' Saul Hansell backs up the Financial Times report that Apple's looking at all-you-can-eat downloads for iTunes. According to his source, Apple is sitting down with the studios next week for an undoubtedly tense poker-faced showdown. More »

9:30 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By matt buchanan
5,070 views, 19 comments

apple

Financial Times: iTunes All-You-Can-Eat Music Downloads Coming

The Financial Times has a piece claiming that Apple has been in deep talks with music companies about an all you can eat music download service. The piece speaks with authority, citing that while Nokia pays the labels $80 per handset for such a service, split according to marketshare, Apple has only offered $20. Hence the delay. More »

8:04 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
By Brian Lam
9,069 views, 37 comments

battlemodo

Apple TV vs. Vudu vs. Xbox 360: Video Download Battlemodo

If you've been wondering how to compare the video-download options of Apple TV, Vudu and the Xbox 360, I think today is your lucky day. More »

12:15 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Wilson Rothman
75,462 views, 134 comments

Latest by telebat.com: Here is a comparison table of Apple TV with 6 other similar TV streaming devices, including XBox 360. Quite interesting:[www.machavariani.com] more »

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