Week In Review 9W2010
Big news this week was Apple, in a kind of deuche bag move, decided to sue HTC out of existance instead of going after Google like a big boy. This is obviously a signal to Motorola and Android loving US carriers. On more Apple news, Steam is coming to OSX.
Verizon promises LTE overlay of the 3G network by 2013. They should probably attack non 3G markets first but hey, it’s their network!
On a greatly overhyped move Nokia added Skype to the Ovi Store making it easier for regular folks to use it. This is not the carrier armageddon it was touted to be but it’s a sure signal Nokia doesn’t want to depend a whole lot on carriers for the future. On more good Nokia news, non-DRM is coming to Comes with Music.
On DRM news, Ubisoft’s online DRM got cracked within the day. Problems affecting the DRM servers shut paying customers out while unpaying uncustomary enjoyed and Ubisoft claims it was a DDoS and even the singleplayer boxed versions download parts of the game so pirates don’t get the complete game. Man, I almost wish Ubisoft had something I actually want to play. Remember kids current DRM is just about annoying YOU.
Turns out cyberwas was not all it was up to be. Who coulda’ve thunk it ?? There is no cyberwar
And after closing up shop in Portugal Blockbuster is further going bust in the US. And cause paying customers really love to be treated like criminals late fees are back cause you know, Netflix and iTunes doesn’t exist in Blockbuster’s world.
