Headlines for September 25th, 2009
Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by [modern media mom] in Lastest Headlines, Latest News, Links & Resources
- Microsoft’s Windows 7 Launch ‘Party’: Pass the Cringe – “Oops, they did it again.Microsoft is back at it with another attempt at a campy viral campaign — this time to promote its Windows 7 operating system, due out on Oct. 22.”
- Apple reports carbon emissions, touts green hardware – “Apple this week launched a new section of its Web site devoted to promoting the company’s energy efficient machines and environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques.The new feature, entitled Apple and the Environment, provides information on how the Mac maker has made efforts to eliminate toxic substances from its machines, and also worked to make its hardware highly recyclable.”
- Sony Announces Motion Controller for the PS3 – “Sony on Thursday unveiled a motion controller for the PlayStation 3 that will debut in spring 2010.The yet unnamed device will work with the PlayStation Eye camera, which tracks a user’s face, voice, and body motion. The motion controller will be equipped with two motion sensors, three axes gyroscope, and three axes accelerometer that can detect the controller’s angle and movement in someone’s hand.”
- Will Google Get To Scan All Those Books? – “Noting that the Google Book Search proposal poses challenges but also offers public benefit, a judge has granted a postponement on a fairness hearing between Google and associations representing authors and publishers.”
- Is Criticism Of Google’s Outages Unfair? – “Today, widespread application outages are a new experience and make news. Someday we may become used to them, though I hope not. I’d rather see the cloud become so reliable that we never notice its problems.”
