News August 2013 News Archive

Nintendo discontinues 8GB version of Wii U, drops the 32GB version's price by $50 ... Read more ...

Cyberlocker website Hotfile faces major setback, as judge awards a summary judgement to the MPAA and finds Hotfile's owner and CEO personally liable for damages ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 17th August 2013 ... Read more ...

Kevin Spacey delivers passionate speech urging changes to the way content is delivered to viewers, saying that the Netflix model of giving people what they want, when they want it, is the solution to piracy ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 25 August 2013 ... Read more ...

The Netherland's Pirate Bay blockade seems to have had no effect on piracy rates across the country, a new study finds ... Read more ...

Chrome for Android to get HTML5 based DRM, paving the way for streaming video playback without the need for Flash or Silverlught, or a dedicated app ... Read more ...

Sony launches the 12GB version of the PS3 in North America following a successful debut in other regional markets, available today for $199 ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 10th August 2013 ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 18 August 2013 ... Read more ...

Controversial heterosexual rights group used the DMCA to censor their own response to questions ... Read more ...

Gaming pioneer says gamers have unfairly treated Microsoft over Xbox One's DRM scheme, and that the future of gaming lies online ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 3rd August 2013 ... Read more ...

CEO of Time Warner, owners of HBO, says Game of Thrones piracy record is better than winning an Emmy ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 11 August 2013 ... Read more ...

Blu-ray and digital revenue, including subscription streaming, helping to offset big declines in DVD sales, as the rental market declines further ... Read more ...

UK ISP's piracy filter can be exploited to block any other website ... Read more ...

A very controversial part of SOPA may be revived by the Obama administration, which could end up sending people who upload YouTube covers to prison ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 27th July 2013 ... Read more ...

Xbox One's GPU speed upped in a bid to compete with the PS4's superior CPU/GPU combo ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 4 August 2013 ... Read more ...

Sony and Panasonic are joining forces again to develop the next-generation optical disc format capable of holding 300GB, but it will mainly be for archival storage purposes for now ... Read more ...

Struggling Wii U only manages to sell 160,000 units in an entire quarter, and that's worldwide ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 20th July 2013 ... Read more ...