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GameStop snaps up Spawn Labs and agreement to acquire Impulse, Inc.

GameStop snaps up Spawn Labs and agreement to acquire Impulse, Inc.

GameStop is now beating heavily on a digital distributed future; it has announced the acquisition of Spawn Labs and got the agreement to acquire the Impulse game distribution platform. While Spawn Labs may not be the familiar name you may remember the HD-720 set-top box essentially a Slingbox for your gaming consoles. GameStop may got some grander ambitions for the technology than that, the company press release says its testing some new consumer interface that will give users immediate access to a wide selection of high-definition video games on demand on any Internet-enabled devices.

Minicaster: the pocket-sized hardware makes Live Streaming Easy

Minicaster: the pocket-sized hardware makes Live Streaming Easy

You dont need to carry H.264 live streaming encoder to capture more life moments, here comes the solution. In NAB show 2011, the Minicaster is capable of encoding and delivering a number of streams while recording at the same time, those settings can also be tweaked directly on the unit. The company recommends using it with Wowza Media Server.

Rogers getting pre-order for Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Arc

Rogers getting pre-order for Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Arc

Rogers has now started accepting pre-orders for both the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Arc each of which will run you $99.99 on a 3 year contract and there is no indication of off-contract pricing yet. The current offer will end on May 2nd, which is the possible indication of the actual release date, or the beginning of a different offer. Rogers also revealed a small surprise it will take both balck and white versions of Xperia Play.

HTC confirms Flyer Tablet will get Android Honeycomb

HTC confirms Flyer Tablet will get Android Honeycomb

HTC havent told much about the Flyer tablet in MWC, they said its not to choose the OS for the tablet because it didnt have the time to customize it with its sense User Interface. Its finally came to the matter again, it replied to a question in Twitter by saying that it will be offering Honeycomb upgrade when its made available. The statement lacks the specific date of announcement and the users had to wait for the HTCs official announcement of the Honeycomb upgrade.

Sony PlayStation Games for sale on Android Marketplace

Sony PlayStation Games for sale on Android Marketplace

The Sonys Xperia Play faming centric Android Smart phone, Sony has released five PlayStation classics on Android Marketplace. These games are exclusively compatible with the Xperia Play and not just any Android enabled devices. Each game will cost $6.38 and will let you relive the good ones of PSOne gaming with tactile gamepad. The five games are in addition to Crash Bandicoot, which already comes pre-loaded with the device. Sony will release more titles in the future for sure. Here is the list of games available on the Android Marketplace are

Sonys Music Unlimited Streaming Service coming to NGP will hit Xperia Play this year and PSP in a week

Sonys Music Unlimited Streaming Service coming to NGP will hit Xperia Play this year and PSP in a week

Sonys streaming subscription service, Music Unlimited, is headed to both the PlayStation and Next Generation Portable and Sony Erricssons Xperia Play. Sony Network Entertainment VP Shawn Layden, who spread the news readily, confirms that the service would be activated on the Play Station Portable in a matter of weeks. Android phones including the infamous PlayStation will get the Music Unlimited this year and SNE will make it happen on NGP too. The company reveals when its beast of portable game station will actually come out.

Google Apologize For Privacy Issues In Google Buzz

Google Apologize For Privacy Issues In Google Buzz

Google apologizes for not protecting its users privacy in Google Buzz, through its official blog. Last year, Google Buzz social network built inside Gmail turned out to be first ever privacy protection horror for the company and is blamed for not protecting is users data and openly accessing Gmail contacts of users. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Google has finally come to terms and Google has made new privacy procedures that would protect the interests of users.

Future iPhones could be charged with your Heart Beat

Future iPhones could be charged with your Heart Beat

Nanogenerators powered by your heart beat could replace conventional batteries in about five years, according to the chemists. In the World dominated by 4G smart phones, touchscreens, tablets and portable laptops, making the way to keep everything charged. Dr.Zhong Lin Wang and his team of researchers in Georgia Institute of Technology have developed tiny nanogenerators that use small movements enough to generate power.

Google announces +1 button in a challenge to Facebooks Like button

Google announces +1 button in a challenge to Facebooks Like button

Google is taking on the Facebooks Like button with a button of its own, the +1 button. Rod Spiro, a Google Product Manager, wrote in a blog spot that Our goal at Google is to get you the most relevant results as quickly as possible, But relevance about relationships as well as words on webpages. Thats why we started to include more information from people you may know – stuff they have shared on Twitter, Flickr and Other sites in Google search results. Today we are taking a step further, enabling you to share recommendations with the world right in Google Search results.

Amazon negotiating for Cloud Player music licensing deals

Amazon negotiating for Cloud Player music licensing deals

Amazon wants you to think it does not care about licensing the music that it will let you store in the cloud. The Wall Street Journal cites a pair of anonymous sources who says Amazon wont confirm such a thing. They say Amazon may move to the system that compares users uploaded songs with a database of those tunes its managed to license should the deal go through – a system much like Sonys Music Unlimited, by the sound of it. It shouldnt come as any surprise, than the Journal quotes the Sony Music Chairman Martin Bandier in its final paragraph, told