We’re not exactly sure what Sir Stringer is up to with this one, but Sony has now announced a reorganization plan for its gaming-related divisions that should make a few heads spin but ultimately end up with most employees staying where they are. The short of it is that
Sony Computer Entertainment will be renamed the “SNE Platform” (or SNEP, for added hilarity), and that Sony’s video game business (previously part of SCE) will be transferred to a new division called — you guessed it — Sony Computer Entertainment. SNEP will then be responsible for Sony’s network business (including PSN, it seems), but only until April 1st, at which point SNEP will simply be dissolved into Sony. The goal of all this, according to Sony, is to “strengthen the network business within the Sony Group,” but the company is otherwise staying pretty mum on specifics.
Sony shuffles gaming organizations: so long, SCE, hello new SCE originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Rejoice, owners of netbooks with Intel GMA 500 graphics: Flash Player 10.1 Beta 3 is here, complete with hardware video acceleration for your machines. That should make Hulu and YouTube HD usable on machines like the Sony VAIO P and VAIO X, the Nokia Booklet 3G, and the previous-generation Dell Mini 10. The new build also bring support for the Broadcom Crystal HD accelerator found in Pine Trail Atom machines like the newest Dell Mini 10 and HP Mini 210 — support we found sorely lacking when we reviewed the Dell. We just tried it out on our review HP Mini 210 and it managed 720p YouTube just fine, although 1080p was a no-go — we’re waiting on some updated Broadcom drivers though, so don’t take that as gospel quite yet. We’ll have much more on that in our full Mini 210 review; for now you should all get downloading and let us know how it’s going in comments.
Update: Success! We updated the Broadcom drivers on our Dell Mini 10 and downloaded the fresh Flash 10.1 Beta 3, and as you can see in the video below 1080p YouTube HD content plays smoothly. It’s almost everything we’ve ever dreamed of for our netbooks. We are still having issues with the HP Mini 210 which uses the older BCM70012 Crystal HD card, but will have an update on that in our full review soon.
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Flash 10.1 beta 3 released, adds support for Intel GMA 500 and Broadcom Crystal HD chips (Update: 1080p Flash on a netbook!) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s been done before, and in many ways, but Cablevision’s new plan for slinging what’s on your PC to your TV might be one of the most interesting tries yet. Dubbed “PC to TV Media Relay,” the new service will let subscribers that get their broadband internet and cable TV from Cablevision load up a bit of software on their Windows PC (a Mac version is forthcoming) that pushes whatever is on the computer through to a dedicated channel on the cable box. The real win here is the absolute lack of new hardware that’s required (as far as we can tell), though we’re guessing Cablevision is doing something fancy on the back end to route the video locally instead of streaming it over the entire internet. The service will start trials in June, and is a pretty overt move to keep users from dropping their cable TV service altogether as internet video continues to gain steam and Intel Wireless Display makes something like this into default functionality. In all, it’s hard not to see this as just a stopgap, but it’s certainly an intriguing one.
Cablevision’s new ‘PC to TV Media Relay’ slings PC media to your cable box, fuzzy on the details originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Looks like
the Android-powered Connect isn’t the only bit of GoGear news coming out of the armed Philips compound as of late. The
Pocket-lint gang have got their hands on a refresh of the GoGear Muse and we should say that the thing looks pretty sweet. In addition to a rare new modern interface solution called “touchscreen,” this bad boy eschews Windows Media Player in favor of the open source Songbird player, and sports an FM radio, iPlayer, Audible, FLAC, and APE support. As for video playback, the device’s 3.2-inch display is complimented by a 720p HDMI out. Look for this bad boy in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB sizes; all models include a 32GB microSD slot. We’re still holding out on the definitive word regarding price, but apparently Philips is estimating something in the £100 – £120 ($155 – $185) range.
GoGear Muse refresh sports touchscreen, Songbird media player, HDMI output originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We caught our first glimpses of the Sling Monitor 150 placeshifting display at CES 2009, but it only got an official launch at this year’s show, and now it looks like it’s getting even closer to store shelves with an appearance at the FCC for some RF testing action. We’ve always been intrigued by the 15-inch 720p display that can stream HD over WiFi, but until a cable or satellite operator actually deploys some of those hot SlingLoaded set-top boxes this thing isn’t going to do anyone too much good.
Sling Monitor 150 hits the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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