| Sony slashes price of PS3 SDK to fix game problem
While some may view it as a sign of desperation, Sony on Monday said that it will cut licensing fees for the PS3 SDK in half to spur additional game development. The package now costs $10,250 in the US, 950,000 yen in Japan, and 7,500 euros in Europe. With lower prices now both for the consumer in the form of a system price cut, and for the developer in the SDK, it hopefully will mean higher sales and profits for the PS3. .
Report: Miami bank-owned properties up
Lenders have taken ownership of 217 percent more properties from borrowers in the greater Miami area in the first 45 days of 2008 than they did in the same period in 2007, a report from Condo Vultures said. In January 2008, lenders took back 641 greater Miami properties, up 252 percent from January 2007, when 182 properties were taken back. In the first 15 days of February, lenders have taken back 217, up 138 percent from the 91 properties taken in February 2007, according to data gathered by the Bal Harbour-based real estate consultancy. Lenders ended up with these properties -- called real estate owned (REO) -- after foreclosing on borrowers and not being able to sell the properties at the minimum price set at the court-ordered auction. "Lenders that are now in possession of these properties are scrambling to figure out what to do with this real estate," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with Condo Vultures, in a news release.
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It is only open twice a week from midnight until 5 a.m, but, the building can be rented for events such as the rock summit.Overby, who isn't familiar with most of the bands that are playing at the venue, thinks the event holds some promise for the area."It's an opportunity to give these bands somewhere to play, and it's an outlet for that rock market," he said. "I hope it works out for him. He's bringing in quite a few bands."For Knight, a 2005 Milton High School graduate, the quest to mine for rock's hidden gems is a compulsion that began before he was old enough to drive."I just set out with a passion to do this," he said. "I truly believe the thoughts you choose to focus on in your life will realize or manifest themselves, and anything you desire will be attracted toward you so I think big and positive."Participating bands are thinking big, too.One band is Terrific Kid, a Pensacola-based group that has managed to blaze its own trail and is quickly generating a lengthy procession of followers.Frankie Andrews, one of the band's vocalists and guitarists, is impressed with Knight's ability to draw crowds to shows."He's a promotional monster," Andrews said, recalling a time when the band played for a wall-to-wall crowd at Knight's former all-ages venue, the Hikkie Diddle, in Pace.When asked about the state of Pensacola's music scene, Andrews replied, "I think Pensacola's music scene is on its way back up.
Wireless CCTV Ltd Launches New Covert Surveillance Solution
Summary: Wireless CCTV's new covert "one box" solution is an innovative, completely autonomous mobile surveillance device that can be instantly deployed, even in the harshest of operating conditions. Wireless CCTV launches its most autonomous mobile surveillance solution to date, which can be instantly deployed for covert operations. The military style case and connectors are fully waterproof which means the equipment can even be buried underground and still function at optimum levels. This new self-contained surveillance solution provides the user with unrivalled flexibility of deployment. Depending on the required distance between the cameras and the base unit, the user can choose between a wired or wireless camera setup in order to connect two cameras with Pan, Tilt and Zoom functionalities.
Pimp Gate Update: MSNBC's Ethics Don’t Extend to Bush Twins
KEITH OLBERMANN, HOST: It‘s rare when the world of politics and the world of entertainment fit together as neatly as they do in our number one story in the COUNTDOWN tonight. A tale of two pairs of girls, all of them in their mid 20‘s, all of them famous, all of them providing rich fodder for the tabloids with their latest exploits. In a moment the phenomenon of Paris Hilton and her new sidekick, Britney Spears. But first Jenna and Barbara Bush. They have regained their party girl crowns thanks to reports from their 25th birthday celebrations in Argentina this weekend. After reports of lack security, a media frenzy and at least one lurid tale in the Argentine papers about the girls running naked down a hallway of their hotel, denied fervently by that hotel, by the way, ABC News reported the situation was so bad that the U.S.
Intel peddles pie in the sky
INTEL'S PAUL OTELLINI gave a CES keynote that had one new codeword, some tech that is much farther off than he hopes and a lot of older process technology news. We will skip the older stuff. The technology is based on the idea of a Star Trekish communicator, a little PDA that will translate voice on the fly. This may not surprise you, the tech is close to real, and probably will be available in the not hugely distant future. It may even be in PDA form before we all die of old age and ennuis. The part less likely to happen before the sun dies a heat death is the camera on the back translating everything that you take a picture of. The Chinese writing on the store menu might be possible, but tossing in contextual info based on pictures? Overlay it intelligently on video in realtime? Ummm, call me a skeptic......
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