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OnLive Plans On-Demand Streaming of Video Games (NewsFactor)

In a move to shake up the on-line gaming industry, OnLive has announced PC and Mac versions of its on-demand, instant-play games will roll out in June during the E3 2010 show. Here’s the rub: Gamers do not have to buy a console, and they can get broadband speeds.
OnLive delivers games to HDTVs over an Internet connection via a small browser plug-in for PCs and OnLive’s MicroConsole TV Adapter, which will roll out later this year. The company is billing ...

CA Expands Cloud Services with $350M Nimsoft Purchase

IT software behemoth CA has acquired yet another company as it moves to provide its emerging enterprise customers and managed-service providers with cloud-computing support. CA acquired Redwood City, Calif.-based Nimsoft, its fourth acquisition in the cloud-computing space, in a cash buy valued at $350 million, CA announced Wednesday.
Nimsoft, a provider of monitoring systems used in data centers, is the fourth company that CA, formerly Computer Associates, has acquired in the past nine months.

Sony Targets Nintendo’s Wii with PS3 Move Controller

Move over, Wii. On Wednesday, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that its PlayStation 3 Move motion-based controller will launch in the fall. The controller has been discussed by Sony for some time, and was initially expected to be released this spring.
Reportedly, the delay gives third-party developers more time to create game titles using Move’s capabilities. Sony stated 36 developers and publishers are supporting the platform, and it anticipates more than 20 Move-related games to be released in its 2010 fiscal year.

Sony Targets Nintendo’s Wii with PS3 Move Controller

Move over, Wii. On Wednesday, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that its PlayStation 3 Move motion-based controller will launch in the fall. The controller has been discussed by Sony for some time, and was initially expected to be released this spring.
Reportedly, the delay gives third-party developers more time to create game titles using Move’s capabilities. Sony stated 36 developers and publishers are supporting the platform, and it anticipates more than 20 Move-related games to be released in its 2010 fiscal year.

Opera Mini 5 Released for Android-Powered Smartphones

Opera Software launched an Android version of the company’s Opera Mini 5 mobile browser Thursday that promises to significantly improve page loading and speed on compatible smartphones. The beta release continues the company’s campaign to increase the visibility of its browser on a global basis.
Opera Mini 5 works in tandem with Opera’s servers to compress web-page content up to 90 percent before the data is sent to mobile phones, noted Opera Vice President Dag Olav Norem. “Opera Mini will give ...

Opera Mini 5 Released for Android-Powered Smartphones

Opera Software launched an Android version of the company’s Opera Mini 5 mobile browser Thursday that promises to significantly improve page loading and speed on compatible smartphones. The beta release continues the company’s campaign to increase the visibility of its browser on a global basis.
Opera Mini 5 works in tandem with Opera’s servers to compress web-page content up to 90 percent before the data is sent to mobile phones, noted Opera Vice President Dag Olav Norem. “Opera Mini will give ...

Stop TV networks’ blackouts, providers beg the FCC

The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the begin of the Academy Awards.
About 15 minutes into the show, a scrolling announcement told viewers that a tentative agreement had been reached.
As advertising revenue has weakened, TV networks have begun to demand cash for their over-the-air programs rather than some of the advertising swaps that have been acceptable in the past.

Stop TV networks’ blackouts, providers beg the FCC

The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the begin of the Academy Awards.
About 15 minutes into the show, a scrolling announcement told viewers that a tentative agreement had been reached.
As advertising revenue has weakened, TV networks have begun to demand cash for their over-the-air programs rather than some of the advertising swaps that have been acceptable in the past.

Web Standards Group Gets a New Leader

A former executive with IBM and other tech companies has been named the new CEO of an organization in charge of coordinating the technical specifications behind the World Wide Web.
The Web’s inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, is remaining the director of the World Wide Web Consortium, and Jeffrey Jaffe, 55, will work under him as its CEO. Jaffe replaces Steve Bratt, 53, who left the position in mid-2009 to run a Web foundation also started by Berners-Lee.
Jaffe brings both business and technical ...

Web Standards Group Gets a New Leader

A former executive with IBM and other tech companies has been named the new CEO of an organization in charge of coordinating the technical specifications behind the World Wide Web.
The Web’s inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, is remaining the director of the World Wide Web Consortium, and Jeffrey Jaffe, 55, will work under him as its CEO. Jaffe replaces Steve Bratt, 53, who left the position in mid-2009 to run a Web foundation also started by Berners-Lee.
Jaffe brings both business and technical ...