Church Calls On BAFTA To Drop Sony's PS3 Game October 8, 2007
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The spat between the Church of England (CoE) and Sony over its contentious PS3 game, Resistance: Fall of Man, has reared its ugly head again.
The Church now wants BAFTA to drop the game from its 2007 nominations. The Church has already gotten biblical on Sony’s ass over the use of Manchester Cathedral as an in-game location and even former PM, Tony Blair, weighed in on this particular hot potato. The Dean of Manchester Cathedral, the Very Rev Rogers Govender, said:
“It is a disgrace that Resistance: Fall of Man has been short listed. Sony has admitted that they did not have permission to film or use Manchester Cathedral in their computer game. BAFTA should not be seen condoning such behaviour unless they are saying it is acceptable for producers to walk into historic buildings and film interiors - ignoring contracts, rights and liability.”
BAFTA’s head of awards, Anne-Marie Flynn, has countered:
“Resistance: Fall Of Man has been nominated for the PC World Gamers' Award - the only publicly-voted award in this year's ceremony. The shortlist for the Gamers' Award was effectively selected by the public, in that it comprised the top-selling games on each platform according to the games charts published by Chart Track.”
You can read the full list of this year’s BAFTA games nominations, here.-Martin Lynch
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Hitachi Boasts 100GB Blu-ray Disc October 8, 2007
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It’s sometimes easy to forget that the silly high-definition (HD) movie spat between Blu-ray and HD DVD is just one part of the HD war. The rest of the battle involves the massive market for storage technologies and, with blank DVDs creaking at the edges, Blu-ray and HD DVD want to be the blank discs we all use in the future.
Hitachi has announced that it has created a 100GB blank Blu-ray disc by stacking four layers onto it. This is double the size of the biggest Blu-ray disc currently available and takes back the HD storage crown from the triple-layer, 51GB HD DVD blank disc.
While the ‘mine is bigger than yours’ boasting continues, the really interesting bit is that the disc will work on existing Hitachi Blu-ray players and burners. All they need is a firmware update.
That said, Hitachi is still tweaking the signal quality of its quad-layer technology so the 100GB discs are a few months from release. They won't come cheap either. Hitachi is also working on an eight-layer, 200GB disc too.-Martin Lynch
Sky Says ‘No More New Channels’ October 8, 2007
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Sky has slammed the brakes on rolling out new channels on its EPG (electronic programming guide) launch queue, thanks largely to memory constraints of its set-top boxes.
There are 100 or so radio and TV channels already on the launch queue but Sky has said it’s going to proceed with their rollout with ‘extreme caution’ and is no longer taking any more applications from those broadcasting companies desperate to get on the Sky satellite service. Nicola Bamford, director of channels and operations at Sky, commented:
“After a very careful consideration we have taken the decision to make these changes in order to safeguard the interests of both viewers and platform users. Our goal is to provide a high quality viewer experience and a stable environment for all platform users, while maintaining the principle that access to the EPG should be available without discrimination to broadcasters.”
According to Sky, several models of its set-top boxes are suffering from “very significant memory constraints”.-Martin Lynch
X-Ray Bag Guarantees A Cavity Search October 8, 2007
READ MORE Gadgets , Gizmodo UK , Peripherals
There's nothing like a visit to the US these days to confirm that airport security staff really do hate you.
It doesn't matter that you've done nothing wrong. Just visiting is enough for detention, so you really don't want to do anything that might actually provoke them even more. Which is why only those that enjoy cavity searches and solitary confinement will be buying the X-Ray Bag.
A bag that makes it look like you're carrying a phone, iPod, set of brass knuckles and, oh yeah, a handgun. Subtle. Go for it. They'll really love you in the security line. All you need is £6.
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