http://www.cursethehype.com Your Source for Tech, Gaming, Movies and Music News. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:56:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } By Yoko Kubota and Liana B. Baker Feb 1, 2012 Sony Corp named Kazuo Hirai as chief executive, succeeding Howard Stringer at the helm of the iconic gadget maker as it struggles with persistent losses and stalled efforts to re-energize its once-dominant brand.  Hirai, a 28-year company veteran known for overseeing the phenomenal rise of [...]]]> http://www.cursethehype.com/sony-names-hirai-to-replace-stringer-as-ceo #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } By usatoday 2/1/2012 Microsoft slammed search rival Google with full-page ads Wednesday, saying that recent changes at Google that allow it to internally merge the data it collects on user activity across services such as YouTube and Gmail are meant to allow advertisers to better target customers.  Google has touted the overhaul it announced last [...]]]> http://www.cursethehype.com/microsoft-slams-google-user-data-policy-in-new-ads #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } By Nancy Gohring, Feb 1, 2012 As promised, Microsoft on Wednesday shipped version 1.0 of the Kinect for Windows SDK and runtime and said partners have started selling the Kinect hardware. The Kinect motion and voice sensor was initially designed for use with Microsoft's Xbox gaming console. But it soon became clear that developers wanted [...]]]> http://www.cursethehype.com/microsoft-opens-door-to-kinect-for-windows-apps #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } A patent troll is going after Apple for patent infringement of an "electronic alignment system". By Douglas Perry January 30, 2012 Calibrait, LLC, a company with no history and apparently has been founded with the sole purpose to acquire a patent and sue for patent infringement,  claims that Apple directly and indirectly infringe its patent [...]]]> http://www.cursethehype.com/apple-sued-over-accelerometer-and-bubble-level #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Pushing up to 384GB per socket By Timothy Prickett Morgan 30th January 2012 It looks like Advanced Micro Devices is first to market with support for load reduced DIMM DDR3 main memory for x86 and quite possibly all kinds of servers, and is trotting out Inphi, the maker of the isolation memory buffer chip that [...]]]> http://www.cursethehype.com/amd-touts-lrdimm-memory-for-x86-servers #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } By Richard Adhikari 01/30/12 Fifteen leading email service providers and tech companies have announced a joint effort to fight phishers.  Google, Facebook, PayPal, Yahoo and Agari are among the companies behind the Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) spec. DMARC is a technical specification that standardizes how email receivers perform email authentication using well-known [...]]]> http://www.cursethehype.com/new-email-spec-aims-to-tangle-phishing-lines #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Jan. 24, 2012   "My Heart Is Broken", the new video from EVANESCENCE, can be seen here. The clip was filmed on December 1 in Los Angeles with director Dean Karr, who has previously worked with IRON MAIDEN, OZZY OSBOURNE and MARILYN MANSON, among others.  EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee explained to MTV News that she [...]]]> http://www.cursethehype.com/evanescence-my-heart-is-broken-video-released #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Jan. 24, 2012   BLACK SABBATH's official Facebook page has been updated with a message about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's new album following the revelation earlier this month that guitarist Tony Iommi was diagnosed with cancer. "The guys have moved writing sessions from Los Angeles to Birmingham, England," the message [...]]]> http://www.cursethehype.com/black-sabbath-going-back-to-where-it-all-started #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Theatrical Release Date: TBA 2012 Cast: Andrea Duro, Jorge Molina Luis Alberto García, Blanca Rosa Blanco Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Elsa Camp Jazz Vilá, Eliecer Ramírez, Susana Pous, Andros Perugorría Directed by: Alejandro Brugués Synopsis: Juan is a typical forty-year-old slacker. One day Havana begins to fill up with zombies. Juan decides that the best [...]]]> http://www.cursethehype.com/juan-of-the-dead-movie-trailer #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Theatrical Release Date: February 9th, 2012 Cast: Kobe Bryant, Mickey Rourke Ed O'Neill, Manny Pacquiao Taboo, Dana White Jon Jones and others Directed by: Pete McCormack Synopsis: The amazing story of Bruce Lee, one of the most iconic human beings ever to enter the public consciousness. The film is a compelling and visually stunning uncovering [...]]]> http://www.cursethehype.com/i-am-bruce-lee-movie-trailer