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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dish Network completes acquisition of Blockbuster]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=dish-network-completes-acquisition-of-blockbuster</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge today approved Dish Network's $320 million acquisition of Blockbuster, once the largest movie rental chain.&quot;We are pleased to have purchased the assets of Blockbuster and look forward to building on the nationally recognized Blockbuster brand while improving the experience of delivering entertainment to consumers,&quot; Tom Cullen, executive vice president for Dish Network, said in a statement. The satellite provider announced its intention to purchase most of the rental chain's assets earlier this month at a bankruptcy court auction. Under the terms of the deal, the acquisition was expected to be completed Thursday but was delayed by Dish's inability to immediately decide which of the 1,500 leases it wanted to keep.Blockbuster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 2010 after losing significant market share over the years to Netflix's DVD-by-mail and streaming services. In its filing, Blockbuster said its debts totaled $1 billion, but the company hoped to reduce that to $100 million by offering noteholders equity in the company in exchange for relief on its outstanding debt.In 2008, while Netflix was reshaping the DVD rental landscape with its &quot;Watch Instantly&quot; movie streaming, Blockbuster instead opted for in-store kiosks from which consumers could download movies to personal devices. In 2009, while Netflix generated $115 million in profit thanks to increased adoption of its streaming service, Blockbuster recorded losses of $517 million on revenue of $4 billion.Blockbuster closed nearly 1,000 of its then 7,000 stores in an effort to return to profitability in 2009, but the efforts failed. Last year, Blockbuster was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange because of its low trading price. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sony banning PlayStation 3 hackers for life]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=sony-banning-playstation-3-hackers-for-life</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>emaburgier</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Sony came down hard onPlayStation 3 hackers today, saying they will be permanently banned from the company's online services.  &quot;Violation of the system software license agreement for the PlayStation 3 System invalidates the consumer guarantee for that system,&quot; reads a notice posted to Sony's official PlayStation blog. &quot;In addition, copying or playing pirated software is a violation of international copyright laws. Consumers using circumvention devices or running unauthorized or pirated software will have access to the PlayStation Network and access to Qriocity services through PlayStation 3 system terminated permanently.&quot;(Credit:Sony) To avoid the lifetime shutout, Sony said, consumers must &quot;immediately cease use and remove all circumvention devices and delete all unauthorized or pirated software from their PlayStation 3 systems.&quot;  In the post, Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein said the policy represents an initial response to questions from PlayStation.Blog readers about how Sony plans to deal with breaches of its policy.  The company did not say when the ban will begin, but the blog PS3 News is reporting that many users of its PS3 forums have already confirmed receiving e-mail notices from Sony followed by their PlayStation 3 consoles being banned.  According to one account, &quot;If you get error 0x8002A227, Sony banned your PS3 from the PSN.&quot;  This is just the latest step by Sony to thwart PlayStation 3 jailbreaks. In the most well-publicized battle, the company last month requested a restraining order against famediPhone jailbreaker George Hotz, also known as Geohot, for coming up with a jailbreak that lets people run unauthorized software on the PS3.  Sony alleged that the jailbreak, created with the assistance of the hacking group fail0verflow, violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and asked a court to stop Hotz from making any material related to his hack available on the Web. Hotz countered Sony's claim, saying his solution was a jailbreak for a closed system, just like any jailbreak for mobile phones, which are explicitly allowed by the DMCA. A U.S. District Court granted a temporary restraining order, and Hotz has since removed all mentions of the jailbreak from his site, but Sony mistakenly retweeted the jailbreak code. That case is ongoing.  Sony also took legal action last year to halt the sales in some places of PS Jailbreak, a USB dongle that allows PlayStation 3 owners to dump borrowed games onto the system's hard drive. In addition, Sony has tightened security with each successive firmware update.  In its statement today, the company said that &quot;by identifying PlayStation 3 systems that breach our guidelines and terminating their ability to connect to PlayStation Network, we are protecting our business and preserving the honest gameplay experiences that you expect and deserve.&quot; A majority of commenters to the blog seem pleased by Sony's latest move. &quot;Thanks for acknowledging this officially. Good to know Sony is not just hoping that this goes away,&quot; wrote one poster. Wrote another: &quot;Thank You Sony! Ban these punks!&quot;  But a few voices of dissent popped up on the forums as well.  &quot;If Sony actually took the time to know what us (the consumers) wanted, maybe they would see less piracy,&quot; one person wrote. &quot;I mean the whole reason hackers want to hack the PSP Go is to play games that are still only available in UMD only.&quot;  Wrote another: &quot;While I understand the security and legal issues relevant to piracy and hacking, if I felt companies' motivation was pure, I [might] be OK with this stern stance. But, I think it is motivated more by greed and control than anything else. They want to keep all the $$$ for themselves.&quot; <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stoke scores $17M to help carriers deliver better mobile broadband]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=stoke-scores-17m-to-help-carriers-deliver-better-mobile-broadband</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>emaburgier</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Stoke,  a company that specializes in mobile broadband gateways to help  carriers manage massive loads of mobile data, announced today that it  has landed an additional $17 million in funding led by new investor  Focus Ventures.Given  the explosive growth of mobile broadband data with the advent of  powerful smartphones and tablets, Stokea4a4s success is to be expected. The  company says it has shipped over 200 units of its SSX-3000 mobile broadband gateway since late 2008. Its 2010 revenues were four times greater than 2009,  and Stoke expects massive growth in 2011 as well. The company says it  will use the funding to support its current customers, as well as  deliver new products aimed at LTE 4G and 3G network optimization.We previously reported on Stokea4a4s Mobile Data Offload (MDO) solution, which lets carriers reroute mobile internet connections away from  cellular networks &amp;8212' potentially reducing network stress and providing  smoother mobile data service in the process.Companies  like Stoke are becoming increasingly important to mobile carriers since  they offer a way to use their current networks more efficiently. Merely  increasing network capacity sometimes isna4a4t enough to meet user demand  &amp;8212' just look at AT&amp;amp'Ta4a4s continued problems in San Francisco and New  York. By being smarter and more efficient with their networks, carriers  can offer better service to their customers without investing in  expensive network upgrades.Stoke is based in Santa  Clara, Calif., and has raised a total of $92 million in funding so  far. Existing investors also participated in the round, including DAG  Ventures, Integral Capital Partners, Pilot House Ventures, Net One  Systems, DoCoMo Capital, Mobile Internet Capital, Sequoia Capital, and  Kleiner Perkins.Next Story: Kony Solutions grabs $19.1M for &amp;''Write Once, Run Everywhere&amp;'' apps Previous Story: Apple stock dips on news of Steve Jobs&amp;' medical leavePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: data, gateways, mobile broadband, smartphoneCompanies: Dag Ventures, DoCoMo Capital, Focus Ventures, Integral Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Mobile Internet Capital, Net One Systems, Pilot House Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Stoke          Tags: data, gateways, mobile broadband, smartphoneCompanies: Dag Ventures, DoCoMo Capital, Focus Ventures, Integral Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Mobile Internet Capital, Net One Systems, Pilot House Ventures, Sequoia Capital, StokeDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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