
<?phpxml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" 
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
>
<channel>
<title>Haaze.com / rosgo5tlin / All</title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com</link>
<description>Test Web 2.0 Content Management System</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
<language>en</language>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Netflix streaming may lose some Showtime programs]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=netflix-streaming-may-lose-some-showtime-programs</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=netflix-streaming-may-lose-some-showtime-programs</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rosgo5tlin</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=netflix-streaming-may-lose-some-showtime-programs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Showtime)At a time when many in Hollywood see Netflix as a threat, Showtime Networks said it will significantly alter the licensing agreement it has for Netflix's streaming-video service. This summer, when the current deal between Showtime and Netflix expires, Netflix's new streaming agreement doesn't include any rights to any of the first-run series that currently appear on the premium-cable service. Under the new deal, Netflix subscribers will lose access to such shows as &quot;Californication and &quot;Dexter.&quot; (Showtime is owned by CBS, parent company of CNET.) While past seasons of &quot;Dexter&quot; will be pulled, Netflix will continue to stream episodes of &quot;The Tudors,&quot; and get access to &quot;Sleeper Cell&quot; as both series aren't coming back to the cable service, Showtime said. Click the photo to read &amp;39'Netflix spooks Hollywood more than ever.&amp;39'(Credit:Greg Sandoval)CBS cut a similar streaming deal with Netflix, offering only dated catalog titles such as &quot;Family Ties&quot; and &quot;Star Trek&quot; but no current shows. Showtime's comments appear to have caught Netflix off guard. Steve Swasey, Netflix's spokesman, disputed that it was final &quot;Dexter&quot; and &quot;Californication&quot; would not be coming back. He said Netflix and Showtime are still in negotiations. &quot;We have one deal that brought in 'Sleeper Cell' and 'The Tudors' and a separate deal for 'Californication' and 'Dexter,'&quot; Swasey said. &quot;Negotiations [for the latter shows] are still ongoing. We expect to renew our deal for 'Dexter' and 'Californication' so we're perplexed [about Showtime's comments]...we have great relationships with CBS and all their channels, including Showtime.&quot;For months, media moguls and studio executives have tried to tag Netflix as the next Boston Strangler to the film and TV businesses. Jack Valenti, the former chief of the Motion Picture Association of America once said the VCR would be to the film business what the famous serial killer was to women. Things weren't quite so dire two weeks ago when I met with studio contacts in Los Angeles. I was told that they would continue to supply Netflix with content but not their most valuable. In some cases not even second-tier fare. They told me they simply can't afford to allow a discounter like Netflix to offer TV shows and films until the content had gone through the traditional distribution chain and most of the value was squeezed out. In other words, they want cable, pay TV services and regional TV broadcasters to get a crack at the shows and films first. One studio source who wasn't as down on Netflix predicted that the pressure on the company might ease as soon as the big studios and TV networks learned how to correctly price content for digital distribution. The source said the backlash in Hollywood against Netflix is only a knee-jerk response to a service that grew 60 percent last year and now boasts 20 million subscribers. But even that source said there's no way the studios are going to hand over new releases and hit films to Netflix--not until they are back catalog. The service grew fast and that worried the studios. Decision makers film and TV don't want people getting used to watching sought-after shows on an all-you-can-east basis for just $8 a month--less than the price of a single DVD. Meanwhile, Netflix has upped the ante by acquiring the rights to original content. Last week, the Los Gatos, Calif.-based company cut a deal to obtain &quot;House of Cards,&quot; a new series from actor Kevin Spacey and director David Fincher. The agreement was a departure from Netflix's typical licensing deals. Netflix usually obtains content after it has already appeared on TV or in the theater. The cost for the series is said to be between $50 million $100 million and that's likely too expensive for Netflix to acquire too many shows of the same caliber. Update:8:50 p.m. PTTo include statements from Netflix disputing that any deal for &quot;Californication&quot; and &quot;Dexter&quot; was final.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[When ER doc consults iPad, don't panic]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=when-er-doc-consults-ipad-dont-panic</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=when-er-doc-consults-ipad-dont-panic</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rosgo5tlin</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=when-er-doc-consults-ipad-dont-panic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Screenshot by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore/CNET)Nobody likes a conversation interrupted by the mobile-device grab, that increasingly familiar maneuver by which someone betrays a total lack of interest in said conversation and searches for whatever else might be going on in the world instead.But when your physician gets device-happy in the middle of your next doctor's visit, even in the ER, chances are it's for a good cause, such as looking up the latest on your condition in a reference guide.Rosen and Barkin's best-selling 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult has, for years, been a six-pound, 1,300-page clinical reference tome designed to support urgent care providers. Now, Unbound Medicine is releasing the new-and-improved fourth edition for mobile devices (including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, etc.) in a &quot;proven, rapid-access format.&quot;At $99.95, the price tag is heftier than it is for the paper product (at the time of this posting the hardcover is $81.64 on Amazon), but it features not only the guide's 600-plus urgent care topics and updated protocols and treatment guideline, but also personalized &quot;favorites&quot; (perhaps not the best word) for symptoms and conditions a user might encounter more frequently.For those with a little extra cash ($159.95), Unbound Medicine is also offering up the Emergency Central package, which includes not just the 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult but also the Diagnosaurus DDx (1,000-plus quick-reference diagnoses), Davis's Drug Guide (almost 2,000 monographs covering 5,000 trade and generic drugs), and the Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests (including more than 350 laboratory, imaging, and microbiology test monographs). The package also includes a year of online access to MEDLINE Journals.There are already several emergency room reference guides and glossaries for mobile devices (Emergency Room Glossary, iTriage, Medical Reference, etc.), but Rosen and Barkin's gold-standard 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult raises the bar.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Will Microsoft conquer free-to-play games with Age of Empires Online (video)]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=will-microsoft-conquer-free-to-play-games-with-age-of-empires-online-video</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=will-microsoft-conquer-free-to-play-games-with-age-of-empires-online-video</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rosgo5tlin</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=will-microsoft-conquer-free-to-play-games-with-age-of-empires-online-video</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Age of Empires has sold more than 25 million copies in retail stores over the years. So it was a big leap when Microsoft announced last August that it would recreate the game as an online-only free-to-play game. This week, it took the wraps off the game and we got a close look at it.If this free-to-play version takes off, it will become Microsoft&amp;'s flagship entry in the new age of downloadable online video games, where upstarts such as Gameforge, Nexon, Outspark and Perfect World are the contenders for the throne. Successful free-to-play video games can generate huge amounts of revenue and establish companies in the new digital distribution market.As I approached the game at Microsoft&amp;'s event this week in San Francisco, I was surprised to run into Chris Taylor, the zany chief executive of Gas Powered Games. He disclosed that his company had been working with Robot Entertainment on the project and was now taking over as lead developer on Age of Empires Online. Gas Powered Games has specialized in real-time strategy (where you fight enemies that move at the same time as your own forces), having made ground-breaking games in the PC-focused genre such as Supreme Commander.Everybody fretted over the death of real-time strategy when Microsoft shut down Ensemble Studios (the original developer of Age of Empires) a couple of years ago. But it&amp;'s hard to kill off a whole genre. Robot was started by former Ensemble Studios veterans and it began work on the online game two years ago. Now it has moved on to another game, Orcs Must Die. Taylor said that created the opportunity for Gas Powered Games to step in and finish the game, which still doesn&amp;'t have a launch date but is slated to come out this year.The online-only downloadable game won&amp;'t be the same experience as Age of Empires. It has a different art style and you most likely won&amp;'t be playing massive battles in the online version, as was possible in the older games. That&amp;'s a trade-off that will make the game more marketable. But there are benefits that come from having a persistent world that&amp;'s almost like a massively multiplayer online game.Ian Vogel, a Microsoft producer, said the art style is more accessible. To me, it looks more like a cartoon than the realistic graphics of the older Age of Empires games. One downside is that the game is downloadable. That means users must download it to their computers before they can play it. In the U.S., that&amp;'s not a great thing since not everybody has great broadband connections and some people don&amp;'t trust downloads. Browser-based games, where no download is required, tend to do better here with the mass market.Still, downloadable games can offer a great graphics experience and deep game play. The game has familiar combat between players, and it also has quests to embark upon. You can play cooperatively with friends or challenge them in matches. Since the game is integrated with your friends list on Xbox Live, you can engage in live chat.In this game, your empire&amp;'s capital city is always alive in a persistent  world. You can customize your city, collect resources, create crafts  and then trade them with others. You can build your forces and enter a  combat arena with your friends or fight random battles. Those battles  are a lot like the older multiplayer real-time combat sessions in the  classic games. But now you can gain experience and collect winnings that  can be used to build the persistent version of your empire. You can  progress through levels and get access to more stuff.Taylor says the cool thing about the game is that millions of people could play it without paying a dime. But you can take your civilization to the next level by purchasing a Premium Civilization Pack, which adds new game play and new experiences. The real sales trick for Microsoft is to convert as many people to paid accounts as possible. Typically, only 3 to 5 percent of players will pay, but that generates enough revenue to make a lot of games profitable. Success isn&amp;'t guaranteed, however. THQ recently decided to pull the plug on Company of Heroes Online after it failed to get enough people interested in paying.With the premium version, you can get access to rare gear, unlock new units such as Armored Elephants and Civilization Powers. You can explore a full technological development tree, enjoy more player vs. player options, produce more kinds of crafts in new workshops, and earn in-game currency from the stores in your capital city.Check out our video interview with Taylor below.Next Story: Week in review: Debate grows around Apple&amp;'s subscription plan Previous Story: iPhone 5 part shows bigger display, iPad 2 available next weekPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Age of Empires Online, real-time strategyCompanies: Gas Powered Games, Microsoft, Robot EntertainmentPeople: Chris Taylor          Tags: Age of Empires Online, real-time strategyCompanies: Gas Powered Games, Microsoft, Robot EntertainmentPeople: Chris TaylorDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>
