http://www.b2boutsource.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:59:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One statistic that repeatedly popped up was the fact that more than 500,000 copies had been downloaded off BitTorrent sites. EA claims to have sold 1 million copies since launch, which would mean that there are potentially 1.5 million Spore instances. The big question is whether EA ... http://www.b2boutsource.com/index.php/2010/09/04/ea-piracy-didnt-hurt-spore-sales/ Spout widgets also let viewers subscribe to updates to a presentation via RSS, share them, and so on. Sprout is a Flash authoring environment that puts the two Flash authoring environments I just covered to shame. Completely Flash based, it lets you put all your media into a Flash ... http://www.b2boutsource.com/index.php/2010/08/29/sprout-now-thats-a-flash-builder/ Update: Charlotte Betterley from Novell PR responded to my question withthe following: commentary (Credit: Novell) Regardless, it's an impressive win and a further demonstration that Novell is finding its Linux feet without needing the Microsoft crutch. That's good news for all. Indeed, the press release calls out Invitrogen's adoption of Novell's new PlateSpin ... http://www.b2boutsource.com/index.php/2010/08/24/invitrogen-buys-into-novells-suse-linux/ I was impressed by the preview I got in September of the bookmarking and Web annotation tool Diigo 3.0. It's taken the company until this morning to release this version to the public. In the interim the team has added features and tweaked the design. It's been worth the ... http://www.b2boutsource.com/index.php/2010/08/23/diigo-30-the-all-powerful-personal-social-bookm/ Dell notebooks will be available in retail stores in India for the first time, the company said Tuesday. (Credit: Dell) The move to make its PC available in retail stores follows a strategy the company began laying out almost a year ago when it first announced it would offer some PCs through ... http://www.b2boutsource.com/index.php/2010/08/23/dell-adds-another-retail-partner-this-time-in-ind/ My experience (albeit limited - I can't stand Wal-Mart) with Wal-Mart is generally that cost is king for its customers, and that volume is king for Wal-Mart. I can understand Wal-Mart dropping Linux for the latter reason (though early reports suggest that the machine repeatedly sold out), but I'm surprised ... http://www.b2boutsource.com/index.php/2010/08/23/wal-mart-dumps-linux-much-ado-aboutmicrosoft/ eReader, one of the oldest e-booksellers, was recently acquired by another e-book veteran, Fictionwise. To celebrate, the company just dropped the prices on over 8,000 titles: Every book over $10 has been discounted up to 20 percent. P.S. I don't care what Steve Jobs thinks about the masses: ... http://www.b2boutsource.com/index.php/2010/08/23/scoop-up-e-books-on-the-cheap/ The price drop is a direct response to the newly resurgent Apple TV. When it was first introduced in September 2007, the Vudu box delivered several advantages versus the Apple: it offered PC-free movie downloads with instant-on playback and good video quality, and included content from all major movie studios. ... http://www.b2boutsource.com/index.php/2010/08/23/vudu-drops-price-to-fend-off-resurgent-apple-tv/ (Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET) Sanyo Katana Eclipse Sprint has announced that it will launch an update to the Sanyo Katana Eclipse, dubbed the Katana Eclipse X. The primary difference is that the Katana Eclipse X will have Sprint's new One Click user interface. One Click, as seen on phones like the Samsung Rant, the ... http://www.b2boutsource.com/index.php/2010/08/23/sanyo-katana-eclipse-x-is-updated-with-one-click/ (Credit: whatlaptop.co.uk) It's also got two things we specifically look for in a Netbook: a 6-cell battery (adds some bulk, but also 5-plus hours of battery life), and integrated Bluetooth (important for tethering a smartphone for mobile broadband access on the cheap). We previously noted that, "Samsung has made laptops for pretty ... http://www.b2boutsource.com/index.php/2010/08/23/samsungs-new-netbook-spotted/