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• Commodore 64 Emulator on IPhone Shot Down   JP
  
  • Developed by ManaMio (Flashback fame)
  • “an Application may not itself install or launch other executable code by any means.” As the program would allow users to “boot” C64 disks
  • Other apps, such as Frotz, boot novels up.
  • Just goes to show the un-even-ness of the selection process
• Spammer goes to Jail
  • 5 defendants going to jail
  • wide-ranging international stock fraud scheme involving the illegal use of bulk commercial e-mails (spam)
  • sent billions of illegal e-mail advertisements to pump up Chinese ‘penny’ stocks
  • sold for profit while others bought at the inflated prices
  • wire fraud, money laundering, and violating the CAN-SPAM Act
  • 87 months in prison and a $1 million fine (whole range for the different defendants)
• ASCAP wants to get paid every time your phone rings
  • Licensee for a lot of the music out there
  • Radio Stations, TV Stations, ITunes, etc have to buy from them
  • Same ppl who went after Girl Scouts for singing around campfire and restaurants for singing Happy B-Day
  • Suing AT&T because of ring tones
  • Claim that every time ur phone rings, its a public performance (radio stations pay per play)
• Best Buy dabbling in used game market (J)
  • Setting up beta kiosks that will accept a wide range of used games and give you in-store credit
  • (Steven) Gamestop already make $8.8 billion in the fiscal year ending 31 January 2009, up from $7.1 billion, on used games alone (48 cents on the dollar is profit)
  • Same kiosk will rent games and partition out the games traded in
  • Toys R Us, Amazon, and Wal-mart all have similar initiatives
  • All the institutions claim that money is being used on new product (s – they can’t guarantee that and it is one less sale that will go to developers)
  • Discussion Time – Pro’s, Con’s for both users and Developers
• Confirmed: Steve Jobs Liver Transplant
  • Hospital confirmed to cnet that Jobs had surgery
  • Liver transplant 2 months ago at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis
  • Now back on the job at Apple (pun intended) and recovering well
• Apple’s 3GS Hits 1 million sold in 3 days
  • (Steven)Holy crap!
  • 3GS only launched in 8 countries, 21 for 3G launch last yr (same amount sold in a weekend)
  • Still no upgrade path for current customers. $400 schamolies  (JP – not exactly… early adopters with in 11 – 13 month window are being allowed to get a discounted rate for the upgrade)

• Magic: Duel of the Planeswalker on XBLA
  • Collectible card games are the new “chess”
  • Can be used as a Meta-Language
  • (Steven) This app will probably tip the scale 4 me towards XBox360
• Max Payne 3: Older, Balder, and in Brazil?  (Good that Bruce Willis can find more work… I love that guy!! – JP)
  
  • What defines “Noir”?
• Biggest Announcement at E3? Direct integration of Twitter, Last.Fm, and Facebook into X360   (JP – Post E3 Surveys show game most looked forward to is HALO 3 ODST!!!)
  
• Cannes Multi-Touch Wall: Minority Report in the Real World?
• Big GoW2 update on the way

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