Ep. 113 – They Make It So Hard

Summary: Our second live show, now with added pain in the ass. Once we got Paul to stop getting us banned from Google + though, it was pretty smooth sailing. Thanks for watching, and let us know what you think of the new video format! Show notes below. Apple : Grabs John Bruno from AMD. Microsoft: Posts first ever quarterly loss. Windows 8 to launch on Oct 26th. Windows 8 Upgrade Offer website launches. UK offers look like this. Windows App Store details emerge. Office 2013 customer preview is released. Not compatible with Win XP or Vista. Microsoft like Big Boobs. Google Nexus 7 launched. Problems with deliveries means new orders are postponed. Patent Wars Apple ordered to publish adverts for Samsung in the UK for six month. Apple appeals. Galaxy Tab 10.1 still banned in the US. Mozilla OS revealed and devs can test the OS now on Windows, Linux & Mac. Ouya console breaks kickstarter records. Strange first big title commitment. XBMC finally comes to Android. Western Digital launches Red line of hard drives for those using raid setups. Digg sells for just 500k. Gaming News: Could the next generation consoles be hardware upgradeable? Microsoft may think so. Steam coming to Linux. Rocksteady taking Batman to the 1950’s apparently as Warner Bros look to games to establish the Justice League into public consciousness. Activision bringing back Pitfall.....again. Activision owns Nintendo. Do it or no games. EA/Bioware announce Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar, a remake of 1985’s Ultima IV. Cross-platform free to play action RPG. Beta signup available through Origin. Battlefield 4 announced via Medal of Honor Warfighter.