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      <title>No wonder that digital downloads sales aren't going well</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://static.serverland.it/dandandin.it/img/blog/2013/ac3.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 414px;" /></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">I shot this photo a week before the official release of Assassin's Creed 3: you could preorder it the digital <em>gold edition</em> for just 130 euro ($170). What a bargain!! On Amazon you could preorder the boxed version for just $60 (now <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050SXFKE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0050SXFKE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=dandandin-20">now $30</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=dandandin-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0050SXFKE" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" width="1" />), and you can lend it to friends, sell it, keep it on the shelf to gather dust, etc...</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">You might say "hey, that special $170 digital download gave the PS Vita version <em>for free</em>"</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">But on Amazon the PS Vita version <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007BJNR6C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B007BJNR6C&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=dandandin-20">was $40</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=dandandin-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B007BJNR6C" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" width="1" /> , if you bought both the boxed edition you would still saved a lot of money, even if you splurged on the exclusive <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LB9E24/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B009LB9E24&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=dandandin-20">Assassin's Creed III Encyclopedia Edition</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=dandandin-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B009LB9E24" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" width="1" />, that <strong>includes a 384 pages hardcover book and a 208 pages graphic novel</strong>.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">I believe that a digital download <strong>MUST</strong> be <strong>MUCH CHEAPER</strong> than the retail edition!</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Let's go back to the Amazon Bluray edition that now you can get for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050SXFKE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0050SXFKE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=dandandin-20">$30</a>. Remove the markup that Amazon is doing on it, marketing, distribution, printing, prepress, etc... how much money is Ubisoft getting? I would be surprised if they get more than $8.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Why, why, why, the digital download, must be sold at the same price level, if it doesn't have any upfront to the seller?</p>
<br /><a href='https://old.dandandin.net/no-wonder-that-digital-downloads-sales-arent-going-well'>Magnetic_dud</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='https://old.dandandin.net/no-wonder-that-digital-downloads-sales-arent-going-well'>...</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Live presentation of Windows 7 on Japanese TV</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>At a Japanese morning show, is presented a new Sony computer with touch screen monitor.</p>
<p>How will work the touchscreen?</p>
<p>Will this "<i>tacchi paneru no monitaa</i>" be truly revolutionary?</p>
<p>Let's see the video:</p>
<p style="text-align: center; "><iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4p_q9sh95pw" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>
<p align="center"><i>"uh, convenient, right? Here, open Google Earth, this gesture will magnify..."</i></p><br /><a href='https://old.dandandin.net/live-presentation-of-windows-7-on-japanese-tv'>Magnetic_dud</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='https://old.dandandin.net/live-presentation-of-windows-7-on-japanese-tv'>...</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>This is how Sony plans to fix Geohot's exploit</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>I didn't write about latest Geohot's exploit on this Website (but I covered it on the <a href="http://www.dandandin.it/">Italian version</a> of this Website). Essentially his exploit managed to trip the hypervisor and run unauthorized code and get full access to the console hardware.</p>
<p>This exploit was using the linux support feature, a feature that thousands of people are using, both for fun or research purposes. The PS3 doesn't have mush RAM available, only 256MB, but has a very powerful CPU, and it is used in many computer clustering solutions.</p>
<p>Also linux offers some illegal uses, like bluray disc copying, as you can just write <code>dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/imagename.img</code> to have a copy <img alt="" src="http://www.serverland.it/static/dandandin.it/img/smiley/wink_smile.gif" /></p>
<p>This feature has been arbitrarily removed on the newer PS3 slim, as Sony said "is not worth the hassle to maintain the hypervisor".</p>
<p>After that, Geohot found an unpatchable bug on the hypervisor, so, how to fix it?</p>
<p>He just found the key of the door, but nobody dared to open the door yet, but they want to keep it close, so they just announced&#160; on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/28/ps3-firmware-v3-21-update/">their official blog</a> that they will disable linux forever for everyone with the 1st april update!! (Note: it's not an april fool, they said)</p>
<p>It's like to evirate the entire male population of a country, to prevent a potential illness!</p>
<p>And they also have some humour: you can choose to don't get this update, but you will lose access to the Playstation Network, the latest games, and latest bluray movies. <img alt="" src="http://www.serverland.it/static/dandandin.it/img/smiley/doh.gif" /></p>
<p>That means that this exploit has potential! Sony knows it, doesn't have any clue on how to fix it, and it's scared <img alt="" src="http://www.serverland.it/static/dandandin.it/img/smiley/teeth_smile.gif" /></p>
<p>The war has begun! Geohot is angry about this decision, and will <a href="http://geohotps3.blogspot.com/2010/03/dont-update.html">release soon a custom firmware</a> to keep the OtherOS option in the menu <img alt="" src="http://www.serverland.it/static/dandandin.it/img/smiley/wink_smile.gif" /></p>
<p>Look at this:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.serverland.it/static/dandandin.it/img/blog/2010/03/customtheme3.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Don't upgrade, and wait for Geohot!</p><br /><a href='https://old.dandandin.net/this-is-how-sony-plans-to-fix-geohots-exploit.aspx'>Magnetic_dud</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='https://old.dandandin.net/this-is-how-sony-plans-to-fix-geohots-exploit.aspx'>...</a>]]></description>
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      <author>mail-en@dandandin.it (Magnetic_dud)</author>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:35:30 GMT</pubDate>
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