Items tagged with 'downloads'

Amazon Agrees To Sell PlayStation Network Tokens -- A Sign Of Things To Come?

Amazon Agrees To Sell PlayStation Network Tokens -- A Sign Of Things To Come?

Sony and Amazon have an interesting relationship. On one hand, they're enemies. The Kindle rivals the Sony Reader, and vice-versa. On the other, they're best of friends, with Sony now being able to sell digital downloads codes for its PlayStation wares through the online mega-retailer's website. A newly formed agreement... Read More
GameStop Finds Exec To Handle Digital Media--Downloads To Come?

GameStop Finds Exec To Handle Digital Media--Downloads To Come?

It's the signs of a changing world. Changing demands. Changing norms. And a changing face of gaming. It's the digital era, and it's officially being ushered in at GameStop. While many tied to the brick-and-mortar gaming industry have wondered just how they'd cope with the increasing demand from gamers to have new titles... Read More
Over 8 Million Firefox 3 Downloads in 24 Hours

Over 8 Million Firefox 3 Downloads in 24 Hours

Despite running into a few glitches at the start of the record-setting attempt for the most software downloaded in 24 hours, approximately 8.3 million full copies of Firefox 3 were downloaded during the first 24 hours of its availability. The Mozilla folks are working with the blokes from Guinness World Records to determine... Read More
Amazon.com Adding Games to Software Downloads

Amazon.com Adding Games to Software Downloads

When Amazon.com opened its software download service in early January, it seemed curious that they would create a downloader app if they didn't have something larger in mind. A job posting on Gamasutra suggests Amazon will soon start a PC game download store to compliment Unbox, its video-on-demand service, and the site's... Read More
AT&T, Napster Team on Wireless Downloads

AT&T, Napster Team on Wireless Downloads

Don't bother to try this on your iPhone as it's tied to iTunes (naturally), but for other phones, AT&T has announced the  Napster Mobile via AT&T Mobile Music service.  Starting in mid-November customers will be able to browse 5 millions songs in the Napster catalog and download them directly to their... Read More
Amazon Goes DRM-Free For Music Downloads

Amazon Goes DRM-Free For Music Downloads

Internet retail giant Amazon.com today launched its "Amazon MP3" digital music download service. The 2 million songs available come without Digital Rights  Management restrictions, and will play on most any device  that can handle a sound file. Most songs are priced from 89 cents to 99 cents, with more than... Read More
NBC to Offer Free Downloads of Its Shows

NBC to Offer Free Downloads of Its Shows

On Thursday, NBC announced a new service, "NBC Direct." NBC Direct will allow users to download and view many popular NBC shows -- for free. The shows will require a special player, and they will have a license that expires one week after the original airing -- note carefully, not one week after you download it, but one... Read More
Firefox reaches 400 million downloads

Firefox reaches 400 million downloads

Firefox launched on November 9, 2004. It took one year for Firefox to reach 100 million downloads. One further year and it doubled to 200 million. One more year and it's doubled again to 400 million downloads. Today, you all have done it once again. With your amazing efforts, Firefox has reached 400 million downloads... Read More
Wal-Mart Launches DRM-Free Music Downloads

Wal-Mart Launches DRM-Free Music Downloads

Wal-Mart has joined the likes of Amazon.com and iTunes today - it is offering MP3 downloads, free of DRM.  Much as it's hard to applaud anything Wal-Mart does, it is a major step when the world's largest retailer signs up.Wal-Mart announces the launch of "DRM-free" MP3 music downloads, now available online at http://www.walmart.com.... Read More
Safari For Windows: 1 Million+ Downloads

Safari For Windows: 1 Million+ Downloads

Despite numerous sites running stories that point out that the beta for the allegedly secure Apple browser has serious security flaws, Apple claims that they've exceeded the 1 million downloads mark:"More than 1 million copies of Apple Inc.'s Safari web browser for Windows were downloaded in its first two days of availability,... Read More
Human Sacrifice, Dogs And Cats Living Together, Legal Downloads On BitTorrent...

Human Sacrifice, Dogs And Cats Living Together, Legal Downloads On BitTorrent...

BitTorrent, the peer to peer file sharing giant, is launching a download service that offers licensed, legitimate versions of TV and movie downloads. Cue the mass hysteria. The San Francisco-based company is betting that at least one-third of the 135 million people who have downloaded the BitTorrent software will be willing... Read More