InstantAction Brings Gaming To The Web Browser

OnLive just announced that their remote gaming service would finallylaunch on June 17, 2010, and already a major competitor has stepped upto create a bit of competition. InstantAction is a company that'soffering a new way to game, and as with most everything else thesedays, it's highly connected to the cloud and highly different from the"I'll just buy this game on a disc" business model that has been fadingfast for the past few years. It's not much like Steam, and it's barely similar to OnLive. It uses anew streaming process that captures files onto your hard drive whileyou're playing, and similar to have an HDX quality movie plays fromVUDU, this system downloads just enough of the game onto your HDD inorder to get you going, and then it downloads more and more in thebackground as you play. The games that users can trial or purchase arefull versions, and the same requirements that the out-of-the-boxversion would have are shared here. InstantAction enables users todownload games and play them from within a web browser, but unlikeOnLive, the actual processing happens locally on the PC. The company has thus far landed a deal with LucasArts to bring thosetitles to the platform, and they're hoping that many other unknown gamedevelopers will choose this platform for sharing their games with theworld. Rather than seeking out a publisher, this is a new way toself-publish software. Another unique feature of this software is theability to embed full games into any web browser; each game is assignedan HTML embed code, and if you publish a game through InstantAction,you can them embed it into forums, blogs, etc. for others to see. Fromthere, they can just click "Try game" in order to test it out for agiven amount of time, or they can buy it and play it endlessly. Have alisten at the CEO below as he describes in detail what he hopes theservice will accomplish; this may not be a true Steam rival, but itcould definitely make a huge splash with gamers that already favordigital distribution. Everything InstantAction from InstantAction on Vimeo. Browser-based gaming innovator InstantActiontoday announced the immediate availability of a new direct-to-consumeronline video game distribution platform that enables game creators toembed any video game anywhere on the web, including blogs, email, andsocial media sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Using a hybrid combination of in-browser, thin-client, and progressive downloading technologies, InstantActionmakes embedding premium video games as easy as uploading a standardvideo or photo, and at equivalent speeds. As a result, game creatorscan dramatically expand distribution by putting games where consumersare online and in settings where friends' recommendations andinvitations are most powerful. LucasArts announced last night at GDC they are using the InstantAction platform for online distribution of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, which is launching soon. Benefits of InstantAction for consumers: Browseand sample the actual game for free, or consume content in apay-as-you-go method. No more paying large sums up front, sight unseen. Instant access. You don't have to wait hours to have access to the game... you're literally playing in just a couple of minutes. Better than ownership of a game... InstantActionis an entitlement-based platform. Once you've paid for the game,whether it was incrementally or in one chunk, you own it. You can playit on your computer, on your friend's computer, on a hundred computers.As long as you're logged in as yourself, you can play it. Additionally,all saved games are stored on InstantAction servers and backed up regularly. Benefits of InstantAction for game creators: Free trials & rent-to-own capabilities put games instantly in front of more potential consumers. "Sample as you go" models produce more revenue and more loyal customers. The ability to embed a game anywhere means consumers can play agame inside the review site, on a fan site, and inside their Facebookor MySpace pages. Embed a game in the same way you'd embed a YouTubevideo... send an html email with a game just like you would a picture.Invite friends in your social network to play in same way you'd sharepictures or movies. InstantAction is the only platform that offers this capability.

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AISO.net Launches Touchcloud with 100% Uptime SLA at SXSW

sound enterprise hosting solution now exists! AISO.net introduces Touchcloud – the green alternative for hosting. Touchcloud’s 100 percent solar-powered data center in California’s Palm Desert provides clean hosting of files and software, including live streaming, video, music, digital downloads, web sites, enterprise software and more. Partnering with Thunkinc.com, AISO.net has created a scalable web-hosting platform [...] Related posts: Why a green web host is a responsible choice Dedicated Server Company, DedicatedNOW, Announces 100% Uptime for 2009 Calendar Year What Are the Key Contributions of Green Web Hosting to the World …

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New Google Geocoding Web Service

New Google Geocoding Web Service The service is now 'not limited' but you are required to show the results on a Google Map. Examples given to help user understand the importance of this update. Lots... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream and provide you with the newest, fastest, cleanest and most user friendly maps that are available online. News has location and it is mapped.

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Where can I watch whole movies online for free?

A reader wrote me last week with this question: Where can I watch whole movies online for free? There are actually quite a few great sources for free online movies on the Web, and yes, that does mean complete, full-length movies. Here we go: Top Ten Sites for Free Full Length Movies: Lots of websites promise free full length movies, but I've sorted through it all to show you the top ten very best sites that will deliver great video right to your desktop. I've rounded up dozens more of the best places on the Web to watch free movies in my article titled Free Movie Sites. You'll also want to check out A Guide to General Free Movie Downloads on the Web and Independent Films and Documentaries. If you'd like to skip right to the best sites and search engines for JUST movie torrents, then you can check out the Top Ten Sites to Find Movie Torrents.. It's easy to be overwhelmed with the number of torrents found in an average search engine query, soI've made finding the best movie torrents a little bit easier. In order to get your movies, clips, and videos exactly how and where you want them - whether that be on your computer, iPod, or television - you'll need to use tools that convert these free movie downloads into a compatible format. Read more about these free movie download tools here: The Top Fifteen Free Movie Download Tools. Where can I watch whole movies online for free? originally appeared on About.com Web Search on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at 10:47:18. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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In Depth: Top 10 best iPhone apps to download today

The App store is jam packed with iPhone apps - we've previously covered our Top 10 best free iPhone apps, our pick of the 10 best free iPhone games on the planet and many more. Our complete guide to the best iPhone apps links to all the best apps you can get your hands on. But what if you just want to know the 10 apps that every iPhone user absolutely must own? Then read on... 01. Tweetie £1.79 Our favourite Twitter client We know that you might not be interested in a client for the microblogging service Twitter, but Tweetie is such an excellent example of how apps make the iPhone great that it takes our top spot nonetheless; Twitter was born for the iPhone. Tweetie lacks only push notifications (though you could add that with an app such as Boxcar) to make it the ultimate Twitter app; it can geotag your tweets, let you view conversations, supports Lists, the new retweet feature and more. Buy from the iTunes Store 02. Documents To Go £8.99 Word, Excel and PowerPoint editing Documents to Go has the best word processor we've seen on iPhone, letting you create and edit Word docs while retaining formatting. It can work with Excel and PowerPoint documents, too, and the Premium edition lets you grab attachments from Gmail or Exchange servers. Buy from the iTunes Store 03. The Guardian £2.39 Get your news on the go! We're often asked why you'd spend money on an app that lets you do something that's free through Safari. This app is a good answer. Not only can you tailor the news that is delivered, but it's simple to use and you can cache stories to read offline when you're on the Tube. Buy from the iTunes Store 04. TomTom UK & Ireland £59.99 Turn-by-turn directions There are cheaper apps that add turn-by-turn navigation to the iPhone 3GS (the £26.99 CoPilot Live app will happily get you from A to B) but it should come as no surprise that the app from TomTom is by far the most polished. It lacks live traffic info, but we hope that's coming soon. Buy from the iTunes Store 05. Facebook £FREE Social networking client The great thing about this app is that it lets you keep in touch with friends and upload photos from the iPhone's camera straight to Facebook. It also offers push notifications too. Now as soon as a friend comments on your status, you'll know. 06. Reeder £1.79 The best RSS reader This little app syncs with Google Reader, a service for reading RSS feeds from your favourite sites. Though the interface looks a little sparse, it's actually stuffed with features, and since there are lots of Google Reader clients for the Mac too, you can keep your feeds in sync. Buy from the iTunes Store 07. Mobile Allowance £0.59 A super billing assistant Whether your iPhone came from O2 or Orange, this is a fantastic app for keeping track of how much of your monthly allocation of minutes and texts you have used, plus any extra charges. We installed the free O2 one, but went back to Mobile Allowance as it's much cleaner. Buy from the iTunes Store 08. Instapaper Pro £2.99 Offline reading You know how you often come across articles on the web that you want to read, just not now? Ping them to the free Instapaper service, then use this app that caches for offline reading for you to read later. There's a free version too, though it lacks the tilt-to-scroll feature. Buy from the iTunes Store 09. RedLaser £1.19 The ultimate price checker This app uses the iPhone's camera to take pictures of barcodes, then looks for the product online to check prices. Amazon results are first, but it also supports Google Product Search to query a huge number of other online stores. Just don't let the staff in HMV catch you! Buy from the iTunes Store 10. National Rail Enquiries £4.99 Rail journey planner Sure, you can use Safari to muddle through the National Rail's website to find times, but, while it's expensive, this app is an essential investment for regular train-users. It helps plan journeys, optionally remembering your favourite stations and even favourite journeys, and shows the live progress of your train. Our favourite feature: tap a button marked 'Next train home' and the iPhone will work out where you are, where your closest station is, and when the next train leaving for your home station departs. Buy from the iTunes Store

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The Most Suitable List of Free Mail Sites

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Drupal Battles Content Management Goliaths at India's Premier Software Developer Awards

Bangalore, March 11, 2010: Content management technologies first entered the market primarily in the form a separate line-of-business (LOB) application such as a human resources portal or a dealer extranet. They were basically rolled out in response to specific business needs. The technology vendor base was categorised with the key players focusing on a niche within content management, such as document management, Web content management or digital asset management. Slowly with time and usage, both customer and vendor organisations started realizing the value proposition that content management could bring to the table to address multiple business problems across numerous departments. Thus Enterprise Content Management (ECM) was born, serving as a platform for: • Building multiple content- and process-centric applications • Deploying tens to hundreds or even thousands of Web sites and portals • Supplying content and content services to other enterprise applications, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems • Facilitating content lifecycle management read more

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