Xbox One isn’t backwards compatible with Xbox 360 discs or Xbox Live Arcade, Gamerscore transfers

It's true: the Xbox One will not play your Xbox 360 game discs, nor will your Xbox Live Arcade games transfer (not to mention any other content that's dependent on the 360's hardware architecture, anyhow). That Gamerscore you've been earning, though? That's gonna transfer. As will your Xbox Live Gamertag. Sadly, due to the x86 architecture of the Xbox One, the PowerPC-based 360 titles simply … [Read more...]

Philips transfers TV business to a joint venture with TPV Technology, TPV takes the controlling stake

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It took almost exactly a year, but Philips is finally free of its pesky, money-losing TV problem. As planned, the company transferred its television business into a joint venture with Hong Kong-based TPV Technology called TP Vision -- an arrangement that endows TPV with a controlling 70 percent stake. (Philips will still receive royalties on top of whatever it earns through this venture, and plans … [Read more...]