Amazon has announced their acquisition of the touchscreen company Touchco, a move that will lead to the next Kindle e-reader being a touchscreen device.
The NY Times says Touchco’s “interpolating force-sensitive resistance technology allows for flexible, transparent, pressure-sensitive touch-screens that could cost as little as $10 a square foot.”
By comparison, the iPad’s touchscreen is more expensive and “cannot detect the unlimited amount of simultaneous touch points that Touchco’s technology allows.”
Touchco’s screens can distinguish between the different pressures produced by a human finger or by a pen stylus.
Result for: resistance
Cable giant Comcast is one step closer to finalizing a deal with General Electric that will give the media company a 51 percent majority stake in NBC Universal, the struggling broadcast and movie unit.
The merger can move forward now that Vivendi has agreed to sell their 20 percent stake in NBCU to GE for $5.8 billion USD.
Of course, the Vivendi deal will need to be approved by FCC regulators but the sale should not meet much resistance.
If approved, Comcast will buy their stake for $30 billion USD. That deal will need regulator approval as well and could take up to 18 months to complete.
Result for: resistance
Sony Europe has confirmed that four games will be added to the PS3 Platinum line, which sell for GBP 19.99 or less.
The games are Motorstorm: Pacific Rift, Killzone 2, Resistance 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4, all of which sold minimum 400,000 units.
The official release date is not yet known, however October seems most likely. Many of the games already sell for close to the new MSRP.
Current ‘Platinum’ games are Assassin’s Creed, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, all of which were top sellers.
Gi.biz notes that an Amazon UK listing shows Grand Theft Auto IV will also join the Platinum line soon and is already selling for £16.99 via preorder.
