In this edition we look at the world’s fastest-growing media business. The video games market is forecast to reach over $80 billion by 2015, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. American, European and Japanese games makers dominate the market, but Middle Eastern actors want a bigger share of the pie. For many of them it’s not only about money, but also about cultural influence.
After years of disappointing profits, ho hum technology releases and a series of devastating hack attacks on its Playstation network, Sony is now trying to get back in the game with this week's release of the PS Vita, its new portable game system. In this week's Tech 24, hosts Rebecca Bowring and Eric Olander explain why this is by far the best portable game console on the market but it probably won't solve Sony's larger problems.
Today on the show, we go behind the scenes at Chanel to meet the seamstresses, and find out why war game 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3' is making a killing at the tills. Plus, one of Europe's most sought after cellists, Sonia Wieder-Atherton, joins Eve Jackson in the studio. Catch her in concert in Paris this week with Dennis Russell Davies.
China's brand new supercomputer: the Sunway BlueLight MPP's not the fastest but it's made only from domestic technology. What does that say about Chinese innovation? And, Bruce Wayne is back! We put the brand new Batman: Arkham City video game through its paces with special guest Marc Edwards.
The 2nd annual Paris gaming convention is getting underway in the French capital. An estimated +100,000 enthusiasts, developers and executives are expected to attend the show where one of the major attractions will be Ubisoft's launch of its newest title "Tintin." The French game-maker is teaming up with Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson to produce the game.
"Free Rice" was launched by the United Nations as part of the World Food Program; the aim of the game is to fight world hunger. Every time the player answers a question correctly, 10 grains of rice are donated.
Facebook unveiled its most ambitious design make-over in years with the release features like 'Timeline' that rearranges the display of users personal posts. As with all major Facebook announcements, the new changes have been greeted with mixed reviews. Plus, the Angry Birds phenomenon and Finish game-maker Rovio has been able to build a market of 350 million users.
In today’s show we meet the prolific, brilliant and extreme writer who favours a dark story, John Burnside. Also on the show: sex, violence and prostitution in Bertrand Bonello's new film "The House of Tolerance" and old school arcade games make a comeback as fans opt for retro technology.
Whether it is cinema, computing or communications, advances in science are constantly transforming our lives. Whilst some might say that new technology is taking over our lives, in medical settings it is often the case that our lives are saved by advances in science.
Nintendo has emerged as the star of the video game industry's huge annual convention in Los Angeles known as E3. Sony, however, received mixed-reviews as the electronics giant struggled to move on from a damaging hacking scandal.
