Media Molecule has been Acquired by Sony Games

I am very happy to fill spare time with the playstation, playing alone or together with my son. Maybe this is good news for lovers Sony games, which currently Sony has acquired game studios from Surrey, England called Media Molecule. This agreement means that Media Molecule to be part of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios. Media Molecule is the studio behind the success of LittleBigPlanet, one of Sony games that allow users to build their own game levels and share them with other gamers.

LittleBigPlanet later won many awards and sold millions of copies in a matter. "Ever since they hit the gaming scene, Media Molecule has proven itself as an innovative game studios that attract gamers," said Sony Game Studios president Shuhei Yoshida. "We invite them to join the Sony family in order to prove our dedication in creating a fantastic gaming experience. We believe this collaboration will strengthen our position in this industry leading," he explained.

Media Molecule show the same enthusiasm with Sony respond to this cooperation. In the website, Media Molecule blog written release announcing the acquisition of Sony by Media Molecule. "We have been 'married'," Media Molecule wrote in his blog. "After spending time exploring the romantic, has 'a beautiful child', we are very excited to continue 'engagement' to the 'marriage' to a 'partner' Sony Computer Entertainment!," Said Media Molecule.

Business Cooperation Microsoft and Yahoo Finally Signed

The business search engine and online advertising between Microsoft and Yahoo finally signed. Both sides claimed to have completed all parts of the cooperation agreement and hope to implement it starting next year.

"Microsoft and Yahoo believe this agreement will create an alternative search engine services more sustainable and more attractive, providing real choices, better benefits, and innovation for consumers, advertisers, and publishers," the joint statement released last Friday.

Memorandum of understanding between the two sides earlier agreed in July between CEO Steve Microsot Yahoo Ballamer and CEO Carol Bartz. In cooperation, they agreed to work together for ten years to compete with Google which currently dominate the market search engine and online advertising.

One of the main agreement is the Yahoo search engines will use artificial Bing Microsoft on their site. Yahoo also will get a share of advertising revenue earned from the Microsoft business search engine and ad network. The agreement is a form of compromise from Yahoo acquisition bid by Microsoft, but it was rejected several times.

Apple is Exploring the Acquisition Lala

Currently Apple is exploring the acquisition Lala.com, an online service provider of streaming and downloading music. The presence of Lala is believed would end the era of MP3 because to enjoy music through the Lala can be done without the need to download it via high-speed streaming service.

In October, Lala.com cofounder Bill Nguyen demonstrates that the application can work on the iPhone. These applications provide 8 million song titles that can be heard live via the Internet. To be able to listen to a song, the user must pay a license at a price of 10 cents, but as soon as it entered the playlist of the song can be heard at any time.

Own voice quality is lower than the songs sold on iTunes. However, Lala developed technology enabling quick searches and direct songs can be heard in a short time. Laura cloud services apply technology in this service with a powerful streaming server.

Nguyen calls this concept as the beginning of the demise of MP3. However, Lala also provides download songs in MP3 format at a cost of 89 cents per song. By comparison, downloads on iTunes cost 69 cents per song. Lala also offers a streaming link to a profile posted on Facebook at the cost of 10 cents per song.

Lala is a new company that stood in Palo Alto, Caliornia. Launched in 2006 with an investment of U.S. $ 35 million from Bain Capital LLC, Ignition Partners and Warner Music Group Corp. The company debuted as a seller of online music CD sales but switch songs began in October 2008. For now, the new Lala services available in the U.S..