DigitalLife is a trade show that is put on by Ziff Davis Media at the New York Jacob Javitz Center, which typically included technology and video games, but seems to be cancelled for this year because of a bad economy. Vice President Paul O’Reilly said the following during an interview:
The poor economic conditions have created a very different and difficult dynamic for us this year, and we weren’t confident that we could present a show experience that was consistent with the successes of prior years.
I can say that as a previous attendee last year this show was dying, he goes on to say:
Hopefully, a bigger and stronger DigitalLife will return in 2009. We will make additional announcements about the future of the show when details are available.
I would love for his last statement to be true since this show is very accessible to everyone on the East coast and it would be great to have something that could rival E3 or CES on the East coast as well, but it seems like a big stretch especially after the news of this years cancellation.
[Via Cnet]
CES has come to an end and another great announcement for the PSP fans out there. This is one is much bigger than Skype. PSP will soon have full Divx support via Firmware update 4.o. This means that downloaded movies from PC Store will be playable as well as one transferred from the PS3. There will also be third parties selling movies too soon. This raises the question: Is the PSP the ultimate portable media center? Let us know what you think.
So the day has come that all PS3 owners have been waiting for… no MS hasn’t exploded, but something almost as good for the die hard fans of the PS3, confirmation of in game XMB. Confirmed at CES is the Xross Media Bar (XMB) that will be available in 2008, no firm dates yet but Paul Purdy stepped up during the show and confirmed that this will happen in 2008. 
I was the first one to be upset when I found out that Skype would be coming to the PSP, but only to those who bought the PSP Sim. I was beginning to feel unloved by SONY and their constant love for only those that are Slim! Looks like the firmware update that will allow users to benefit from Skype needs to use the bigger memory of the newer models. Fine, but it still hurts SONY, I say you make something that is only for original users next! 
Sony’s big secret that the PSP will be Skype compatible was let out early but there was one caveat that we did not see coming. A future firmware update will allow only users with the PSP Slim to obtain the update. No one knows the exact reason, but a future microphone that is to be released to allow voice communcation might not work with the older model. Although I like the idea of firmware updates, alienating a good amount of your users who were loyal to you in the beginning stages of the handheld is a huge, huge, kick to the junk.
It’s a pretty safe assumption that Bill Gates has an ego. If I was worth about 50 billion I would. CES is upon us and forth those of you who don’t know, its basically the largest electronics show there is. Past CES’s have been the spot for many a big announcement as well as the unveiling of some crazy shit. This is the last time that we will see Bill Gates speak at this event and a reasonable mind would have to expect him to drop a huge bomb. The whole HD-DVD thing is sort of a downer and may be a blessing in disguise by finally ending a format war. People are expecting him to make a huge announcement. As an avid Xbox 360 owner, I’m hoping he does.
