The ongoing delay by the EU to approve the Oracle buyout of Sun may have dire consequences, as it’s costing both Sun and Oracle money to continue operating in their current positions without being able to take any action to integrate the two companies and start to reduce costs. Speculation on this site is that Oracle may be forced to drop the deal if Sun’s stock price continues to drop, since at a point the value of the company stock will be below Oracle’s original buyout offer. At that point it wouldn’t make sense for Oracle to continue with the deal. What happens at that point may be disastrous for Sun if Oracle backs out of the deal, since Sun may not be able to continue alone viably at that point.
BBC’s iPlayer to be available globally soon?
The BBC have plans to allow global access to their iPlayer feature, which streams BBC TV content across the web. Up until now the service has only been available in the UK.
Console sales shakeup – Wii stalls, PS3 accelerates, XBox360 drops to third
There’s been some recent shake up in the big three console sales – the PS3 recently has taken a surge in sales, most likely due to the price drop to $299 and the introduction of the new Slim model. In September the PS3 outsold both the Wii and the XBox360 for the first time. XBox360 sales dropped to third place behind the Wii. Seems like the tables have turned.
Meanwhile Nintendo’s president has been talking about the Wii’s slump in sales, and the difficulty of keeping a constant flow of high demand games. There may be some enhancements coming to the Wii platform maybe sooner than expected, to keep gamer’s interest in the now sagging Wii.
Big day for Android news
Today was full of Android news… Engadget have a good round up of the stories and announcements here