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How to Backup PS 3 Games Successfully

As you may know the gaming industry is thriving now with all different games for different platforms like the PlayStation 2 and 3, Xbox and Xbox 360 and also the PlayStation Portable and Nintedo DS. All of which are nearly as popular as each other, having saying that they still sell a lot of games and as the years have progressed we have seen these games literally evolve from not just 2D to 3D but to make us feel like we are actually in the game.

People no matter what age are always buying computer games and they always will, however what game they buy depends on the platform they buy the game for now both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 have internal hard drives which is where the gaming information is stored for further use this is beneficial for people want to backup the game because it is possible to do so in the console however there is only limited space.

For people who are looking to do this you can find information on the Internet on blogs, forums and gaming communities but you might not be able to trust or believe what people are saying. But if you really want to make a copy of your game and to backup it up you must have a piece of software.

It’s a simple and easy to use piece of software that has been designed to decrypt the encryption code on the games disc and this acts as copy protector and prevents privacy. The software can easily create a copy of your game onto your local hard drive which can then be burnt onto a CD or DVD depending on the size, and whats more is that it is a one time investment.…

Will Social Media Businesses Make Money?

My thoughts recently have been about the business model for many if not most of the major Social Media infrastructure sites around today. The question I have been asking myself is, how will Social Networking sites make money?

This is a serious issue, and the current hype over Social Media sites, reminds me greatly of the situation in the middle of the Dot Com boom, when everyone was so carried away with the idea of Internet based business that they forgot the basics of business, that is there must be a way of making money out of the business otherwise it Will eventually fail.

Parallels are everywhere, Twitter the current doyen of social networking sites, not only does not make any income; but further there is no facility in its current business model to make any money. Twitter, according to recent comment raised nearly $100m on top of the $35m raised in February, yet it still has no way of generating any income. The question we ask is what happens to investor sentiment when its astronomical growth figures inevitably slow: recent reports, in the USA at least, suggest this may be happening now.

Similarly the default url shortener for Twitter has no method of generating income, neither has budurl or tiny. These are key infrastructure players in the social media landscape yet they have no workable business model. Further there is a host of apps for the likes of Twitter and Facebook which are free. I find it rather disconcerting to think that much of the infrastructure platforms that underpin Social Networking don’t have a viable business model. It’s also somewhat ironic to think that those same platforms are filled with users propounding the benefits of monetizing social networking and exhorting who ever will listen to do the same.

Once they hype cools and sentiment becomes more cautious, or realistic depending on your viewpoint, then investors will be looking for a quick return i.e. a trade sale, failing that, they’ll curtail and then stop further investment as the prospect of hoped for returns diminish. The worrying aspect to this is two fold firstly, who exactly will buy them: I cant see Facebook, the only Social Network business with the muscle to pay the prices that are likely to be demanded, going on a spending spree, it doesn’t need too. Google could of course, but currently seems to have its attentions elsewhere and its previous foray into Social Media with Orkut was a dismal failure. So where else are the buyers? The omens aren’t good; outside of the industry no purchase of a large scale social media business has been successful. One thinks of Fox’s purchase of MySpace and ITV’s purchase of Friends Reunited as classic examples.

Secondly, any difficulty in getting further funding could lead to radical shifts in service and costs for participation as survival takes precedent over funding. This could mean either a wall of advertising, or subscription; neither model is frankly …