Are you interested in talking about something you love? Then do it!

WPS Interactive are looking for individuals who want to express their interests in music, movie and videogame industries. This will be done in the format of Blogging on Sanitarium.FM website!

Interested? We want our bloggers to not only write articles on their subject matter but also join us on air to discuss their opinions and predictions on upcoming events, from music festivals to new game releases.

We are looking for keen individuals to join us for this role and with the music and game industry being so vast, there are multiple positions.

Skills needed for the role:

• A keen interest in the subject field you want to blog about.

• Access to the internet.

Skills which will help with role:

• Being able to discuss different opinions on subject field.

• Have good punctuality.

• Be able to convey your opinions in a professional manner.

• Understand how and what internet radio is.

This is a volunteer based role to start, with opportunities for paid employment later on.

Click “Apply for this job” underneath this posting on our main Jobs page to apply for this role.

You can also email admin@sanitarium.fm for get more information about this role.

In 2009, an antitrust agreement in Europe ruled that Microsoft weren’t playing fair with internet browsers. By including Internet Explorer into Windows by default; making their own software prefer to use it over alternative browsers; and not providing an easy mechanism to get alternative browsers, the European Union (EU) decided that Microsoft was abusing its widespread use on European computers to favour its own internet browser. As a result, Microsoft were fined $1.44 billion US Dollars; but that’s not all. They also agreed that for five years, Microsoft would have to offer a Browser Choice screen to European users of Windows, providing a choice of the five major browsers and a reasonable amount of other alternatives, so that EU customers could choose how THEY wanted to access the internet; and if they wanted to choose other than Internet Explorer, could find out more about or quickly download any of the alternatives.

An example of the “Browser Ballot” screen Microsoft implemented to provide European customers the required choice of browser.

For a long time, Microsoft honoured this promise. But when Windows 7 SP1 was released over a year ago, a series of complaints – now known to have included reports from Google and Opera – were submitted to the EU claiming the ballot was no longer being shown. After discovering it had been gone for 16 months, Microsoft claimed the problem to be a “technical error” and restored it – but according to the EU, this resulted in 15 million Windows users not seeing the ballot box and instead defaulting to Internet Explorer, which broke the agreement.

Today, the EU fined Microsoft for breaching the agreement, ordering them to pay 561 million Euros (approximately $732 million US Dollars, or £487.7 million British pounds) for the “mistake” – which may not sound like a lot for a multi-billion-dollar company, but actually accounts for 3% of Microsoft’s profits for the entire 2012. Microsoft, for its part, has claimed it will not appeal the fine and takes all responsibility, offering this quote:

“We take full responsibility for the technical error that caused this problem and have apologized for it. We provided the Commission with a complete and candid assessment of the situation, and we have taken steps to strengthen our software development and other processes to help avoid this mistake – or anything similar – in the future.”

This has got to be one of the more expensive “technical errors” in recent tech world history.

[via Technically Motivated]

After many rumours and a picture in CoroCoro magazine, Nintendo officially revealed today the presence of a brand new Eeveelution which will be introduced to Pokémon in the upcoming sixth-Generation games, Pokémon X and Y, this October.

Art of Sylveon by Ken Sugimori from Pokémon X and Y

The new Pokémon, whose original Japanese name is Ninfia but has now been given the name Sylveon in English, Spanish and French, was revealed today in a 30-second trailer giving a rotating view of the character and showing off some of its attacks. Though little has been revealed of the Pokémon otherwise, we are aware of its vital statistics: Sylveon stands at 1.0 m (3’03”) high and weighs 23.5 kg, making it the lightest Eeveelution to date.

Here’s the official video of it in action:

Sylveon’s typing and evolution method is yet to be revealed. We will have more information as soon as it’s disclosed!

This week on the Sunday Night Showcase –

We will be joined in IRC and live on air by

Big drums, big guitars, big audio dynamite! Contemporary, space-age catchy pop with the raw power – reclaiming pop for the fans of real music – pop with rawness like 60’s beat and ska, but louder. Kinks meets the Kills and KMD

The guys from New Infection will be joining us live on air this evening, answering you questions from IRC, Facebook and twitter

Make sure to join us aswell to get some requests in! The Live request system both on the website and in IRC @ irc.sanitarium.fm port:6667 #sanitarium.fm for live show discussion

Also, keep an eye on this thread for future youtube videos and info about the band and for any ramblings from the band themselves

Yes indeed, Sunday Night Showcase LIVE!!! with your host, LoneSamurai!!!

Sunday 3rd February, 9pm til Midnight GMT, 4pm til 7pm EST.

See you there

~Lonesamurai

Some time ago at Technically Motivated – the technology blog ran by myself which is supported by all of us at Sanitarium.FM – I briefly covered BlackBerry 10, Research in Motion’s attempt to modernise it’s once-popular BlackBerry range of phones and other devices and the proprietary BlackBerry OS system running on them; and to make BlackBerry relevant to the modern generation once again. It’s also common knowledge now that BlackBerry plan to launch two models of phone at first to run this system: first, a fully touchscreen model recently officially named the Z10; and then, a month or two later, a keyboard-equipped model akin to its popular Bold line, tentatively known as the T-Series.

RIM have been keeping very mum over the new system and phones, choosing not to reveal any major details until the official launch announcement of BlackBerry 10, still two weeks away. However, with regular leaks from RIM’s manufacturing partners; and tech reviewers getting prototype models, there has slowly been a number of details being released about both.

A new video making the rounds, however, might be the best look we’ve had yet. German newspaper Telekom Presse, after a hands-on with a prototype model of the Z10, recently released two YouTube videos detailing both the software and hardware of the upcoming BlackBerry phone quite extensively.

The first seven-and-a-half minute video, which has been given English subtitles to be easy to understand by those who don’t speak German, describes almost everything the phone has and does; and assuming RIM doesn’t make any substantial changes to the model that hits markets, you may well be looking at the final product here, albeit without the official explanations and highlighting that RIM will be doing when it’s announced.

With that said, what are your views on this potential new phone? Do you think RIM has a chance with this new model and system; or are they too far down to be saved? Let us know in the comments; and don’t forget to stay tuned to Sanitarium.FM and to visit and bookmark Technically Motivated to always keep on the pulse of the latest news!