 It's Monday, July 2nd, 2012. I'm Nilay Patel, and you and me, we're going to spend 90 seconds on the Verge. Sony is now a cloud gaming company. This morning, the company announced that it's purchased SkyKai for $380 million. Sony isn't being shy about its intentions for the company, saying in a press release that it plans to stream both casual and more hardcore titles to quote, a variety of internet connected devices. It's an enormous shift in the games industry away from the console model, and we'll see if the next PlayStation is more than just a piece of hardware. A group of prominent internet activists, including Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and cheeseburger CEO Ben Huck, are celebrating the Fourth of July a little bit early today. They've issued the Declaration of Internet Freedom. The broadly worded document breaks down into just five main principles, expression, access, openness, innovation, and privacy. It's simple, but that's the point. The group hopes the document provides a common foundation for us all to agree on before we move on to bribing Congress. I mean, lobbying Congress. Microsoft today announced pricing for Windows 8 Pro upgrades. If you currently have a Windows 7 Vista or XP machine, it'll cost $40 online or $70 in the store to get the upgrade. It's a much better deal than what Microsoft offered for Windows 7, which costs between $119 and $219 at launch. The promotion only lasts until January 31st next year and only applies to those upgrading. If you're building a PC or you're just lazy, you can expect to write a much larger track directly to Steve Ballmer on Valentine's Day. That's it for our Minute and a Half. Tune in tomorrow for our in-depth report on six-dimensional retinal scanners, copyright conundrum, or patent possibility.
 It's Monday, July 2nd, 2012. I'm Nilay Patel, and you and me, we're going to spend 90 seconds
 on the Verge.
 Sony is now a cloud gaming company. This morning, the company announced that it's purchased
 SkyKai for $380 million. Sony isn't being shy about its intentions for the company,
 saying in a press release that it plans to stream both casual and more hardcore titles
 to quote, a variety of internet connected devices.
 It's an enormous shift in the games industry away from the console model, and we'll see
 if the next PlayStation is more than just a piece of hardware. A group of prominent
 internet activists, including Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and cheeseburger CEO Ben Huck,
 are celebrating the Fourth of July a little bit early today. They've issued the Declaration
 of Internet Freedom. The broadly worded document breaks down into just five main principles,
 expression, access, openness, innovation, and privacy. It's simple, but that's the point.
 The group hopes the document provides a common foundation for us all to agree on before we
 move on to bribing Congress. I mean, lobbying Congress.
 Microsoft today announced pricing for Windows 8 Pro upgrades. If you currently have a Windows
 7 Vista or XP machine, it'll cost $40 online or $70 in the store to get the upgrade. It's
 a much better deal than what Microsoft offered for Windows 7, which costs between $119 and
 $219 at launch. The promotion only lasts until January 31st next year and only applies to
 those upgrading. If you're building a PC or you're just lazy, you can expect to write
 a much larger track directly to Steve Ballmer on Valentine's Day. That's it for our Minute
 and a Half. Tune in tomorrow for our in-depth report on six-dimensional retinal scanners,
 copyright conundrum, or patent possibility.