Saturday, November 13, 2010

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Fils-Aime: Wii 2 is coming, but not yet

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Don’t hold your breath waiting for the Wii 2 to arrive. 2012 is now looking the most likely year for it to be putting in an appearance. Many of us are expecting Nintendo to unveil the Wii 2, [...] Related posts: Fils-Aime: Wii 2 not just “HD” Nintendo’s Fils-Aime denies Wii HD PS3 to overtake [...]

Peter Molyneux is an ICO fanboy

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Peter Molyneux is a very successful games developer with some classic titles to his name. But he wasn’t responsible for ICO, something he’s sorry about. ICO is a truly great game. But it’s one that many people didn’t play [...] Related posts: Peter Molyneux: 2010 to be “a landmark year for games” thanks to Natal [...]

The UnderGarden full game giveaway – Xbox 360

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The UnderGarden is a game aimed at delivering a casual yet hypnotic gaming experience complemented with soothing [...] Related posts: Sega boss claims Wii is full of crap – will MadWorld change all that? Free Giveaway: Get Brutal Legend demo here for the PS3 and Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii makes “real” gamers nauseated

Music streaming is the future, like it or not

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All signs point towards streaming being the future of music, and the record labels need to embrace rather than shun this form of consumption. Sales of physical media have been dropping for many years now, and [...] Related posts: Spotify curbs music piracy – streaming is the future Music sales decrease again – Welcome to [...]

Google offers employee $3.5 million in stock not to join Facebook

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I know Google is highly profitable and very cash-rich, but is it really necessary to be throwing money around like it is at the moment? Surely good staff can’t be that thin on the ground. [...] Related posts: Google paying big money to prevent Facebook poaching all its staff Facebook raising $150 million to buy [...]

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 first day sales disappointing

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Microsoft has been pumping a great deal of money into its sinking mobile division with lackluster results. The company's latest foray into the mobile arena with Windows Phone 7 seems to [...] Related posts: Microsoft giving all employees a free Windows Phone 7 handset Microsoft to spend half a billion on Windows Phone 7 marketing [...]

With iPhone exclusivity gone, whence AT&T?

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It is widely believed that the iPhone exclusivity that Apple has enjoyed for several years will disappear right after the first of the year when Verizon also gets the iPhone. What will AT&T do then? It would appear that AT&T [...] Related Posts: More on iPhone – AT&T exclusivity Will Apple use Jan 27 event [...]

Microsoft cashes in on Kinect hardware but will advertiser snooping top up profits??

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Great as the concept of controller-free gaming may be, Microsoft made the Kinect to make cash rather than make people happy. And while it appears the unit itself is turning a tidy profit, the company is said [...] Related posts: Kinect comes to Windows 7… unofficially Microsoft unveils new Xbox 360, Kinect motion-sensing system at [...]

First Apple computer to be auctioned for as much as $240k

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One of the first computers that started it all for Apple will be auctioned off later this month. This piece of Apple's history is expected to sell over [...] Related posts: @drew Twitter name being auctioned off for charity Apple to sell unlocked 3G iPhone in France? Apple iPhone UK launch – Market already flooded [...]

Text virus sweeps China

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A series of at least 10 mobile viruses have been spreading across mobile phone systems, costing users millions of dollars. That the problem is restricted to one country appears to suggest its related to a network’s own variant of an operating system. The way the scam [...]

Sony finally reveals Gran Turismo 5 release date – Nov 24th

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Gran Turismo fans should be excited as Sony has finally announced [...] Related posts: Sony: Gran Turismo 5 release date reveal “very soon” Gran Turismo 5 details and release date revealed… cryptically Gran Turismo creator needs to stop racing and finish GT5

Twitter and Ping: Together at last

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Apple, who was berated for their lack of integration with other social networking sites when they debuted the iTunes Ping social music service may not yet be connected to Facebook, but they are with Twitter. The idea for Ping is [...] Related posts: Jobs introduces Apple’s new social media service – Ping Hypnotist record attempt [...]

Will iOS4.2 be late due to WiFi problems?

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It is beginning to look, according to persistent rumors in the blogosphere, that the much awaited Apple update to iOS4.2 is going to be delayed while the company tries to fix problems with iPad WiFi. We reported that [...] Related Posts: Benefits vs. problems â€" iOS4 for 3G What iOS4.2 means to Apple iPad owners [...]

Facebook to get e-mail: Be Afraid

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It’s probably a little overstated to say Facebook wants to take over the entire Internet, but it certainly appears to be moving in that direction. Rumor is the company will announce on Monday that it’s launching a full-blown e-mail service. Reports that the company [...] Related posts: Facebook could sue The Daily Mail newspaper over [...]

How to ‘hackivate’ shared printers in AirPrint

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No one’s quite sure why — some up-in-the-air piece of intellectual property is the consensus guess — but Apple pulled a number of files from OS X 10.6.5, which prevents you from using a compatible iPhone, iPod touch or iPad (iOS 4.2 required) to print to a shared printer. Here are two ways [...] Related [...]