Saturday, January 1, 2011

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ND: Uncharted 3 gameplay to be more ‘open’

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After Naughty Dog showed off the amazing trailer at the Spike VGAs, some speculated that [...] Related posts: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – first direct-feed gameplay Nolan North talks Uncharted 3 & Uncharted movie casting Uncharted 3: behind the scenes and more drops onto the PSN Store

Why Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII flopped in Japan

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Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360 finally released in Japan recently to [...] Related posts: Final Fantasy XIII nearly sells out in Japan Final Fantasy XIII to release in Japan on Xbox 360 – DLC scrapped Final Fantasy XIII aftermath: Japan sales – 12/21 to 12/27

PSP beats all-comers in Japan in 2010

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Japan is very passionate about its gaming, but Japanese gamers are unlike any others. Which is the only possible explanation for the PSP being the biggest-selling console of the year in the country. Though the PSP has done OK [...] Related posts: Wii outsells PS3 by 3-to-1 in Japan – PSP beats Nintendo DS New [...]

Xbox 360 hits 50 million milestone

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Microsoft has now sold 50 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide, according to the latest estimates. VGChartz has stated that the Xbox 360 has hit the 50 million consoles sold milestone, doing so on Christmas week. This has pushed the [...] Related posts: PS3 reduces 8 million gap with Xbox 360 to 3.6 million Kim: Xbox, [...]

Used games lose value faster than cars

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In case you hadn’t already realized it, we’re all being ripped off when it comes to used games. It’s a well-known fact that new cars depreciate at a stupidly-fast rate, with the used price often 50 to 60 percent [...] Related posts: Did Phil Harrison cause PS3 to lose L.A. Noire to Xbox 360? New [...]

Microsoft sued again over XP downgrades

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A California woman is suing Microsoft for the second time over the same thing. Even though her first lawsuit concerning XP downgrade fees was thrown out with nary a blink from the company’s legal team, If at first you don’t [...] Related posts: XP downgrade fees ruled legal Vista to XP downgrade fees under legal [...]

Android Trojan found attached to some apps

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Malware targeting smartphones is a growing problem and it looks like things are only going to get worse. Security analysts claim to have discovered an extremely sophisticated Trojan. According to reports, [...] Related posts: Trojan targetting mobile devices Android phones infected with SMS-sending Trojan Firefox add-ons carry Trojan horses

Universal mobile phone charger on way

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At last, common sense has prevailed, and a new universal mobile phone charge is on the way. At least in Europe. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look as though all handset manufacturers are on board. Technology has improved our lives in so [...] Related posts: ITU approves energy-efficient universal cellphone charger Official: Google’s Gphone is an open [...]

iPhone finally gets Skype video calling

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Hard on the heels of an epic service outage a week or so ago, Skype makes up for their problems by releasing an iPhone app that will allow video calls without the big bucks charges of AT&T. This is hardly [...] Related posts: Skype finally adds 3G support to iPhone app Skype 3G finally arrives [...]

iPhone tops eBay’s most popular list

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Although it was only an actual product for half of the year, the iPhone 4 product category was the most popular seller of all on all of eBay. You know it's a great product when it unseats the Barbie as [...] Related Posts: Sell Your iPhone 1.0 while you still can, still hot items on [...]

iPad hailed as ‘Disruptive product of the year’

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Although it is not a category that would have come immediately to mind, it seems that the Apple iPad is being bandied about for a rather unique honor: "Disruptive product of the year." When Apple built the iPad, [...] Related Posts: Apple, Jobs have big year with iPad, iPhone Is an iPad a PC or [...]

Amazon 2010 sales charts justify pre-emptive returns

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Amazon attracted attention early this week with a patently rude attack on the gift-buying abilities of Mildred’s everywhere. But newly released figures for sales during 2010 suggest they might be on to something. As BLORGE’s Susan Wilson noted [...] Related posts: DVD sales plunge while Blu-ray sales fester As Barnes & Noble starts shipping the [...]

Smartphones could be major virus target in 2011

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What appears to be the most sophisticated malware yet to hit Android phones has emerged in China. It comes as some security experts are tipping smartphones to be one of the major hacker targets next year. The China issue involves a <a [...]