Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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Silent Hill: Downpour looks promising

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Fans of the Silent Hill series will be happy to know that the next big iteration in the franchise is coming along nicely. Many gamers were concerned when they found out that Silent Hill 8, or Downpour will be developed outside Japan. Konami contracted Vatra Games to work on the eighth game in the franchise. [...]

Sony introduces Killzone 3 ‘Total Game Integration’ to Home

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Sony sent out a press release earlier today detailing PlayStation Home's most ambitious project yet. Apparently, Killzone 3 will interface with the PlayStation Home to deliver what Sony is calling "Total Game Integration." Beginning January 27, Killzone 3 Total Game Integration will give the Home Central Plaza a complete facelift to make it look like [...]

Apple launches @AppStore Twitter account

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Cupertino unquestionably leads the global tech industry, right? Well, true to a point. So, like a lot of really big companies, the mothership spends much of its time reacting to trends rather than leading them and today’s news that the company finally started promoting its App Store via Twitter is a fine example [...] Related [...]

Android will fly into space

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The University of Surrey and Guildford-based Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) are planning on send an Android smartphone into space.  The Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator (Strand-1) will be launched in November or December of this year.  Once in orbit, a series of experiments will be conducted to see if an android smartphone can [...]

The latest iPhone 5 rumors

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At least as far as Apple products are concerned, rumors are where it's at for product announcements and updates. That is certainly true for the upcoming iPhone 5. Here are the latest and greatest. The Apple rumor mill is running overtime, [...] Related Posts: iPhone rumors abound despite Back to the Mac Yet more Verizon [...]

Action taken over Black Ops bugs, Pachter calls Gamers Voice a “cry baby”

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Michael Pachter Gets It Wrong Again, Episode 2,959. An organization called Gamers Voice is to make an official complaint regarding the buggy nature of Call of Duty: Black Ops on the PC and PS3. Gamers Voice, which was founded in 2009 by Tom Watson, MP, maintains that games should not be released unfinished or in [...]

Wii Sports world record held by old man

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Proof, if proof were needed, that the Wii is a console for all, with age being no factor in how good or bad someone is at using it. There are various records associated with gaming, most of them being held by young adults with too much time on their hands. But who has got more [...]

Will Schmidt stepping down change the Google-Apple conflict?

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With Eric Schmidt hanging up his CEO hat and passing the reins to Larry Page, will there be any differences in the relationship (and the level of competition) between Apple and Google? Not long ago, Eric Schmidt was [...] Related Posts: Chrome OS launch may change Google CEO’s Apple role Schmidt says shared Google-Apple board [...]

eMarketer: Twitter about to rake it in

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Twitter could be about to rake in the money, if revenue estimates from eMarketer turn out to be correct. Twitter has had a sparkling couple of years, gaining in popularity and truly crossing over to the mainstream. but throughout this positive upheaval, there have still been difficult questions posed regarding the company’s business model. In [...]

White iPhone 4 sighted on AT&T retail system

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Generally speaking, the most reliable sources of new products — not perfect mind you — are the retail back end systems at Apple’s various third-party partners. Recently, a US retailer and one of Apple’s German carrier partners began displaying references for the mythical smartphone. The white iPhone, which Apple said wouldn’t ship until [...] Related [...]

Is the iPad 2 a Mac and Windows killer?

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As the capabilities and weaknesses of the Apple iPad become better known, and as the product is improved by its maker, the question of whether it can replace a laptop computer, Mac or otherwise, becomes more salient. It is, of course, not just the iPad, for there is bound to be some worthwhile competition sometime [...]

Music industry plans online rights database

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The music industry is working on a scheme to make it easier to be sure rightsholders are paid when their songs are used. The move is also being billed as a way of fighting piracy, though that seems a tenuous link. The scheme, dubbed a global repertoire database, will simply be a single information source [...]