Friday, February 18, 2011

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Forza developers looking to one up Gran Turismo 5 in accuracy

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As far as race sims go Gran Turismo 5 [...] Related posts: Forza dev didn’t have to bash Gran Turismo 5 as Forza 3 is good on its own merit Gran Turismo 5: most advanced racer, but not enough to beat Forza 3? Gran Turismo 5 has a track editor?

Dead Island ‘revealed’ again – goes multiplatform

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Today, developer Techland re-introduced Dead Island after several years under the radar. The game was initially announced back in 2007 for the Xbox 360/PC and hasn't [...] Related posts: Enslaved trailer by Ninja Theory revealed – looks promising Insomniac’s next game to be revealed very soon DC Universe Online: Gorilla Island – hyper-evolved apes

WSJ says, yes. NYT says, no iPhone nano

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From the perspective of cost, an iPhone nano makes perfect sense. In terms of usability, it’s rather more difficult to get your head around what Apple could cut and still have a viable product. Then again, if anyone can that diamond, it’s Apple el supremo, medical leave or not. I’m glad to say [...] Related [...]

Facebook use leads to stress and anxiety

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Man, I’m so stressed out right now!!! It’s not my job, my relationship, money worries. No, it’s Facebook. Yes, that damn Mark Zuckerberg is to blame. Again. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are meant to be [...] Related posts: Mark Zuckerberg hacked on Facebook Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has clearly never cared [...]

Music sales chart reveals the truth – CD bubble was never going to be sustained

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The Internet killed the music industry, right? Maybe not, although it definitely dealt a large flesh wound. Much has been assumed about the impact the Internet, and particularly file-sharing, has had [...] Related posts: Digital music sales increase not enough to offset overall losses Music sales boom in spite of lagging albums Music sales decrease [...]

Competitors can’t sell what they don’t have

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In 2005, Apple made the bold move of buying up the available Flash supply while rolling out a pair of price compelling Flash-based media players, the iPod nano and iPod shuffle. We don’t know what the iPad 2 looks like yet, or whether Apple will introduce other tablets this year, but the panel [...] Related [...]

Nokia-Microsoft deal: Q&A

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What’s the crux of the deal? Nokia has decided that in future all its smartphones will run Windows Phone 7. What about Nokia’s existing systems? Symbian — which by some measures is still the most used system across all handsets — will become a “franchise platform.” That [...]

Watson finds Jeopardy elementary

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Man took on machine this week. And the machine won a crushing victory. At the end of a three day series of Jeopardy, Watson has scored $77,147, compared with $24,000 for Jennings and $21,600 for Rutter. But while Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter are former Jeopardy [...] Related posts: Google would (just) beat Bing at [...]