| SOE debuts PlanetSide 2 with a trailer at Fan Faire event Posted: 09 Jul 2011 12:40 AM PDT 
Sony Online Entertainment held a press conference in Las Vegas recently at its Fan Faire event. SOE unveiled Planetside 2 for the first time at the event. Its no secret SOE has been working on a sequel to the cult hit Planetside. When Planetside first came out it was the first of its kind offering [...]  |
| Sprint dumping webOS: Yesterday deluxe, today debris Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:00 PM PDT 
The Palm Pre was all about hope, but that didn’t pan out. Then it was Hewlett-Packard’s purchase of the one-time PDA maker and its insurgent webOS that was the source for optimism. Now, the Pre is little more than an iPhone footnote and TouchPad hit the market DOA — now comes the salt in the [...]  |
| Apple opens back to school can of whoop ass Posted: 08 Jul 2011 06:20 PM PDT 
And, it’s Microsoft on the receiving of this most educational thumping. Whereas I and much of the Mac digerati have pooh poohed Cupertino’s 2011 student, teacher and family promotion, cash registers are nonetheless ringing the sounds of the season. According to Global Equities Research for every back to school sale Microsoft gets our favorite fruit [...]  |
| Apple opens can of back to school whoop ass Posted: 08 Jul 2011 04:00 PM PDT 
And, it’s Microsoft on the receiving of this most educational thumping. Whereas I and much of the Mac digerati have pooh poohed Cupertino’s 2011 student, teacher and family promotion, cash registers are nonetheless ringing the sounds of the season. According to Global Equities Research for every back to school sale Microsoft gets our favorite fruit [...]  |
| iPod touch next: Better than an iPhone? Posted: 08 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT 
From the beginning, Apple’s iPod touch has been described as ‘everything good about the iPhone and no AT&T.’ According to a new rumor, that’s about change as it’s believed that the mothership’s next-generation full service media player will gain 3G data functionality. My kids have a Play Station, Nintendo DS’ and iPod touches — guess [...]  |
| Spotify U.S. means Europe to get shafted Posted: 08 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT 
Spotify is inches away from launching in the U.S. but I’m now not sure that’s such a good thing. For Europeans at least. I’ve been a huge fan and advocate (apart from a few blips here and there) of Spotify since it launched in the U.K. over two years ago. It’s a fantastic service, I [...]  |
| Washington Jobless to spend more time tweaking spam filters Posted: 08 Jul 2011 06:40 AM PDT 
The Washington Post has revealed that around 1.3 million users of its jobseeker site have had their e-mail addresses exposed to hackers. The newspaper said no more sensitive details were lost. According to the newspaper, two attacks took place on Monday and Tuesday last week. User IDs and e-mail addresses were compromised, though fortunately passwords [...]  |
