Friday, July 29, 2011

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Insomniac: Resistance 3 beta details and browser based mini-game

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:00 PM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

Insomniac Games posted information about the upcoming Resistance 3 beta and it may just be as big as Uncharted 3's beta. The studio revealed the details on how one might be able to participate in the event. As revealed earlier this week at ComicCon, Insomniac posted the goods on the PlayStation Blog regarding the Resistance [...]

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PS3 sales slump Q1 but Sony still targeting record 15 million

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:40 PM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

Sony recently released its Q1 financial report and the it appears that PS3 sales are in a slump when compared to last year. However, not all is gloom as there were some interesting figures in the report. Sony's Q1 2011 financial report shows that PS3 sales have dropped by 600k this year when compared to [...]

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Fastest growing game platform? It ain’t Android

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:40 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

There hasn’t been a new console in more than five years and the most recent mobile release, Nintendo’s 3DS, hasn’t exactly taken the world by storm. For the world’s biggest game maker there’s no question where development effort and dollars is getting spent. Mobile gaming is huge and growing by leaps and bounds, but there’s [...]

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Spotify faces lawsuit from patent trolls

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:40 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Spotify launched in the U.S. two weeks ago today. And it’s facing its first patent lawsuit at the hands of trolls. After at least two years of planning, and no doubt courting the major record labels in the States, Spotify finally launched in America on July 14. The European-based music streaming service made a huge [...]

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Now your phone is a heart monitor

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 12:20 PM PDT


Categories: MOBILE.BLORGE

A start-up company has raised $2.5 million in venture capital for apps including a heart rate monitor for mobile phones. Axumio will now try to promote other apps including ones to monitor stress levels. The Instant Heart Rate app, which is available for both iPhone and Android stores, measure heart rates simply by the user [...]

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Pencil iPhone 5 in for mid-September

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:40 AM PDT


Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE

We’ve been hearing rumors for months, but the sources behind the whispers are starting to triangulate around a look, features and even retailers plans to add employees for the rollout. On the latter, Best Buy, AT&T, Verizon and, yes, even Apple Store are purportedly putting people on in August and September. With that in mind [...]

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Microsoft posts Lion bug list, promises patches

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:40 AM PDT


Categories: MAC.BLORGE

As these things go, Microsoft Office 2011 and OS X 10.7 seem to play fairly well together, though there are issues and Redmond’s promising fixes. Step inside for a quick look at what the problems as they are and who’s like to be affected. Microsoft’s Pat Fox in a Office for Mac blogpost notes several [...]

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