Thursday, November 25, 2010

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Gran Turismo 5 ‘disappointing’ shocker!

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Gran Turismo 5 has finally arrived, six years after Polyphony Digital began working on the game. The result of those many months of long, hard work? A game that many people are disappointed with. Uh oh. As Mike noted earlier, [...] Related posts: Gran Turismo 5 review copies shipped Monday – don’t expect ‘complete’ reviews [...]

Billy Bob Thornton blames violent video games for bad movies – WTF?

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Billy Bob Thornton has the answer to why Hollywood is invariably pushing out crap movies these days. It’s because of gamers like you and me. Blame the video games industry. Go on, it’s fun! [...] Related posts: Video games beat home movies – Global recession is helping Do violent video games need health warnings on [...]

Apple raids RIM for talent

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Once upon a time, like about a year ago, Canadian smartphone maker Research in Motion seemed unassailable with a double-digit market share lead over both Apple and Google. However, over the last year, market share isn’t the only thing the Blackberry maker has been bleeding. Wall Street Journal reports that over the [...] Related Posts: [...]

Top Gear talks with Kazunori about Gran Turismo 5, GT Academy and the Stig

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It seems like today is all [...] Related posts: As Gran Turismo 5 demo hits PSN, Yamauchi talks up game’s physics engine Gran Turismo creator needs to stop racing and finish GT5 Play Gran Turismo 5 demo to earn the right to race for real

Give employees smartphones and they’ll sing your praises

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According to one research firm, the more employees use technology such as smartphones, the more likely they are to promote their employer to friends and family. But why this is, and what companies can learn from it, isn’t [...]

Beatles generate $8-million in first week

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Although the blogsphere and media generally greeted the Fab Four’s online arrival with yawns, fans have warmly embraced the group’s music, snapping up tracks by the million. The surprising bit is that, at least in dollar terms, the majority of these sales were albums. Reuters reports that iTunes sold more than 450,000 [...] Related Posts: [...]

Gran Turismo 5 review copies shipped Monday – don’t expect ‘complete’ reviews yet

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Gran Turismo 5 launched today and [...] Related posts: Rumor: Gran Turismo 5 already shipped to retailers – launch date reveal Monday Gran Turismo 5 “90 percent complete” Gran Turismo 5 gets delayed… Again!

Acer and Dell join Windows tablet battleground

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HP’s attempts to compete with the iPad using a Windows-based device proved an embarrassing flop. But now Dell and Acer both believe Windows 7 on a tablet is worth a shot. Acer has announced it will be launching a [...] Related posts: Dell tablets to save Vista Bill Gates: Microsoft still working on tablet devices, [...]

Apple adds more iPad production. World iPad or v.2?

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Apple is working with its Chinese production partner FoxConn to enable the company to make more iPads, perhaps just for holiday production or maybe to set the stage for the rumored World iPad. Multiple lines are being [...] Related posts: Apple sells 2 million iPads in 60 days iPhone 2.0 arriving in June – Apple [...]

iOS4.2 this week, iOS4.3 next month?

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It is not exactly intuitive to expect another iOS4 update from Apple almost immediately on the heels of the update to iOS4.2, but we may get one. The reason is not only news, the reason actually is the news. A [...] Related Posts: Is iOS4.2 late because of Verizon? Apple navigates tricky iOS4 iPhone, iPad [...]

What iPad and iOS4.2 bring to the business table

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The long-awaited iOS 4.2 is out and ready for the millions of iPad owners of the world, a lot of whom are professionals who would like to use them for work. How much better for business is the new OS? It seems quite likely that [...] Related Posts: What iOS4.2 means to Apple iPad owners [...]

German Google Street View brings egg protests and BS birth

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Google’s Street View operations in Germany is no longer responsible solely for a legal dispute. It’s now sparked off a dumb prank, and a dumber protest. Let’s start with the prank. Somebody has taken the time [...] Related posts: Google Street View blamed for burglary Google expands Street View with 4 more cities German officials [...]

Ice becomes a touchscreen thanks to Nokia

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  Last week, Nokia showed off their 'Ubice' or touchscreen made of ice in [...] Related posts: Warner hops aboard Nokia Music Store boat Nokia and Renault to sell Twingo Nokia cars Nokia pays Qualcomm $20m for 3G patents but legal fights continue