"Increased worldwide competition" drives merger talks between Tecmo and Koei. By Kat Bailey , 09/04/2008 It looks like Tecmo will indeed be involved in a merger, but it won't be with Square Enix. In a surprise move, Tecmo announced Wednesday that it was leaving SE at the altar and ...
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A national survey conducted by the Pew Institute solidified what we already know: technology fails and it burns us up. The survey sought to unearth how often our tech fails, how we try to fix it, and our feelings about the process. The numbers are pretty astounding: 44% ofrespondents experienc...
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"Big Surf Island" as large as Downtown Paradise, emphasizes big jumps. By Steve Watts , 12/01/2008 Among its other planned downloadable content for 2009, Burnout Paradise is preparing to unlock an entirely new island. Dubbed "Big Surf Island" for its massive jumps, the ...
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By Nate Ralph November 14, 2008 | 5:19:00 PM Categories: Browser Games    Anxious for a bit of news about Sony's LocoRoco 2 ? Well, there's no word on when the North American version will show up, but here's a Flash demo to tide us over for now. As Jean men...
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Mirror's Edge manual reveals a release window for EA's Skate sequel. By Kris Pigna , 11/01/2008 We just yesterday learned that Skate It , the Skate spin-off for Wii and Nintendo DS, will launch on November 19. But what about Skate 2 , the proper sequel to Electronic Arts' successful ...
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By Jean Snow October 30, 2008 | 3:30:00 PM Categories: Japan , Portable Gaming    Namco Bandai is readying a new action RPG title for the Nintendo DS called Destiny Links , set to come out in Japan this winter. Destiny Links includes the new de facto sta...
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If you're looking to fill your brain up with the latest information about iPhone development, then Apple's happy to help you out. Beginning at the end of October, Apple is holding a worldwide series of free tech talks about the iPhone , giving developers a chance to interact with Apple engineers ...
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posted Jun 22, 2008, 10:30 PM by Eric M. Zeman updated Jun 23, 2008, 8:38 AM Updated: added hyperlink Today Motorola officially unveiled the MOTOZINE ZN5. The ZN5 is a bar-style phone similar in shape and appearance to the ROKR E8. The phone's stand-out feature is its Kodak-branded 5...
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Owners of Nokia GPS-enabled cell phones will have access to a highly integrated Web-and-mobile mapping service later this year when Nokia rolls out Maps on Ovi. In a demo on the eve of a formal presentation set for Tuesday at the Where 2.0 conference in Burlingame, California, Nokia represen...
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Nova Media has updated its Fone2Phone migration utility to help users move information from their existing cell phone to the iPhone 3G . When launched, Fone2Phone brings up a wizard-type interface walking the user through the process of moving their data. Contacts, events, tasks, notes, bookmar...
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posted Jun 19, 2008, 7:16 AM by Eric M. Zeman updated Jun 19, 2008, 2:12 PM Updated: Added more information based on FCC's decision. Sprint has officially asked the FCC to give it more time to clear certain portions of spectrum that it agreed to vacate to reduce interference on certai...
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I've been thinking, of late, of getting a second job. Not that I don't enjoy my weekly gig sharing gadgetry with you, but there's got to be more to life, right? You need to follow your heart, a wise man once told me. I contemplated this as my birthday passed this last week: here I am, now officially...
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Instant messaging (IM) is set to overtake e-mail as the preferred form of business communication by the second half of 2010, according to research by IDC. The research, sponsored by Nortel, found that this is because hyperconnected individuals are becoming 'addicted to the instant gratification of ...
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