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GTA: Chinatown Wars 'Far Bigger' than PSP GTAs

Rockstar Leeds president calls Chinatown Wars the biggest portable game Rockstar has made yet. By Kris Pigna , 12/28/2008 Handheld gaming isn't exactly known for great scope and grandiosity, particularly on the DS. But according to Gordon Hall, president of Rockstar Leeds, Grand Theft Auto: ... More...

Sling Streams to BlackBerry

Sling Media, makers of the TV place-shifting Slingbox, will finally release its BlackBerry application for 3G- and Wi-fi -enabled BlackBerry devices on December 30. The new application, called Slingplayer Mobile, allows you to watch and control your own TV and DVR remotely via the Internet. The... More...

Jason Nelson Unveils His Latest Surrealist Game

By Earnest Cavalli December 15, 2008 | 11:17:00 AM Categories: Culture    If you concede that games are a form of art, you too must concede that some games may exist purely as an example of their creator's effort to express his or herself. Such is Jason Nelson'... More...

GameTap Ending Myst Online

By Earnest Cavalli February 04, 2008 | 9:02:06 PM Categories: MMO Gaming    GameTap has decided to shut down Myst Online: Uru Live citing "business reasons rather than any issues regarding the design and vision of the amazing world." GameTap'... More...

Amazon.com Feeds Impulse Shopping Frenzy with iPhone App

Just in time for the busy holiday shopping season, Amazon.com has released an iPhone App that gives users a direct portal to the Website without the Safari middleman. After you sign into your account, the Amazon App lets you search, buy items with a single click, access your wish list and account... More...

Apple Announces 3G Version of the iPhone

posted Jun 9, 2008, 1:35 PM   by Eric M. Zeman updated Jun 9, 2008, 3:05 PM Updated: added info as more details became available, added FCC approval Today at Apple's WordWide Developer's Conference it announced the next version of the iPhone, complete with 3G. This new iPhone has thinne... More...

Clearwire, Sprint Close WiMax Deal

Sprint Nextel and wireless wide-area network operator Clearwire have completed a deal to create a new company and build a nationwide WiMax network with help from Intel, Google and three cable operators. The deal, announced in May, brings together Sprint's and Clearwire's radio spectrum holdings and... More...

Giving the Gift of IPods this Holiday? Read This

The holidays are, in their inexorable way, rolling around again. And with the holidays come the desire to bestow gifts upon those who make your life special. And what gift is more welcome than a sparkly new iPod? Besides a puppy, that is. Right, there isn't one. At least, not according to millions ... More...

Wii Final Fantasy: Still Vaporware, But Not Dead

By Chris Kohler November 18, 2008 | 12:05:00 PM Categories: Console Games    What's the fate of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers for Wii? In its most recent issue, Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine said in its rumors column that the... More...

Motorola has released the RAZR2 V9x mobile phone

Motorola has released the RAZR2 V9x mobile phone 03 November 2008 Handset upgrades the standard V9 model Motorola has released a new upgrade to the RAZR V9. Called the RAZR V9x, the new version has an increased battery life and internal storage, according to the Mobile Whack website. &nbs... More...

Cox Cable Plans Cell Phone Service

Triple play packages of cable, internet, and land-line phones are standard fare for any cable company, but Cox is looking to shake things up. The company will add cell phone service , too -- making its offering a quadruple play. Cox is working on building its own network for cell phone usage, ... More...

Eye-Fi adds Flickr

Eye-Fi has added popular websites including Flickr and Twitter to the list that users of its wi-fi memory cards can upload images to. Changes to the Eye-Fi Manager web application also allow the creation of RSS feeds.'Direct-upload' options have also been expanded to include Apple's MobileMe and Ad... More...

iPhone protected by Otterbox

iPhone protected by Otterbox 19 September 2008 Protective casing in the iPhone 3G Defender series Otterbox has released a new protective casing in its iPhone 3G Defender series. It has been designed for use with the 8Gb and 16Gb iPhone 3G mobile phones only - the casing does not fit the first ... More...

A Tale of Two Tetrises

Some sad news today from the world of iPhone software, as Noah Witherspoon , developer of the Tetris clone Tris , announced that he was pulling the game from the App Store due to legal threats from The Tetris Company , owner of the Tetris trademark. It's unclear whether Witherspoon has to ... More...

IPhone Update Targeted to Fix 3G Woes, Says Apple

An update released for the iPhone two days ago is meant to deal with communication problems with the company's 3G iPhone , an Apple spokeswoman said. Complaints from users have been on the rise recently about an inordinate amount of dropped calls when using the iPhone 3G. While Apple admits th... More...

Samsung Tees Up the T229 for T-Mobile

posted Jun 16, 2008, 8:29 AM   by Eric M. Zeman updated Jun 16, 2008, 8:48 AM Updated: Added specifications Today Samsung announced that is will begin selling the T229 through T-Mobile. This entry-level flip has a speakerphone, VGA camera, Bluetooth, and is compatible with T-Mobile's M... More...

Outsourcing, Layoffs Lead to End of Tax Breaks at Nielsen

The Nielsen Co. is giving up tax breaks that have netted it $1.4 million since 2001, in response to political fallout from an IT offshoring deal that has led to layoffs at its global technology center in Oldsmar, Fla. Nielsen, which is best known for measuring TV audiences, began getting the tax ... More...

Who's Buying the iPhone?

Amid the hundreds of people waiting in line for a new iPhone 3G in downtown Boston on Friday were "Family iPhone " -- three members of the Kozlek family from Shavertown, Pa. Each had been first-generation iPhone users and each wanted the new device primarily for faster network speeds. ... More...

Cricket Offers Over-The-Air Backups

posted Jun 20, 2008, 1:03 PM   by Eric M. Zeman Cricket has recently begun offering its customers over-the-air backups for personal data, such as contact lists. The service, called My Backup, syncs and saves contacts to Cricket's servers automatically or whenever the customer chooses. User... More...
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