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Your Web Browser Knows Where You Are

Allowing your Web browser to determine your physical location opens the door to some seriously nifty features. Some iPhone apps (such as Yelp for iPhone ) can help you find nearby restaurants, bookstores, or other places within walking distance, for example. But such functionality, available in the... More...

Team 17 Explains Alien Breed: Evolution's Timed Exclusivity

Says that accusations that they took Microsoft's money are "bollocks." By Kat Bailey , 07/28/2009 Microsoft has become well-known for using their financial might to secure timed exclusives. According to Team 17 studio director Martyn Brown though, that wasn't the case fo... More...

Double Fine Countersues Activision

Suit alleges Activision is trying to block Brutal Legend release to protect Guitar Hero franchise. By Steve Watts , 07/23/2009 The Associated Press reports that Double Fine Productions has filed a countersuit against Activision for attempting to block the release of Brutal Legend . Double... More...

Remedy Says Alan Wake PC News Coming 'At a Later Time'

Developer currently focusing solely on finishing the Xbox 360 version. By Kris Pigna , 07/07/2009 Way back in 2005, when Alan Wake was first announced, it was announced for the PC and "next generation consoles." But at some point between then and now, the game became an Xbox 36... More...

Next 360 Update to Speed Up the Dashboard

Major Nelson hints at the "performance enhancements." By Steve Watts , 06/22/2009 It's been a while since we've heard about dashboard updates for the Xbox 360, but the next one promises to speed up the sometimes-sluggish menu flipping of the New Xbox Experience. Larry Hryb (aka Maj... More...

Early Wii Sports Resort Playable Code Arrives At 1UP Offices

How's it play? Check out our nine new videos! By 1UP Staff , 06/22/2009 Wii Sports Resort is set to come out next month, but Nintendo has gone ahead and sent us an early playable preview build of the game. Equipped with our Wii Motion Plus attachments, Remotes, and Nunchuks, we... More...

Activision Threatens to Stop Supporting Sony Platforms

"It's expensive to develop for the [PS3], and the Wii and the Xbox are just selling better." By Steve Watts , 06/19/2009 Publishers have been calling for a PlayStation 3 price drop for some time now, and Activision is starting to take the gloves off. Times Online reports that Activi... More...

iPhone OS 3.0 arriving between 5 and 7.30pm UK time?

iPhone OS 3.0 arriving between 5 and 7.30pm UK time? 17 June 2009 Twitterer believes he has worked out global launch time (approximately) So today's the day that the world gets to try out Apple's updated operating system, before the iPhone 3G S goes on sale on Friday . However, there's still ... More...

Best Buy Memo on Windows 7 Outlines Upgrade Pricing

Windows Vista users won't have to pay much to upgrade to Windows 7 , which is slated to ship October 22 . Upgrades to Windows 7 Home Premium , which includes improvements to Vista's sluggish-yet-pretty Aero interface as well as multitouch features , will set Vista users back just $49.99, ac... More...

New Yorker Cover Art Created on an iPhone

Need to find a restaurant with the iPhone? There's an app for that . Want to read a book? There's an app for that . Wondering how your baseball team is doing? There's an app for that . Creating New Yorker cover art? There's an app for that, too. Yep, that's right. The cover for the current ... More...

"Rolling Stone: Drum King" Coming to Wii This Spring

Set list includes covers of songs by Gorillaz, Fall Out Boy, and Queen. By Steve Watts , 05/19/2009 Rolling Stone magazine has teamed up with 505 Games to announce Rolling Stone: Drum King for the Nintendo Wii. The game uses the Wii Remote and Nunchuck to simulate the drumming experience, ... More...

Rockstar Announces Max Payne 3

New title will be arriving this winter on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. By Kat Bailey , 03/23/2009 We called it all the way back in August . Now, hot on the heels of his feature film debut (whatever you may think of it), Max Payne will be getting back to more familiar territory. And he'll be &quo... More...

Santok抯 latest Bluetooth speakerphone

Santok抯 latest Bluetooth speakerphone 23 April 2009 The STK SP250 can be used in the car or in the office for a conference style call Clip it on your sun visor or rest it on your desktop. The new STK SP250 Bluetooth Car Kit aims to provide a handsfree solution without having to resort to inser... More...

Apple, Bring Back the Butterfly Keyboard for Netbooks

There goes Apple, trash-talking netbooks again. Tim Cook, the company鈥檚 chief operating officer, had harsh words yesterday for the current crop of inexpensive mini-notebooks , calling them 鈥?a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/163679/apple_dismisses_netbook_trend.html" target="... More...

Kojima Mentions Zone of the Enders, The Word "Sequel"

Don't get your hopes up too high, but still... By Kevin Gifford , 04/22/2009 In this week's issue of Famitsu magazine, Konami game producer Hideo Kojima commented on the possibility of a new game in the Zone of the Enders robot action series. That previous paragraph, read by itself, sou... More...

Just Posted: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX1 Review

Just Posted: Our review of Sony's new superzoom: the HX1. Superzoom is a fitting name for a camera that features a 20X zoom range of 28mm to 560mm equiv. It also features ultra-fast 10 fps continuous shooting speed, 1080p HD video recording and a sweeping panorama mode. All this built around a new ... More...

Google Disables Uploads, Comments on YouTube Korea

Google has disabled user uploads and comments on the Korean version of its YouTube video portal in reaction to a new law that requires the real name of a contributor be listed along each contribution they make. The rules, part of a Cyber Defamation Law, came into effect on April 1 for all sites wit... More...

ITunes Is DRM-free, Adds Variable Pricing

Apple on Tuesday followed through on its promise to remove all digital rights management (DRM) from music sold on the iTunes Store . The company also unveiled tiered pricing for individual songs and albums. All songs on the iTunes Store are now available at 256kbps AAC encoding, which Apple says... More...

Skype Now Available for Apple iPhone

Skype formally introduces its application for the Apple iPhone and says a beta version of its software is coming soon to the Rim BlackBerry platform. The iPhone application is available now from Apple's App Store, but it only works over Wi-Fi, not on the cellular network, as part of getting the soft... More...

Eidos Confirms Offer Was Made for Company

By Susan Arendt September 04, 2007 | 9:32:44 AM Categories: Business Matters    The SCi Entertainment Group--you know them better as Eidos--has announced that the company is in early talks about a possible offer on the company.  The statement, released t... More...
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