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Adobe releases Photoshop.com app for Android

Adobe has introduced Photoshop.com Mobile as an application for mobile phones running the Android operating system. It enables users to view, edit and apply effects to images. Once edited, images can be uploaded to the user's Photoshop.com account for sharing or back-up purposes. Currently availabl... More...

Opera Mini 5 beta released

Opera Mini 5 beta released 17 September 2009 New version of popular web browser available for download The new version of Opera for mobile use, Mini 5, has reached the beta stage and is now available for download - you can view a video on the browser, here .   The browser ... More...

Let the Battle Begin! The 40th Anniversary of Nerf

To mark its 40th anniversary, Nerf sent us a small arsenal of weapons stocked with foam ammo. When this package landed in PC World's intern pen, how could hostilities not ensue? Prepare for polyurethane pandemonium! More...

Pre and iTunes part company

Pre and iTunes part company 16 July 2009 New version of iTunes blocks Palm Pre The war between Palm and Apple is officially underway, after many warnings and news on this website with iTunes becoming the first battleground .   It appears that the first conflict has resulted in the ... More...

Kindle 2 Price Plunge Signals E-Book Reader Market Competition

Today Amazon quietly lowered the price on its Kindle 2 e-book reader. That didn't take long: The Kindle 2 became available only about five months ago. And the price cut is a significant one: Amazon cropped $60 off the top price of its second-generation e-book reader, which now carries a more reaso... More...

Happy Birthday! The Walkman Turns 30

Sony introduced its Walkman portable cassette player thirty years ago this week, kicking off a revolution in the consumer electronics industry by changing the way people enjoy music. Photograph: Rick Rizner Until its introduction, the only way people could enjoy their own choice of music wh... More...

The Macalope Weekly: Hold the Liver

Who's got time to talk about Steve Jobs' liver when the iPhone is a harbinger of economic DOOM! Meanwhile, buyers give us the four-two-zero on netbook ownership and porn finally arrives at the App Store! Sort of! iPhone buyers kill the economy Sometimes there's a certain madness that afflicts p... More...

Blackberry mobiles receive RealPlayer SP

Blackberry mobiles receive RealPlayer SP 26 June 2009 Convert and transfer video from the Web directly to a BlackBerry smartphone Known for its software video player for the PC, where it is widely used, RealNetworks has now introduced RealPlayer SP for the Blackberry mobile phone, a utility wh... More...

Project Natal Demoed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Microsoft's brand new motion sensing tech gets a little Late Night exposure. By Dustin Quillen , 06/11/2009 Microsoft's Kudo Tsunoda showed up on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, as promised , to give the world an early glimpse of Project Natal. On display were the Ricochet... More...

Metal Gear Solid Arrives on the PlayStation Store Today

Download Hideo Kojima's original 3D sneaking mission from the PlayStation Store later this evening. By Dustin Quillen , 06/18/2009 Hideo Kojima's PlayStation masterpiece Metal Gear Solid is, at long last, coming to the PlayStation Network this evening. The 1998 stealth action game should b... More...

BlackBerry Tour vs Nokia E72: The Battle For Business

Two new business-oriented smart phones are about to the hit store shelves: The latest in Nokia's line of business phones, the E72, and the long-rumoured BlackBerry Tour 9630. Both phones will be on the market later on this year, with the BlackBerry 9630 available this summer on Sprint and Verizon... More...

iPhone Owners Slam AT&T for Price of Upgrade

iPhone users angry over AT&T 's pricing policy for the new iPhone 3G S have taken their campaign to Twitter , where more than 4,400 have added their names to an instant petition. They're mad as hell about AT&T's plan to charge them an additional $200 to upgrade to the iPhone ... More...

Opera Edges Safari as No. 1 Mobile Browser. Maybe.

Opera regained a slight lead over Apple to become the most-used mobile browser in May, according to data from StatCounter. Or maybe not. Slideshow on the new browser generation It all depends on what's being counted. StatCounter tracks a sample of more than 4 billion page views per month, acr... More...

Apple Tests Push Notifications, But Are They Ready?

Apple is ready to test push notifications , one of the most anticipated features of the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 . In an e-mail sent to iPhone developers , Apple asked for assistance in stress-testing its push notification servers using a new Associated Press application. The app will be available ... More...

'Cross-Play' FPS The Crossing Officially Put on Hold

Financial trouble forced Arkane Studios to halt work on innovative single player/multiplayer crossover shooter. By Kris Pigna , 05/16/2009 Remember The Crossing , the first-person shooter in development at Arkane Studios in conjunction with Valve that would combine a single-player experie... More...

Gaming Industry Lacks its Own Oscars

By Susan Arendt February 19, 2007 | 12:43:40 PM Categories: Culture    Television has the Emmys, music has the Grammys, and movies of course have the Oscars, but the video game industry still lacks that One Award to Rule Them All. Variety takes a moment from pr... More...

Poll: Sex in Games Is Worse Than Violence

By Susan Arendt April 10, 2008 | 12:58:17 PM Categories: Culture    This week's poll at What They Play shows that although violence in games is what tends to get all the negative attention, some people, at least, find games' sexual content to be far more offens... More...

Game Night with Resident Evil 5 Versus DLC Coming Soon

We check out Capcom's controversial-yet-anticipated new competitive mode. By Richard Li , 04/06/2009 1UP's Game Night : Resident Evil 5 Time : Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 5 p.m. PST Location : Watch the embedded video player here in this story. Questions : Ask your question i... More...

Japan's Newbie Game Directors Speak Up

Nine devs give their thoughts on the game biz. By Kevin Gifford , 04/01/2009 Remarkably, there are more game developers in Japan besides Miyamoto and Kojima. Hard to believe, but yes, it's true. So when Famitsu magazine did a feature this week devoted to nine lesser-known game directors and ho... More...

Low cost deal - Samsung G600 from Virgin Mobile for only ?.50

Low cost deal - Samsung G600 from Virgin Mobile for only ?.50 30 March 2009 Virgin Mobile offers the feature friendly Samsung G600 on a Virgin contract The Virgin Mobile £8.50 line rental is the best value 18 month contract on the market. Granted, it doesn't offer too many f... More...
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