Archive for October, 2010

IO Interactive Suffers Second Round Of Job Cuts This Year [IO Interactive, Developers Of Hitman, Kane & Lynch, Layoff Around 30 Employees In Second Round Of Layoffs]

By on Sunday, 31. October 2010

IO Interactive, the company responsible for the amazing Hitman series and the not-so-cool Kane & Lynch series, has announced that they have just concluded their second round of layoffs this year. The first round occurred back in March, when the [...]

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Top 10 Geeky Halloween Costumes It’s Too Late to Get [Preparing for Trick or Treating? Here’s What You Could Have Worn for Halloween Today]

By on Sunday, 31. October 2010

Depending on where you are in the world, it’s probably too late to come up with a decent Halloween costume for yourself or your kids (and hopefully you haven’t disappointed your children and got them some interesting costumes by now) [...]

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Omar Hamoui, AdMob CEO, Quits Google For Good [AdMobs CEO Decides to Call It Quits, We’ll Never Know Whether He Was Fired or Simply Left]

By on Sunday, 31. October 2010

Omar Hamoui is the guy behind AdMob, the mobile advertising company that sparkled both Google’s and Apple’s interest and that was purchased by Google in a cool $750 million deal. So you’d think that the former AdMob CEO would love [...]

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Pre-order T-Mobile Samung Galaxy Tab Android Tablet on Amazon for $699.99 [Amazon Opens Up T-Mobile Galaxy Tab Pre-order Process; Offers Unsubsidized Tablet Alone]

By on Sunday, 31. October 2010

Today’s the last day of October which some like to refer to as Halloween. But besides trick or treating, you might be interested in a different activity for today which is pre-ordering your first Samsung Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab [...]

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Unlocked GSM Palm Pre 2 Coming Straight from HP, Somewhere Over the Rainbow [Palm Pre 2 Could Head to Verizon First but GSM Version Will be Available from HP, Contract Free]

By on Sunday, 31. October 2010

The Palm Pre 2 was strangely launched in France first, of all worldwide markets, while the U.S. public still has no official launch date from either HP-Palm or Verizon.

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Bloom Laptop: Recyclable Laptop That Dismantles in 2 Minutes [Stanford University Students Have Designed A Modular Laptop That Dismantles Easily For Recycling]

By on Sunday, 31. October 2010

Portable computers have easily overtaken desktops in terms of sales and market share because of their portability, utility and price. Laptops are usually more eco-friendly, as they require less energy to run. But when the time comes for you to [...]

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Motorola Droid 2 Global & T-Mobile Comet Priced, Not All Release Dates Confirmed Yet [Motorola Droid 2 Global Black & White to Cost $199.99 on Contract; T-Mobile Comet to Retail for $149.99, Contract Also Required]

By on Sunday, 31. October 2010

Two of the upcoming Android handsets you should be keeping an eye out for are the Motorola Droid 2 Global, hitting Verizon Wireless stores in the near future, and the T-Mobile Comet, also known as the Huawei Ideos, heading to [...]

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VLC for iPhone & iPad to be Removed from the App Store? [VLC Says Apple Is Apparently Infringing its Copyright; Expects iOS Apps to be Removed]

By on Sunday, 31. October 2010

We weren’t expecting VLC for iPad and iPhone to be approved in the first place, and these apps have probably been granted access to the App Store following Apple’s recent change of terms and conditions that made it easier for [...]

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Volvo Experimenting With Fuel Cell Technology To Extend Range Of Electric Cars [Volvo C30 DRIVe To Possibly Include Fuel Cell Technology That Produces Hydrogen For Running Electric Motor]

By on Sunday, 31. October 2010

Electric vehicles are all the rage these days. But they do come with one caveat: you had better not run out of power in the middle of the highway. This is why automotive manufacturers are trying to find ways to [...]

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THEKPV: Solar Powered Electric Bicycle With Regenerative Braking [The Hybrid Electric Kinetic Photovoltaic Vehicle Takes You Places Using Sunlight, Battery & Kinetic Energy]

By on Sunday, 31. October 2010

If you think biking is as simple as pedaling, balancing and changing gears, this two-wheeled wonder will amaze you. Designed and created by a DIY enthusiast, The Hybrid Electric Kinetic Photovoltaic Vehicle (THEKPV) uses three possible power sources to propel [...]

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