Archive for October, 2010 - Page 4

If you think everything about a hybrid car is green, you’d better think again. Batteries come with certain chemistries that will give off toxic materials to the environment if disposed of improperly. This is why hybrid and EV manufacturers need [...]

Next week, on November 2nd, the Supreme Court is set to begin oral hearings for Schwarzenegger v. EMA, a case that, if successful, will make it illegal to sell “ultraviolent video games” to minors. Proponents of the bill say that [...]

Bioware’s Mass Effect 2 and Pop Cap’s Plants vs. Zombies both made a strong showing at this year’s Golden Joystick awards, with Plants vs. Zombies taking home the awards for Strategy Game of the Year and Download Game of the [...]

Those who pre-ordered Kinect for Microsoft are being allowed to keep their Kinect units. Great news! You’ll remember that Microsoft started discreetly sending out Kinects to select  members in their customer service feedback program back in August. Microsoft is being especially generous and allowing [...]

Former President George W. Bush got a lot of flak while in office for a lot of things. But, one of those things was that he was perceived by the tech blog echo chamber has not being very technically advanced, for example, [...]

Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon confirmed in the most recent episode of GameTrailers TV that fan-favorite Jax will be included in the newest iteration of super bloody game series, due out sometime in 2011. Ed Boon told GTTV that the [...]

The Android world is abuzz with rumors about this “Nexus Two” phone coming from Samsung. Granted nothing has been confirmed, but more and more rumors are starting to indicate that it could be coming. Case in point, AndroidandMe is reporting [...]

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata outlined plans to overhaul the Wii no Ma shopping channel today in his Corporate Management Policy Briefing. He explained that on November 1st the Wii no Ma channel, which already allows Japanese Wii owners to download [...]

If Kinect games get bad review scores, they won’t sell, right? Not so, according to Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg. Greenberg told Eurogamer in an interview that he says that because Kinect appeals to a different audience than the core gamers, those [...]

One of the star gadgets of this week was, besides the white iPhone 4, the PlayStation Phone. Both devices showed up in various rumors and reports and it looks like it’s time to bring you new details about the PlayStation [...]