Archive for December, 2010 - Page 7

Just the other day we saw the how-to on the Skype website that suggested the iPhone was going to get video calling. And well, it looks like that is one rumor that has come true. The new video calling support has arrived in version 3.0 and while the benefits are [...]

Sony Ericsson is one of those Android mobile phone manufacturers that are often late in updating to the latest Android version. A modified ROM for the flagship Xperia X10 lets you experience Gingerbread goodness, at least in the UI.

Japan’s 2010 sales figures are in, and it really shouldn’t shock people to see PSP and DS at the top of the hardware charts, as well as Pokemon Black/White finding a place at the top of the software chart. The PSP beat out the DS by just about 10,000 units, [...]

A former Nationwide employee has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison after sending records of his counterfeit games operation to his work email address. Qiang “Michael” Bi, 36, of Powell, Ohio was convicted Wednesday of mail fraud, copyright infringement and aggravated identity theft, and his sentence also [...]

Assets get reused in games all the time, not to mention other things like mechanics and animations. In fact, the golden rule when making a game is never make something that you’ll only use once. Konami have apparently decided to take that rule and apply it to an entire series, [...]

If memory serves, we’ve been singing this game’s praises for a while now. And we know what you’re thinking, while the premise of building and managing your own studio coupled with adorable visuals and addictive gameplay sounds like a match made in Japan, this sort of technology looks like it [...]

Remember the HP Envy? Like the Dell Adamo, it was the PC industry’s response to the MacBook Air. With Apple coming out with a new MacBook Air this year, I expect we’ll see a plethora of new ultra-thin PCs at CES next week. So, with HP cutting some $450 off the price of [...]

They grow up so fast, don’t they? It seems like only yesterday Android didn’t even have a decent music player and now it’s getting all sorts of  nasty trojans and malware. Apart from all the awesome apps we mean, those are cool. What this new trojan does, not so much. [...]

As we reported some time ago, Microsoft and Motorola are in quite the patent battle with each other. Microsoft first sued Motorola, then Motorola sued them back, and now Motorola is swinging for the jugular. Motorola Mobility is asking the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to halt sales of the [...]

There’s a huge legal fight a-brewin’, according to Reuters, as the lawsuit we brought to your attention the other day has apparently been joined by another one and is looking to move up to the class-action leagues. Considering what started this whole mess and the indolent response from most of [...]