Archive for December, 2010 - Page 7

Skype App For iOS Updated To Version 3.0, Brings Video Calling [Skype For iOS Updated, Now Allow For Video Calling Using 3G & Wi-Fi Connections]

By on Thursday, 30. December 2010

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 [...]

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Gingerbread Theme Mod [Modified ROM Turns Your Xperia X10 User Interface Into Android 2.3 Gingerbread]

By on Thursday, 30. December 2010

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.

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PSP Lands At The Top Of Japan’s Hardware Charts In 2010 [PSP Becomes Japan's Best-Selling Console In 2010, Software Charts Dominated By Monsters]

By on Thursday, 30. December 2010

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 [...]

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Video Game Pirate Loses Pretty Much Everything Of Value In Piracy Sentencing [Video Game Pirate Loses House, Car As Well As Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars]

By on Thursday, 30. December 2010

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, [...]

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Castlevania Harmony of Despair Getting Symphony Of The Night-Based DLC [Castlevania Harmony Of Despair DLC Will Have Two Levels, One Old & One New]

By on Thursday, 30. December 2010

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 [...]

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Game Dev Story Discounted To $0.99 On App Store, $1.20 On Android Today [Game Dev Story Sees Discount Today Only, On Both Major Mobile Platforms]

By on Thursday, 30. December 2010

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 [...]

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HP Envy 13 Just $999 After Instant Rebate [HP Cuts Price Of Their Ultrathin Laptop, Takes $450 Off The Price, Clearing Out Stock Before CES Unveil Next Week?]

By on Thursday, 30. December 2010

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. [...]

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Android Trojan Geinimi Steals User Data, Sends It To Remote Servers [Geinimi Is An Android Trojan That Sends Your Data To Unknown Third Parties]

By on Thursday, 30. December 2010

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 [...]

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Motorola Asks For Halt In Xbox 360 Sales [Motorola Asks The ITU To Stop Sales Of The Xbox 360 While Patent Issues Relating To WiFi Are Resolved]

By on Thursday, 30. December 2010

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 [...]

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Reuters: Google & Apple Will Be Forced To Uphold User’s Privacy By Lawsuits [Court Action Will Force Google & Apple To Act Against Privacy Breaching Apps]

By on Thursday, 30. December 2010

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 [...]

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