Archive for January, 2011 - Page 16

Mozilla Releases Firefox 4 Beta 10 [Mozilla Releases Newest Beta Creation For Firefox 4]

By on Thursday, 27. January 2011

Mozilla is moving ever closer to releasing Firefox 4 and because of this the company has released several beta editions. The latest edition if Firefox 4 Beta 10, just a few weeks after Beta 9 hit the masses.

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Oregon Trail & Carmen Sandiego Coming To Facebook [Oregon Trail & Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? Remakes Releasing On Facebook In Early February]

By on Thursday, 27. January 2011

I don’t know about you, but my elementary school career was pretty much defined by Oregon Trail and Carmen Sandiego. Did I learn anything from them? Well, I learned that traveling the Oregon Trail was rough, but only because my [...]

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Scribblenauts Developer 5th Cell’s Hybrid Tries For Persistent Online World War [5th Cell Hard At Work On Massive Persistent World Online Shooter, Hybrid]

By on Thursday, 27. January 2011

As well received as Scribblenauts was, 5th Cell are reaching way out of their comfort zone here, or at least so the latest details available on its new game, Hybrid, would seem to indicate. They seem to be going for [...]

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Demand Media IPO Opens Up Big On First Offering [Freelance Writing Site Makes Cash On IPO Despite Less Than Great Previous Earnings]

By on Thursday, 27. January 2011

With all the internet commerce sites launching stock options and IPOs in the coming years, one has to wonder whether we are witnessing a second dotcom boom. Demand Media, a freelance writing site launched an IPO yesterday and the company’s [...]

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Microsoft: 2 Million WP7 Licenses Sold [Microsoft Says That They've Sold 2 Million Windows Phone 7 Licenses To Manufacturers, Silent On Number Of Devices Activated]

By on Thursday, 27. January 2011

Windows Phone 7 is the newest major mobile operating system. Microsoft has been putting a huge marketing push behind the new OS, and so there’s been a lot of discussion about how well it’s doing. Microsoft has once again graced [...]

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US Representative Reintroduces Video Game Labeling Bill [US Representative Joe Baca Reintroduces Video Game Labeling Bill To House, Would Require T & M Rated Games To Carry Warning Labels]

By on Thursday, 27. January 2011

While we’re awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court on Schwarzenegger v. EMA, Representative Joe Baca (D-CA) has taken the initiative to reintroduce a bill to the House of Representatives that would require a warning label on all video games [...]

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Sony’s PlayStation 3 Piracy-Stemming Security Updates Start Rolling In [PlayStation 3 Security Updates Being Dished Out By Sony As Anti-Piracy Panacea]

By on Thursday, 27. January 2011

It was bound to happen, but I’m slightly surprised that Sony have managed to get their act together so quickly. Sony’s first salvo in the Great PS3 Piracy War of ’11 has been fired, firmware update 3.56 by its maiden [...]

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Crytek Releasing Crysis 2 Demo Fix For Freezing, Server Dropping Issues [The Crysis 2 Xbox 360 Exclusive Demo Is Getting Patched By Crytek]

By on Thursday, 27. January 2011

There are two ways this bit of news can be spun. The first is that Crytek are so dedicated to their fans that when they reported issues like freezing and server disconnections with what is essentially a free piece of [...]

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Apple Releases Brand New iPad Ad [Apple's 'iPad Is Iconic' Ad Released On All Major Networks]

By on Thursday, 27. January 2011

While no one can claim that sales of the Apple iPad haven’t been extremely brisk, no one will accuse Apple of resting on its laurels. Yesterday the computer giant released a brand new ad that shows off several of the [...]

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Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo Will Be Open To All Xbox 360 Players This Weekend [Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo Will Be Opened To Those With Xbox Live Silver Accounts This Weekend Only]

By on Thursday, 27. January 2011

The announcement of a 360-only Crysis 2 multiplayer demo probably pissed some people off, and the subsequent announcement that it would only be available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers probably didn’t earn Crytek or Microsoft any new fans, either. However, [...]

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