Archive for February, 2011 - Page 20

Michael Pachter Thinks Wii 2 Reveal ‘Very Likely’ In 2011 [Pachter Says We'll See Wii 2 Revealed This Year, Will Be 'Fully Backward Compatible']

By on Sunday, 20. February 2011

Though Nintendo keeps denying it, Michael Pachter keeps predicting it – the analyst from Wedbush Securities recently predicted once again that we’ll see a Wii 2 announcement this year, this time tacking on the prediction that it will be fully [...]

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Split The Rent Can Calculate Whether Roommates Are Paying Their Fair Share [Split The Rent WebApp Calculates Rent Roommates Should Be Sharing By Size Of Bedroom]

By on Saturday, 19. February 2011

There are few young people who haven’t run into this problem. You decide to move in with a friend or two into a really nice apartment that you all love. One problem is that the bedrooms are almost never going [...]

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Malaysia Airlines Putting Their In-Flight Magazines On The iPad [In-Flight Magazines Starting To Pop Up On iPads More & More]

By on Saturday, 19. February 2011

While most people might view in-flight magazines as little more than something to kill time with, at least one airline is banking on there being a little bit more interest if they being to offer that magazine on the iPad.

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New Anti-Laser Technology Could Be Road Map To Better Computer Tech [Yale's Anti-Laser May Hold Key To Faster Computer Processors]

By on Saturday, 19. February 2011

New Anti-Laser technology that has been developed by Yale researchers could hold the key to the newest computer processor advances. These Anti-Laser devices actually cancel out laser beams of light and may eventually help lead to optical computers. These optical [...]

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MWC 2011: Facebook Phone Maker Says Android Should Get Past Geek Factor [INQ CEO Frank Meehan Says Android Has to Overhaul Image & Focus on User Experience to Be Even More Popular]

By on Saturday, 19. February 2011

Android is on the rise. Android smartphones have been the best-selling smartphones the past two months, and are fast overtaking other platforms. But what can make Android more desirable to common folk? Why do the pretty girls have iPhones and [...]

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Apple Causing Touchscreen Shortage? [Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Has 60% of Touchscreen Supply; Other Smartphone & Tablet Manufacturers Having Difficulty Sourcing Touch Panels?]

By on Saturday, 19. February 2011

The iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad are all great devices. But there are also a handful of other touchscreen devices that run on different platforms, like Android and Windows Phone 7. But what happens when Apple has most of the [...]

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Rumor: Dell Interested In Buying AMD – Why? [Rumors Of Dell Buying Chipmaker AMD Spread Through Internet, Everybody Wonders Why?]

By on Saturday, 19. February 2011

We’ve seen some questionable corporate acquisitions in the tech space in the past, but this one would have to be one of the oddest. Things haven’t been easy for chipmaker AMD recently, who’s getting squeezed on the low-end by ARM and on the [...]

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Back To The Future: The Game Is Telltale’s Most Successful Franchise [Despite Some Earlier Hits And Popular Games, Back To The Future Becomes Big Earner For Adventure Game Developers]

By on Saturday, 19. February 2011

The folks at Telltale Games have had a few great series on their hands before. They’ve had a few popular Sam & Max games as well as the new Monkey Island sequel. But, at a recent press event, Telltale Games [...]

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2012 Honda Civic Hybrid Announced [Honda Launches 2012 Civic Hybrid, With Lithium-Ion Batteries; Civic HF Also Most Fuel-Efficient Gas-Powered Civic]

By on Saturday, 19. February 2011

Honda has just announced the upcoming 2012 update to its compact Civic. While at first glance, the car might look like the current generation Civic from some angles, it’s actually a complete refresh. And the new Civic Hybrid gets better [...]

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Sony’s New Gamocracy Project Aims To Crowdsource Game Development [Sony & Bearded Ladies Launch Gamocracy To Use Community Input In Their Game]

By on Saturday, 19. February 2011

Sony’s plan is to ask for help from the PSN community in the creation of a new game. The project is called Gamocracy and Sony is no stranger to crowdsourcing game levels at least, as the excellent LittleBigPlanet and its [...]

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