Archive for February, 2011 - Page 5

Apple has created so far four different iPhone models, from the original handset to the iPhone 4, and they all look pretty similar although the last model was significantly modified when compared with the previous generations.

Those of you waiting for the HTC Thunderbolt to hit stores, and especially those of you that have already pre-ordered the phone must be really annoyed to see February pass without getting a chance to actually buy their new favorite handset.

Lengthy legalese is often confusing. This is just the state of Facebook’s current privacy policy. It’s no surprise when go up in arms whenever they discover that the Facebook privacy policy sometimes doesn’t protect their privacy, at all. This is about to change.

We’ve seen a painfully sparse teaser trailer and we’ve seen some nice looking screenshots, but Bethesda recently released the official trailer for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and there’s quite a bit to drool over in it: dragons, sprawling cities, horned helmets, and even some pretty colors. Check out the trailer [...]

We reported last week that Angry Birds had been confirmed for Windows Phone 7, and now we have a solid release date – Rovio and Microsoft have announced that the game will be released on the platform on April 6th, so WP7 owners will finally get to see what all [...]

Gaming business website Gamasutra got an interview with Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch” Persson. Minecraft is a perfect example of a successful indie game and seems to be quite the success for Persson as well as entertaining folks from all over. But, where does Minecraft go from here? Persson hints in [...]

Do you remember graf_chokolo? He’s the hacker/modder-type who has been attempting to restore the OtherOS functionality to the PS3. In the process, he gained hypverisor access to the PlayStation 3 – that is machine-level command over the system. A few days ago, German police raided his home and Sony Computer [...]

Recall that Samsung showed off a couple of Google TV models at the recent CES. Samsung is reported to be interested in producing Google TV boxes and TV sets with built-in Google TV. But this might be without Intel’s help.

Modern Warfare 3 may be getting a reveal at GDC 2011 next week, as indicated by some bloody dog tags received by various gaming news blog recently. The dog tags lead to findmakarov.com, which is a countdown timer that, as of this writing, has about four and a half days [...]

In a move to expand content available for download (and purchase) via smartphones and tablets, Google has recently started selling e-books via the Android Market. With movies and music on the horizon, will Google be a big challenger in this field?