Archive for May, 2011 - Page 12

Leaked iPhone 5 Back Plate Photograph by… iPhone 5 Of Course [Forensic Tech VooDoo Seems to Confirm Certain Specs & Features of the Next iPhone: Camera & Flash Location]

By on Thursday, 26. May 2011

A recent leaked image showing the alleged back plate of the iPhone 5 seems to have been the source of an interesting discovery. The picture itself was taken with an iPhone 5 and, thanks to the current tools at our [...]

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Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Getting Online-Only DRM On PC [Capcom Utilizing Online-Only DRM That Turns The PC Version of SSFIV: Arcade Edition Into A Glorified Demo In Order To Combat Hacking]

By on Thursday, 26. May 2011

Capcom boss Christian Svensson has revealed that the PC version Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition will have an online-only DRM to prevent piracy and hackers from ruining the competitive aspect of the title. This, of course, adds to the [...]

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PayPal Already Sues Google for Google Wallet; NFC-based eWallet Was Just Announced Today [PayPal Hits Google With New Lawsuit; It’ll Probably Not Stop Google Wallet Plans to Proceed As Scheduled]

By on Thursday, 26. May 2011

Just earlier today we showed you more details about that rumored NFC-based eWallet payment system coming to Google, now called Google Wallet, and it looks like the new Google product is already pissing off the competition. In a surprisingly fast [...]

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Infinity Ward: Modern Warfare 3 Will Be Equal Across All Platforms [Infinity Ward Says They 'Don't Have Lead Platforms' When It Comes To Modern Warfare 3, Xbox 360 & PS3 Versions Being Created Equally]

By on Thursday, 26. May 2011

There’s likely a handful of PS3 players out there who are still pissed off about Call of Duty: Black Ops. Yes, the game got great reviews and it’s the best-selling game in US history, but there were quite a few [...]

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BMW, Ford & GM Testing Ways to Harness Energy From Exhaust Gas [Auto Manufacturers Trying to Regain Power From Waste Heat Using Thermoelectric Semiconductors]

By on Thursday, 26. May 2011

No matter how fuel-efficient your internal combustion engine is, it will inevitably waste some energy in the form of heat. To make engines more eco-friendly, auto manufacturers are experimenting with harnessing energy from a car’s exhaust gas.

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David O. Russell Leaves Uncharted Movie [The Film Adaptation of Uncharted: Drake's Forture is Given a Fresh Start with the Departure of Writer & Director David O. Russell]

By on Thursday, 26. May 2011

A few months ago, Uncharted fans seemed to be ready to go on an all out offensive against David O. Russell, the man attached to write and direct a film adaptation of the first title in Naughty Dog’s beloved game [...]

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Netflix for Android Update Brings Support For More Smartphones, HTC Thunderbolt Still Out [LG Revolution, Motorola Droid & Casio G’zOne Commando Now Ready to Run Netflix for Android Thanks to New App Update]

By on Thursday, 26. May 2011

Netflix is available on various Android handsets right now, with the majority of them not really supporting the app officially. We’ve shown you a bunch of ways to make the app work on rooted and unrooted unsupported devices, and a [...]

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HTC Thunderbolt, Sensation & EVO 3D Successors to Come With Free Bootloaders, Peter Chou Says [HTC Confirms Via Facebook It Has Dropped the Locked Bootloaders Policy for Its Phone; Is Motorola Next?]

By on Thursday, 26. May 2011

Earlier today we told you that HTC is considering dropping its locked bootloader policy for its mobile devices and it looks like the Taiwan-based company has reached a decision.

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iPhone 5 Ad Being Shot Months Ahead of Actual Release? [Craigslist iPhone 5 Commercial Casting Ad Surprises Everyone With Crass Lack of Secrecy, iPhone 5 Launch Date Nowhere Near Confirmation]

By on Thursday, 26. May 2011

While Apple PR is reportedly trying to convince UK journalists to cover live the WWDC 2011 event, other people are looking for actors for an upcoming iPhone 5 commercial. That’s right, the next-gen smartphone isn’t even here, and we have [...]

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Verizon 4G LTE Expands to Wisconsin, Utah & Idaho [Verizon 4G LTE Expanded In 25 New Markets, Just In Time For Samsung Droid Charge & LG Revolution Release Dates]

By on Thursday, 26. May 2011

Verizon’s 4G is considered by many to be the best and fastest 4G network out there, and now, it’s expanding further. The top carrier announced a ton of new markets that will be getting Verizon 4G on June 16th, just [...]

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