Archive for May, 2011 - Page 29

Sprint announced their Windows Phone 7 offering way back in February and it came available about a month later on March 20th. And well, the nice part about that was it launched with the copy/paste update already in place. The bad part about that, we have heard almost nothing about [...]

The Nook Color seems to be well liked by many, and for good reason as it works well as both an ereader and more recently a tablet. Of course, the Nook Color tablet functionality is not entirely new, however it was recently made much better with the Android 2.2 software [...]

A new device is released and the sales related questions inevitably follow. In this instance we are referring to the BlackBerry PlayBook which was first released back on April 19th, which means it has now been available for just over one month.

Twitter 2.0 for the BlackBerry came available just a few weeks back, except at the time it was limited in availability to those willing to navigate the Beta Zone. Given that, it may be safe to assume that many may have caught the news, but skipped the download. Well, flash [...]

Those with a Nook Color and hoping to be able to watch a bit of Hulu Plus will want to check out this post as it seems the service has been enabled. Well, Hulu Plus has been enabled for those willing to follow a 19 step process that includes installing [...]

Yesterday we saw the HTC Sensation come available with Vodafone UK and today we have another high end Android smartphone that has entered the currently available lineup, the Samsung Galaxy S II. And similar to the Sensation, the Galaxy S II is also running Android 2.3 Gingerbread and available for [...]

Prepare to game on the go. Verizon has just started taking pre-orders for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, an Android phone with a “PlayStation GamePad” that’s also “PlayStation Certified”, meaning it comes with the PlayStation Suite and can play a number of PS1 and other games. Just don’t call it [...]

The folks at BioWare made a name for themselves by bringing us epic fantasy RPGs like Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Over time, their games have stayed within the realm of sci-fi and fantasy with titles like Mass Effect, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Jade Empire, but [...]

Microsoft has closed down Pioneer Studios, a skunkworks operation inside the tech giant that was started by J Allard and worked to develop consumer hardware for Microsoft. Pioneer Studios was responsible for parts of the Xbox 360, Zune, Kin and Windows Phone 7. But, most of all, people seem upset [...]

Child porn is the bane of photo sharing sites and social networks. Not only is it illegal, but it’s also embarrassing if a network were to have these material unchecked. Facebook is implementing new technology to make sure its photo albums don’t contain child porn.