Archive for July, 2011 - Page 14

EA Announces Some Sales Numbers, Big Increase In Income

Electronic Arts Announces 15 Million Copies Of FIFA Sold, 9 Million Copies of Bad Company 2 Sold Among Other Popular Franchises
Filed by on Wednesday, 27. July 2011

Electronic Arts issued their Q1 financial earnings results today, and the company also took the time to talk about some of their more sales results. Not only did FIFA sell tons and tons of copies (what were you expecting), but EA also announced that they shipped a lot of copies [...]

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Sony Brings Out Extensive Lineup Of New Digital Photo Frames

Sony DPF-HD1000, DPF-HD800, DPF-HD700 and DPF-C Series Give You A Place To Put Your Digital Photos, With Some Extras
Filed by on Wednesday, 27. July 2011

Quite a week for the crew out at Sony so far, with word about a new digital camera coming out just two days ago, and now we’ve got word about a lineup of new digital photo frames. We’re talking about the Sony DPF-HD1000, the Sony DPF-HD800, and the Sony DPF-C [...]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Gets Its Android Update Tomorrow

Earlier Speculation Proves Accurate As Asus Tweet Schedules The Update To 3.2 Honeycomb For Tomorrow
Filed by on Wednesday, 27. July 2011

Those of you with Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablets out there–and there are a surprisingly large number of you–will be happy to know that you’ll be getting your long-awaited and often-rumored update to 3.2 Honeycomb tomorrow. And the word comes from no less than Asus’ own Twitter feed.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Gets Gingerbread

Xperia Users Get a Jump From Eclair to Gingerbread as Sony Ericsson Releases 2.3.3 Update
Filed by on Wednesday, 27. July 2011

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 users are in for a surprise, as Gingerbread updates are starting to roll out. While initially planned for release next month, Sony Ericsson is already rolling out 2.3.3 to X10 handsets worldwide.

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Apple Overcharges For Mac OS X Lion Update

Multiple People Report Being Charged More Than Once For Lion Update On PayPal, One Man Charged 122 Times
Filed by on Wednesday, 27. July 2011

When Apple announced that they would be selling the update version of Mac OS X Lion for just $29, many folks applauded Apple and said that was a great deal for a new major update to an operating system. But, it wasn’t a great deal for Mr. John Christman. He [...]

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Netflix Adds Mad Men To Its Streaming Lineup

Popular AMC Series About Sixties Era Advertising And Heavy Drinking Lands On Netflix's Streaming Roster
Filed by on Wednesday, 27. July 2011

It’s been quite a couple weeks for Netflix. Calling them “roller coaster” weeks would really not be out of line at all. And whether you hate them, love them, or still think they’ve got a chance to shine, the big story right now is that they’ve just picked up another [...]

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Olympus Uncrates New Camera, The SP-810UZ

Olympus' New Compact Camera, The SP-810UZ, Carries A Hefty Zoom At A Sensible Price
Filed by on Wednesday, 27. July 2011

All right, camera buffs out there, I know you don’t get quite as much love out of your favorite companies as you used to since cameras started cropping up on tablets and smartphones and all sorts of portable devices. But rest assured, you have not been forgotten about, and the [...]

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Driver: San Francisco PC Requires Persistent Internet Connection To Play

Driver: San Francisco Getting Much-Hated Persistent Internet DRM, Ubisoft Gives Mind-Boggling Justification For Its Implementation
Filed by on Wednesday, 27. July 2011

I hate to reinforce the stereotype that all PC gamers are elitist jerks, but I’m sure a few of them were snickering when the news of Ubisoft’s new UPlay Passport broke. The Uplay Passport is, of course, Ubisoft’s own version of the online pass, which requires those who buy the [...]

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Solar Powered Electric Car Chargers Coming Soon From SolarCity

SolarCity Set To Offer Line Of Electric Car Chargers Powered By Sunlight Alone
Filed by on Wednesday, 27. July 2011

It’s been some day for solar power, for some reason…first we got word about the new possibility of Apple devices running on daylight, and then we follow that up with word from SolarCity, who’s looking to release a line of solar powered electric car chargers.

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T-Mobile Is Saying Thanks, Begins Sending Out $25 Gift Cards

T-Mobile Begins New User Appreciation Program, Has Been Sending Out $25 Gift Cards To Select Customers
Filed by on Wednesday, 27. July 2011

It looks like some T-Mobile users have been getting a gift in the mail. Or more accurately, they have been getting a gift card in the mail. So far the details are still coming only from the users that have received one, which does two things — confirm that these [...]

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