Archive for August, 2011 - Page 2

Google+ Rolls Out Ignore Option [Not Very Fond Of Someone In Your Google Plus Friend List But Can't Delete Them? Ignore Them]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

Last week, Google+ introduced a new feature called “Ignore,” which, as its name implies, lets you ignore people on your friend list. It’s totally different beast from Block – the latter is the stronger option, and clicking it lets the [...]

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Shooting Civilians Won’t Be Allowed In Battlefield 3 [DICE Won't Let Players Shoot Down Civilians In Battlefield 3, A Move That's Bound To Be Controversial With Gamers That Put Realism Before Everything Else]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

In the modern-day shooter, realism is everything. Most games you see will allow you to mow down any NPC in your path, be they friend, foe, or innocent. Even in fantasy space shooters like Halo, the player is allowed to [...]

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Todd Howard Explains Why We Probably Won’t See An Elder Scrolls MMO [Hoping To See An Elder Scrolls MMO Sometime In The Future? Bethesda's Todd Howard Has Some Sour News For You]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

The Elder Scrolls games typically do pretty well as a purely single-player experience, but there’s more than a hanful of fans out there who seem to the think that Tamriel would make a great setting for an MMO. While I’m [...]

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Amazon Offering $75 Credit On Purchase Of 250GB Xbox 360 [Amazon's Daily Deal Gives Those Who Purchase A 250GB Xbox 360 A $75 Amazon Credit]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

Those of you who have been thinking of buying an Xbox 360 might want to stop reading this and head over to Amazon right now, because they’re offering you a $75 credit if you buy a 250GB Xbox 360 today. [...]

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Hasselblad Set To Bring Out Firmware Upgrade For Its H4D-40 & H4D-50 Cameras This December [Firmware Upgrade For Hassleblad Cameras Provides A Set Of New Options]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

When you think about the upper echelon in photography, many people’s thoughts shoot right to Hasselblad, about the only place out there you can find cameras selling at five figures outside of antique auctions. And thanks to a recent firmware [...]

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Apple Employee Loses iPhone 5 In Bar [Apple Loses Another Prototype iPhone, Apple Security Allegedly On The Case, Tracked The Phone Down To A House]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. CNET is reporting that an Apple employee has lost a prototype iPhone in a San Francisco area bar. Yep, except this time it’s not an iPhone 4, and it’s not in Redwood [...]

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Dead Island Gets A Surprisingly Beautiful Launch Trailer [Dead Island Releases Next Week, Deep Silver & Techland Give Us A Launch Trailer To Ramp Up Anticipation]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

Dead Island‘s release is nearly upon us, so you know what that means: it’s been given a launch trailer in one final effort to nab some last-minute pre-orders. It has all the things you’d expect in a trailer for a [...]

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Facebook To Launch Music Service This September [Facebook's Music Service, Rumored To Arrive For Some Time, Gets A Launch Date]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

We’ve been following the idea of Facebook getting a music service for some time now. Whether it was going to hook up with Spotify or make it look like iTunes or something entirely different was unclear, but what we knew [...]

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Free NES Games Available On 3DS eShop Today [3DS Ambassadors Get Their Free NES Games One Day Early, Still Waiting On Information About Promised GBA Games]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

I’m sure the anticipation for the 3DS Ambassador games is at an all-time high, especially after yesterday’s reveal of the full list of NES games that will be given away to those who bought a 3DS at full price. Luckily [...]

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Sprint Hikes ETFs to $350, a Hint a Sprint iPhone 5 Is Due? [Sprint to Raise Early Termination Fee for Advanced Devices to $350 Starting September; Is It a Move in Preparation for an iPhone 5 Launch?]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

Following the report that suggested Sprint is next in line to receive the iPhone 5, and the iPhone 4, we’ve seen various reactions from the carrier that can be interpreted as confirmation for the imminent launch of a new CDMA [...]

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