Archive for September, 2011 - Page 26

Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy Origins Rated For PSN Release [ESRB Spills The Beans On Planned PSN Releases Of Chrono Cross & Final Fantasy Origins By Releasing Ratings For Both Games]

By on Friday, 23. September 2011

PS3 owners in Japan frequently get PSN releases that never see the light of day in other regions, but North America might finally be getting two really good games that Japan has been enjoying for a while now. The ESRB [...]

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iPhone 5 & iPhone 4S Supported by OtterBox? Sort of. [OtterBox Almost Admits to Publicity Stunt As It Displays Banner Showing Unconfirmed Next-gen iPhone Names]

By on Friday, 23. September 2011

Just yesterday we were looking at allegedly leaked iPhone 4S cases complete with OtterBox retail packaging and it looks like it may have all just been a publicity stunt.

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HTC Vigor Not Part of the Droid Family, Thunderbolt 2 Name Back in Play? [Upcoming HTC Vigor May Not Be Sold as the Droid Incredible HD As Believed]

By on Friday, 23. September 2011

The HTC Vigor is one of Verizon’s upcoming Android handsets, a device that’s said to sport a few interesting features and that’s expected to be announced officially in a few weeks.

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Microsoft Currently Reversing Unjustified Xbox Live Bans [Was Your Xbox 360 Wrongfully Banned From Xbox Live? Microsoft Is Offering Compensation Packages To Those Affected]

By on Friday, 23. September 2011

Normally, when your console is banned from Xbox Live, there’s a pretty good reason for it. Maybe you modded your Xbox 360 and were stupid enough to log on to Xbox Live, or played a game before its scheduled release [...]

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Bethesda Denied Restraining Order In Fallout MMO Lawsuit [Bethesda Suffers Another Hit In Their Attempt To Stop Interplay From Developing A Fallout MMO, Should They Just Give Up?]

By on Friday, 23. September 2011

Bethesda has suffered another setback in their years-long quest to stop Interplay and Masthead from developing a Fallout MMO, as a U.S. District Judge has denied their requested restraining order against Masthead Studios. This is just the latest in a [...]

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Yahoo! is for Sale – Jerry Yang [Leaked Memo from Yahoo! Co-Founder Jerry Yang Says the Board is Talking to Potential Buyers]

By on Friday, 23. September 2011

Yahoo! is currently in a precarious situation. Amid a declining position in the portal business and a handful of missed opportunities, the board fired CEO Carol Bartz. Then there were talks of acquisition, which were initially denied. But it seems [...]

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Diablo 3 Not Launching Until Early 2012 [Blizzard Pushes Diablo 3 Release Into 2012, Extends Diablo 3 Closed Beta To Accommodate More Players As A Result Of The Delay]

By on Friday, 23. September 2011

Those looking forward to DOTA 2 got a great bit of news today and will probably spend the evening drunk and in uplifted spirits as a result. While those DOTA 2 fans are celebrating, Diablo fans had their worst fears [...]

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The Top Seven Reasons Why Netflix Splitting Is A Great Move [The Contrarian Approach To Why Netflix's Split Is A Good Idea, Featuring Economic Reasons, Bandwidth Reasons, & A Little Good Old Fashioned Vision]

By on Friday, 23. September 2011

One of the clearly big news stories of the week was Netflix’s move to split itself off into two subdivisions: Netflix, which would stick to the streaming video portion of the business, and Qwikster, the DVD arm which would keep [...]

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Geeks Corner, Overabundance Of Choice [Competition Is Generally Good, But With So Many Available Options -- How Do You Decide What To Buy & Use?]

By on Friday, 23. September 2011

As mentioned at the end of last weeks Geeks Corner, I wanted to discuss an issue that I find troubling, the overabundance of tech. Granted, this may or may not be quite as much an issue for everyone, however, on [...]

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Valve Moving DOTA 2 Release Date Up [Valve Bumps Up DOTA 2 Release Date To Please Fans, Could We See An Official DOTA 2 Release By The End Of 2011?]

By on Friday, 23. September 2011

If you’ve got the itch to play DOTA 2, then you’ll want to pay attention to this: Valve has announced that they’ll be bumping up the release of DOTA 2 just for you. Well, you and every other DOTA fan [...]

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