Archive for October, 2011 - Page 7

DC Universe Online Switching To Free-To-Play Next Week [DC Universe Online Making The Transition To Free-To-Play At The Beginning Of November]

By on Friday, 28. October 2011

With so many MMOs either launching as free-to-play games or making the transition to free-to-play shortly after launch, we can’t say it was much of a surprise to hear that Sony Online Entertainment was planning to make DC Universe Online [...]

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Nintendo Blames Lack Of New Games On Wii U Development [Nintendo Says It Couldn't Release Key Software For Existing Consoles Due To Development Of Wii U]

By on Friday, 28. October 2011

There’s no doubt about it – Nintendo has taken this generation by storm. Yes, it may be in trouble now, but for most of this generation, it has laughed all the way to the bank. For most of 2011, however, [...]

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The Top Seven Things I’m Looking For In Grand Theft Auto V [With Grand Theft Auto V Rumored To Launch, I Run Down The Seven Things I'm Hoping For Out Of The Newest Installment, From More Humor To Exotic Weapons]

By on Friday, 28. October 2011

Easily one of the biggest surprise chunks of news this week had to be the news that Grand Theft Auto V was set to make its way to us. Okay, given the incredible success that was Grand Theft Auto IV, [...]

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Nintendo Braces For First Annual Loss In 30 Years [Nintendo Reports Major Losses For The First Half Of Its Fiscal Year, Prepares To Suffer First Annual Loss In 30 Years]

By on Friday, 28. October 2011

Well, Nintendo issued its report for the first half of its fiscal year, and as expected, the results weren’t that great. It wasn’t as bad as Japanese newspaper Nikkei was predicting, but Nintendo was still hit with massive losses in [...]

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Nook Color 2 From Barnes & Noble Set To Land November 7th [The Kindle Fire Looks To Get Some Competition From Longstanding Rival Barnes & Noble's Nook This November]

By on Friday, 28. October 2011

We’ve been pretty focused on the Kindle Fire these last few weeks, and with good reason: this new tablet is offering up some pretty impressive specs and functions alike, making it a great deal that could even be picked up [...]

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Facebook Trusted Friends & App Passwords Introduced [Facebook Gets 600,000 Compromised Accounts Per Day & Is Working to Improve Security Through Trusted Friends & Application-Specific Passwords]

By on Friday, 28. October 2011

Facebook admits that 0.06% of its billion-plus logins per day are compromised. The company is doing something about this security problem by implementing a few new security features.

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Google Propeller & Yahoo Livestand Set To Open Soon [Both Yahoo & Google Look To Bring Out Their Own Digital News Stand Applications In Coming Days, Yahoo Will Likely Be First]

By on Friday, 28. October 2011

No sooner did we hear about the success that Conde Nast magazines were having since opening up their magazines on Apple’s Newsstand system than, just a couple days later, we hear that both Yahoo and Google are set to enter [...]

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Some Battlefield 3 Online Passes Aren’t Working [Electronic Arts Reporting Issues With Battlefield 3 Online Passes - Seriously, Guys?]

By on Friday, 28. October 2011

You know, I could sit here and argue about just how wrong online pass is until the cows come home, but why do I need to when publishers keep screwing the concept up themselves? Hot on the heels of the [...]

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iPhone 4S Battery Issues? There’s an Apple Engineer For That [Apple Reportedly Contacting Users Complaining About iPhone 4S Battery Life to Diagnose Problems]

By on Friday, 28. October 2011

Does your iPhone 4S have any battery issues? Any at all? In case it does, you should definitely contact Apple in order to fix whatever problems cause increased battery drainage. And it looks like Apple will get back to you [...]

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Nokia Windows Phones Can Compete With iPhone 4S, Say Analysts [Analyst Figures Say The Recently Introduced Nokia Phones Can Compete With iPhone 4S On Both Pricing & Hardware]

By on Friday, 28. October 2011

I admit, I wasn’t exactly blown away by the stuff I saw emerging from the Nokia World show. And while it’s not likely to make a big splash, at least one set of analysts out at Barclays Capital says that [...]

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