Archive for December, 2011 - Page 11

After a long period of silence, Nintendo is finally talking about the Wii U again. Many Nintendo fans are waiting with bated breath for more information on the Wii U, but even though Nintendo gave us some more news about the Wii U’s release date today, it unfortunately didn’t get [...]

While you were ripping open presents and knocking back glasses of eggnog like you were paid to do it this past weekend, the Humble Indie Bundle 4 developers (along with Child’s Play charity and the American Red Cross) were raking in money. Over the weekend, Humble Indie Bundle 4 passed [...]

Just four days ago, when many of you were likely finishing up your last-minute Christmas preparations, our own J. Angelo Racoma brought us word of Hasbro taking issue to the point of lawsuit with the Asus Transformer Prime. Even I set out a comment on that one, being rather unsurprised [...]

Word out of China has recently arrived suggesting that any future concerns about iPhone shortages may be unfounded, an especially encouraging bit of news considering that we’re expecting not only a new iPhone this year–the actual iPhone 5–but also at least one potential new iPad. In fact, the current reports [...]

It’s the end of an era about to land with the end of 2011, folks, as Boxee’s newest desktop version will be landing in public beta mode soon. But while a new beginning is about to arrive, it’s also the beginning of the end in some ways. Specifically, the beginning [...]

Home theater buffs out there–and those interested in building their own home theater–have a lot to consider these days, not least of which is the kind of display you’ll use to get your images. And with a panoply of televisions available (not to mention projectors), choosing one in particular is [...]

Good news for book lovers out there with a fondness for titles available through Google Books. While users could previously read content offline only on their smartphones and tablets, offline reading is now supported on desktop and notebook computers as well.

It’s pretty much common knowledge–sufficiently so to be included in pop culture–that getting a cab in New York can be difficult, and is often not a very environmentally friendly choice. But considering plenty of people are afraid of what’s going on in the underground labyrinth of tunnels and warrens known [...]

Amazon has their 12 Days of Kindle for those in the UK and it looks like Apple is also doing something Christmas related for the UK market. The offering from Apple comes in the form of a “12 Days of Christmas” iOS app that promises something free for each of [...]

Sure, we’ve been keeping a weather eye on the doings of Dish Network for some time now, especially since they took over Blockbuster and brought out a whole slew of new products and services. But it’s worth remembering that Dish has some competitors, chief of which is DirecTV. And DirecTV [...]