Archive for December, 2011 - Page 23

Namco Bandai “Banadroid” App Store Launches [Game Publisher Bandai Namco Opens Android App Marketplace]

By on Tuesday, 20. December 2011

Game publisher Namco Bandai has launched its own application store for in-house  and developer-built Android applications. Dubbed Banadroid, the service has launched in Japan, and plans to target game enthusiasts in the Asia Pacific region.

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Firefox 9 Leaked; Promises 20-30% JavaScript Performance Boost [Mozilla Firefox 9 Official Build Now Available for Download; Will Result in Faster Webpage Speeds, But Can Firefox Regain Market Share from Chrome?]

By on Tuesday, 20. December 2011

2011 has not exactly been a good year for Mozilla, with Google Chrome surpassing Firefox (and Internet Explorer 8)  in terms of browser popularity, and the foundation’s deal with Google reportedly expiring this year. But even with these difficulties, Firefox 9 [...]

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Facebook Menlo Park Headquarters Now Open [Facebook Starts Moving to Its New Place in the Valley; Wants Green Tech LEED Gold Certification For Reuse of Materials & Eco-Friendly Transportation Options]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

Menlo Park has a new resident. And they’ve got 800 million friends worldwide. Facebook has detailed the first few steps in its move to their new headquarters at 1601 Willow Road. With the move, we also get a peek at [...]

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AT&T, T-Mobile Acquisition Deal Cancelled [AT&T Finally Calls it Quits; Will Pay Deutsche Telekom More Than $3 Billion as Settlement, But Still Plans to Pursue Other Deals to Improve Mobile Broadband Capacity]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

After months of negotiation, rallying for support, and fighting the DoJ and FCC, AT&T is finally cancelling its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. The telecoms company is now getting ready to pay settlement fees to the tune of $4 billion.

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No Personal Data Stolen In Square Enix Members Hack [Square Enix Says No Personal Information Was Accessed During Square Enix Members Breach, Website Remains Offline]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

It’s been just under a week since we found out that Square Enix Members had suffered a security breach, and in the time since, Square Enix has been scrambling to figure out what kind of information was accessed in the [...]

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Redsn0w 0.9.9b9 Jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 Devices Excluding the iPhone 4S & iPad 2 Available [iPhone Dev Team Releases New Redsn0w Version, Offers Updates for Tethered iOS 5 Jailbreak Tool]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

We have new jailbreak details for you, and we’re still talking about a tethered (or semi-tethered) iOS 5 jailbreak as the untethered version is yet to see the light of day. But as pod2g is working on his own untethered [...]

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$26,000 Steve Jobs Autographed iPod Shuffle 4G Selling on eBay (u) [Steve Jobs Memorabilia Hot on eBay, Old But Never Used Shuffle to Sell for Thousands of Dollars]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

A few days ago we told you that Apple’s founding documents sold for $1.6 million at a Sotheby’s auction, or ten times more than it was initially believed they would sell for. The reason is quite simple, the documents bear [...]

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Battlefield 2143 Teased In Battlefield 3? [Battlefield 2143 Easter Egg Discovered Lurking In Battlefield 3 Back To Karkand DLC]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

Battlefield 3 has been available for just about two months now, and Battlefield die-hards are loving it. However, even though the Battlefield faithful will likely be playing Battlefield 3 for the months or even years to come, the folks at [...]

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Apple vs HTC: ITC Bans Certain HTC Android Imports in the U.S. [Apple Obtains New Legal Victory Against Major Android Player, All Is Not Lost for HTC]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

Apple has defeated HTC in courts again, after a series of previous legal victories, but this time we’re looking at a more important verdict. The International Trade Commission decided to ban certain imports of HTC Android products starting with April [...]

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Tri-Ace Worked With Square Enix On Final Fantasy XIII-2 [Star Ocean Developer Tri-Ace Reveals It Helped With Final Fantasy XIII-2 Development]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

Final Fantasy XIII is one of those games that divides gamers. On one side, you have a group of players that say Final Fantasy XIII was a great game if you just gave it some time, while the other side [...]

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