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Apple Now Accepting iPad App Submissions [iPad App Developers Need to Submit All Apps By March 27 To Make The iPad App Store Grand Opening]

Robert Nelson — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:52:20 +0000

The April 3 launch date for the iPad is now only a few weeks away and Apple has recently put the call out for app submissions. The news comes by way of an email that was sent out to registered developers and not only announces that Apple is looking for ...

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Chrome for Windows to Get 3D Acceleration Thanks to Google ANGLE? [The Google ANGLE to Offer 3D Acceleration to Chrome; No Need for Extra OpenGL Drivers]

Chris Smith — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:34:57 +0000

I don’t know about you but the list of much expected products for 2010 should include Google’s first computer OS, Chrome OS which will mark a turning point in the history of computing. Google is going to rely solely on the cloud to make Chrome OS work thus offering us ...

Original Post Link: Chrome for Windows to Get 3D Acceleration Thanks to Google ANGLE? [The Google ANGLE to Offer 3D Acceleration to Chrome; No Need for Extra OpenGL Drivers] | Published by TFTS - Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities

MSI Unveils P600 Business Notebook [New Business Notebook Features Core i5 Processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, ECO Engine, 15-inch Display]

Kevin Schram — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:56:40 +0000

MSI has taken the covers off of another business-market notebook. This one is named the P600 and uses Intel’s Calpella platform for both the chipset and processor. It’ll be coming with a decent processor in the Core i5 and it will weigh in at 2.41kgs. The 15.6-inch on the notebook has ...

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BenQ V2410T & V2410B LED LCD Monitors Now Official [New LED-backlit LCD Monitors Available from BenQ; V2410T & V2410B to Retail for $319 & $279]

Chris Smith — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:49:31 +0000

We’ve got a bunch of brand new LED-backlit LCD monitors for you folks, or better said, BenQ has them ready for you. They are the BenQ V2410T and the BenQ2410B and they happen to be 24-inch beasts prepared to offer you all the extra screen space you require. The V2410T ...

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iPad Developers Held To Strict Requirements [Development iPads Tethered To Tables, Locked In Rooms, Windows Sealed, Even Big-Name Partners Not Given Any Slack]

Kevin Schram — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:30:06 +0000

I don’t know if you’ve heard about this iPad thing, but it’s getting pretty big. We’re less than a month away from the iPad’s release date and excitement over the tablet is pretty high. Developers who wish to develop applications for the iPad before the big launch day are being ...

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Ezy Tablet PC Revealed Out Of Malaysia [So Called Windows iPad Clone Offers Atom N270 Processor, 10.2-inch Screen, Multi-Touch, Flash, 2GB of RAM]

Kevin Schram — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:07:41 +0000

This new Windows tablet, called the Ezy Tablet PC and coming out of an OEM in Malaysia is being universally hailed as an iPad clone, though I’m not so convinced. Sure, it’ll have a similar 10.2-inch multitouch screen, but it’s running a full desktop OS (Win7 or Vista) vs. the ...

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HP Slate Tablet Specs, Features & Pricing Uncovered; iPad Beware! [HP Slate Specs, Features & Prices Get Leaked; Official Launch Dates Still Not Available]

Chris Smith — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:02:22 +0000

While Apple has been selling in hundreds of thousands of iPad units over the course of this past week the competition hasn’t been wasting any time. The main adversary of the iPad, is, at least until Microsoft decides to make its own Courier official, the HP Slate which has been ...

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iPad Sales Rumored to be in the “Hundreds of Thousands” Already [Apple iPad Sales to Beat Corresponding Original iPhone Sales; Original iPhone Says He Couldn’t Care Less]

Chris Smith — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:45:25 +0000

How well did the iPad do in its first week you might ask? It looks like Apple’s first tablet sold quite well. We talked about unofficial numbers already and it was pretty clear that the device will sell very well even if customers haven’t actually had the chance to experience ...

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Qi Hardware’s Ben NanoNote Handheld Notebook Now Shipping [Small Notebook Uses Open-Source Hardware, Software, Can Be Hacked To Do Just About Anything]

Kevin Schram — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:40:48 +0000

Qi Hardware has finally begun shipping their open-source copyleft hardware ultra-portable “handheld laptop”, dubbed the Ben NanoNote. It’s a highly hackable, compact little computer that can be used normally with it’s base Linux operating system, or it can be easily modded to do just about anything you want. The ultra-small form ...

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Seagate Details 2TB Constellation ES SATA 3.0 Drive [New Drive Is World's First 2TB SATA 3 Drive, Offers Enterprise-Grade Best-in-class Construction]

Kevin Schram — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:14:28 +0000

Seagate just took the wraps off of it’s newest offering, a new drive in its Constellation series that is about as high-end as a hard drive can get, not only does it have 2TB of space (as big as you can get a commercially available hard drive these days) but ...

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Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Detailed, Priced [Extreme Edition Processor Gains Specs, +$1000 Price, 32nm Westmere Chip, Heading To Mac Pros?]

Kevin Schram — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:46:40 +0000

After months of speculation in the enthusiast community, pricing and further specs for Intel’s new bleeding edge processor has revealed. Info about the -980X Extreme Edition comes to us from (where else) European retailers who apparently posted sale pages for the item early. As you can imagine, the processor won’t ...

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Microsoft: We’ve Been Too Slow Going Consumer [Microsoft Director Admits That Redmond Is Sometime Too Focused On The Enterprise Customer, Too Slow To React To Consumer Wants]

Kevin Schram — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:25:37 +0000

It’s hard to imagine, but Microsoft was once in Google’s place – the unstoppable tech darling with enough cash on hand to start whatever project they wanted (Microsoft Bob?). But now, Microsoft has lost of a lot of mindshare, with them often falling behind competitors like Apple and Google in ...

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Sharkoon QuickPort Duo HDD Docking Station Now With USB 3.0 [Sharkoon QuickPort HDD Docking Station Has USB 3.0 Connection, Fits Both 2.5" and 3.5" SATA Drives]

Kevin Schram — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:21:20 +0000

Sharkoon has come out with a new QuickPort Duo docking station for hard drives that has space for two hard drives, as well as using a USB 3.0 SuperSpeed connector to link up to your PC. The docking station can dock up with either the desktop-oriented 3.5″ hard drives, or ...

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Nintendo: We Would Be Embarrassed To Be Sony, Microsoft [Nintendo CEO Says Their Goal Is To Innovate, Interested In HD But No Wii HD Coming]

Kevin Schram — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:04:25 +0000

The (in)famous Reggie Fils-Aime, CEO of Nintendo America, sat down with blog Kotaku and gave a candid interview on his opinions on the PlayStation Move, Xbox’s Project Natal, and the possibility of a high-def variant of the Wii coming anytime soon. While Nintendo is interested in high-def video, Reggie says, ...

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Acer Aspire 1825PT, 1825PTZ Sneak In [Acer Begins Selling 11-inch Touchscreen Convertible Netbooks, Core 2 Duo Processor, 4GB RAM]

Kevin Schram — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:03:48 +0000

Acer’s new Aspire 1825PT and Aspire 1825PTZ convertible netbooks seem to defy an exact description as they straddle the fine line between netbook and light notebook. At any rate, they definitely look handy by their specs. Details of the netbooks come by way of eRetailers accidentally posting their product info ...

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Cisco Cutting WiMAX Hardware Development [Cisco Cutting WiMAX Radios, Base Stations From Plans, Still Work On IP Platforms - Has LTE Won The 4G War?]

Kevin Schram — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:52:06 +0000

Cisco Systems, a major networking hardware manufacturer, has decided to stop developing any future WiMAX hardware, specifically in WiMAX base stations and radios. While they’ll still produce IP platform hardware for WiMax (for carriers to use WiMAX), they’ve decided to cut consumer-orientated networking gear for WiMAX. WiMAX and LTE have been ...

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New Dell Vostro 230 Slim Tower, Mini Tower Desktop PCs Revealed [New Dell Business Desktops Get Slimline Treatment]

Mike Payne — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:08:22 +0000

Dell has released a pair of new desktops for business, providing medium-grade processing power in slimline case builds. The Dell Vostro 230 Slim Tower and Mini Tower desktop PCs are as inexpensive as they are small, starting in price at $389. The new Dell Vostro 230 Slim Tower and Mini Tower ...

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ASUS Offers Pictures Of High-End Rampage III Extreme Motherboard [New ROG Motherboard Gets Press Pics, LGA 1366 Socket, Intel X58 Chipset, USB 3.0]

Kevin Schram — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:34:27 +0000

Although it was hinted at during CES, ASUS has showed off the official press shots for their new motherboard in their ROG line, the Rampage III Extreme. The ROG (Republic of Gamers) is ASUS’ brand for their high-end enthusiast parts and the Rampage III Extreme motherboard looks like it will ...

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AMD Outlines Gamer’s Manifesto For Gamers, Developers [AMD Promises Rights To Gamers, Developers, Will Innovate and Support Industry Standards]

Kevin Schram — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:54:20 +0000

Last week at the Game Developer’s Conference, AMD held a little press conference to unveil what they call the “Gamer’s Manifesto”. Presented by AMD’s Chief Marketing Officer, Nigel Dessau, AMD revealed four promises to the gaming public and developers with whom they work. NVIDIA is pretty public with their marketing. They ...

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EVGA Unveils High-End SR-2 Motherboard ["Classified SR-2" Motherboard Features Intel 5520 Chipset, Dual LGA 1366 CPU Slots, Twelve DDR3 RAM Slots, USB 3.0]

Kevin Schram — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:52:42 +0000

EVGA’s new motherboard, the Classified SR-2, is just about as high-end as you’ll find a motherboard, short of workstation and server grade equipment. It’s the newest entry into EVGA’s Classified series of mainboards and the board is specially designed for overclockers and it features two LGA 1366 processor slots, a ...

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PlayStation Move Ad Takes a Hit at Nintendo’s Wii & Microsoft’s Project Natal [Sony Starts Advertising PlayStation Move Motion Control Gaming; Wii & Xbox 360 Consoles Won’t Really Care Yet]

Chris Smith — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:00:01 +0000

Sony has aggressively started to prepare its potential customers for the PlayStation Move, or the first attempt of the company at motion controlled gaming. And Sony knows for a fact a tough battle awaits them. Nintendo’s Wii is still selling strong and with Microsoft Project Natal motion controller coming later ...

Original Post Link: PlayStation Move Ad Takes a Hit at Nintendo’s Wii & Microsoft’s Project Natal [Sony Starts Advertising PlayStation Move Motion Control Gaming; Wii & Xbox 360 Consoles Won’t Really Care Yet] | Published by TFTS - Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities

Eurocom Adds 6-Core i7 Processor To Notebook [Eurocom D900F Workstation Notebook Offers Core i7 980X Processor, Up To 24GB RAM, 17-inch Screen, Probably Better Than Your Desktop]

Kevin Schram — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:49:22 +0000

Eurocom’s D900F has always been a powerhouse workstation notebook, but now they’ve really outdone themselves by managing to get an Intel Core i7 980X, a six-core processor, inside their newest iteration. The rest of the notebook is pretty impressive, too, with a top-of-the-line graphics card and enough RAM to run ...

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Archos Announces New 13-inch Notebook [New Archos 13 Will Have Atom D510 Processor, Win7 Home Premium, 13-inch screen, Low Power Consumption]

Kevin Schram — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:37:17 +0000

The Archos 13 straddles a fine line between netbook and ultraportable notebook. Archos released their first Archos 13 last June to some critical acclaim, and two weeks ago at the CeBIT show in Germany, they showed off a new generation of the Archos 13 notebook. It’ll keep the same 13-inch ...

Original Post Link: Archos Announces New 13-inch Notebook [New Archos 13 Will Have Atom D510 Processor, Win7 Home Premium, 13-inch screen, Low Power Consumption] | Published by TFTS - Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities

Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange Tool Now Available [Google Helps you Move from Microsoft in 4 Easy Steps (Nothing Personal, of Course)]

Andrew Tingle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:36:38 +0000

Google have really been pushing their Google Apps of late, especially with the launch of the Google Apps Marketplace, and they know its hurting Microsoft so they’ve decided to just tighten the screws a little more in releasing the Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange Tool which could see you ...

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Shuttle X50V2 All-In-One PC On Its Way To Market [Shuttle's Barebone Tablet-Style Desktop Should Arrive At $399 Each]

Mike Payne — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:21:07 +0000

Shuttle has priced and shipped the latest iteration of the X50 line of all-in-one PCs for the US market. The Shuttle X50V2, first revealed at CES 2010 in January, is on its way to stores in the US for $399. The Shuttle X50V2 all-in-one pc features a 15.6-inch touchscreen display, a ...

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Apple’s iPad & Other eReaders/Tablets to Bring the End of Publishing Unless They Don’t [Are Publishers Really Scared of eBook Readers Like the iPad & the Kindle?]

Chris Smith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:45:34 +0000

The iPad has finally landed and we are getting ready to embrace this new trend. Whether we like it or not and whether publishers like it or not, gadgets like the iPad will keep coming at us and eventually everyone will own some sort of tablet and/or eBook reader to ...

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New Xbox 360 in the Making, to Arrive Bundled with Project Natal? [New Xbox 360 Valhalla Motherboard Spotted but New Xbox 360 Console Nowhere to be Seen Yet]

Chris Smith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:51:52 +0000

Just a little while ago we confirmed that Project Natal was en route and on schedule for a holiday season release. Actually Steve Ballmer did all the confirming for us but he also mentioned that a new Xbox 360 might be in the works. At the time we assumed that ...

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Acer TimelineX 1830T Core i5 Specifications & Release Date Detailed [Calpella TimelineX 1830T with Intel Core i5-520UM Processor Set to Debut]

Andrew Tingle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:17:34 +0000

First details concerning Acer’s first ever Calpella based ultraportable have emerged, with news that the Calpella, Intel Core i5 CPU touting Acer TimelineX 1830T ultraportable is scheduled to be announced by Acer in the last week of March. However, ahead of Acer officially announcing the TimelineX 1830T a leak has ...

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New MacBook Pro, MacBook Air & Mac Pro Prices Leaked by Apple? [New Prices Revealed for MacBook Pro, Air & Mac Pro; MacBook Pro Intel Core i5/i7 Upgrade Coming Sooner than Expected?]

Chris Smith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:27:18 +0000

The moment MacBook Pro fans have been expecting might be even closer than we think. We already know that Apple’s famous laptop line is going to get the new 2010 Intel Core i5/i7 chips this spring, but today we got word that Apple might have leaked pricing details not only ...

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MonoTouch: Xbox 360 Games on iPhone & Android Handsets [Novell Showcases New Technology Facilitating iPhone & Android Ports from Xbox Gaming Titles]

Andrew Tingle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:19:01 +0000

We could be set to enter a golden age of cell phone gaming (one could argue that, thanks to the abundance of iPhone and Android based gaming titles we already are of course) thanks to a new software technology, known as MonoTouch, which has just been showcased by Novell, which ...

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Microsoft Says Blu-Ray Is Killing The PlayStation 3 [Microsoft Director Says Blu-Ray Licensing Fees Are Killing The PS3, Microsoft Could Make A PS3 For $100 Less]

Kevin Schram — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:53:19 +0000

Microsoft director Aaron Greenberg is the head of Microsoft’s Xbox Live and played a big role in designing the Xbox 360 console. He has some bold opinions about the Xbox 360’s big rival, the PlayStation 3. Greenberg says that the licensing costs of the Blu-Ray drive inside the PS3 has ...

Original Post Link: Microsoft Says Blu-Ray Is Killing The PlayStation 3 [Microsoft Director Says Blu-Ray Licensing Fees Are Killing The PS3, Microsoft Could Make A PS3 For $100 Less] | Published by TFTS - Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities

iPad Accessories Not to Ship as Initially Planned [iPad Keyboard Dock & Power Adapter Gets Postponed to May, iPad Case to April; We Won’t Really Care]

Chris Smith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:16:27 +0000

The iPad pre-order process is already an unconfirmed success, but what about those iPad accessories which we could/couldn’t do without? Although they were expected to be shipping to your door almost immediately after the iPad arrives it turns out that not all the accessories available in the Apple store will ...

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ViewSonic VNB141 ViewBook & VNB132 ViewBook Now Available [New ViewSonic ViewBook Notebooks Hit Retail, Boast Core 2 Duo & Celeron ULV CPUs]

Andrew Tingle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:13:40 +0000

ViewSonic have announced that their latest forays into the mobile computing market, namely their VNB132 ViewBook and VNB141 ViewBook, have now hit retail in the US with pricing coming in at $649 and $829 respectively. Billed as being designed to ‘meet every individual’s computing needs’ the new ViewSonic VB141 ViewBook, which ...

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Spring Design Alex eReader Now Available [Android Based Alex eReader with Dual Display Hits US for $400, 3G Alex to Follow]

Andrew Tingle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:42:53 +0000

Spring Design have confirmed that their Android based, dual screen eReader, known as the Spring Design Alex, is now available to order in the US via their own web portal. The Spring Design Alex, which comes with a 3.5” touchscreen LCD paired with a 6” EPD display – the former allowing ...

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Huawei SmaKit S7 Tablet Revealed [Out Of Shenzhen Comes Another Android MID Tablet With 7-inch Display, HDMI, 3G, 720p Video, Flash Support]

Kevin Schram — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:56:51 +0000

Every electronics manufacturer has got their sights on the iPad lately, it seems, and now, out of China’s Shenzhen region comes a promising looking Android MID tablet that could be a serious iPad competitor. It’s call the SmaKit S7 and the screen measures in at 7-inches (800 x 400 resolution). ...

Original Post Link: Huawei SmaKit S7 Tablet Revealed [Out Of Shenzhen Comes Another Android MID Tablet With 7-inch Display, HDMI, 3G, 720p Video, Flash Support] | Published by TFTS - Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities

NVIDIA Replies To AMD’s Claims Of Cash Bribes On PhysX [NVIDIA Says They Do Not Force Developers To Use PhysX, Nor Do They Bribe Them With Cash Incentives]

Kevin Schram — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:24:41 +0000

AMD Senior Manager Richard Huddy drew some headlines last week when he boldly said that developers only included PhysX in their games was because “they’re paid to do it.” Huddy, who handles developer relations for AMD, went on a considerable rant saying that most developers don’t care to use NVIDIA ...

Original Post Link: NVIDIA Replies To AMD’s Claims Of Cash Bribes On PhysX [NVIDIA Says They Do Not Force Developers To Use PhysX, Nor Do They Bribe Them With Cash Incentives] | Published by TFTS - Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities

New iPad Tablet Enemies Arrive from Samsung & Marvell [Samsung’s Slate to Be Called the Q1 & Marvell Is Working on 10-Inch Android Tablet]

Chris Smith — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:55:53 +0000

Apple has started to successfully sell the iPad last week and although the buzz around it seems to be dimming, don’t expect to see us talk less about tablets here. Because the iPad will have a lot of competition this year as every computer manufacturer out there will try to ...

Original Post Link: New iPad Tablet Enemies Arrive from Samsung & Marvell [Samsung’s Slate to Be Called the Q1 & Marvell Is Working on 10-Inch Android Tablet] | Published by TFTS - Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities

New Microsoft 720p HD Webcams Revealed [MS LifeCam 5000, 5001 and 6000 Announced With New TrueColor Technology]

Mike Payne — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:09:04 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new series of HD webcams for desktop and laptop computers, delivering a new color correction technology called TrueColor. The new Microsoft LifeCam 5000, 5001 and 6000 models feature 720p video recording and the new color technology that maintains accurate color levels even in less-than-desirable conditions. The new ...

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Shuttle To Produce Notebooks For Smaller Manufacturers [Shuttle Producing 10-inch to 17-inch For Manufacturers, Webcam, 3G, All Included, Aimed At Smaller Companies]

Kevin Schram — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:28:18 +0000

At the CeBIT trade show in Germany last week, computer parts manufacturer announced they were making the big leap into manufacturing whole notebooks. However, don’t get your credit card out yet – Shuttle won’t be selling them to you. Instead, Shuttle will acting as the OEM and producing the parts ...

Original Post Link: Shuttle To Produce Notebooks For Smaller Manufacturers [Shuttle Producing 10-inch to 17-inch For Manufacturers, Webcam, 3G, All Included, Aimed At Smaller Companies] | Published by TFTS - Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities

StarCraft II Coming to Macs in Beta Form; You Should Buy Additional Pylons! [Blizzard to Launch StarCraft II Mac Beta in April Before or After Apple Announces the Intel Core i5/i7 MacBook Pro Update]

Chris Smith — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:21:37 +0000

Who knew that the gamer in me was going to be awaken by such nonsense babble? You definitely have to agree that Blizzard’s upcoming StarCraft II is absolutely the game to buy this year whenever it might hit. Call me a fool or an idiot but I’d happily pre-ordered it ...

Original Post Link: StarCraft II Coming to Macs in Beta Form; You Should Buy Additional Pylons! [Blizzard to Launch StarCraft II Mac Beta in April Before or After Apple Announces the Intel Core i5/i7 MacBook Pro Update] | Published by TFTS - Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities