Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition Confirmed by EA

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it will be publishing an Ultimate Edition box of Dragon Age: Origins, the role playing game created by BioWare, containing the initial game in the series, the Awakening expansion pack and all the downloadable content packs that have been delivered to the title.

The bundle will cost 59.99 … (more…)

NOAA Will Create a Model of the San Andreas Fault

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Investigators with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will for the first time ever lead a study that will seek to map the unexplored offshore Northern San Andreas Fault line.

The investigation will cover an area spanning from San Francisco all the way to the area off the coast of Mendocino, California, where… (more…)

Apple TV 2 Officially Jailbroken via SHAtter Custom IPSW. Apps Coming

Friday, October 1st, 2010

The iPhone Dev Team can tick another item on their list of compromised Apple devices, with Musclenerd officially announcing via Twitter that Apple TV 2G has been “SHAttered and jailbroken.” He admits they still have a long way to go before putting apps on the iTV’s flash memory.

“AppleTV 2G S… (more…)

Guillermo Del Toro Offers More Information on Video Games Project

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Guillermo Del Toro, the veteran movie industry player who is known for his work as director on Pan’s Labyrinth and the Hellboy franchise and for producing other projects, has offered more detail about a future video game project that he is creating in collaboration with publisher THQ, saying that he expects to make an official an… (more…)

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Reverse of Arcadia Unlockables (DS)

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s: Reverse of Arcadia, also known as Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship, is a video game developed and published by Japanese company Konami exclusively for the Nintendo DS.

As its name says, it is part of the extremely popular Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise and is just one of the many video games that were inspired by the long running a… (more…)

Galaxy GTX 460 WHDI Connects to TVs Wirelessly

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Not exactly long ago, it was reported that NVIDIA has its eyes set on wireless display technology, and it seems that, true or not, Galaxy has similar ideas, having even prepared the GeForce GTX 460 WHDI Edition.

So-called wireless display technologies are used in order to allow a personal computer to, instead of using any sort of wires… (more…)

Nokia N8 Starts Shipping, Marketing Campaign Is Impressive

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced officially that the first Nokia N8 devices already started shipping to users out there. Those to pre-order it in Nokia Online Shops and Nokia retail stores will receive their units first.

Of course, the exact availability of the phone would vary from country to country, and some … (more…)

Halo: Reach – Wielding a Gravity Hammer and a Pelican

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Halo: Reach is the newest first person shooter from developer Bungie and publisher Microsoft, telling the story of how humanity lost the planet of Reach to the forces of the Covenant and how the actions of a few Spartans influenced the events of the first two games in the series.

For a game which is concerned with the destiny of huma… (more…)

BT Suspected of Breaching the Data Protection Act

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

BT is suspected of violating the UK data protection legislation, after admitting to sending an unencrypted document with personal information of hundreds of its customers to a law firm.

Following the leak of an email database earlier this week from UK-based ACS:Law Solicitors, a law firm involved in anti-piracy efforts, thousands of b… (more…)

IBM Turns Sights on Data Routing, Aquires BLADE Network Technologies

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Following a long-term collaboration between the two companies, IBM announced its imminent acquisition of BLADE Network Technologies in a joint press release.

With a portfolio including more than half of the Fortune 500 list, BLADE will provide all the right tools for IBM to competitively go against Cisco, Dell and HP… (more…)