Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to fix four critical flaws, all versions of IE at risk again
ZDNet
Summary: Prepare your systems (and a strong pot of coffee): Patch Tuesday is on deck for another month. Microsoft will release patches for seven security vulnerabilities, four of them considered 'critical.' Zack Whittaker. By Zack Whittaker for Zero Day | March ...
Linux triumphant: Chrome OS resists cracking attempts | ZDNet: "The Chrome Web browser on Windows is breakable, but its little brother, the Linux-based Chrome OS, proved to be essentially uncrackable at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Canada, . . ."
Facebook Shows Off New Home Page Design, Including Bigger Pictures
New York Times
(Page 2 of 2). The redesign is also a nod to the ubiquity of mobile devices, which a majority of Facebook's one billion users worldwide use to log into their accounts. Pictures will show up bigger in the News Feed. And there will be larger images of maps and ...
New York Times
Android phones susceptible to freezing cold boot attacks
CNET
A new FROST method can help would-be thieves access data on password protected and encrypted Android phones. Scott Webster. by Scott Webster. March 8, 2013 5:47 AM PST Follow @swebster77. The FROST method requires freezing an Android phone ...
Google reaches deal with MPEG LA over its VP8 video codec
CNET
Agreement with patent-licensing group clears the way for wider adoption of the Web giant's streaming-video platform WebM. Steven Musil. by Steven Musil. March 7, 2013 5:07 PM PST Follow @stevenmusil. MPEG LA logo. Google has reached a licensing ...
Comet to appear in UK skies
BBC News
A bright comet could be visible in the skies above the UK from Friday night - as long as it's not cloudy! The icy mass has the snappy nickname "C/2011 L4 Pan-Starrs" and should be visible with binoculars or a telescope. Astronomers in countries like Australia...
BBC News
You searched for 'japan tsunami' - well, there's one behind you
Register
Google's public alert system - which splashes warnings across search, maps and Google Now pages - has been extended into Japan nearly a year after it debuted in America. The red flags aren't limited to just those living in the East Asian nation: anyone ...
Pertino, Spiceworks Team Up to Ease Path for Small Business IT
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Small businesses, with their small, overworked IT staffs, need access to good new technology–and since their staff members have little time or money to go to technology conferences, they need to be able to learn it on the job. Technology vendors have been...
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Roku Intros Pretty New 3rd-Gen Streaming Player
Tom's Hardware Guide
Roku has refreshed its streaming player with a better SoC, a better interface and an enhanced remote. Roku introduced on Wednesday its third-generation streaming player, the Roku 3. The refresh includes a faster processor and an enhanced remote packed ...
Google Takes a Field Trip to iOS
Wired
Google's Field Trip app is finally available on both Android, left, and iOS. Photo: Alex Washburn/Wired. When Google's city guide app Field Trip launched on Android in September, the company promised a version for Apple's iOS was “coming soon.” Evidently ...
Like Amazon, Apple wants to create a marketplace for used digital goods
paidContent.org
In a patent application filed Thursday, Apple outlined the possible creation of a marketplace for used digital goods. Amazon recently won a patent to create such a marketplace. money. photo: Flickr / sushiina. Apple filed a patent application Thursday to create ...
paidContent.org
Canada's glaciers could shrink by a fifth by 2100
AFP
WASHINGTON — A fifth of Canada's glaciers could be gone by the end of the century, a casualty of global warming that would drive a 1.4-inch (3.5-centimeter) rise in sea levels, a study found Thursday. "Even if we only assume moderate global warming, it is ...
BlackBerry CEO Encouraged by Early Sales of Z10 Smartphone
DailyTech
BlackBerry has pretty much bet everything on the success of BlackBerry 10 and new smartphones running the operating system such as the Z10. The Z10 launched in Europe and several other countries, achieving moderate sales success. "The feedback is ...
DailyTech
Photoshop fakery exposed by fake Photoshop tool
Register
Beauty products brand Dove, one arm of the Unilever conglomerate, has pranked graphic designers with a new Photoshop tool. Dove has long championed a “Campaign for Real Beauty” by using women who aren't professional models in its advertising.
Video: Microsoft adds Kinect gesture support for Windows 8
TG Daily
Microsoft's versatile Kinect device has proven to be quite popular, and not just for gaming on the Xbox 360. Indeed, Redmond offers a Kinect SDK which offers devs the ability to integrate Kinect-based motion controls into a Windows PC environment. Recently ...
Motorola's continued troubles lead to layoffs for 10% of its workers
Mobile Burn
Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility will layoff 1,200 employees, which is 10 percent of its current workforce, in an attempt to make the company profitable. The Wall Street Journal reports that a company email it obtained details that the layoffs have already ...
Polar Bear Trade Ban Nixed
Discovery News
An American proposal to ban international trade in polar bears and their parts has been defeated at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The proposal, which was backed by Russia, would have moved polar ...
Amazon suspends sales of SimCity
BBC News
Ongoing problems with the latest version of SimCity led Amazon to briefly stop selling the game. The web retailer stopped sales late on 7 March as players reported continued problems with the city building title. The latest version of SimCity was launched on 5 ...
BBC News
Linkpost | 3.8.2013
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Friday, March 8, 2013. Comment. Comments. |. Email. E-mail. |. Print. • Apple's digital content resale and loan system could allow DRM transfers between end users – Apple's patent is similar to one recently granted to Amazon.com. You'd be able to sell used ...
Brain map seeks to unlock mysteries of the mind
CNN International
(CNN) -- You have a brain with billions of neurons. You have thoughts, and you do things because of those thoughts. But how do tiny cells translate into thoughts and actions? The Brain Activity Map initiative is seeking answers to that question. As described in ...
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance DLC trailer shows VR Missions
Computerandvideogames.com
Konami has released a new trailer showing off Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance's VR Missions DLC. Introducing 30 new challenges designed to test the player's reactions, movement and fighting skills, the add-on pack will launch in the US on March 12 and ...
Attack of the 'smishing' scammers
MarketWatch
If you've got a mobile phone that receives text messages, chances are you've been hit with the latest scam from the bad guys: smishing. “Smishing” is the text — or short message service (SMS) — form of the phishing scams that've become so prevalent in...
MarketWatch
Hispanics Now Closing the Digital Divide
The Fiscal Times
A new analysis of three Pew Research Center surveys shows that Hispanic Americans own smartphones, go online from mobile devices and use social networking sites at similar, and sometimes even higher, rates than groups of other Americans.
The Fiscal Times
Caffeine boosts bees' memory, say researchers
Science Recorder
Researchers from Newcastle University have discovered that bees get a caffeine buzz from the nectar of certain flowers. This caffeine buzz not only boosts bees' memory, it could also assist plants by calling up more bees to spread their pollen. Researchers ...
Ohio, Maryland Courts Address Speed Camera Due Process Concerns
TheNewspaper.com
Judge Susan Souder Judges in Ohio and Maryland are cracking down on the legal shortcuts speed camera vendors frequently take. A Hamilton County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas judge put a stop to it on Thursday with a permanent injunction prohibiting ...
TheNewspaper.com
In Road Race Around Cupertino, Apple Maps Beats Google And Waze
AppAdvice
It may have stumbled out of the gate, but Apple's iOS Maps app could be gaining some traction. In a “secret” road challenge, Apple Maps beat the competition, according to PC Magazine. The recent test featured three cars, with each driver using a different ...
AppAdvice
Boys Scouts of America Offering Merit Badge for Game Design
Game Politics
It looks like the Boys Scouts of America are finally recognizing that video games and technology are important in society. The Boy Scouts of America is now offering a merit badge in game design, according to GamesBeat. The organization has apparently ...
8 Essential Apps For SXSWi Attendees
Mashable
Highlight was huge at SXSW last year. The service has changed a lot over the past year, including finally making its way to Android. Amongst Highlight's many new features is the ability to add photos and events to the service. So, for instance, when you're ...
ChargePoint partners with ECOtality to share charging network in US
Automotive Business Review
ChargePoint has partnered wit the ECOtality and formed the Collaboratev, electric vehicle (EV) charging network interoperability company in the US. The company will offer the other charging network providers to join as affiliates and allow EV to charge all ...
Ancient Mega-Flood on Mars Revealed in 3D
Space.com
Radar scans of Mars have revealed the first 3D look at water-carved channels buried beneath the Red Planet's surface, researchers say. The discovery shows that a major underground channel generated by an ancient mega-flood is twice as deep as thought, ...
Pandora CEO exit could shake up streaming
TechHive (blog)
A shakeup at Pandora could mean big changes for users of the online radio service. CEO Joe Kennedy is quitting the company despite increasing revenue and subscriptions in the fourth quarter of last year. Kennedy's exit came as a surprise. He joined the ...
Malware devs offer $100 a pop for 'active' Google Play accounts
Register
Virus writers are paying top dollar for access to "active" Google Play accounts to help them spread mobile malware across the Android ecosystem. Google charges $25 to Android developers who wish to sell their wares through the Google Play marketplace ...
Honda Civics, Lincoln, Mazda, Volvo on Top Safety List
Bloomberg
Two versions of Honda Motor Co. (7267)'s Civic are among five vehicles added today to an insurance group's list of top safety picks, for performing well on a new crash test simulating a severe front-end collision. The two- and four-door Civics, Honda's ...
Cablevision: Viacom Made $1 Billion Threat Over Bundling
CNBC.com
Cablevision Systems is claiming that Viacom sought to extract a nearly $1 billion penalty if it refused to pay for low-rated channels it did not want in order to access more popular channels such as Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon. The allegation was ...
CNBC.com
Earth Hotter Now Than Most of Past 11000 Years
Wall Street Journal
New research suggests that average global temperatures were higher in the last decade than over most of the previous 11,300 years, a finding that offers a long-term context for assessing modern-day climate change. The study, published Thursday in the ...
Google Glass is "Lifelogging v1"
ZDNet
Summary: Concerns about privacy and an uneasiness about Google's power is making Glass seem awkward. But it could validate the idea of lifelogging... Matt Baxter-Reynolds. By Matt Baxter-Reynolds for Post-PC Developments | March 7, 2013 -- 17:03 ...
ZDNet
Florida beaches close as sharks invade coastal waters
The Guardian
Link to video: Sharks swarm Florida beaches · Florida's ever-popular Spring Break resorts have attracted some extra visitors to the beach this year – thousands of blacktip and spinner sharks on their annual migration north. Officials in Broward and Palm ...
The Guardian
Apple iPhone Gains U.S. Market Share
InformationWeek
Apple is on an upward trajectory in U.S., while Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices all lost share, ComScore says. Start The Discussion. Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Eric Zeman | March 07, 2013 10:24 AM. Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past ...
Facebook Users Guarding Privacy, But Still Sharing More Data
PC Magazine
Facebook users have taken steps to guard their privacy on the social network over the years, but changes to Facebook's policies have prompted an inadvertent increase in sharing recently, according to a new study. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University ...
Google shares FBI requests for data in transparency report
NBCNews.com
Now you know: The FBI does indeed seek Google's help in matters of national security. Until now, information about FBI requests to Google for user data has been strictly off-limits. But this week, Google added what are known as FBI National Security Letters ...
Path rolls out private messaging, opens store in latest update
Los Angeles Times
Path, the social network designed for close friends and family, began rolling out its latest major update for iOS users Wednesday. In Path 3, the Silicon Valley start-up has added a private messaging feature for one-to-one messaging or group chats. Users will ...
Red Alga Borrows Genes to Survive in Extreme Weather: Study
French Tribune
A study has revealed that the genes taken from the prokaryotes are used by the red alga called Galdieria sulphuraria to survive in the beating heat. In a report, Gerald Schönknecht of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater and his colleagues said that red alga ...
French Tribune
Mount Etna flash eruption lights up Sicilian sky
thejournal.ie
THE TALLEST ACTIVE volcano in Europe, Mount Etna, has erupted several times so far this year with even Commander Chris Hadfield tweeting a pic of one volcanic event from the ISS. Associated Press managed to capture some raw footage of the latest ...
Google Shows Off Its New 'Adverapp' Concept, A Volkswagen-Branded Road ...
TechCrunch
Google published a blog post today in which it details the first fruits of a pilot program launched last year to reimagine digital advertising for the mobile app age. This year, Google says it's broadening the scope of that effort with the new Art, Copy & Code ...
TechCrunch
Apple Finds an Unlikely Ally Against Samsung
Motley Fool
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, even if they're also my enemy. That must be the stance that Nokia (NYSE: NOK ) is taking with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) , even though the iPhone is largely responsible for Nokia's fall from grace over the past few years.
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Microsoft to fix critical Internet Explorer flaws
NBCNews.com
This month's Patch Tuesday round of Microsoft software updates will fix a pair of critical InternetExplorer flaws that put every current consumer version of Windows at risk of being attacked. "Generally, when Microsoft patches IE, the patch is ...
Myanmar Denies Hacking After Gmail Warnings
Wall Street Journal
Myanmar's government denied its agencies were involved in hacking after Google technology warned a number of journalists using Gmail that their accounts might be the target of state-sponsored hacking. Several alerts were sent to journalists covering ...
Bill Gates on Reddit: Thoughts on Steve Jobs, Windows and the next disruption
Washington Post
Bill Gates held court on Reddit on Monday, becoming just the latest notable figure to submit to the site's open question-and-answer sessions. Gates ostensibly started an “Ask Me Anything” conversation on Reddit to talk about his annual letter, which outlines ...
Mobile data costs rise as employees carry more devices
ZDNet
Summary: Businesses are spending $96 per month on data for mobile employees, according to a new report. Sam Shead. By Sam Shead | February 11, 2013 -- 16:28 GMT (08:28 PST). Follow @SLShead. Businesses spend on average $96 a month on ...
Super search engine tracks terrorists — and you — via social networks
NBCNews.com
Web software designed by the defense firm Raytheon can scour Facebook, Twitter and check-in sites such as Foursquare to create an instant dossier covering a suspect's likely geographic locations and activities. Raytheon calls it Rapid Information Overlay ...
Tesla shares fall on range worries
Businessweek
DETROIT (AP) — Shares of Tesla Motors took a ride Monday after a weekend article in the New York Times claimed that its electric sedan, the Model S, ran out of power during an East Coast road trip and had to be towed to a recharging station. Shares ...
Facebook rolls out 'Buy Tickets' button for Event Pages
CNET
The social network is helping members sell tickets to their events, in a move that hints at its interest in the online ticketing space. Jennifer Van Grove. by Jennifer Van Grove. February 11, 2013 3:04 PM PST Follow @jbruin. Facebook is in the process of rolling ...
Pluto: Two moons need names, and you can help
Los Angeles Times
This photo provided and annotated by NASA / Hubble Space Telescope shows the five moons in their orbits around Pluto. The smallest moons — no more than 20 miles (32 kilometers) across — were discovered in the last two years and are currently referred...
Los Angeles Times
Linux Foundation ships UEFI Secure Boot workaround
Register
The Linux Foundation's open source workaround for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot has shipped, and while it's not necessarily the easiest way to boot Linux on UEFI-enabled PCs, its authors claim it should now work with any ...
CNN anchor blames asteroid on global warming
Fox News
The threat of global warming may stretch so far beyond Earth that it affects meteorites millions of miles away in space -- at least according to one CNN anchor. “Talk about something else that's falling from the sky and that is an asteroid. What's coming our way ...
Real Racing 3 accelerates EA's 'freemium' push
CNET
CNET takes an unusual trip to EA in Los Angeles and gets some hands-on time with Real Racing 3, which launches for free on February 28 for iOS and Android users. Roger Cheng. by Roger Cheng. February 11, 2013 1:08 PM PST Follow @RogerWCheng ...
Apple CEO to sit with first lady at State of the Union address
CNET
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, a man who typifies American innovation, will have the best seat in the house at President Barack Obama's Statue of the Union address tomorrow evening. The executive will be joining Michelle Obama in the first lady's box, ...
Dish declares the death of commercials -- in a commercial
CNET (blog)
The satellite TV provider rolls its ad-skipping Hopper DVR out nationally with a campaign that includes a grim message for TV commercials. Donna Tam. by Donna Tam. February 11, 2013 3:48 PM PST Follow @DonnaYTam. Dish's ad for the Hopper.
Latest Earth Satellite Launches From Calif. Coast
ABC News
A satellite launched into space Monday will keep closer tabs on Earth's glaciers, crops, forests and shorelines, continuing a tradition that began four decades ago. The Landsat satellite was boosted into orbit by an Atlas V rocket shortly before 11:30 a.m. local ...
ABC News
Is it a robot head? No, just the Google Nexus 4 wireless charger.
Christian Science Monitor
By Matthew Shaer / February 11, 2013. The new Google Nexus wireless charger. Google. Enlarge. Google today unveiled the Nexus 4 Wireless Charger, an oddly shaped half-orb powered by Qi induction technology. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories ...
Christian Science Monitor
Dubious User Satisfaction Survey Attacks Apple
PC Magazine
Well, this is officially the most ludicrous survey ever. First of all, when the highest and lowest scores come within less than a point of each other, is there really a statistically important difference? Second of all, were the users all experienced with the other ...
Underdog Flickr Exposes Private Photos and Gets a Pass
Wired
Flickr has admitted it left some users' private photos exposed for nearly three weeks, a big screw-up that would be a major scandal – if it happened at Facebook. Some Flickr users have received e-mail from the company saying their private photos were ...
Wired
Teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic: Relics of the Gree arrives, goes ...
Neoseeker
Back at the start of the year, BioWare laid down some of its update plans for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Among the talk of Rise of the Hutt Cartel and same gender romances was a change to one of the game's PvP areas. Executive producer Jeff Hickman ...
BMW Rolling Out Genius Program for Dealerships
The Mac Observer
BMW is taking a page from Apple for its fleet of car dealerships. The company is rolling out a "BMW Genius Everywhere" program of tech-savvy employees called BMW Geniuses whose job will be to answer technology questions for customers. The company ...
The Mac Observer
Blackberry closes down nearly 5% after Home Depot switches execs to iPhones
VentureBeat
Blackberry lost a big enterprise customer today. Home Depot announced that it will soon replace 10,000 of its workers' Blackberries with iPhones, causing the stock to take a nearly five percent tumble today. Research in Motion recently re-branded to ...
VentureBeat
After months of supply issues, Google highlights Nexus 4, Google Now in ...
TechSpot
Google's first primetime commercial for the Nexus 4 was largely overshadowed by another key service from the search giant. The spot aired during the Grammy Awards on Sunday evening and had a clear emphasis on Google Now, the company's real-time ...
Minecraft now available free of charge for Raspberry Pi owners
TechSpot
The incredibly popular sandbox game Minecraft continues to expand to a number of different platforms following its arrival on the PC back in May 2009. As of today, the hit title is now available on the Raspberry Pi, the affordable micro-sized computer ...
128GB Surface Pro sells out: High demand, short supply, or both?
Ars Technica
Almost as soon as it went on sale on Saturday morning, the $999 128GB versions of Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet sold out. Whether buying online from Microsoft or from the Microsoft, Best Buy, Staples, or Future Stops bricks-and-mortar stores, the devices are ...
Wildman Kickstarter shut down, Gas Powered Games focusing on other ...
Neoseeker
Gas Powered Games, apparently on the brink of bankruptcy, is closing down its Kickstarter project for the in-concept title Wildman. With only four days remaining and the project only $500,000 into its $1.1 million goal, the situation seems rather bleak. However ...
Neoseeker
Apple said to develop curved glass iWatch with Foxconn
Register
A weekend flurry of speculative articles stoked the Apple "iWatch" rumor mill, perhaps indicating that Cupertino is secreting some well-placed leaks to pump up interest in what it hopes might be its Next Big Thing™. The Wall Street Journal, for one, reports ...
2013 Chicago Auto Show
Washington Post
The Chicago Auto Show, one of the oldest and largest conventions of its kind in the country, opened Saturday and will run through Feb. 18. Visitors attend the media preview of the Chicago Auto Show....
Slumping Arctic Soils Produce Significant Amounts of CO 2
Science Now
In a slump. Land failures in melting Arctic permafrost, called thermokarst, could release more carbon dioxide than once thought. Credit: Rose Cory. Each spring in the Arctic, the freshet—flooding triggered by melting snow—washes vast amounts of carbon-rich ...
2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray: The 'Vette Chevy should have built a decade ago
Digital Trends
Back in January, on a rainy Detroit evening, seated in the second row of what will likely be remembered as the historic unveiling of the 2014 Corvette Stingray, I could do little but be overtaken with Corvette fever. Naturally, a lot of hype was built up prior to the ...
Digital Trends
Stinging needle ants overtaking invasive Argentines in US
NBCNews.com (blog)
By John Roach, Contributing Writer, NBC News. A stinging ant from Asia is spreading with a vengeance across the United States and may prove more devastating to people and the environment than the well-established aggressive Argentine ant currently is, ...
Microsoft's Next-Gen Xbox May Require You To Use A Kinect
TechCrunch
The war for your living room rages on, and Microsoft has no intention of yielding any hard-fought ground to its gaming rivals. Rumors of a new Xbox have been flying around for months now, but Kotaku has put together the mother of all next-gen Xbox (a.k.a. ...
Title Update 1.8 Hits Skyrim on PS3, Dragonborn DLC Out Tomorrow
Gamenguide
(Photo : Skyrim by Bethesda) Bethesda, developers of Skyrim are "close" on new downloadable content for PlayStation 3 and PC. Bethesda is getting all their ducks in a row for now that the first DLC episode, Dragonborn, is finally set to hit PlayStation 3 ...
Gamenguide
Nike+ FuelBand app will stay iOS-exclusive for now
tuaw.com
The Nike+ FuelBand is a smart bracelet that keeps track of your exercising, such as running -- dashing, if you will -- and now the sports brand has dashed the hopes of Android users hoping for a companion app, saying that it will be sticking with an iOS-only ...
New call for AWS spinoff
ITworld.com
February 11, 2013, 5:00 PM — Oppenheimer analyst Tim Horan released a report today saying that a spinoff of Amazon Web Services is “inevitable,” according to a story in Investor's Business Daily. Horan wrote that such a spinoff will happen due to channel ...
Scientists keep watch on massive rock expected to pass Earth
Shelby Star
A giant asteroid, about the size of half a football field, will hurtle close by earth this week, coming nearer to the planet than communication and weather satellites. Gardner-Webb University professor Don Olive described the 150-foot rock as "an oblong-type ...
The Sun Produces Two CMEs
Space Daily
In the evening of Feb. 5, 2013, the sun erupted with two coronal mass ejections or CMEs that may glance near-Earth space. Experimental NASA research models, based on observations from the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) and ...
Apple to release cheaper plastic iPhone this summer?
VatorNews
And the cheap iPhone rumor lives on. Only this time, there's an actual date being identified. Brian White, analyst at Topeka Capital, said in a research note Monday morning that Apple is planning on releasing a low-end iPhone as early as June of this year.
2014 Cadillac CTS: Redesigned And Scheduled To Make Debut At New York ...
Latinos Post
The 2014 Cadillac CTS is scheduled to make its debut at the New York International Auto Show, where the changes made to the sedan, like its size and the addition of General Motors' all new 3.6-liter twin turbo V6, will be for all to see. Autoweek first reported ...
Latinos Post
Australia subpoenas Microsoft, Apple to explain why products cost Aussies more
TechSpot
Australian parliamentary officials have launched a formal inquiry which aims to examine why many tech products cost Aussies up to 50 percent more than they do for American consumers. Reportedly, Microsoft, Apple and Adobe are among some of the ...
Apple Rolls Out iOS 6.1.1 to Fix iPhone 4S Bugs
PC Magazine
Apple today released an iOS update for the iPhone 4S that fixes a connectivity problem users were experiencing. The iOS 6.1.1 update "fixes an issue that could impact cellular performance and reliability for iPhone 4S," Apple said. The 86.8MB update comes ...
Windows Phone 7.8 Users Running into Live Tile Glitch
Mobile Magazine
After a very long wait for Windows Phone 7.8 for users of legacy Windows Phone hardware, the update finally started rolling out for many (but not all) supported handsets. The new update brings resizable tiles and some other WP8-style improvements, but ...
Mobile Magazine
Dead Space writer: Dead Space 3′s action focus is a “necessary evil”
PC Gamer Magazine
Antony Johnston, the writer behind the original fright-filled Dead Space, spoke with NowGamer on the more action-heavy tone in the just-released Dead Space 3. Though he prefers fear over firepower, Johnston believes the increased action is “a necessary ...
PC Gamer Magazine
American Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Events Planned For Launch
Gaming Union
To all our readers in Mexico, Argentina, and the U.S. (so-cal region), Konami will be holding special events in the build up for Metal Gear Rising: Reveangeance. Not only that, but there will be a chance for fans to meet with Kojima Productions' producer Yuji...
Gaming Union
Google Still Dominates Search, but Russia's Yandex Now Leads Bing
eWeek
Google remains the dominant global search engine, but the latest figures from comScore show Russia's Yandex picking up steam. Google Search continues to maintain its huge global lead in the search engine marketplace, but the latest monthly statistics ...
eWeek
Apple's iPhone sales up threefold in India as company turns to payment plans
Apple Insider
Apple is taking much of what it learned while making inroads into the world's largest cellphone market in China and applying that knowledge to help it crack the vast opportunity present in India, where the company is working with distributors to mitigate the ...
Apple Insider
Apple to expanded Israeli operations with Ra'anana facility
Apple Insider
Apple will reportedly be bolstering its presence in Israel with a new development center in the Ra'anana Industrial zone, with the facility said to be staffed by former employees of Texas Instruments. iMacs. Apple is expected to open an R&D center in Ra'anana ...
Apple Insider
Microsoft evangelists pull page out of BlackBerry handbook
InfoWorld
Microsoft is starting to sound like the company once named Research in Motion, the stalwart maker of BlackBerry smartphones that has fought desperately against Apple's iOS and Google's Android as they became the mobile market leaders. In its struggle to ...
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen video shows off new enemies
PlayStation Universe
Capcom today released a video for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, showing off the enemies in the new content for the hit role-playing game. Dark Arisen includes all the content from the original Dragon's Dogma plus a new underground realm for gamers to ...
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