Turning My Back On Final Fantasy
During today's lunch break, my coworker Dan Ryckert and I ran out to a local game store to pick up copies of Soul Calibur V. As soon as we walked into the shop, my eye caught a stack of Final Fantasy XIII-2 strategy guides. I turned to Dan and sai…
Verizon Pushing Update to HTC Rezound
Verizon Wireless today said that it has begun pushing a maintenance update to the HTC Rezound. The update improves call quality and stability. The update is being delivered over the air during the next few days.
Trying Its Best To Set Itself Apart
The demo for Syndicate recently became available for Xbox Live, and Game Informer sat down to play a few rounds online. The first thing you will notice is that there isn’t much to notice. It doesn’t do much to set itself apart from other s…
GloSpex light-up shades come from an alternate cyberpunk reality
This picture isn’t really communicating the greatness that’s going on here (there’s a video inside for that), but here’s the gist: Kevin Donahue is an inventor who has patented a “one-way see-through illumination” system. Read: these shades light up li…
Vita Games Will Be Cheaper When Downloaded
Sony today confirmed the digital version of PlayStation Vita games will cost a little less than the retail counterparts.
In Japan, digital Vita games already carry a discount in price – nearly $10. But what about other regions? A SCEA representative …
Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us
Lanxon writes “An in-depth feature in Wired explores the reason science may be failing us. Quoting: ‘For too long, we’ve pretended that the old problem of causality can be cured by our shiny new knowledge. If only we devote more resources to research o…
RIM Accepting Android Apps for Playbook OS 2.0
Research In Motion today indicated that developers who want their Android applications to be available for the BlackBerry Runtime for Android in PlayBook OS 2.0 when it launches next month need to submit them no later than Monday, February 6. The Andro…
NeverDead Review: A Bloody Mess
Designing games is hard work. NeverDead is a great example of just how hard it is. The main gameplay hook – your character being able to detach his own limbs and roll himself back together again – sounds novel on paper (and was tailor-made…
Sprint Will Bail on LightSquared If No FCC Nod by March
Sprint has extended the deadline it gave to LightSquared to win FCC approval by six more weeks. Sprint struck a deal with LightSquared in October that would have the two companies share wireless spectrum, network construction, and equipment costs. At t…
Nokia Lumia 710 Drops Down To $39.99 On T-Mobile.com
The Nokia Lumia 710 on T-Mobile hit store shelves for $49.99 when it launched three weeks ago as T-Mobile’s newest Windows Phone. Three weeks later T-Mobile is already making some price adjustments to the Lumia as it’s now listed for $39.99, ten dollar…
German Appeals Court Confirms Galaxy Tab 10.1 Ban
New submitter Killer Panda sends word that a German Appeals Court has upheld the injunction prohibiting sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany. Apple convinced lower courts to issue and uphold the injunction last year by making the case that Sam…
RIM creates kiddy superhero campaign to win over BlackBerry fans
What do you do when your company got kicked around by Android and iOS (poor PlayBook), and your ex co-CEOs were essentially forced to step down? If your company name is RIM and you make BlackBerrys and target the enterprise market, you obviously hire a…
Timeline Movie Maker turns your Facebook profile into a movie
Whether you like it or not, Facebook will switch your profile over to the timeline format over the next few weeks (if they haven’t already). My experience has been mostly enjoyable, but Timeline Movie Maker takes it one step further, by turning it into…
Small Carriers Ask FCC to Prod Larger Rivals on Roaming
MetroPCS, U.S. Cellular, and other smaller, regional network operators have asked the Federal Communications Commission to institute a “shot clock” on the time it takes to negotiate data roaming agreements with their larger rivals. The small carriers c…
Google Seeks to Clarify Privacy Policy Changes
Google today published a letter to congress in hopes to assuage fears that it is drastically changing its privacy policies. Google explained that the policies themselves are not changing at all. Google said that private information will remain private …
IBM to Buy Worklight
IBM today indicated that it intends to purchase Worklight, a company that specializes in software for smartphones and tablets. With the purchase, IBM will be able to offer its customers a platform that helps speed the delivery of existing and new mobil…
Searching for the time? Check your Google watch
C’mon everyone, that joke sold itself! But seriously, Google started selling branded watches in its company store in Mountain View, CA for those who wanted to show their love for Chrome, Android and “Google” on their wrists, and now these timepieces ar…
Razer Tiamat 7.1 delayed again, gamers everywhere realize they have other headset options
The so-called first true 7.1 surround sound headset is inching towards vaporware status. Razer’s Tiamat 7.1 was originally supposed to land sometime in Q4 of 2011 but, as the holiday season approached, the company regretfully informed potential custom…
Round And Round We Go
This is the best Soulcalibur ever. The fifth (sixth, really) entry in the main franchise avoids the missteps of the previous two while retaining their good parts and adding a few new features of its own. Even so, “best Soulcalibur ever” do…
Army’s New Weight-Loss Plan: Transplant Soldiers With Extra Fat
Just last week, military brass vowed that the force of the future would be “smaller and leaner.” Apparently, the Army’s taking that pretty damn literally. They want smaller, leaner soldiers. Their best idea to do it? Give G.I.s transplants of extra fat…
Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song
First time accepted submitter Joe_Dragon writes “The composer of the Survivor hit Eye of the Tiger has sued Newt Gingrich to stop the Republican presidential candidate from using the Rocky III anthem at campaign events. The lawsuit was filed Monday in …
PlatinumTel Intros New $45 and $55 Plans
PlatinumTel today announced two new voice, messaging, and data plans. For $45 per month, PlatinumTel is offering unlimited talk, text, and 150MB of 3G data. For $55 per month, customers can use 2GB of data instead of 150MB. Picture messages will cost 5…
High-tech paint senses cracks in structures
Safer buildings, bridges and structures are a concept we can all get behind. A new paint being developed could go along way in providing a cheap and easy way to detect microscopic faults in structures.
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, PayPal Go After Phishers With New E-Mail Authentication Effort
The biggest names in e-mail have teamed up to create a new system for authenticating e-mail senders, which would help prevent fraudulent spam and phishing messages.
Kyocera DuraPlus Brings Durability to Sprint
Sprint today announced the upcoming availability of the Kyocera DuraPlus, a candybar-style ruggedized push-to-talk phone. The DuraPlus meets military standard 810G for protection from dust, shock, vibration, temperature extremes, humidity, blowing ra…
T-Mobile Now Lets Parents Stalk Kids for Free
T-Mobile USA today announced the availability of FamilyWhere Check In, a new free service that lets members of family plans provide SMS-based location updates to others on the plan. Users can check in to specific locations and send an SMS with a map li…
Massive Selector: SmithsonMartin’s 42-Inch Touchscreen DJ System
DJs are pretty boring to watch. SmithsonMartin’s huge touchscreen Emulator DVS controller for digital DJs changes all that.
The Skinny on Ultrabooks: 4 Super-Portable Laptops Reviewed
Tablets dominate the headlines, but ultrabooks are nearly as light, start up as quickly and offer the screens, keyboards, memory and processing power of full-fledged computers.
Sun on the Run: 4 Portable Solar Chargers Tested
Thanks to the ubiquity of USB connections on mobile devices, getting power from a portable solar charger is just as easy as plugging into the wall.
Jan. 31, 1961: A Chimp Named Ham Spaces Out
A little fellow named Ham (for Holloman Aerospace Medical Center, his place of training) hitches a ride on the Mercury-Redstone 2 rocket to become the first chimp in outer space. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to follow Ham?s lead, did so just…