By Sean P. Aune |
It seems that the first stage of the Hulu sale is due to come to an end next week with all potential buyers expected to turn in their initial bids by the end of the week. While it isn’t known who the final companies submitting…
By Mike Perlman |
Jon Rettinger and I recently flew to GM’s stomping grounds in Detroit for hands-on demos of the new Chevy Cruze and Chevy Sonic compact cars. But what we experienced far exceeded our base expectations, which consisted of taking the automobiles for a brief spin throughout…
By Joey Davidson |
Sure, Batman: Arkham City may be getting a lot of love and coverage from magazines, shows and sites all over the gaming press industry. And Rocksteady‘s sequel seems to deserve every inch of treatment its received. But here stands this wacky multiplayer shooter from Monolith Games, getting…
By Sean P. Aune |
AT&T has been trying to get the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) excited about its potential merger with T-Mobile by promising that it would roll 4G LTE service out to a lot more of the country if it happens. The plans without the help of the…
By Killian Bell |
To my British neighbors who painfully watched our own Jon Rettinger unbox his shiny new BlackBerry Bold 9900 yesterday, the wait to get your hands on your own is now over. Vodafone is the first U.K. carrier to begin selling the device, available for free…
By Sean P. Aune |
Sprint is unleashing multiple new BlackBerry handsets on August 21 according to leaked fliers that have been spotted, and amongst them is the BlackBerry Bold 9930 we already shared a picture of, and the BlackBerry Torch 9850 that our same anonymous source came back to us…
By Adriana Lee |
When it comes to the BlackBerry Bold 9900, one of the most attention-getting features is Near Field Communication. But we’ve just gotten word from a trusted tipster that AT&T users won’t be getting any joy from this. According to our source — an insider in…
By Sean P. Aune |
It seems like you can’t throw a rock this week without hitting some BlackBerry news, and to add to that we have a photo for you of the BlackBerry Bold 9930 coming to Sprint. Scheduled to launch on August 21 for $249.99 with a two-year…
By Jon Rettinger |
With new BlackBerry handsets coming fast and furious over the next few weeks (and months depending on your carrier), you may be tempted to get latest leaked or official OS on your shiny new touchscreen. Installing a new operating system is extremely easy, and relativity…
By Joey Davidson |
Get ready CS fans, Valve has gone and announced a brand new Counter-Strike. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, currently being coined CS: GO, will be available in early 2012 for the PC, Mac, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms. The PC and Mac versions, of course, will…
By Killian Bell |
Sony’s announcement that the launch of its PlayStation Vita would be delayed until next year was pretty disappointing for me, but there is one good reason for that: the company doesn’t want the device to launch without a good selection of games. Remember Nintendo’s reason…
By Sean P. Aune |
The Dell Streak 5 has gone on to the gadget graveyard in the sky, at least in the United States. The 5-inch tablet/phone hybrid seems to have tested the limits of what consumers were willing to carry in their pocket when it came to screen…
By Joey Davidson |
Grab your picks, swords, torches, carts and eventual pumpkin hats (dang Endermen), the official Minecraft convention tickets are now on sale. MineCon, as it’s been dubbed by Notch and the Mojang crew, runs from November 18th to 19th in Las Vegas, NV this year. Advance…
By Sean P. Aune |
Well look at what just landed in our inboxes. Yep, it looks like the Samsung Galaxy S II for the United States will be launching on August 29 in New York City. Now, I know what you’re saying, “But Sean, it does have a Roman…
By Sean P. Aune |
Break out the salt, but only a little bit of it, as it appears we may have a potential target date for the announcement of the iPhone 5. According to Japanese news source Kodawarisan, the date of September 7 has been selected for an Apple media…
By Killian Bell |
Following Google’s earlier announcement that it is now introducing games to its Google+ social network, Facebook has made some improvements of its own that will make it even harder for Google to lure gamers away from Zuckerberg’s bosom. The update brings three big changes which…
By Killian Bell |
As it prepares to do battle with Facebook, Google continues to improve Google+ to give it the best possible chance in its bid to take over the crown of social network king. Google just announced its latest weapon is games. In a post published to…
By Killian Bell |
We’re all looking forward to seeing Luke Skywalker meet up with Obi-Wan Kenobi and rescue Princess Leia in high definition here in the U.K., but Star Wars isn’t set to make its Blu-ray debut until September. You can get it a month early, however, with…
By Joey Davidson |
In this weekly column, we’ll be selecting inexpensive, discarded titles from still playable consoles for your perusal. They may be games you’ve heard of and remember playing, or they may be games that have flown completely off of your radar. Just know that we love them and they’re…
By Adriana Lee |
Well here’s a slap in the face to all the young Facebook addicts out there: Apparently the psych community thinks you’re pretty full of yourself. New research presented to the American Psychological Association suggests that the more teens hit Facebook, the more likely they are…
By Sean P. Aune |
As we noted last night, HTC had “a major announcement” to make this morning, and while we didn’t know anything initially, the news later in the evening of the company investing $300 million into Beats by Dr. Dre seemed to be a good indicator of what…
By Adriana Lee |
I’m extremely impressed, and maybe a little nervous, about the automotive industry’s fascination with “intelligently networked cars.” The principle is simple: Our actual vehicles become the nodes for a massive, moving Wi-Fi network, one that would bounce data around between points, i.e. that trusty four-door…
By Joey Davidson |
Operation Sports has the news that the NHL 12 demo will be headed to both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 starting August 23rd. That’s three weeks ahead of the game’s full retail release date. The demo will feature three brief gameplay modes to show…
By Noah Kravitz |
Verizon Wireless yesterday opened the doors to its Application Innovation Center in downtown San Francisco, and invited the press for a tour and some demos. VZW President and CEO Dan Mead and a handful of other execs from his company as well as the likes…
