By Sean P. Aune |
While it’s not the new version of the MacBook Air that everyone was expecting, Apple did release a new product today in the form of a 3TB version of its Time Capsule backup device. Beyond the upgrade from a maximum of 2TB to 3TB, it’s…
By Joey Davidson |
I’m calling it a “Twitter Debacle” simply because the headline doesn’t allow space to properly describe what went down. To sum it up, Jim Redner, head of The Redner Group, made a bad move on Twitter. His company represents a host of 2K Games releases.…
By Emily Price |
At a Nokia Connection event in Singapore late last night Nokia officially announced the N9, a “pure touch screen” device running the MeeGo operating system. Nokia announced earlier this year that it would be focusing its smartphone efforts around Windows Phone 7, making N9 born…
By Joey Davidson |
As far as Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime sees it, the Nintendo 3DS had two major problems surrounding its release last March. According to Fils-Aime, consumers complained about the lack of a big Nintendo franchise on day one and the absence of the Internet-based…
By Joey Davidson |
Jack Tretton, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, has seen the Wii U and does not consider it an imminent threat to the PlayStation 3. Given the nature of comments from all corners of the Internet, one would have thought that Sony…
By Joey Davidson |
Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer spoke with GameSpot in a recent interview and outed the news that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will feature Kinect support when it releases later this year. To what extent the Kinect control option will be featured in the game…
By Sean P. Aune |
Verizon is preparing to go to a new tiered data plan for its phones on July 7th it appears. In a story first brought to light by Droid Life, the company is ending a current unlimited promotion on July 6th, and then on July 7th…
By Sean P. Aune |
It seems that owners of the HTC ThunderBolt are going to be getting a long awaited update to Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) by the end of the month, and it will finally bring the Skype video calling they’ve all been waiting for. We first heard about…
By Emily Price |
Recently Apple announced iCloud, a service that backs up data from your iOS devices into a cloud, allowing you to access that data on the go. What if you could back up your whole computer to a cloud? That’s what the folks at Dolly Drive…
By Jon Rettinger |
It’s no secret that RIM (Research in Motion) has been hurting recently. While the mobile industry has undergone tremendous growth over the past three years, the house that Blackberry built has been crumbling. RIM has been an easy target for blogger/journalists, and we mostly assumed…
By Joey Davidson |
Last week, a few free-to-play titles made their debut on the Steam store. The system of free-to-play products oftentimes makes developers and publishers a good bit of money through microtransactions and perks-for-pay. In fact, some developers have said that the switch from subscription plans to…
By Sean P. Aune |
The Nokia N9 has been circulating for some time, and despite passing FCC testing last month, the device was still somewhat in question for actually being released. With the company’s deal with Microsoft, no one was quite sure what the fate of this phone would…
By Emily Price |
This weekend I finally got around to checking out Turntable.fm—and I’m totally addicted. I’m a huge Pandora nut, just because I like listening to and discovering new music that I might not otherwise. Turntable is in many ways just a manually run version of Pandora.…
By Sean P. Aune |
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has finally approved a new policy for top-level domains that it has been working on for three years. The new concept will create an unlimited number of new domains, but you had better have deep pockets before…
By Joey Davidson |
Last week marked a slew of gaming related guests on Jimmy Fallon’s late night show. We ran an article showing off the premiere of console gameplay for Battlefield 3 prior to this story that you’re reading now. Fallon, going back as far as last year…
By Emily Price |
Would you use a Facebook music service? According to GigaOm the company may be integrating a music service into its existing site, allowing you to listen to tunes while you check out pictures from your friend’s latest trip to Hawaii. Based on pitches made to…
By Sean P. Aune |
As promised, Redbox began a nationwide rollout of video game rentals this past weekend. Redbox launched video games in 21,000 of the ubiquitous red vending machines this past Friday, and seeing as there are a total of 27,000 of the machines, that’s a pretty healthy chunk of…
By Jack McGrath |
What games are coming out this week? Let TechnoBuffalo help you keep track with all of the new releases for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Combat Wings: The Great Battles of…
By Noah Kravitz |
Ah, lists. So much fun when doled out in the right amount. Yes, yes, I realize that my Top 5 Phones list was devoid of any BlackBerry or Windows Phone 7 devices, and that including a low-end Android phone (LG Optimus V) and last-year’s entry-level…
By Emily Price |
Information belonging to 1.3 million customers was stolen in a recent cyber attack against Japanese game developer Sega. The attackers stole email addresses, encrypted passwords, and birth dates for some Sega Pass customers; however, payment and credit card information for those accounts was not compromised.…
By Emily Price |
It’s Father’s Day! Forget the big day? Check out our list of Father’s Day Gifts You Can Pick Up on the Way To Dads for some ideas on gifts you can pick up for pops on your way to visit. Short on cash? Try shooting…
By Emily Price |
A fairly substantial amount of my childhood was spent playing Ghostbusters on my father’s Commodore 64. Both my first video game and computer experience, the 64 will always have a special place in my heart. Back in August of last year Commodore USA announced it…
By Adriana Lee |
Happy Father’s Day! Here’s an ode to my dad for giving me my tech addiction. Have your own “Ode to Dad”? Share them below in the comments! Growing up, I remember the epic struggles my father had with his fax machine. He’d put the thermal…
By Jack McGrath |
How do you develop apps for iOS? It’s a common question that many computer enthusiasts ask, and one we here at TechnoBuffalo hope to answer with this series of posts. Learning how to develop software can be one of the most intimidating prospects for the average computer user,…
