By Adriana Lee |
Amazon.com seems extra obsessed with besting iTunes lately. In March, it debuted a music locker service that’s strictly cloud-based — a feature that many iOS users would like to see the Apple program take on — and now it’s slashing its already lower than iTunes-pricing…
By Sean P. Aune |
Despite assurances from Sony that none of the encrypted credit card files were taken in the recent PlayStation Network attack, there is some chatter amongst hackers to the contrary. The New York Times is reporting that senior threat researcher at the security firm Trend Micro Kevin Stevens has seen…
By Jack McGrath |
Though EA has already published one title under the Need for Speed moniker this year, the publisher is ready to put forth another racing experience, but this time focus on an action-driven, exhilarating presentation. After announcing Need for Speed: The Run, the well-known game conglomerate…
By Sean P. Aune |
The guessing game as to how the Motorola Xoom is doing can come to an end as the company has finally published a number of how many of the tablets have shipped. While not the same as how many have sold, the number of Xooms…
By Emily Price |
Starting June 17th, you will be able to rent video games out of your local Redbox. Redbox has announced plans to offer video game rentals at 21,000 locations by mid-June. The company has been testing video game rentals in 5,000 locations, with the results encouraging…
By Emily Price |
Amazon has released a statement regarding its cloud storage outage, and has apologized to users. The highly detailed document explaining the issue can be found here, and is probably an interesting read for developers and system admin – but a confusing one for most everyone…
By Emily Price |
Now you can video chat on your Android phone or tablet using Google Talk. Yesterday Google released Google Talk with video and voice chat for Android phones, an application that allows you to place video calls to friends and family from your Android phone to…
By Jack McGrath |
When rumors about Nintendo’s next piece of hardware began to circulate, executives at the Japanese company did not hesitate to announce that a new console will be officially unveiled at E3 in June. Though one could argue that announcing plans to show off a new…
By Jack McGrath |
If you’re the kind of person that loves looking at intertwining plot lines and examining character development, you know that certain games can deliver a prolific experience filled with dynamic relationships and complex situations. One of the delivery mechanisms for this feeling combines intrigue and…
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 |
Whether you’re a royal watcher or not, there’s no doubt that the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is a historic event and bona fide pop culture phenomenon. To make sure you don’t miss it, bookmark this list of sites that are streaming the…
By Noah Kravitz |
I go away for a week and the tech world just keeps on chuggin’. Jon had an endless stream of tablets and smartphones sent his way last week, and I managed to get my G-Slate review in before shipping it off to join his collection.…
By Noah Kravitz |
The first Droid Incredible was pretty Incredible. For a long time it was my favorite Android phone, and my default answer to the oft-asked, “I’m on Verizon but I want an iPhone! What should I get?” question. But times have changed. First off, Verizon customers…
By Noah Kravitz |
Samsung Mobile has a booth at AppNation SF and yesterday I had the chance to stop by and get my hands on the Galaxy 5, one of the Wi-Fi only media players in the Galaxy S lineup. Like the Galaxy 4 (so named for its…
By Emily Price |
TechnoBuffalo Defines is a weekly thing here on the range, where every Tuesday we give you guys a new tech term to define. You give us your best shot at a definition in the comments, and then the TechnoBuffalo staff picks our favorites from the…
By Sean P. Aune |
The oft-discussed Nintendo 3DS isn’t quite living up to Nintendo’s sales expectations. We’ll give you a moment to act surprised. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata briefed the press on Tuesday about the latest financial reports for the company, and things were pretty dismal across the board.…
By Emily Price |
The PlayStation network has been down since last week, it supposedly won’t be up again at least until next week, and all because someone hacked into the PSN network and stole a lot of personal information from those who use it. There are quite a few…
By Sean P. Aune |
It’s well known that Apple is building a massive data center in North Carolina, but we still don’t know what exactly it’s for. Some theories say it’s for a music service, while others think it may be part of a new plan to launch a…
By Noah Kravitz |
Sonos makes wireless music systems with a reputation for being excellent to use and kinda hard on the wallet. A few years back I had the chance to review a system in my home and it was fantastic. But there’s no way I could have…
By Sean P. Aune |
Sony is finally coming clean with some more details of just how much information the hackers got away with during their attack on the PlayStation Network. In a post to the official blog, the company runs through numerous questions, but the most pertinent is possibly…
By Sean P. Aune |
Those of you who were hoping to pick up a Droid Charge today at Verizon will unfortunately have to wait until … well, we don’t know. As we reported yesterday, Verizon’s LTE outage might mess up the release of the Droid Charge, the latest phone…
By Emily Price |
Do you want to socially network while buying a soda from a vending machine? Pepsi thinks so. The company is introducing a new social vending machine system that lets you interact with Pepsi and your friends while purchasing a carbonated delight from the machine. The…
By Emily Price |
We’ve come to expect a good line outside Apple stores when it comes time for new product launches, but what about for the launch of a new color for an existing device? According to MacWorld, hundreds of customers lined up outside Beijing’s Apple store this…
By Emily Price |
Yesterday Google launched a new Google Docs application for Android. The application allows you to edit documents from your Android phone or other Android-powered device, as well as share items you have stored withing Google Docs with the contacts you have in your phone from…
