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  • Wikipedia joins protest against internet and web policy drafts

    Wikipedia joins protest against internet and web policy drafts

    Free online knowledge site Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours later this week in protest at draft anti-online piracy legislation before the US Congress, founder Jimmy Wales said Monday on Twitter. “Student warning! Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday!” Wales said on the microblogging site. “‘Freedom is ...

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  • Apple said to threaten legal action over Steve Jobs doll

    Apple said to threaten legal action over Steve Jobs doll

    If you're a Jobsian fanboi jonesing for the recently announced Steve Jobs action figure, we have some bad news for you: Apple doesn't want you to have one. So reports The Telegraph, which says that the Chinese action-figure maker In Icons has received a letter from Cupertino's lawyers threatening legal action should the 12-inch, impressively realistic ...

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  • Sony PlayStation Vita Launches With Technical Problems

    Sony PlayStation Vita Launches With Technical Problems

    The Sony PlayStation Vita launched in Japan on Friday, and over the weekend the hotly anticipated handheld console had a bit of a rocky start. While Sony hasn't released official sales figures yet, Japanese magazine publisher Enterbrain has announced that an estimated 321,407 PlayStation Vita units were sold in the two days after its release. To put ...

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  • Mass Effect 3 Gameplay

    The Spike TV Video Game Awards (VGAs) are underway and the show is always a prime spot for new media and big-time gaming announcements. BioWare’s upcoming game Mass Effect 3 is up for the “Most Anticipated” game category and to get people even more excited, a new trailer was shown off. Check ...

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  • Toyota Fun-Vii at Tokyo Motor Show 2011

    Toyota Fun-Vii at Tokyo Motor Show 2011

    Positing a world filled with wealthy and beautiful metrosexuals gadabouting in made-up urban environments without any discernible parking restrictions or traffic jams, the Fun-Vii is out there in terms of high concepts. This three-seat wedge uses the connectivity of the next generation of mobile telephone to connect to the internet. Controlled ...

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Jailbreak for iPhone 4S, iPad2

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Good news for wannabe iPhone jailbreakers: The Chronic Dev Team and pod2g have finally released the first untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. Read more…

“I’ll teach you fear” – New Street Fighter x Tekken featuring Jin vs M. Bison

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Here’s a new trailer for the latest cross over fighting game Street Fighter x Tekken, this one features Jin Kazama facing M. Bison with appearances by Xiaoyu and Juri.  Street Fighter x Tekken will be available for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Europe on March 9, 2012 and North America on March 6, 2012. The PS Vita version of the game will feature additional characters like Cole from inFamous and Toro and Kuro (mascots for Sony in Japan).

Use PSVita as controller for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 in PS3

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In an announcement of new Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Vita media (in our gallery), Capcom shared some kind of weird news about the portable port: it allows you to use the Vita as an “Ultimate Controller” for the PS3 version. We’re guessing this means you’ll be able to use the touch controls when playing the console version. We’re sure Hori and Mad Catz are raising their collective, corporate eyebrows at the “Ultimateness” of that option, but more options are always welcome. Read more…

Wikipedia joins protest against internet and web policy drafts

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wikipedia piracy

Free online knowledge site Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours later this week in protest at draft anti-online piracy legislation before the US Congress, founder Jimmy Wales said Monday on Twitter.

“Student warning! Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday!” Wales said on the microblogging site. Read more…

Acer Announces 2 new Ultrabooks, New Iconia Tab, and Cloud Services

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In a pre-CES presentation from Acer, they announced that they were joining in on the ultrabook train with the Timeline Ultra. The Laptop will feature a Ivy Bridge, Core i  series processor(unspecified), with a DVD drive and be 20mm thick. The laptop’s battery lasts for around 8 hours, and boots up in 1.5 seconds. There is also a feature to remotely wake up the laptop from a mobile device. It also has the option to contain a SSD or HDD, as well as an optional HDMI port. It will come in both 14 inch and 15.6 inch models. Overall, Acer will have 4 Ultrabooks that it will offer at this point in time. Acer also announced that it believes that there will be a whole new wave of Ultrabooks when Windows 8 is released later this year(which means that Windows 8′s beta should come fairly soon). Read more…

Lenovo Taps Mobile Market Again With Android-Based “Smartphone S2?

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lenovo s2 smartphone

This week at CES, Lenovo will be showing off its latest entry in the handset market, the Lenovo Smartphone S2, a slim 3.8-inch Android handset powered by a speedy 1.4-GHz Qualcomm 8260 CPU.  The Smartphone S2, which was recently released in China as the LePhone S2, does not appear to have any groundbreaking specs, but sports a clean, lightweight 4.2 ounce design and some UI enhancements. Read more…

Nokia Lumia 710 review:Good smartphone for first-timers?

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nokia lumia 710

Touted as a gateway to smartphones for first-timers, T-Mobile’s budget-conscious 4G Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone stands on its own island apart from the continuing Android/iOS skirmishes. This phone is less focused on specs and speeds, pitched instead as a way for people who have been skittish of those platforms to finally move beyond voice calling with mobile sharing and other smartphone fun. Read more…

Apple said to threaten legal action over Steve Jobs doll

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steve jobs doll for sale

If you’re a Jobsian fanboi jonesing for the recently announced Steve Jobs action figure, we have some bad news for you: Apple doesn’t want you to have one.

So reports The Telegraph, which says that the Chinese action-figure maker In Icons has received a letter from Cupertino’s lawyers threatening legal action should the 12-inch, impressively realistic plastic portrayal be offered for sale. Read more…

RIM Dumps Playbook Tablet For $199

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Struggling to attract consumers to their Blackberry smartphones RIM has moved to dump stock of the unpopular BlackBerry Playbook tablet by slashing the price to $299 for a 64GB version and $199 for a 16GB version . It was originally selling for $699. Read more…

Windows 8 ‘Clover Trail’ Tablets Expected After Mid-2012

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Two more names were added Monday to the growing list of Windows 8 tablet makers: Acer and Lenovo.

The announcement of these players have a twist, though. They’re rumored to have tablets in the works based on Intel’s “Clover Trail” processor, which isn’t expected to be released until June at the earliest. Read more…

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