By Tim Hage on Dec 31st, 2009 at 1:32PM
As we all know, Steam has been having awesome sales every day for more than a week now, and today they have posted their New Year’s Eve sales. While they aren’t as great of deals as previous offerings, it’s still a great opportunity to grab some games at a great price. So, head over to Steam’s online store and have a look at the deals for yourself.
By Craig Lloyd on Dec 31st, 2009 at 1:03PM
A company known as Mophie will be unveiling a special kind of iPhone case at CES 2010. It’s a normal iPhone case, but at the bottom you’ll notice a small slot, just thin enough for, let’s say, a credit card to slide right on through. The case/credit card reader will be accompanied with an app that deals with credit card transactions. Great for businesses and maybe a few consumers? This is all the info we have now, but obviously we’ll hear the whole shebang at CES. Stay tuned!
via [Pocket-Lint]
By Craig Lloyd on Dec 31st, 2009 at 12:37AM
By Tim Hage on Dec 31st, 2009 at 12:28AM
We all know that it’s the season where many retailers slash prices and try to milk as much money out of your pocket as possible, and Micro$oft is no exception. To follow up their holiday deal offerings, Microsoft is cutting the price of Battlefield 1943 by 50% on Xbox Live on New Year’s Eve. For one day only, the popular downloadable FPS will cost a mere 600 MSP ($7.50 USD). Anyone else holding out for the game’s PC release?
via [Twitter]
By Craig Lloyd on Dec 31st, 2009 at 12:13AM
We’ve already heard a lot about the Nexus One and we’ll probably keep hearing more about it. We’ve decided to roundup all the useful information and images and put them in this one convenient post. As you can probably assume, most of the information is rumor since Google nor HTC have made an official announcement and no specs have been officially released. However, that’s one thing we love about rumors — they get us talking and can be very insightful and revealing. We’ll be updating this post periodically when more information/photos arrive so be sure check back every now and then. Join us after the break for the goods.
By Craig Lloyd on Dec 30th, 2009 at 11:36AM
This has to be the cream of crop right here. This phone is definitely real and will be available to the public (unlike previous speculations of being just a developer phone). The leaked content tells us that Google will be the only seller of the Nexus One and it’ll sell for $530 unlocked and unsubsidized. You can also get the phone for $180 after signing a 2-year contract with T-Mobile. Looks like AT&T is out of the picture on this one, although it’ll probably still work on their network. There’s also going to be just one plan, which is $80/month, but if you still want to keep your cheap plan, you’ll have to pay the unsubsidized price of $530.
Google will sell the phone via http://www.google.com/phone and it will apparently be officially called the Nexus One, not the Google Phone (the Google Phone was a lame name anyway).
Thanks to Engadget, you can view the entire Nexus One Terms of Sale here.
via [Gizmodo]
By Craig Lloyd on Dec 29th, 2009 at 1:13PM
By Craig Lloyd on Dec 29th, 2009 at 11:53AM
A former Seagate employee turned whistle-blower has said that the storage company has stolen hard drive-silencing technology from a group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and even destroyed the software blueprints to hide the evidence. This whole dilemma is already a 10-year-old lawsuit, but this statement coming from an ex-Seagate employee could make some headway.
The group of MIT researchers, known as a company called Convolve, have also filed lawsuits against Compaq, as well as Dell, Hitachi and Western Digital for similar technology.
via [NY Times]
By Tim Hage on Dec 28th, 2009 at 10:46PM
After all the GOTY nominations and wins for MW2, it seemed unlikely that it could win any other “*this* of the Year” award. Well, it seems that the Internet has just one more surprise in store for us gamers. After topping many sales charts for its first few weeks on the market, Modern Warfare 2 has officially become the most pirated game of 2009.
Having been on the market for just over a month, MW2 has been pirated 4.1 million times. This quite a prestigious title that was previously held by none other than The Sims 3, which has amassed a total of 3.2 million illegal downloads since its release last June.
via [TorrentFreak]
By Andrew Kershaw on Dec 28th, 2009 at 10:34PM
For those of you WoW addicts, here’s another great way to waste your money keep updated on the latest news. The World of Warcraft Official Magazine is aimed at bringing news exclusively from the game, keeping you up to date with everything you need to know and more without the inclusion of any ads whatsoever! If you’re still not sure if you want to subscribe, visit their website and preview the content to get an idea of what to expect from the quarterly publication.
via [WoW Official Magazine]
