This month, Taiwanese firm Acer unveiled their new Aspire 5600u. An all-in-one PC system, it boasts top-of-the-range hardware and an aesthetically pleasing design. However, realistically, how much of a challenge can it…
Dog DayZ are Over
Night has fallen, and crickets croak their ambient song. I’m slowly bleeding from a wound to my chest and hunger twists knots in my stomach, but I’m out of food and medicine….
Overgrowth – The Next Generation of Video Game Combat
Interest, both public and industry, in brawler-styled games has been slowly fading since the early 2000s. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule: the Super Smash Bros series, along with games…
Apple to Run Samsung Adverts
A high court order has decreed that Apple need to run adverts stating that Samsung did not copy their products. This comes after a failed claim from Apple that Samsung copied their…
Anna – The Stuff of Nightmares or an Industry-Dream?
“It knows what scares you. It has from the very beginning.” ~ Poltergeist Italian video game studio Dreampainters have announced a revolutionary new game-AI, which they claim ‘learns’ from players’ actions, and…
‘Feel Me App’- the Next Step in Texting on iPhones & iPads
Making texting even more interactive, providing a real time and almost physical link with the person you’re chatting with, ‘Feel Me’ is the new app for the iOS that is set to…
Google TV appearence leaves questions surrounding Project Glass
An online preview of ‘The Gavin Newsom’ show released by Current TV has created mystery surrounding Google’s ‘Project Glass’ and the device’s navigation function. Since Google’s introduction of ‘Project Glass’ (the ‘insider’…
Facebook Wisdom in Numbers
Saturday, July 31, 2010 Notice something new with your Facebook page? Right beside “Update Status” on your wall… well, some beta testers would actually find “Facebook Questions” right there.This new feature enables…
Ministry of Justice Launches Legislation.gov.uk
Friday, July 30, 2010 Legislation.gov.uk went online today. This incredible website presents every single article of legislation in the UK, spanning around 800 years of British laws and including all revisions throughout…
Russian Court: Block YouTube!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 A Russian court in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur ordered RA RTS Rosnet, a local internet services provider to block access to YouTube and four other websites because of…
Is TalkTalk, Spying on its Customers?
Thursday, July 29, 2010 UK’s second largest internet service provider admitted that since July, the company has been secretly scrutinizing the web usage of its 4.2 million customers in an attempt to…
iPhone jailbreaking legal
Monday, July 26, 2010 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent US government agencyin charge of regularing the radio spectrum which includes radio, television, and the internet, announced this Monday that the…
Barbie on Foursquare and Twitter
One of the world’s most famous dolls, Mattel’s Barbie, signed up to Foursquare and Twitter to promote her latest ‘incarnation’ – Barbie Video Girl. Barbie Video Girl doubles up as a digital…
Japanese billboard knows your age and sex
In the sci-fi action-thriller Minority Report advertising goes to a whole new level as the billboards are able to identify the exact identity of who is viewing the ad and therefore the…
180 E-books Sold for every 100 Hardcovers
E-books have outselled the hardbacks. Last month, a hundred and eighty e-books were sold for every 100 non-digital books. During the second quarter of this year, 143 e-books were sold for every…