Weekend Open Forum: Your favorite game soundtracks
With the constant barrage of Humble Bundle-like deals, I've developed a bad habit of buying discounted indie games and only playing them for an hour or two -- if at all. Although I feel guilty when that happens with pricey AAA releases, my conscience is usually clear when it comes...
Nokia receives $1.35 billion grant to further develop graphene
Nokia has been awarded a $1.35 billion, 10 year grant from the European Union to further develop graphene for practical applications. The 2D super material is just a single atom thick yet according to the Finnish handset maker, it’s the strongest material ever tested – exhibiting a breaking strength 300...
VESA updates DisplayPort Dual-Mode, pushes 4K UHD over HDMI
Industry standards body VESA has officially updated its DisplayPort Dual-Mode 1.1 standard to provide better performance, higher resolutions and increased interoperability when hooking up to HDMI and DVI ports through a cable or adapter. Under Dual-Mode, a DisplayPort can output an additional HDMI/DVI-compatible signal alongside its expected DisplayPort link. This...
Verizon debuts $60 prepaid plan for 3G smartphones
Verizon announced today the introduction of two prepaid plans which bundle together unlimited voice and texts exclusively for 3G smartphone owners. The company's $60 option includes a rather slim 500MB of data, but its $70 plan offers a more bountiful 2GB of monthly bandwidth.
Path ordered to pay $800,000 to settle FTC privacy charges
Social networking startup Path has been ordered to pay an $800,000 fine to the Federal Trade Commission in addition to other measures to settle a controversial privacy issue. The service was accused of using deceitful tactics to collect personal information from members’ mobile device address books and storing it locally...
Weekend game deals: Mark of the Ninja plus four other titles for $10
Besides the typical array of digital deals -- which includes a bundle with Mark of the Ninja and four other titles at Amazon for $10 -- it's worth mentioning that Indie Royale has launched its latest indie pack with five titles including Unmechanical and Krater for about $5, while a...
CEA cuts ties with CNET over 'Best of CES' award snafu
The Consumer Electronics Association has cut ties with technology website CNET as the publication responsible for picking the “Best of CES” award at the annual trade show. The group feels that CNET’s parent company, CBS Corp, compromised the publication's objectivity when selecting this year’s winning product. ...
Apple becomes top U.S. mobile phone vendor in Q4
Apple’s record holiday quarter helped push the company ahead of Samsung as the top mobile phone maker in the U.S. for the first time ever, according to Strategy Analytics. That’s for all mobile phones, not just smartphones, with the Cupertino-based firm selling a whopping 17.7 million iPhones during Q4 2012...
Sony finally discontinuing the MiniDisc after more than 20 years
Sony announced plans to discontinue the MiniDisc player nearly two years ago following a surprising 21 year run. The company is just now getting around to putting the final nail in the coffin of the forgotten format as the last units will leave the assembly line next month.
HBO Go coming to Apple TV in first half of 2013
Apple TV owners might be able to access more than 600 hours worth of HBO movies and TV shows sometime in mid-2013. According to a report by Bloomberg, the Cupertino-based firm is in talks with HBO parent company Time Warner about a potential deal, but nothing has been finalized yet.
Google Glass could include built-in bone conduction headphones
Despite the fact that Google recently held a hackaton for Project Glass developers a few days ago in San Francisco and is hosting another event starting today in New York, we still don’t know an awful lot about the search giant’s augmented reality eyewear. One key question that remains unknown...
German consumer group sues Valve over the resale of Steam games
The Federation of German Consumer Organizations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. or VZBV) has sued Valve for not allowing Steam users to resell their games. Speaking about the policies of Valve's digital distribution service, VZBV project manager Carola Elbrecht said that if customers truly own the titles they purchase on Steam, they...
Sony announces PlayStation special event for February 20
There’s been a ton of speculation surrounding the unveiling of next generation gaming consoles from both Microsoft and Sony. The general consensus heading into 2013 was that we would see the Xbox 720 and the PlayStation 4 debut at E3 in June but as the month went on, we heard...
The Best PC Game Mods You Can Play Today
The real joy of playing a game on PC is that, thanks to mods, your entire experience can be improved by the work of dedicated fans. Because some mods are so extensive, transforming almost everything about the source title, we felt it was only fair to list 12 of the...
EA shelves Medal of Honor franchise after weak sales, reviews
Following weak critical and commercial reception, EA has decided to yank the Medal of Honor brand from its shooter rotation. Despite receiving generally mixed reviews among critics and consumers, the franchise's 2010 reboot still managed to sell more than five million copies, making it relatively easy to justify a follow-up.
Google Chrome to get notification center, possibly Google Now
An interesting find made by astute French developer François Beaufort indicates Google Chrome will be getting a notification center soon. Beaufort discovered the addition while mulling over the source code for the latest build of Chromium -- the open-source project on which official releases of Chrome are based. Users running the...
The New York Times believe Chinese military hacked their computers
A new report from the New York Times claims hackers infiltrated their network for approximately four months, compromising multiple systems and targeting at least one journalist in the process. The paper believes the attacks were politically motivated and may have been conducted by the Chinese military.
Facebook profits tumble due to heavy mobile spending
Facebook has released fourth quarter and full year financial results for the period ending December 31, 2012. The social network reported $1.59 billion in revenue, topping Wall Street estimates with a healthy 40 percent year over year increase. Profit, however, was down a whopping 79 percent as the company spent...
Google extends Windows Phone 8 Exchange support until July 31
In December, Google announced it would be abandoning Exchange ActiveSync support for non-business accounts, ending support for Google Sync and Google Calendar Sync. It appears the search giant's once-unrelenting stance has softened though, giving Microsoft until July 31 to get Windows Phone 8 prepped for open EAS alternatives.
Grand Theft Auto V will miss spring 2013 release date
Fans of the Grand Theft Auto series woke up to some bad news today as it has been revealed that the latest installment of the hit title from Rockstar games will miss its planned spring 2013 release date. The company announced earlier today that Grand Theft Auto V is now...
Nvidia to build reference smartphones and tablets for OEMs, ODMs
Nvidia is no stranger to producing reference designs for the graphics card market and working with partners to get products into customers’ hands. Now, according to a report by Russian site Mobile Review, the company is looking to replicate that strategy to some degree with smartphones and tablets built around...
Gabe Newell says Apple is the biggest threat in the living room
During a recent lecture at the University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell said the biggest threat to the Steam Box or any PC ecosystem hoping to become a force in the living room isn’t from consoles, it’s from Apple. The question he posed is...
Nvidia's Project Shield went from concept to reality in less than a year
Nvidia surprised a number of journalists and consumers alike by unveiling a portable gaming device at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. Codenamed Project Shield, the handheld is powered by the company’s latest Tegra 4 mobile chip that outputs content to a 5-inch, 720p display.
Michael Dell to seek majority control in buyout bid
A little over two weeks ago rumors surfaced that Dell was interested in going private. At the time we were hearing that private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners was heavily involved in the negotiations alongside company founder Michael Dell.
Firefox to block nearly all plug-ins by default with 'Click to Play'
Third-party plug-ins can be a real pain in the back for browser developers. Security holes constantly showing up in Java or Adobe Reader, for example, leave those running unpatched versions open to potential drive-by download attacks. Looking to minimize the threat, Mozilla will flip the switch on a security feature...
FotoSketcher 2.35 Automatically turn your photos into paintings, drawings and cartoons.
EverNote 4.6.2.7927 EverNote is a free note-taking application.
Emsisoft Emergency Kit 3.0.0.3 The Emsisoft Emergency Kit contains a collection of programs that can be used without a software installation to scan and clean infected computers for malware.
Squid 3.2.7 Squid is a fully-featured HTTP/1.0 proxy which is almost (but not quite - we're getting there!) a fully-featured HTTP/1.1 proxy.
AIMP Classic 3.20.1165 Powerful audio player that allows you to listen to your favorite music with an outstanding sound quality.
FastFolders 4.5.0 This system extension increases your productivity dramatically by giving you quick and easy access to folder contents and files.
RasterVect 19.2 Vectorizer RasterVect transforms raster images to a vector format.
FreeFixer 1.02 FreeFixer is a general purpose removal tool which will help you to delete potentially unwanted software, such as adware, spyware, trojans, viruses and worms.
Avast! Free Antivirus 8.0.1476 Beta A-list freeware antivirus application.
iMesh 11.0.933.48414 Find, download and share MP3s, video, image files and more.
Puran Utilities 2.0 A set of more than 20 software utilities including but not limited to utilities that can help you get the best performance out of your computer. It also provides an automatic and a one click solution to keep your computer clean and error free.
Ashampoo Burning Studio Free 6.83 Burner software too complicated? Get power, simplicity and file backup too.
DVDStyler 2.4 for Windows/Mac Cross-platform DVD authoring application that makes possible for video enthusiasts to create professional-looking DVDs.
WhatsApp Messenger 2.9.1547 for Android WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS.
Puran Defrag Free Edition 7.6 Very simple disk defragmenter which will defrag the files and optimize your system.
uTorrent 3.3.29038 (utorrent) uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.
Slim Browser 6.01.096 Tabbed multiple-site browser with built-in popup killer, skinned window frame, form filler, etc.
StarBurn 14.1 Grab & Burn any audio, video, photo and data files.
Macrium Reflect Free 5.1.5603 Disk image, file backup and disk cloning for Windows.
BitTorrent 7.8.29039 The most popular P2P application of current times on its original form.
ISO Workshop 3.8 ISO Workshop is a free application specifically designed to facilitate disc image management, conversion and burning operations.
Image Tuner 3.8 Image Tuner is a free batch image resizing, renaming, conversion and watermarking tool with a super-intuitive and straightforward interface.
BitDefender Antivirus Plus 2013 16.26.0.1739 Advanced Proactive Protection from Viruses, Spyware, and More.
ZoneAlarm Uninstall Utility 11.0 Utility for uninstalling ZoneAlarm products.
Security Administrator 14.0 Protect PC, restrict access to Windows applications, password-protect boot.
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