Weekend Open Forum: What's the last PC game you preordered?
Between the current console generation pulling overtime and the growing pains of digital monetization, I've been less confident about preordering PC games in recent years. Sometimes it's easy to spot the lousy ports with questionable ethics, other times you don't know you've been duped until you're past the point of...
Microsoft rumored to be working on a Google Glass competitor
Microsoft could be working on a connected device similar to Google’s Project Glass that would debut sometime next year according to a note to investors from analyst Brian White. What’s more, he believes that Google has made significant breakthroughs around software applications as it relates to Glass which will help...
Ubisoft readies Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon game 'set in the future'
When Ubisoft started teasing Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon earlier this week many just assumed it was an elaborate April Fools hoax. The website for the game, which is reminiscent of the old Geocities days with brightly colored animated gifs and a couple of visitor counter applets, depicted a dystopian...
Weekend game deals: Dead Island GotY $5, Red Orchestra 2 $3
Gearing up for Dead Island: Riptide's release on April 23, Amazon has discounted the first installment's game of the year edition to only $5 in addition to offering Borderlands 2 with its season pass for $25. Elsewhere, Steam offers 85% off and free access to Red Orchestra 2 (though it's...
Mojang sells 10 million copies of Minecraft for the PC
The indie sensation Minecraft has now sold more than 10 million copies according to a recent tweet from Mojang customer support manager Marc Watson. It’s worth pointing out that this milestone only includes copies for the PC, Mac and Linux which makes it the seventh best-selling PC game of all...
Rackspace goes after 'most notorious patent troll in America'
IT hosting company Rackspace is going after what they describe as the most notorious patent troll in America. The company filed a lawsuit against Parallel Iron and IP Nav, patent assertion entities (PAE) that make money by licensing patents to customers rather than crafting their own goods based on the...
Apple nearing deal with labels for Pandora-like music streaming service
Speculation about a music streaming service from Apple has been going on for quite some time. The rumored addition would presumably complement the company’s download model on iTunes, but apparently one thing holding it back all this time is Apple’s stringent demands as well as labels’ unwillingness to play ball...
Microsoft creative director on always-on console: #dealwithit
We’ve been hearing for some time now that Microsoft’s next generation game console could require an always-on Internet connection and that games must be installed to the hard drive. We’ve been skeptical of such a requirement as recent as late last month but based on a recent tweet by Microsoft...
GDC contest winner buries game in the desert, invites you to find it
The winner of the Game Design Challenge at the recent Game Developers Conference in San Francisco is taking his board game one step further by burying it in the Nevada desert. Jason Rohrer created A Game for Someone as part of a challenge called Humanity’s Last Game with the intent...
Facebook 'Home': What the web is saying about the Facebook phone
All the signs were there, hence the years of rumors about a potential "Facebook phone". But as it turns out Facebook didn't delve into hardware or even as deep as developing a new mobile operating system. Instead, the company is leveraging Android's openness, adding a layer on top of the...
AMD to start bundling free games with APUs later this month
AMD is reportedly prepared to take its "Never Settle" promotion to the next step by extending it to other product lines. According to Hardware Luxx, shoppers who opt for one of the company's APUs will be rewarded with free game codes. It's said that by the second or third week...
Apple's proposed spaceship campus goes way over budget
Apple’s proposed solar-powered “spaceship” campus is expected to cost an additional $2 billion more to construct than originally estimated. The total projected cost of $5 billion would make the structure more expensive to build than the new World Trade Center complex in New York City ($3.9 billion) according to five...
DEA claims encryption makes it impossible to intercept iMessages
An internal government document has revealed that encryption used in Apple’s iMessage chat service has prevented Drug Enforcement Administration officials from spying on suspects’ conversations. The document, seen by CNET, cites a February 2013 criminal investigation where officials said it is impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices regardless...
Browser war brewing: Google ditches Webkit for Blink, Mozilla partners with Samsung on Servo
It’s been roughly two months since Opera announced it was dropping its own Presto web rendering engine in favor of Webkit, the same used by Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome. The move was seen as an attempt to remain relevant in the mobile market, where Opera has usually been a strong...
BlackBerry to discontinue BBM Music service on June 2
BlackBerry has announced plans to discontinue their BBM Music service starting June 2, 2013. The Canadian handset maker recently announced the decision in an e-mail sent to subscribers. The message notes that paying customers won’t be billed for May and that they will receive a free one-month subscription to Rdio...
Microsoft's weak mobile presence could leave it irrelevant in 4 years
It's no secret that tablets and smartphones are gradually occupying more computing time among folks who don't need the horsepower of a full-fledged PC. Although this trend has prompted many to predict the death of PCs, it's fairer to say that high-end desktops aren't going...
Zuckerberg's first website contained an early Facebook prototype
An Angelfire website allegedly created by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 1999 is making the rounds on the net today. If legit, it provides an eerily prophetic look into the mind of a 15-year-old high school student that would later go on to change the world as we know it today.
Samsung Experience Shops to open in 1,400 Best Buy locations
Samsung is preparing to open 1,400 mini-stores inside Best Buy locations across the US by the end of the summer as part of their continued effort to crank up the heat against Apple. The stores, known as Samsung Experience Shops, will be prominently featured near the front of the retailer’s...
Almost nobody is interested in a Facebook phone, says survey
Despite the fact that there hasn’t been much evidence until recently to support a Facebook phone, rumors on the subject have been brewing for a couple of years now. That’s all good and well but is anyone actually interested in buying a handset with a heavy social networking focus? ...
Hands-on with the Sony Xperia Z
The Sony Xperia Z needs to be a hit. Sony has been a giant in consumer electronics for decades, but the company's reputation for quality products hasn't translated to success in the Android smartphone race. The Xperia Z has the hallmarks of a Sony product: thoughtful design and solid materials....
Verizon open to eliminating contracts, will monitor T-Mobile's success
T-Mobile’s announcement and launch of a contract-free $50 unlimited talk and text plan last week certainly seems like a sweet deal but it may have further reaching implications than any of us are aware of. I say that because Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam teased the idea of getting rid contacts...
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