| Breaking News | Monday, 30 July 2012 | School is easier with video games
The Examiner
Related topics Back to schoolFacebookComputerEducationVideo Gamesskype Advertisement When kids go back to school some parents might want them to stop playing video games and focus on their education. Those parents would be surprised to know that...
| Ubisoft Addresses Uplay Plugin Security Flaw
The Inquisitr
Posted: July 30, 2012 If you have Ubisoft’s Uplay client and the associated browser plugin installed on your computer, you may want to pay attention–the company announced that it has confirmed and addressed (via a patch) a nasty exploit...
| FarmVille Jade Falls: Chapter 9 quests guide
The Examiner
Related topics FarmVilleFarmVille Jade Falls Advertisement FarmVille released the Jade Falls Chapter 9 quests to players on Monday afternoon. If you're up to the challenge, you will have six quests to work on, and seven days to get them done. These...
| Apple shares shoot up on iPhone launch rumour
NZ Herald
Apple shares have shot higher after unconfirmed reports that the tech giant is preparing to launch a new version of its hot-selling iPhone in September. Apple traded up 1.7 per cent to end the day at US$595.03. The technology blog The report cited...
| The $1.35 million mech (and how to insure it)
Joystiq
Mechs aren't just for video games, anime and tabletop gaming anymore. Suidobashi Heavy Industries now has a mobile suit named Kuratas available for – and, let's be honest, you'd pay anything to have this – the reasonable asking price of...
| short circuits
Star Tribune
VIDEO A real family feud A ratings hit when it aired in May, the History channel miniseries "Hatfields & McCoys" -- now out on DVD and Blu-ray (Sony, $6-$56) -- was also a smash with the Emmy folks, picking up 16 nominations. A solidly...
| iPhone appeal dims as Samsung shines
NZ Herald
The latest iPhone looks much the same as the first iPhone, which came out more than five years ago. That hasn't been a problem for Apple until, now. The pace of iPhone sales has slowed, Apple revealed last week. Part of the problem is that the...
| Jay-Z Is NBA 2K13 Executive Producer
Cinema Blend
2K Sports, if you're not aware, is making a game called NBA 2K13 based on some obscure, multibillion dollar professional sports franchise. Afraid that the "NBA" is too obscure a brand to generate sales, 2K...
| Perfect Hot Dogs… You’re Doing It Wrong
The Inquisitr
Posted: July 30, 2012 Hot dogs are probably one of the easiest foods to make, and pretty much even the least skilled cooks can manage to get a hot dog to edible temperatures, slap it on a bun and call it dinner — but hot dog experts, which...
| Diablo 3 Forum Bans Continue To Make Headlines
Cinema Blend
Last week we updated gamers on the status of a few pressing issues regarding Diablo 3. While there are still many open cases with the game and the player-base, including individuals who lost money and contacted the FBI, others who had money go...
| Google+ Hangouts Now Integrated With Gmail
The Inquisitr
Posted: July 30, 2012 Google+ Hangouts is getting a Gmail makeover and will begin rolling out to customers starting on Tuesday. The feature will replace Google’s standard video chat which was already being offered via Google’s email...
| Twitter Reaches 500 Million Users…Maybe
The Inquisitr
Posted: July 30, 2012 When it comes to revealing the number of users on their platform Twitter tends to error on the side of caution and only slowly reveals website numbers. Twitter executives are slow to reveal actual numbers because of the...
| |  |