Archive for October 9, 2007

BBFC rejects revised Manhunt 2

Just when we thought the Manhunt 2 drama was over, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has refused to rate the game yet again. Initially rejected by the BBFC and rated AO by the ESRB back in June - the game has since been granted an M rating by the ESRB, allowing it to be sold in North America, but UK censors are still not biting.

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Dell Preps for Next Linux Desktop Release

Ubuntu 7.10 — Gutsy Gibbon — launches on October 18. But will Dell support it on selected PCs and notebooks? You bet, according to TechIQ’s The VAR Guy. He interviewed Dell about the release. Here’s his take on how Dell plans to support Ubuntu 7.10

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Third party apps running on iPhone 1.1.1

TUAW’s resident iPhone hacker, Erica Sadun, reports that hacker asap18 has been able to port several apps to the formerly locked down iPhone 1.1.1 firmware.

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Road to Mac OS X Leopard: Finder 10.5

The Finder in Mac OS X has long been reviled as the most glaring problem in the system, earning it the “Fix the F-ing Finder” meme. Apple has significantly updated the Finder for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, introducing some things old, some things new, some things borrowed, and, well, the icon is still blue. Here’s a look at what’s new.

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PS3 for $399 on November 2 in U.S., says Industry Source

The latest word from industry insiders is that SCEA will follow its European counterpart with a $399 40GB PlayStation 3 on November 2. Gamers looking for backward compatibility with the PS2, however, may still want one of the more expensive versions.

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Can you tell the difference between GT5 and real life?

The graphical line separating video games and real life has been getting thinner and thinner with each passing console generation, and the Gran Turismo series always seems to be the one leading the charge.

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Preliminary iPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak

The iPhone/iTouch Dev guys have been hard at work for weeks and have finally managed to jailbreak 1.1.1.

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Microsoft Giving Away Two Games with Every New 360, 360 Elite

Microsoft just announced their new holiday bundle will include copies of Forza 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance but no price increase.

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New Blu-ray discs with DRM failing to play on some devices

Two new Blu-ray titles are failing to play in spectacular fashion on some standalone players. Some blame new BD-J features, but most point the finger at the brand-new BD+ copy protection layer.

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Google phone will take on Microsoft, not Apple

Rumors about a Google phone have been flying for months. And since they started around the time that Apple was releasing its game-changing iPhone, it should come as no surprise that we all started to get the idea that Google might get into the hardware game and release a gPhone handset featuring Google software.

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