When consoles and PCs collide: Unreal Tournament 3 reviewed
Unreal Tournament 3 makes some smart tweaks to the core Unreal Tournament experience to create a refined shooter for both PCs and consoles. We take our hoverboards for a test drive.
Archive for December 15, 2007
Shock at $85k mobile phone bill
A Canadian man has been shocked to receive a mobile phone bill for nearly $85,000 (
£41,000).
Piotr Staniaszek thought he could use his new phone as a modem for his computer under his $10 unlimited mobile browser plan from Bell Mobility.
Metallic MacBooks Spotted on Apple Campus
Appleinsider claims that “dark grey” or “gunmetal” colored slim notebooks have been spotted at Apple campus.Though noticeably thinner but otherwise similar in size to the company’s 13-inch MacBooks, the notebook appeared to have a metallic sheen to it, which set it apart from the current black MacBo…
Confirmed: MGS4 and Metal Gear Online Join Together!
The new January 08 issue of PlayStation: The Official Magazine has revealed that MGS4 and Metal Gear Online will be released together as one game!
Listen to Music and Playlists from Gmail
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Store and manage music with all those extra gigabytes in your Gmail account.
AMD’s ATI Hybrid CrossFire Sneak Peek Exclusive
Sub-$500 computers playing Crysis? Multi-card graphics with one card? AMD shows off their new Hybrid CrossFire technology and they even let HardOCP take it for a test drive in Crysis, UT3, and COD4.
Gliese 581: one planet might indeed be habitable
More than 10 years after the discovery of the first extrasolar planet, astronomers have now discovered more than 250 of these planets. Until a few years ago, most of the newly discovered exoplanets were Jupiter-mass, probably gaseous, planets.
Opera tries to force IE into W3C compliance
Opera has filed a complaint with the European Union, accusing Microsoft of violating EU antitrust law by bundling IE with Windows. The browser maker wants Microsoft forced to release a fully standards-compliant version of IE.
TV Industry Using Piracy as a Measure of Success
Last100 has an interesting post describing the way in which “unofficial” but sanctioned BitTorrent leaks are being used to measure a TV show’s likely success.
Apple relents, sanctions custom ringtones!
Apple has sneaked out the ability to make (free) custom ringtones, courtesy of GarageBand 4.1.1.
Blizzard Confirms ‘Unannounced Next-Gen MMO’
Following speculation surrounding job advertisements on Blizzard’s website, a community administrator has confirmed on the World of Warcraft forums that the developer is currently at work on an unannounced, next-gen MMO.
4chan got HACKED!!
From time to time, takeovers happen on some small sites, but, this one is a HUGE… Who knew this would’ve happened?
