You would think that if you were going to use one of the most famous video game franchises as part of the main plot in one of your episodes – a cult game that inspired a movie that topped international box offices – you would check with someone who actually played the game to see if what you wrote was right, lest you offend some …
GoPayment Goes ‘Freemium,’ Gets Back in the Mobile Payment Game
Intuit’s mobile payment service, GoPayment, which allows users to accept credit card payments on their smart phones, is trying to swipe its way back into the spotlight this week by going “freemium.”
GoPayment is a downloadable mobile app that works in conjunction with a credit card reader to allow small businesses to accept credit …
Sony To Offer Free Monthly Updates Instead of Paid DLC for DCUO
President of Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley said that if you decide to play DC Universe Online, you won’t have to worry about any additional costs besides your regular monthly fee. Smedley told Eurogamer that they will be offering free monthly upgrades of additional content and weekly patches if things need to be fixed right …
Disney Latest Complainant To FCC About Comcast/NBC Merger
The FCC have yet another voice demanding to be heard when it comes to the proposed Comcast/NBC Universal merger: the Walt Disney Company. Disney VP of government relations, Susan Fox, spent part of Wednesday talking to staff members of FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker, to share her concerns about what the merger could mean for …
Electronic Waste: Where Does It Go and What Happens To It?
Many people are aware of the disastrous effects that tossing old electronics in the garbage can have on the environment and take special care to dispose of these products properly. While most recycling centers will make sure that your devices are dismantled and reused, a recent NPR story shows us that companies might not be as honest …
Nudity Is Chatroulette’s New Business Plan
Chatroulette may have lost some of its initial buzz in recent months, but that doesn’t worry founder Andrey Ternovskiy as much as the accompanying loss of traffic. But, despite 60% drops in visits, Ternovskiy has a new idea on how to make the site pay off – and it’s all thanks to men taking off their clothes.
Ternovskiy famously …
5 Failed Social Networks Even Worse Than MySpace
The once-king of social networks, MySpace has fallen beyond repair – or so say the hundreds of blogs calling for a mercy killing after this week’s massive employee layoffs. Just three years ago, News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch pooh-poohed Facebook as it headed straight for them saying that MySpace was more than just “looking up …
3D Is Already Old Hat – Time To Open Your Noses To The New Hotness
Sure, almost every movie, television and home entertainment body in the world may be trying to tell you that 3D is the Next Big Thing right now, but one visionary company is already looking to the next Next Big Thing: The return of smell-o-vision.
San Jose-based Scent Sciences has already teamed with James Cameron for the Asia release …
Too Many Gadgets? EcoSquid Scours Multiple Trade-In Sites
Gadget hoarding is a real problem—ask my wife what she thinks of my home office. We had to buy an obnoxiously large bookcase from Ikea and the thing still only holds half the whatsits I’ve accrued over several years of gadget hoarding—a practice I used to refer to as “collecting.”
Like most people, I’m inherently too lazy and/or …
See “NBA 2K11” in 3D With New Update (If You Have the Equipment)
If you couldn’t get to a Best Buy store to get the exclusive 3D retail version of NBA 2K11 relax: 2K Games announced on the Playstation Blog they are releasing a 3D Stereoscopic update for PS3 gamers.
“And from personal experience, it’s absolutely amazing how your player literally jumps off the screen when going for a thunderous …
Technicolor Goes 3D With New Expansion
Almost a century after the company was created, Technicolor is moving to be at the forefront of another technological revolution. The company has announced that it will open 3D conversion units for both movies and television projects in Los Angeles, London and Bangalore.
Although Technicolor already has done some conversion work in …
A $19 Million Computing Exhibit for Techies and Non-Geeks Alike
If you thought Windows ’95 was archaic, think again. And if you’ve ever wondered how our phones got so smart or how the Internet works, you’re in luck.
The Computer History Museum opened an exhibit this week titled “Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing“, which covers everything from the abacus to the iPhone to robots to the …