If you haven’t snatched up a 3DS yet (if not, we wouldn’t blame you, given the dearth of interesting games) Nintendo’s sweetening its upcoming price drop with a ‘Flame Red’ version. If red’s your thing—as opposed to “Aqua Blue” and “Cosmo Black”—Nintendo says it plans to offer the alternative color from September 9th, shortly after …
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California Now Reports Prisoner Facebook Accounts for Deletion
First off, did you know the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has its own daily newspaper? It’s called CDCR Today and it’s a wonderful read! Actually it’s a blog and it’s not daily but, hey, sometimes ideas start small and then snowball into major media empires.
Spec Ops Survival Mode Gets Detailed in New ‘Modern Warfare 3’ Trailer
A few weeks back, I talked about my hands-on experience with the new Survival Mode in the Spec Ops multiplayer portion of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Activision’s finally released a video showing off some of the features that I got to see and implement.
You’ll see the upgrade system interface in action in the clip as well as a few …
Anonymous Vows to Topple Facebook, But Is It a Hoax?
Pro hacker tip: When you’re planning to hack someone, don’t tell them in advance. More importantly, don’t tell them exactly when you’re planning to rock their universe.
But that’s just what a video purportedly by hacktivist collective Anonymous does, boasting of an upcoming attack on Facebook, and setting the data for November 5, …
A Cut Above: ‘Fruit Ninja Kinect’ Review
Fruit Ninja Kinect clocked in at 140.11 MB when I downloaded it a few days ago. In terms of file sizes for downloadable games, that’s practically in the featherweight division. It’s barely the size of a DLC pack for many games, but the fun to be had in playing the HD version of the hit iPhone game is very disproportionate to its …
Apple Granted Injunction to Block Samsung Tablet Sales in Europe
Apple has been granted a preliminary junction against Samsung, ruling that Samsung’s 10.1-inch “Galaxy Tab” Android tablet be pulled from store shelves “across all of Europe and except the Netherlands,” reports the Telegraph.
The injunction was granted by a judge in Germany, yet is enforceable elsewhere since it’s “possible to apply …
Apple Passes Exxon as Most Valuable Company in the World (Updated)
It finally happened: Apple Inc. has passed Exxon Mobil Corp. to become the most valuable publicly traded company in the world.
Though both companies saw their stocks plummet due to market fears, Exxon Mobil’s dive was harder, while Apple seems to be rebounding (but not by much). The oil giant and former “most valuable company in the …
Fox News’ Facebook Page Overrun by Death Threats
UPDATE (8:48PM EST): Fox News has made a few statements regarding the difficulties of moderating online comments to Yahoo’s The Cutline blog, which you can read here.
Just because a news network claims to be fair and balanced doesn’t mean its Facebook fans have to be. Following the appearance of Blair Scott, the Communications …
After Riots, London Crowdsources Cleanup, Identifying Looters
While many are blaming social media for helping looters organize themselves during the riots that have swept across London the past two nights, it turns out social media may be even more useful to recovery efforts.
A spontaneous volunteer clean-up effort of the city is being organized on Twitter under the hashtag #riotcleanup, which …
Acer MacBook Air Competitor Leaked with Sub-$800 Starting Price?
So these Windows-based “ultrabooks” we’ve been hearing about recently should be making their way to consumers in time for the holidays. The promise: MacBook Air-like design and portability, but with cheaper price points and, of course, Windows.
(MORE: The Race to Beat the MacBook Air Is On)
And while we’ve seen a teaser image of …
FBI Releases ‘Child ID’ App You’ll Hopefully Never Have to Use
The FBI has released a free iPhone app that can be used if your child goes missing. Called “Child ID,” the app “provides a convenient place to electronically store photos and vital information about your children so that it’s literally right at hand if you need it,” according to an FBI press release.
The release continues, “You can …
Happy Birthday, Samus! Nintendo’s ‘Metroid’ Turns 25
Metroid came out in Japan 25 years ago. (Yes, that makes us all old. Let that sink in.) A whole generation probably remembers where they were when they found out the shocking truth about the armored bounty hunter starring in Nintendo’s classic.
For me, I was sitting in my next-door neighbors’ basement a few weeks before school …