It’s a good thing the detective thriller from Rockstar and Team Bondi’s doing so well, because it took a helluva long time to make. Team Bondi was cooking up Cole Phelps’ story for well over five years, much of that spent on just how to structure it. Years went by figuring out whether they wanted it to be a text-based game, or …
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Google to Partner with Sprint for Mobile Payments on Thursday?
Bloomberg is reporting that Google and Sprint will be launching a contact-less payment system this Thursday based on near-field communication, or NFC, technology.
Google’s Nexus S 4G handset that’s available from Sprint already has NFC technology built into it, so most of the heavy lifting needs to be done on the retail side with …
47% of Facebook Walls Contain Profanity, but Should Employers Give a Darn?
Well, dang.
A new survey conducted by Reppler, an online service that helps “keep your social reputation safe,” unveiled new data that shows 47% of Facebook users have profanity on their walls. Scanning 30,000 user profiles, the study found that 80% of users have at least one post or comment from a friend containing swear words.
In …
‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ Trailer Outs November 8 Release Date
Modern Warfare 3 leak? What Modern Warfare 3 leak? Forget about all of that. This here’s the real deal. Activision’s released a new offcial teaser for their upcoming blockbuster first-person shooter and it’s literally blowing up everything in sight.
As already reported, the threequel to the best-selling Modern Warfare games creates a …
‘Combustible Dust’ Plant Explosion May Cost Apple 500,000 iPads
It looks like dust—that’s right, dust—was responsible for a deadly explosion at a Chinese factory that supplies Apple iPads. The blast, which happened last Friday (pictured above) killed three workers and injured 15 others.
Not just any dust, say Chinese investigators, but something called “combustible dust.” Yep, I had to look …
Grab Windows 8 Before World Ends in 2012
No, you can’t put money down on a copy yet, but it looks like Windows 8’s a-comin’ sometime next year. So sayeth Microsoft doyen Steve Ballmer in remarks yesterday.
“As we progress through the year, you ought to expect to hear a lot about Windows 8,” said Ballmer, addressing developers in Tokyo. “Windows 8 slates, tablets, PCs, a …
Glenn Beck’s New Discount Site Has ‘Value and Values’
When Glenn Beck first announced that he was leaving his daily Fox News show later this year, millions of people were naturally curious about his next venture. But the country’s most controversial talk show host has decided that he will do the next most logical thing to hosting a show: start an online discount website.
Yes, that’s …
PlayStation Network Attacks May Cost Sony $170+ Million
In an earnings statement today, Sony estimated that the costs related to the recent PlayStation Network attacks and subsequent outages may total over $170 million as reported for Sony’s fiscal year ending in March 2012. That’s far higher than original analyst estimates in the tens of millions.
“Based on information currently available …
Apple to Lodsys: Stop Threatening Our App Makers
Apple today issued a strongly-worded legal smackdown to Lodsys, the so-called patent troll that issued its own legal threats to a handful of independent Apple iOS developers 10 days ago.
In a letter sent to Lodsys CEO Mike Small, copied to developers, and subsequently leaked to the entire internet, Apple’s Senior Vice President and …
Report: Police Confuse Bitcoin Miner’s Power Use for Growing Weed
There are unconfirmed reports today that at least one Bitcoin miner has been raided by police because unusually high power consumption led authorities to suspect that he was clandestinely growing marijuana. The tip comes from an IRC chat captured by blogger Mike Esspe, though there are no corroborating details.
Rumor: ‘iPhone 5’ to Sport Curved Glass Touchscreen
File this slice of grapevine buzz under “what the heck for?” but it seems the latest ‘iPhone 5’ scuttlebutt has Apple’s next-gen iPhone packing a curved-glass touchscreen.
Today’s gossip-starter: DigiTimes, which cites “industry sources” as stating Apple just snapped up between 200 and 300 glass-cutting machines to make curved iPhone …
Suit Accuses Cisco of Helping Design ‘Great Firewall’ of China
It’s the accusation every company’s fluff department dreads: abetting creepy privacy-quashing tools and supporting human-rights abuses, including torture—just a few of the charges Falun Gong practitioners are leveling at networking giant Cisco Systems in a federal lawsuit filed in California last week.
The suit filed by Washington …