According to a development source, the new Xbox Dashbaorrd Update that is about to go into open testing to Xbox Live users, game discs will be gaining 1GB in game storage. Current XBox 360 game discs allow for 6.8GB out of the maximum 7.95GB of standard dual layer DVDs for game content. The rest has [...]
Microsoft has stated that they are looking for thousands of testers from the XBox Live network to begin testing their new XBox 360disc format. Participants will receive a free copy of Halo: Reach (presumably in this new disc format) as well as many other branded items for free. While it is nothing new for Microsoft [...]
Throughout the past handful of year, publishers have been attempting to sell digital versions of textbooks, and have been met withlittle to no success. Students are still purchasing print versions and choosing to lug them to class and back despite being able to have them easily available on their laptops and usually for a much [...]
The first versions of Google Docs were rather disappointing to many users, who expected a suite able to compete with MicrosoftOffice and instead found a word processor comparable to NotePad. Google has gradually added in more features to each part of its suite in order to make it stand up better to Microsoft’s largest selling [...]
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No Comments »Amazon.com’s new Android marketplace might not be revolutionary, but their Test Drive service certainly is. This free service allows US customers to access a virtual machine running the Android operating system for 30 minutes. It is basically like using a brand new phone with your mouse inside of your browser, but you can’t call or [...]
Internet video site Vimeo recently launched their official iPhone app that brings video editing features to the smartphone. It doesmuch more than just editing, however, as it also allows for viewing existing videos, the ability to share those videos with friends, and just about anything else you can do on their website. Their goals was [...]
Posted in Gadgets, Internet, Tech News, iPhone Tags: android apps, Apple, iPhone, iPhone apps, software, Tech News, video editing, vimeo No Comments »Acer’s Iconia dual-tablet / notebook combo gadget has recently become available for preorder at the low price of $1,200 in the US and Canada. It has a very unique dual-screen view with two 14 inch touch screens that double the possible viewing space and usage space. Instead of a mobile operating system, though, this tablet [...]
Posted in Gadgets, Internet, Tablet PCs, Tech News Tags: Acer, Acer Iconia, Tablet PCs, Tech News, windows 7 No Comments »RIM (Research in Motion) has announced that on April 19th, when their BlackBerry tablet called the BlackBerry PlayBook will also support Android apps. It will supposedly run any and all apps written for Android 2.3 and BlackBerry Java. RIM has also said that they are in the process of porting the Airplay and Unity 3 [...]
Posted in Gadgets, Internet, Tablet PCs, Tech News Tags: Android, apps, Blackberry, google, java, playbook, RIM, tablet, Tablet PC News, Tablet PCs No Comments »Very quietly, Google has gone about launching their own online magazine called Think Quarterly. It is based in the UK, and aimed at creating a “breathing space in a busy world.” The first edition weighed in at 68 pages long. Before marveling at the length of this online magazine, though, people will actually notice its [...]
According to many rumors circulating around the Internet, Apple may be delaying the launch of the next generation of iPhones until at least the fall due to its spring release of the iPhone 4 on Verizon’s CDMA network. This would be a great deviation from the iPhone release pattern, and the generally release pattern of [...]
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