Archive for July 1st, 2011

TrackMania Nations Forever

Slot car fantasies come to life in TrackMania United, the latest addition to the zaniest, most addictive arcade racing franchise to ever hit the PC. French developer Nadeo may stick a little too close to the original TrackMania and its sequel TrackMania Sunrise, but the concepts introduced in those games have been refined to near-perfection [...]

Wrinkly Neck? Get a "BlackBerry Facial"

Spend too much time texting on your BlackBerry? You may have “BlackBerry Neck,” a condition identified by a New York salon that promises to cure it. BlackBerry Neck is supposedly characterized by neck wrinkles and creases caused by angling the head too forward to focus on smartphone usage. But never fear: Paul Labrecque Salon and [...]

Nokia N9 Phone

The Nokia N9 is designed with a polycarbonate minimalist look and features a 3.9-inch AMOLED screen, 8-megapixel auto-focus camera with a wide-angle lens and HD-quality video capture. The N9 is also the first — and probably last — smartphone based on MeeGo operating system. The device has social networking functions to allow users to update [...]

FTC Investigating Twitter for Antitrust Practices

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Twitter for antitrust practices, an inquiry that may hamper the company just as it moves to expand its services and profits. The FTC has started the preliminary work for an antitrust case, asking various developers whether Twitter makes it difficult for them to create apps that run on its [...]

Samsung Ramps Up Patent War Against Apple

Samsung today consolidated its patent case against Apple, as well as opened a new lawsuit in court, as the war between these companies continues in full force. The South Korean handset maker dropped its countersuit against Apple in northern California, and instead combined those allegations into its argument against Apple’s claim that Samsung copied the [...]

RIM Responds to Open Letter, Says It’s Doing Fine

Research in Motion called into question the authenticity of an anonymous employee’s open letter for change, claiming that it is doing fine and drastic actions aren’t necessary. In response to the open letter, the BlackBerry maker said, “It is obviously difficult to address anonymous commentary and it is particularly difficult to believe that a ‘high [...]

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars – arcade flight simulator, which takes place during the First and Second World Wars. During the 7 campaigns, players will take more than 48 different types of missions – patrols, covert operations, bombing, escort and other. The choice will be presented to different planes, each of which has strengths and weaknesses. [...]

Shadowgrounds Survivor

ShadowgroundsSurvivor – the continuation of the sci-fi shooter Shadowgrounds. Themain characters – three earthlings: the last survivors in a hot battlewith the attackers to Earth by aliens. They promise a familiaratmosphere and gameplay mechanics, combined with new opportunities.Each of the main characters – their own tactics.For weapons andcharacters will improve the system, as in rolevkah. [...]

Trine

Trine is a fantasy action game where the player can create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. Set in a world of great castles and strange machinery, three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from evil…The gameplay is based [...]

Nokia Phones Make Movie, Snag $10,000 Prize

An elegant split-screen romance recently won Nokia’s short film contest with video site Vimeo, highlighting the growing creative potential of mobile phones as well as the quality of its own devices. The Espoo, Finland-based handset maker teamed up with Vimeo in April to offer a $5,000 production budget and two Nokia N8 smartphones to produce [...]

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