Archive for the ‘Sci-Tech’ Category

So you’ve decided to take the Windows 7 plunge, having heard all the paeans to Redmond’s latest operating system. For many users, setting it up will be a simple case of popping in the installation disc and following the prompts. But there are a few steps you should take and decisions you need to make before and ... Full story

Prices for individual hit songs and full album releases can vary. Is there any real difference if you pay $0.14 for a song at SoundsBox.com as opposed to paying an expensive $1 fee per song charged by iTunes? SoundsBox.com is a mp3 download website providing music consumers an affordable solution to downloading mp3 music. The site has become increasingly popular for its unusually low prices – selling ... Full story

More than half of office workers use sites like Twitter and Facebook for personal use during the working day, and admit wasting an average of 40 minutes a week each. One in three of the 1,460 office workers surveyed also said they had seen sensitive company information posted on social networking sites, leading to fears about how workers ... Full story

LOS ANGELES - Headbangers will have a reason to steady their gaze a bit starting Tuesday, when rock band Metallica makes its way onto iPhones with a finger-tapping music app called ... Full story

Demand has been high enough for Nokia’s Booklet 3G netbook that the company is moving ahead with a second model next year, a leak to Taiwan’s Economic Daily News newspaper claims. Nokia’s contractor in the area, Compal, is reportedly working “overtime” to meet demand for the Atom-based portable and that it’s likely to receive orders for ... Full story

For those of us who can’t handle the grown-up action of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, THQ delivers Marvel Super Hero Squad, the game of the television show of the toy line. In Marvel Super Hero Squad, tiny cartoon versions of your favorite Marvel heroes and villains race to collect Infinity Fragments in order to either forge them into the Infinity Sword and take over the world, ... Full story

HTC today began its first ever large-scale marketing campaign aimed at boosting its market share. The “You” promos will include TV ads (viewable below), billboards and other spots and is ultimately expected to reach 95 percent of US cellphone users as many as 36 times before the end of the year. The 10 largest markets, including ... Full story

What a coup. After we’ve been hearing all along that Xbox 360 had a game console exclusivity to Netflix streaming, Sony just announced it, too, will be joining in on the fun. Timeframe? Sometime next month. Press release after the break. Update: Turns out a disc will be required for streaming, and that’s the only solution available until a PS3 software update sometime in late 2010. ... Full story

With all the resounding critical praise that Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2 has received thus far, it’s good to see creative director Amy Hennig speaking up on the possibility of DLC for the game. “We’re working on that now … there will be DLC available before the end of the year,” she told IndustryGamers today. Though she’s not yet revealing very much on what exactly the ... Full story

At the Game Developers Conference Iwata has announced that a new Zelda game will be released for Nintendo DS later in the year. In the game Link has the ability to control/create enemies and make them fight other enemies. The game will feature a railroad mechanic that looks to be an extension of the boat system in Phantom Hourglass, you can ride on a rail and ... Full story