Month: February 2011
Late night online gaming banned in Vietnam
An online gaming cull is set to hit late night players in Vietnam. Beginning on March 3rd, Vietnamese gamers will not be able to play online games between the hours of 10pm and 8am, as the country's Ministry of Information…
iPhone 5 NFC tech bringing "E-Wallet" to Jesus Phones?
A new batch of recently awarded Apple patents have popped up over on tracker site Patently Apple, adding more fuel to the fire that the iPhone 5 will feature near-field communications tech. Sitting on an illustration of the iPhone homescreen…
Google keeps options open as new Nexus handsets won't allow Facebook contact syncing
The two "Google phones", Nexus One and Nexus S, won't allow users to sync phone numbers from their Facebook contacts like other Android handsets can. Google has for some reason chosen to disable this feature for the Gingerbread update…
iPad 2 set for March 2nd Apple launch event?
The iPad 2 is set for a March 2nd launch event, according to Kara Swisher of All Thing's Digital and the Wall Street Journal. According to Swisher's sources: "To those who care intensely about this kind of stuff – which…
REVIEW: Test Drive Unlimited 2
Name: Test Drive Unlimited 2 Genre: Driving Sim Platform: Xbox 360 (reviewed), PS3, PC Price: £37.89 from Amazon on Xbox 360 £37.49 from Amazon on PS3 £26.55 from Amazon on PC Image Gallery: Click here Test Drive Unlimited 2…
Ford Focus Park Assist – taking the pain out of parallel parking
At the weekend those nice folk at Ford took us out to Madrid to race cars around a test track and look over their new Ford Focus. So what I hear you say has a new car to do…
Will social media market listings trigger a new dot-com bubble?
The Chinese Facebook-equivalent, Renren, will test appetites for social media listings with plans to float on the stockmarket. The most popular social network in China, Renren.com could be valued at up to $500 million, should plans to list in…
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play priced and dated for the UK
Play.com have become the first retailer to announce a price and release date for the forthcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Play handset, officially unveiled last week at MWC in Barcelona. £519.99 will bag you the PlayStation-certified Xperia Play SIM-free, which…
£8.2m Sex.com now officially most expensive domain ever, say Guinness
Sex.com has now been confirmed as the most expensive domain name of all time, according to record referees Guinness. Sold on November 17th, 2010, Sex.com has earned its place in the record books thanks to its whopping £8.2 million price…
The hard (Apple) core: Official Mac OS 7 playing cards now going on eBay
It's called the 'cult of Mac' for a reason, it seems – the set of official Apple playing cards have now reached £313.57, with five days to go. Follow the auction here. Yes, they are just regular playing cards,…