Month: April 2012
Union Jack Xbox 360 leaked by Amazon
A limited edition Xbox 360 console emblazoned with the Union Jack has been leaked inadvertently by Amazon. The online retailer had the "Xbox 360 Celebration Pack" listed on the site earlier today for £249.99, with a release date of May…
Microsoft and Central Saint Martins College team up for mad hardware designs
Microsoft have revealed the winner of its inaugural PC Hardware Design Project, in partnership with Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design. Twenty four students studying MA Industrial Design were asked to create "a range of innovative hardware and…
PREVIEW: Dishonored (Xbox 360, PC, PS3)
Cross Bioshock with Splinter Cell and Half Life 2 and you'd get a fairly good idea of what Dishonored, Bethesda's latest first person adventure, looks and feels like. Developed by Arkane Studios (whose ranks include Harvey Smith of Deus Ex…
Big battery Motorola RAZR MAXX hits UK in mid-May
Motorola's RAZR makeover, the Motorola RAZR MAXX, will hit UK stores in mid-May. The main difference over the first build of the Android RAZR is the new, larger capacity battery, which boasts 17.6 hours of talk time, able to "handle…
Spotify founder Daniel Ek is worth the same as Mick Jagger, says Sunday Times Rich List 2012
Spotify founder Daniel Ek has made it onto the Sunday Time Rich List for 2012, with an estimated worth of £190 million. That puts the music streaming guru on a level footing with The Rolling Stone's Mick Jagger and David…
White spaces broadband trials in rural UK proves successful
A 10-month trail to see the viability of using white spaces to carry broadband connectivity to rural parts of Britain has been deemed a success by the TV White Spaces Consortium, which includes companies like the BBC, Microsoft, BT…
Mario drops the 6 Golden Coins as Nintendo post $530 million annual loss
Nintendo's financial woes continue today, with the company posting their first annual net loss in the firm's history, to the sum of $530 million. Hardware sales didn't meet Nintneod's estiamtes posted three months earlier, which had already been made more…
One in three Brits now own an eReader
A new survey commissioned by entertainment media research and media law firm Wiggin has revealed that one third of Brits now own an eReader such as Amazon's Kindle or the Kobo Touch. The 2012 Digital Entertainment Survey looked at the…
Greenpeace VS. Apple: Campaigners hit flagship store in "dirty" iCloud protest
Apple's flagship Regent Street store in London today was the target of a Greenpeace protest that saw the store infiltrated by campaigners during the busy lunchtime period, engaging with staff and customers alike and handing out pieces of coal shaped…
Apple's WWDC 2012 conference sells out in 2 hours: iOS 6, iPhone 5 set to début?
Apple's WWDC 2012 conference has sold out in a record two hours today, with the developer event proving incredibly popular as it is expected to offer the first glimpse of both the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 software. Two hours…