Tag: play
Xbox Live Arcade games headed to Windows 8 PC, phone and tablet devices
Microsoft have announced the launch of Play for Windows 8, a new initiative that looks to put Xbox Live Arcade games from the Xbox 360 console onto computers, smartphones and tablets running their latest operating system. Promoting the cross-device smarts…
VIDEO: The Hunger Games is now a Facebook game too!
A quick one to leave you with for the weekend for fans of both the book and movie, The Hunger Games. As popular a "young-adult" fiction series as it is now a Hollywood blockbuster, The Hunger Games next adaptation…
Julian Assange Wikileaks "Man in the Middle" play to be staged in London
A play based on the life of controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to hit London's Theatre503 playhouse next year. Running from January 10th to February 4th, Man in the Middle was written by Australian playwright Ron Elisha and…
Asda spark iPod price war
Supermarket chain Asda have announced their pricing for the latest line of iPod media players. And, much to Apple's annoyance, they undercut the Apple Store by a few quid with each and every new model. Starting with the cheapest 'pod,…
Google Nexus One turns up for sale on Play UK
Play.com have just posted a listing for Google's Nexus One smartphone. SIM-free, Play are confident that the Android-powered phone will be shipping on 16th February. The Nexus One uses Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon chipset, sports a 3.7inch touch screen and runs…
Motorola Milestone gets a price-cut
If you were left feeling a bit underwhelmed by yesterday's Vodafone iPhone pricing, you'll be happy to hear that the pretender to the smartphone crown, Motorola's Milestone, is getting a pretty substantial price cut. Expansys' exclusivity deal for the handset…
Xbox Live/WinMo crossover on the cards?
Two job postings found on Microsoft's careers website have dropped major hints that Xbox Live integration is on its way to Windows Mobile 7 enabled phones. Though few details on the project have been released so far, the post (which…
23% of Britons use the net to take a sneak peek at their Christmas presents
A recent survey of 1,000 people conducted by web analytic specialists Webtrends has revealed that one-in-four of us will take a sneaky peek at what our partners have bought for us online this Christmas. No present-shaking guessing games for us…
Wii Motion Plus Racing Wheel launched by Exspect
£6.99 will bag you the add-on, or for £19.99 you can grab it as part of a 15 piece accessory pack which includes baseball and tennis accessories.
PureSolo is Karaoke 2.0, and great for learning instruments, too
PureSolo is a new application designed for people to sing, or play, along with backing tracks. It’s great for drunken Karaoke after lunch on Christmas day, but it’s also good for any aspiring musicians – classical or rock & pop – to play along as if they were in a real band.
Each song offered by the service is missing a particular track, be that vocals, guitar, or even oboe or alto sax. When you join you get one free download, but beyond that, each track costs £1 to £2. You can record your efforts with a microphone, and use headphones, too.