Archive for: February, 2012

Intel Rumored Delaying Ivy Bridge Production

Intel may delay full scale production of its highly anticipated Ivy Bridge processors due to weak PC sales, a result of the slowdown in the global economy. According to Digitimes, Intel is giving PC makers more time to clear their stock, so that Intel in turn can clear its own inventories of Sandy Bridge-based second-generation […]

Civilization V: Gods and Kings Expansion Coming this Spring

Publisher 2K Games will launch a new expansion for the strategy game Civilization V later this spring. Civilization V: Gods and Kings adds several fresh features, including nine more civilizations, new technologies and units, and the addition of Religion, where players can create their own religion and use prophets to spread it across the world. […]

Wii Now Supports Hulu Plus

Nintendo Wii owners can start accessing movies and television shows from the online streaming service Hulu Plus today. The channel is available to console owners with a $7.99 monthly subscription, which features programming from ABC, Fox, NBC and more. To use Hulu Plus, Wii owners must download the free application from the console’s shop. A […]

‘Journey’ Coming on March 13 to the PlayStation Network

Journey, the latest video game experience from Santa Monica development studio thatgamecompany (flOw, Flower) hits the PlayStation Network ($14.99) on March 13. Creative Director Jenova Chen announced the release date on the PlayStation Blog, noting that the game will kick off the PSN’s annual Spring Fever event. The new game, which in a first for […]

Stanton & Chabon Already Writing John Carter: The Gods of Mars

Disney’s big-screen version of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter, directed by Andrew (Finding Nemo) Stanton, won’t be out for three more weeks. While on press tour, producer Jim Morris, sais that Stanton and his co-writer Michael Chabon have already been talking and doing some planning and writing for a sequel, which would tentatively be called […]

The Poster for Sci-Fi Thriller Lockout

MTV has debuted the new poster for Lockout. Starring Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace and set in the near future, the film follows a falsely convicted ex- government agent (Pearce), whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President’s daughter (Grace) from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum […]

Kristin Kreuk is the Female Lead in CW’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Former “Smallville” star Kristin Kreuk is returning to The CW as the female lead in the channel’s drama pilot “Beauty and the Beast,” reports Deadline. The new version is loosely based on the 1980s CBS series starring Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman. Overview It centers on Catherine (Kreuk), a tough-minded NYPD Homicide Detective haunted by […]

OmniVision OV9724 Improves 720P Mobile Cameras

OmniVision on Thursday brought out a new 720p camera sensor tailored just towards shrinking the size of camera-equipped mobile devices. Its OV9724 uses the compan’s most recent 1.4-micron, backside-illuminated pixels to make a dense sensor just slightly under 0.1 inches thick. A smallert option, the OVM9724, is available for tablets or ultralight notebooks where the […]

RIAA and IFPI May Sue Google Over Search Results to Pirated Music

Two organizations that represent the music industry may file a lawsuit against Google in order to make it harder for web users to find pirated content online. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have gone as far as to obtain a preliminary legal opinion on […]

Sony PS Vita Teardown Shows Custom CPU and Easy to Repair Machine

iFixit today posted a teardown of the just-launched PlayStation Vita that provided a handful of surprises about its construction. The gaming handheld is unusually easy to open, with standard (if small) Philips screws throughout, few adhesives, and a battery that’s relatively easy to replace. Much of the design is modular, and even the screws are […]

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