Archive for: February, 2012

Twitter Now Putting Ads into iOS, Android Apps

Twitter is now allowing promoted tweets to appear in the feeds of iOS and Android apps, according to an announcement. While promoted tweets are nothing new, these have so far only been displayed via the twitter.com web client. Advertisers will initially be limited to displaying tweets to people who already follow them on Twitter, but […]

Microsoft Unveils Augmented Mirror, Holographic Projection, Other VR Tools at TechForum

Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie unveiled several new technologies that blue the line between physical and digital reality at the fifth annual TechForum gathering at Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters. The innovations included the latest iteration of the holographic projection systems for the desktop, an augmented reality mirror, and a low-cost lamplike device that […]

Valiant Releases World’s First Talking Comic Book Cover

Valiant is proud to announce the X-O Manowar #1 QR Voice Variant — the world’s first QR code-augmented, talking comic book cover! And, starting this February 29th, the only place to see this comic milestone live and in action will be in local comic shops nationwide when Valiant ships thousands of interactive, retailer-exclusive posters previewing […]

Newer Technology Expands Guardian MAXimus RAID 1 Desktop Storage Solution to 4.0TB

Newer Technology announced today it has expanded the storage capacity of its Guardian MAXimus desktop storage solution line to 4.0TB. By utilizing two of the industry’s only 3.5″ 4.0TB SATA 6Gb/s hard drive in a hardware RAID 1 (mirror) array, the Guardian MAXimus storage solution delivers 33 percent more storage/backup capacity per each of the […]

AMD Adds to FX CPU Product Line

AMD has announced that they are adding two new models to the AMD FX desktop CPU line-up, the quad-core AMD FX-4170 and the six-core AMD FX-6200. Model Details:      Model CPU Base CPU Turbo Core TDP Cores L2 Cache L3 Cache Max DDR3 PKG FX-6200 3.8 GHz 4.1 GHz 125 W 6 6 MB 8 […]

Kid Icarus: Uprising National Multiplayer US Tournament Announced

A Kid Icarus: Uprising national multiplayer tournament has been announced for the US! This bracket style tournament will be held as select GameStop stores around the country during the month of March. Three winners from each location will go on to compete in the finals in New York City. Prizes will consist of a trip […]

Sex Pistols Sign with Universal

British punk rockers the Sex Pistols have signed with Universal Music Catalog UK, part of the world’s largest record label Universal, which will re-release their seminal album “.” The repackaged album will go on sale later in 2012, 35 years after its original release, and Universal plans a series of events to mark the anniversary. […]

Sony PS Vita Sales Reach 1.2 Million

Sony’s latest portable games console, the PS Vita, has reached 1.2 million units sold, the company revealed on Tuesday. The console was launched in North America last week, along with Latin America, Europe, Singapore, and PAL territories, which boosted these numbers. Still, when it debuted just in Japan in December, the console moved 321,400 consoles […]

Verizon Prepping Family Data Plans for Mid-Year Launch

Verizon Wireless expects to offer family data plans by the middle of the year. Verizon CTO Fran Shammo, speaking at an investor conference, said that the company has been researching shared data plans for a year and is taking its time to make sure it figures out the right way to approach it. Shammo said […]

Samsung’s Brightside to Hit Verizon on March 1st

Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the March 1 availability of the Brightside, a touch phone that also has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The display measures 3.1 inches and the Brightside runs a touch-based feature phone operating system that incorporates social network and messaging apps. Other features of the Brightside include a 3.2-megapixel camera, the […]

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