Archive for: March, 2012

Judge Dismisses One of Two Fraud Claims that West and Zampella Had on Activision

The Activision-EA trial over the dismissal of former Infinity Ward execs Jason West and Vince Zampella took another step closer to trial Monday. State Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle dismissed one of two fraud claims that West and Zampella made in their suit. A fraudulent-inducement claim was dismissed but Berle let stand a claim for […]

Nintendo Sells 4.5 Million 3DS in the US

Nintendo on Monday touted the resiliency of the 3DS by claiming banner first-year sales in the US. It sold 4.5 million of the glasses-free 3D console in the 12 months since its arrival, or nearly twice the 2.3 million of the original DS sold in a similar span. Reaching the milestone came also with many […]

HP Announce First Xeon E5 Workstations – Z420, Z620, Z820

HP confirmed that Intel was launching its long-in-the-making Xeon E5 workstation processors after it introduced a trio of new Z workstations. The regular Z420, mid-tier Z620, and flagship Z820 can all use the new E5-2600 chip line, which scales up to eight cores in one chip and has new ceilings for memory. At its extreme, […]

Google and Motorola Must Hand Apple Android Data in Lawsuit

Google and Motorola together were given a blow Monday after a Chicago district court judge determined they had to hand information over in Apple’s lawsuit against Motorola. The ruling, following a request by Apple last week, would see both hand over Android development details. Information behind the Google-Motorola merger was also being handed over. Motorola […]

Dark Horse Graphic Novels Com to Nook, Kobo

Both Barnes & Noble and Kobo have started to offer Dark Horse Comics’ graphic novels for the Nook Tablet, Nook Color, and Kobo Vox. Over 100 of the company’s titles will be available for purchase and downloading through the Nook Comics and Kobo stores. Previously, they had been available for iOS devices. Dark Horse’s titles […]

Dwayne Johnson Heads to Ciudad

Dwayne Johnson is set to headline the Russo Brothers’ film adaptation of their own upcoming graphic novel, Ciudad. First announced some years ago, the still-unpublished graphic novel (written with Ande Parks) is set in one of the most dangerous and corrupt cities in the world. Johnson plays a black market mercenary who’s hired by a […]

Kodak Asks Court to Stop Apple from Restarting Patent Suits

Kodak in court filings submitted Friday but published Monday made arguments trying to stop Apple from continuing a challenge on patent ownership. The soon-to-be-ex camera maker urged a bankruptcy court not to resume the case in federal court. Apple was asking an outside court to decide what was property of a bankrupt firm and what […]

Gigabyte Announces U2442 Ultrabooks, P2542G Gaming Laptop

Gigabyte has introduced several new notebooks, including two 14-inch ultrabooks and a 15.6-inch gaming notebook. The ultrabooks include two variants, the U2442N with standard-voltage Core i5 or i7 processors, and the U2442V with ultra-low voltage Core i5 and i7 chips for improved battery life. Both ultrabooks feature discrete GeForce graphics with 2GB of memory, 1600×900 […]

Netgear Ships Dual-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender

Netgear has released a new dedicated bridging device called the WN2500RP, a dual-band range extender for Wi-Fi networks that promises to eliminate “dead spots” and supports both wired and wireless devices, including Ethernet-capable HDTVs, gaming consoles and Blu-Ray players. The advantage of an extender over another router is the ability to keep using one established […]

Ten One Design Announces Pressure-Sensitive Stylus for iPad

Ten One design has unveiled a prototype of a pressure-sensitive stylus for iPads in hopes that it would be an ideal fit for the next iPad. The writing implement, codenamed “Blue Tiger,” that uses Bluetooth 4.0 to automatically connect to the iPad. The app that drives the stylus has embedded palm rejection, which prevents anything […]

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