At a small United States Air Force installation in eastern Wyoming, I’m sitting at an electronic console, ready to unleash nuclear hell. In front of me is a strange amalgamation of ’60s-era flip switches and modern digital display screens. It’s the control console for launching an intercontinental ballistic missile or ICBM. On an archaic display […]
Over the last year or so, RIM — led by the crappy flagship BlackBerry Storm, remember that? — fell to 45% of Verizon\’s smartphone subscriber base in November, 2010, per comScore. That\’s down from 69% of Verizon\’s smartphone subs in November, 2009. Read the full story at  Android Hasn\’t Been Hurting The iPhone — It\’s […]
Ten very good well reasoned examples of changes that would benefit the Mac App Store. Ten changes we\’d like to see at the Mac App Store.
This serves two strategic purposes for Google. First, it advances a codec that\’s de facto controlled by Google at the expense of a codec that is a legitimate open standard controlled by a multi-vendor governance process managed by reputable international standards bodies. (\”Open source\” != \”open standard\”.) And second, it will slow the transition […]
Warner Brothers has confessed that F.E.A.R 3, the co-op sequel to Monolith\’s spooky FPS series, has been pushed back to May in order to provide a touch more polish. \”The F.E.A.R. 3 launch date will now be in May 2011, as we look to deliver the best possible game for our consumers,\” the publisher told us today. […]
Z-Type is a fun typing game…falling enemies each have a word associated with them and you type it to blow them up. More fun than it sounds.
Bond is Back! Deadline is reporting that Metro-Goldwyn Mayer has announced that the next James Bond film has been given the green light. Set for a release on November 9, 2012, the flick will once again feature Daniel Craig as Agent 007, and director Sam Mendes will helm the flick. This hopefully means that United […]