PeaceMaker — under development by Asi Burak, a 34-year-old former Israeli intelligence officer, and Eric Brown, a 29-year-old game developer with a degree in painting — will have players managing hot-spot situations such as car Continue reading “PC Gaming: PeaceMaker Brings The Israeli-Palestinian Struggle To Gaming”.
Software engineers at Electronic Arts on Tuesday won $14.9 million from the world’s largest video-game publisher in a settlement of a California class-action lawsuit over unpaid overtime. It’s good to see people getting paid finally! Continue reading “Electronic Arts Settles Overtime Suit For $14.9 Million”.
Microsoft Corp. signed a deal with China on Wednesday to purchase $700 million of Chinese electronic hardware over the next five years, the latest move by the software giant in the fast-growing mainland market. When Continue reading “Microsoft to Buy $700 Million of Chinese Hardware”.
At its Management Summit, Microsoft narrows down Longhorn Server’s release date and reveals Vista security will come with strings attached. Longhorn Server, the next version of the Windows Server operating system, will ship in the Continue reading “Microsoft Longhorn Server Slated For Second Half Of ’07”.
Antec has recently launched five new cases in the Solution Series. The new cases include the NSK 6500, NSK 4400, NSK 3300, NSK 2400 and NSK 1300. Designed to meet a wide range of computing Continue reading “Antec Launches Five New PC Cases In Their Solution Series”.
Skype, eBay’s Internet telephone subsidiary, announced a deal Tuesday with music publishers that will make audio clips from artists like Madonna, Green Day and Red Hot Chili Peppers available to its users as ring tones. Continue reading “Skype rings up ringtones deal”.
The 2006 World Tour organized by the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) has been cancelled for 2006, leaving many pro-gamers wondering how to make their lifestyle pay. This is a serious blow for gaming and could Continue reading “The 2006 CPL World Tour Has Been Canceled”.
Rambus has won its month-long patent infringement trial against South Korean rival Hynix Semiconductor. A San Jose, California jury yesterday awarded compensation to the US chip interface designer in the sum of $306.5m. “We are Continue reading “Rambus awarded $306.5m in Hynix patent case”.
A recent study showed that Internet users around the world send an estimated 60 billion e-mails every day, but many of these are spam or scam attempts. No big shock on that front! “This figure Continue reading “We Send 60 billion e-mails a day”.
Microsoft Corp plans to pay $200 million to $400 million for Massive Inc., a privately held company that places ads in videogames, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday. I guess in-game advertising is on Continue reading “Rumor: Microsoft Corp Plans to Buy Game Ad Maker Massive Inc”.
Digital video recorder outfit TiVo said it is launching a digital video recorder that can record two shows at once. I don’t even own a TiVo, but know that this is pretty darn cool. Now Continue reading “TiVo Rolls Out Double-Duty DVR”.
Sources at motherboard makers indicated that United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will start sampling 90nm-made Nvidia G7 graphics chips in May! Anyone else ready for the next generation of graphics cards? United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will Continue reading “UMC said to have Nvidia 90nm G7 graphics chips orders”.
Del Mar College students now have to use computers outside the school’s system if they want to visit the popular Web site MySpace.com. The community college has blocked the site in response to complaints about Continue reading “Del Mar College Bans MySpace.com”.
Looking to upgrade your ULI chipset driver that is found on your ATI based motherboard? Head on over to nVidia as they have started hosting ULI driver downloads. We hear that you can now download Continue reading “ULI Drivers Now On Nvidia’s Corporate Site”.
If you think you are done hearing about BlackBerry devices in the news you will be shocked to learn that a Berry battle has started in China. China Unicom, has launched it own push email Continue reading “BlackBerry Versus RedBerry in China?”.