Firefox users gain location tool
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has released technology that helps websites detect the physical location of computers. The system will allow users, for instance, to find local restaurants when they travel to a new town. The Geode project is an experimental add-on ahead of a full blown launch... Read on »
Online Music Avoids Rate Hike
The veiled threat to shut down iTunes if royalty rates on downloaded songs were hiked has been averted. The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) opted to keep the status quo and turned down a request to increase royalties from 9 to 15 cents on songs bought online. The National Music Publishers... Read on »
Guitar Hero World Tour touring with Sting, and Tool
For the first time in the Guitar Hero franchise, last year's Legends of Rock allowed gamers to play as (or against) likenesses of real-life axe-men. Unfortunately, the lineup of legends was rather slim, consisting of former Guns N' Roses member Slash, ex-Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, and the... Read on »
Square Enix drops Tecmo bid
Less than 24 hours after Tecmo said no thanks to its $200 million offer, Square Enix has officially withdrawn it. Initially, the... Read on »
eBay sues Craigslist
The online auction giant eBay is suing the popular internet community ad site Craigslist to "safeguard its four-year financial investment". In a... Read on »
Confirmed: No X07
On July 19, the Internet was awash with rumours that Microsoft's annual European event, X0, would not be held this year. Two Microsoft employees, Xbox Live marketing manager Aaron Greenberg and director of programming Larry Hyrb, both suggested that there wasn't going to be an X07. Now Microsoft has officially... Read on »
No PS3 price cut or 80GB PS3 for PAL territories
Sony announced on July 9 that it would be cutting the price of the PlayStation 3 in North America to $499 in the US and $549 in Canada, and that the 80GB version of the console, originally announced to be coming to Korea only, would also be making its way... Read on »
Mind Quiz Pulled From Shelves
Ubisoft's Mind Quiz was pulled from shelves today after a mother of a child with cerebral palsy complained about the game calling her a "spastic" when she didn't score well, reports the BBC. The mother, whose name was only given as Nicola, told the BBC that she had been playing... Read on »
80s Guitar Hero golden, setlist finalized
Like a syndicated weekly dance program from the decade it touts so highly, Activision's Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s is Solid Gold. Actually, the publisher today just announced that the game has "gone gold," saying development on the PlayStation 2 exclusive has finished and it should be on shelves... Read on »
EA Takes on Wii Sports
Electronic Arts has lifted the lid on another of its many in-development Wii games, EA Playground (yes, EA is actually in the title); a collection of c-razy mini-games utilising the motion-sensing powers of the Wii Remote. The Wii version of Playground will sport a roster of frantic remote-waving mini-games such... Read on »
Forza 2 Demo Out This Week?
Rumours are circulating that Microsoft will release the promised Forza 2 demo this week, but with the clock ticking the company's running out of time to prove the rumours true. We've not heard anything from Microsoft on a release date for the demo as yet - but who knows, maybe... Read on »
Horror at Sony's depraved promotion stunt with headless goat
Electronics giant Sony has sparked a major row over animal cruelty and the ethics of the computer industry by using a freshly slaughtered goat to promote a violent video game. The corpse of the decapitated animal was the centrepiece of a party to celebrate the launch of the God Of... Read on »
Wii Batters PS3 Almost 3-1 in Japan
Wii outsold PlayStation 3 by nearly three to one in January, said Japan's game magazine publisher, Enterbrain. According to the publisher, Nintendo sold around 405,000 Wii units last month, compared with around 148,000 units of PS3. Enterbrain reckons the figures are this way round because there's a wider range of... Read on »
PSP2 Gets 60GB Hard Drive!
So, not only is the PSP going to play movies it’s also going to have as much storage capacity as the PS3? Apparently so if a slide displayed at Samsung’s Japanese launch for its N-Series 1.8 inch hard drives is anything to go on. This has fuelled speculation that the... Read on »
LGF: Game Tourney Closes Festival
An audience of 12,000 gathered to watch the final stretch of a three-day game tournament that closed the London Games Festival this weekend. The World Series of Video Games (WSVG) UK Gaming Championship was held at the Trocadero in Piccadilly Circus and featured 200 professional gamers from around the world... Read on »
Desktop Sidebar v1.1.3
Desktop Sidebar provides you with instant access to the information you most desire by grabbing data from your PC and the Internet. The result is a dynamic visual display you configure and control. You make this possible by choosing from among a wide selection of information conduits (MS Outlook, toolbars,... Read on »
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