For those who adore the grimdark Warhammer universes, both 40k and Fantasy, and anyone else that enjoys a fully fleshed out, tripped out, universe born in the 1980s, this news is for you: Space Hulk [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sepWI5pMGSw’] An elite squad of eight foot tall space marines wearing terminator armor, effectively transforming the individuals into walking tanks, […]
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RIM Makes Not-So-Radical Name Change To BlackBerry; Releases BB10 And Z10 Specs
By altering the name to BlackBerry, the company formerly known as RIM shows greater brand-awareness. The average person on the street doesn’t know what RIM is, but even with the market loss to iPhones and Android devices, BlackBerry is still a household term. While the name change does little to help with the image of BlackBerry […]
Total Boox Hopes The World Is Ready For Pay Per Page
Israel-based ebook site Total Boox is introducing a new business model based on charging consumers by a per-page-read basis for the books they purchase. Company CEO Yoav Lorch believes this business model appeasl to readers, publishers, and writers, describing the per-page system as a “powerful marketing channel” to access new readers and increase revenue by […]
Project Shield, Why Weren’t You My Gameboy?
NVIDIA recently announced its new portable gaming console running on Android’s Jelly Bean during a press conference, and this little gadget is too impressive for its own good. Project Shield, to put simply, is a controller screen combo (don’t throw it) with a built-in miniature audio system, and features the new Tegra 4, which NVIDIA touts as […]
NRA, You Made Yourself Into A Practice Range
The NRA has shamelessly released an iOS app almost a month after the Newtown massacre and in opposition to Wayne LaPierre’s very own words. Drowning in irony thicker than maple syrup, the aforementioned CEO personifies the idiom “do as I say, not as I do” by creating a gun-oriented video game. My problem isn’t with the blatant hypocrisy […]
Symantec Turns Enterprise Backup Into Crippled Pig With Lipstick
Like many people with jobs in corporate IT departments, I’ve encountered various revisions of Backup Exec over the years, serving as the cornerstone of a company’s backup routine. In fact, few software packages in regular use today have such a long history. My first experience with the software dates back to 1993, when Conner Peripherals […]
Oracle Gives Java Quick Fix, But Don’t Relax Yet
In case you missed it over the weekend, an exploit was found in Oracle’s JDK7 version of Java that was so bad that it led the United States government to issue a statement suggesting users turn Java off ASAP. That’s a pretty big deal. Oracle rushed a patch out the door, but security experts are […]
Adobe Tries To Close Barn Door After CS2 Runs Loose
I’m friends with quite a few graphic designers, so I got to watch the excitement as my Facebook feed filled with people excitedly saying you can now get Adobe Creative Suite 2 (CS2) for free. This was a puzzling but welcome move. I decided not to write about it because it seemed to good to be true. […]
Revisited Review: Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 Gets The Windows 8 Treatment
Back in August, I reviewed Lenovo’s IdeaCentre A720, an all-in-one touchscreen PC running Windows 7 bundled with several Lenovo applications focused on the touch interface. Since then, Microsoft has released Windows 8 and as promised, Lenovo now includes it as the default for the A720. The company kindly provided me a test machine for a […]
Finally, I Can Upgrade — Google Releases Maps For iOS 6
One of the apps I use the most on my iPhone 4S is Google Maps. I use the app to navigate around traffic and direct my wife when she calls to tell me she doesn’t know how to get somewhere. Frequently, I drive between my home in Boston and my in-laws in New York City […]