Steam UI update hits on Monday
Steam has been working on their new UI for a few months now, I’ve been using it for a while, but it sounds like it’s finally going to be released. The new version has some really nice cosmetic updates,...
View ArticleFirst Steam for Mac pics, video for your viewing pleasure
Looks like Steam for Mac is being seeded to a select chosen few. As such, we now have screenshots and a delightful video accompanied by some sort of feel-good indie rock. Hint: Steam for Mac looks...
View ArticleSet your clocks, Halo: Reach Beta intro to be shown at 11:00am PDT
In a rather strange move for a video game, Bungie will be showing off the Halo: Reach Beta today via Halo 3: ODST's main menu. This video will star Beta's actress, comedienne, and weapons expert, Aisha...
View ArticleSymbian^3 Dev Tools Now Out of Beta. Go get ‘em!
I know you're peachy-keen to start devving for the new Symbian^3 platform. "The what?" you ask, as if this is the first you've heard of the Symbian^3 Web Development Kit. You've made a website before,...
View ArticleHalo: Reach multi-player beta is really quite fun
I spent a few hours last night playing the Halo: Reach multi-player beta. (Microsoft sent out a few early invites to writing-guys like me, but the beta opens to Halo: ODST owners today.) It's been a...
View ArticleiPhone OS 4 Beta 3 released to developers
It’s that time again, folks: another 14 days have passed, so another beta of iPhone OS 4 has been released to developers. As with the beta builds that came before it, this one is locked down tight —...
View ArticleiPhone OS 4 beta 3 brings iPod widgets to the dock
Apple may have pulled iPhone OS 4 beta 3 soon after it went live, but we're living recklessly -- and hey, is that a set of iPod controls and a screen orientation lock hiding out in the app switcher?...
View ArticleBlizzard will add Facebook integration to Battle.net
Whoa there. Blizzard just announced that its Battle.net service will soon hook into Facebook, "linking the world's premier online gaming platform with the world's most popular social platform." The...
View ArticleiPhone OS 4 unlocks 720p video capture, further solidifying iPhone HD?
Last time on let's-speculate-about-Apple-products, the New iPhone rumor mill dug up dirt on video chat and a 5 megapixel camera. Now, it appears there might be one more reason to call it the iPhone HD....
View ArticleEvidence Shows iPhone HD’s Ability to Shoot in… HD
Well, this one isn't really surprising now, is it? Mac Rumors have unearthed evidence in the latest iPhone 4.0 beta SDK that points pretty clearly to 720p video recording. Y'see, the latest iPhone SDK...
View ArticleVideo: Medal of Honor trailer reveals upcoming beta
A new trailer just posted to the Medal of Honor Web site pretty much checks all the boxes on the Big Checklist of FPS Trailer requirements. Sad, dramatic music; military man talking to his wife on the...
View ArticleGoogle Maps for Android adds bike routes, sharing, dedicated navigation icon
If you're running an Android phone and you're lucky enough to be using 1.6 or above (our deepest apologies, CLIQ owners), we might recommend you pop open the Market and score the latest version of...
View ArticleiPhone OS 4.0 beta 4 includes AT&T tethering option
See that screen there? That's from the minty fresh beta 4 of iPhone OS 4.0, which was just released to developers moments ago. Unless our eyes are badly mistaken, that's an option to setup internet...
View ArticleHoly cow! AT&T data tethering revealed in iPhone OS 4.0 beta 4
You heard it right! AT&T have finally given their approval to allow their bazillion or so iPhone users to hook their computer up to AT&T's magical data waves, tether stylee. Tethering was first...
View ArticleAndroid 2.2 ‘Froyo’ beta hands-on: Flash 10.1, WiFi hotspots, and some killer...
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Android_2_2_Froyo_beta_hands_on_Flash_10_1_WiFi_hotspots'; Much to our surprise at the time, when Adobe sent us a Flash 10.1-enabled Nexus One for testing, the...
View ArticleFlash 10.1 for Android beta unveiled: Hulu a no-show, Froyo now a minimum...
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Flash_10_1_for_Android_beta_unveiled_Hulu_a_no_show_Froyo'; What was once just one echelon above a myth is now finally coming to fruition. Adobe is pushing out a...
View ArticleFlash kills browsing in Android 2.2 Froyo
Brian at PocketNow posted a browser comparison video showing the iPhone, the Nexus One, and the HTC HD2 all viewing the same websites. He installed Froyo on the Nexus One and downloaded the Flash beta...
View ArticleUpcoming ads confirm that the iPhone HD will have video chat
Like the camera sitting on the face of every single leaked iPhone HD hasn’t been proof enough, or like the references to video chat in the beta SDKs didn’t mean anything, now we have even more proof...
View ArticleDeHood Launches a Foursquare meets Twitter meets Yelp meets Ning for iPhone
When I was a kid, we used to play on the street in front of my house. Yeah, I know – seems like years ago. Nowadays, with children and families spending more time inside watching TV or playing video...
View ArticleAdMob’s AdWhirl adds AdSense ads
What do you call alliteration when every word in the sentence starts with the same two letters, as in the headline above? Is there a word for it? If not, I propose ultralliteration. Anyway, this one’s...
View ArticleAdobe AIR getting native Android app compilation
Sound familiar? That's right: Adobe's looking to move some of the same technologies it developed for Flash-to-iPhone app compilation over to Android, where we imagine the company will be meeting a...
View ArticleLord of the Rings Online will be free to play this fall
My inbox in the morning is usually filled with a good degree of nonsense. "Look, it's an iPod dock in the shape of a protozoa!" No thanks, not interested. But this! This is big. Beginning with this...
View ArticleHands on with the Ulysse Nardin Chairman Android phone
How much would you pay for an Android phone? $99? $199? Maybe $299 with contract? How about $50,000. As you recall, the Ulysse Nardin Chairman is a freaking $50,000 phone. It’s only in beta right now,...
View ArticleCritical Adobe flaw: Still want Flash on your iPhone and iPad?
Adobe has warned users that a critical flaw exists in its Flash, Adobe Reader, and Adobe Acrobat software, and it affects every single platform—Mac, Windows, Linux, Solaris, you name it. Should a...
View ArticleiOS 4 gold build now available to iPhone Developer Program members
You've got to wait a couple weeks to get this if you're the run-of-the-mill iPhone type -- but if you've ponied up the Benjamin for an iPhone Developer Program membership (who's probably suffered...
View ArticleHow to test iOS 4.0 right now
If you’re the excitable type, you may want to try the iOS 4.0 Gold Master right now. This is probably the most dangerous thing you can do to your phone aside from run over it with a car, so don’t say...
View ArticleiOS 4 gold works with any compatible iPhone / iPod touch via iTunes 9.2,...
Want to get your hands on an iOS 4-equipped device now without being a registered Apple developer? As a number of readers have pointed out, it seems yesterday's gold build release works on any...
View ArticleGoogle’s free turn-by-turn Navigation launches in Canada, Germany, and 9...
First person to name the movie in the comments below gets an e-Highfive. Hallo, Bonjour, Ciao, and Hallå! We’ve got good news for all of our European (and Canadian!) readers — or at least, those of...
View ArticleEmblaze’s First Else in danger of becoming a smoldering slab of vaporware?
We have word from an industry insider that the First Else handset running the ALP OS is in trouble. Not a surprise since Emblaze, the company behind the handset, has been dead quiet about Else ever...
View ArticleVideo: Medal of Honor multi-player beta videos
Medal of Honor, also known as Modern Warfare With Beards, has a public multi-player beta that's happening right now. It's exciting! (But not as exciting as seeing Italy knocked out of the World Cup.)...
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