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Apple announces 16GB iPod Touch - but with no rear camera
For the first time since the discontinuation of the 4th generation iPod Touch, Apple have released a 16GB iteration of the device. The new music player, which is now available for purchase on the online store, features a brushed aluminium rear shell, a 4-inch retina display and a front-facing FaceTime HD camera. ...read more
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SimCity 'Amusement Park Set' open for business
SimCity's "Amusement Park Set" is available now to fill up those tiny land plots with as many carnival rides and roller coasters as you can muster. The DLC, which features several different amusements to generate cash, bring in tourists and boost the local economy, has a price of $10. The pack's cost is in line with the previously ...read more
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Microsoft seeks patent for TV Achievements
The patent application, which was filed last November and spotted by GamesIndustry International, reads: "Television viewing tends to be a passive experience for a viewer, without many opportunities for the viewer to engage or have interactive experiences with the presented content. "To increase interactive viewing and encourage a user to ...read more
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Microsoft files complaint over XboxOne.com domain
Microsoft may have unveiled their brand new Xbox One console but one thing it didn’t do is launch new domains for that trademarked name. Sure, users can always go to Xbox.com but about XboxOne.com? Or XboxOne.net? Well those don’t belong to Microsoft just yet, and the company is fighting to get them. Curious folks have a ...read more
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Nvidia launches GeForce GTX 780
Nvidia's second consumer graphics card featuring the GK110 GPU became available at retailers today, marking the first release of the GeForce GTX 700 series of cards. The GTX 780 is nearly identical in appearance to the GTX Titan, which launched in February as part of the GTX 600 series, aside from half as many memory chips on its circuit board and different lett ...read more
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Next-gen Kinect coming to PC
Microsoft says it's bringing the newly unveiled next-gen Kinect to PC as well as the Xbox One. The company disclosed its plans to Polygon and Shacknews. Microsoft Corporate VP of Interactive Entertainment Business Ben Kilgore told Polygon the device will come to PC "at some point down the line," while Kinect Program Manager Scott Evans told Shacknews Microsoft will hav ...read more
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Yahoo acquires Tumblr for $1.1 billion
Yahoo just announced its acquisition of the hybrid popular blogging platform and social network Tumblr. The deal ended up with a price tag of about $1.1 billion, a big portion of which will come in the form of cash, validating earlier rumors as well as a Sunday report that Yahoo's board had given their approval for the deal to go forward. Tumblr will ...read more
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Lulzsec hacker group given jail time following Sony, Nintendo attacks
Four members of hacking group Lulzsec have been handed jail sentences following high-profile cyber attacks on several companies, including Nintendo, Sony and EA Ryan Cleary was given 32 months in jail, Jake Davis is to serve two years and Ryan Ackroyd was jailed for 30 months. Mustafa ...read more
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Apple announces 50 billion App Store downloads
More than 50 billion apps have been downloaded from Apple's iOS App Store since its 2008 launch, the company has announced. The impressive number, which excludes re-downloads and updates, equates to over two billion app downloads per month - or 800 app downloads per second. The 50 billionth app was 'Say the Same Thing' by Space ...read more
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Angry Birds flick flies to cinemas July 1, 2016
A release for the upcoming Angry Birds flick has been narrowed to July 1, 2016, with Sony distributing the movie worldwide, Rovio announced on its website today. Rovio's intent on creating a feature film was made public late last year, when the studio tapped producers John Cohen and David Maisel from Despicable Me and Iron Man t ...read more
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