Earth Defense Force 2 Portable V2 has been delayed from its planned November 27 release in Japan to December 11, according to online retailer Rakuten. D3 Publisher has yet to make an official announcement, but these Japanese retailer changes are usually pretty accurate. Thanks, Re: Zaregoto. Read Earth Defense Force 2 Portable V2 delayed …
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OS X Yosemite review: a solid upgrade for everyone (especially iPhone users)
Apple’s latest desktop operating system, Yosemite, is available today as a free download for anyone with a reasonably new (or not-so-new) Mac. Here’s the thing, though: Many of you are already using it. In an unusual twist, Apple not only gave us a…
Buying a new iPad Air 2 or iPad mini? Here’s where to sell your old iPad for the most money
Apple’s 2014 iPad models are incremental updates this year, as we have all expected for months. In fact at this point it seems like everyone knows the drill. The second-generation iPad Air 2 and third-generation iPad mini both feature upgraded specs highlighted by the new A8X processor, and they …
Designer viruses could be the new antibiotics
Flickr user: Creativity103 Bacterial infections remain a major threat to human and animal health. Worse still, the catalog of useful antibiotics is shrinking as pathogens build up resistance to these drugs. There are few promising new drugs in the pipeline, but they may not prove to be enough. Multi-resistant…
Build and protect your own castle with WinterForts: Exiled Kingdom
The mobile gaming world won’t run out of strategy games. There are a lot we haven’t played and featured yet so be prepared to learn great new apps available on the Google Play Store. One of those making waves now is ‘WinterForts: Exiled Kingdom’. The game requires you to build …
Apple disables blood glucose monitoring for UK and Australian Health app users
Apple is disabling the blood glucose tracking feature of its Health app due to measurement problems reported by users in the UK and Australia. According to CNET, Apple is releasing a software patch to disable this feature until a subsequent update is…
CBS cuts the cord with CBS All Access, a $5.99 per month streaming subscription
CBS just announced it’s bringing more of its programming online with a new service called CBS All Acesss, which will net you full current seasons of 15 primetime shows. These episodes will… Keep reading →
Android Lollipop confirmed for NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet
As if you needed another reason to want the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet, here’s one: this tablet will be getting Android 5.0 Lollipop as soon as NVIDIA can muster it. This means everything we discussed yesterday in our Android Lollipop guide: everything a Nexus needs to know and likely more. NVIDIA has …
ASUS Padfone X Mini arrives on AT&T
ASUS has some stunning hybrid devices that are unique and live in a niche all by themselves. I am talking about the Padfone range that sees a smartphone coupled with a tablet dock, where the user can slot the smartphone into the rear of the dock to turn it into…
Quiet Slamming Doors With Felt Pads
The sound of a door slamming can be alarming, to say the least. Quiet them with some simple felt pads from your local home store. Read more…
How WWI Shaped Air Combat — And Still Influences Modern Missions
Planes first appeared over a century ago, but they’ve changed considerably since then. What hasn’t changed, however, is their role in controlling the air, striking, reconnaissance, and mobility — the roots of which go back back to the first World War. Read more…
Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign U.S. release date announced
Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign will launch for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 in North America on December 16, Aksys Games announced. The western release will arrive less than two weeks following the game’s December 4 launch in Japan. The Arc System Works-developed fighter features 3D character models that look like 2D sprites …
HP calls time, will shut down webOS support on January 15th, 2015
Still hauling that Palm Pre around without a care in the world? Sorry to say but there’s a nasty surprise coming your way just after the holidays. HP has quietly announced that it’ll pull the plug on the catalog and cloud services that support webOS…
This is how the real Apple TV will let you ditch your cable provider
Well, this is interesting: Over the past couple of days both HBO and CBS have announced different standalone streaming services that won’t require a cable bundle… and this is all right before a big Apple event in which the company may or may not talk about the future of its …
Too much Google Glass lands one man treatment for Internet addiction
Google Glass integrated into a pair of cool shades. A man who used Google Glass for 18 hours a day was admitted to a substance abuse and recovery program for Internet addiction disorder, according to a report from The Guardian Tuesday and a scientific paper published about the patient. The man…
Motorola and HTC reveal its Android 5.0 Lollipop upgrade plan
Are you happy with the new Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Android 5.0 Lollipop announcement? Your next question will probably be the Lollipop software update schedule for your current smartphone, which some manufacturers will not tell you until the software update is ready. Right after the Google announcements, Motorola has confirmed that it …
Christian Bale in talks to play Steve Jobs in Aaaron Sorkin’s Jobs biopic
With Leonardo DiCaprio now out of the running, Variety reports today that Batman star Christian Bale is in talks to take on the role of Steve Jobs in the upcoming Jobs biopic penned by the incomparable Aaron Sorkin. Oscar-winner Christian Bale, who…
The BBC debuts Genome, a database covering all Radio Times listings from 1923 to 2009
The BBC is creating a complete archive of the scheduling for its radio and TV output. The Genome project covers the listings from every issue of the Radio Times, a weekly magazine… Keep reading →