You may recall the occasional story about inmates receiving the right to play video games in the clink. This is sort of like that, only instead of playing it's more like farming and instead of a privilege it's slavery. Prisoners in the Jixi labour camp in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang would … [Read more...] about Chinese Prisoners Forced To Farm MMO Gold
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Uncharted Director Abandons Movie
The single greatest hope humanity had of seeing Mark Wahlberg play Nathan Fillion's fictional twin, Nathan Drake, in the movie adaptation of the beloved climbing/shooting/one-liner spouting extravaganza Uncharted is now extinguished. Visionary director David O. Russell has left the project despite … [Read more...] about Uncharted Director Abandons Movie
Amazon Launches Its Own Mac Download Store
Amazon has just unveiled its latest store within a store following on from their Android store, with the launch of the new Mac Download Store. At launch, the store already boasts over 250 titles available for download directly from Amazon's website. This new venture aims to provide Mac users with a … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches Its Own Mac Download Store
Google & Apple App Store Privacy Policies Called For By Senator Franken
Democratic senator Al Franken has sent a letter to Apple & Google asking for additional privacy measures to be implemented for the app stores the two companies are operating. "Unfortunately, neither of your companies requires that apps on your stores have a privacy policy. As a result, a … [Read more...] about Google & Apple App Store Privacy Policies Called For By Senator Franken
x86 Android Runtime To Bring Android Apps To Windows
A company called BlueStacks has apparently managed to do what Canonical tried and failed to do a while back: bring Android to the PC. Android apps have of course been able to run on Windows through emulation for a while now. What they haven't been able to do is run on Windows natively, a problem … [Read more...] about x86 Android Runtime To Bring Android Apps To Windows
Yahoo Upgrading Its Email Service With Facebook Updates
The email wars have been over for a while now, but Yahoo keeps on fighting like one of those Japanese dudes in the Pacific. The latest volley is the addition of Facebook and Twitter features to Yahoo Mail, specifically the ability to tweet and post Facebook status updates. And if that doesn't … [Read more...] about Yahoo Upgrading Its Email Service With Facebook Updates
Xperia Play, Droid X2, More Coming To Verizon
Four big hitters are making their way to Verizon's line-up today at once, with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Motorola Droid X2, LG Revolution, and the Windows 7-toting HTC Trophy. Well, make that three heavy hitters and a good sport. Verizon's arsenal increase sees it covered on the gaming angle … [Read more...] about Xperia Play, Droid X2, More Coming To Verizon
HTC Puccini 10 Inch Tablet Coming In The Summer
The inexorable march of the HTC tablets continues with fresh new rumors about the Taiwanese company's new 10-incher joining the fray. Similarly to the newly released Flyer, the Puccini will feature a 1.5GHz MSM8660 processor. Unlike the Flyer though, this tablet will be running Honeycomb, though … [Read more...] about HTC Puccini 10 Inch Tablet Coming In The Summer
Web Based Mango, Windows Phone 7 App Store In Development
Microsoft has announced this week that it is currently developing a new web-based Windows Phone 7 app store to be launched in conjunction with their new Windows Phone Mango operating system, launching in the Autumn. The new Web-based App Store has been designed to provide Microsoft customers with a … [Read more...] about Web Based Mango, Windows Phone 7 App Store In Development
Nokia Working On 2 Windows Phone 7 Devices
We know that Nokia is working on their first Windows Phone 7 smartphone, and that it will come with the latest version of Windows Phone 7, Mango. Now, according to a recent report, Nokia has two Windows Phone 7 devices in the works. According to reports, Nokia will launch a touchscreen-only Windows … [Read more...] about Nokia Working On 2 Windows Phone 7 Devices
Kingmax Unveils World’s First 64GB microSD
This week, Kingmax has unveiled the world's largest capacity 64GB class 6 microSD card, which has been approved by various safety and environmental standards including CE, FCC, and RoHS. This groundbreaking development marks a significant milestone in the realm of portable storage … [Read more...] about Kingmax Unveils World’s First 64GB microSD
Samsung’s Chromebook Coming To Three UK In June
We heard recently that UK mobile operator Three would start selling the new Samsung Chromebook later this year, and they have just announced that the Samsung Chromebook will be available from Three in June. Three will sell the Samsung Chromebook with 3G connectivity, and users will get a free SIM … [Read more...] about Samsung’s Chromebook Coming To Three UK In June
