If you are a fan of The Settlers or similar strategy games, where you have to build an empire and conquer and trade with surrounding empires, you might be interested in a new game by Ubisoft. Castle Empire is a new free-to-play online game which has just been launched and provides a similar … [Read more...] about Ubisoft Introduces “Castle Empire” Its Free Online Strategy Game (video)
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 Pricing Announced
Olympus announced its new range of PEN cameras at the end of last month. Although they didn't give us any pricing information initially, one of the models that was announced was the Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3. Olympus has now revealed that it will go on sale in 'late summer' here in the UK for £549.99 … [Read more...] about Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 Pricing Announced
Official Star Wars R2-D2 Limited Edition Xbox 360 Revealed
Earlier this month we heard that Microsoft would be releasing a Star Wars themed Xbox 360 to celebrate the launch of Kinect Star Wars, and now we have our first photos of this Star Wars themed Xbox 360. As we mentioned previously, the Star Wars Xbox 360 is designed to look like everyone's favourite … [Read more...] about Official Star Wars R2-D2 Limited Edition Xbox 360 Revealed
Adobe Backtracks On Apple Disabling Flash Hardware Acceleration
Adobe has today admitted that its claims about Apple disabling hardware acceleration in its latest OS X Lion are not true and are now confirming that the latest release of OS X Lion provides the same support for Flash hardware video acceleration as Mac OS X Snow Leopard did. Adobe have now reversed … [Read more...] about Adobe Backtracks On Apple Disabling Flash Hardware Acceleration
BlackBerry PlayBook Is The First Tablet To Be Approved For US Goverment Use
RIM just dropped us an email to let us know that their BlackBerry Playbook tablet is the first tablet that has received approval by US government agencies, and it has gained the FIPS certification (Federal Information Processing Standard). “RIM is pleased to announce that the BlackBerry PlayBook … [Read more...] about BlackBerry PlayBook Is The First Tablet To Be Approved For US Goverment Use
2011 Mac Mini Gets Taken Apart
As well as releasing the new MacBook Air, Apple also released the new Mac Mini, and we have already seen what is inside the new 2011 MacBook Air and now it is the turn of the 2011 Mac Mini. The guys over at iFixit have taken apart the new Mac Mini, have a look at the photos below to find out what … [Read more...] about 2011 Mac Mini Gets Taken Apart
HTC Wildfire S Hits T-Mobile August 3rd
US mobile carrier T-Mobile has announced that the HTC Wildfire S will be available on their network from the 3rd of August, and the Wildfire S will be available for $79.99 when you sign up to a new two-year contract with the carrier. The HTC Wildfire S features a 3.2-inch touchscreen display with a … [Read more...] about HTC Wildfire S Hits T-Mobile August 3rd
2011 MacBook Air Gets Taken Apart
Apple released the new 2011 MacBook Air on Wednesday. As usual with any new hardware release from Apple, the guys over at iFixit had their screwdrivers ready to take it apart. This time it is the turn of the new 2011 MacBook Air, and in the photos below we get to see the inside of the new MacBook … [Read more...] about 2011 MacBook Air Gets Taken Apart
Lodsys Sues Rovio Mobile Over Angry Birds For Android And iPhone
We have heard much about Lodsys, the company who has been suing smaller Android and iOS developers. The last thing we heard was that Apple was intervening in the case between Lodsys and the developers. Now it looks like Lodsys has decided to start suing some of the larger game developers for … [Read more...] about Lodsys Sues Rovio Mobile Over Angry Birds For Android And iPhone
OS X Lion Reaches 1 Million Downloads In The First Day
Apple released the latest version of their Mac OS on Wednesday, OS X Lion. Lion is already topping the Mac App Store charts, and Apple has now released download figures for the first day of Lion's release. OS X Lion is the eighth major release of Apple's Mac operating system, and according to … [Read more...] about OS X Lion Reaches 1 Million Downloads In The First Day
Star Wars Old Republic Beta Tests Starting In September (Updated)
Well, more like Beta Test Weekends, but when you're a Jedi-murdering agent of darkness, you tend to gloss over things like proper nomenclature. And if you're a Jedi, you're probably too busy getting murdered to notice anyway. You might have noticed we're a bit partial to the Sith here at Geeky … [Read more...] about Star Wars Old Republic Beta Tests Starting In September (Updated)
Mortal Kombat Getting Freddy Krueger DLC
We're definitely not contesting the awesomeness of including the Nightmare on Elm Street character, it's just the randomness we have something against. Yeah, he may have those badass scars and metal claws and whatnot, but what exactly is the connection, justification or indeed even rationale for … [Read more...] about Mortal Kombat Getting Freddy Krueger DLC
