Tech news stories that caught our attention or imagination.
May 26
Well it would seem to confirm that the new iPhone is on it’s way because news came out today from Engadget that Sam Mendes, the Oscar winning director of ‘American Beauty’, ‘Road to Perdition’ and ‘Jarhead’, is directing a new series of commercials for Apple to show off the new phone. The rumour of the …
May 25
Anyone who visited Google last weekend may have noticed that the Google Doodle was a working game of Pac-Man. This was to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Pac-Man and was only supposed to be up for 48 hours. It has proven to be so popular it has been given a new home at http://www.google.com/pacman/ and …
May 25
The old west. A time of whiskey drinkin’, butt kickin’ and gun slingin’. When men were men and the term “gay” meant “happy”. When stage coaches were a form of transport rather than some guy telling actors their lines. Believe it or not, these are concepts you have to take into account when playing Red …
May 25
I’m going to get this out of the way right up front, DON’T FUCK THIS UP! Okay, I feel better now. So the news today has Legendary Pictures acquiring the rights to the fantastic computer game series, ‘Mass Effect’. This is probably one of my favourite games and on the one hand I would love …
May 13
Only in our strange weird world can a strong turn out in support of something cause it to fail! Okay, fail is a harsh word, but the discussion on the introduction of an R18+ Rating for games seems to have stalled. According to Federal Homes Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor, more than 86% of the submissions …
May 13
Steam, Valve’s online gaming service, is now available for Macintosh computers. The public beta was released today and Valve is considering the Mac a tier 1 Platform. Tier 1 means that Valve games (Half-Life, Left 4 Dead etc.) will be released on both platforms (PC and Mac) simultaneously. Currently Valve only has Portal and Team …
