Developers looking to develop new hardware and software on a platform using the latest Qualcomm 64-bit CPU have three new development platforms available from Intrinsyc. The three dev kits are very different in form factor, but use some of the same hardware letting users work with a Snapdragon 810 64-bit processor on all three platforms. One of the platforms is … Continue reading
The “poo bus”. OK, cue all dirty jokes and puns you might have been inspired to make from this, but this is a rather serious endeavor, but one that will still have some people raising their eyebrows or twitching their noses at the idea. Over at Bristol in the United Kingdom, water supplier Wessex Water has unveiled a bus that … Continue reading
Apple is launching a set of 25 apps created by names—like Angry Birds, FarmVille and djay—to raise funds for (RED) and World AIDS day on December 1st. You can buy them now.
The up-close footage from the ill fated launch attempt of the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket has just released, almost a month later. It’s terrifying.
There’s been a few signs that not all is well in Samsung’s mobile division, with the company pledging to make fewer new devices, as well as its chief taking a pay cut. If the Wall Street Journal is to be believed, the cause of this unrest is all down…
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Samsung’s Galaxy S-series of handsets have typically sold very well over the years, but could the fifth iteration of the Galaxy S be showing signs of a slow down? Well according to a report from The Wall Street Journal (paywall; via The Verge), it seems that cold be the case, so much so that Samsung could be thinking about making some changes at the executive level.
According to the report, it seems that the Samsung Galaxy S5 has sold less than what Samsung had initially projected. The phone is said to have sold 12 million units in its first three months of going on sale. This is actually a stark contrast to earlier reports which revealed that the handset actually outsold its predecessor on launch day, but assuming these numbers are accurate, we guess interest in the handset quickly dwindled over the next few months.
The 12 million units sold is also 40% lower than what Samsung had initially projected with sales in China down by 50%. It also seems that it was only in the US market that Samsung actually saw some gains, but we guess it wasn’t big enough to impact its overall figures. The report goes on to add that Samsung had overestimated the amount of units they were going to sell that they had to increase its advertising budget to try and move as much units as possible.
If anything this seems to confirm an earlier report in which the rumors claimed that the Samsung Galaxy S6 (or whatever it is going to be called) will be approached with a completely new vision. Given that every iteration of the Galaxy S handset just seems like an upgrade in hardware with nothing unique to shout about, we guess it’s about time Samsung really started to shake things up.
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A few years ago, Sony landed themselves in some hot water when it was discovered that PSN was hacked. The issue wasn’t so much that they got hacked, but rather it stemmed from the fact that Sony knew its defences were obsolete but did nothing about it anyway. That being said, we guess we can’t blame gamers for feeling paranoid whenever PSN goes down.
According to a report from CNET, it seemed that the hacker group that claimed responsibility for the DDoS on Blizzard’s servers also claimed to have hacked PSN which apparently led to more than 2,000 logins being compromised. Well Sony has since come forward and denied that any attack had taken place on their servers.
In a statement issued to Joystiq, Sony said, “We have investigated the claims that our network was breached and have found no evidence that there was any intrusion into our network.” They also added, “Unfortunately, Internet fraud including phishing and password matching are realities that consumers and online networks face on a regular basis. We take these reports very seriously and will continue to monitor our network closely.”
Now CNET notes that it is possible that the claims are false and that the logins posted online could simply be data from previous data breaches. However if you’d like to err on the side of caution, it probably wouldn’t hurt if you went ahead and updated your passwords anyway, just to be safe.
Sony Denies Claims That PSN Was Hacked , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
As much as developers and publishers would love for a game’s launch to go off without a hitch, the reality is that sometimes games are launched with game breaking bugs that might have not been detected during testing. Sometimes there are graphical glitches that can be funny, and for the most part a patch or two should resolve everything.
Now we’ve seen our fair share of glitches uploaded onto YouTube in the past, but it looks like Activision is trying to paint itself as a flawless company because according to reports, it seems that Activision has started to target more than a few Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare glitch videos for copyright strikes.
This is according to Machinima who started to send emails to members of their network, informing them of the upcoming copyright strikes. Naturally gamers aren’t too happy as many felt that it seemed like Activision was trying to censor the internet against negative videos. However Activision claims that this isn’t the case and that they are targeting glitch videos that show off certain exploits or cheats.
In a statement issued to Kotaku, Activision had this to say regarding the video takedown requests. “Occasionally, some folks post videos that promote cheating and unfair exploits. As always, we keep an eye out for these videos — our level of video claims hasn’t changed.” We’re not sure what the big deal is here – after all these exploits and cheats can easily be patched and these videos rendered useless once the patch is in place, but what do you guys think? Is Activision being a little trigger happy with their copyright strikes here?
Activision Issuing Copyright Strikes Against Call Of Duty Glitch Videos , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Those who have pre-ordered Alienware’s foray into the almost oxymoronic realm of “living room PC gaming” now have something to look forward to in the coming days. Dell has announced that the Alienware Alpha is now shipping to those early adopters and can also be bought online as well as from select retail partners. Some of that crowd, however, might … Continue reading
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