Late yesterday evening, we talked about Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and its beta test plans, but this time around, here we are with the alpha footage that boasts of an instanced dungeon as well as larger than life bosses. This is the latest video for what could possibly be a hot hit when it arrives, the MMORPG known as Final Fantasy XIV. The entire video is approximately three minutes long, where you will be able to check out some dungeon crawling through instanced dungeons, and approximately 65 spells per second (better make sure you do not suffer from any epilepsy before that), alongside big (and bad ass looking) bosses Bockman and Galvanth the Dominator thumping their way around. It might be alpha footage in name, but the game itself is starting to shape up in an impressive manner, sporting smooth graphics and a matching framerate, in addition to a decent user interface.
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It is no wonder that the man on the street has long been hearing about new capabilities concerning emergency 911 services for many years, but so far nothing interesting has happened – yet. Perhaps things are going to change in the near future with this latest announcement, where four of the major wireless carriers in the US (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile) has agreed with the 911 Association and the Association for Public-Safety Communications Officials International to work as one on standards, procedures and technology deployments which will offer a “seamless introduction” of the tech across the great US of A. Needless to say, a proposal of this Herculean effort has already been submitted to the FCC, so we await with bated breath for word of an approval.
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It was not too long ago when Lenovo introduced their ThinkPad X1 Carbon notebook, where this particular mobile computing device came with a lovely carbon fiber body which enabled it to carry a 14-inch display without compromising on portability, especially when it tipped the scales at a mere three pounds. Well, it seems that Lenovo is not content with that, having revealed plans to roll out a spanking new model of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon that was created specially to cater for the new Windows 8 operating system from Microsoft.
Samsung does have a fashionable name for one of its “brands”, where select devices that undergo the La Fleur treatment tend to be more fashion forward. In fact, the South Korean consumer electronics giant has been churning out a handful of La Fleur edition devices since the end of 2009, and it does not look as though Samsung is about to stop anytime now. We have gotten wind that there will be a new bunch of La Fleur smartphones, where the slew of them will be powered by the Android operating system, and they are the Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy S Duos, Galaxy Ace Duos and Galaxy Ace 2.
For Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 players on the PS3 platform, you might be part of the unfortunate few who have experienced system freezes ever since the title launched not too long ago. Should you be one of those who are down and out on your luck, here is a wee bit of good news – it seems that Activision has rolled out a patch to tackle this particular issue specifically so that system lockups are a thing of the past. The downside to this bit of news is this – it seems that the fix only works for some, so if you are still unlucky and have your Sony PS3 hang or freeze whenever you play Black Ops 2, you will have to be a bit patient, as the company claims that they are still “doing everything [it] can to get to the bottom of it as quickly as possible”. If you are curious in downloading the patch, all you need to do is to boot the game and try to play online, and you will be led to the correct display.
Sony will be rolling out the PS Vita firmware 2.0 update tomorrow (for folks living in Europe, you will have to hold out your patience for an extra day), where one of the biggest changes would be a drastically improved web browsing experience. To be more exact, it seems that the browser itself will come with a “small app”, allowing you to use it while you play games, without requiring you to quit your game at that point in time. Not only that, the entire browsing experience itself will also be a whole lot speedier. Last but not least, we do know that PlayStation Plus, too, will roll out alongside the update, and this translates to “free” games for you – with other features thrown into the mix, of course. By the way, if you are a PS Vita owner, are you still rocking on to your PS Vita, or is it lost somewhere in your home, gathering colonies of dust bunnies along the way?
