If you’re an Android junkie looking for a little Froyo love, today is a big day. At the Droid X event, Google’s Andy Rubin just announced that the Froyo source has finally been finalized and released to the masses — HTC, Moto, normal commoners like you and I…everyone. Of course, now we start another waiting game as carriers have to put Froyo through their own tests. Rooted Android users will benefit sooner however, as turnaround on a new Android...
Every 15-20 years, we see a “retro wave” wash over society. Whether it be clothing, ideologies, or business models, old becoming new isn’t too uncommon. For one crafty modder, BenB, the whole “old is new” again was taken to a completely different level. I bring you the Morse Code Keyboard… If we’re going to be uber technical — is it really a keyboard since it only has one “key”? Once you get over that...
We rag on Ubisoft pretty hard here. But it isn’t without merit. Ubi’s blind love for customer slaying DRM is disgusting and shameful. All the while Ubi goes on proclaiming how great it is for consumers and how much we love it….right. Blizzard on the other hand understands customers (and Ubi’s customers no less) as the company has come forward stating that they will be taking a different approach… Ubisoft sought out to tackle piracy in the...
As the war rages on between the pros and cons of physical vs. digital game distribution, no clear winner has yet emerged. There’s a good reason for that — used games. With the control and ability to charge for every little aspect, game publishers are looking at DRM and the digital revolution to revitalize there sagging sales and “stop piracy”. Not to mention, since people already trade used games via file-sharing, any legal variant is essentially...
Oh sweet heavenly almighty power above. Can we have actually have our cake and eat it too? If Myriad, the clever minds behind Delvik Turbo, have their way, sugar highs and full stomachs will soon be coming to Android users. The core of Android is a special form of Java called Delvik. Delvik Turbo is an optimized form of said code. According to the claims of Myriad, the optimization is good for up to a 3x boost in the general speed of Android as well as dramatically...
