We’re back annoying users of Nintendo, Microsoft and RIM products. Because that’s what we do.
Games:
Rumor: ‘Xbox 720′ doc spills details on Kinect 2, 2013 launch, AR glasses
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/16/rumor-xbox-720-doc-leak/
http://www.gameinformer.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Components-SiteFiles/images-news-xbox720/xbox720doc.pdf
Xbox 720 details may have been leaked in huge document
http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox-720-details-may-have-been-leaked-huge-document/
Rumor: Next-gen Xbox details leaked in 56-page document?
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/rumor-next-gen-3.php
Alleged Xbox 720 document leak resurfaces, stirs rumors of Kinect 2, native 3D, AR glasses
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/16/leaked-xbox-720-document/
Massive Leak Reveals the Next Generation Xbox
http://www.winsupersite.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/massive-leak-reveals-generation-xbox-143461
Microsoft releases SmartGlass SDK to developers
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/microsoft-releases-smartglass-sdk-to-developers/
Microsoft releases SmartGlass SDK for developers
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/microsoft-releases-smartglass-sdk-for-developers/
Valve announces Steam for Schools, helps teachers create educational Portal 2 levels
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/22/steam-for-schools-helps-teachers-create-educational-portal-levels/
THQ Folding Enter The Dominatrix Content Into Saints Row Sequel
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/06/20/thq-folding-enter-the-dominatrix-content-into-saints-row-sequel.aspx
Saints Row: Enter the Dominatrix expanding into full Saints Row sequel
http://www.gamesradar.com/saints-row-3-enter-dominatrix-cancelled-content-folded-next-game/
2012 Saint’s Row Expansion Cancelled, Shifted into 2013 Saint’s Row 4 [Breaking]
http://kotaku.com/5919825/2012-saints-row-expansion-cancelled-shifted-into-2013-saints-row-4
My Little Pony Heads To Mobile
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/06/21/my-little-pony-heads-to-mobile.aspx
Gameloft bringing My Little Pony game to mobile platforms this year
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/gameloft-bringing-my-little-pony-game-to-mobile-platforms-this-y/
Official My Little Pony Games Bringing Friendship and Magic to Mobile Devices [My Little Pony]
http://kotaku.com/5920282/official-my-little-pony-games-bringing-friendship-and-magic-to-mobile-devices
Schilling says he’s ‘tapped out’ in first interview since 38 Studios collapse
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/schilling-says-hes-tapped-out-in-first-interview-since-38-stu/
Curt Schilling’s $50 Million is Gone, Along With the Rest of 38 Studios [38 Studios]
http://kotaku.com/5920520/curt-schillings-50-million-is-gone-along-with-the-rest-of-38-studios
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Is Basically Burnout: Paradise 2, Thank Goodness [Need For Speed]
http://kotaku.com/5919554/need-for-speed-most-wanted-is-basically-burnout-paradise-2-thank-goodness
Diablo III’s Latest Update Blocks Some Players From Gaining XP. Fortunately, There’s An Easy Fix [Breaking]
http://kotaku.com/5919684/diablo-iiis-latest-update-blocks-some-players-from-gaining-xp-fortunately-theres-an-easy-fix
Unity 4.0 game engine adds Linux support, Mecanim animation, Flash and DirectX 11 (video)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/unity-4-0-game-engine-adds-linux-support-mecanim-animation-fla/
Unity announces version 4 of its game engine, with new animation system and Linux support
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/19/unity-announces-version-4-of-its-game-engine-with-new-animation/
Gods & Kings ‘Fixes’ Civilization V (If You Think it Needed Fixing) [Video]
http://kotaku.com/5919432/gods–kings-fixes-civilization-v-if-you-think-it-needed-fixing
Learning religious proselytizing from Civ 5′s ‘Gods and Kings’ expansion
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/18/learning-religious-proselytizing-from-civ-5s-gods-and-kings-e/
Civilization V: Gods & Kings Review – Still The King Of Strategy
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/civilization_v_gods__kings/b/pc/archive/2012/06/18/review.aspx
Phones/ Tablets/ eReaders:
Microsoft Dives Head-First Into Mobile Hardware With Two 10.6-Inch Tablets
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/microsoft-dives-head-first-into-mobile-hardware-with-a-pair-of-10-6-inch-tablets/
Behold, Microsoft’s Windows 8-powered iPad rival: Surface
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/behold-microsof.php
Microsoft unveils Surface tablets
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18500954
Is Google blocking apps writing to SD cards ?
http://www.chainfire.eu/articles/113/Is_Google_blocking_apps_writing_to_SD_cards_/
Flipboard Officially Launches On Android, Adds Google+, YouTube And More Localized Versions
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/21/flipboard-officially-launches-on-android-adds-google-youtube-and-more-localized-versions/
Microsoft partners with Audible to enhance Windows Phone voice recognition, available for WP 7.5 and up
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/microsoft-partners-with-audible-to-enhance-voice-recognition-in/
Amazon Audible hits WP 7.5, brings gesture controlled audiobooks (update)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/amazon-audible-hits-wp-7-5-gesture-controlled-audiobooks-but-n/
Windows Phone Marketplace has 100,000 published apps, counts Words with Friends and Draw Something among ‘em
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/windows-phone-marketplace-100000-published-apps/
SwiftKey 3 for Android out of beta: smarter auto spacing, $1.99 today (video)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/swiftkey-3-for-android-out-of-beta/
Apple fined $2.29 million over ’4G iPad’ claims in Australia
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/apple-fined-2-29-million-4g-ipad-australia/
With Windows Phone 8, Microsoft bridges computers and phones
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/microsoft-revea.php
Nokia’s insane 41-megapixel smartphone will land on U.S. shores
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/nokias-insane-4.php
Google is developing its own Siri for Android phones and tablets
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/google-is-devel.php
Apple and Liquidmetal hug it out, lengthen their pact until 2014
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/apple-and-liquidmetal-hug-it-out-lengthen-their-pact-until-2014/
Stupid Tsshing Nintendo & RIM Have Done This Week:
Nintendo to revamp 3DS handheld
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18547931
Nintendo Debuts 3DS XL With 90% Larger Displays: Available August 19 For $199
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/22/nintendo-debuts-3ds-xl-with-90-larger-displays-available-august-19-for-199/
Nintendo announces $199 3DS XL with 4.88-inch top screen, available August 19th
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/nintendo-announces-extra-large-3ds-ll-with-4-88-inch-top-screen/
The New 3DS XL is Not What the 3DS Needed [Nintendo]
http://kotaku.com/5920434/the-new-3ds-xl-is-not-what-the-3ds-needed
Nintendo Has Unveiled a New Model of the 3DS. Here’s Everything You Need to Know. [Nintendo]
http://kotaku.com/5920433/nintendo-has-unveiled-a-new-model-of-the-3ds-heres-everything-you-need-to-know
Let’s See How Nintendo’s New 3DS XL Sizes Up to the Competition [Nintendo]
http://kotaku.com/5920491/lets-see-how-nintendos-new-3ds-xl-sizes-up-to-the-competition
Nintendo announces 3DS XL, 4.88 inches of glasses-free 3D
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/nintendo-announ-1.php
Nintendo 3DS XL coming to Europe next month
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-06-22-3ds-xl-coming-to-europe-next-month
Dear Tech It Or Leave It
I like Nintendo and I remember that they used to make money.Please could you stop saying bad things about them, it really upsets me.
Take-Two’s Zelnick ‘skeptical’ of Wii U, not of next generation
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/16/take-twos-zelnick-skeptical-of-wii-u-not-of-next-generation/
Grand Theft Auto’s Boss is Skeptical of Wii U’s Appeal to Core Titles [Wii U]
http://kotaku.com/5919068/grand-theft-autos-boss-is-skeptical-of-wii-us-appeal-to-core-titles
RIM reportedly firing up to 6,000 in $1 billion savings drive
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/rim-layoffs/
Celestica phases out BlackBerry-related production for RIM
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/18/celestica-phases-out-blackberry-related-production-for-rim/
Celestica, A Canadian Manufacturing Contract Company, Parts Ways With RIM
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/18/celestica-a-canadian-manufacturing-contract-company-parts-ways-with-rim/
Internet:
Gmail: Now With Custom Themes
http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/06/gmail-now-with-custom-themes/
Custom themes arrive in Gmail, your mood thanks you for caring (video)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/custom-themes-available-gmail-video/
Google Launches Custom Themes For Gmail, Lets You Choose Your Own Background Photos
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/19/google-launches-custom-themes-for-gmail-lets-you-choose-your-own-background-photos/
Belkin’s new 802.11ac wireless routers feed next-gen networking needs
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/belkin-802-11ac-wireless-routers/
Google Maps live traffic updates served up to seven new regions, 19 more get ‘expanded coverge’
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/22/google-maps-live-traffic-updates-served-up-to-seven-new-regions/
BBC ‘Live Restart’ brings pause, rewind and ‘start from beginning’ to iPlayer live streams
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/bbc-live-restart-brings-pause-rewind-and-start-from-beginnin/
Alt Text: Stupid New Domain Names and What They Really Mean for the Web
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/06/alt-text-stupid-new-tlds/
Amazon rumored clinching major labels for cloud music rights, iTunes Match feels the heat
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/16/amazon-rumored-clinching-major-labels-for-cloud-music-rights/
Computers:
US regains supercomputer crown
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18457716
IBM’s water-cooled supercomputer saves energy and helps with your heating bill (video)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/ibm-water-cooled-supermuc/
Gooseberry Android board plans to sate those still waiting on a Raspberry Pi (video)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/gooseberry-android-board-plans-to-sate-those-still-waiting-on-a/
Thunderbolt 1.2.1 update adds Ethernet adapter support, reportedly squashes boot issues
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/thunderbolt-1-2-1-update-adds-ethernet-adapter-support/
Social Media:
They Work! Facebook Mobile Ads Are Clicked 13X More, Earn 11X More Money Than Its Desktop Ads
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/19/facebook-mobile-ads/
It Turns Out Facebook’s Mobile Ads Are Clicked On Much More Than Its Web Ads
http://www.businessinsider.com/so-it-turns-out-facebooks-mobile-ads-are-clicked-much-more-than-its-web-ads-2012-6
Facebook settles ‘like’ lawsuit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18484108
Other:
In Java Trial, Judge Says Google Owes Oracle Exactly Nothing
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/judge-google-oracle-jmol/
Kodak sues Apple for allegedly interfering with patent sales, has little nostalgia for your QuickTake
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/kodak-sues-apple-for-allegedly-interfering-with-patent-sales/
Samsung files patents for robot that mimics human walking and breathing, ratchets up the creepy factor
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/22/samsung-files-patents-for-robot-that-mimics-human-walking/
Google completes buyout of Magnolia Broadband patents, puts a little extra protection under its belt
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/18/google-completes-buyout-of-magnolia-broadband-patents/
SanDisk outs Extreme USB 3.0 flash drive alongside a trio of Cruzers
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/sandisk-extreme-usb-3-0-flash-drive-cruzer/
MEP vote rejects piracy treaty
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-1853326
Video: X-37B space plane lands after record 469-day orbit
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/video-x-37b-spa.php
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To Finish:
Yuke’s acquires Lingerie Football League license
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/20/yukes-acquires-lingerie-football-league-license/
$160k laser meat slicer chops off perfectly sized cuts every time
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/160k-laser-meat.php
Nantsune meat slicer scans in 3D to get the perfect cut, bring home the bacon in record time (video)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/16/nantsune-meat-slicer-scans-3d-shapes-to-get-the-perfect-cut/
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