May 22, 2013

Development - News


“ChevronWP7″ unlock could render Windows Phone 7 permanently unusable :Microsoft

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A Windows Phone 7 “unlock” tool was released on Thursday that allows owners to side load home-brew applications. The tool, named ChevronWP7, uses a method to trick the OS into registering itself as a Windows Phone 7 developer device with the application rather than Microsoft directly. Microsoft normally charges $99 a year for the privilege [...]

“Toyota iQ” EV Confirmed for 2012

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Toyota is now planning to launch an electric version of iQ in order to cover the segment of the electric small models. Struggling to cope with the rivals, Toyota plans to launch in the near future an electric version for the small iQ model. The electric Toyota iQ is expected to debut on the European [...]

Skyfire 3.0 adds Facebook Social Graph to web browsing

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There are many alternative browsers to choose from in the Android Market, but Skyfire has remained one of the most popular choices (over two million users) for its ability to view movies on phones that don’t support Flash Player. I expect a lot more people will download it today, thanks to the new social features [...]

Buffalo launches Link Station Pro LS-VL series network storage

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Buffalo Technology is a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking and network and direct attached storage solutions. Buffalo Technology recently announced LinkStation Pro LS-VL series network storage. Buffalo Technology recently announced LinkStation Pro LS-VL series network storage. Users can effortlessly share their important data and access files over [...]

New Verizon FiOS Internet 150/35 Mbps Broadband service launches

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If you’re a Verizon FiOS residential broadband customer, with a need for Internet speed, listen up. Big Red has just announced a new plan that boasts some ridiculously fast, Verizon is launching 150/35 megabits per second (Mbps) Internet service – the fastest mass-market broadband service in the nation – over the company’s all-fiber-optic FiOS network. [...]

Apple “iOS 4.2″ to be released at 10 am-Pacific Time

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Apple has confirmed that iOS 4.2 will arrive today for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch users. (the company says by 10 a.m. Pacific Time), a free software update that brings the features of iOS 4 . Bringing a slew of new features to the device. Included in that laundry list is proper iOS 4-style multitasking, [...]

Nokia’s Ovi Store Downloads Hit 3 Million A Day !

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Nokia yesterday announced that its Ovi Store has reached 3 million downloads per day, a milestone spurred by overall global demand and a recent update that gives users of Nokia’s new Symbian smartphone family a friendlier look and feel as well as more popular apps and games. The company is also gaining significant software developer [...]

Android 3.0 “Hneycomb” with Tegra 2 could be launched on February

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Things are moving rapidly in the Android world, this week we learned that Android 2.3 should be available in the next few weeks and now it looks like Honeycomb (Android 3.0) could be ready to go as early as February. A report in DigiTimes says that in February or March, the tablet-centric Android 3.0 or [...]

Diablo 3 Headed to Game Consoles

Blizzard’s upcoming PC game Diablo III appears to be headed to consoles, if recent job postings by the company are accurate. According to the company’s Jobs Directory, Blizzard is currently looking to fill lead designer, lead programmer, and senior producer roles very specifically for a console version of Diablo III. A console port has never [...]

Blizzard “Diablo III” Coming to Consoles?

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Blizzard’s upcoming PC game Diablo III appears to be headed to consoles, if recent job postings by the company are accurate. According to the company’s Jobs Directory, Blizzard is currently looking to fill lead designer, lead programmer, and senior producer roles very specifically for a console version of Diablo III. Recently Blizzard added three new [...]

PS3 is not Much Powerful to Handle Gran Turismo 5 : Kazunori Yamauchi

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Polyphony Digital’s President, and Gran Turismo father, Kaz Yamauchi told the latest issue of Esquire UK that he has been restricted by each generation of PlayStation he has worked on: “Software has to be created under the restriction of the hardware,” he told the latest issue of Esquire UK. “With each new PlayStation, the vessel [...]