Playmobil has released its first ever game app. Plamobil Pirates is available on iOS platforms now and is set to hit Android's Google Play store soon. In the game players take control of popular figures from Playmobil's popular Pirates ...
Microsoft Studios has announced the opening of a dedicated mobile device videogame development studio in London. The studio joins the software company's existing three UK-based games development studios; London-based Soho Studios, ...
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If the PC industry can't come up with a better way to make the PC a part of our Internet-crazed lives, then it will continue down its current path to becoming a has-been in the high-tech world. That's the message from Intel CTO Justin ...
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IDG News Service - Softbank Mobile said Wednesday it will launch a new mobile router next week providing download speeds of up to 110Mbps on its LTE network. The Japanese company said the modem, made by Huawei Technologies, will also ...
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IDG News Service - A Russian startup company called Elbrus Technologies is developing a technology that will allow data center owners to migrate software designed for x86 platforms to ARM-powered servers without the need to recompile it. ...
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IDG News Service - A court in California has scheduled a hearing for Dec. 6 on Apple's request for a permanent injunction against eight Samsung phones, according to court papers filed Tuesday. Meanwhile, the court will hear next month ...
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A recent study by four UCLA documents what some wireless data customers have long suspected -- that users can be charged for wireless data they never received. In the most extreme case of overcharging, an unnamed carrier charged the ...
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Samsung Electronics has started producing new smartphone and tablet flash storage chips, which the company said is four times faster than its predecessors. Samsung's eMMC Pro Class 1500 will come in capacities from 16GB to 64GB and ...
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Computerworld - The maker of Roomba, the robotic vacuum, has stepped up its game and Tuesday unveiled a 5-ft., 4-in.-tall, 140-pound "telemedicine" robot aimed at aiding hospital patients in emergency situations, especially during nighttime ...
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When Apple announces its next iPhone as expected on Wednesday, many analysts predict it will have faster LTE wireless capability along with other improvements, including a larger 4-in. display, more powerful processor and overall design ...
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Computerworld - With the upcoming release of Office 2013, Microsoft is putting a lot of focus on the cloud. Industry analysts say that's exactly what Microsoft needs to do to compete head-to-head with Google and its cloud-based office ...
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IDG News Service - MIPS, continuing its push to make a mark in low-cost tablets, is quickly trying to bring Android 4.1, also called Jellybean, to its processors. "We are working aggressively on bringing Jelly Bean to MIPS, and expect ...
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IDG News Service - Motorola's Xoom tablet does not infringe on some of Apple's community designs, the regional court of Dusseldorf ruled on Tuesday. Apple wanted a Europe-wide ban on the Motorola tablet, a court spokesman said. Apple ...
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IDG News Service - Lenovo's ThinkPad team plans to release more ultrabook models, and remains "bullish" about the upcoming release of Microsoft's Windows 8, according to company executives, who also said on Monday that the famed PC unit ...
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IDG News Service - Acer on Tuesday assigned a starting price of $499 for its new Iconia W510 tablets, which will have Windows 8 and Intel's Atom chip code-named Clover Trail. The tablet will have a 10.1-inch Gorilla Glass screen, weigh ...
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