Anybeat launches today
Remember that social network we reviewed a while ago that merited pseudonymity and it's unwaivering determination to not follow you around the internet like that other social network? We were pretty favourable of it, and now it's launched today for you all to enjoy.
Rumour: iPad 3 Is Smaller, Production To Start In January
This rumour seems to always circulate at this time; but it's retaining it's travels around the web, indicating what we might expect from the next-generation of Apple’s iPad. If rumours prove to be correct, we might well be seeing a much smaller model from the rather beefy iPad 2.
Xbox Live Phishing Scam Front Page News
The front page of The Sun was today adorned not with reports that a number of Xbox Live members have been victims of an email-based phishing scam. The scam sought to gather account details from users of the service when clicking through to retrieve free Xbox Live Microsoft Points.
Modern Warfare 3 graphics comparison. Xbox 360 vs Wii
...wait what?
Turns out that other than the premiere options of purchasing Modern Warfare 3 on the 360, PS3 or PC, the game was also released on Wii, to the tune of pretty much no Activision marketing whatsoever. It's fair to say that the games look a little...different to say the least. Check out a video putting the 360 and Wii version side by side.
BBC leaks external prototype of responsive news page
The BBC News developers have created a fascinating blog about the new trend of responsive web design and furthermore, have leaked an external prototype of the BBC News site with the concept implemented.
The World's Largest and Longest 3D Street Art
As part of a promotional campaign for Reebok Crossfit, street artists 3D Joe and Max created a Guiness world record beating piece of Street Art in both length and size, picturing a chasm that goes all the way down to the centre of the Earth.
Signal Snowboards pay tribute to Steve Jobs
California based Signal Snowboards experiment with new designs and ideas every third Thursday, creating a rather popularly viral web series in the process. This time around, they created the iShred: a custom ride with a built in iPad, to create a fitting homage to Jobs.
First Gen iPod Nano switched for the same model
Remember when Apple started the iPod Nano (first generation) replacement program in fears of overheating batteries? Turns out questions around what model they'll be replacing it with for customers have finally been answered...they're being replaced with the same model.
Arrested Development returns in 2013
So there was money in the Banana stand the entire time! Netflix has signed a deal with both Fox and Imagine Television to contribute part of the production costs to film and show the new series of Arrested Development exclusively on the streaming service, in the first half of 2013.
Steve Jobs' biographer kept the lid on unannounced Apple products
So Steve Job's biographer, Walter Isaacson revealed in an interview with the New York Times that he intentionally left out details of products that Steve was working on. Turns out he may have been a little more open than we first thought.
DARPA tests hypersonic weapon prototype
Not even Tom Clancy could write about weapon prototypes like this. The US Army completed testing of its hypersonic weapon yesterday: a test projectile based on DARPA technology, that travelled 2,400 miles in minutes.
MIT creates a chip that works like a brain
As we keep edging towards Skynet self sufficient artificial intelligence, MIT have taken a considerable step closer with their take on a Neuronal chip, mimicking the function of a synapse in the brain.
US engineers unveil world's 'lightest material'
From the laboratories of the University of California, the material is made out of miniscule hollow metallic tubes arranged into a diagonal criss-cross pattern, leaving no wasted space and not compromising weight, while also maximizing energy absorption. All of this adds up to what the researchers call a material that is 100 times lighter than styrofoam: having a density of 0.9 milligrams per cubic centimetre.
Xbox 360 Successor Due 2012, Or Is It?
While PS4 rumours remain hazy – Sony is likely to see Microsoft’s hand first - the very latest set of rumours seems to be pointing to CES 2012 as the stage at which Microsoft is likely to reveal the next Xbox.
Internet giants buy a full page in NYT to send a letter
A group of 9 huge internet and technology companies: AOL, Mozilla, eBay, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Zynga and LinkedIn, have ran a full-page ad in The New York Times today, voicing their opposition against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) and PROTECT IP Act (S. 968).
Defense Department: Cyber-attacks may provoke military response
Well if there's one thing to take for certain in this situation: Hackers < Guns. While phones are being tracked and social network attitudes are being monitored, The Pentagon has declared when other options to tackle cyber-attackers prove ineffective they will turn to military action. This comes from a report made public on Tuesday, stating that internet-based attacks upon US governmental, military or economical bodies will receive the same counter-offensive force as it's tangible attack counterparts.
PETA tells us to "relax," the Mario thing was a joke
Speaking to Kotaku today, PETA plays down yesterday's protests about Mario's use of the Tanooki suit: "Mario fans: Relax! PETA's game was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, a fun way to call attention to a serious issue, that raccoon dogs are skinned alive for their fur," said a rep.
Surprise, surprise.
Facebook Fights back against porn and violence spam
Ever thought that your Facebook new feed is looking a lot more...voyeuristic lately? What about the occasional inclusion of a death scene photo, or of extreme violence? The social network is investigating these images that spammers have planted.
Grand Theft Minecart: GTA V Trailer Comes To Minecraft
Minecraft has and always will be more about creativity than surviving crazed Creepers, deranged Skeletons and deadly cave-dwelling Spiders. With a user-base well in excess of four million, we’ve seen players invest countless hours in re-creating classic 8-bit games using stop-motion, building gargantuan models – the USS Enterprise is a particular favourite – and devising chip-tune remakes of popular music.