Has The Last Guardian been cancelled?
In what might just shape up to be a huge Sony upset, it's being rumoured that The Last Guardian – made by Ico and Shadow of the Colossus developer Team Ico – has been cancelled.
In production for more than three long years, Team Ico's latest is expected to triumph the same kind of heart and scalability of its two previous efforts. It's the developers first project on current HD platforms.
Siri turns 'Sirial Killer' in Holiday Horror Movie
Though Siri is at best a middling distraction on the iPhone 4S for most of us, it's nevertheless an incredible piece of technology. Advanced voice recognition, sophisticated artificial intelligence, a smattering of humorous responses... But what we didn't know is that Siri actually has a mind of its own and is on a mission to “kill the humans." Something that we find out in this hilarious spoof movie trailer, 'Siri: The Holiday Horror Movie'.
MyRobots.com: The Facebook for your cyborg companion
So you've got your Facebook and Twitter; but as we step closer to Skynet intelligent robot beings, what about their outcries to be part of the social graph? Well, dear reader, your prayers have been answered with Myrobots.com.
Sadness is the new Twitter trend, university study shows
Over time, users of Twitter have become less happy and more sad in their communicae, according to a study by University of Vermont researchers, who got published in science journal PLoS.
Data was collected via tracking a vast amount of keywords with differing types of sentiment (some happy, some neutral, others not so happy). These words ranged from your everyday sentence connectives to more emotive cases like "pancakes" or "suicide." With this, researchers could calculate the gross domestic happiness amongst Twitter users.
The first trailer and poster for The Hobbit released
Believe it or not, it's been ten whole years to this week that The Lord of the Rings trilogy – now celebrated as one of the most beloved and acclaimed series of films of all time, and rightly so – began its cinematic journey with the release of The Fellowship of the Ring. How time flies. A fitting time then to satiate the orc-like appetites of Tolkien and LOTR fans across the globe with the first-ever look at prequel two-parter, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Astronomers conclude Earth has a second moon
A study conducted by Cornell University astronomers has concluded that Earth must have a second moon, calculated via counting the population of "irregular natural satellites that are temporarily captured by Earth." This has also been backed up by a sighting of one of these 'orbiters' by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona.
Virgin media programme guide hits an 'unnecessary censorship' glitch
Virgin Media's electronic programme guide's profanity checker hit a glitch recently, overzealously censoring different words within the titles of TV and radio programmes.
Taking a little too much inspiration from the Unnecessary censorship videos on Youtube, subscribers experienced the glitch over the past 3-4 days, as tipped off by some of our readers, watching such fantastic programming as "Jarvis C**ker's Sunday Service" and The Bleak of the Old Shop Of Stuff, a spoof of the writing of "Charles D**kens."
The Dark Knight Rises trailer emerges from the shadows
So we've all been given an early Christmas present in the form of an all new Dark Knight Rises trailer, with all the fantastic pacing, set pieces and understated over-theatricals you can't help but get pumped at from a Christopher Nolan-directed picture.
Eric Schmidt says Google Tablet could be here within six months
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has revealed the search-giant's intentions to begin marketing “a tablet of the highest quality” within the next six months, a move that sees the “brutal competition between Apple and Google Android” rage as fiercely as it has for quite some time.
Diablo III could be with us by January, Retailer reveals.
Though we're still waiting on confirmation from Blizzard, Diablo III – the dark-fantasy dungeon-crawler RPG first announced over three years ago and the follow-up to the multiple award-winning Diablo II – might well be on store shelves as early as late January, if a Play.com listing is to be believed.
Santa still uses Siri
So in the battle between Android and iOS, we've got one particularly strong opinion in the form of Chris Cringle checking the weather, messages from Mrs Claus and just how busy his schedule is, in a trailer you can't help but smile a little at.
Scientists discover the secrets to a successful pop song
Talentless singers rejoice. University of Bristol scientists have created software that has the ability to analyse and determine the hit potential of a song.
Called 'Score a Hit,' data has been collected about tunes in the UK top 40 since 1961 for the purpose of using the equation, to see if it's estimations were correct and precise. The program has been able to predict chart positions with roughly 60% accuracy through it's algorithm of evaluating 23 characteristics of the song such as danceability, harmonic simplicity and volume.
Will Facebook sue Mark Zuckerberg?
After legally changing his name on December 7, Mark Zuckerberg a.k.a Israeli entrepreneur Rotem Guez has received threats of legal action from Facebook, successfully trolling on possibly the grandest scale.
This Zuckerception came into public attention as Zuckerberg the second launched his website MarkZuckerbergOfficial.com, which starts to tell the story into just how they got to this stage.
London Police transmitting alcohol safety messages over Wi-Fi
London's Metropolitan Police have started requesting people turn on their smartphone's Wi-Fi in the city centre on nights out, as they will begin to broadcast 'rape prevention and personal safety messages' around the danger of alcohol-related crimes.
USB Biofeedback Game Controller. Play games with your gun show
So you flex those fore-arms to impress the women, who always end up walking away (it's okay to admit, we've all been there). Well what if we could provide you some kind of use for them except for their power of ticket dispensary?
Well Advancer Technologies has your back, with the Biofeedback Game Controller, a plug-and-play option that used EMG (electromyography) sensors to monitor electrical currents that flow through your muscles with every impulse, and turn them into on-screen control (in this case, navigating Mario in Super Mario 3).
Square Enix confirms personal details of 1.8m compromised in recent hack
Japanese game publisher Square Enix has admitted the personal details of over 1.8m North American and Japanese user accounts have been compromised in a recent security breach, the extent of which was first detailed on Wednesday.
Samsung schools Apple with ad in Australia: "the tablet Apple tried to stop"
So as you probably may well know, Samsung and Apple have been in legal competition for a while in Australia, primarily over similar comparisons between the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the iPad 2. Since the sales ban was lifted last week on Samsung, they've celebrated their victory in the local press.
Badoo, like Facebook but for sex, has 130 million users
Sign up for an account and make sure you get tested regularly, as Badoo crosses 130 million worldwide users (1 million in the UK) to become the fourth largest social network on the planet.
This isn't a network of rekindling friendships with people from your past and interacting with those who share similar interests. Instead, we have a network based entirely on generating all new friendships with people. As the enticing line of promotional copy says: "Boost your social life. Chat, flirt, meet up and have fun!"
Amazing Spider-Man official website goes live. More info revealed
Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment have revealed a generous amount of tantalising, juicy information about the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, with the launch of the film's official website.
Facebook Britons drunk in 76% of their photo library
A study recently showed that adult British users of Facebook said they were drunk in 76% of their Facebook photo collections on their profile.
1,781 Facebook users were polled, and out of them came some rather interesting, yet really unsurprising facts in most cases.