In the 90s, Konami developed a very popular game, an arcade of the Simpsons. Recently, Microsoft announced that this game is now available on Xbox LIVE and Xbox 360. The cost is 800 MS points or you can download a free demo to test it. via
Notion Ink partners with Texas Instruments for its next-generation Adam II Tablets
The folks from Notion Ink are once again getting their name out there. After having released an Alpha build of ICS for their original Adam series tablet, they teased a new upcoming device briefly but skimped out on the majority of the details at that time. They’ve now revealed one of their partners via their [...]
European LG Optimus Black Gingerbread update rolling out now
It’s been a long time coming, but European owners of the LG Optimus Black should finally be starting to see some Gingerbread. Optimus Blackl owners in India also should be seeing this update. We first heard about the updates for the Optimus range way back in October, and now it’s the turn of the Black [...]
Google+ now allowing the use of nicknames and other established identities
A longstanding bone of contention when registering for a Google+ profile was that you were required to use your actual name. Google had gone so far as to delete entire accounts based on psuedonyms. But Google has finally decided to allow for these nicknames and other established identities to be used on Google+, which is [...]
Android Central weekly photo contest: Transportation
We’re back for the second weekly Android Central photo contest, and this week’s theme is transportation. Anything that you use to get from point A to point B is fair game (see our example photo above), and we’re looking forward to seeing another round of great pictures from you guys and gals. Come Sunday, we’ll [...]
Huawei Honor Review
With a new Android device announced ever hour, it takes a lot to make a device stand out from the crowd. Some devices are marketed heavily, some bring new features and others just fall to the wayside after announcement, and the Huawei Honor is a handset that falls in the middle of a bunch of [...]
Planes expected to reroute following massive solar eruption
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory A powerful M9-class solar storm that unleashed a coronal mass ejection toward Earth in the early hours of Jan. 23, 2012 (GMT).CREDIT: NASA/SDO/SOHO An immense blast of plasma spewed late Sunday night from the sun led to the strongest radiation storm bombarding our planet since 2005, and a rare warning from [...]
Sen. Paul stopped by TSA at airport, law enforcement denies it was a detention
AP2012 FILE – In this Jan. 7 file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., son of Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, campaigns for his father. On Jan. 23, Paul was stopped briefly by Nashville airport security, when a scanner found an “anomaly” on his knee. Sen. Rand Paul‘s office says he was held by [...]
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom denies piracy charges, embraces lavish lifestyle
The colorful founder of Megaupload — a former hacker with a fleet of luxury cars, a multimillion-dollar mansion, and a cadre of celebrity pals — denied charges of Internet piracy in a New Zealand court Monday. The 37-year-old was born Kim Schmitz, but legally changed his name to Dotcom as an homage to the business [...]
EU formally adopts Iran oil embargo as Iranian lawmakers ramp up Hormuz threats
Two Iranian lawmakers on Monday ramped up threats that their country would shutter the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for oil sanctions on Tehran — a warning that comes one day after the USS Abraham Lincoln passed through the iconic waterway. Lawmaker Mohammad Ismail Kowsari, deputy head of Iran‘s influential committee on national security, [...]