Just launched: Email notification of new content. We’ve been doing some behind-the-scenes work on the site and can now offer the first of a series of additional features: email updates. Visiting the ‘Notifications’ tab of the ‘Edit my settings’ option in your profile will allow you to specify which emails you wish to receive, and how often. You can receive messages every time a news story is posted or opt for either hourly or daily summaries. Find more…
Steam just got even better. Rock, Paper, Shotgun tipped us off that Valve has begun offering free-to-play games via its digital distribution service. The current lineup is limited to five titles, and I haven’t heard of any of ‘em. It’s hard to argue with the asking price, though. All you need is a Steam account—no credit card required.
As Penny Arcade so eloquently points out, free-to-play games aren’t always without cost. Players can easily be tempted into shelling out for in-game currency, items, and, of course, hats. I
TAIPEI/HONG KONG – Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd’s has agreed to buy Germany’s Medion AG in a deal valuing the electronics retailer at up to $900 million, to boost its market share in Europe.
The acquisition, Lenovo’s biggest since its purchase of IBM’s PC business six years ago, comes four months after Lenovo signed a joint venture deal with NEC Corp to sell laptops in Japan.
The deal will double market share to more than 14 percent of the PC market in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, and give the combined company a share of about 7.5 percent in the western European PC market, Lenovo said on Wednesday.
The news pushed Medion’s shares 17 percent higher in Frankfurt, but Lenovo shares fell more than 3 percent as some investors questioned the rationale of the purchase.
“Lenovo probably wants to add to its presence in mature markets,” said Vincent Chen, an analyst with Yuanta Securities.
Nikon Coolpix P500 test photos : At the CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show, held in Japan at the beginning of this year, Nikon introduced nine new digital cameras, including the Nikon Coolpix P500. The 12.1 megapixel Nikon Coolpix P500 belongs to the Performance series, which is Nikon´s most extensive series of digital compact cameras. The Nikon Coolpix P500 megazoom camera has a zoom range of a mere 22.5mm ultra wide-angle to 810mm super-tele. With the 36x super-zoom function, a subject can easily be shot at a close range, which is ideal for sport or nature photography. Find more…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs will announce its new anticipated cloud service at its developer conference next Monday, the company said in a release issued on Tuesday.
Apple confirmed that the cloud service will be called “iCloud,” similar to its other product names.
“Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address,” the release said. Of note, Jobs has been on medical leave since early this year and his only recent public appearance thus was when he unveiled the next-generation iPad 2.
At the address, Apple is slated to debut its eighth major Mac OS, Lion, the iOS 5 for the iPad, iPod touch, and the iPhone, as well as the iCloud.
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IDG News Service — Taiwan’s Asustek Computer has previewed a smartphone-tablet PC combo device that seeks to bring together the strengths of both devices without completely duplicating the hardware.
The Padfone comprises a pair of devices: a smartphone and a dumb tablet.
On its own, the handset functions as a conventional smartphone but it can be inserted into a dock built into the back of the tablet. The user can then access all the smartphone’s features and functions through the larger screen of the tablet. T