You will remember George “Geohot” Hotz, the famous PS3 hacker that was being sued by Sony for cracking their firmware? Well, it appears that Hotz and Sony have achieved a settlement and the case is now closed.
Apple has finally decided to join the ranks of browser vendors who give users the option to opt out of having their usage patterns tracked. They’re following the lead of the Mozilla Foundation who has devised a “gentleman’s standard” for opt out tracking where advertisers and webmasters would have to voluntarily adhere to the standard much like the voluntary compliance with robots.txt files.
Google’s service StreetView is quite popular, and although it is having problems with some people that are concerned about their privacy, its been consistently popular among many users daily. However, StreetView is about to get a competitor from Microsoft.
Intel, the world’s largest producer of microprocessors, has launched its Intel Atom platform, codenamed “Oak Trail”, which will equip 35 of tablet PCs starting next month.
If you’re a fan, you’ll most likely have in your diary that the Gears of War 3 beta officially kicks off on Monday, April 18, for Bulletstorm “Epic Edition” owners, followed by the April 25 entrance of those who pre-ordered via GameStop. Whatever way you plan on getting your hands on a copy, you will need Xbox Live Gold membership to be able to enjoy it all. As this will be the first time Gears 3 goes public, here’s a quick video preview of what’s expected to come.
For those of you in the US, the much awaited T Mobile G2x has been officially launched by T Mobile and is up for sale on their website. It is a rebranded version of the LG Optimus 2X and has got a lot of new exciting features that may fetch a lot of customers for them.
During Microsoft’s MIX conference in Las Vegas, Windows Phone director Joe Belfiore took the stage to demonstrate how well Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 9 mobile browser can render HTML5 websites.
He fired up a device running Microsoft’s new Windows Phone “Mango” update with IE9 installed and then started an HTML5 speed test benchmarking the Mango device against the iPhone 4 and the Google Nexus S.
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