Apple have found that at least 15 underage employee’s have been working for some of their suppliers, of which are suspected to be based in China, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, however Apple did not clarify. Apple commented in reply to the accusations stating that: “In each of the three facilities, we required [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Paint Abstract Art with Flame
Flame is a nice little Java applet, which basically lets you run your mouse in random patterns and claim it’s art. The image below is a fine example why I didn’t even do GCSE Art; I plead colour-blindness (and I have a trackball mouse!) The controls are surprisingly complex, letting you modify quite a few [...]
Will we be seeing a Facebook currency soon?
A recent post on the Facebook blog has shown that Facebook’s very own currency, titled Facebook Credits, could be close to being launched on the popular social networking site! The blog post by Facebook’s Deborah Liu explains what the currency system is all about and how they plan to use it on the site:
The Future of Maps…
Augmented reality is one of those phrases that is used a lot by techies, but depending on who you ask or where you are, it can mean almost anything. What I understand is that the general idea is that there is “more than what meets the eye.” (e.g. you can see a restaurant, but augmented reality [...]
App of the Month: Angry Birds
App of the Month, huh? Well.. from now on, at the end of every month, we shall be posting a small review on a recommended App from the iPhone AppStore that we think is worth your time downloading. ANGRY BIRDS You may be thinking, wtf? But you wouldn’t believe how fun and addictive this little [...]
God Of War III DEMO now available to download off PSN!
Just a quick post to let all you PS3 users know that the God of War III demo is now up on the Playstation Network for you to go an download! For those unaware of what the God of War series is all about, check out the trailer below! That’s pretty much it for now, [...]
E3 to unveil two new handhelds?
Yes you might be thinking that E3 is still quite awhile away and that we have GDC on the gaming calendar next but Shane Bettenhausen of Ignition Entertainment (previously of EGM) hypothesized on this week’s 4 Guys 1UP podcast that Sony and Nintendo’s portable follow ups will be revealed at this year’s E3 event: “I think [...]
iTunes Reaches 10,000,000,000 Song Downloads!
A very short post for now, but I thought i’d just let you all know that iTunes have just claimed to of had their 10,000,000,000th (10 billion) song downloaded from the music store! Not only that, but the lucky person who downloaded the 10,000,000,000th song will be winning a $10,000 iTunes gift card courtesy of Apple! The winner of [...]
Apple adds an ‘Explicit’ category to the App Store!
Following on from the recent post about Apple removing 5,000 apps from the App store because of adult content that doesn’t follow the stores guidelines, Apple seemed to have altered the App Store so many of the removed apps could be making a reappearance! Cult of Mac has confirmed that when you go to submit [...]
March 2010 – Release Dates
Hello and welcome to the monthy game round-up, where I will be taking a look at what’s to look forward to this month in gaming. Both Xbox 360 and the PS3 titles will be covered here plus downloadable content that is scheduled for release (Arcade games not included). Up first are the Xbox 360 titles:


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