IT News

• BioWare reveals Mass Effect 2 player stats

  2010-09-08 06:51 Casey Hudson, Mass Effect Project Director, has revealed some interesting statistics about the RPG sequel Mass Effect 2. BioWare, like many other developers, collects data anonymously to observe in-game player behavior. BioWare placed various hooks into the game that revolved around specific events to track the decisions that players were making....

  
  

  
  

• Orange and T-Mobile UK to share services

  2010-09-08 00:49 Orange and T-Mobile networks have joined together to allow users to connect and use either network, based on whichever signal is best for their location. This deal, which was suspected almost a year ago, will allow the shared network to host 30 million subscribers. The deal is limited to 2G...

  
  

  
  

• Digg VP of Engineering fired after version 4 troubles

  2010-09-07 23:48 With the launch of Digg 4, many users were not thrilled to say the least with the changes and bugs that arose after the upgrade. Digg users went as far as sabotaging the front page having all of the links redirect to Digg's rival, Reddit. Due to the intensity of...

  
  

  
  

• Firefox 4 Beta 5 Lands

  2010-09-07 22:36 Mozilla has released Firefox 4 beta 5 to the official beta site, we can also report that Mozilla have selected the 08/31 dated build candidate as beta 5. Beta 5 includes the new "Firefox Button menu" this new “Firefox Menu” will replace the Menu Bar. The goal is to put the...

  
  

  
  

• Apple iOS 4.1 released to all tomorrow

  2010-09-07 22:18 For those of you who caught Apple's special music event last week, orfor those who have just heard about the new version iOS, this is a reminder to check for updates tomorrow, according to a quick blurb that was leaked on Apple's UK site. iOS 4.1 comes with a vast number...

  
  

  
  

• HP sues Mark Hurd for breaking trade secret agreements

  2010-09-07 21:18 A month ago, HP CEO Mark Hurd, resigned after a sexual harassment investigation, and just recently the same Mark Hurd was hired as the co-President at Oracle. HP, however, has a large issue with Hurd's new position claiming that he agreed and signed documents to protect HP's trade secrets and...