Feeling hungry? The lunchtime lowdown will fill you up: we’ve gathered all the day’s stories so far and stuck them all in one place for you to feast on. Read on for the round up.
March, 2009
Bioshock 2 has been getting gamers in a frenzy, eager to see what the new sequel, Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams has in store. One of the hottest rumours was that Big Sisters would replace Bioshock’s iconic Big Daddies, and the latest cover of US mag Game Informer has now confirmed that Big Sisters will indeed be a major part of the new game.
Whoever was selling the iPhone prototype on eBay must be a bit gutted. Stacks of publicity had pushed the bids up to $2,000 yesterday, but it also attracted Apple‘s attention, which promptly had it pulled from the auction site.
Sienna Miller gave an interview this week, outing herself and Keira Knightly as closet geeks. While filming The Edge Of Love in Wales the two shared a cottage and, according to Miller: “We’re quite nerdy. We talk about books and we play cards and do The Guardian crossword.”
Sorry Sienna, but that’s not nearly nerdy enough for us. There are plenty of celebrities cranking the geek up to 11. Read on for the top ten true celebrity nerds!
The Palm Pre probably wont completely replace the first generation iPhone, Palm has admitted. Palm investor Roger McNamee (who owns 39% of the company) said that he expected all the original 1st-gen iPhone owners to switch to the Pre when their contracts expired.
“Not one of those people will still be using an iPhone a month later,” he announced in a Bloomberg interview. Now Palm is backtracking quite a bit.
Resident Evil 5 DLC could be just around the corner: Capcom has inadvertently let slip that there are a load of new multiplayer modes coming to Resident Evil 5 after eagle-eyed PS3 Trophy hunters spotted rewards for a number of other multiplayer modes. These new online game types didn’t quite make it in time for the launch, but can be easily implemented through downloadable extras. Resident Evil 5 DLC? Looks like it was always on the way.
UPDATE: The Pocket Yoga isn’t real folks. Lenovo says it’s a two year old concept and nothing more. Still, no reason not to check out the official pictures, so be sure to check out the gallery and dream of what could have been.
Lenovo is prepping an ultra portable computer with the same form factor as the Sony VAIO P. So it’s definitely not a netbook then, no. Read on for the details.
