The PayPal app update that added Bump skills for handset touching money transfer for iPhone is coming to BlackBerry and Android too, the company has revealed. Soon there’ll be no excuse for not settling what you owe on the night: read on for the full details.
March, 2010
Sony PSP owners are unlikely to get a taste of handheld gaming any time soon. Sony marketing director, John Koller, has responded to the announcement of the Nintendo 3DS by cheering Sony PS3 3D gaming but dismissing 3D on the go.
Sky Player has just been announced for more Freeview boxes, as well as the Cello iViewer TV, which we first broke the news of plans for last year. Read on to find out about what new gadgets will be getting Sky on demand piped through on the cheap.
Google Gmail security has just got a little tighter with a new geolocation feature which will warn you if there’s a rash of login attempts from wildly different locations. While Google has long let you know when you’re logged into Gmail from two different computers, it’ll now warn you if you appear to login from Poland when you usually access Gmail from Crouch End.
Those of you savvy enough to have checked out our glowing review of Bioshock 2 will no doubt be aware that this is one seriously amazing slice of FPS brilliance. It manages to match the original in almost every regard, but one of the most significant gains it has is the addition of a feature-rich and highly addictive multiplayer mode – something which was sadly missing in the first game.
Thanks to the increased online connectivity of modern consoles and the proliferation of high-speed broadband networks downloadable content is becoming a bigger and bigger deal these days. While many publishers use this system to create fresh content for existing titles and therefore keep them in the public eye, others utilise it as a means of milking a bit more cash out of long-suffering fans. So just where does this Bioshock 2 DLC sit in the system?
BBC iPlayer has been available on Freesat boxes since late last year, but for the first time, you’ll now be able to stream Auntie on demand without the need for an ethernet cable. TechniSat’s just turned on BBC iPlayer for its Wi-Fi infused HDFS Freesat box, letting you take your set top box off the leash – or at least away from the router.
iPhone security has taken a big hit with the revelation that the its SMS library, including on your deleted texts, could be swiped by a malicious website. Fear not though, the researchers that worked out how to swipe your iPhone SMS messages won’t reveal how to do it until Apple have fixed the issue.