DC Universe Online is officially a run-away success for Sony Online Entertainment (SOE). The company confirmed that its new superhero MMO has become the fastest-selling title in the company’s 16 year history. SOE has also confirmed several fixes, tweaks and new features for DC Universe Online (DCUO) are in the works.
January, 2011
Activision has given a gift to world of Call of Duty: Black Ops this afternoon in the form of a fresh new trailer. The trailer highlights the “First Strike” download, showing a closer look at the four maps for multiplayer mode and a first peak at the new map for Zombies mode called Acension.
Can you create a better Intel jingle? Go head to head with Will.i.am and share your handiwork here!
Today’s dose of celebrity weirdness in tech land? Will.i.am joining the board of Intel as Director of Creative Innovation. It’s still not clear exactly what the Black Eyed Peas frontman’s role will be within Intel, but amongst the back-slapping and self-congratulation there was one tidbit: Intel says Will.i.am is going to look at tweak that famous Intel inside jingle. Dum-dum-dum-dum! Read on for more.
It’s the end of the working day, but before you knock off, check out everything you’ve missed from this afternoon, right here in our teatime tech roundup.
Activision has announced the release of a Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombie soundtrack. The Call of Duty: Black Ops soundtrack is 17 in-game original tracks composed by Treyarch. It’s available for download through iTunes, Zune and Amazon, so even when you can’t play Call of Duty: Black Ops, you don’t have to leave the game behind. We’re waiting on confirmation about a price and date, and will update here as soon as we can.
Out TBC | £TBC | Amazon, Zune, iTunes
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Mio has just announced its new satnav, the Mio Navman Spirit V575 TV. So far, so standard. But there’s something interesting about the Mio Navman Spirit V575 TV: it’s packing TomTom smarts on top of its TV capabilities.
LIVE UPDATES: Read on, and see Intel’s official announcement unfolding. It’s all over now, and without much explanation of Will.i.am’s new role. What we do know is he’ll be re-writing Intel’s iconic Intel Inside jingle.
You read that right. Intel’s taking a leaf from the Polaroid management playbook and hiring a pop star to sit on its board. This time it’s Will.i.am, who’s signed on as Director of Creative Innovation. The news comes direct from Intel UK PR manager, Perveen Akhtar, although an official announcement has yet to go live on Intel’s website.
What’ll he be up to? No idea. But while we dig for more info why not enjoy this gallery of Will.i.am in a selection of ludicrous hats? And, yes, that first one is made of Lego.
Remember the Dell Inspiron Duo netbook with a touchscreen that flipped inside the lid? We’ve just landed one, and it’s every bit as bonkers as we expected. Check out the photos of it right here.