It’s not Key Lime Pie. And it’s not 5.0. The next version of Android will in fact, be 4.4 – and it’ll be called, wait for it, Kitkat – that popular chocolate from Nestle. KitKat, Not Key Lime Pie Google’s Android head – Sundar Pichai, confirmed the name ‘Kitkat’ – in a Google+ blog post…
I grew up on TMNT. My brother had the sheets, the action figures, the puzzles, the nun chucks, you name it, we had it, and we watched the show and the movies quite a LOT – “God, I love being a turtle!” I also love cheesy puns, cheesy pizza (with anchovies), and cheesy costumes, but…
It would seem that the release of Square Enix’s revamped MMORPG isn’t going as smoothly as they would have liked. A number of players who had hoped to dive right into Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn were instead met with the inability to log in. Square Enix Reimburses Players As it turns out Square…
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This week, our host Frederick Johnson II and his comrades in Geekdom discuss all things Batfleck and Gamescom, with a little Nintendo and PS4 thrown in for good measure. Tune in and hear all the geeky goodness that is going on at HotKey this week! Host: Frederick Johnson II Producer: Geek Insider Hear The Podcast…
HTC has announced 2 new Android devices under its Desire lineup – a mid-range Desire 600 – also known as the ‘Zara’, and an entry-level Desire 300. HTC Desire 601 The 4.5 inch Zara is a mid-range smartphone which borrows some features from its higher-end big brothers. It is powered by a 1.4 Ghz dual-core…
An Australian deputy mayor has declared the upcoming Whore of the Orient video games as, “attempt to disgrace Chinese culture, history, and traditions.” Jieh-Yung Lo, the deputy mayor of the city of Monash, has come out publicly against the title of the game and the implications he feels it has. Whore of the Orient Controversy…
A London building has melted a car. Sure, science is saying ‘something, something, concave design something something light rays’. But I say- EVIL BUILDING GETS IT’S REVENGE! Tower Melts Jag The ‘Walkie Talkie’ building in London has obviously always wanted to be mobile and has taken out it’s resentment for it’s current state of immovability,…
After facing the departure of many executives in May this year, HTC now has more issues to sort out. Many of the company’s designers have been arrested over charges of stealing trade secrets and fraudulent expense claims. Top Level Employees Arrested HTC filed a formal complaint in Taipei, Taiwan, alleging that the employees stole trade…
When we’re in the market for a new product, but we’re still on the fence as to whether or not we should buy it, what’s the natural next step in the purchasing process? You look at reviews, of course. It’s a curious sort of evolution, if you really stop to think about it. Decades ago, when…
Sit down, folks. I’m going to deliver some news that you probably aren’t going to like. As you all know, the games industry has a serious image problem. Games are blamed for a lot of things they shouldn’t be, with political pundits shouting from the rooftops how violent games need to be censored/studied/outright banned. We’ve…
Microsoft have announced they’re finally ready to go full ‘Brady Bunch’ with Nokia, even more than they have already (since their Febuary 2011 hand holding). Microsoft will be buying up, in technical terms, all the Nokia things. From devices and services, to the license of Nokia patents and the Nokia mapping services. Microsoft are going…
Kickstarter is a pretty awesome tool these days. Many incredible ideas have been released to people all over and funded by folks from across the globe. And when they come to life? Man, nothing quite beats that. But I’m not some sort of e-professor teaching you Kickstarter 101 or anything, alright? I’m here to talk…
After the last story we all heard about how Facebook treats those attempting to report bugs, it is nice to see things going better. The latest big Facebook bug has been reported and the good Samaritan rewarded a hefty $12,500. The bug in question allowed a user to trick the support system into deleting photos…
I’ve been playing RPGs since I got a copy of Baldur’s Gate free with a desktop my family bought some years back. I would agonize over my character’s name and features, play the opening chapters, and then quit, forget about it, and start over some time later. I could probably quote those first few scenes…