In addition to announcing a series of changes performed to the Windows Azure website, complemented by the availability of new developer tools, Microsoft also announced the availability of the SQL Azure Q4 Service Release. Officially introduced back in October at the PASS Summit, the SQL Azure Q4 Service Release brings along increased flexibility when...
Apparently, Windows Phone Mango does not come with NFC support, although one Microsoft official said last week that it does.The company has issued an official statement on the matter, Winrumors reports, and said that NFC is indeed missing from Windows Phone, but that the feature will be included in a future release, bound to...
As brilliant as it looks, and as much as I would love to use it, there are just too many features missing. The new “tweet update” window looks far worse than the old one, there’s no option to show all tweets from people you follow, you can’t minimise it to the tray, columns don’t...
You’d think that cases could do with less dust on the inside, and you’d be right, at least Lian Li thinks so. What the company just announced is that, from now on, all of its enclosures’ fans will have removable and washable air filters. What is perhaps most relevant is that those filters aren’t...
We spoke about how Sharp had invented the world’s thinnest CMOS camera module and how it has been used in the SH–01D handset on NTT DoCoMo. Now, the special functionality of that module has been shown on video. In addition to all the capabilities that come naturally with being a 12.1 megapixel, 1080p module,...
We’re getting closer to the December 20 release date of Star Wars: The Old Republic so BioWare, its developer, has now allowed those who’ve pre-ordered the game to start pre-loading the game files, in anticipation of the Early Game Access period that kicks off next week. Star Wars: The Old Republic is probably one...
South Park has long been one of the most controversial shows on television, known for its irreverent approach to hot button topics and for mercilessly attacking those that its creators saw as hypocrites, and the upcoming game based on the franchise will use the same controversial approach. Speaking to Game Informer Fergus Urquhart, who...
Canadian mobile phone carrier Rogers made available for purchase on its airwaves the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE smartphone several weeks ago, but the handset is already much cheaper today, whether purchased via the operator or via partner retailers. For example, Rogers lists the mobile phone on its website with a price tag of...
Ubisoft has talked about its Assassin’s Creed series and how the structure of the franchise, which has been going on for quite some time, allows it to continue forever, even if the most recent title, Revelations, has just ended the storyline for two of its previous protagonists, Altair and Ezio Auditore. The Assassin’s Creed...
Intel disclosed recently that the company has already finalized the very first test circuits built using the advanced 14 process technology which the chip maker plans to use for manufacturing its 2014 processors code named Broadwell. The info was disclosed by Pat Bliemer, Managing Director for Northern Europe and Benelux at Intel, in an...
