As “God of War 3″ review scores pour in, it’s clear that the PlayStation 3 has a hit on its hands. This final chapter in Kratos’s battle against the gods of Greek mythology is the first for Sony’s PS3. The top-notch action has carried over to the new system, according to reviews, but the...
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U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal Justice Department document that offers a tantalizing glimpse of issues related to privacy and crime-fighting.
Think you know who’s behind that...
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Cologne, Germany – Black Inc. and developer Coreplay from Munich, Germany, are releasing new gameplay features for the space shooter Ion Assault. An automatic update will add the high score “survival” mode and an alternative control setup to the first German-made arcade game for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®.
The...
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BEIJING – Google should obey Chinese government rules even if it decides to retreat from the country over hacking and censorship complaints, a Chinese government spokesman said on Tuesday.
Investors sold off Google Inc shares a day earlier after signs the company could soon shut its Web search site in China, Google.cn, two months after...
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NEW YORK – Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday revealed the price for its first 3-D TV set, confirming that $3,000 is about what it takes to be among the first to watch 3-D movies in the home.
The Japanese company put its first 3-D sets on sale at an event in New York on Wednesday. Panasonic’s...
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Different modes of travel often require different routes to be taken. If you’re walking somewhere, for example, you’re not likely to take a highway to get there, and you have the distinct advantage of being able to go through certain structures that cars cannot. The same goes for biking. When someone is planning to...
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Facebook was accused of a “glaring failure” to implement advice on protecting children online after the conviction of a man for kidnapping, raping and murdering a teenager he ensnared using the social networking site.
Peter Chapman was jailed for life – with a minimum term of 35 years – yesterday for killing Ashleigh Hall, who...
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A friend of teenager Ashleigh Hall, who was murdered by serial sex offender Peter Chapman, has said she hopes he will “never see daylight again”.
Chapman has been jailed for life for raping and murdering the 17-year-old in a field in County Durham.
He posed as a handsome teenage boy called “Peter Cartwright” on the social-networking...
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Who is Peter Cartwright? Is he a 19-year-old Facebook hottie, or a 33-year-old registered sex offender? The answer became clear after the man behind the pseudo-identity, Peter Chapman, raped and murdered 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall in the fall of last year. He was found guilty on Monday and sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Ashleigh and...
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Facebook will finally make itself heard in the rapidly developing world of location-based services, according to The New York Times. The company will unveil a location-based feature at its f8 conference in late April.
The new location feature will have two aspects, according to the people familiar with Facebook’s plans. One will be a service...
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