Addiction Archive

  • Civ V landing on September 21

    Civ V landing on September 21

    Posted on June 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Say, friends, are you excited as I am? Civ V is coming for PCs on September 21 in the US and on September 24 internationally. I love this game so much that I will totally be willing to marry it. Sid Meier’s Civilization V reinvigorates the classic turn-based strategy genre with an [...]

    Full Story

  • Facebook launches free mobile access site for emerging markets… and Denmark

    Facebook launches free mobile access site for emerging markets… and Denmark

    Posted on May 19, 2010 | No Comments
    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Facebook_launches_free_mobile_access_for_emerging_markets'; Following in the footsteps of Coca-Cola, Facebook is seeking to feed your addiction with a new zero version of its online service. 0.facebook.com leads users to a stripped down, text-only version of the social site, which will incur no data charges from your carrier. Of course, you won't be able to access any other sites or rich media without paying for it, but at least the core functionality of reading your friends' witty status updates and writing satirical responses will be there free of charge. This service is being rolled out primarily in the so-called emerging markets, though more mature environments like Belgium, Denmark and Finland are also present on the list (available after the break). SFR in France, 3 in the UK, and Australia's Telstra are also going to be joining in soon. Guess it's just a matter of finding a pliable carrier to accede to offering the minimal bandwidth necessary in exchange for being Liked by Facebookers.

    Continue reading Facebook launches free mobile access site for emerging markets... and Denmark

    Facebook launches free mobile access site for emerging markets... and Denmark originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 03:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

    Permalink | Email this | Comments

    Full Story

  • PANIC! Study finds that students are addicted to their iPhones!!

    PANIC! Study finds that students are addicted to their iPhones!!

    Posted on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
    200 students surveyed in a Stanford study were found to be "addicted" to their iPhones. "When asked to rank their dependence on the iPhone on a scale of one to five – five being addicted and one being not at all addicted – 10 percent of the students acknowledged full addiction to the device, 34 percent ranked themselves as a four on the scale, and only 6 percent said they weren't addicted at all."

    Full Story

  • Pre-order your Alienware M11x right now

    Pre-order your Alienware M11x right now

    Posted on February 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Got a hankering for Alienware’s 11-inch ultra-portable like everyone else? Well then head over to Dell’s site where you can spec out your very own M11x right now with your choice of Core 2 Duo CPUs, up to 8GB of Dual Channel DDR3 memory, Verizon or AT&T mobile broadband and either a spinning hard drive [...]

    Full Story

  • Curse Raises $6 Million As It Looks To Become The Ultimate Gaming Resource

    Curse Raises $6 Million As It Looks To Become The Ultimate Gaming Resource

    Posted on December 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Most people would probably view a hardcore, 16 hour-a-day addiction to World of Warcraft as a bad thing. That was certainly the case for Hubert Thieblot a few years ago, when he dropped out of school and his parents decided to kick him out of the house because he was playing so much. Flash forward five years. Thieblot has managed to turn his addiction into a thriving company called Curse that generated over $3 million in revenue this year. Today, the company is disclosing a $6 million Series B round it closed in early 2009 with participation from Ventech Capital, AGF Private Equity, and SoftTech VC (Jeff Clavier). The round brings Curse's total funding to $11 million, after a $5 million Series A round in 2007 led by AGF Private Equity. In some senses, Curse is akin to a SourceForge for computer games, in that it offers a directory of plugins that players can use to customize and enhance their PC games. Many of the site's users are World of Warcraft fans, who have made Curse.com the definitive site for WoW add-ons. Alongside its directory, Curse also makes a native client players can use to manage their plugins.

    Full Story

  • Tetris Tiles Hit The States, Showers Forever Changed

    Tetris Tiles Hit The States, Showers Forever Changed

    Posted on September 23, 2009 | No Comments
    The anxiety ridden addiction that is Tetris, is now available... in your shower. A tile supplier based in the UK is currently producing ceramic, indoor/outdoor tiles that allows you to create your own Tetris mosaic or order a pre-designed mosaic. You can choose seven different colors, one for each of the Tetriminoes shapes. The colors are taken from Pantone colors and all orders come with an installation manual and grout spacers.

    Full Story

  • Pay for your Xbox Live addiction with Paypal

    Pay for your Xbox Live addiction with Paypal

    Posted on August 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Good evening, readers- If you’re an Xbox Live subscriber in the US then Major Nelson has some news for you. Microsoft has rolled out Paypal as a method of payment for MS points, Xbox Live accounts and such, but it’s not what you think. You can’t actually do anything from your console and all transactions take [...]

    Full Story