New Internet Explorer 8 accelerates browsing — Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8, the latest version of the most commonly used web browser in the world, has left beta testing and is now available as “Release Candidate 1.” This isn’t the final release version per se, but it’s close enough … Tweet Source
Windows 7 Features: An In-Depth Preview. If you haven’t had a chance to play with Windows 7 yet, you’re missing out. Rob Enderle shares a few anecdotal stories about the upcoming OS after living with it for a week, and the panel picks his brain to find out about some of its most promising features.…
Context The Avengers are on the ropes after the fallout from Secret Invasion. Norman Osborn creates his own group of "Avengers." Story Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-man/New Avengers) has taken the concept of the Thunderbolts and transformed it into something that borders on the blasphemous. It is exactly what I love about the Marvel Universe.…
Analysts were already anticipating a killer Q4 for Netflix, and unlike practically every other company on the face of the planet, it delivered. The movie rental firm somehow managed to see net income rise to $22.7 million in the quarter, up from $15.7 million in Q4 2007. Revenue was also up by 19 percent, and…
Microsoft has just released Internet Explorer 8 RC 1 with build number 8.0.06001.18372. The company has not yet released a changelog, so if you spot any new features or major changes let us know. After a short run through of the build, speed and tab grouping seems to have been a major improvement in this…
Seth Rogen’s revival of The Green Hornet may not see the light of day. You remember, of course, that Stephen Chow left the director’s chair. It was then rumored that he might not even play Kato due to commitments to a Jack Black superhero comedy. Sony was hunting frantically for a director to make that…
The latest Bungie Weekly update actually has a snippet of the storyline from Halo 3 ODST, the new game set in the Halo 3 universe that is still a year or so away. Bungie almost never responds to fan questions, but when the latest trailer was released, gamers dissected it and began to wonder why…
Beleaguered publisher and developer Midway announced that Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe shipped some 1.8 million units worldwide for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 since releasing on November 2008. As its title suggests, the 3D fighting game features characters from the Mortal Kombat series, as well as DC Comics superheroes and villains (Batman, Lex…
As was reported earlier this month, the long-awaited demo for Resident Evil 5 finally became available on the Xbox Live Marketplace this morning. The 472 MB demo — exclusive to the Xbox 360 this week — allows players to explore three full levels from the game, as well as showcasing the new-to-the-series splitscreen and online…
Great a game as Fallout 3 is, it hasn’t been entirely immune to criticism. Criticism that executive producer Todd Howard addressed in a recent interview with MTV Multiplayer. Howard responded to three common critiques, starting with the suggestion that Fallout 3 is "just mediocre when judged as a first-person shooter." For that one, Howard’s response…
