Skyrim goes gold – time to polish those swords

Ready to slay some dragons in Bethesda’s upcoming RPG, The Elder Scrolls v: Skyrim? Well you better be, because the developer has just announced on its blog that the game has gone gold – one week ahead of its official release date. In case you didn’t know, going gold means that the game has been approved in its final build and is ready to be shipped out in its current state (not 500,000 CD sales). This means that the game is ...
Google Offers app hits the Android Market

You know for a fact that the more often the email program on your smartphone “talks” to the server to see whether there is any mail in your inbox, the higher the amount of drain your battery experiences? Well, instead of going through your emails around the clock to see just what the latest offer from Google is all about, you might want to check out Google Offers that is now available on the Android Market. ...
Apple Promises iOS 5 Update In A Few Weeks To Suck Less Battery Life

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve heard the same thing over and over again. “The iPhone 4S is awesome, but…” And it’s a big “but”. The battery life. It sucks . Well, to be clear, it sucks for some users, but not all. For example, I’m not noticing anything out of the ordinary on my device. It’s essentially the same battery life I got with the iPhone 4 running iOS 4, as far as I can tell. But today Apple has acknowledged that some bugs are ...
Google, Why Don’t You Hang On To That Gmail App For A While?

By now you’re probably well aware that Google released their long-awaited Gmail iOS app today, only to unceremoniously yank it from the App Store when people pointed out that it didn’t really work . Google offered a mea culpa by stating that they have removed the app while they correct the problem, and that they’re working on a new version to be released soon. Here’s a thought: just keep it. At least for a little while. I’m sure this must sound a bit petty, but people have ...
Gorgeous retro posters of our solar system’s planets

This series of spectacular planetary posters is the work of artist Stephen Di Donato. They're styled after artwork from the 1960s, and include all eight planets but no icy dwarfs (I'm looking at you, Pluto).
The "Beyond Earth" series was funded (way over-funded, in fact) on Kickstarter, but luckily for you, you can still buy digital copies of all of these images in formats ranging from iPhone all the way up to monstrous desktop (2650x1440). You get 88 ...
Kinectimals back on the Windows Marketplace

Back in August we wrote about Kinectimals, Microsoft’s upcoming game that would bridge the Xbox 360 and Windows Phone devices. Well, the game happened to be prematurely released last week for some reason as it was quickly pulled off the Windows Marketplace. But now it’s been reported that the game is back on the Marketplace – this time for good.
In Kinectimals, users get to choose one of five kitties or import an existing cat from ...
GarageBand Arrives On The iPhone And iPod Touch

GarageBand , Apple’s music creation app, is now available on the smaller screens of the iPhone and iPod Touch, after its introduction on the iPad earlier this year . Like the iPad version, the new app has Touch instruments like keyboards, pianos, organs, drums, guitars and basses. It also allows you to plug in your electric guitar to record music or a mic to record vocals. GarageBand’s “Smart Instruments” let you choose from a new library of custom chords, which is an update from the older iPad-only ...