Following all the recent troubles I had with O2 Germany's UMTS and HSPA network in Munich, the German carrier now confirmed that it provides its mobile data customers an even faster access to the Internet. The recent upgrade of the data network, with the latest HSPA technology, now allows HSDPA download rates up to 7.2 Mbps and enables HSUPA up to 2.0 megabits per second. O2 Germany said that during...

add comment 4 articles

Do you want more Grand Theft Auto ? Well, that's what Todd Mitchell, analyst for Kaufman Bros. Equity Research wants. Nay, expects! Speaking to GI.biz , Mitchell stated that he's anticipating two more downloadable GTA IV episodes to launch after The Ballad of Gay Tony . "It's been indicated to me that would be the case," he said. Additionally, with Microsoft's exclusivity deal covering only two episodes,...

add comment 4 articles

So this is kinda confusing, try to roll with us. Developer Reality Pump announced that it's working on Two Worlds II , due this winter. Only ... it had already announced a sequel to Oblivion -esque FPS RPG called Two Worlds: The Temptation . We're pretty sure the team just decided to go with the number instead of the subtitle, but we guess we'll never know . (Yeah, we've emailed them.) Set two years...

add comment 8 articles

Worried that those pesky digital shelves are going to put your local brick-and-mortar out of business in the next few weeks? Worry not, friends, as Valve's Doug Lombardi is here to put all your worries to bed. Talking to GamesIndustry.biz , Lombardi claimed that "free weekend" sales on Steam (among others) actually help to bolster sales at physical retail locations as well as online. "Recently we've...

add comment 6 articles

If you’re on the lookout for a wearable USB drive, it wouldn’t be that hard to find one. The task is finding one that doesn’t look either overly tacky or just plain over the top geeky. Then of course there are the few that make an attempt to appear punk and fail miserably. Well for [...]

add comment 4 articles

It could be worse, you could be in a backwards nation with no comprehensive health service- The fatality rate also appears to be low. In the UK, only three people – all with significant underlying health problems – have died out of 7,447 confirmed cases. Health experts believe more people have caught swine flu but shown [...]

add comment 4 articles

The lawyer of a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran said his client had been charged with "acting against national security".

add comment See the 101 articles on the same subject

LONDON (Reuters) - Serena Williams celebrated American Independence Day by beating sister Venus 7-6 6-2 to win her third Wimbledon singles title on Saturday.

add comment See the 165 articles on the same subject

Prince Charles yesterday paid an emotional tribute to his brave Army officer friend who died fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.

add comment See the 51 articles on the same subject

Pakistani helicopter gunships attacked Taliban militants today in a northwestern region where a military helicopter crashed the previous day killing 26 soldiers on board, a government official said.

add comment See the 37 articles on the same subject

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, citing an unnamed government official, reports that North Korea on Saturday test-fired two Scud-type missiles that have an estimated range of 500km

add comment See the 110 articles on the same subject

Five of the six victims who perished when a blaze ripped through their tower block have been named by police.

add comment See the 9 articles on the same subject