Firaxis announces Civilization: Beyond Earth
Get ready for some exciting 4X action in spaaaace! Firaxis has announced the next game in the Civ series, titled Civilization: Beyond Earth. It's the spiritual successor to Sid Meier's…
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SimCity finally getting an offline mode
They said it was impossible, but after months of dragging their heels, SimCity is finally getting an offline mode. The update will be delivered in the Update 10 patch, who's launch…
2013 MacBook Pro 13” utterly fails iFixit’s teardown
There's a lot of talk about eWaste these days and how bad it is for the environment. Apple seems keen on helping the problem, by making it worse. The folks…
October 22nd Apple Event Rundown: iPad Air, Mavericks
So, how did you like today's Apple Event? Didn't really see anything special today, mostly evolutionary updates. Though we did get mostly good news for Apple fans looking for better…
SimCity not an MMO, fully playable offline say hackers
Well now this is interesting. Hackers have already been plodding away at SimCity and found out the game can indeed be played offline. It involves putting the game into some…
SimCity 5 unleashes a random disaster on itself
Electronic Arts once again has egg on their face. The latest fiasco has to do with SimCity 5 and its always-online functionality. EA had planned to reinvent the game as…
iFixit tears down the late-2012 iMac, slightly worse than anticipated
After yesterday's Japanese teardown, the folks at iFixit have taken apart the new 2012 iMac. Unfortunately, this thing is not as repair friendly as originally thought. It appears that the…
New iMac innards a step in the right direction
Apple's new iMac is thinner and lighter than any desktop before. It really solidifies the idea that these are just laptops stuck to the back of a screen. Japanese tech…
Editorial: Green Apple a rotten one
Apple's products are no longer environmentally friendly. The company has withdrawn it's computer systems from EPEAT, a US government tool for measuring the greenness of products. As such, government departments…