Barnes and Noble’s Nook Tablet

NOV. 7, 2011 • Not to be outdone my Amazon.com’s Kindle Fire tablet, Barnes & Noble introduced it own $249 Nook Tablet. Weighing in at less than a pound, the Nook Tablet provides around 11 hours of reading time. The new model uses the same seven-inch screen from the existing Nook Color, and beefs up the hardware specification. Featured are a 1GHz dual core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, plus 32GB more storage via SD card. The Nook Tablet also .....

Counter-Strike Still Most Played on Steam

SEPT. 27, 2011 • Valve Corporation told Develop magazine that the most played game on Steam is the original Counter-Strike released 11 years ago, not newer titles such as Call of Duty: Black Ops. The Source-engined update of Counter-Strike is the third most played game on Steam. Valve hopes to transition both communities to a new title, Counter-Strike Global Offensive. Impact: In studying PC g.....

Netflix Splits Company

SEPT. 19, 2011 • Shortly after separating its pricing stricture for DVD rentals and streamed movie delivery, Netflix announced is was going further by splitting the company. Netflix would remain as the destination for streaming film content, and a new entity called Qwikster would handle DVD rentals. As part of the split, customers subscribing to both would soon be forced to long onto different web sites to reserve content. In addition, Qwikster will add video ga.....