Apple Seeds Build 9J60 of Mac OS X 10.5.7 to Devs

"The maintenance update seems to be on track for a release this weekNot long after it was reported that OS X 10.5.7 would land on Friday, this week, Apple seeded yet another beta build of the software to members of its developer connection. Specifically, build 9J60 lists the...

Social networks open doors to developers

ocial networks open doors to developers By Janie Christine Octia INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:42:00 11/09/2008 ...

British family killed in plane crash in Ireland

A small plane carrying a British family has crashed on the east coast of Ireland, killing everyone on board. The plane is thought to have gone down on Saturday in a remote area, but rescuers were unable to fund it...

Metro eyes sky-rise farming

"Metro eyes sky-rise farmingSurrey may be home to region's first vertical greenhouseKelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunPublished: Tuesday, October 21, 2008Rooftop gardens and vertical greenhouses could be a sign of the times in Metro Vancouver as the region wrestles with...

Millionaire Richard 'Lord British' Garriott Docks with International Space St...

Richard Garriott, a visionary game designer, just couldn't resist adding the word 'astronaut' to his list of feats. Not enough to almost single-handedly make popular the massively multiplayer and role playing...

Apple Lifts NDA: iPhone Developers Unmuzzled

Emerging pressure from competitors usch as Android/HTC and Symbian/Nokia, Apple has lifted its non-disclusure agreement, which developers were forced to adhere to in order to gain access to the iPhone platform: an...

How To Go Back To The Old Facebook

Come on, you know you want to! "Some 500,000 Facebook users who don't like the site's new design have found a loophole leading back to the old one. The trick is to sign up as a Facebook application developer...

How to Make a Video Game For the Nintendo Wii

"If you are serious about the whole concept of making a video game with the Wii they do have an application process that spells out a lot of stuff including non disclosure agreements, costs, and what type of developers they are looking for. You can learn more about it on...

Ubiquity Rocks Tweeter's World

Thanks to a quick Summize search, I've been exposed to the world of Ubiquity. It is currently the number one trending topic on twitter and averages about 4 tweets per second. More people are tweeting about...

Developer to Software Pirates - "Why are you stealing my games?"

An independent game developer wants to know "why people pirate my games,"He's not angry or anything, he just really wants to know why it happens. The reasoning, the logic behind it. He promises pirates to not...

Apple yanks $1,000-iPhone application

How much would you pay for a red icon on your iPhone that does nothing except remind people you're rich, shallow and daft? Eight people paid a cool grand immediately after the release of a third party application...

Foreclosure Looms in the building where the NY crane fell

The high-rise building in New York that was damaged by a crane that fell on it and killed seven people, is now facing foreclosure and loss of the entire property.In case you have forgotten the story, here is a...

Scrabulous leaves Facebook

Scrabulous addicts in the U.S. and Canada who try to play a round on Facebook today are in for a rude awakening, as they'll likely get this message when they click on the application:""Scrabulous is disabled for...

Gears of War Gets Big Screen Treatment

I've actually heard younger kids referring to Mad World as "that Gears of War song", because of the ubiquitous advert featuring a lone futuristic soldier facing a gigantic alien bug to the tune of the Tears for Fears classic.Now Gears gets the big-screen treatment. I predict...

The mom and the monster

"The matriarch of one of Hong Kong's richest corporate dynasties sat down with the city's most notorious crime bosses and negotiated the payment of a HK$600 million ransom for the release of her eldest son, The...

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