See all of that gibberish? That is Wikipedia’s WHOIS record – which tells you who owns the domain, when does it expire and where it is hosted, etc. But this serves as proof for one thing – Wikipedia and all of its sister sites are no longer registered with GoDaddy.
Earlier, we find out that the iPad – sorry, the new iPad – will be coming out with a 4G version. However, Australia will be missing out of experiencing this – and its because how Telstra and Optus built their 4G LTE network. The bands they use are not supported by this iPad.
CEO Tim Cook has announced today there will be a brand new iPad at its press conference today. The new product will have the long awaited 264ppi Retina Display and 4G LTE support – so pretty much, the big things everyone wanted.
The Apple TV is getting a bit of an upgrade with support for full 1080p High Definition support and a brand new user interface that makes it easier – apparently, according to Apple – to access purchased content and stuff from iCloud and iTunes Match from the small device.
THQ and Microsoft have released new screenshots of the upcoming game Darksiders II. A sequel to the 2010′s Darksiders game, the player will take control of another legendary Four Horsemen – Horseman Death. The game will be released in the United States on June 26, with an Australian release sometime after. Gallery is after the jump.
Set five years after Fable III, new images have been released of its sequel Fable: The Journey. The game has no release date – other than sometime this year – and promises to have a “captivating narrative” and “heart-pounding action” thanks to Kinect integration. The gallery can be seen after the jump.
Announced back in 2010, Steel Battalion Heavy Armor is finally coming out for release. Coming soon for a June release as an Xbox 360 exclusive, it is set in 2082 where the world is “devoid of semiconductors, where war is waged with rudimentary weapons as new superpowers struggle for dominance”. Gallery is after the jump.
The much hyped continuation of the Halo series is about to get even bigger, with Halo Waypoint uploading a sneak peak of the upcoming Halo 4. The game will be the first not to be created by Bungie, but by Microsoft’s own 343 Industries. If you want to see the video (and as a bonus, the images released to the press), it’s after the jump.
Microsoft’s Spring Showcase was conducted very early in the morning, and now they have released what will be coming up on all of its gaming platforms. Also released are a couple of screenshots of Mass Effect 3 days before its release on March 8 in Australia. For more images, just click the “Read More” button.
Stewart Wilson TECHGEEK.com.au
A big experiment. That is what the Herald Sun is calling its brand new paywall. The Melbourne tabloid will introduce a brand new, cleaner design next week as part of its introduction of the paywall, and a two month free trial to all users.
Windows 8 is here – in beta, Nokia releases a 41 megapixel phone running on Symbian, and we finally get a date for an iPad 3 announcement. That’s this week on TECHGEEK Weekly.
If you haven’t realised, the Metcard is going to be scrapped in 2013. So that means, everyone must get a Myki card if they want to continue using the Melbourne public transportation system. But, while the card is fine, there should be another input method. One that could also solve the tourist problem that plagues Myki – your mobile phone.
Timeline is expanding! Facebook has announced that the new profile design will now be integrated to pages, meaning that companies will – like profiles – go all the way back to the past and add content easily to their very own “timeline”.
Is it Yahoo’s last stand? A report by the New York Times has revealed that the company is threatening Facebook with a patent lawsuit if it does not pay licensing fees for 10 to 20 patents it owns, which include advertising, web page personalisation, messaging and social networking. Yes, the signs of a dying company are definitely present.
What happens when you double the size of the Galaxy Note? Well, you get another tablet. Samsung has introduced the Galaxy Note 10.1 – and yes, like the smartphone (almost-tablet at 5-inches) of the Galaxy Note, it will include a stylus.