Digia acquires Qt from Nokia, plans to enable it on Android, iOS, and Windows 8

Digia acquires Qt from Nokia, plans to enable it on Android, iOS, and Windows 8:






Digia announced today that it has agreed to acquire the Qt business and software technologies from Nokia for an undisclosed fee. After selling its Qt commercial licensing and services business to Digia back in March 2011, Nokia is selling off its entire Qt team. Digia plans to "quickly enable" Qt on Android, iOS, and Windows 8 devices according to the company. Head of Nokia strategy, Sebastian Nyström, says the company is "proud of the contributions we've made to Qt over the past four years," and that the Digia acquisition will allow Qt to "continue as a successful open source project."
The Qt framework, pronounced cute, is used in a number of applications like Adobe Photoshop Elements, VLC, Skype, and Autodesk Maya. Google, Samsung,...
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Galaxy Note 10.1 just hitting shelves, already said to be rooted

Galaxy Note 10.1 just hitting shelves, already said to be rooted:

Only two days after Samsung announced the availability of the Galaxy Note 10.1 (and its source code), it appears to already have been rooted. An XDA user named Zedomax claims to have pulled off the feat by injecting root into the stock European firmware, then installing the superuser'd version in conventional ODIN fashion. With the usual bricking caveats, that'll let you start installing unsanctioned apps to the pen-enabled beast, while apparently still getting OTA updates from the mother company. We'd love to verify it ourselves with our own GT-N8000, but we don't have one yet -- and neither does hardly anyone else, so you may want to wait for some other brave soul to confirm it before going ahead.
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Galaxy Note 10.1 just hitting shelves, already said to be rooted originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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OUYA's Kickstarter funding is complete: over $8.58 million raised, starts shipping in March (update: still going)

OUYA's Kickstarter funding is complete: over $8.58 million raised, starts shipping in March (update: still going):

It's a wrap! Suffice it to say, it's a been a relatively short, yet astoundingly fruitful -- and initially record-breaking -- funding run for OUYA, the hackable, Android-based gaming console. With just 29 days to work with since being announced, the Yves Behar-designed system has raked in over $8.58 million thanks to just under 63,300 backers on Kickstarter as of its official 1AM ET funding deadline today. Those who opted for developer editions will be able to start tinkering with their own units around December, while the majority of backers should receive the console as early as March 2013. Missed the Kickstarter bandwagon? Don't fret, because OUYA plans to take pre-orders from the general public over the web soon, expecting those units to arrive at doorsteps near April.
The numbers are only part of the picture, of course. If you'll recall, OUYA swiftly acquired a slew of partnerships from companies like OnLive, Square Enix, XBMC, Vevo, and Robotoki -- and as if that wasn't enough, just yesterday Namco Bandai and Plex officially joined the content-providing party as well. What's more, we now know that each console will support up to four of those touchpad-equipped controllers for local multiplayer action. Even with all that, this story is far from over, as Joystiq points out that Julie Uhrman and company "promise" to have more updates before its official launch. Naturally, it still remains to be seen how OUYA's (literally) tiny, Tegra 3-powered footprint will fare against the big three in gaming, but we're cautiously optimistic.
So, while the final, mass-produced product is still months away, in the meantime you'll find a recap of all the highlights from OUYA in the nifty saga module below. You can also hit up our friends at Joystiq here for extra insight from the company about its successes so far.
Update: Despite the timer hitting zero, it appears that pledges are still being accepted past the 1AM deadline -- better be quick! We'll be sure to update the numbers again as soon pledging is officially halted.
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OUYA's Kickstarter funding is complete: over $8.58 million raised, starts shipping in March (update: still going) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Old Galaxy S III concept causes Galaxy Note II confusion

Old Galaxy S III concept causes Galaxy Note II confusion:






Yesterday, Samsung's Pakistani Facebook page posted the above image briefly, sparking a flurry of discussion and debate about it being an inadvertent early reveal of the Galaxy Note II. Alas, this isn't the first time we've seen the paricular concept — and a fan-made concept is precisely what it is — given that it figured prominently in speculation about the Galaxy S III way back in December of last year. The guys over at Concept Phones were among a number of publications that were informed by Samsung Russia that the rendering before them was merely part of an "Imagined Phones" section to the Samsung Phone Owners' Club website. So if you weren't already sure this rendered phone is not the Galaxy Note II by virtue of its impossibly...
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Game Developers: Port Your XNA Windows Phone Games To Windows 8 Using MonoGame

Game Developers: Port Your XNA Windows Phone Games To Windows 8 Using MonoGame:

The only way to build games on Windows 8 and publish it on Windows Store is to use HTML5/JS, XAML/C#, XAML/VB or C++ and DirectX. But if you already have a XNA game codebase, you need not rewrite your whole codebase.
Windows Phone Game developers can now easily port their XNA games to Windows 8 Metro environment using MonoGame. MonoGame is an Open Source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework. It allows XNA developers on Xbox 360, Windows & Windows Phone to port their games to the iOS, Android, Mac OS X, Linux and Windows 8 Metro.
ARMED! is the first game ported to Windows 8 Metro using MonoGame and it is now available on the Windows Store.
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Sony Announces Payday: The Heist Wolfpack Bundle; Check Out the DLC’s Launch Trailer

Sony Announces Payday: The Heist Wolfpack Bundle; Check Out the DLC’s Launch Trailer:

Payday: The Heist Wolfpack is officially out now on PlayStation Network. The new DLC adds two new heists–Undercover, where you’ll be stealing money from the IRS into your own personal account, and Counterfeit, where keeping the cops away while performing a secret operation in Florida is key. In addition to the two new heists, you’ll also receive 4 new weapons in the Grenade Launcher, AK Rifle, Sentry Gun and Stryk Pistol.… Read more

EA releases Origin 9.0 client

EA releases Origin 9.0 client:






A new iteration of the Origin client was released today, with version 9.0 currently available for download.
The new version introduces a number of cosmetic updates, such as the ability to move and hide the friends list, the introduction of a slider to allow users to resize game tiles, updated game tiles with high resolution box art, navigation options for the Origin system tray menu, and a revamped My Games tab.
The update also fixes a number of known bugs such as the FIFA 12 invitation bug that was blocking some users from receiving invitations, and another issue that prevented players from being able to properly patch their games.
The update will be automatically applied when Origin is started up.
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