Microsoft has announced that a major update to the Xbox 360 Dashboard will be available today. The new firmware gives the menu system a redesign, and adds Kinect functionality. In addition, the update will add ESPN3, refreshed Avatars, and a new voice codec for chat. According to joystiq, "Microsoft emailed fall Dashboard ... Continue Reading

Google is doing it's best to combat fragmentation of the Android world, and has now updated their buildt in Gmail app. When you buy a new Android phone, it already has a series of built-in Google services. But when it comes to important updates, many built-in apps has not been updated ... Continue Reading

Sony has released version 3.50 of the software for PlayStation 3, and this enables the long-awaited support for 3D movies. PlayStation 3 is now even more compatible with 3D, since support for 3D games was released earlier this spring. The update to version 3.50 makes the PS3 capable of playing Blu-ray ... Continue Reading

Sony announced today that a software update that enables support for 3D movies is just around the corner. PlayStation 3 already supports 3D games, but 3D Blu-ray is not supported yet and it requires another firmware update. This update (version 3.50) is now announced to be released september 21th. The Japanese branch ... Continue Reading

Sony has released a new update for the PlayStation 3, obviously to stop the jailbreak of the machine. A few weeks ago, a jailbreak tool making it possible to run pirated material on the PlayStation 3 was announced. In the new firmware, version 3.42. this exploit is completely patched. Besides removing ... Continue Reading

The iOS 4.1 Software Update is the first major update to iOS 4, bringing Game Center, new iTunes features, high dynamic range photography and more to iPhone. Apple's just announced iOS 4.1 boasting a number bug fixes and some pretty notable additions. Those fixes include remedies for the ... Continue Reading

The blog tool WordPress 3.0 has been released with a host of powerful and long-awaited news for bloggers. Now the single most popular platform among blogging tools, WordPress, have been released in version 3.0. The development of this new version has been going on for six months and contains many interesting ... Continue Reading

An update to Firefox is scheduled for next week. Version 3.6.4 is said to fix stability issues in the current version. The new version includes support for the something that that Mozilla calls OOPP (Out-Of-Process Plugins). This means that plugins such as Flash, Java and Silverlight will run in separate processes, ... Continue Reading

Tuesday night Apple released a new beta version of iPhone OS 4.0 along with an update for Final Cut Server. Apple has released new beta versions of iPhone OS 4.0, as well as the related software development kits (SDK). Registered developers can download ... Continue Reading

Microsoft has released the controversial update to stop pirated versions of Windows 7. Last week Microsoft announced that they will release an update for Windows 7 to be able to detect over 70 different pirate methods. The update that in fact ... Continue Reading

PlayStation 3 will have support for both games and movies in 3D during the summer via a free firmware update. In fact there will be two updates for the PS3, one enabling 3D gaming and the other for 3D video content. It has been known for a while ... Continue Reading