No date for Valentine’s Day? Well here’s something to do instead: Rovio’s Angry Birds game will be launched on Facebook on February 14th, letting you release some frustration by slamming cartoon birds into cartoony pig heads for free on the social network.
If you were already a geek back in the mid-90s, then here’s something for you. Programmer Aditya Ravi Shankar has posted a working, playable version of the original Command & Conquer (or “CnC” to you old-school geeks) that anyone can play online, using only a browser.
SteelSeries has just unveiled the Ion Wireless Controller, a wireless gamepad accessory that connects via Bluetooth for mobile gaming. It’s a little bit more unique than what you’d usually pick up from Logitech or Razer though. It won’t just work with PCs and laptops; it’s also designed to work with smartphones and tablets.
After Nokia unveiled their Windows Phone-based Lumia phones at Nokia World, Microsoft also gave a preview of the things you can do with a Windows Phone 7.5 device and an Xbox console. First off, a rather predictable smartphone remote function that’ll let you control the Xbox console’s video functions using your phone, letting you browse movies and movie info on the phone while something’s playing on the console, or as a plain remote that connects via Wi-fi.
