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Having claimed last week that the white version of the iPhone 4 would be launched in key territories by the end of this month, Apple has now indefinitely delayed the arrival of the device. A statement from the firm reads: White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have continued to …

Nokia has revealed net sales of €10 billion for the second quarter of 2010, up 1% year-on-year – although down 4% at constant currency. The company sold 111.1 million mobile devices in Q2, up 8% year-on-year, with 24 million of those being smartphones (up 42% in the same period). Nokia …

Dead Rising ban in Germany sparks decision not to go

Electronic Arts could be the latest company to dedicate an entire studio to Kinect and motion control game development. The publisher announced today that it will move its Salt Lake team to a new 20,000 square foot building in the Utah capital. EA Salt Lake was in another life the …

Siliconera is reporting that Firemint’s hugely popular line-drawing puzzle game Flight Control is heading for a PSN release as a PlayStation Move compatible title. The claims come as part of the confirmed launch date of September 15th for Move in Korea. Two other PSN Move games have also been announced …

North Carolina region to be awarded 15 per cent tax relief

You can now read the digital edition of this week’s MCV magazine – simply point your browser here. You can download the PDF edition or flick through the pages online. Alternatively, for iPad owners, please give our iPad edition a try by downloading it for free from iTunes. In the …

There are significant doubts about whether the success 3D has seen at cinemas can translate to the home. For one, consumers have only just upgraded to HD, and it’s going to take something big to encourage adoption of another large, flatscreen TV – especially as 3D TVs currently cost over 1,000. …

James Cameron’s Avatar was a watershed moment for entertainment. It generated $2.73 billion at the box office – 90 per cent of which came from 3D screens. And almost overnight the TV, film and video game worlds rushed to embrace the new 3D phenomenon. In February, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony …

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