Yesterday, Sony finally revealed the released date for the highly anticipated title Uncharted 2. and in addition they even revealed confirmed pre-order details.

The first Uncharted game blew a hole in the roof with it's extraordinary breath taking graphics and gameplay. We have no reason to doubt that Uncharted 2 will do the same and will not disappoint us. So get ready to mark your calendars as Uncharted 2 is set to release on October 13th this year.

Mad Catz Interactive Inc is a leading worldwide provider in the interactive entertainment sector.They recently announced two Limited Edition Street Fighter IV Arcade FightSticks (The Tournament Edition and The Fight Pad).

It will be made available exclusively for purchase at the official Capcom booth at the 2009 Comic-Con International Convention taking place between July 22nd through to July 26th 2009 at the San Diego Convention Center.

These really are one of a kind collectible accessories. The Arcade FightStick: Tournament Edition will be limited to 250 units for the Xbox 360 console and 250 units for the PS3 console, with each unit being sequentially numbered. The Fight Pad will be limited to 500 units for the Xbox 360 and 500 units for the PS3 (Fight Pad will not be sequentially numbered). This all is a result of close collaboration between Mad Catz and Capcom.

Roentgen D. Reyes, Art Director of Mad Catz said:

“When we set out creating the Limited Edition artwork we knew that we had to create an impactful design that was radically different from the previous imagery and color schemes. With that in mind we chose not to concentrate on a group of characters but instead produce something targeted to the fan community.”

While Darren Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz said:

“The Limited Edition Street Fighter IV range we are introducing for Comic-Con is a further example of the opportunities presented by working with world class partners such as Capcom. ”

The Tournament edition controller will be sold at a price of $179.99 for both consoles while the Fight Pad will be marked with a price of $49.99, this too will be for both of the consoles.

The FightSticks will be made available beginning on the preview night of July 22nd and will be available on a first come first serve basis only from Capcom at the 2009 Comic-Con Convention.

If you were not a fan of browser start-pages like iGoogle, Yahoo! and Live, wait till you see the revamped edition of the Yahoo! homepage which now boasts more social and interactive features.

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Yahoo! has been working on a new homepage since September last year and finally this new edition of the homepage is being rolled out to everyone, starting from users in the U.S.

Remember the hack we shared recently to manually enable Push Notifications on Jailbroken iPhones running OS 3.0? It did work but you will have to agree that the procedure was a little difficult and long to follow.

So to your delight, we have discovered an app in Cydia that would fix Push Notifications on your iPhone instantly. Its called Push Fix and all you need to do is install the app, no more tutorials or hacks to follow.

The app is not available in the default Cydia repositories so you will need to add http://cydia.iphoneil.net to the list of sources and then refresh. Once done, simply find and install 'Push Fix' and reboot your iPhone. Now make sure the Notifications are turned on in the Settings app and try it with any app from the App store that supports Push Notifications, such as Beejive IM.

From what we have tested ourselves so far, Push Notifications is a great and innovative new technology by Apple that helps you receive notifications from apps without having to ruin any battery life over background apps but the thing is that it comes with a price, which is that it runs on the cloud.

As a large community of the iPhone already seems to be having problems with this new technology, its hard to say how Apple will manage to make it survive in the long-run, or perhaps Apple will be left with no choice but to look further into enabling background apps in future versions of iPhone OS.

Microsoft may achieve a greater success in the future as the company has hired George Blankenship, Former Vice President Real Estate Apple Inc. George is considered to be the master in choosing location for opening the retail store. He was the prime hunter for locations for opening Apple retail stores.

The former Apple executive will be working as Microsoft's consultant to it's retail stores venture which the company plans to launch this fall. His exclusive experience in the field could help Microsoft as the company aims to showcase its products more effectively in its very own retail stores. The stores are expected to be opened in the proximity of Apple stores as the company's COO Kevin Turner said:

We're going to have some retail stores opened up right next door to Apple stores this fall.

The idea of exclusive retail stores chain took fire when Microsoft failed to promote its Zune HD and Xbox more effectively as compared to the rival brands. Even though Microsoft spent millions of dollars on the promotion campaign but still the company couldn't attain the desired results through third party retail stores.

George is believed to be the man behind the success of Apple retail stores as he was instrumental in selecting the ideal location. His idea of opening the store in high-traffic area and the central shopping neighborhood has proved to be successful for the company.

Die hard fans of every game go for the collector's edition version of their favorite titles and same is the case with Mordern Warfare 2 which is being released on November 10 this year.

While you're welcome to buy the game, you will also be given the option to get yourself the Prestige Deluxe Edition.

According to a discovery by Softpedia on the Mozilla Wiki, the user-interface for Firefox 3.7 will be redesigned to give make use of the Windows 7 features and also make it visually appealing on both Vista and Windows XP.

Mockups for the Firefox 3.7 UI in Windows Vista and XP can be seen below (click to enlarge):

As the message on the wiki says, these mockups are nothing but only for exploration and brainstorming so there is a good chance that the final UI for Firefox 3.7 would be pretty much different than these ones.

Here are some of the important features of this UI as mentioned in the wiki:

1. Embracing Glass: Toolbar and Tabs using Glass. Buttons translucent and slightly glossy to meld with the toolbar. Raised 3D lookachieve tactile "feel".
2. Page Button: Connect the Page button to the left side of the tab area. Directly connected to the Page.
3. Tools/Bookmark Bar: Connecting the Tools button to the side of the Window to emphasize the fact that it is used for customizing and changing the UI. Adding a button next to that to toggle the Bookmarks Bar which is turned off by default.

Right now, the only information provided by Mozilla is that it is planning to incorporate this new design in Firefox 3.7 and no roadmap for the release of this version has been so far provided.

Its definitely a clever move by Mozilla as Firefox has everything in it, speed, security and now all what we need is a stylish new UI.

While the iPod Touch is considered to be an amazing device just like the iPhone since it boasts the iPhone OS and has support for thousands of apps, it still lacks behind the iPhone in features such as a microphone and camera. Right now the functionality of a Mic can be used on an iPod Touch only by purchasing 3rd party hardware modules.

Well of course Apple needs to keep a distance between the iPod Touch and iPhone in order to cater for their respective markets but from what sources at Wired say, the gap may be bridged soon in the next model update of the iPod Touch.

Ever since video games got under the eyes of politicians, it has been a shaky relationship between both of them. If it was up to them they would send us back to the stone age but thankfully we still get to play games like Bioshock and will get to play God Of War 3.

But this is what you don't want; your company being the target of assault by an international hero Barack Obama. President Obama who strangely was for video games at the start of his campaign now openly disses Microsoft in a recent speech at the NAACP 100th anniversary event.

Now this is what I love dearly about PC gaming. Sure we don't get some of the great titles (damn you Blizinski) but look on the bright side we get plenty of other marvelous stuff for the titles we have. The same was expected of Street Fighter 4 as soon as it was released on PC.

Within a short time modders had already started working on it and brought out some of the finest custom made skins there is. In addition to that our hard working modders even brought out a nude patch for the game. Take that consoles, hoorah.