New Googleplex Established In Brussels

Google has branched out (or more accurately, built up) yet again. Simon Hampton, Director of European Policy and Public Affairs, announced today that the search giant’s established a Googleplex in Brussels, Belgium.
Hampton explained on the European Public Policy Blog, “Until now, our small policy team in Brussels worked from temporary abodes. From now on, you can find us at Chausse d’Etterbeek 180 1040 Bruxelles, right in the heart of the European quarter.”
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Strikeforce will be the ‘premier’ MMA league in EA Sports MMA

Strikeforce (UFC’s closest competitor here in the U.S.) promotes one of the bigger fights of the year tomorrow in Fedor vs. Brett Rogers. It takes place in Chicago, which explains why EA Sports just held a press conference there to reveal more details of its upcoming MMA game, entitled EA Sports MMA. EA Sports says that Strikeforce will be the “premier” mixed martial arts league in the game, and that well-known referee “Big” John McCarthy will be in the game.

The game, which Source: CrunchGear RSS Feed

 

Despicable Me Movie Trailer #2

In July we posted the teaser trailer for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me, a computer animated film about a trio of orphan girls cause the normally deplorable Gru to rethink his plan to steal the moon. The trailer mostly focused on a world which has had famous landmarks stolen and completely replaced by giant blow-up replicas. The main character of the movie – Gru, who is voiced by Steve Carell, made a little more than a cameo appearance. This new trailerSource: SlashFilm RSS Feed

 

Wendy’s Piles On The Bacon For New Ad Campaign

Wendy’s has a new interactive campaign called Real Time based around their Bacon Deluxe burger, and the quick-serve restaurant is relying on Facebook and Twitter users to spread the word about their latest bacon-centric offering.

The Facebook part of the ad campaign is accessible from a new “Bacon” tab on the Wendy’s fan page, and offers users a chance to proclaim their love for Bacon in their news feeds. To further spread word of the campaign, many of the items on theSource: Inside Facebook RSS Feed

 

The Top 25 Facebook Games for November 2009

It has been almost a year since we first started keeping track of the top 25 gaming applications on Facebook. In early December of last year, the top game was (Lil) Green Patch, with just over 6 million monthly active users. Today, Zynga’s FarmVille is in first place, with nearly 63 million monthly active users.

How times change. Facebook itself has grown from around 130 million monthly active users to more than 300 million. Social gaming has benefited from this growth, and alsoSource: Inside Facebook RSS Feed

 

European PSN releases for November 5

It’s another slightly skimpy week on the ol’ European PSN update. Let’s see … there’s some Brutal Legend DLC, a few new Rock Band tracks, and — oh! We finally got that PSOne Classic featuring everyone’s favorite Square Enix hero: Party Time with Winnie the Pooh. What? He was in Kingdom Hearts, remember?
Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list:
(Note: Continue past the break to view both release lists.)

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LittleBigPlanet celebrates its birthday with free costumes

With LittleBigPlanet’s first birthday coming up, it won’t be long until Sackboy grows up and turns into acne-riddled, smelly, moody Sackteen. Before he joins Myspace and listens to Linkin Park, enjoy these precious moments by grabbing a free birthday cake costume from the PlayStation Store this Thursday, November 5th.
If Sackboy’s edible outfit wasn’t good enough for you (selfish!), Media Molecule has upped the ante just a little bit: the launch-exclusive Spacesuit costume will also beSource: PS3 Fanboy RSS Feed

 

Internet Explorer marketshare drops below 65 percent

Electronista reports data from Net Application shows Windows’ marketshare dropped to 92.52 percent last month, while Mac OS X hit a new high with a marketshare of 5.27 percent. The third place goes to Linux with a marketshare of just 0.96 percent and the rest is split between mainly mobile operating systems. The site also notes that Windows 7 now represents 2.15 percent of the market.
Internet Explorer is still the dominant browser but it hit a new low in October by falling to 64.64Source: DV Hardware RSS Feed

 

Cowon W2 MID with Atom CPU revealed by Bluetooth SIG

Gadgets leaked by text are far less exciting than blurry, hurriedly-snapped photos, but we won’t turn up our noses at a preview no matter the method.  It now appears that Cowon have a touchscreen MID in the works, the Cowon W2, according to a test page at the Bluetooth SIG, though specifications are still scant.

In fact, all the listing tells us is that the Cowon W2 has an Intel Atom processor and that it has Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.  There’s some speculation that the MID might have a Source: SlashGear RSS Feed

 

Spider Camera Holster system lands for retail (video)

You saw our review, now the Spider Camera Holster is priced and ready for purchase. It’ll cost you $110 for the privilege of slinging your prosumer or professional DSLR from your hip; a price that fetches the SpiderPro kit that includes a $85 steel Spider Holster, $30 Spider belt, $7 pin, and $25 mounting plate (each sold separately). Of course, you can use the system with any point-and-shoot camera or camcorder sidearm by clipping or threading the Spider Holster onto your own belt. JustSource: Engadget RSS Feed