In a bid to maintain quality (and copy Apple?) Microsoft is laying down some ground rules for developers wanting to code apps for the Metro interface that’s new to Windows 8, due for release in Continue reading “Microsoft: Delivering Reliable and Trustworthy Metro Style Apps”. …more
By michaels •
May 18, 2012 at 7:04pm
Big Content routinely cries foul over ‘piracy’ of their precious content and on that basis, uses its formidable wealth to continue persecuting file sharers – that’s ordinary people like you and me – by trying Continue reading “Big Content’s Piracy Myth Busted: BitTorrent ‘Piracy’ Does Actually Boost Sales!”. …more
By michaels •
May 18, 2012 at 6:25pm
Looks like 2K games and Gearbox have been busy detailing their two special editions of Borderlands 2. First up is the “Deluxe Vault Hunter’s Collector’s Edition” which comes stacked with a Marcus bobblehead, map of Continue reading “Borderlands 2 Special Editions Revealed & Detailed”. …more
By rlemar •
May 18, 2012 at 2:16pm
It looks like alternative business models are alive and well in the world of PC video games. The crowd funding model, where the developer asks fans to pay money for the development of the game, Continue reading “EA Promotes Crowd Funded Games With Free 90-Day Distribution On Origin”. …more
By michaels •
May 18, 2012 at 1:40pm
Starting May today, Microsoft is to start promoting Windows PC sales, by giving away a free 4GB Xbox 360 with qualifying PCs. The promotion will be marketed at “hard working” students, who need to unwind Continue reading “Microsoft Promotes PC Sales With Free Xbox 360 From Today”. …more
By michaels •
May 18, 2012 at 1:10pm
Sources report that tech giant Apple Computer has placed orders for a new larger sized screen with its Asian suppliers of iPhone displays. The displays are reported to be ‘considerably’ larger than the 3.5″ screens Continue reading “Next Apple iPhone to feature larger screen”. …more
By Ken Brown •
May 18, 2012 at 1:19am
The anticipated rollout of two of HTC’s newest mobile phones, the One X and EVO 4G LTE have been delayed due to Apple Computer’s litigation against the Taiwan company HTC. This is yet another round Continue reading “HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE Banned From the US”. …more
By Ken Brown •
May 18, 2012 at 12:53am
Like many companies and organizations around the world, Intel has a Green agenda. Therefore, it has set itself quite a few goals that it wants to achieve by 2020, such as the usual reductions in Continue reading “Intel Going Green, Aims To Have Conflict-Free CPUs By End of 2013”. …more
By michaels •
May 17, 2012 at 7:30pm
Valve’s Steam platform is very successful, so it isn’t surprising to see others copy some of Steam’s features. Certain Games bought from the Sony PlayStation Network store for the PlayStation 3 can now be preloaded Continue reading “Sony Introduces PlayStation Network Store Pre-Orders”. …more
By michaels •
May 17, 2012 at 6:52pm
SAPPHIRE’s Vapor-X cooling technology, first intruduced in 2007 with the HD 3870 ATOMIC Edition graphics card, is known for excellent cooling along with quiet running. SAPPHIRE have now introduced it to their 7000-series in the Continue reading “SAPPHIRE Introduces Overclocked HD 7770 Vapor-X Graphics Card”. …more
By michaels •
May 17, 2012 at 5:48pm
Diablotek recently announced the companies latest PC enclosure, the Titan XT. Diablotek is known for budget friendly cases for under $50, so this might be of interest to many of our readers that need to Continue reading “Diablotek Introduces the TITAN XT Mid Tower PC Case”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 17, 2012 at 4:03pm
Epic Games is a major games studio that’s been around what seems like forever and they are also the people bringing the amazing Unreal Engine 4 to the world. So, you wouldn’t expect them to Continue reading “UE4 Development Being Assisted By Pitbull Studio”. …more
By michaels •
May 17, 2012 at 3:28pm
In a Wired article about the state of gaming, consoles and Unreal Engine 4, Epic released some, well, epic, screenshots of a demo showing off what UE4 is capable of. It’s so good in fact, Continue reading “Unreal Engine 4 Amazing Demo Screenshots Released”. …more
By michaels •
May 17, 2012 at 3:00pm
BitFenix is proud to introduce two brand new fan controllers designed to put the user in the driver’s seat Recon and Hydra Pro. Recon is the world’s first Internet-connected fan controller. After installing the included Continue reading “BitFenix Launches Recon and Hydra Pro Fan Controllers”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 17, 2012 at 12:16pm
Kyle Bennett over at [H]ard|OCP has learned that EVGA is recalling their GeForce GTX 670 SuperClocked (SC) video cards due to some bad products that managed to get out the door. It appears that some Continue reading “EVGA Recalls GeForce GTX 670 SuperClocked Video Cards”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 17, 2012 at 8:44am