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jeudi 24 mai 2012, 21:31
Capcom managed to successfully reinvigorate the Street Fighter franchise in 2009 with the launch of Street Fighter IV and subsequent updates. But the series has a very long history, and to celebrate the 25th Anniversary Capcom has decided to release a highly desirable...
Touchscreens that can handle input from multiple fingers are now commonplace and expected on consumer devices. But dealing with lots of different users on a single display still poses a problem, especially when you want that display to differentiate the input by person....
I’ve discussed before how streaming games services pose a serious threat to the traditional ways we consume games. I also expected Steam to jump on the bandwagon and introduce a streaming games service first, but Sony may have beaten them to the punch. This is just a rumor...
If you want to go and work for the NSA it’s going to take more than giving a good interview. The National Security Agency will carry out one of the most thorough background checks you will ever likely experience, and with good reason, as you are entering an organization...
When Google Drive finally launched after roughly a million years of waiting, we got desktop clients for Windows and OSX. As usual, poor unrequited Linux was left out in the cold. Google says a Linux client is coming, but why wait? A free open source Google Drive client...
Google takes a lot of pride in how secure Chrome is, and they’ve worked hard to bulletproof their browser. But you can’t plug all the holes all the time — especially not those created by extension developers that work for other companies. Companies like Yahoo!, who...
If you read the title to this article and said to yourself, “wait a minute, I thought the IE10 Metro browser wasn’t going to support plug-ins,” you’re not imaging things. That’s exactly what everyone thought Microsoft was doing. As it turns out, the reality is a bit more comp...
The Oracle v. Google trial has come to an abrupt end with the jury finding that Google did not infringe on Oracle’s Java patents when it developed Android’s Dalvik virtual machine. Because the majority of the copyright phase of the case also went to Google, the jury...
Ever since the earthquake in Japan last year and subsequent nuclear plant meltdown, power has been at a premium in the region. That, combined with how popular power-hungry portable gadgets such as smartphones and the 3DS is, has led manufacturers to come up with some...
Discovery is the enemy of the small app developer firm. The App Store and the Google Play Store are both so massive now that most users don’t do a whole lot in the way of searching to find apps. For the most part, the average user will go on suggestions from friends, or just...
mercredi 23 mai 2012, 23:20
Once in awhile a story comes across my desk that make me sit back a second and wish I had the Mythbusters team on speed dial to help judge if someone is trying to pull my leg. Falling squarely into this category is something that apparently took place back in 1993 and has...
If you want a set of the best earbuds in the world, it seems the AKG K3003 from Harman Audio will fit the bill for a tidy sum of $1300. If you want the cheapest set of earbuds available, then the ones that came with your music device (iPod, iPhone, or whatever cranks your...
My 3D design friends always look at me like I have three heads when I try to show them some new kind of 3D modeling toy. They look awesome to me, a guy who might be able to make a cube, but to real 3D modelers there’s usually just one game in town. Autodesk may
Rumors are swirling that Star Wars: The Old Republic has lost almost 400,000 subscribers. In response, BioWare has announced the 1.3 “Allies” update for the MMO, and is surely hoping it will help bring some players back into the fold. Contained within the update are several ...
The world at large may still be wondering if Chrome OS is ready for prime time, but that’s not stopping Samsung from taking a second kick at the can. Their Chromebox has made an early appearance on TigerDirect’s website, and it looks to be arriving soon with a $330 price...
Computers with Windows 8 pre-installed will begin hitting retail shelves some time this fall — and by the end of next year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says it’ll be running on half a billion computers worldwide. That’s quite a lofty goal. Microsoft sold around 240 million...
You might not be familiar with the name TCL, but they’re one of China’s largest television manufacturers. In fact, they’re the people who will be cranking out the new Uppleva TVs for Ikea. That makes today’s news from Hillcrest Labs all the more interesting: TCL has signed...
Super slippery coatings seem to be quite popular at the moment. We’ve already shown you the superhydrophobic spray that means no more clothes to wash, and then there was the superhydrophobic film promising to make circuit boards water resistant. Now MIT has come up with...
The Nvidia-powered Asus ME370T that was shown off at CES 2012 was a nice enough tablet, but who wants to pay $249 for a quad-core tablet when you can pick one up for just $199? Nvidia boss Jen-Hsun Huang said they were coming this year, and VP of Investor Relations Rob...
Western Digital may be the largest manufacturer of hard drives after its purchase of Hitachi’s storage business last year, but Seagate is hot on its heels with a surprising acquisition today. Seagate has announced that it is to acquire a controlling interest in premium storag...
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