Category: Desktops
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Apple tease new LED Cinema Display with OS X Lion and Thunderbolt I/O
It would seem that whilst Apple are giving an overhaul to the whole Mac range to herald the arrival of OS X Lion this week and new data transfer I/O system Thunderbolt – the latest range of monitors is set to include a new Cinema Display model. There’s been no official word, however the Apple website […]
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Microsoft registers “microsoft-sony.com” domain – What does it mean?
Microsoft seems to have gone and grabbed itself the internet domain name “microsoft-sony.com” and at the moment we can only speculate as to what the reasoning is behind this. The web address certainly provokes some interesting theories.. As well as registering the aforementioned domain, Microsoft has also acquired “sony-microsoft.com” both suggesting some kind of partnership is in the […]
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Microsoft’s Kinect is caught on video used as surgical aide
Here’s proof that Microsoft’s Kinect is truly cutting edge – as today we’ve seen the motion control system, most familiarly known as a fun gaming novelty, amazingly used as a functional aide in surgical procedures. The Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center in Canada has demonstrated in a video how they’ve been introducing Xbox 360’s Kinect into […]
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Rovio bigger than PopCap. PopCap bigger than Zynga – It’s a gaming war of words!
Big gaming news emerged yesterday when EA Games (Electronic Arts) announced it had snapped up “casual” online games company PopCap for over $1-billion – Aquiring the developers behind ever-popular classics such as Bejewelled, Alchemy and Chuzzle as well as publishers for a range of apps for desktop PCs, Nintendo DS to iPhone and Android mobiles. Today […]
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Microsoft says no go to Mango on slates
Speaking at the Worldwide Partners Conference on Tuesday, President of the Microsoft Phone Division, Andy Lees has advised tablet owners not to get too behind the idea of a WP7 Mango update for what CEO Steve Ballmer refers to as the “tablets and slates”. Tablets are still too close to PCs for the Windows Phone […]
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Xbox 360 games supported on Microsoft Windows 8?
The latest little snippet of gossip regarding Microsoft console-to-PC crossover gaming has popped up online and this rumour suggests that with the upcoming Window 8 will bring Xbox 360 disc support. Teknylate – a fellow tech web site – reports all Xbox 360 titles will be playable through the new operating system and that some […]
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Star Trek PADD app for iPad sees sci-fi tech come full circle
The fantasy technology of Star Trek has always been ahead of its time and has very much inspired future generations. You can see the influence of Gene Roddenberry’s universe in many of the gadgets we use today particularly in the developments of early mobile phones (remember the flip front communicators of the 1960s original?) and […]
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Cryptex USB flash drive inspired by “Da Vinci Code” devices
Forget locking up your data through your laptop. We really don’t think there’s a better way to encrypt your secret files than with an actual encryption coded USB gadget – Bringing the Da Vinci Code to life in the 21st Century! A Russian chap who goes by the name of “Tarator” has based his one-of-a-kind […]
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Microsoft CEO thanks partners and talks Windows 7 (and 8) at annual WPC
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer opened the company’s yearly Worldwide Partner Conference by thanking the 64,000 worldwide partners – 15,000 of which were represented at the first day of the 4-day event. He praised them for helping the Windows 7 operating system become the fastest selling in history with 400 million licences sold in under two years. […]
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Window 8 full build leaked on eBay – Official pre-beta expected today
Want the latest build of Windows 8, the crossover desktop and tablet operating system? Look no further than online car boot sale eBay to find the latest (leaked) version of the anticipated Microsoft OS – 2 months before its expected release at the BUILD Developer Conference. We wouldn’t seriously suggest that you take the not-so-legit […]
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Star Wars: Galactic Warfare unofficial mod blasts onto Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
No, this isn’t a snippet of a new Star Wars game.. Not officially anyway. This is the massive-scale mod for Activision‘s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare that’s been in the works for over two years! The Galactic Warfare fan project was started a long time ago (2009 in fact) by a group of German […]
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Google + Project: Android app goes live – Zuckerberg admits account as “Circles” unofficially drops on Facebook
Everybody’s talking about Google+, the new online social experience from the Mountain View co. which is set to change the approach to social networking and bring back the importance of our relationships through the World Wide Web. There’s been massive interest in the new kid on the social block from the word “Go” and the […]