Tag: computer
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The Backpack PC – The Solution to High Power VR Portability
With the advent of VR comes the realisation that whilst our PCs and consoles are necessary for them to function, they aren’t exactly terrific for the whole movement while gaming thing. This is an issue as old as the dawn of the PC, and it’s something we’ve all experienced. You’re having a good time, you’re…
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BBC Micro Bit Mini PC Delayed Until 2016
The BBC are recently reviving and old ancient relationship which the corporation once had with computing. A long, long time ago, when computers were strange boxes filled with scary magic and command lines, the BBC put out the original BBC Micro computer. It was pretty big by our standards, but back then people were obviously…
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WWE 2K15 Announced for Windows PC – DLC Will Be Free
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FINALLY… WWE has come back to personal computers! And according to the announcement on the sport entertainment company’s official website WWE 2K15 for Windows PC is ‘only weeks away’ – bringing the likes of John Cena, Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan and other modern era wrestling heroes face-to-face with legends of the ring including Hulk Hogan…
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NSA Boasts Cyberwarfare Capabilities
Security agencies in America are notoriously embroiled in computer based methods of espionage, and outright warfare on the odd occasion. Now, hot off the presses from Edward Snowden’s leaked NSA secrets comes a good round of boasting from the NSA themselves, as the agency appears to be bragging about their formidable cyber warfare abilities against…
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Intel Reveals Tiny ‘Curie’ Computer
Intel have stepped up their push into the wearable sector, providing what seems to be a challenge to mobile chip sector giant Qualcomm, with the announcement of a new chip, named Curie, which adds computational functionality to the smallest of devices with minimal power usage. Curie is also incredibly small – the size of a…
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Steve Wozniak Debunks Apple Garage Myth
Above: Steve Jobs returns to the fabled garage years after Apple’s initial success. So up until now we’ve been lead to believe that the two Steves, Jobs and Wozniak, created the very first Apple I computer in a humble California garage, attached to Steve Jobs’s childhood home. But according to Steve Wozniak, the Apple…
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MIPS Creator CI20 Mini PC Available Now For $65
The massive success of the Raspberry Pi proved there is a valuable market for the low-cost, low-powered computers aimed at the developer and general enthusiast. And since the release of the Raspberry Pi, there have been a handful of companies attempting to replicate the same sort of success. Two years after the initial release of…
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BBC and Doctor Who Teach Kids Computer Skills in New Game
As part of BBC’s Make it Digital campaign children will be able to help The Doctor by learning basic computer coding to command a rogue Dalek in a new online game. In the game, called The Doctor and The Dalek young fans of the Beeb’s longstanding sci-fi series Doctor Who will be encouraged to use…
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‘iWatch’ Rumour Mill Keeps On Turning
The rumours and speculation on an alleged ‘wearable computer’ from Apple, aka the ‘iWatch’ (May not be actual product name) are running rife throughout the internet and of course amongst hushed groups of tech devotees as they gather around wi-fi hotspots across the globe. The ‘iWatch’ is purported to be a hybrid watch/computer worn on…
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The Elder Scrolls Online Voice Cast Revealed
If you’ve managed to memorise the cast of previous TES games, you’re either a die hard fan or an aspiring voice actor, keen to learn the mystic ways of the sorcerous microphone. The complete lack of notable cast members in previous titles does beg the question: does anyone really know who was behind the mic…
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Steam Machines: Coming to your living room at varying prices
If you weren’t aware before, Steam is the long-standing content delivery system created by Valve software, a company famous for making a game called Half-Life back around 1999 which became very well known, mostly for not spawning sequels even though numerous sequels were announced. It was also quite fun to play. To cut a long story…
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Xbox One Controller Will Pair With Windows PCs in 2014
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Microsoft is reported to be hard at work on making its Xbox One controller compatible with Windows PC games.