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Microsoft IllumiRoom Expanding Video Content to Your Room
Microsoft’s IllumiRoom takes us one step closer to achieving a 100% immersive gaming experience, without needing any virtual reality headsets. The IllumiRoom, first unveiled at the CES in January, combines the virtual and physical worlds to literally take game visuals outside of your TV set and project them around... Read more
Free-to-play Dust 514 Out May 14
After four years of waiting, it has been officially announced that Dust 514, the much anticipated free-to-play first person shooter from CCP Games, will be released on May 14, exclusively for PlayStation 3. A PlayStation Vita version will be available this summer. The game was first announced in 2009... Read more
This Week’s Top 5 Trending Videos
This week’s selection of the top 5 trending videos is all about having fun. There is some element of humor in each video and you would surely have a good time watching them. The videos include the President riding a bike, Cheech and Chong trying pot and Will Wheaton.... Read more
Star Trek The Game Review
Hardcore trekkies were probably very excited to hear that this year they would get a double Star Trek treat: a follow-up to the successful 2009 feature film which pretty much breathed new life into the franchise and a video game with their favorite characters. Unfortunately, although tied in with... Read more
Dell Server Sales Gain Ground on HP
Dell’s President of Enterprise Solutions, Marius Haas recently revealed Dell Server sales for the first quarter of 2013. Haas was pleased with the performance of the company in this sector and commented that the company was progressing. With momentum in its favor, Dell was posing a serious challenge to... Read more
Budweiser Buddy Cup: Making Bar Buddies Facebook Friends
Picture this: You had a late night with your friends, had one drink too many and don’t really remember how you got home. When you check into Facebook the next day, you find your home page flooded with statuses, pictures, posts etc., made by people you don’t really know... Read more
Call of Duty Ghosts to Be Released November 5
The title of next installment in the widely popular Call of Duty franchise has been officially confirmed by publishers Activision, which also announced a release date for the game. Call of Duty Ghosts will hit the shelves on November 5. The game will be first released for PC, Xbox... Read more
New Xbox May Have Video Capture Capabilities
As the May 21 big reveal of Microsoft’s next generation Xbox console is drawing near, more and more rumors about what the console can or cannot do are flooding the Internet. The latest reports suggest that the Xbox 360 successor will be called Xbox Infinity and will have video-capture... Read more
BitTorrent Sync P2P Sharing Rivals the Cloud
A growing number of cloud storage alternatives have emerged recently, as people are looking for more storage space for their information and easy access to their data from any location. Those who are looking for an alternative to cloud-based file management solutions such as Dropbox, for instance, should consider... Read more
Michael Dell Keen to Continue PC Investment
It is no secret that Michael Dell wants to buy out his company. The founder of Dell is one of the leading candidates to buy out the shares of Dell privately and obtain complete control. In collaboration with Silver Lake, Michael Dell has offered to pay around $24 billion... Read more
Is The Samsung Galaxy S IV A Hit?
A little more than a month after the official Samsung Galaxy S IV features were announced, real people around the world are starting to get their hands on actual handsets. If you think about it, the wait has not been that long, but the hype certainly has been impressive.... Read more
Electronic Touch Pen Makes TV Set Interactive
It appears we are living in an increasingly tactile world. No matter where we look, we are bound to see something with a touchscreen: a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop and so on. A Japanese company is working on technology designed to turn any flat surface, starting from magazines... Read more
Dell in Dire Straits after Blackstone Exit
Blackstone Group LP has finally withdrawn their bid for PC maker Dell. The group had been weighing up the price it should offer for buying Dell but eventually decided to remove itself from the race. Until then, it was a three-way battle, with the other major contender being founder... Read more
Happy Birthday, Superman!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s…! Well, we all know how that goes, right? But have you ever wondered why? What is it that actually makes Superman so recognizable? Is it the red cape and blue suit? Is it his invincibility and uber-cool super powers?... Read more
Facebanx Facial Recognition Combats Online Fraud
Rampant online fraud and identity theft could be considerably reduced with the help of new, innovative software. The concept is developed by tech company Facebanx and combines video chat with facial recognition technology. The software has the same name as its developer and was designed as a weapon against... Read more
Motorola Planning Android Phones That Are “Just Right”
Some people like it really small. Others like it ginormous. Whatever “it” is, there is always a market for the “just right” size, and the smartphone niche is no different. There are people who like phones that they can wrap their hands around. There are those who yearn for... Read more
Google Glass One Year Away From Public Release
Developers are playing around with the new Google Glass platform and that experimentation will last for at least the next year. Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt revealed on Monday that Google Glass is “probably a year-ish away.” With developers currently testing the Google Glass platform time is needed to... Read more
Tribeca Film Festival Short List of Vine #6SecFilms
The organizers of the Tribeca Film Festival highlighted just how simple, everyday technology can be used to create something that will stand out and showcase your talent with #6SecFilms. The competition was announced a month or so ago, encouraging users of the popular app Vine to send in their... Read more