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Story War is a storytelling card game that encourages computergeeks to turn of their computers and interact with each other in real life. The game has been drawing a lot of attention on it’s Kickstarter campaign page. The original goal of the campaign was to raise $20,000. By the... Read more
Around half of all PC users run their machines on Windows 7. Hence, they are familiar with Microsoft’s web browser, the Internet Explorer. Microsoft had launched the Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) a few weeks back for their new generation operating system, Windows 8. Recently though, they decided to go... Read more
Most of us have encountered a news article, blog, or other web content that we want to read, but don’t have time to do so. It can also be difficult to reliably keep track of all of that web content. Fortunately, Amazon has devised a solution for this particular... Read more
Microsoft Continues With Hotfix Rollups for Windows 7
News March 24, 2013
There have been incessant rumors that Microsoft has ceased producing Service Packs. It is widely believed that the Service Pack 1 for Windows 7, which was released half a decade back, is the only one for the previous generation of the Windows operating system. However, the company has neither... Read more
Bluetooth Earbuds: The Next Big Thing in Portable Music?
News March 24, 2013
Have you ever found your earbuds in a tangled up mess? Rob Honeycutt, product designer of a new Bluetooth unit, tells earbud users to “Disentangle from the cumbersome earbud cord; add new functionality to your digital lifestyle. According to the company’s Kickstarter page, The Elroy Project intends to solve... Read more
Does New Ubuntu Interface Represent the Future of Linux?
News March 23, 2013
There is little doubt that Ubuntu has proved to be one of the most popular distributions of the open source OS, Linux. Canonical, the company which develops the different versions of Ubuntu is trying to branch the distribution out of the shadows of Linux. According to reports, Canonical has... Read more
Blackstone Contemplating Multi-Billion Dollar Dell Bid
News March 23, 2013
It is no secret that Michael Dell wants to buyout his company, Dell, the world’s third-largest maker of personal computers. So far, Silver Lake Management is the only party to come forward with a reasonable bid. According to the official word, the current offer for the buyout stands at... Read more
Not too long ago, PayPal moved in a new direction and got a new guy to head the company. David Marcus has gotten some good feedback, thanks to the things he has been doing for the company, and recently, we heard about a new acquisition which does have some... Read more
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Microsoft Most Open in Discussing Future Plans
News March 22, 2013
Apple is the leading company in the market for handheld devices. There are no two ways about it. However, when it comes to revealing plans about their upcoming products, they are extremely secretive. The company goes to great lengths to ensure that a device is only unveiled to the... Read more
Jawbone UP Now Works for Android Users
News March 22, 2013
The Jawbone UP is a fitness wristband and application that takes a holistic approach to a healthy lifestyle.The original Up was launched by Jawbone in late 2011 but was recalled because many customers were returning damaged devices. After some design changes that have made the wristband more durable, the... Read more
Asus GX1000 Is A Gaming Mouse On Steroids
News March 22, 2013
Asus on Wednesday unveiled the ‘Republic of Gamers GX1000’, a mouse that the company calls its first for ‘hardcore’ gamers. Outfitted with an aluminum body the mouse incorporates a wide set of programmable functions that help provide optimal gaming for users. The GX1000 is setup to help avoid mouse... Read more
With the advent of Siri came an onslaught of attempts by other applications to replicate Siri’s success. Luckily for Android users, there is a promising new voice controlled personal assistant that may be able to give Siri some serious competition. Not simply content to be a Siri clone, Utter... Read more
GNOME Co-Founder Now Uses a Mac
News March 21, 2013
Miguel de Icaza is well-known for being one of the founders of Linux GNOME and Mono. However, the software programmer recently revealed that he has been using a Mac device instead of a Linux one for the past several months. According to de Icaza, the various Linux versions are... Read more
Dota 2 is in Beta
News March 21, 2013
Dota 2 is an upcoming MMORPG game by Valve Corporation and is the sequel to the Defense of the Ancients mod for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, a multiplayer online battle arena mod, and its expansion pack, The Frozen Throne. The game will be free-to-play, will run on Microsoft... Read more
Several of Microsoft’s services experienced outages recently. Users trying to access Hotmail, Outlook.com and SkyDrive saw error messages reporting that something was wrong with them. Microsoft was quick to react to the situation and worked on repairing the glitches which caused the outage in the first place. They were... Read more
Just as Android mobile usage is on the rise, so is malware targeting Android users. According to a recent report from Kaspersky, malware on smartphones was up 780 percent last year, over the year prior. Of all of the mobile malware that was identified, 99 percent specifically targeted Android... Read more
Popular cross-platform messaging app, WhatsApp is now going to be available on BlackBerry 10, in spite of a previous statement from a member of the WhatsApp back in December of 2012. According to James Richardson of CrackBerry, a team member responded to his question via email by saying “We... Read more