Month: August 2014
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PC-Exclusive Firewatch Announced at PAX 2014
The independent game development studio Campo Santo Productions announced their début title Firewatch at PAX 2014. The single-player first-person explorer follows Henry, who has taken up a summer job as a fire lookout in Wyoming’s wilderness with the only lifeline being radio chatter with another watch tower. The developers who…
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ArcheAge Launch Date and Open Beta Announced
The highly anticipated open-end MMORPG build on cryteks engine, ArcheAge, has gotten it’s official release date announced during PAX. Trion also announced an open beta period for everyone to test out the new world and go on an adventure. The open beta will start on Thursday, September 4 at 10:00…
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Antec High Current Pro Platinum 850W Power Supply Review
Introduction & Packaging When you think of Antec power supplies Seasonic instantly come to mind as they’ve been the OEM producer of a significant chunk of Antec’s products. However, when it comes to Antec’s extremely high end “High Current Pro” (HCP) platinum series, they actually use Delta Electronics. This is fairly…
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Identity of Japanese Batman Unveiled
There have been going reports around for a while about the mysterious Batman spotted in and around Chiba Prefecture in Japan. When the mysterious caped crusader was captured on camera and uploaded to YouTube, the whole thing went viral. There were a lot of speculation about who it could be,…
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15 Year Old Boy Who “Swatted” Gamer Convicted of Domestic Terrorism!
Update: Turns out this story was a hoax, the following article should be seen as satire at best. Recently we brought you news of someone being hit with a stupid and incredibly dangerous prank known as “swatting”, the act of calling the real SWAT police on another gamer. Today we have…
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Alienware Area 51 Gaming PC Sports Very Unique Chassis Design
I’m not a fan of what Alienware do, to my mind they’re the Bose of the computer world, selling massively overpriced products that are more show than go, especially when compared to the newer system integrators that are doing more for less. Yet with all that said and done, I…
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Dell Unveil Stunning Ultrasharp U3415W 34″ Ultrawide Monitor
Dell have blown the covers off of their latest monitor, the Ultrasharp U3415W. Their new panel is a whopping 34 inch curved display with a 21:9 aspect ratio and a tasty 3440 x 1440 resolution. Dell say that the wide field of view that you get with this aspect ratio on…
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Millions of Historic Images Added to Flicker by Internet Archive
Earlier this year the Internet Archive began culling over 14 million images from their public domain ebooks, then began uploading them to the Internet Archive’s Flickr account. This means that all of the historic images are now easily searchable and downloadable, something that wasn’t really possible before without downloading each…
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New Video Shows Halo 3 Running on Xbox One
Microsoft have finally revealed footage of Halo 3 running on the Xbox One. The footage was taken from the upcoming release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection which launches on the console later this year. The developers have already been eager to show off Halo 2, which has been given…
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Scientist Sends an Email 5000 Miles via Telepathy
Scientists have managed to send an email from India to France, a distance of about 5000 miles, using only the force of thought (and some technology). Okay, if it really is telepathy or not is a matter of opinion. The definition of the word (from Ancient Greek) is that tele…
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Microsoft Refuse to Give Emails Despite Court Order
Microsoft executives have obviously been listening to too much N.W.A (NSFW – some bad language) recently. Although ordered by the federal court, they are refusing to hand over overseas-held email data to the feds. Microsoft have stated that they will continue to hold on to this information as it waits for…
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Leaked Images of Sony’s SmartWatch 3 and SmartBand Surface
These grainy images depict Sony’s recent leak of an unannounced product promotion. Pictured above you can see the Sony Smartband, now said to be dubbed the SmartWatch 3, and Sony’s more streamlined SmartBand Talk. 9to5Google previously reported on the SmartWatch’s features: “The SmartWatch 3 will feature a 1.68-inch 320 x 320…
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Apples iWatch Rumored to Debut at $400
The hype for Apple’s new wearable device is ramping up. We previously reported on Apples update of their Health Kit policy and competitors such as Samsung preparing new devices in preparation for another large Apple release. Recode has just reported that Apple executives are currently discussing the release price for the iWatch:…
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The Coolest Cooler Breaks Kickstarter Records
The Coolest Cooler has broken the previous fundraising record on Kickstarter held by the Pebble Smart Watch with a staggering $13.285.226, the Pebble Smart watch only made $10.2 million. It sure looks like people take their time away from home serious and want to have the best cooler with them. And…
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Salt Water Powered Supercar Gets European Public Road Approval
The first mental picture I got in my head when hearing about this car was from That 70’s Show, the entire gang sitting in the basement and contemplating on the universe while Hyde goes on about “the government has a car that runs on water, man!”. Whether that was a…
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