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Deekit May Be the Brainstorming Tool You Need
If you’re someone who’s like me and is tired of spending money buying countless whiteboards for your projects, Deekit might be for you. Deekit is an online tool designed for just about everyone from developers and engineers to students and freelance designers. The concept focuses almost exclusively on simplicity to…
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Virtual Reality Just Got an Upgrade
If you thought the Oculus Rift and Sony Morpheus were awesome, wait until you see the work being done with The Void. The ambitious goal is slated to be “The Future of Entertainment”, only limited by the imagination. A bold claim, but a deeper look at what the project is…
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Soon You Can Get a Computer for Just $9
The first computer, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), weighed about twenty-seven tons and took up about 1,800 square feet of space. Over on Kickstarter, Next Thing Co. is taking funding for a project called C.H.I.P which is tiny. Actually, tiny is an understatement because this fully functioning computer is…
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Pizza Hut App Saves Hostage and Children
Emergent uses of technology spring up all the time but rarely in a way that is life-saving, such was the case for Florida woman named Cheryl Treadway. According to a press release from the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, May 4th, Treadway was being held against her will by her…
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Could FutureMUD Revitalize Text-Based Gaming?
FutureMUD has been something I, personally, have been excited about for years and to hear that the first working demonstration is coming makes me drool in anticipation! MUDs, or Multi-User Domains, are primarily text-based real-time virtual worlds that are generally used for Role-Playing Games. The technology is certainly nothing new, having seen early…
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Kojima Productions Facebook Dead
According to an article on Design & Trend, the Kojima Productions Facebook page is official dead and gone, leaving only a grim reminder in the form of a Facebook display messaging reading “Facebook account migration announcement”. With the recent confirmation by Konami that the Silent Hills title had been cancelled…
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Survival Game Update Roundup
Last week brought a variety of changes to some of your favorite survival games and we’ve got a consolidated list of the major shake-ups right here on eTeknix. DAY Z To start off the list on a lighter note, Day Z released a status update on April 29th to highlight…
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Eve: Valkyrie Pre-Alpha Registration Ongoing
The world of virtual reality is ever-expanding and what better way than to have a Triple-A game, released by the Sci-Fi experts over at CCP Games, as a launch title for the Oculus Rift? Earlier this year CCP Games announced that the title was beginning registration for Pre-Alpha for Eve Online and Dust 514…
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Twitter Cuts Support for MS-DOS Embedding
It’s always nice to be able to play retro games, if only for the nostalgia, and for a short-lived time you could do this through Twitter’s services by embedding MS-DOS games directly in a tweet from the internet archives. However, as revealed yesterday by VentureBeat, it seems that Twitter wasn’t…
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Game Developers Support Nepal Earthquake Relief Funding
It’s always heart-warming when gamers and developers come together to help out when catastrophe strikes. Last week, on April 25th, a 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake hit Nepal with an aftershock of 6.6 and a second aftershock measuring 6.7 the next day. The death toll climbed to more than 6,800 people, according…
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