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Leap Motion has released a new video that demos the powerful gesture technology of its PC and Mac compatible device. We already knew how accurate the ten-finger motion controller is, but this is the first time we’ve seen it officially demoed with Windows 8. Matter of fact, Leap Motion looks so fun and fast on Windows 8 that it practically makes the OS seem exciting again.
In the video, the user jumps from zooming to in to images, to rating ...
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection is a PS3-exculsive release coming 9 July, says Sony’s official blog. That’s US$50 for almost every Metal Gear Solid, ever. Konami has omitted the PSP-only Metal Gear Acid, Special Ops, and Revengeance. Here’s what you get for your US$50:
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (HD version with VR missions)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (HD version)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (HD version)
Metal Gear Solid: ...
Google+ Games, an online casual games site hosted within Google+, will shutter on 30 June 2013. Visiting the official site now shows an ominous yellow stripe that warns users that "Google+ Games will not be available after June 30, 2013”.
For those who still want to play a particular game, Google advises you to contact the developers of the game to see if there is an alternative site still hosting said title. Some games on Google+ Games are also now linking ...
To our knowledge, there are no commercially available Tegra 4 lappietablets (laptop/tablet hybrid computers, our term) and certainly none from HP, until now. HP’s just revealed the Split x2 and the SlateBook x2, two lappietablets running Windows 8 and Android respectively. Let’s begin with the Split x2.
HP’s Windows 8-running Split x2
The Split x2 is a Windows 8 device with a 13.3-inch HD screen, an i3 or i5 CPU, Beats Audio, an optional 500GB SSD (for some reason, HP won’t reveal ...
Some gadgets sometimes slip through the cracks, but not hopefully Nokia’s Universal Portable USB Charger. For roughly US$15-20 (based on the price of Nokia’s other external chargers), we’ll soon be able to pickup this enticingly cute portable 1720mAh charger from Nokia. It weighs 65g, measures 57x57mm and looks like a real life charging icon, made into a very attractive charger.
Nokia’s new charger, the DC-18 has a battery icon on the front that mimics the power status of most smartphones. Tug ...
Nokia’s latest Lumia, the 928, is up against the Galaxy S III again, in an audio test that shows off its “distortion-free audio recording”. Yesterday, the 928 demoed its HD-recording properties as the Windows Phone recorded a crisp, stutter-free action shot. This time, we’re in New York city as the Lumia 928 records a (literally) underground jazz band.
Nokia’s embedded a volume distortion meter is on the right-hand side of the video. Distortion happens in the red, it says and during ...
Sharp will use Kameyama Plant in Japan as the production site for the display of the iPhone 5S, this is according to Appleinsider.com (the original Japanese-language story from Nikkan.co.jp is here). The display for the iPhone 5S, if that’s what Apple plans to call it, will reportedly begin production in June 2013.
Additionally, Japan Display -- an LCD production conglomerate made up of Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba, and LG Display -- has already received a large order from Apple and production of iPhone ...
The Sims 4 is predictably official. Considering that The Sims is one of the most successful gaming franchises of all time, The Sims 4 comes as no surprise at all. Outside of The Sims 4 landing a 2014 release (date unknown), it’ll have an "offline single player experience.” We mention this because Maxis last game, Sim City, had one of the most hateful always-online DRM systems ever conceived by humankind.
Here’s how EA describes it: "The Sims 4 celebrates the heart and ...
HP’s ProBook range has been successfully infiltrating the "affordable business notebook” market since 2009, so it’s high time for another design and CPU shakeup. The HP ProBook range is introducing the 430, 440, 455 and 470 which leap in screen size from 13.3” to 17.3 and most are shipping this month. The new range of laptops is also up to 36% thinner than the older models. The odd man out is the 430, which ships in July.
The refreshed ProBook range ...
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