Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) ended 2011 on a high note. AMD stayed competitive against companies like Nvidia and saw sustained sales. It saw a bright year ahead for 2012 with its December launch of the AMD Radeon HD 7970. However, a sticky situation is brewing for AMD to start off the new year.
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- Google Glass Original Prototype eyes-on with Isabelle Olsson
- Google Glass creators talk of final consumer device release
- Google I/O 2013 on-site Wrap-up: Glass, Developers, and Services on tap
- Google Maps-driven Map Dive 3D-tracking hands-on
- Mary Lou Jepsen encourages Google X attitude in hardware engineering
- Google I/O and the year of the Context Ecosystem
- Google Glass lead industrial designer talks modular fashion at I/O 2013
Author Archive for Christen McGregor
Quanta Suing AMD for faulty laptop chips
House of the Dead 3 & 4 Releasing for the PS3
Sega's classic arcade shooter House of the Dead will be making another appearance in the land of console gaming this year. House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut, once Wii exclusive, was released for the PlayStatoin 3 last year. Soon that won't be the only House of the Dead title available to PS3 users. Today Sega announced that House of the Dead 3 and House of the Dead 4 will be available as downloadable titles via the PlayStation Network.
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Razer’s Project Fiona revealing January 10th at CES
Razer,known for its high-end gaming peripherals, including headsets and keyboards, is beginning to branch out in other areas of gaming. More specifically, Razer has decided to tackle the laptop market. The Razer Blade laptop, which has been delayed until late-January, may not be the only gaming device Razer offers.
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2D fighter ‘Phantom Breaker’ heading to North America
Known for its video games, Japan can be the envy of those not living on the small island the size of California. Buying a video game or certain systems comes with certain restrictions. If you buy a Nintendo 3DS in Japan, for example, you won't be able to play games you pick up at a GameStop in the US. The joys, rather headaches, of region-locked or region-specific games and systems. If you follow the Japanese fighter game market, you may be excited for a North American release of Phantom Breaker.
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Fujifilm’s DSLR-style X-S1 coming to the US at $799.99
Camera-lovers, sports-fanatics or those who happen to be searching the internet for a new camera, gather around and read what Fujifilm has to offer. Fujifilm has just released information about their latest X-series camera, the X-S1. This DSLR-styled camera is equipped with with a versatile long-zoom lens housed in a lightweight body.
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Samsung unveiled Series 9 Quad HD Display and Series 7 Smart Station Wireless Display
With CES just around the corner Samsung is teasing us with press releases of some of the new goodies we can expect in 2012. In two press releases Samsung has discussed a new Series 9 monitor and Series 7 Smart Station and HDTV monitor. Although the new products won't be available until March, they will be on display at this years CES in Las Vegas next week.
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Ice Cream Sandwich running on 0.6 percent of Android devices, Gingerbread on 55 percent
Android developers have released the current statistics for the number of active devices running a given version. Certain versions, like Gingerbread, have seen expected growth since the last report. Ice Cream Sandwich, for the length of time it has been available, is running on an impressive number of devices.
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GameStop – Buy the World of Warcraft BattleChest, get Wrath of the Lich King free
Since Black Friday in November there have been massive deals in the world of gaming. If you missed it, GameStop offered the World of Warcraft BattleChest for $9.99, which includes World of Warcraft and The Burning Crusade expansion. The Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm expansions were on sale for $19.99 each. The holidays are definitely a time to get on the World of Warcraft bandwagon if you have yet to start your very own dancing-on-mailboxes Night Elf, or finally get those friends who have been on-the-fence an inexpensive gift.
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MLG dropping all domains from GoDaddy for their support of SOPA
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a hot topic that has been buzzing around the internet for the last few months. The supporters of SOPA are feeling the backlash in public boycotts of consumers ceasing services of companies who support the Act. GoDaddy is one company who has been hit hard after coming out in support of SOPA.
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Groupon’s Updated Merchant Center Launched
Groupon's merchants have been offering great deals to consumers since it's launch in 2008, but one question that has remained in the air surrounding Groupon is, how good is the website for the merchants. Since 2008 Groupon has expanded its merchant base from Chicago to more than 150 markets in North America and 100 markets in Europe, Asia and South America. Based on that information alone it seems Groupon is doing quite well. Lets go back and address the original question - is Groupon good for the businesses providing the deals?
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Tattoo-form QR code generating random links
QR codes are becoming increasingly popular in a variety of settings. In 2010, Calvin Klein introduced the QR code on Billboards in Downtown New York and L.A.Those with smartphones have been able to do a quick Google search to get the desired information on a product, for example, but there was that extra stop required to type our search into the browser and then trudge through websites to get what we were looking for. The use of these codes negate the middle steps and allow for quick, easy access of information. Well, that's not all these codes are good for.
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GameFly’s newest addition – PC downloads
With everything moving more towards digital format - TV Shows, Movies and now games, brick and mortar will slowly become a term of the not-too-distant past. Services such as Steam and Origin have made it easy to purchase games and download them directly to your PC. Going digital is definitely the way of the future and GameFly is preparing.
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