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Boxee kills computer clients to focus on Boxee Box

Shane McGlaun, Feb 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

If you are a fan of the Boxee app on your Mac or PC, you had better hold onto your copy the software and be sure to back it up. Boxee has officially killed support for its computer clients and the last version of the software for Windows, Mac, and Linux has been removed from company servers. As of yesterday, the software is no longer available for download on the Boxee website. Read The Full Story

Shuttle XPC SZ68R5 packs super-fast Core i7 into tiny footprint

Chris Davies, Jan 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Compact PC manufacturer Shuttle has outed its latest barebones computer, the Shuttle XPC SZ68R5, featuring Intel's Z68 high-performance chipset along with SSD caching for super-fast boot times and app loading. The 33 x 21.5 x 19 cm chassis can accommodate up to 32GB of DDR3 memory, Core i3/i5/i7 processors and up to four add-on cards, since it has slots for PCIe-x16-2.0, PCIe-x4-2.0, Mini-PCIe-x1-2.0 and mSATA. HTPC duty is made easier thanks to both HDMI and DVI-I ports. Read The Full Story

Apple-PC divide worse than originally reported

Mark Raby, Jan 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

People didn't buy nearly as many Windows computers in the fourth quarter of 2011 as they did the year before. We already knew that, but now there's a footnote that presents an even worse picture for the PC market. It was originally presented that Apple computer sales grew by 20.7% from Q4 2010 to Q4 2011, and that PCs on the whole declined by 5.9%. When you look more closely, though, that latter number should be even worse. Read The Full Story

$25 Raspberry Pi packs 2x iPhone 4S GPU performance, roasts Tegra 2

Chris Davies, Jan 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Forget teaching kids how to program; the $25 Raspberry Pi computer might just be the home entertainment STB and compact gaming console we've been waiting for. The low-cost computer - and its $35 sibling - should deliver double the graphical performance of the iPhone 4S, according to executive director (and Broadcom SoC architect) Eben Upton, telling Digital Foundry that not only does the BCM2835 GPU at the heart of the Raspberry Pi roast Apple's latest smartphone, but it thoroughly whups NVIDIA's Tegra 2. Read The Full Story

Raspberry Pi $35 PC gets unofficial Apple AirPlay support

Chris Davies, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

$35 computer project Raspberry Pi continues to amaze, with a new demonstration showing the education-focussed palmsized desktop using Apple's AirPlay to stream video from an iPad to a TV. The side-project of one of the developers working at Raspberry Pi, the setup consists of a specially coded AirPlay app for the tiny PC itself and an unmodified Apple tablet. Read The Full Story

Capcom officially announces Resident Evil 6, reveals trailer and artwork

Rue Liu, Jan 19th 2012 Discuss [9]

Following several leaks and a strange viral ad campaign, Capcom has finally confirmed its much anticipated Resident Evil 6. The company not only announced the game, but also revealed the release date along with a trailer and new artwork. The game will launch for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 20, 2012, with a PC version to be released later. Read The Full Story

Tablet shoppers outspend PC and smartphone users says research

Chris Davies, Jan 19th 2012 Discuss [1]

Spend-friendly tableteers splash out significantly more on online purchases than their smartphone and desktop/notebook counterparts, according to new research, with those doing their holiday 2011 shopping on an iPad or other slate spending 21-percent more on average than those using a traditional computer. In fact, tablet shoppers spend 54-percent more than smartphone shoppers, according to a new Adobe Digital Marketing Insights report, and are almost three times more likely to buy products and services. Read The Full Story

Skyrim gets My Little Pony mod

Shane McGlaun, Jan 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Skyrim has been one of the most popular games out there on the PC and game consoles since it launched late in 2011. The game has some of the best graphics and deepest game play of any title on the market. The popularity of the game also makes it ripe for mods and one of those mods replaces the dragons in the game with something more sinister - My Little Pony. Read The Full Story

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Alienware’s X51 puts Games Consoles on Notice

Chris Davies, Jan 18th 2012 Discuss [19]

The Alienware X51 isn’t the biggest gaming PC the Dell-owned company has ever unveiled, nor the fastest, but it’s arguably the biggest challenge to traditional consoles to-date. Packing a full PC into a Xbox-scale chassis, the X51 promises to turn its hand to everything from the latest FPS, high-def multimedia playback and even mundane Office tasks. As the central hub for a smart home, that could be enough to edge it ahead of gaming heavyweights like the PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Alienware X51 packs gaming power in tiny footprint

Chris Davies, Jan 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Alienware has launched its latest desktop gaming PC, the Alienware X51, though unlike the company's usual ostentatious monster-machines it squeezes its potency into a tiny footprint. The small-form-factor X51 measures just 14.5 x 12.52 x 3.74 inches, but can still be outfitted with a choice of Intel Core i3 dualcore, or i5/i7 quadcore processors along with either NVIDIA's GeForce GT 545 1GB graphics or GeForce GTX 555 1GB. Read The Full Story

Max Payne 3 delayed until May, fans abandon sanity once more

Chris Burns, Jan 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you've been waiting for the third installment of the Max Payne series, you've been tearing your eyeballs out for over eight years - what's a few more months going to do to your precious peepers? That's what Rockstar Games is saying you should do, or if you've not known the game was coming out in the first place - surprise! It's May that you'll be able to play this awesome looking brand new game on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC! Read The Full Story