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Resident Evil 6 Premium Edition costs $1,300
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 6:00 PM

For the most part I don’t think collector’s editions or deluxe versions of games are worth the higher price tags they command. At best you get an art book or a soundtrack CD, and unless the game is something special in either of those areas, the extras just end up taking shelf space. With Resident [...]
Digital Chocolatier 3D prints your perfect chocolate treat
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 5:01 PM

While all the recent chatter about the way that 3D-printing technology has advanced is pretty cool, there’s a new prototype that has us thinking about printing out custom chocolates instead of Companion Cubes. Called the Digital Chocolatier Prototype, it allows you to quickly design and assemble different kinds of chocolate candies via a touchscreen interface. [...]
500px aims to kill Flickr with new $20 Plus plan
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:05 AM

Flickr has been the de facto place where professional photographers show off their work for several years now, but Yahoo has failed to really capitalize on the Flickr brand as the company continues to falter. Now, it might be the beginning of the end for the once proud site. Rival photo haven 500px has introduced [...]
Quick-thinking carjack victim uses text messages and Twitter to get rescued
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:35 AM

Today a South African man is thanking his girlfriend’s Twitter followers for saving his life. The victim of a carjacking and robbery, the unnamed man was held-up at gun point then forced into the trunk of his Volkswagen Golf while his assailants went for a 150 mile ride. Lucky for him the carjackers didn’t happen [...]
Geek deals: $498 off quad-core Dell desktop and 24-inch monitor
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:03 AM

Your dollar will take you further with a desktop than a laptop (unpopular fact, but it’s almost always true). Nonetheless, it is still not enough to persuade many people to throw down their cash and get a large, heavy, dust-collecting tower. But what if a free 24-inch LED monitor happened to be include for a [...]
Kubuntu secures new funding beyond 12.04
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 2:40 AM

In February it was announced by developer Jonathan Riddell that Canonical was set to end its funding of Kubuntu with version 12.04 shipping. The reason was a lack of business success for the distribution coupled with Canonical’s focus on Unity. Even so, Canonical has funded the project for seven years, with Riddell’s last day working [...]
The internet responds to Google’s Project Glass
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:42 AM

We’ve been hearing rumors about these Google Glasses for a some time now, but actually seeing Project Glass really impressed a lot of people. The glasses looks far less intrusive than had been previously imagined, and, if Google’s video is any indication of the future, when this new tech does reach consumers it could be [...]
RIM to start encrypting app downloads to combat piracy
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:44 AM

RIM’s Alec Saunders caused a fair amount of controversy with recent postings to his Twitter account. Apart from calling the Google Play market a “cesspool” and wagging his finger at rampant app piracy, he also told the world that RIM was going to drop app sideloading for end users. Realistically, the change probably wouldn’t have [...]
Max Payne Mobile available from April 12th
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:55 PM

It has been 8 long years since the release of Max Payne 2, and even longer since the first Max Payne video game came on the scene. Most of us probably have a vague memory at best of running through the streets of New York and slow bullet-time sequences. Or maybe you’re more like me, [...]
UAV helicopters to help curb piracy on the high seas
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:09 PM

While Hollywood churns our movies depicting pirates as likeable characters, the real-life scallywags are continuing to make serious trouble on the shipping lanes near the Middle East. With the condition worsening in impoverished countries like Somalia, the rate of piracy occurrence has skyrocketed. Hoping to curtail these bold buccaneers, the US Navy is equipping several “Fire-Scout” UAV helicopters with [...]
Chrome OS introduces Aura window manager
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:14 PM

Don’t look now, but Google has officially revealed their intentions to go after Windows and OS X. Chrome OS 19 has arrived for Samsung Series 5 and Acer AC700 Chromebooks running the developer channel, and the changes it brings may shock you. Why? Because Chrome OS suddenly looks like it’s much more than “just a [...]
Leaked Lost Planet 3 trailer harks back to first game
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:00 PM

There was quite a contrast between the first two games in the Lost Planet series developed by Capcom. The original Lost Planet and subsequent Extreme Conditions enhanced version were set in a snow and ice environment filled with mechs, bugs, and giant bosses. It was a great single-player experience. The second game was instead optimized [...]
Gadgets to run 25 percent cooler with copper-graphene heat spreader
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 8:20 PM

The gadgets we carry in our pockets and bags are becoming ever more powerful. But to achieve that performance manufacturers keep increasing the clock speed and number of cores in the processors. The side effect? Heat. The latest device to suffer from a noticeable increase in heat is the new iPad, but it is far [...]
Five must have apps for Windows Phone
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 7:45 PM

As the Lumia 900, Nokia and Microsoft’s beautiful child, comes to the market it seems like there will be more than a few new Windows Phone users soon. If you are moving from Android or iOS, you might notice that there’s not exactly as many apps (though these days there are about 80,000 Windows Phone [...]
Field test: Nikon D4 (with sample shots)
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 7:00 PM

Nikon’s new pro-level D4 is out in the wild and I was able to get my hands on one for a short shooting session. The D4 was paired with the company’s 24-70mm f/2.8, making for a very nice rig, especially when combined with a beautiful spring day here in NYC. The two components came together [...]
Raspberry Pi works with a 30-year-old mini CRT display
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:02 PM

The wait for the Raspberry Pi to be shipped has been frustrating, but then this is the first product launch the Raspberry Pi Foundation has undertaken, and their ranks are full of engineers, not a sales team. Even so, it’s easy to focus on the problems rather than the benefits of the Raspberry Pi hardware. [...]
SushiBot cranks out 400 sushi rolls an hour
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:02 PM

It can be rough when you’re craving sushi. You either have to meticulously make your own rolls by hand, or go to a reputable establishment and interact with another human being to get your fix. If only there were a cold, sterile robot that could just make you some sushi. In this pair of videos, [...]
Founder of Commodore Business Machines, Jack Tramiel, dies at 83
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 7:30 AM

Another technology visionary has passed on. Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore Business Machines, has died at the age of 83. The driving force behind one of the best-selling home computer systems in history, Tramiel was a pioneer in creating affordable hardware for the everyday consumer that still possessed enough horsepower to push the envelope. [...]
Replacement Galaxy Nexus handsets shipped with unlocked bootloaders
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:13 AM

For the most part, nothing would give the mobile geeks of the world a greater thrill than being able to order a phone fully unlocked. To not have to deal with the hassle of bypassing any potential security so that the bootloader and the ROM could be easily swapped out with something else? It doesn’t [...]
April 10 is the day Vista dies
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:09 AM

When you log on to a Windows PC, odds are good that there will be updates of some sort waiting for you. The bubble pops up, and you grudgingly apply the updates, restart if necessary, then go on with your day. This is an experience users of Windows Vista will be having a lot less [...]