You see all kinds of groovy things at CES, and if you were to stop by and visit Onkyo, you might think you stepped through a wormhole and went back in time. That's because Onkyo decided to mix the styling of classic stereos from the 1980s with modern day hardware. There are three new models in all, including the P-3000R pre-amplifier, M-5000R power amplifier, and C-7000R CD player, each one incorporating Onkyo's new Dynamic Intermodulation Distortion Reduction Circuitry _DIDRC) to thwart the effects of unwanted high-frequency interference. [......]
In case the SH100's 3-inch LCD screen isn't large enough, Samsung says its latest Wi-Fi enabled point-n-shoot can connect to your Android powered Galaxy S smartphone (which we presume to mean any Android phone) so you can preview shots in real time. Perhaps that's a little gimmicky, but Samsung says you can also share your photos over the Internet and social networks, so long as you have Wi-Fi access[......]
We'd be lying if we said we saw this one coming. In an attempt to market Fallout: New Vegas to a skeptical Japanese public, Bethesda decided to give Fallout 3 the time travel treatment, resulting in a project that – somewhat ironically – looks older than its target audience. As explained by Bethesda : “What would Fallout look like if it had been made in 1987 by a Japanese development studio[......]
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Web retailer Amazon.com has released a few end of the year lists that show what people were buying in 2010. Among its "holiday hot sellers" list, Amazon said Smith Micro's Anime Studio Debut 7 and Manga Studio Debut 4 were two pieces of software that were given the most as gifts, along with Adobe Photoshop Elements 9. When looking at the rising tide of app store-based software distribution , the popularity of netbooks and ultra slim PCs with no optical drives, and the hype surrounding smartphones, tablets, and Web terminals like Google's Chrome OS , boxed software like these would appear to be under serious threat of extinction. [......]
Lists, lists, lists. It seems like everyone throws together an obligatory “Game of the Year†list this time of year, because, well, everyone else is doing it[......]
Ruh roh, Shaggy. If what we're hearing from news and rumor site Fudzilla turns out to be true, Research In Motion's upcoming PlayBook tablet could have a tough time taking on the iPad, Galaxy Tab, and every other slate. [......]
If you don't fancy yourself a gambling man and have been putting off picking up a Windows 7 Family Pack, you better get on the ball. "This product is available for a limited time and will be available to purchase until December 31, or while supplies last," Amazon notes in its Windows 7 Family Pack product page[......]
Well here's an interesting development. According to a Bloomberg report , Microsoft plans to announce a version of Windows that will run on ARM processors for the first time ever[......]
If you kicked yourself for missing it the first time around, act fast and go grab the Swype Beta software for Android, which is once again open for a limited time, Swype announced in a forum post. This is actually a new version of Swype, so even if you're already participating in the beta program, you may want to snag the latest release[......]
You won't be hearing any “humbugs†from Wolfire Games and the gang behind the Humble Indie Bundle this year. Even after pirates pillaged the first Humble Indie Bundle to hell and back, a second's set sail to absolutely massive success. Already outpacing the first, Bundle numero dos made over $500,000 in a single day. [......]
Every year, Spike TV hosts the Video Game Awards (VGA) show, an all-out affair with much ballyhooing. With so many awesome titles to choose from, surely this type of event would draw fan interest, right? Wrong, and we're sorry for calling you Shirley (we had to squeeze a Leslie Nielsen reference in eventually - RIP). [......]
AMD tries to play catch-up to Nvidia on performance, but sticks to its efficiency mantra with the new Radeon 6900 series GPUs When AMD launched the Radeon 6800 series back in October, we suggested that some people might be confused by the naming scheme. The Radeon HD 6870 & 6850, code-named Barts, were actually midrange GPUs, and not replacements for AMD’s high end Radeon HD 5870[......]
By Amber Elmore , Betanews Coranti 2010 Multi-Engine Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware is the only security product in the world to offer such high levels of protection from virus and spyware attacks, and features both real-time and on-demand protection. Now you can have peace of mind that your online activities are safe with four engines running simultaneously to provide simply the best possible detection and disinfection rates[......]
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Microsoft on Thursday provided some good news for Windows Phone 7 app developers in the form of a handful of new information about the Windows Phone Marketplace. In October, Windows Phone developers were told the first Marketplace payouts would arrive "some time in February 2011," but today Microsoft said payments will be processed in the fourth week of January. While tecnically only a tiny bit ahead of schedule, it's surely good to know when the money will start coming in[......]
There are three ways you can get your canine companion posting on Twitter. First, you can create an account for your puppy and update it yourself. Alternately, you can try teaching your dog to type, which would require an even bigger investment of your time. [......]
