Micrsoft demonstrates its latest implementation of its Surface technology on a large spherical display. While this device shows great ingenuity on behalf of the Microsoft programmers and engineers. I don’t see this as a very practicle device. Maybe I’m just being a little short sighted about touch screen technology, which I think is nothing more [...]
Along with the new iPhone SDK 8 beta that came out tonight, Apple also shipped a pre-release version of iTunes 7.7 to developers in the iPhone Dev Program. iTunes 7.7 is a requirement for the new iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 firmware; it also appears to include a new remote control feature. According to an [...]
More news on the home cinema front today as the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) announced an innovative new way to prevent illegal downloading of content from affecting sales. Taking a break from suing the young, the old and the innocent, it has rather belatedly decided to spend some of its time researching the [...]
Fanboys may be ready to fight to the death for their console of choice, but a new survey by Forrester shows that nearly half of all Europeans play computer games on multiple platforms, with the PC still the favourite for gaming. Forrester’s survey into gaming reveals some interesting facts about gaming in Europe, including the [...]
Microsoft have finaly found a commercial use for there new state-of-the-art touch screen interface in Vegas: Source: Bluekat
Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi has divulged the first plot details for the next Africa-set survival horror instalment. Speaking to Game Videos, Takeuchi revealed that after choosing to focus the fifth game’s story on the origins of the Progenitor Virus, he had “no choice but to set it in Africa”. “The main reason that we [...]
The MS Surface, which features a 30-inch, 360 degree, touch-screen,coffee-table style display, will make its gambling parlour debut at Harrah’scasino in Vegas. Flirt, drink, chat Harrah’s has also specially developed a suite of”hip” new Surface apps such as a food menu and ‘mixologist’ drinkordering system which also lets you deliver drinks to anybody across the [...]
AMD claims that it can now achieve Xbox 360 quality graphics on a handheld system. Engadget reports that the company “has announced it has achieved Open GL ES 2.0 mobilegraphics technology compliance with hardware that cranks out the same AMDUnified Shader Architecture as the Microsoft gaming console.” AMD takes on Tegra The new AMD graphics [...]
Native American actor Adam Beach will play Turok in the upcoming feature film. Mostly known for his roles on TV’s Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and the movie Windtalkers, Beach is one of few prominent Native American Hollywood stars. His credentials for playing Turok go farther than that, though – he was the voice of Turok in [...]
