AT A GLANCE Hot (+) Beautiful screen; gaming-capable laptop; all-around good design. Overheating (-) Bad trackpad; mushy keyboard; awkward camera placement; poor battery life. Surprisingly, this is a gaming laptop When it comes to laptops, 15-inch notebooks are in that awkward space between super sexy 13-inch Ultrabooks and 17-inch big-screen behemoths. Dell is trying to…
With global superpowers vying for control, one legendary agent is deployed to rebalance (or perhaps disrupt) the scales of power. Agent 47 returns to the world of assassination in Hitman on PS4, which begins its episodic launch this week. In Hitman, players control the iconic assassin as he completes covert operations around the world. Players…
What the heck? While Apple fights with the FBI to avoid creating software that will unlock an iPhone, Amazon has silently discontinued encryption in its Fire OS platform. As a reminder, Fire OS is the operating system Amazon uses on its popular tablets and lackluster Fire phone, which upgraded to version 5.0 back in September…
Microsoft’s Gabe Aul, corporate Vice President of the Engineering Systems Team, today announced the release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14279. This build was dumped into the Fast Ring for Insiders this week, providing an updated logon experience, the March update for the Xbox app beta, and a number of bug fixes. This release…
Top Deal: By now you’ve undoubtedly heard that Microsoft is giving away Windows 10 as a free upgrade to Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 users. It’s a solid deal, but if you’re building from scratch and don’t have access to an older and OS, you’ll have to bite the bullet and buy one. The good…
Welcome back! Campo Santo’s long-awaited Firewatch lit a path to the top of February’s PS4 charts, followed closely by Far Cry Primal and fan-favorite Rocket League. We’ve got some big games launching in March — any predictions for next month’s top downloads? Note: Top download charts are determined by number of downloads from PlayStation Store,…
Get a Horizon Omega ship for pre-ordering Sony goofed up yesterday by going live with a listing for No Man’s Sky on its U.S. PlayStation blog that made it seem as the though the game would release today. That turned out to be wishful thinking, however you can pre-order No Man’s Sky starting today. It’s…
Grim outlook Things aren’t looking so hot for Microsoft in the smartphone space. That isn’t new, but with Windows 10 Mobile slowly inching its way to more devices, Microsoft is probably hoping for a greater share of the pie. Market research firm IDC isn’t as optimistic. To start with, IDC predicts that 2015 is likely…
Ball’s in your court, Apple We’re oh-so-very close to the first batch of Rift headsets being shipped out to consumers who pre-ordered the device for $599, all of which will need a relatively powerful Windows PC to tether it to. What about support for Macs? Don’t hold your breath. When asked by Shacknews if Rift…