The Redmond-based company finally relents Microsoft won plaudits from privacy advocates when it released Internet Explorer 10 in 2012 with the Do Not Track (DNT) option enabled by default. For obvious reasons, the move didn’t go down well with advertisers, who saw it as an act of overbearing unilateralism on the company’s part. Microsoft, though,…
The dedicated PC sensor had become redundant Production of the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor has now ceased. Coming some nine months after the $200 PC-compatible variant of Xbox One’s powerful motion-sensing camera first began shipping, Microsoft says the move is designed to allow it to “consolidate the Kinect for Windows experience around a single…
E-tailers begin taking pre-orders for the Intel Compute Stick ARM had the whole PC-on-a-stick market to itself not that long ago, but that changed in October when a Chinese company began selling what was an otherwise ordinary looking HDMI dongle, save for one glaring oddity: the iconic “Intel Inside” logo. Soon Intel itself joined in…
Normally when you forget your backpack on the way to the bus stop, you either leave it behind or run back home to get it. In Nia’s case, however, her backpack is a living monster named V. And V is trying real hard to catch up to Nia before it’s too late. Also, he may…
For the Geek in all of us With Easter right around the corner, we thought it would be fun to update our old software easter eggs story to encompass 20 of our favorites. Do you have a personal favorite software Easter egg? Or perhaps you’d like to share one that we didn’t mention? Let us…
Top Deal: What’s better than one solid state drive? Two, of course! It opens the door to RAID 0 (see our guide on how to set one up) for increased performance and all-around awesomeness, though it’s not always cost effective. Ah, but that’s why you should check out today’s top deal for two (yes, TWO)…
Hello everyone. Thank you so much for your interest in Bloodborne during launch. We wanted to share some tips and guidance for the multiplayer experience for those that are encountering issues or have lingering questions. If you’re sensitive to spoiler content, please be advised that the below does contain material related to the story. Online…
How does 2,400MB/s read performance suit your fancy? Intel’s new 750 Series solid state drives should come with a label that reads, ‘Warning, may cause whiplash and will result in uncontrollable giddiness’. After all, Intel’s 750 Series takes center stage as the company’s highest performing client SSD to date, with performance that’s more than four…
One of the most important components in the Geometry Wars games is the enemies. The new update for Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved has a range of new enemies, so I thought it might be interesting to give you an insight on the process on how we implement them into our game. First up we…
A power play for ultrathin PCs Samsung’s been on a roll with releasing solid state drives that offer high performance at comparatively reasonable price points. One of those drive series is the 850 Evo, which Samsung is now offering in M.2 and mSATA form factors. They’re about one-tenth the weight of a traditional 2.5-inch SSD,…