We tried Microsoft’s augmented reality demo and couldn’t stop smiling Many suspected that Microsoft would toss its hat into the virtual reality headset game. After all, Oculus VR was successful enough with its Kickstarter campaign that Facebook ended up purchasing it for $two billion, and longtime console rival Sony jumped into the fray not long…
Sit or stand, it’s your choice There’s a new desk on the market, though it’s a bit smarter than your average contraption. Called the Stir Kinect Desk M1, it sports built-in electronics and a motorized platform that rises up and down to keep you from sitting on your rump all day long. Unless of course…
Better late than never Look who’s showing up fashionably late to the Windows Phone party. It’s Dropbox, which is now available as an app download for Windows phones and tablets. According to Dropbox, this marks the next phase of its partnership with Microsoft — the two somewhat joined forces in November of last year to…
Making the case for 4TB hard drives It was a year ago that cloud backup firm BackBlaze revealed some interesting data it had collected in regards to hard drive failure rates. For a number of reasons, trying to analyze the reliability of hard drive brands and models can be complicated, though when the dust settled,…
Asus and EVGA represent, plus DSR and VSR benchmarks One of the nice things about PCs is that your budget has a wide range of entry points. If you don’t need the heavy lifting of an Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 or an AMD Radeon R9 290X, you don’t have to cough up hundreds of dollars…
Free, Surface Hub, Cortana and Hololens Microsoft held a Windows 10 press conference today and revealed a massive amount of details from the upcoming OS and much more. After many rumors, Microsoft confirmed that Windows 10 will be free to Windows 8, 7, and Windows Phone users…for the first year, at least. The company views…
Make your own GIFs with Photoshop, or a free app GIFs (or JIFs, depending on who you ask) are the bread and butter of a good Internet conversation these days. While it’s easy to find reaction GIFs with a simple Google search, sometimes it’s impossible to find that exact GIF you want. With this in…
Can’t beat the price! Stop whatever it is you’re doing and make a fist. Make sure there isn’t a living creature within arm’s length, and when the coast is clear, pump your fist in the air in celebration. What are we celebrating? The fact that Microsoft today confirmed plans to make Windows 10 a free…
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The return of a classic Patience is not only a virtue, it can save you cash as well. For example, if you held off on purchasing Theme Hospital when it came out in early 1997 in hopes that the price would come down, you can stop waiting — Electronic Arts is giving Theme Hospital (Standard…