Category: Science and Tech

Review – Elgato Game Capture HD

While checking out the latest from Elgato, I came across the Game Capture HD, which promised an easy, streamlined way to record your video game footage in HD.  No more component cables, simply plug in and play HDMI and you are ready to record the greatest moments in gaming. How does the system compare with

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Reviews
Andrew Plein

Review: Tritton Warhead 7.1

During my trip to E3 2012, I was introduced to the latest and greatest in tech and gaming. One thing stood out in my mind was the realization that wireless headsets were finally here. Not saying that they weren’t, it’s just that none have really been in the same ring as their wired counterparts. So

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Gaming
Andrew Plein

Review – Tritton 720+ Headset

Having recently reviewed the Tritton AX 720, I was more than intrigued to take out the newest 720+ for a test ride. I always appreciate when a company chooses not to deviate from former technology, but instead revisits and enhances it to near perfection. Gaming headsets like these are a dime a dozen, but not

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Reviews
James Huneycutt

Samsung 830 Series SSD Review

Samsung has achieved a reputation most multi-channel manufacturers can only dream of. Their products span the entertainment, convenience, home appliance fields and many others, and while they are perhaps best known for their line of Home Entertainment products, their computer component line-up is equally impressive.

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PS4 and XBox 720 Release Date Hints?

Thanks to the dedicated efforts of some unknown reader trawling through the Activision/Bungie legal documents required for their upcoming deal, the gaming world may have some idea of when Sony and Microsoft’s next-generation consoles will be available. A title identified only as “Destiny Games #1” will be released for both the Xbox 360 and 720,

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Science and Tech
James Trauben

Homeland Security Wants to Hack Gaming Consoles

We probably should have seen this one coming. The Department of Homeland Security is researching ways to hack into gaming consoles to access private data, ostensibly for use as evidence in tracking credit cards, passwords, and other sensitive information. Armed with this technology, investigators could probably recover data even from a system that had been

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Google Announces Augmented Reality Project

Google announced Project Glass, its new augmented reality project, today on the Google+ social network. Though details are scarce at this point, Google included a promotional video with the announcement demonstrating some of the potential uses for Project Glass. Like many other such projects, the goal of Project Glass is to integrate social media and

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Reviews
James

Able Planet BT400 – Bluetooth Sport Headset

We met with Able Planet at CES 2012 and got a quick preview of their upcoming BT400 True Fidelity® Bluetooth Sport Headset. Recently, Able Planet sent me a unit to test for myself. The BT400 is an ultra-light, compact headset using Bluetooth for its audio connection. There are no other inputs aside from the port

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Kartoz: A Device For Those Who Love Redundancy

Join me on this horribly imaginary journey. The most important thing in the last 12 minutes of your life just happened and you just have to post it on facebook! You reach for your phone only to find that the battery is dead! You could use your computer to provide your information-ally starved facebook friends of the cute cat video you found or the copy and pasted chain mail/status that just arrived, but who uses computers anymore?!? They are archaic machines used by old fogies who think the internet is made of tubes! Whatever shall you do?!

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