Path for Windows Phone has had an unusually long development cycle for a mobile app — we first saw it at a Nokia event in July, and the rest of 2013 came and went without a release. Still, fans of the smaller-scale social network will be glad to …
Tsukumo Japan is bringing you their latest mini-tower desktop PC, the AeroStream RM5A-B61/E. Priced at 69,980 Yen (about $670), the system comes with a 3.70GHz AMD A10-7850K APU processor, an AMD A78 Chipset, an AMD Radeon R7 graphics (APU built-in), an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a 500W power supply and runs on Windows 8.1 64-bit OS. [Product Page]
Tt eSPORTS has just added three new color options to its SAPHIRA gaming mouse, the Combat White, Blazing Red and Metallic Yellow. This ergonomically designed mouse is equipped with 5 programmable buttons, a 3500 DPI optical sensor, red LED lighting on the scroll wheel and battle dragon logo, an onboard memory for 25 macros across 5 profiles and a configurable weight system. Price itself is set at $59.99. [Product Page]
ASK Inc. Japan is preparing to launch a new graphics card from ZOTAC namely the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 760 ZALMAN. Specs-wise, the card packs 1152 CUDA Cores, a 256-bit memory interface, a core clock of 993MHz (1059MHz Boost Clock ) and a 2GB of GDDR5 memory set @ 6008MHz. What’s more, the card also employs ZALMAN’s VF3000 cooling solution (w/ 2x 92mm PWM fan) and features dual-link DVI-I, dual-link DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 760 ZALMAN will become available from January 25th for 30,000 Yen (about $287). [Product Page]
Good news, everyone: robots are now invading our homes!
Well, sort of. Say hello to Keecker- a robotic entertainment center, butler, and security guard. Developed by former Google Product Manager Pierre Lebeau, this little robot puts Roombas right to shame.
Nintendo has confirmed it is “studying” the potential for smartphones and gaming, with company president Satoru Iwata admitting that it is “thinking about a new business structure” in the face … Continue reading
It’s now clear that police don’t need a warrant to track your cellphone, but searching that phone is another matter; there’s no obvious guiding policy. Any murkiness may be settled soon, as the Supreme Court has agreed to rule on two cases where the …
An instance of ball lightning re-created in the lab last year by a team at the US Air Force Academy.
(Credit: Mike Lindsay/US Air Force Academy)
Ball lightning, a phenomenon in which a glowing orb of light persists for seconds after a lightning strike, is one of the most enduring atmospheric mysteries in science. Reported sightings date as far back as ancient Greece — an occurrence of ball lightning is rumored to have killed 18th century scientist Georg Wilhelm Richmann — and re-creating it synthetically has been a daunting feat, accomplished by only a few research teams after Nikola Tesla managed to first manifest spherical charges in the lab in 1904.
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Google has been been criticized for having just the sort of lax in-app purchase policies in the Google Play store that Apple will pay out a hefty $32.5m to settle … Continue reading
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