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Sigma announces 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM zoom, breaks the elusive f/2.0 barrier
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After opening a lot of eyes with its 30mm, F1.4 DC HSM lens, Sigma's just thrown another curve at the photo community with a feat that the major players haven't managed so far: a zoom lens with a fixed, sub f/2.0 aperture. The Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM launched...
Nintendo revives classic Super NES franchises: 'Link to the Past' sequel coming to 3DS, 'Earthbound' to Wii U
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Nintendo may draw criticism for milking its time-honored and hugely successful franchises like Mario and Zelda, but we have a hard time taking issue with its latest revival. The company just announced that a direct sequel to 1992's Super NES classic The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the...
Nintendo revives classic Super NES franchises: 'Link to the Past' sequel coming to 3DS, 'Earthbound' to Wii U
'Ridiculous Fishing' turns slaughtering sea life into one of the iPad's best games
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Killing a sea turtle with a shotgun is fun, but zapping a manta ray with a laser beam might be even better. Really, no matter which technique you use to take out fish in Ridiculous Fishing, you're going to have a good time. After a prolonged development, the iOS...
11 killer games that will bring your PC to its knees
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So you've driven your PC into the ground, no doubt angering it the process. Why not even the score with some of the best PC games that will frustrate you to no end? Check them out and let us know what your favorite frustrating game is....
Donkey Kong hack gives Pauline the central role, 32 years later (video)
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Mario's quest to rescue Pauline in Donkey Kong is one of the most famous in video gaming -- and also a prominent reminder that women in games are often reduced to level objectives. Mike Mika's 3-year-old daughter wasn't happy with this lopsided state of affairs, which led Mike to...
Xbox To Reveal "A New Generation" Of Game Console May 21 At Microsoft's Redmond Campus
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Microsoft has just sent out a round of invites to the press to attend a special event at its Redmond, Washington campus on May 21 at 10 AM PT. The event is associated with the hashtag #XboxReveal, and promises to show off a “new generation” of Xbox, so it’s safe...
Old media dinosaurs actually had a great year, especially in TV
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It's often said that traditional media giants' best days are behind them and that unbundling and cord cutting will only accelerate their demise. But a savvy piece from The New York Time's David Carr points out that many of these legacy titans just had a really, really good year....
YouTube buffering or slow downloads? Blame the speed of light
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Aurich Lawson Bandwidth—the number of bits per second that a device or connection can transfer every second—is the number that everyone loves to talk about. Whether it be the gigabit per second that your Ethernet card does, boasting about your fancy new FTTP Internet connection at 85 megabits per...
Microsoft open-sources Kinect code
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Microsoft has open-sourced some of the code for Kinect for Windows, its motion-sensing gestural control device for the desktop. A total of 22 code samples have been posted to CodePlex, a.k.a. “Not GitHub.” Baby steps, baby steps! Samples are available in C++, VisualBasic, and C# and include such elements...
'World of Warcraft' subscriber base drops by 1.3 million in three months
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World of Warcraft may still be the world's leading subscription-based MMORPG, but the allure seems to be fading: 1.3 million players logged off between January and March, Activision Blizzard revealed today. The game's subscriber base now stands at 8.3 million — down from the 9.6M figure reported in February....
Next-generation Xbox launch titles include 'Ryse' and a new 'Forza'
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Microsoft is working on a number of launch titles for its new Xbox console. One of the first games to launch on the next Xbox will be Ryse, according to multiple sources familiar with Microsoft's Xbox plans. Microsoft originally unveiled Ryse at E3 2011, promising an exclusive Xbox 360...
Black Annex is the best QBASIC game you've ever seen
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What's the most difficult thing you did in the last year? Now stop. Before you answer, can it compare to creating a full-fledged indie game--slated to be approved on Steam--created entirely with QBASIC? Probably not. QBASIC is a software interpreter for the BASIC programming language that showed up in...
Google may be readying an Evernote rival as 'Keep' makes a brief appearance online
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Google might be about to get into the note-taking game after an Evernote-like service sprang up on its Google Drive service, only to disappear as quietly as it arrived less than half an hour later. Android Police earlier discovered a source code that suggested Google was planning the service at...
Marc Andreessen Describes How Google Glass Will Revolutionize Health Care
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Marc Andreessen is clearly blown away by Google Glass and is ready to fund some awesome Glass startups. He's called Google's new wearable computing device "magical." It's not just a fancy gadget, Glass is going to be a game changer for certain industries like health care, the cofounder of Andreessen...
Video-sharing app Vine becomes most-downloaded iOS app
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The quirky video-sharing app Vine, which allows users to record and tweet ultra-short video loops, is currently the most popular app on the App Store, according to Vine Labs. Not a bad achievement for a non-game app, even given the substantial marketing advantage of being owned by Twitter. The...
Virtual Rx: how Oculus Rift could revolutionize mental health
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It's been hailed as the holy grail of virtual reality gaming, but Oculus Rift might soon be much more than that. Though they've yet to reach the hands of regular consumers, the headsets have already been evaluated by a preeminent expert in virtual reality therapy, or VRT, the practice...
Seeking a Cheap Thrill? Play Social Roulette and Risk a One in Six Chance of Having Your Facebook Account Deleted
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(Photo: Social Roulette) If you’ve long considered acquiescing to the groans of privacy wonks and straight up deleting your Facebook account, but couldn’t quite bring yourself to commit social media suicide, we may have found a solution for you. Social Roulette is a game that gives you a one in...
Seeking a Cheap Thrill? Play Social Roulette and Risk a One in Six Chance of Having Your Facebook Account Deleted
Nintendo video shows off Wii U speed improvement coming in April update
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Nintendo's Wii U has faced complains over slow loading and switching between menus since launch, but the company has promised a pair of updates will help the situation. Tonight it posted a video on YouTube (embedded after the break) that shows off the difference before and after the April...
Black Annex is a promising PC indie game built with QBASIC
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What's the most difficult thing you did in the last year? Now stop. Before you answer, can it compare to creating a full-fledged indie game--slated to be approved on Steam--created entirely with QBASIC? Probably not. QBASIC is a software interpreter for the BASIC programming language that showed up in...
Adam "Always Online" Orth no longer employed at Microsoft
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With a public Twitter account comes great responsibility—a good rule of thumb is that you shouldn't tweet anything your mother or your boss would object to seeing. According to GameInformer, Microsoft Creative Director Adam Orth's tone-deaf comments regarding his inability to understand why rumors of an always-connected Xbox were causing some...
Google Keep is live and ready to take your notes
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It looks like Evernote has another competitor in the note-taking game. Though it was leaked only a few days ago, Google has officially lifted the curtain off its Google Keep note-taking service. Keep allows users to quickly jot down ideas, make checklists and voice notes, and archive important photos....
Podcast: Who's afraid of podcasts as a business? Not Earwolf
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Podcasts are an awesome way to connect your content with audiences, and they are especially good for doing so in an increasingly mobile world — but they aren’t necessarily awesome at generating money. Slate runs some of the best podcasts in the news business, but during a recent Reddit “Ask...
Samsung confirms it's working on a watch -- hints it precedes Apple iWatch rumors
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A Samsung vice president has made it clear that the company is developing an upcoming watch product, which will likely compete with Apple’s heavily rumored “iWatch” smart watch. But the VP, Lee Young Hee of Samsung Mobile, also hinted that the watch wasn’t just a knee-jerk response to Apple’s...
Get flinging: The original Angry Birds for iOS is now free for the first time ever
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Nice catch from the folks over at Appsfire: the original Angry Birds game is now available for free from the App Store. This includes both the small-screen version for iPhone and iPod touch (before: $0.99) and the HD version for iPad iPad (before: $2.99). For the record: the Android version...
Crushing competition, Candy Crush creator crowns itself King
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In the wake of its No. 1 game's popularity, King.com revamps its brand and launches two more games and continues to fill the pipeline. [Read more]...
Sony's break-apart DualShock controller brought to life, coming to Kickstarter
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Mad Genius Controllers believes it can make Sony's idea of a break-apart DualShock controller a reality with its new splittable motion controller prototype. The Mad Genius Motion Capture System mimics an Xbox 360 controller in its current form, but is able to bring motion control and tracking to any...
Animal Crossing-flavored Nintendo 3DS XL bundle costs $220, arrives this June
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A new Nintendo 3DS XL portable game console is headed to North America and Europe this June (in addition to Japan), and it's got a fancy limited-edition body intended to entice Animal Crossing fans. The $219.99 console bundle includes a digital copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf -- the...
FTC: your mobile and social media ads still need disclosures*
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We've all seen online banner ads with lengthy disclosures and other warnings that what we see isn't necessarily what we'll get. Think that the tight spaces of a smartphone screen or a 140-character tweet are exempt from the rules? Think again: the FTC just updated its guidelines to make...
DRM deceit: SimCity doesn't need to be always online, says Maxis developer
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In an unsurprising but wholly satisfying twist, it turns out that EA and Maxis were lying about SimCity's always-online server requirements. According to a developer who worked on SimCity and has very detailed knowledge of the game's architecture, it would be quite easy to create a single-player version of the...
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