HyperX Cloud headsets have been some of our highest scoring over the last couple of years, so you can imagine we were excited to get our hands on a new set of cans from the same company. The new Cloud Revolver headset from the HyperX division packs an exciting combination …
Read More »Google’s Revolv closure shows danger of cloud dependant hardware
Google is back as the black sheep of the tech world for many end users this week, after it announced that it would be shuttering, Revolv, a maker of smart-home hubs that Google purchased less than two years ago. But this raises a bigger concern for technology fans, as much …
Read More »Amazon Lumberyard demo shows it can hang with the big boys
Amazon is a company with many tentacle, with many fingers, in many pies, but game development seemed like a surprising choice for the long-time retailer. More surprisingly still, it announced its own game engine, Lumberyard and now we have our first look at what you can make with it. It's …
Read More »Here is what IBM’s Sword Art Online demo looked like
Last month, word spread across the internet that IBM was creating a virtual reality game based on Sword Art Online. While that didn't turn out to be entirely true, the ‘game' is actually just a short demo/prototype, it is still fairly exciting to see. Over 100,000 people applied to try …
Read More »Final Fantasy 7: Remake is further along than we realised
When it comes to the Final Fantasy series, Square Enix has a track record of taking its time to get a new game out, with the most obvious example right now being Final Fantasy XV. So when Final Fantasy VII: Remake was announced, many assumed we wouldn't see the game …
Read More »Steve Ballmer calls Microsoft revenue numbers ‘bulls***’
Ex-CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer and still the company's biggest share-holder, has called the numbers Microsoft revealed as part of its recent annual shareholder meeting, “bulls***.” Although Microsoft released its run rate – extrapolating results from a single point throughout the year – Ballmer wants to see real revenue numbers, …
Read More »Microsoft has acquired the Havok physics engine from Intel
Microsoft has revealed that it has completed its acquisition of the Havok Physics engine and animation software from Intel. You will likely recognize the Havok logo from many games, the engine has been used in more than six hundred titles over the years and now it is in Microsoft's hands. Recent …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII now available on iOS smartphones
It's almost as if Square has realised that its most well remembered game is actually still worth something as an IP, as beyond the PC-re-release a couple of years ago, it's finally announced a full HD remastering is in the works – albeit with a modified combat system – and to top …
Read More »What if Final Fantasy VII was a side-scrolling slash-em-up?
Final Fantasy VII is a game near and dear to the hearts of many gamers around the world. For a lot of them, the original PlayStation title was their first real introduction to the Final Fantasy series of games and its story was very well crafted for the time. That's …
Read More »Irish government and European parliament member side with Microsoft
Today, Microsoft is set to gain two more allies in its defense against the United States government, in an ongoing court case regarding a US warrant for customer data that is being stored in servers in Ireland. Both the Irish government and an European MEP, have now filed amicus briefs in support of the stance …
Read More »Russian site streams hacked webcams, CCTV, baby monitors
Whenever you find yourself setting up a home security camera, chances are it's to keep an eye on something precious too you. However unless you set a solid password on your camera's online feed, you could find that it ends up being seen by more than just yourself. This warning …
Read More »Square Enix shows off new FFVII G Bike gameplay
As much as fans have clamoured for it over the past decade and more, Square Enix doesn't seem like it has any interest in remaking Final Fantasy VII, perhaps the series most beloved entry. However it is keen to milk certain aspects of it, with the latest iteration of the …
Read More »Kingston HyperX Cloud White gaming headset gallery
Since I previously reviewed the Kingston HyperX Cloud headset earlier this year – giving it a good score too – I was a little surprised to receive another through the door. Of course though while this new one is almost identical to the original, it does feature a brand new …
Read More »Foxconn eyes robots, electric cars, wearables and cloud services
Foxconn Electronics, the world’s largest contract maker of consumer electronics and the main manufacturing partner of Apple, plans to make wearable computing devices, robots and even electric cars, the company’s chief executive officer said this week. Foxconn has been trying to expand and diversify its business for years and now …
Read More »IBM planning big changes to combat stagnancy
IBM, once one of the most booming businesses in the world of tech, has fallen on tougher times in recent years. While still one of the world's biggest corporations, with over 400,000 employees and a net worth in excess of $120 billion, it's struggled to remain relevant as thee world …
Read More »Microsoft shows off Cloud gaming tech demo
Microsoft has shown off a tech demo for its cloud computing technology at its yearly Build Developers Conference this week. Microsoft has talked about cloud computing and its ability to help systems run games better for some time now but had yet to really show gamers any proof. Titanfall is …
Read More »Kingston HyperX Cloud gaming headset review
Kingston's reputation as a maker of storage solutions is well cemented at this point – they have been making memory modules, flash drives and solid state drives for years now. Today however we look at something new from the company after a partnership with QPAD. The resulting amalgamation of influences …
Read More »Realplayer is back, as a cloud video sharing service
Real Player is one of those names that harkens back to days gone past, where VLC wasn't the answer to every video playing option and ripping DVDs was far more legally contested. But today it's hoping to revamp that image, with a new service that could take the fight to …
Read More »Intel reveals ‘Intel Inside’-like program for cloud computing era
Many attributes of traditional consumer computing are set to extinct in the cloud computing era. One of the things supposed to disappear is “Intel Inside” logo and program since many do not care about technology that powers their businesses from the cloud. Nonetheless, Intel just does not want its brand …
Read More »Buffalo LinkStation LS421DE Enclosure Review
Buffalo are a leading Network brand, and today we are reviewing a new release of their popular LinkStation series. The LS421DE is a high performance two-bay network attached storage device, which even features Raid 0 and Raid 1 configurations. The LS421 offers many features, including Gigabit Ethernet, Cloud Storage, a …
Read More »Xbox One Cloud, Kinect and Smartglass details
Earlier this year at E3 Microsoft made a big deal out of the Xbox One's cloud integration; it was the highlight of the new system. Since then a lot of policies and features have been changed but it looks like the cloud is still going to play a big part …
Read More »Cloud server hardware providers rub their hands
For each generation of good idea, there needs to be a seed: An injection of high-profile capital that energises the market and fires the imagination. With The Cloud, that investment could well be from Microsoft. KitGuru pulls out the trusty old abacus. People have been talking about the cloud for …
Read More »BitTorrent Sync goes head to head with the cloud
We've all heard about the cloud at this point, we're all using it – or should be if you don't want to lose all your data in freak, digital accidents – but it isn't the only remote service out there. BitTorrent Inc. is pioneering something a little different, torrent based …
Read More »Cloud computing on the cloud
As time goes on, we're all becoming more familiar with the idea of the cloud as a real world thing. It isn't, really, it's a theory and a fancy buzzword for corporate big-wigs to use so they can look like they know what they're talking about – but it has real world …
Read More »Google confirms today’s launch of Google Drive cloud storage service
Google's Drive cloud service has just been officially launched which gives up to 5GBs of free cloud storage and an array of helpful sharing and collaboration features. However, while Google's fresh blog posting makes it clear today is the official introduction, it is yet to allow for new sign-ups via …
Read More »Huawei engineers participate in the world’s largest desktop cloud
No matter what we think of the cloud and its possibilities, it will no doubt start to take over many tasks we once thought were loyal to the physical PC. All my articles are drafted and saved to WordPress, other documents live on Google Docs, while images I use are stored …
Read More »Acer’s Android 4.0 CloudMobile scores iF design award
A phone we've heard very little about until now from Acer has just picked up an iF design award, that being the CloudMobile which is expected to be debuted at MWC later this month. This 4.3-inch phone will be dressed with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but Acer's primary point …
Read More »Is Amazon Cloud a breeding ground for hack attacks?
Earlier in the week, we reported that Sony were compromised by hackers renting servers from Amazon. This hacker used Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) service to attack Sony's online entertainment systems last month. The intruder set up a fake name to use the account, and managed to get away with …
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