Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 3:54pm
The Oculus Rift has seen its developer kit release date pushed back to March, but the device is seeing significant upgrades as a result.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 5:54pm
With the launch of the Wii U, Nintendo had more at stake than Microsoft in terms of gaming console sales last week. Even so, the Xbox 360 radically outsold the Wii U in North America. While there's no arguing with raw numbers — 750,000 for the Xbox 360 and 400,000 for the Wii U — the bigger picture is a bit more complicated.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 3:39pm
A Wi-Fi connection is the least of the Nebula 12 lamp's tricks. The lamp tracks weather data sent from your Nokia Lumia 920 and responds accordingly. Mood lighting to match sunrise and sunset is one thing, but if the forecast includes rain, the Nebula 12 will spawn an indoor cloud as a warning.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 2:56pm
A Kickstarter that offers 30 games from noted indie creators for $15 is nothing to sneeze at, but that's not even the product that's being promoted. There's actually no product at all: this Kickstarter is pushing for the creation of a dedicated game space in Los Angeles. That begs the question, what is a game space?
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 4:58pm
South Korean authorities apprehended a would-be assassin from their neighbors to the north. The assassin's trade tools have been shared with the media for the first time. If anything, the episode proves the enduring popularity of the ballpoint pen as a trick weapon.
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 4:17pm
A new report coming from The Verge says that Microsoft is readying an Xbox branded set-top box to compete with Apple TV, Boxee and others. This Xbox branded, erm, box will be part of a two-SKU strategy. The second SKU will be the next generation Xbox we reported on last week.
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 11:45am
Audiophilia phased out of portable devices with the influx of smartphones and the slow death of the portable media player. BBK, known in the West as Oppo, is looking to correct this market oversight with the Vivo X1 and the pair of Beyerdynamic earphones it comes with.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 3:55pm
Product Designer Massoud Hassani has devised an ingenious mine clearing solution. His Mine Kafon, which was a graduate project, is set to be featured at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as a cheap and even beautiful...
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 7:12pm
Toronto book store, The Monkey's Paw teamed up with Craig Small to build the Bibliomat. Besides being the coolest thing I've seen today, the Bibliomat's a $2 vending machine that spits out used books.
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 6:28pm
Xbox World magazine has broken details on the next Xbox, which is presumably set to debut at next year's E3. The print outfit's cover story (their last) has unsurprisingly been scalped by the Internet, and there are specs, details, and mockups for the next Xbox, codenamed: Durango.
