Some YouTube channel subscriptions as early as next quarter could need a monthly payment to access and play. Don’t worry too much as it is very unlikely that a channel you are subscribed to will simply switch to a payment scheme. Chances are, channels will be built around this, offering more content at a cost of around 1-5 dollars a month or 63p-£3.17 when converted, to paid subscribers. Pos...
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Microsoft has announced its quarterly revenue ending December 31st 2012. They made a total of $21.46 billion, with 76-cents-a-share. Wall Street estimated a revenue of 77-cents-a-share at 21.53 billion, so quite a bit out if you look carefully at how much a billion actually equates to… Still, it still earned $6.38 billion dollars which isn’t anything to be crying over, even with its no...
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Lenovo is to produce a Chromebook set for school use called the ThinkPad X131e. A Chromebook is a laptop running on Google’s operating system Chrome. The Chrome OS is a browser-based operating system, but like Android (also made by Google), runs Linux in the background. The software all runs in the cloud of the web, with websites, and web apps. It won’t run PC games, Photoshop, or even...
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Like it or not, tablets, like the Apple iPad, and the range of Android based tablets available, have been on people’s shopping lists a lot more lately than PC’s have. Research firm Gartner says the worldwide PC sales have dropped by around 4.9%. It may not seem like much, but it is quite a considerable number. Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner said: “Tablets have dram...
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With the release approaching of the new Tomb Raider game, Microsoft, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix have unveiled a new limited edition Xbox 360 controller. It will arrive in time for the game, which is slated for a release 5th March 2013, and its estimated retail price will be £39.99 With the purchase of the controller, as an extra incentive, but only from GAME in the UK, you will receive a do...
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Nvidia has announced a new portable gaming device named, Project SHIELD. So what is it? Project SHIELD has been designed to bridge together two platforms; PC, and Android into one effective unit for gamers that want a bit of portability. Running on Google Android’s latest Jelly Bean operating system, it will allow all Android apps to be installed/played, including ones offered on NvidiaR...
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The DVR (Digital Video Recorder) is something that has become the ‘norm’ with services like Sky+, and Virgin Media’s TIVO boxes. The ability to record many shows on the fly, and pause/rewind live TV as it records as you watch. Right? The Simple.TV is coming out soon and it intends to shake things up a bit. How does your DVR record data? A hard drive inside the unit? Yes? The Simp...
Read More »Starting from November in the UK, you will be able to pick up the Acer Aspire 7600U from store shelves. It is an all-in-one Windows 8 touch screen PC, and looks really good with a glass and transparent resin frame which supports the huge 27 inch LCD screen within. Cables are managed by a stainless steal stand at the back, which supports the hefty unit whilst also making sure it keeps clean and fut...
Read More »Microsoft Corp. is introducing Xbox Music to the masses. It is a music service, that will be going head to head with music services like Spotify, and Pandora (for the radio based streaming if you are lucky enough to be where this is available) Xbox Music will work with a whole suite of devices, including PC, phone, tablet, and TV through the Xbox 360, all possible through the power of the cloud, g...
Read More »The Nintendo Wii U has been took apart to reveal what is inside for the first time. It is in fact Nintendo's first multi-core console, and as you may know, the more cores, the faster things process, and the more that can be done at once. Almost everything now has at least two cores; maybe even the mobile phone on your desk. The processor and GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) have been put on one...
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