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Elgato is releasing the Game Capture HD, a device that lets game-casters and YouTube walkthrough mavens shed low-resolution, over-the-shoulder smartphone footage once and for all. The sleek black box sits between console and display, enabling gamers to record their speed runs and kill records for the world to see.
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Elgato announces Game Capture HD, shows off your deathmatch prowess in H.264
HBO subscribers currently locked out of streaming HBO Go to their connected TV devices (namely Samsung HDTVs / Blu-ray players , Roku boxes and Xbox 360s ) could be in for a treat soon, as our sources indicate Time Warner Cable is preparing to announce access for its customers on all three platforms tomorrow. There’s also a few small pics of the updated menus for Xbox 360 and Roku flashing the TWC logo, as well as currently unsupported providers Bright House Networks (both), as well as DirecTV and Comcast (Roku)
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HBO Go on Roku, Samsung and Xbox opens up to Time Warner (and possibly others) tomorrow?
In a relatively strange fashion, AT&T’s quietly pulled the plug on its U-verse kit for the Xbox 360 — at least for the time being. According to a note on its own site, the company’s taking some time to focus on “improving and enhancing” its U-verse bundle. This is probably a reference to the updated app (that would also require XBL Gold) AT&T promised for the new dashboard with Kinect support and a new UI, but has yet to deliver
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AT&T stops offering Xbox 360 U-verse bundle until it can deliver an updated version
Biometrics and laptop security go together like business meetings and boardrooms, but this Microsoft patent hints that gaming could be the next frontier for fingerprint recognition.
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Microsoft patent details pressure-sensitive Xbox controller for storing players’ profiles
Whoa, Nelly! As rumored , Microsoft is indeed shattering the home console pricing paradigm by trying something that US wireless carriers have been doing for years. As of now, the official Microsoft Store is hosting up a coupon that’ll enable prospective Xbox buyers to snag a 4GB console bundle for just $99…
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Microsoft officially offering Xbox 360 4GB console for $99, two-year Live Gold subscription required
Do you want to show to the rest of the world just how much of a devotion you have as a patriot to the United Kingdom?
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Xbox 360 Celebration Pack heads for the UK
Microsoft has long been pushing to get the Xbox 360 into as many living rooms as possible, and it looks like it could now be about to attempt a new tactic to further expand its reach. According to The Verge’s sources, the company will launch a new bundle next week that will include both a 4GB Xbox 360 console and a Kinect sensor for just $99 — the only catch being that you’ll also have to sign a two-year contract at a rate of $15 a month.
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Microsoft reportedly launching subsidized Xbox 360 bundle next week for $99 with a two-year subscription
If the Queen’s Jubilee and 2012 Olympics pride have overcome your sense of subtlety, Microsoft has a special game console for you. The Celebration Pack Xbox 360 is a plain-jane 4GB Kinect bundle underneath, but it slathers the console, the wireless gamepad and the Kinect sensor in a tattered Union Jack to remind everyone you’re not from Canada
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Celebration Pack Xbox 360 drapes itself in Union Jack, sings Rule Britannia
Forget everything your mother told you about playing ball in the house, Majesco thinks it’s a terrific idea.
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NBA Baller Beats for Xbox 360 encourages you to play ball in the house
Casio Japan has announced the Exilim EX-ZR300, a high-speed CMOS-based 16MP 12.5x zoom compact. The ZR300 features a 24-300mm equivalent zoom and dual ‘Exilim Engine HS’ processors to offer autofocus in as little as 0.12sec and start-up in under 1 sec.
Do you like your cars smart ? Are you itching to drive something a bit more K.I.T.T. than KIA
The ONE Street Tweeter is kind of like a giant, mobile ink-jet printer, only way more political. It wasn’t around in time for the height of the Occupy protests, but made its debut at the G8 Summit
When we’re not looking up at the stars, we’re likely looking at a screen, so any chance to combine those two is greeted with open arms.
NPD DisplaySearch is declaring Apple to be the undisputed champion of the mobile PC business for the first quarter of the year. The fruity phone flinger shipped ( shipped , not sold) 17.2 million mobile PCs in the time, a figure that contentiously includes the iPad
Dell hasn’t been having the greatest of years, and the blows are still as heavy as ever in Round Rock’s fiscal Q1.
3D printing with ABS and other plastics that have a low-melting point are old hat. And, with the price of entry dropping below the $500 mark , soon enough anyone will be able print their own pirated 45s
Charitable entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox has teamed up with Microsoft , TalkTalk , and Simplify Digital to bring a cheaper option for cash-strapped folks in the UK. Starting today, you can buy a refurbished computer with broadband service for a year (with a 40GB monthly cap) for as little as £149 ($240) — and that price drops even lower for people on state benefits. The “Go On UK” initiative also throws in a WiFi router and Windows 7 to further spread that non-profit love around the nation — just like we have going on in the US .
In my view, smartphones are all about the future, and the best handsets are usually the ones with the wildest, slickest mobile technology. Sure, cutting-edge wireless computing rarely comes cheap, especially phones running Google’s latest and greatest version of Android software, Ice Cream Sandwich . Still it’s good to have a dream, and right now I’m fantasizing big time about the best phones money can buy
We’ve seen DNA flirt with computing and storage before, but a biological system that can record digital data? That’s something different
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