Tag: hardware
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New Valve Steam Controller Details
The recent announcements from Valve that they have 65 million user accounts, then that they will be launching their own operating system, SteamOS, have been overshadowed with confirmation that they will be producing their own hardware platforms and controllers. According to Valve’s Greg Coomber, the controller represents a radical departure from the existing methods of…
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Valve’s latest announcement: The Steam Controller
Last week was pretty busy for Valve, the company had three announcements to give us a taste of their plan to expand the Steam Universe. The week started with the reveal of SteamOS, Valve’s very own standalone Linux-based OS followed by the news of new hardware, the Steam Machines and their prototype boxes. The last announcement came…
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Sony reveals new PS Vita
Sony held a press conference tonight ahead of the Tokyo Games Show and used the event to reveal some more hardware. The big news was the unavailing of an all new piece of hardware, the PS Vita TV. Although the device is very small, it fits in the hand, the PS Vita TV does a…
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Xbox One “Day One” and Standard Edition Contents Confirmed
Alongside the blog post, Larry also posted a video detailing each item included in the box. The standard Xbox One console package includes: Xbox One console Kinect 2.0 sensor and cable Xbox One wireless controller Xbox One mono headset “4K rated” (can handle 2160p output) HDMI cable Xbox One power-supply and cable Xbox One manual…
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Xbox One receives marginal upgrade
Mere months before the release of its new home console, the Xbox One, Microsoft has announced that the console has been given a minor boost in graphical processing power. With the machine’s processor having been upgraded from 800MHz to 853 MHz, the console will be able to execute instructions faster than before, marginally improving its…
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To Silicon Hell and Back
The period after Christmas has traditionally been a bit of an unlucky time for me, as far as general geekery is concerned. In years past, expensive pieces of electronics have suddenly left me for Silicon Heaven, despite my nearly OCD-level of care and attention I give to everything I own. This year was no different:…