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Feature articles on retro gaming, emulation, hard ware and software, and new developments in the retro gaming world.

Acer’s Curved Display Released in July – The Acer XR341CK

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Not content with just building them bigger and flatter, display manufacturers are now making ‘em curvier. Curved models have been slowly coming out in the TV in the market with minimal fanfare, but on the PC monitor side of things, curved displays have seen much greater acceptance and adoption, perhaps due to the more effective … Read more

Lenovo Release Their Answer to Intel’s Computer-on-a-Stick

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The introduction of the Intel Compute Stick (Intel’s $150 PC-on-a-stick that plugs into an HDMI socket, giving the user a full Windows 8 or 10 experience – albeit at tablet-level perfomance specs – when paired with any Modern monitor or TV display) late last year has opened the gates on a new market segment for … Read more

TTR-SB Seawolf GoPro Submarine

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Strapping a trusty GoPro to the nearest handy drone has allowed us to capture vistas from the sky, experience the Star-Wars-Speeder-esque excitement of FPV flying, and if the damn thing wasn’t so noisy, it probably would allow the adolescent wish fulfillment of peeping through an upstairs window to catch an attractive neighbour in all sorts … Read more

It’s Finally Happening – Lexus Have Made a Functional Hoverboard

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Finally we can retire the shitty Back to the Future memes and clickbait Facebook shares, the hoverboard is becoming a reality. Lexus, Toyota Japan’s luxury vehicle arm, have unveiled a working prototype of a functional hoverboard. It’s real, it (allegedly) works, but it’s not available for sale… yet. Using the same technology as the magnetic … Read more

Those Wafer Thin Sony 4K TVs are Finally Dropping in July

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After a promised spring release that has come and gone and left me daily staring morosely at my overweight, tub of lard, queen of the sea-cows, fatty fat fatterson flatscreen (flatscreen? more like FATSCREEN) TV and dreaming of slimmer horizons, Sony has finally set the release for the X900C and X910C for July of 2015. … Read more

Playstation 4 Gets 1 Terabyte Upgrade

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Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement of the new XBox One package, (featuring a new redesigned controller and 1tb of storage), Sony has launched their answer barrage – a similarly upgraded PlayStation 4 now with 1tb of storage, a case redesign, and a reported lower power consumption.

The Ultimate Player Edition Playstation 4 features a matte finish casing on the hard drive bay, in order to make the console look ‘more casual’ (Sony’s words), and comes in both black and white variants.

In addition to the doubled hard drive space, technological improvements include a 10 percent weight reduction and a new PSU that will reportedly consume 8 percent less power than the current model.

The casual Not as Shiny Edition (ahem, Ultimate Player Edition) will be released in Japan by the end of June, and the rest of the known universe by mid July.

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The Millionth Raspberry Pi Produced in the UK

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just announced that the millionth Raspberry Pi Computer has been birthed at its UK production facility – Sony’s Pencoed factory in South Wales. This is a huge milestone not just for the Raspberry Pi foundation, but also for the feasibility of quality tech manufacturing in the UK – something that … Read more

Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Briefcase – Convert Your Spare Change to Internet Money

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Bitcoins. I don’t have any, and chances are you don’t either. Chances are equally good that both you and I have no need to buy fake IDs or dank buds online, and these two factors are conditionally related. However, despite the fact that they haven’t really caught on in a huge way yet, Bitcoins are … Read more

Streaming Internet Radio Devices using The Raspberry Pi

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One huge contributor to the Raspberry Pi’s huge popularity would have to be its extreme aptitude in handling streaming media. Despite being relatively low powered (although, for 35 bucks it’s hard to complain!) in the CPU and ram stakes, it handles high definition video like an absolute champ, and this has led to a proliferation … Read more