Author: Daniel Sung
Games consoles get 5-10 years, so says Xbox-ex Sandy Duncan
The new Nostradamus of the computing world, Sandy Duncan, has prophesied that the end is nigh for the games console.
Mr Duncan, the former boss of Xbox Europe, said: “The industry is fundamentally driven by technology. I think dedicated games devices, i.e. consoles and handhelds, will die out in the next five to ten years.”
“I don’t think you’ll have any box at all under your TV; most of this stuff will be “virtualised” as web services by your content provider.”…
Josh Burdich's Star Wars figures in pixel art perfection
Generally new school Star Wars and all merchandising thereabouts makes me want to kill people – Lucas ideally but anyone will do – but there's just something you've got to doff Vader helmet to when a man creates such a tidy, well thought out catalogue of action figures complete with pixel art thumbnails…
Apple voted top in Brandchannel survey, Microsoft voted the pits
A survey across 2000 users over 107 different countries says Apple is a far more impressive brand than any other in the world…
Limited edition Ferrari Art.Engine wireless speaker system – home audio porn
Help. I am entranced. Art.Engine's brand new Ferrari wireless speakers have me all a-quiver. I want to kiss its 4 ft tall machined aluminium and bonded carbon fiber composite body…
100% legal downloads at LegalTorrents – the day the music was re-born
Here’s one for any of you still in hiding, clutching your 12 hard drives packed full of downloaded MP3s and down to your last can of cold tomato soup. You can come out now, it’s safe – well nearly.
I wouldn’t start re-seeding your collection just yet but you can start downloading for free and shout from the roof-tops about it if you wish. Hell, call the police for a chat while you’re at it.
LegalTorrents.com was started back in 2003 as a collection of hand-picked torrents that the website’s founder, Simon Carless, had permission to use. As from today, LegalTorrents is open for the internet community to add to at will – once they’ve been approved…
Star Wars Episode 8: Holyhead – Jedi Knight taken down in his own back yard
The last of the Jedi Masters has finally been slain by the Sith, but it didn't happen in a galaxy far, far away…
Beer Station – dispense with the pub and drink youself into a coma in the comfort of your own home
Now, I love beer, love it but the Beer Station just isn't my glass of Budvar. Yeah, it looks all swish and smooth with its brushed chrome finish…
More delights from the LG sweet trolley – the LG-LH500 ice cream phone
The success of the Chocolate seems to have gone to the heads, or certainly the taste buds, of those at LG, who have today launched their latest cellular/culinary fusion…
Binary clock – baffling & beautiful in equal measure
Yes, you read it right. This is not an electric cheese grater, it really is a clock and one designed to confuse the hell out of any poor sucker who hasn’t spent three days studying the manual. It works on a binary basis.
For those of you who slept through physics class, that refers to each of the 20 LEDs having two outputs, either on or off, and between…
