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By Mark Pickavance Given the low price of large-screen televisions these days, it’s not surprising that the usage of projectors has markedly declined. Those in the business of making these devices have been forced to become more selective about the niches they address, while innovating away some of the traditional issues associated with projection technology.…

By David Nield There’s less than a month to wait before you can walk into a Microsoft retail store and exchange cold, hard cash for an Xbox One X, but if you can’t wait that long, you can now try out the next-generation console at certain Microsoft outlets around the world. As part of the…

Western Digital has pioneered a new data storage technology that uses microwave-assisted magnetic recording to pack more data into the same disk space. The company claims the technology will allow disk capacities of up to 40 TB by 2025. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

The Galaxy S8 Active will no longer be exclusive to AT&T, a new leak says. If it’s true, then T-Mobile might offer the rugged version of Samsung’s flagship soon. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Mark Pickavance When the Silicon Power Armor A85 arrived, a few individuals got excited by the notion that we’d been sent a hip flask containing some rare libation. Sadly, we had not. It turned out that while being the rough size and shape of that particular receptacle, the Armor A85 is actually an external…

By Andrew Willliams Black Friday is the biggest online shopping day of the year. And nowadays it has spread far from its roots in the US, landing only on the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday (despite the name) tends to last around a week, and you’ll see it’s associated retailer sales pop up in several…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln Monolith’s sophomore visit to Middle-earth is a beast of two very different natures. On the one hand, it’s a big budget fan-fiction that takes a heavy-handed approach to crafting a story in a lore that will always overshadow it. On the other, it’s one of the most engaging and enjoyable games we’ve…

By Natasha Lomas U.K. edtech startup pi-top has a new learn-to-code-and-tinker machine. It’s another modular Raspberry Pi-powered laptop but this time they’ve reduced the number of steps needed to put it together, as well as adding a slider keyboard design so the Qwerty panel can be pulled out to provide access to a rail for…

By Emma Boyle Of all the current generation consoles on the market right now, Microsoft’s Xbox One is by far the most impressive when it comes to its commitment to backwards compatibility. At the moment there’s an extensive list of Xbox 360 games that can be played on the Xbox One and while that’s continuing…

Details about the upcoming Razer Phone just leaked ahead of the device’s Nov. 1 unveiling. From the looks of the leak, the Razer Phone’s spec sheet is pretty standard fare for a 2017 flagship, except for one startling detail. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Alex Cox Getting better signal strength and improving network speed is an intricate and sometimes difficult art. Wi-Fi black spots affect just about every home, often in the most inconvenient places – and since cable placement is usually at the whim of our internet providers, moving a router to a central point in the…

By David Nield You can now play Minecraft across the Xbox One, Windows 10, mobile and VR, but it could be a while yet before Sony joins the party on that or any other game – at least that’s the view of Xbox chief Phil Spencer, who’s been speaking to Gamespot, and says that Microsoft…

By Mike Williams It may not have the profile of the big-name competition, but Florida-based ThreatTrack has been in the security business for a very long time. Established in 1994 as Sunbelt Software, the company spent years developing anti-spyware solutions, introduced its VIPRE antivirus brand in 2008, and now offers a range of products for…

By Darrell Etherington DJI just introduced a new camera designed to work with drones, and in particular its Inspire 2 flyer. The camera is a “world first” in that its a super 35 digital film camera tailored for aerial cinematography – in other words, if you’re a filmmaker, documentarian or professional cinematographer, you are probably…

Verizon will let you get your hands on the new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL in its physical stores starting on Oct. 12, building up the hype until the phone’s official Oct. 19 release date. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones