By Jon Porter The NES (or as it was originally known in Japan, the Famicon) was one of the most influential games consoles of all time. It resurrected the video games industry after the video game crash of 1983, and no I’m not joking. Memories of the console are so fond that Nintendo has recently…

By Jon Porter The NES (or as it was originally known in Japan, the Famicon) was one of the most influential games consoles of all time. It resurrected the video games industry after the video game crash of 1983, and no I’m not joking. Memories of the console are so fond that Nintendo has recently…

By Kevin Lee Nvidia been on a tear introducing new graphics card and while it’s been fun with a surprisingly powerful GTX 1080 and GTX 1060, the card we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. Nvidia just announced its next generation Titan X featuring 3,584 CUDA cores operating at 1.53GHz – that’s a big…

By Kevin Lee Nvidia has been on a tear introducing new graphics cards – in recent months we’ve seen the GTX 1080, and the surprisingly powerful GTX 1060. And now it’s delivered the fastest gaming graphics card on the planet – although not surprisingly it doesn’t come cheap. Nvidia has announced its next-generation Titan X,…

By Michelle Fitzsimmons By now you know that Nintendo is bringing back the NES in miniature form, but we hadn’t seen it in the flesh until today. The Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition decided to make the trip to San Diego Comic-Con, and we caught the little thing sitting right next to its bigger,…

By Devin Coldewey As the graphics in games and movies edge closer and closer to photorealism, even the subtlest tricks of the light must be simulated. For years an especially tough one has been recreating the sparkling, uneven surfaces of water, metals, and other materials — but these glints can now be rendered 100 times…

By Devin Coldewey Ever wonder what you would look like with long, wavy hair? I think you’d look great. But how can you try on a few looks without spending a fortune at the salon, or hours in photoshop? I’m glad you asked. All you need is a selfie and Dreambit, the face-swapping search engine.…

By John Biggs In the world of horology there are few things fancier than the tourbillion and there are few things extra fancier than a triple-axis model. Originally invented by Abraham Louis Breguet, the tourbillion was a modification designed to ensure that a watch would keep good time in any number of positions – in…

By Jordan Crook Shopping online for electronics can be overwhelming. First you have the tech blog reviews, and then the forums, and then the product page itself. Finding the right product, at the right price, can be difficult. That’s where Grover (formerly ByeBuy) comes in. For roughly 5 percent of the retail price, users can…

Two NYC cops dove into the city’s polluted East River to catch a thief who had stolen a young girl’s iPhone. Although the thief was apprehended and booked, the girl’s device was unfortunately ruined. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darren Allan Is Intel about to bring six-core CPUs into its mainstream processor offerings? Apparently so, although you’ll have to wait till the year after next for them to arrive. Yes, according to a leaked slide, Intel is bringing forth Coffee Lake (yet another ‘lake’ – and a particularly tasty sounding one) in 2018,…

By Darren Allan Is Intel about to bring six-core CPUs into its mainstream processor offerings? Apparently so, although you’ll have to wait till the year after next for them to arrive. Yes, according to a leaked slide, Intel is bringing forth Coffee Lake (yet another ‘lake’ – and a particularly tasty sounding one) in 2018,…

New images of what is reportedly the gold iPhone 7 have leaked. The photos also show a 3.5mm headphone to Lightning adapter, which many will need in order to use their favorite headphones. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

New Samsung Galaxy Note 7 details have emerged and it will reportedly have a base configuration of 64 GB. The device was also spotted on video. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darren Allan Gigabyte has announced its new RX 480 G1 Gaming graphics card, which boasts nifty custom cooling that’s dead quiet, and software that allows for easy overclocking. The card comes in two variants, with 4GB and 8GB of video RAM on board, but otherwise they are identical. Gigabyte didn’t talk clock speeds in…