By Darren Allan HP and MSI have both revealed new backpack PCs which are designed for virtual reality gaming on the likes of the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. The idea is to cram a desktop computer powerful enough for VR into a backpack which you can simply wear while gaming, thus avoiding having to…

Verizon is delivering a new care package from HTC for the HTC 10. The update includes camera and Wi-Fi improvements, along with some bug fixes. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Google may shame smartphone vendors and carriers who are sluggish in rolling out Android’s latest software update. Google has made a list, which is currently private, but it is considering making it public soon. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darren Allan Fancy bagging your own .game domain? Well, now you can, as the new Top-Level Domain (TLD) is available for usage for those involved in the gaming community in one way or another. Domain name peddler Uniregistry is holding court over .game domains and the firm noted that on the first day of…

By Stephen Lambrechts After an interminably long nine-year gestation period, it’s been revealed that The Last Guardian, the latest game from Fumito Ueda (Ico, Shadow of the Colossus), will finally be released this year. In an interview for the upcoming issue of our sister publication, Edge magazine, Ueda stated that “this is the year we…

Chinese startup Moxi Group is launching the world’s first bendable smartphone this year and it already looks promising. However, the price tag alone is enough to make you flip over. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Devin Coldewey If you want to print something a few inches tall, extruded plastic is a good medium. But when you need something at the nanometer scale, DNA is a better bet — but who has the time to design and assemble it base by base? New research lets would-be DNA origami masters design…

By Devin Coldewey Force touch may be a feature exclusive to the latest iPhones, but something like it is now possible on pretty much any phone out there, thanks to research from engineers at the University of Michigan. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Jacob Grana Introduction and design In the land of the tablets, the one with the type cover is king. In the land of the type covers, the one most like a traditional notebook keyboard/trackpad is king … or something. You get the picture. And so has HP. Thanks to the superb inputs on its…

By Jacob Grana Introduction and design In the land of the tablets, the one with the type cover is king. In the land of the type covers, the one most like a traditional notebook keyboard/trackpad is king … or something. You get the picture. And so has HP. Thanks to the superb inputs on its…

By Desire Athow When it comes to printers, there’s still a very significant Japanese presence in the market, something that sounds like an oddity given their recent exodus from other tech-related arenas (with moves like Sony giving up on the PC market, and Toshiba ending consumer laptops). Kyocera Mita, Konica Minolta, Fuji Xerox, Funai, Oki…

By Desire Athow When it comes to printers, there’s still a very significant Japanese presence in the market, something that sounds like an oddity given their recent exodus from other tech-related arenas (with moves like Sony giving up on the PC market, and Toshiba ending consumer laptops). Kyocera Mita, Konica Minolta, Fuji Xerox, Funai, Oki…

By Devin Coldewey Minecraft, a game that skyrocketed to unprecedented levels of popularity among all ages because of its open-ended gameplay, infinite worlds, and limitless possibilities for creation and collaboration, is getting a deathmatch mode. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Romain Dillet Microsoft is playing catch up when it comes to console sales. But it looks like the company doesn’t want to give up on dedicated gaming consoles. According to multiple reports, Microsoft is about to announce a new, slimmer Xbox One around E3 in June, and a more powerful Xbox One next year.…

By Darren Allan How fast is the new GeForce GTX 1070? Pretty darn fast according to the latest benchmark spilled onto the net, and in fact it edges out Nvidia’s mighty Titan X. This is according to benchmarks carried out by Videocardz, which found that in 3DMark FireStrike, the average benchmark of the GTX 1070…