By Darren Allan Usually, if you want to build a compact gaming PC, you’ll need to sacrifice something in the way of power for that portability – but not if Gigabyte has anything to do with it, as the company’s latest Nvidia graphics card offering is a GTX 1070 which is small enough to fit…

By Jon Porter It’s hard not to look at the declining sales of handheld consoles and the rise of mobile gaming and not think that the two might be related. However, the lack of buttons on modern smartphones makes them a pretty poor replacement for a dedicated handheld, especially when it comes to faster-paced action…

By Stephen Lambrechts Pokemon GO, Nintendo’s eagerly anticipated augmented reality game for iOS and Android devices, has finally launched on the App Store and Google Play Store, though only those with Australian and New Zealand accounts can access it at the moment. According to a tweet from Takashi Mochizuki, Tokyo tech reporter for The Wall…

By Devin Coldewey Fans of free and open source software are rejoicing today at the news that Bulgaria will now require all software written for the government must be FOSS. But while this is a promising advance, don’t expect a major change in the way things work. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Devin Coldewey NASA believes the children are our future. Why else would it ask them for ideas about how to feed astronauts in 2050? The nationwide “Star Trek Replicator” contest that began in February has spawned hundreds of 3D printable ideas, and the winners have just been announced: a housing for radiation-loving fungi and…

By Nick Pino Gamers begged. Gamers pleaded. Gamers cast 148,578 votes on Xbox.com to make it happen. Now, over a year after Microsoft enabled backwards compatibility on Xbox One, Rockstar Games has announced that it’s bringing one of its most well-loved titles, Red Dead Redemption, to Microsoft’s powerhouse gaming system. Xbox 360 owners will be…

By Brian Heater It’s not always the wisest policy in this fast-moving world of consumer electronics, but as countless competitors pushed past to bring wireless noise cancelling headphones to market, the audio company whose name has long been synonymous with active noise canceling bided its time. Announced among a trio of new products, the QuietComfort…

By Devin Coldewey The Juno probe has just made its long-awaited rendezvous with Jupiter, kicking off 20 months of unprecedented planetary science. We cornered the mission’s principal investigator, Scott Bolton, during a briefing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory — and he was more than happy to talk about all the cool new gadgets packed into…

U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless is reportedly poised to introduce adjustments to its plans, which will make them more expensive. However, Verizon will increase the data offered. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darren Allan Windows 10 continues to be very popular with gamers using Steam, with the latest figures showing a further acceleration in adoption. Last month, the total number of Windows 10 gamers (including both 32-bit and 64-bit versions) finally surpassed Windows 7 on Steam, and in Valve’s new figures for June, Microsoft’s most recent…

The HP Elite X3, one of the best hardware-equipped smartphones to run on Windows 10 Mobile, will soon get an optional stylus and a gold color option. Some say the productivity-oriented gadget paves the way for the Microsoft Surface Phone. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darren Allan Want to grab some Windows 10 games with serious price reductions? Then you’re in luck, because Microsoft is hosting its ‘Ultimate Game Sale’ on the Windows Store right now. And there are some big-name games which have been given the discount treatment, including Quantum Break, which has had 25% lopped off its…

Huawei’s marketing team went overboard when it implied that a photo taken with a $4,500 Canon DSLR setup was actually shot with its flagship, the P9. The company saved the day by saying it was a miscommunication error. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Hugh Langley Slightly later than expected, the Twitch app has come to the PlayStation Vita, Sony’s criminally under-supported handheld. You’ll be able to watch live and recorded streams for all your favourite games, and keep tabs on your favorite broadcasters. There’s also a dedicated section that highlights PlayStation streamers, but you won’t be able…

By Darren Allan If you’ve picked up one of AMD’s Radeon RX 480 graphics cards with 4GB of video memory, there’s a chance you could double that RAM with a relatively simple tweak. So what’s the story here? Apparently, some RX 480 models with 4GB actually have 8GB of memory on board in physical terms,…