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Valve, the company behind clasic First Person Shooter Games has announced its proposed update to Steam – Its internet based application for delivering games to players world wide.

The update is music to gamers ears as it takes a users stats and stores them remotely, allowing people to goto any location, be it an internet cafe or a friends house and play with their own profile and settings.

Valve was initially condemed by gamers due to its copywrite management systems implimented to prevent piracy.  However after a rocky start, and with the help of the half life 2 realease, Valves Steam system… Continue Reading»

Microsofts rather lax search engine Live is currently languishing in third place behind Google and Yahoo in the Search Engine Market. While this is simply because ethy failed to realise the Search Engine potential when they dominated teh Internet market they have recently tried to get back to the top.

To do this Microsoft have announced a Cash back option for users who shop via the Microsoft Live Search Engine. This is in my opinion going to be a boost for microsft simply because Advertisers will… Continue Reading»

AMD have today announced that they will be bringing out a standard for excellence on gaming machines.  Any machine that meets this standard will be allowed to display a sticker noting that it is either at gaming, or pro gaming level.

This seems to be a specific stab at Intel when they announced an integrated graphics/processor chip, something that could increase PC Performance but may damage competition.

Nvidia recently slammed Intel for the move in an interview with their CEO, and it now seems like AMD (Owners of ATI)… Continue Reading»

I was browsing ThinkGeek.com and noticed they have updated their clearance offers!

I dont know about you but I love gadgets of all shapes and sizes so this was like a dream come true for me! See Below for some of my favorite offers from ThinkGeek.com

First off I have to point out these… Continue Reading»

The Neo Cube is not a single cube, but rather a cube made out of 216 powerful spherical magnets.  It is the design of these magnets that make this gadget so incredibly flexible, as shown in the video.  While this is not the kind of electronic gadget i normally cover I do think it ccarries that inherent geekyness that I love so much.  As soon as I saw this in motion I knew I had to have one.  So far it has taken up hours of my life, god only knows how it became addictive.  The god news is that… Continue Reading»

This Gadget has an air of james bond about it, simply plug it into your PC or laptop and insert a SIM card. This device can not only back up and restore your address book but it will also retrieve deleted text messages off your sim card!

While in today’s modern world phone memory is being increasingly used as the best location to store phone data, including texts, I still like this gadget, I do think it is entirely unique in today’s market!

While the Sim… Continue Reading»

A Nifty new gadget from Korea called The Opera Wireless Headset has hit the market.  The Opera Wireless Headset developed by the Korean company DigiFi has been in development for a while now, seeking to beat its competitors int eh market with both style and technology.  To do this it uses a wireless technology called Klear, a more efficient version of Bluetooth that does not unfortunately conform to the open standard.

This little baby plugs into any device with a standard 3.5 mm headphone Jack so wil work with pretty… Continue Reading»