Bungie snubs E3 showing amid Xbox 720 game rumours

Developer Bungie has confirmed it will not be present at this year’s E3 2012 convention in LA despite recent leaks outing details of an Xbox 720 bound game it is developing in conjunction with Activision. Famed for the iconic Halo franchise before being replaced by 343 Industries for the upcoming Halo 4 release, a title that will be showcased during next month’s E3 expo, Bungie officials...

Phantom 'Planet X' May Lurk at Solar System's Edge

A giant but unseen planet may lurk on the outer edge of our solar system, making its presence known only by disrupting the orbits of nearby celestial objects, according to Rodney Gomes, an astronomer at the National Observatory of Brazil, who presented a paper on the topic earlier this month. Astronomers have long observed that a group of small, icy bodies in the so-called "scattered...

PS2 EyeToy Bundle Enables Motion Gaming For Rs 6000

It's no secret that the PS2 may not be Sony's mainstream console by a long shot, but it still accounts for a large chunk of its sales in India. The target demographic for this last-gen console is 8-12 year olds in this country. Now that the kids have ample time owing to summer vacations, Sony has launched the PlayStation 2 EyeToy Bundle. It includes a PS2 console, an EyeToy camera,...

YouTube turns seven; gets 72 hours of video upload per minute

YouTube has turned seven– and has hit yet another video upload milestone – YouTube is now uploading three days of videos (72 hours) per minute – which is about 37,840,000 hours of video per year! "We're so honored that you've used YouTube to share how-to tips, political moments, home videos, comedy, music, and so much more," the YouTube team wrote in a blog post on Sunday. YouTube...

Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air: Prepare To Upgrade Your TVs Again

We assumed the gorgeous 8K ultra-HDTVs we saw at CES this year were years away. But Japan's NHK has just completed the first over-the-air broadcast of a 7680x4320 signal using UHF frequencies—just when you'd finished paying off your giant HDTV display. The compressed Super Hi-Vision signal, as the NHK calls it, was broadcast over a distance of about 2.7 miles without any errors on the...

Micron Technology in Deal Discussions With Elpida Memory

The semiconductor company Micron Technology said on Thursday that it was in discussions to acquire a struggling rival, the Japanese microchip manufacturer Elpida Memory.The deal would help expand Micron’s presence in the global microchip market, and comes less than a week after SK Hynix of South Korea dropped out of the race to acquire the Elpida.A number of bidders have been circling Elpida...

Review: Kinect Support for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

It seems like the perfect idea to integrate the voice command of the Kinect with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim; as saying dragon shouts seemed like a match made in heaven. The end results however are occasionally useful, but overall may just add more frustration to your experience. Saying dragon shouts can be very rewarding when you’re in...

Galaxy S III Serves Up Big Dollop of Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung launched the Galaxy S III smartphone in London on Thursday. The device will run Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), version 4.0 of the mobile OS. The Galaxy S III's features include facial and voice recognition, voice command capability and eye tracking. "We believe the Galaxy S III is the most anticipated product in the 20-year history of Samsung Mobile," Blythe Makenzie, Samsung...