Google announces Wallet mobile payment service
At its New York office, Google has taken the veil off two new products aimed at improving commerce for consumers, a mobile payment service called Google Wallet enabling simple, tap-to-pay shopping, and a Groupon rival named Google Offers that would help save cash through special deals. Google Wallet makes use of NFC (near field communication) technology which means to take advantage of it, a NFC-supporting mobile phone (smartphone) is required. Using the Google Wallet app basically transforms your phone into a wallet since to pay for a product (or service) you'll just have to tap it on terminals compatible with MasterCard's PayPass technology. This means that, right from the get-to, your G-wallet will be accepted by 124,000 PayPass-enabled merchants in the US and more than 311,000 globally.
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Scythe releases Kama Panel 3
Scythe Europe has announced the incoming arrival of its third generation Kama Panel, a multi-functional 5.25-inch device which brings together a two-channel fan controller, a drive rack, a card reader and a extra I/O ports.
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MSI 990FXA-GD65 motherboard fully exposed
MSI's second AM3+ ATX motherboard named 990FXA-GD65 and powered by the AMD 990FX / SB950 combo is now fully exposed and comes with complete support for AMD FX Series (codename Zambezi) processors, and also packs goodies like Military Class components (Icy Chokes, Hi-c CAPs with a tantalum core and Solid CAPs), 10-phase DrMOS, APS (Active Phase Switching), and the OC Genie II function which allows for one-click/one second overclocking and CPU core unlocking.
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EVGA includes Duke Nukem Forever with GeForce GTX 560
To celebrate the seemingly unbelievable release of the 14-years in the making FPS game Duke Nukem Forever, EVGA has prepared a special bundle that will hopefully please Duke fans. Entitled Duke's Fully Loaded Package, EVGA's bundle includes a Duke Nukem-themed GeForce GTX 560 card (336 CUDA Cores, 810/1620 MHz GPU/shader clocks, 1GB of GDDR5 memory at 4008 MHz), a copy of Duke Nukem Forever, plus an artbook with The History, Legacy and Legend of Duke Nukem Forever , a Duke Nukem Forever mousepad and a Duke Nukem Radioactive Belt Buckle.
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Zotac makes mini-ITX Z68 board with GeForce GT 430
Zotac has developed two more HTPC-oriented mini-ITX motherboards, the Z68 GT430 ITX-WiFi and Z68ITX-WiFi, powered by Intel's latest chipset, the Z68 Express. The Z68 GT430 ITX-WiFi is nothing short of special as it comes with built-in GeForce GT 430 graphics which can be used instead of the GPU integrated into Sandy Bridge processors. The GT 430 has its own DVI output, while the rest of the outputs - another DVI, one HDMI and one DisplayPort, all connect to the CPU's graphics core.
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Lenovo IdeaPad K1 packs Tegra 2 chip
Lenovo's delayed and revamped LePad tablet is currently gearing up for an international release, so it's not surprising that it has begun to be listed by various stores. What's interesting is that the device seems to have underwent a hardware change since its January re-introduction. Currently selling in China, Lenovo's home market, the LePad comes powered by a 1.3 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, but the IdeaPad K1, which has appeared in US stores on pre-order, is mentioned to boast an Nvidia Tegra 2 system-on-chip.
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Sony to downgrade NGP specs to compete with 3DS
According to website 01.net, Sony will release the NGP this year in Japan only, with Europe and North America getting the handheld in early 2012. Sony will also have to downgrade some of the console's powerful specs in order to stay competitive with the Nintendo 3DS' $250 price tag.
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Chinese prisoners forced to earn money in online games
Prisoners in Chinese labour camps were forced to play online games for hours to make money for the guards. The practice of excessively playing online games to build up virtual currency (or other virtually valuable assets) is known as gold farming , and it is particularly rampant in China where estimates put as many as 100,000 gold farmers throughout the region. Liu Dali, a former prisoner of the Jixi labour camp, used to have to break rocks, dig trenches and other manual hard labour by day, and then was forced at night to play online games to build up virtual credits which the prison guards would then trade for real money.
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