CS: Global Offensive trailer sets stage for imminent release
As I type this, over 67,000 people are playing Counter-Strike on Steam. That's more than the number of Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer and Skyrim combined. In fact, if you add the number of folks immersed in the Global Offensive beta, Counter-Strike has more players than any other game on Steam right now.
The final version of Global Offensive will be released tomorrow, complete with the requisite zombie mode ...
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Borderlands 2 goes gold
It's official. Gearbox CEO and President Randy Pitchford has confirmed on Twitter that Borderlands 2 has gone gold. The game won't actually be released until September 18 in the US, but the code is complete, and retail discs are probably being stamped as I write this.
At least on the PC, most folks will probably be acquiring Borderlands 2 through download services like Steam. Being denied the game for a month while discs are printed and retail boxes distributed is a little annoying. Wouldn't it be ...
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New discoveries improve battery recharging
Researchers have made a couple of new discoveries that could have an impact on how batteries are charged. The first comes from a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology, which has developed a battery with a charging element built right in. Batteries are typically charged with external devices, but this one integrates a piezoelectric material that gets the electrons flowing when the battery is subjected to physical pressure. The proof-of-concept uses a coin-sized battery attached to the bottom of a shoe, and it's proven to be more efficient than traditional charging methods, albeit at relatively low voltages. Physorg has the details on the new development, which has been described in a paper published by Nano Letters.
Charging a battery with mechanical force doesn't appear to be particularly quick. However, researchers at the Uslan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea have figured out how to speed up battery charging by up to two orders of magnitude. Their approach involves soaking the battery cathode in a graphite solution. The cathode is then carbonized to create conductive traces that ...
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Hands-on with Synaptics' next-generation mobile input devices
A few weeks ago, Synaptics invited us down to Santa Clara, California, to check out its latest mobile computer input devices. How could we say no? Touchpads, touchscreens, and keyboards may not be as sexy as some components, but they're the only tactile connections we have to the computing devices that are increasingly at our side or within arm's reach. These physical inputs are fundamental parts of the user experience, and they often don't get the attention they deserve.
As I sat at the airport gate editing another article, I couldn't help but look down at my laptop and laugh. My trusty 11.6" ultraportable is coming up on three years old, and she cost me just $550 new. An SSD upgrade has kept performance sufficiently snappy, and battery life is still great, but the inputs ...
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The TR Podcast 117: Clicky keys, sultry sound and sweet-spot graphics
 | Date: August 19, 2012 Time: 1:14:49 Hosted by Jordan Drake Co-Hosts: Scott Wasson, Geoff Gasior, and Cyril Kowaliski Download: MP3 (53.9MB) | M4A (73.5MB) Subscribe: RSS (MP3) | RSS (M4A) iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (M4A) |
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Deal of the week: Graphics, RAM, PSUs, and games Let's kick off this deal post with Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 660 Ti, which we reviewed yesterday and featured in our latest system guide. A TR's Editor's Choice winner, the MSI Power Edition version of the card, is currently on sale for $299.99 after a $10 mail-in rebate at Newegg. Assuming you get the rebate check in the mail, that means you'll wind up paying the same for a reference-clocked model—but the Power Edition runs at 1019MHz, up ... Read more...
UPDATED: Entire OnLive staff laid off Could the days of cloud gaming service OnLive be numbered? It's too early to know for sure, but according to a report by Mashable posted earlier today, OnLive has laid off its entire work force. That doesn't ... Read more...
David Kanter dissects 64-bit ARMv8 architecture ARM's practice of licensing its low-power CPU cores to practically anyone who wants to build a chip has been wildly successful in the past five years. It's had the effect of flinging computing power from a PC at the center of the network out to every node, from printers to routers to NAS boxes, smart phones, and tablets. As a result, ARM has become the biggest threat to Intel's dominance that we've seen in a generation. However, in order for ARM-based CPUs to step into even more roles, they have some catching up to do. For starters, they're going to have to transition to 64-bit memory addressing. Plans are already in place to do so, of course, and David Kanter has taken a long, hard look at the proposed ARMv8 archiecture . ... Read more...
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