Deal of the week: Cheap Kindle Fire tablets and much, much more
We've got nicer discounts than usual this week—starting with a sale on Amazon's 8.9" Kindle Fire HD tablets.
Until the end of the day, entering the promo code "FIRELOVE" takes $30 off the regular Kindle Fire HD and $50 off the 4G LTE version. That means the vanilla model will set you back just $269 , and the 4G LTE version will be ...
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Rage Tool Kit hitting Steam later today So it turns out that Rage didn't ship with mod tools after all. It's only taken id Software... a year, four months, and four days to deliver, but at long last, according to the official Bethesda Blog, the Rage Tool Kit will be arriving on Steam later today. You'll be able to grab it in the "Tools" section of your Steam client.
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Newell argues for living room PCs, local game streaming On the first day of the DICE Summit, Gabe Newell and J.J. Abrams took to the stage to discuss storytelling in games and movies—and to announce that they're working together on both. Newell had the spotlight to himself on day two, and his keynote address was filled with interesting tidbits about PCs in the living room, local and cloud-based streaming, input hardware, and the future of gaming content. The 36-minute video is worth watching if you have the time. ... Read more...
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Surface Pro storage compares favorably to MacBook Air Much has been made of the Surface Pro's limited storage capacity, and for good reason. The 64GB model has precious few gigabytes available to the user, especially when compared to Android- and iOS-based tablets with similar amounts of flash. Windows 8 looks awfully bloated next to those tablet operating systems. Maybe it's not so bad as we think, though. ZDNet's Ed Bott has crunched the numbers and determined that the Surface Pro's free space is awfully close to what's available on the MacBook Air. He used the 128GB versions of both devices and discovered that the MacBook offers 92.2GB ... Read more...
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Help us test TR Mobile! Hey folks. For quite some time now, we've been getting requests for a mobile version of The Tech Report. Browsing the site is already possible on a phone, of course, but ... Read more...
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Release roundup: Mini PCs, slim SSD, and fast memory You know the drill. We get tipped off about a decent number of product launches every week, and they don't all make it into our regular coverage. The release roundup is where we feature the outcasts. This week, we've got news from ... Read more...
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Rumor: Microsoft mulls native Office for Linux Linux seems to be getting first-class treatment lately. As Valve continues to push its Steam service on the platform, Microsoft may be mulling a native Linux version of its Office productivity suite. That's the scuttlebutt over at the Free Open-Source Developers' European Meeting, at least. Phoronix was on the scene in Brussels , and it heard that "Microsoft is having a 'meaningful look' at a ... Read more...
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Video shows Chromebook with high-DPI touch screen An interesting video is making the rounds on gadget sites today. Purportedly the work of ad firm Slinky.me, the clip depicts a Google-designed "Chromebook Pixel" with a high-DPI touch screen. The video was posted on Google+ by developer François Beaufort, who claims the machine has a 2560x1700 display resolution and "is actually tested at Google right now." ... Read more...
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John Carmack champions emulation for Linux games Valve's upcoming Steam box has fueled a lot of chatter about Linux as a gaming platform. John Carmack has an interesting take on the topic, and he's posted his thoughts on Reddit. Rather than developing native Linux ports, the id Software programming guru believes emulation is the best approach given the current climate. Translating from D3D to OpenGL would involve more inefficiencies, but figuring out exactly what the difficulties are and making some form of “D3D interop” ... Read more...
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Valve working with J.J. Abrams on big movie, game projects Gabe Newell has been in the news a lot lately, mostly related to Steam and its upcoming console hardware. This time, however, the Valve founder is sharing the spotlight with none other than J.J. Abrams. The two took to the stage together at the DICE Summit yesterday. After a back-and-forth talk touching on the differences in storytelling between games and movies, a topic two men have apparently been discussing with each other for years, it was revealed that Valve is working with Abrams' Bad Robot Productions on several projects, including movie adaptations of Half-Life and Portal, plus a game based on an entirely new intellectual property. Whoa. ... Read more...
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Rage Tool Kit hitting Steam later today So it turns out that Rage didn't ship with mod tools after all. It's only taken id Software... a year, four months, and four days to deliver, but at long last, according to the official Bethesda Blog, the Rage Tool Kit will be arriving on Steam later today. You'll be able to grab it in the "Tools" section of your Steam client.
...
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Newell argues for living room PCs, local game streaming On the first day of the DICE Summit, Gabe Newell and J.J. Abrams took to the stage to discuss storytelling in games and movies—and to announce that they're working together on both. Newell had the spotlight to himself on day two, and his keynote address was filled with interesting tidbits about PCs in the living room, local and cloud-based streaming, input hardware, and the future of gaming content. The 36-minute video is worth watching if you have the time. ... Read more...
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Surface Pro storage compares favorably to MacBook Air Much has been made of the Surface Pro's limited storage capacity, and for good reason. The 64GB model has precious few gigabytes available to the user, especially when compared to Android- and iOS-based tablets with similar amounts of flash. Windows 8 looks awfully bloated next to those tablet operating systems. Maybe it's not so bad as we think, though. ZDNet's Ed Bott has crunched the numbers and determined that the Surface Pro's free space is awfully close to what's available on the MacBook Air. He used the 128GB versions of both devices and discovered that the MacBook offers 92.2GB ... Read more...
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Help us test TR Mobile! Hey folks. For quite some time now, we've been getting requests for a mobile version of The Tech Report. Browsing the site is already possible on a phone, of course, but ... Read more...
Read More ...
Release roundup: Mini PCs, slim SSD, and fast memory You know the drill. We get tipped off about a decent number of product launches every week, and they don't all make it into our regular coverage. The release roundup is where we feature the outcasts. This week, we've got news from ... Read more...
Read More ...
Rumor: Microsoft mulls native Office for Linux Linux seems to be getting first-class treatment lately. As Valve continues to push its Steam service on the platform, Microsoft may be mulling a native Linux version of its Office productivity suite. That's the scuttlebutt over at the Free Open-Source Developers' European Meeting, at least. Phoronix was on the scene in Brussels , and it heard that "Microsoft is having a 'meaningful look' at a ... Read more...
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Video shows Chromebook with high-DPI touch screen An interesting video is making the rounds on gadget sites today. Purportedly the work of ad firm Slinky.me, the clip depicts a Google-designed "Chromebook Pixel" with a high-DPI touch screen. The video was posted on Google+ by developer François Beaufort, who claims the machine has a 2560x1700 display resolution and "is actually tested at Google right now." ... Read more...
Read More ...
John Carmack champions emulation for Linux games Valve's upcoming Steam box has fueled a lot of chatter about Linux as a gaming platform. John Carmack has an interesting take on the topic, and he's posted his thoughts on Reddit. Rather than developing native Linux ports, the id Software programming guru believes emulation is the best approach given the current climate. Translating from D3D to OpenGL would involve more inefficiencies, but figuring out exactly what the difficulties are and making some form of “D3D interop” ... Read more...
Read More ...
Valve working with J.J. Abrams on big movie, game projects Gabe Newell has been in the news a lot lately, mostly related to Steam and its upcoming console hardware. This time, however, the Valve founder is sharing the spotlight with none other than J.J. Abrams. The two took to the stage together at the DICE Summit yesterday. After a back-and-forth talk touching on the differences in storytelling between games and movies, a topic two men have apparently been discussing with each other for years, it was revealed that Valve is working with Abrams' Bad Robot Productions on several projects, including movie adaptations of Half-Life and Portal, plus a game based on an entirely new intellectual property. Whoa. ... Read more...
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