It’s a year-end Widget. What were the big tech and gaming things of 2013 that actually mattered? Also: stuff.
Tech/Hardware News:
AT&T offers $70/month gigabit home service… with a catch.
Spygate
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FBI has been monitoring you for years.
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NSA monitoring Xbox Live and Warcraft activity for ‘terrorists’.
Apple
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Cracks the Chinese market in 2014. Potential 760 million users on offer.
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New Mac Pro released. Fully maxed out Mac Pro goes for $9,599 (Paul’s getting 2)
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2.7 GHz 12-core, 30 MB L3 Cache
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64 GB 1866 MHz DDR3 ECC RAM
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1 TB PCIe Flash Storage
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Dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6 GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
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IOS 7.04 untethered jailbreak released.
Samsung and LG to show 105” curved TV’s at next month’s CES.
£30 tablet to launch in the UK.
First 3D printed metal guns on sale.
USB Type-C Connector Unveiled.
Amazon drones to take over the world……eventually.
‘Your Free Proxy’ software secretly turns your PC into a bitcoin mining machine.
Avegant Glyph looks to challenge the Oculus Rift.
“A Virtual Retinal Display uses a micromirror array and a combination of optics to reflect an image directly onto your retina, effectively using the back of your eyeball as a screen. The resulting picture is extremely sharp and vivid, unlike anything a conventional display can produce. In particular, the 3D images are exceptionally clear.”
Gaming News:
Sony
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PS4 is the fastest ever selling console in the UK.
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PS4 surpasses Wii-U worldwide sales in hours.
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More PSN hack problems reported.
Microsoft
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Want a dev kit…or a brick?
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Project ‘Threshold’ to unify One, Windows & Phone development.
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Dumbass buys Xbox One photo off eBay, gets free console from retailer.
Nintendo
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Yoshi’s Island in Sonic. My 12 year old self is shocked.
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New Yoshi’s Island game coming to 3DS.
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New Mario Kart 8 trailer but no release date.
Valve
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Steam OS Beta released by Valve
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Valve joins the Linux foundation.
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iFixIt tears down the Steam Machine.
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Lists VR search category for Oculus Rift.
Razor to release an IOS controller for iPhone?
Battlefield 4 updates continue & continue & continue. China also bans the game.
Sonic 2 restored for IOS with long lost Hidden Palace Zone.
Just Cause 2 developers embrace the modding scene for online multiplayer mode.
How about controlling a game with your tongue?
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