This audio show is just the first part of a marathon podcast we put together to celebrate our 359th episode. Instead of our typical 3 minutes and 59 seconds of tech headlines, we went live for 3 hours and 59 minutes. Plus, we partnered with the tech education nonprofit Mouse for the show. Watch the …
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I love my home-built desktop gaming PC, but I also long for the day I’ll be able to give it the boot. That’s why cloud gaming services such as Blade Shadow, launching today in California, have always intrigued me. They promise to make all my games and apps playable on any old laptop or even a phone, thanks to YouTube-like …
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The first round of Windows mixed reality headsets are now all present and accounted for. Made by Microsoft’s PC maker partners, the designs for the new headsets were shown at the end of August at IFA Berlin, one of the world’s biggest consumer technology trade shows. Prices initially started at $299 (roughly £250 or AU$400, converted) for the headsets alone, but …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Bathe in its gentle touches. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You might currently be pulsating in an unseemly manner. You’re desperate to get hold of the Samsung Galaxy S9 — to be revealed on February 25 — and touch its delicate perfection. Well, you hope …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives Enlarge Image Perhaps better as Microsoft Search? Microsoft I contacted Microsoft and asked a simple question: “Am I going bonkers?” I felt the company’s spokeswoman all too readily to reply “you must be the last to know,” before I added: “Has your Bing Translator …
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I don’t have a DVR. When a New York Jets game begins on any given autumn Sunday, I’m racing to sit down and start watching. I clear my schedule. I open Twitter, and keep a sports app handy, too. I’m insufferable. It’s a routine. And being on time — to the second — matters immensely. I tried using Twitter’s live-streaming …
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If there’s one video player to rule them all, it’s the VLC media player with its familiar traffic cone icon, and the media player is back with a massive update. The new version of the media player, VLC 3.0, will be available on all platforms at the same time: Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux and even Apple TV and Android …
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Though the XXII Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea started Wednesday, Feb. 7, the opening ceremony wasn’t until Friday, Feb. 9 at 6 a.m. ET (5 a.m. CST and 3 a.m. PST). The schedule is a little tricky, though. The only way to watch the opening ceremony live was through an app Friday morning. But don’t worry — there’s still …
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Samsung may be updating more than just its phones. In addition to unveiling the Samsung Galaxy S9 at the end of the month, we could also see one of the Galaxy S8’s most interesting accessories also get a refresh. Unofficial renders of the DeX Pad appeared online, tweeted by frequent tipster Evan Blass. The image shows a flat pad that can hold a …
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Coverage of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Feb. 7 in PyeongChang, South Korea with a live stream of a new Winter Olympic event, mixed doubles curling. The opening ceremonies will take place two days later on Friday, Feb. 9 because, I suppose, you can keep men and women from curling together for only so …
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