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Extremetech: Can the Xbox One take over the living room?
Microsoft's new video game console, the Xbox One, has been revealed. The majority of Microsoft's focus, however, wasn't on video games. Instead, the One is reprising the intended role of the Xbox 360 before it -- being the home's entertainment hub. The Xb...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 9:46am -07:00T (71 words)
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Extremetech: Nvidia’s GTX 780: Titan-like performance, without the $1,000 price tag
Wanting a GTX Titan, but don't have $1000 to drop on it? Nvidia's GTX 780 is designed to scratch that itch -- at a fairly high price point.
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Dateline: 2013-05-23 8:46am -07:00T (33 words)
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Extremetech: Harvard creates beautiful, self-assembled nanoflowers to better understand nature
The beautiful flowers that you see above, and dotted throughout the rest of this story, are around 25 micrometers tall and 10 micrometers wide. Even more impressively, these flowers self-assembled from three fairly normal chemical compounds. Rather than j...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 6:16am -07:00T (70 words)
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Extremetech: AMD’s last and only hope: Low-power Kabini, Temash are ready for action
AMD's Kabini and Temash are finally here. Are these the chips that can save AMD's business?
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Dateline: 2013-05-23 5:01am -07:00T (21 words)
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Extremetech: ET deals: Discounted Samsung 840 SSD, 50% off McAfee 2013, more
Welcome to our latest collection of the best deals from across the web. Today we have a roundup of some of the better deals we've seen ranging from security software to laptops, to a Samsung SSD.
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Dateline: 2013-05-22 12:01pm -07:00T (41 words)
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Extremetech: Kinect for Xbox One: An always-on, works-in-the-dark camera and microphone. What could possibly go wrong?
The Xbox One will feature, by default, an always-on, works-in-the-dark, microphone and camera that's constantly connected to the internet and 300,000 servers. What could possibly go wrong?
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Dateline: 2013-05-22 12:01pm -07:00T (32 words)
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Extremetech: Disney’s Aireal: A tactile feedback device to enhance the gaming experience
Motion and gesture control, the Kinect and PS Eye, and the Oculus Rift have all joined forces to create a tech industry filled with a new level of immersion. With a new device, Disney Research aims to add tactile feedback to our gaming experiences that's ...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 10:46am -07:00T (56 words)
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Extremetech: Xbox One: Hardware and software specs detailed and analyzed
Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One. Putting aside the insanity of the console's name (Xbox 1 -> Xbox 360 -> Xbox One), we now have a fairly good idea of the software and hardware inside the Xbox One. In true console-maker style, Microsoft hasn't t...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 8:16am -07:00T (109 words)
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Extremetech: Xbox One? More like Xbox None: MS blew the Xbox 720 reveal on every conceivable level
Microsoft could've done a worse job of launching its next-generation console: It could've included midget jousting, a 19th century minstrel show, and featured Steve Ballmer rising, naked, out of a giant vat of whipped cream.
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Dateline: 2013-05-22 4:31am -07:00T (41 words)
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Extremetech: Kinect for the Xbox One: Sensor revolution or marketing hype?
Microsoft's new Kinect is clearly a big upgrade over the original model, but the marketing hype surrounding it has already started to outrun the technology powering it.
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Dateline: 2013-05-21 4:01pm -07:00T (32 words)
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Extremetech: Teenage girl creates tiny device that could charge a smartphone in 20 seconds
When you're out all day, it's a huge pain to charge your mobile devices. Even if you remember to bring a charger and get lucky enough to find a free electrical outlet at a coffee shop, you still have to sit there for around an hour or so to get a full cha...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 12:16pm -07:00T (80 words)
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Extremetech: Xbox Reveal: Xbox 720 is now the Xbox One, with 8-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, and Kinect 2.0
Today, Microsoft unveiled its brand new video game console dubbed the Xbox One. With a powerful 8-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 500 GB hard drive, this new Xbox is a beast. Unlike Sony, Microsoft had no qualms showing off the hardware, so now we know more a...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 12:16pm -07:00T (76 words)
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Extremetech: Cold fusion reactor independently verified, has 10,000 times the energy density of gas
Against all probability, a device that purports to use cold fusion to generate vast amounts of power has been verified by a panel of independent scientists. The cold fusion device being tested has roughly 10,000 times the energy density and 1,000 times th...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 11:01am -07:00T (52 words)
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Extremetech: NASA funds 3D food printer, to combat hunger in space and on Earth
The space agency recently awarded a $125,000 grant to a project aimed at 3D printing food for astronauts, and while the space agency's main concern is efficient food storage for long-haul space flights, creator Anjan Contractor hopes his technology could ...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 9:46am -07:00T (61 words)
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Extremetech: New wireless network speed record: 40Gbps over 1km, using extremely high frequency 240GHz
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have successfully transmitted 40 gigabits per second over a one-kilometer (0.62 miles) wireless link. The technology, dubbed Millilink, is the same speed as the faste...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 8:31am -07:00T (77 words)
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