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by Peter Smith

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Peter Smith writes about personal technology for ITworld.

New PS4 rumors surface along with a new name: Orbis

Posted Mar 29, 2012 - 08:30 am

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Valve completes its trifecta of announcements with the Steam Controller

Posted Oct 01, 2013 - 06:00 am

Friday afternoon Valve let loose with a hype-filled announcement about a revolutionary new controller. Since then some game developers with hands-on experience have reported mostly positive experiences with this new gadget.
Sony reveals another new PS3 revision, PS Plus coming to Vita

Posted Sep 20, 2012 - 08:30 am

The Tokyo Game Show is going on this week, and Sony didn't miss an opportunity to hold a press conference. I have to confess I didn't stay up for it (it started at midnight local time) so I'm a little behind schedule on reporting what went down.
New tablets incoming: Kindle Fire 2 and iPad Mini

Posted Aug 28, 2012 - 08:30 am

I've been on a tech news semi-blackout for the past two weeks while I've packed up my apartment, moved a few states over and started the Herculean task of unpacking.
D-Link's Boxee Box vs Roku

Posted Dec 09, 2009 - 09:31 am

It's hard to look at D-Link's upcoming Boxee Box and not immediate compare it to the Roku box. Are we going to need two separate streaming boxes in our living room?
boxee, Roku
Hulu Plus coming to Xbox, Epix coming to various devices

Posted Apr 28, 2011 - 08:04 am

We know that Hulu Plus is headed to the Xbox 360 sometime this spring, but Joystiq is narrowing that window down to this Friday.
Epix, hulu
Why we should be rooting for both the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One.

Posted Jul 26, 2013 - 06:00 am

Gamers love to take sides in the console wars, but when there are two platforms competing for our dollars, everyone wins.
Android gaming tablet Wikipad sheds 3D, grows to 10"

Posted Jul 31, 2012 - 08:30 am

Remember that Android gaming-tablet, the Wikipad, that we talked about last May? No? I don't blame you, I'd forgotten all about it too.
New utilities help maximize your PC's gaming performance

Posted Dec 07, 2012 - 09:30 am

Nvidia's GeForce Experience and Razer's Game Booster both want to improve the quality of your PC gaming experience, but they come at the problem in different ways.
Price war to drive down TV prices this holiday season

Posted Nov 02, 2010 - 07:49 am

Sales are a common enough occurrence in the fourth quarter of the year, but if some analysts are to be believed we're going to be seeing some drastic price reductions on televisions this holiday season.
deals, TV

October is...
Unified Communications Month

BY THE NUMBERS: UC&C

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CASE STUDY: Enterprise social network moves ad agency into the future

Change Microsoft Office 2013's default search engine from Bing to Google

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Microsoft's Security Essentials isn't the best antivirus program, according to Microsoft

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AMD pushes forward with new video cards and a few surprises

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Keep your old Facebook posts out of search with this one settings change

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BRIC Nations Plan Their own "Independent Internet"

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