Crysis 3: Are its system requirements too high?
Posted by Harrison Garovi on March 28th 2013 | Permalink
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To see more you have to have more; consoles are a practical alternative The Crysis series has always been known for its groundbreaking graphics and top notch physics engine. But when is enough, enough? PC gamers generally want the most powerful rig to purchase or build to their heart’s desire. Many newcomers might be discouraged when they learn how expensive all the necessary parts may be in order to play Crysis 3 at maximum settings. System requirements—such as the necessity of using a DirectX 11 graphics card—don’t play fair to loyal fans of the series, at least in economic terms. If…
OnLive Desktop
Posted by Jon Peddie on March 16th 2012 | Permalink
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On the second of March we got notified by OnLive of their new app that offers full Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader from the cloud. We excitedly downloaded it and started playing with it.
Review of Splashtop HD
Posted by Jon Peddie on March 16th 2012 | Permalink
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This app will allow you to access your office or home PC with an Android-based tablet and use the PCs apps and files. It’s remarkably clever.
Splashtopping - Remote and on-line use with a tablet
Posted by Jon Peddie on March 16th 2012 | Permalink
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We were impressed with the demonstrations Nvidia made at CES using an Asus Transformer Prime as a remote terminal to play a FPS over the internet from a remote host PC. And we were intrigued by OnLive’s Desktop, so we thought we’d try our luck at using the super tablet in such situations. We were not disappointed and in several instances quite impressed.
Egnyte makes cloud storage a business
Posted by Kathleen Maher on December 11th 2011 | Permalink
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Dropbox, Sugar Sync, OpenDrive, Mozy, Egnyte ... there are quite a few options for cloud storage services, but Egnyte hopes to stand out with security and management as well as competitive pricing.
Testing Vellamo
Posted by Jon Peddie on September 24th 2011 | Permalink
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Vellamo is a mobile Web benchmark that evaluates browser performance on Android devices and provides a holistic view into browser performance. It also evaluates networking, JavaScript, rendering, and user experience incorporating industry standard and custom tests. The test was developed by Qualcomm. We ran Vellamo on a couple of Android tablets and a few android phones to see how they compared. There was a mixture of operating systems and service providers as shown in the table. The tablets, with larger more powerful SoCs clearly got the best scores, while most of the phones were in the same range. Brand Model Specifications…
AnTuTu mobile device benchmark
Posted by Jon Peddie on July 28th 2011 | Permalink
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The AnTuTu System Benchmark by Beijing Zhirui is an Android benchmarking tool that can run a full test of a mobile devices’ processor through a series of test for easy comparison.
The tablet is a blank slate - Review ArtRage for Apple iPad
Posted by Kathleen Maher on July 1st 2011 | Permalink
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Steve Jobs is not always right and in fact, he was totally wrong when he dismissed the idea of a stylus for his devices because among all the other things the iPad does well — remote control, movie player, presentation platform, and best friend on a lonely Saturday night — the iPad is turning out to be a really great piece of paper. We have downloaded several drawing program for the iPad and every single one of them is good. Just the current list of drawing tools on my computer includes Brushes, by Steve Sprang: $7.99; Autodesk SketchBook Pro: $4.99; Adobe…
Corel Video Studio Pro Review
Posted by Kathleen Maher on March 25th 2011 | Permalink
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Corel has introduced their latest version of VideoStudio and this product displays the considerable effort that has gone into streamlining the interface on the frontside and under the hood, Corel has tuned the software to take advantage of GPUs and one of the major features of VideoStudio is the ability to export videos to almost any imaginable format. Transcoding is something GPUs pride themselves on and VideoStudio has done a good job. Exporting videos is painless. But exporting comes at the end, VideoStudio has a new look right from the start. The interface is arranged around an easy One-Two-Three tab system:…
Review Cyberlink’s MediaEspresso
Posted by Jon Peddie on January 13th 2011 | Permalink
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Ultra fast universal media converter CyberLink has impressed us almost since day one with their courage, cleverness, and consistency. One of the first companies to offer a suite, innovative with their attempt to auto edit video for action scenes (they called it "emotional"), and really good looking and easy to use UIs. MediaEspresso has been cut from that same cloth, and version 6.5 is the best yet. The program can convert video with its batch function.. You import files or complete folders, and let MediaEspresso handle the video conversion process, no need to sit by your computer till the end. The…
