Video games can be highly valuable to one’s education and development. They promote cooperation and team work, develop problem- solving skills and can aid in dexterity and hand eye coordination. However, I feel the valuable life experiences that video games strive to teach us have been largely ignored over the years. Let’s look at these practical…
Everybody needs time to rest and relax, and what better way to do it then by going on vacation? With the Christmas season coming up, it’s a good time to take some leave from work and dedicate days to just having fun. The big question, however, is where to go! Well, there are lots of…
When one of our readers asked that we review a pair of Gunnar Optiks revolutionary computer glasses, my first question was “What are computer glasses?” Once I had researched a bit, I was slightly taken aback at the idea that I, with my 20/20 vision, would ever need a pair of these “computer glasses” that…
As most Zelda fans have probably already heard, there’s going to be two new Zelda games coming soon. The closest of these games is coming in November: A Link Between Worlds, the sequel to the much loved A Link to the Past. This makes it a perfect time to go back and take a look…
Google’s Malaysian site – Google.com.my – has fallen victim to a DNS attack by a hacker group calling itself ‘Team MadLEETS’. The site went offline for several hours on Thursday, defaced by the hackers who had posted their own messages on the page. The site is now back online. No Political Origin The bottom of…
Hey there, ladies and gents. Let’s talk about Grand Theft Auto Online. More specifically, let’s talk about how the launch of GTA V’s multiplayer component was, for all intents and purposes, an absolute disaster–enough so that Rockstar is actually offering in-game reparations for affected players. Some people couldn’t access the servers. Others couldn’t do anything once…
Microsoft has doled out a $100,000 bounty for pointing out security exploits and flaws in its Windows 8.1 operating system. The cash is going to James Forshaw, head of vulnerability research at Context Information Security in UK. James Forshaw Receives $100,000 Forshaw identified a new ‘exploitation technique’ in a preview version of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows…
Google’s popular IM application – Hangouts – will soon integrate SMS and MMS onto itself in an upcoming release. Leaked Images Suggest SMS integration Leaked images, courtesy Android Police, show configuration settings in Hangouts version 1.3, allowing users to toggle SMS/MMS integration on and off. On receiving text messages, users will see a ‘via SMS’…
Bill Nye was the gentleman lucky enough to be tasked with engaging Gen Y in science. Bill Nye the Science Guy used quick cuts and silly gags to foster a love of science in young people starting in the mid-nineties. As a result, children everywhere irritated grown-ups by constantly correcting them. Bill has recently returned…
The best N64 games ever seems to be a mandatory list anyone writing about games must make. And why not? It has some great games that even beat out many modern ones today. In fact some of the games considered to be the best ever are for the N64. That being said, let’s see what…
Who doesn’t love a good old-fashioned twist ending to a story? If properly executed, it can not only shock, but also force the reader or viewer to alter their understanding and evaluation of everything that’s occurred thus far. If you’re anything like me you’ll subsequently re-read or re-watch in order to scour for clues. Here…
They’re the films you may never have heard of, but once you watch them, you’re converted! You need to tell your friends about them, you scour the aisles of stores trying to find that DVD or Blu Ray edition you heard about. You search online to buy it completely legally and not Torrent it at…
While there are tons of heartbreaking moments to choose from in the Harry Potter series, we have dug up the top five. These five are the ones that when read, the book ends up flying through the air and hitting the wall because there are too many emotions keeping us from reading and our eyes…
While geek culture has historically been seen as having been the domain of men; with the mainstream-ness of geek culture women as well as men have become equal fans of this art and lifestyle. Women are a growing group in the technology fields as well as the convention circuits. But with this growing culture and…
You can boot into Windows, or you can boot into Linux. Or, you can boot into Android too! While running Android apps on your computer is easy – you need emuators like BlueStacks, running Android itself on your PC is a different case. Using some virtualization tools, you could be rocking a legal version of…