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  Chinese developers take a bite of the Apple

  If you've ever gone to Apple's mobile app store and purchased games like High Noon, Gamebox1 or Doodletruck, then you've downloaded an app from the burgeoning Chinese software development community.

  By Maria Korolov and Wang Fangqing | 22 August, 2011 20:39

  Tags: Apple, games, mobile apps, networking, software, wireless

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  Cloud drives speech recognition forward for Microsoft

  For years, using voice recognition technology on phones or other devices has been a novelty -- something people try once but never again, usually because it works so poorly. But recent developments, including harnessing the computational power of the cloud, have made it more usable and will make it even better in the near future, according to Microsoft.

  By Nancy Gohring | 14 December, 2010 06:43

  Tags: applications, consumer electronics, Game platforms, games, gaming peripherals, Hosted, Microsoft, Phones, services, smartphones, software, speech, Xbox360

• Apple's switch to Sandy Bridge: Impact for gamers?

  Rumors suggest that Intel's forthcoming Sandy Bridge integrated CPU/graphics platform will find its way into the lower-end range of the next generation of MacBooks. Bearing in mind Apple's cozy relationship with Intel and its habit of adopting each new generation of Intel's processors, this would make a lot of sense.

  By Keir Thomas | 11 December, 2010 09:28

  Tags: Apple, desktop pcs, games, hardware systems, Intel, Mac, Sandy Bridge

• Hacker turns Kinect for Xbox 360 into Kinect for Linux PCs

  Well, that was fast. Do-it-yourself electronics kit maker and hobby retailer Adafruit recently announced that a hacker had won the company's Open Kinect Bounty. Spain-based hacker Hector Martin Cantero, who is known online as "marcan," released a proof-of-concept video Wednesday night showing the Kinect interfacing with his Linux-based laptop.

  By Ian Paul | 13 November, 2010 02:06

  Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Game platforms, games, gaming, hackers, Microsoft, Xbox

• 10 games you probably don't know about but should

  Sometimes we can't play everything. And sometimes we're too focused on Madden NFL this or Mass Effect that, missing more-intrepid games. What's a consumer to do?

  By Matt Peckham | 08 November, 2010 11:39

  Tags: games

• US to ban violent video games?

  Thank God Steve Jobs isn't on the Supreme Court.

  By JR Raphael | 03 November, 2010 09:44

  Tags: Game platforms, games, gaming, Handhelds, legal issues, nintendo ds, Playstation, psp, Xbox

• New Xbox 360 in development for two years

  It's smaller, shinier, and back in black: Microsoft's new Xbox 360 took many by surprise at last month's E3.

  By Matt Peckham | 14 July, 2010 02:20

  Tags: Game platforms, games, gaming, Microsoft, Xbox, XBox 360

• Google and Zynga: 5 burning questions

  Popular social games like Farmville, Mafia Wars and Fishville may soon be available to Google users, if recent rumors turn out to be accurate. Google has reportedly invested between US$100 and $200 million in the social gaming company Zynga, and the search giant plans to make Zynga a major part of a Google-branded gaming platform called Google Games.  

  By Ian Paul | 13 July, 2010 00:06

  Tags: Facebook, Farmville, games, Google, internet, Internet-based applications and services, social media, Zynga

• Nintendo 3DS: The unanswered hardware questions

  The 3D consumer electronics trend reached a boiling point today when Nintendo announced the portable 3DS gaming device, a no-glasses 3D system promising simplicity and elegance for gamers seeking a 3D experience. After getting a hands on with the new gadget at E3, there is little doubt that the era of effective and sensible 3D has finally arrived.

  By David Ayala | 16 June, 2010 10:29

  Tags: games, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, nintendo ds

• Zynga plus Yahoo equals life after Facebook

  It looks like Zynga, the casual online games developer known for its wildly popular farm simulations, ticking off Facebook, and alleged "lead generation" scams just added another lifeline to its list of audience-expanding deals by cozying up to Yahoo.

  By Matt Peckham | 27 May, 2010 06:29

  Tags: Facebook, Farmville, games, online games, Zynga

• The 10 best hacks of 2010 (so far)

  In honor of Towel Day, and the Glorious 25th of May, here are ten of our most favorite hacks featured in Geek Tech in the last five months, running the gambit from phone, car, and CPU mods. Read on for some great moments in geek!

  By Alessondra Springmann | 26 May, 2010 03:14

  Tags: CPUs, games, geeks, Google Android, hacks, pc components, robots, smartphones

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  Apple's new MacBook Pros not for serious gamers

  Hoping Apple's new MacBook Pro updates might finally be able to chew through GPU-pummeling games like Crysis, Battlefield Bad Company 2, or Mass Effect 2? Keep on hoping for a better future model.

  By Matt Peckham | 14 April, 2010 05:26

  Tags: Apple, games, macbook pro

• Is Apple's iPhone OS 'Game Center' a Nintendo DS killer?

  Is the iPhone a legitimate gaming platform? Ask anyone who's ever fiddled with one for more than a few minutes anyone that isn't Nintendo, anyway). Ask anyone who understands, correctly, that video games are more than just Modern Warfare 2 and World of Warcraft.

  By Matt Peckham | 09 April, 2010 06:07

  Tags: games, iPhone, nintendo ds

• How the Nintendo 3DS 3D works

  Nintendo's newly announced 3DS handheld promises 3D imagery without the need for goggles. How is this possible? If it does indeed use Sharp's "parallax barrier" technology, this is how it works.

  By John Davison | 24 March, 2010 08:08

  Tags: games, Nintendo, nintendo ds

• EA "moves forward" with online Tiger Woods game

  Game publishing giant EA says it'll stick with celebrity licensee Tiger Woods despite recent public scandals. That's the word from EA Spots prez Peter Moore, who blogs that the company was moving forward with its online version of the eponymous video game franchise for PC and Mac set to launch later this month.

  By Matt Peckham | 06 January, 2010 05:10

  Tags: electronic arts, games, tiger woods