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Hdmyboy brings Game Boy classics to our TV screens

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 09:12 AM PST

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The Game Boy revolutionized the world by bringing forth the idea of portable gaming, but if you would rather remember it looking sharp and beautiful, here is a little something for you.

The Game Boy can be emulated on phones, computers, tablets, other video game consoles and pretty much anything that can run a line of code. This, though, doesn’t help the users who would rather run the official game carts on the original hardware, with proper sound and speed and guarantee of minimal glitching. Those are the users that the Hdmyboy project targets.

The Hdmyboy is a non-intrusive modification of the Game Boy that adds an HDMI output to the console so users can stream their beloved classics to the TV screen. As it is running on official hardware, every game is compatible, so get ready to revisit Link’s Awakening, Pokemon Red & Blue, Castlevania Adventure or Super Mario Land. The Hdmyboy has controller support, with the team recommending the classic NES controller, the Game Boy’s home console equivalent at the time.

While this doesn’t come cheap, and will set you back between $143 to $156 USD, it’s the only way we know of to be able to enjoy Game Boy titles on the TV screen running on the original, licensed Nintendo hardware (so no, the Super Game Boy doesn’t count, that’s SNES hardware). If the retro appeal is too great to pass on, this might be the gadget for you. If not, we’ll always have emulators.

Via Engadget

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11 Perfect Harry Potter Christmas Decorations

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 06:00 AM PST

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Harry Potter isn’t going away. J.K. Rowling keeps posting new stuff to her website, and there’s a Potter-verse related movie coming out. Fans just can’t get enough, so it only makes sense to decorate a house with something from the bestest book series ever.

The Elusive Golden Snitch to put on your Tree

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The ‘Filthy Muggle’ Sweatshirt

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The mini Weasley Sweater

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A Quidditch Christmas Stocking

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Dobby on top of a Tree

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Awesome Wooden Gift Tags

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Creepy Dumbledore Tree Ornament

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Harry Potter Pillow Cover

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Xmas Cards You Can’t do without

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And for Those who are stuck at school over the holidays

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Winged Keys to hang on your Tree

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Why The iPhone 6 is an iPad Killer

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 04:00 AM PST

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As the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus achieve massive success, new statistics suggest that Apple may have inadvertently killed off the iPad.

Few can deny that the newly released iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have been a massive success. Within three days on sale the two phones racked up 10 million sales between them and quickly became the fastest selling iPhones of all time.

The phones were even able to shrug off controversy when iPhone 6 Plus Bendgate hit. The large aluminium body of the iPhone 6 Plus meant that it was incredibly malleable and prone to bending under pressure or even when put in a tight trouser pocket.

However, as Apple shrugged off reports of bending, it’s now being suggested that the iPhone 6 Plus’ incredi-size could have led to more problems. In fact, the handset could be an iPad killer.

The data has been collected by bookmark and video app pocket which has conducted research across from millions of articles and videos. For their study they examined a sample pool of 2 million opens of articles and videos, comparing behaviour of those who had upgraded from an iPhone 5/5S to an iPhone 6/6 Plus.

What their results deemed is that those with an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus spent more time looking at saved content on the iPhone 6/6Plus even when they owned an iPad or not. In short, it means that the new iPhones have given people less of a reason to use the iPad.

A possible cause for this are those larger screens. With bigger screens comes the ease of reading and so with the iPhone 6 Plus (especially) being a bridge between the smaller iPhones or old and the a bigger iPad, there’s little reason to shell out for an expensive tablet.

However, pocket also notes that their data may be skewed a little. As the devices have just been released, people may be providing the most attention to their new iPhones because they’re still appreciating the newness of them. Not all of the data can be dismissed like that though so Apple will still want to be careful not to shoot themselves in the foot in future.

Source: pocket

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Puzzlephone Modular Smartphone Lets You Upgrade Its Heart and Brain

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 12:45 PM PST

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The story of modular smartphones goes beyond Project Ara. In fact, knowing how long Google X Projects take to become commercially available, we might get a modular device sooner, in the form of the Puzzlephone.

The problem with our smartphones (or rather with us) nowadays is they they get morally obsolete sooner than becoming unable to run the latest apps and games. With that in mind, it would really be a pity (not to mention a waste of money and a way of showing the middle finger to Mother Nature) to throw away a perfectly nice phone simply because you’re not happy anymore with how long the battery lasts or how fast the CPU is. Enter Puzzlephone, a modular smartphone that refers to its components as body parts, probably in order to establish a better rapport with its customers.

Coming from Finland (as a matter of fact, from Nokia’s hometown), Puzzlephone won’t sport as many modules as Project Ara, since the manufacturers have figured out that some components could be packed together. Besides, if a high quality display and a nice pair of speakers are provided from the very beginning, these could be part of the smartphone’s framework, which in this case is called the Spine.

The Heart includes the battery and some of the electronics (such as sensors), while the brain packs the camera and the smartphone’s CPU (and most probably the GPU and RAM, as well). New sensors are developed on a regular basis, and the life of batteries decreases in time, so there’s no denying that the Heart should be changed every three years or so. The Brain could use a refresh every now and then, as well, as apps get greedier with the device’s resources with each passing day. Both of these modules slide into place quite easily, so swapping them will definitely not be rocket science.

The following video, which was posted by Puzzlephone back in February, explains why a modular smartphone is so much better than a conventional one:

Puzzlephone promises to have a prototype ready be the end of the year, so peel your eyes open for this modular smartphone. Also, the company claims it does its best to launch the device sometime next year, and I bet the wait will be worth it!

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Intel-Powered Google Glass Coming Out Next Year

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 12:20 PM PST

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Even though Google has yet to launch a commercial version of its smart glasses, the tech giant is already planning to make some changes regarding the chipsets powering Glass.

At the moment, only the developer version can be bought, and at $1,500, that’s definitely not a gadget anyone could buy. On top of the scarce availability are the rumors that Glass has no future, and these sparked just around the time some people noticed that Sergey Brin no longer wears his pair. Get serious, guys! That’s not good enough of a reason to suggest that Google Glass is on its way to the garbage bin. To make those rumors even less credible, a new WSJ report suggests that the Mountain View company is looking to launch a new version of Glass, this time powered by Intel.

The chipset maker has definitely been on a winning streak lately, as it showcased its own luxury smartband, launched a new line of energy efficient, yet very powerful CPUs (which are available only in notebooks, for the time being), and now it’s about to strike a deal with Google for powering the most famous smart glasses in the world. Until now, that was Texas Instruments’ duty, as it was them who provided the brains of the current Google Glass.

The WSJ also reports that the Intel-powered Google Glass will also target businesses, besides the regular folk who could benefit from an augmented reality overlay. That actually makes a lot of sense, as the wearable could make the life of hospital workers (among many other categories) a lot easier.

An Intel chip could increase the processing power of Google Glass, while also decreasing its power use. Battery life is one of the main things people have complained about (besides the four-digit price, obviously), and it seems that this is among the aspects that will change, once the new Glass is out. Don’t hold your breath, though, as this is just a rumor at the moment, so there’s no exact launch date.

Expect to see Intel making the headlines quite often in the near future, as this company is far from finishing surprising us. Its partnership with Fossil should put something on the shelves as well, just maybe not before this year’s winter holidays.

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