Technology 
How to capture and stream video from a PS4
With a little bit of effort, anyone can stream and capture console video without an elaborate or expensive set-up.
Hark, the Netflix angels sing: Here are 10 Christmas movies for you and yours to stream
It’s that time of year again, with mistletoe and fruitcake and joy to the world. But there’s something special about it, and sometimes movies can help us capture or recapture or remember what that special thing might be. If nothing … Continue reading
LG’s new OLED TVs are the future of television [Sponsored]
Since the world of TVs went to flat panels there has been a hunt for the next technology that people will want to adopt.
LG’s new OLED TVs are the future of television
Since the world of TVs went to flat panels there has been a hunt for the next technology that people will want to adopt.
You can stream ‘The Interview’ now: Google, Microsoft, Sony make it available online
The controversial movie The Interview is now available online through Google and Microsoft services as well as a Sony Pictures website, the companies announced separately on Wednesday. This development follows Sony’s decision to screen the comedy in select U.S. cities … Continue reading
The past, present, and future potential of NASA’s nuclear space rocket program
Shortly after Apollo 11, Wernher von Braun, one of the fathers of rocket science, proposed that we develop a reusable Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) rocket to colonize the Moon. Today, NASA engineers are still struggling to pick up where he … Continue reading
Why Internet of Things ‘standards’ got more confusing in 2014
If the Internet of Things didn’t quite proliferate in 2014, at least IoT industry groups and standards bodies did. At least five efforts at bringing order to IoT began in 2014, and another that launched in late 2013 found its … Continue reading
Retinal jiggles: Why your eyes and brain strongly prefer games at 60 fps
When it comes to gaming, higher frame rates are often perceived as better, even if it’s not always clear why. New theoretical work from a member of Microsoft’s Xbox team explores how certain elements of the human retina may tie … Continue reading
Samsung smart TVs will soon be able to play PlayStation games without a PlayStation
Sony is getting serious about bringing PlayStation-powered gaming to HDTVs regardless of whether or not you actually have a PlayStation—and not just Sony-made HDTVs, either. Sony and Samsung recently announced that the PlayStation Now game streaming service will land on … Continue reading
Microsoft, Apple withdraw from Android patent trolling: Is the patent war drawing to a close?
After years of relentless litigation, it seems the mobile/smartphone patent war might be drawing to a close. Rockstar, a patent trolling company owned by Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson, and BlackBerry, has agreed to cancel the lawsuits it had filed against … Continue reading
