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JXD S7100 handheld Android gaming system comes in two versions

Brad Linder — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:00:31 +0000

The JXD S7100 is a portable Android device that looks like a cross between and Android phone and a handheld gaming console. It can run classic Gameboy, Nintendo, or other console games using emulators and the game buttons built into the sides of the device. But it's also a full-fledged Android device with a touchscreen display and support for Angry...

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JXD S7100 is an Android-powered handheld gaming console

Brad Linder — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:00:06 +0000

Android phones and tablets are great for playing games -- but they work best with games that are designed for touch-based controls. Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, or Jelly Defense work great because they were designed for touchscreen devices. But if you fire up a Nintendo or Playstation emulator, the on-screen controls can get in the way of games that were...

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11 Android games on the HP Touchpad – video

Brad Linder — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:27:41 +0000

The HP TouchPad is a pretty powerful tablet with a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core processor and a 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display. Games look great on the tablet -- but unfortunately there aren't really all that many high quality games available for the webOS operating system that comes with the TouchPad. That's where Android comes in....

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Portal for Mac, Windows is free through September 20th

Brad Linder — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:29:45 +0000

Valve is offering the popular video game Portal for free through September 20th. The game was originally released in 2007, but it still sells for about $25 normally. The promotion is part of a push to use the game in education to help teach critical thinking and physics. Portal basically presents you with one puzzle after another that you have...

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Google+ got game

Brad Linder — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:22:29 +0000

Google has begun rolling out a Games page for members of its Google+ social network. Games aren't available to all users yet, but once it's available you should see a new icon next to the Circles tab above your Stream that lets you visit the new page. From there you'll be able to see game updates from people in your...

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Google introduces in-app payments for Chrome Web Store (Angry Birds for the web)

Brad Linder — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:02:52 +0000

Google has announced that the Google Chrome web browser now has 160 million users, and the company is pushing new features such as speech input and updates to the Chrome Web Store -- including support for in-app payments. Developers can now add the ability to use Google's payment system to a web app simply by adding a single line of...

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Joystick accessories aim to make iPads into better gaming machines

Brad Linder — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:18:30 +0000

Video games for the iPhone, iPad, and other touchscreen devices are big business these days. But anyone who has ever tried playing an iPad role playing game, first person shooter, or other game in a genre that was clearly designed first and foremost for a joystick will tell you what a pain it can be to use on-screen controls instead...

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Angry Birds hits the Intel AppUp Center for netbooks

Brad Linder — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:00:24 +0000

I've never been convinced that netbooks and other computers running traditional desktop operating systems such as Windows and OS really need App Store. It's not like it's difficult to find free and paid software for these computers, although I suppose a one-stop-shop could encourage users to download more apps because it's even easier -- which I suspect is exactly why...

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Ocosmos set to launch ultraportable Windows gaming computer

Brad Linder — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:00:56 +0000

Ocosmos is expected to launch a small gaming machine with an Intel Atom Oak Trail processor and Windows operating system this week. The company has been showing off a demo unit for a little while which looks like a cross between a phone and PlayStation Portable, but the folks at Netbook News got their hands on some new photos which...

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How to play bleeding edge games on low power netbooks (remote gaming)

Brad Linder — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:49:36 +0000

Netbooks and other low power computers make surprisingly decent gaming machines if you're cool with playing older games or recent games that don't require quad-core CPUs and 1GHz graphics processors. Unfortunately a lot of the best games do require more serious hardware, along with higher resolution displays, which you would think would rule out a netbook with an Intel Atom...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab news roundup

Brad Linder — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:33:47 +0000

Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Tab 7 inch Android tablet this morning at the IFA trade show in Germany. And ever since, news has been streaming out of Berlin like a gusher. Here are some of the latest updates: Benchmarking the Galaxy Tab Chippy at CarryPad took a few moments to run a couple of benchmarks on the tablet. Overall,...

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Old School gaming on modern handheld PCs

Brad Linder — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:05:51 +0000

Netbooks and ultra mobile PCs get panned sometimes because they're not as powerful as larger computers which are often the same price or even cheaper. But you know what? Even a tiny device with a slow processor like the handheld UMID M1 are reasonably fast compared with an average computer from 10 or 15 years ago. And that means they...

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StarCraft II beta on a netbook: It runs, but not very well

Brad Linder — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:28:49 +0000

Most netbooks aren't really designed with gaming in mind. The Intel Atom processor and integrated graphics found in most netbooks just isn't up to the task of handling 3D graphics at high frame rates. But there are definitely some games that run well even on older netbooks. I think it's a bit early to put Starcraft 2 into that category,...

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100 PC games tested on a netbook: Most work

Brad Linder — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:35:05 +0000

Netbooks are known for their, low screen resolutions, and relatively underpowered CPUs. I would argue that none of these things actually defines a netbook. Rather, small size and low price are the defining characteristics. If someone put a Core i7 chip in a 10 inch laptop and sold it for $400, I'd be perfectly happy to call it a netbook....

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Liligaming: 5 recent netbook-friendly games

Joe Rybicki — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:45:23 +0000

Joe Rybicki is a freelance writer who’s spent the last 13 years covering the video game and technology industries. He currently runs Plastic Axe, a blog about music games. Netbooks are, generally speaking, fairly businesslike devices. We buy them for word processing, web browsing, and e-mail, not for music production or game playing. We buy them for their size and...

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