The Lower Merion School School District Webcam-spying case has presented suggestions that intimate photos have been taken of students during non school hours remotely via school laptops. Two school district employees have been placed on administrative leave from their posts following the suggestions. When the accusations first came out, the school district admitted that the [...]
School Spy Cam Cause Heated Debate Over Privacy Concerns
April 19th, 2010 · 6:20 am
Tags: privacy, video games
Macbook Pros Make Graphic Rendering And Energy Saving A Breeze
April 13th, 2010 · 10:08 pm
A new line of Macbook Pro laptops were announced by Apple this week. The new models will contain 32-nanometer process technology, Hyper-Threading, Turbo Boost ( Core i series of chips ), Updated Nvidia graphics silicon, Intel integrated graphics and more. The new line of laptops will be powerhouses that are energy conscious. This new fleet [...]
Tags: apple, video games
AMD Radeon HD 5670 Sets Record For Inexpensive Graphics Card
January 18th, 2010 · 10:28 am
The AMD Radeon HD 5670 will be the first graphics card to support Direct X for under 100 dollars–essentially allowing “next generation” graphics for nearly any budget. The graphics card will be smaller than previous models, and yet it will still support features like DirectCompute 5.0, Eyefinity multi-monitor gaming and DX11, such as tessellation, in [...]
Tags: microsoft, technology, video games
Microsoft To Cut Xbox Prices Following Sony’s Lead
September 8th, 2009 · 4:19 am
Microsoft just announced that it will cut prices of it’s Xbox 360 Elite by 100 dollars. This announcement comes one week after Sony dropped the price of Playstation for the same amount. Research group, NPD Group, released figures that show video game sales falling for the fifth straight month in July of 2009 ( down [...]
Tags: business, marketing, video games
Violent Video Games To Be Banned In Venezuela
August 28th, 2009 · 5:53 am
Lawmakers in Venezuela are planning on creating a ban on the sale of violent video games. This effort is an attempt to fight the pervasive violent crime in the region–where dozens of people are murdered every week in the capital Caracas. Allegedly 100,000 people have been murdered since Hugo Chavez took office in February 1999.
Tags: government, law, video games
