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A Couple of Applications for Independence Day

The 4th of July is coming up here in the U.S. on Monday, which of course means a lot of parades and firecrackers. Unless it rains, which of course somewhere it will. If it does rain in your area there are a couple of iPhone and iPad application, that may help some. The first application is called Firework Arcade by

Build a Custom Gaming PC at Walmart.com!

Honestly, this comes as quite a surprise. I would have never thought Wal-Mart and iBuyPower would team up to bring a custom gaming PC builder to Walmart.com but, that's exactly what they have done and Walmart says there are over 10,000 combinations available. Custom rigs start out at $599 and we can choose between 5 different cases. We'll also be

A Whole New Gaming Concept From Sifteo

Andy stops by the Sifteo booth to take a look at a whole new concept in gaming - the Sifteo cubes (or boxes).  This is truly a gaming innovation, taking the best of interactive and PC games and meshing the two together.  In the video you can check out a demo of a Tetris-like game that is played on a

Able Planet and Linx Audio Headphones

Todd listens to Mary Semcken, VP of Marketing for Able Planet, which has an innovative technology for reducing the decibel level of headphones without reducing the richness of the sound. Amazingly, Able Planet has won a CES Innovation Award every year from 2006 through 2010. Mary shows off three new headsets, the first in military-style colours so that you can

XRocker Furniture For Gamers

Mike from XRocker is showing Tom some new furniture that has a definite media and gaming slant towards it.  This is some pretty far out stuff that not every spouse will welcome into a home, but it's also pretty neat - kind of a living room set meets Scott E Vest.  Of course the retail price may buy some wiggle

Snakebyte Video Game Controllers

Mitch Perliss of Sunflex USA (www.snakebyte-usa.com) presents the Snakebyte brand of game controllers. Folks have been having a lot of fun with this one, you can write on the TV with the controller and a host of other fun things. Interview by Jeffry Powers of Geekazine and Esby Larsen of MrNetCast.com Please Support our CES 2011 Sponsors Get your 14

Intel Builds the GPU into the CPU on Core

Jeffrey Power talks to Mike Martin of Intel, which announced the incorporation of the Intel graphics processor (the GPU)  onto the CPU across the whole of the Core range (i3, i5, i7). The stand at CES had an impressive artistic display showing off the power of the new Core processors, which you can see in the video. Available now - look for the Intel