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The guys from Paranoid Android just posted this on their Google Plus page (https://plus.google.com/107979589566...ts/dKU35HmkSnv). Quoting Reddit -- Pretty damn badass.

It's actually the CPU that is bottlenecking performance on the Retina MBPs. Apple's retina scaling algorithm is incredibly inefficient and relies purely on single threaded CPU performance. Today's CPUs are simply unable to keep up. That's why the UI lag is significantly less on the 15" retina vs...

What the fuck Samsung.

I think 130 million seems incredibly optimistic. Sony would have to sell another 50 million PS3s to hit that figure. I can't see them managing that. I don't think consoles will be too popular in emerging markets going forwards, either. Most people in developing countries seem to be playing...

If you want to tinker with shit, I think it's hard to top the Nexus 4. Since it's a Nexus device, ROMs run flawlessly without the issues experienced with some other phones (random lockups, wifi not working, etc.). It's also cheap as hell to buy off contract and use with a sim only plan. I...

No. Sony is currently $5 billion down on the PS3. It's only now that the PS3 is making them consistent profit. It won't be nearly enough to offset the early losses, though. Yup, agreed. The PS3 cost Sony $5 billion in pure losses, and it also caused them to lose a ton of marketshare (155...

I've actually been thinking about that quite a bit. At first, $10 seemed a little too cheap, but I'm slowly coming round to the idea. Microsoft wants an Xbox in every living room. They want people's lives to revolve around them. To do that, they need to get as many people as possible to buy...

Which ebayer did you buy from?

Yes, because of the currency changes with the Yen. If you want to judge the success of a company, you need to look at their operating income, not their net income, as the operating income gives a much more accurate picture of the company's performance and health. Yeah, it's crazy, right? My...

Well, the PS3 has only sold around 9 million units in Japan. In comparison, the PS2 sold 21 million units. Japan simply isn't the huge market that it used to be. Personally, I think Microsoft's biggest mistake was not focusing harder on Europe. They should have acquired more European...

Yeah, agreed. I don't see Microsoft overturning Sony in Europe at all. Europeans, outside of the UK anyway, are generally more savvy with their money, too, so I can't see a subsidised Xbox taking off in Europe either. I think Microsoft has to launch the next Xbox in Japan, not to get sales or...

Honestly, people are retarded when it comes to monthly pricing plans. I'm marketing an online product at the moment that has three payment options: $127 up front, 3 monthly payments of $47 (edit - turns out it's $57), 12 monthly payments of $17. 72% of buyers end up choosing the $17 a month...

Everything there looks plausible. Thurrot is usually accurate with his rumours, too. The $500 price tag won't matter if the rumoured $299 subsidised Xbox is real. Microsoft could market the next Xbox as "starting at $299" and it'd make a $400 PS4 look overpriced in comparison. In regards...

Well, that's what's expected of a public company. It's not enough to tread water, public companies need to build on their previous successes and top them. Look at Nintendo's share prices over the last 5 years - Stockholder confidence in Nintendo is at Gamecube levels. Iwata has said...

I guess we have different expectations, then. If you look at the 3ds on its own, it's obviously performing decently well, but when you compare it against Nintendo's previous handhelds, it's performing incredibly poorly. If I still owned Nintendo stock (I don't; I luckily sold mine before the...

I'm not sure about the next fiscal year, but I agree on everything else you're saying. The 3ds will be a profitable system overall, and it will be a great handheld for gamers. So what's the problem? Well, in the past, Nintendo's handheld division would make up for the poor relative...

So, let's look at the 3ds directly. In last years financial report, Nintendo predicted it to sell 18.5 million units worldwide over the coming year. In their Q3 2012 report, they reduced this figure to 17.5 million. In their Q4 2012 report, they reduced this figure to 15 million. In the...

People still think this? The 3ds is losing forward momentum every momentum every month. Like I said several times already, it's down in sales YOY in the US for 8 months in a row. Do you not know what that means? Look at this chart - In the next month or two, the 3ds is going to fall...

Except they're not making money hand over fist. They just posted a $360 million operating loss for this past financial year, which is two years in a row where they've made a loss. Look at Nintendo's handheld revenue - It experienced a slight uptick this year vs last; nothing to brag...

I don't know why you're bringing up the quality of games. Sure, you people who visit a "hardcore" MMO forum care about the quality of your handheld gaming experiences, but the majority of people don't. My darling Mother who spent literally hundreds of hours playing Brain Age and Nintendogs on...

You're wrong. How many people bought DSs because of Nintendogs, Brain Training, Professor Layton, and games like that? Fuck loads. Those people are now gaming on their smartphones, and they're not coming back to Nintendo's handhelds. The 3ds, in the US, is down in sales YOY for 8 months...

I don't think that's too unusual. The PS2 was massively outselling the PS3 for months, for example. I wouldn't be surprised to see the 360 and the PS3 outsell their predecessors for the first year or so after launch. Nintendo's earnings report made for some seriously grim reading, though...

I disagree. What is AMC going to do? Not carry Disney movies anymore? That means no Marvel, no Pixar, no Star Wars, no Pirates, etc. Those are some huge franchises that generate a lot of income. The international market is becoming increasingly more important than the US market each year...

Half life 1 is, by far, the best value game I ever bought. The single player was amazing. The deathmatch was fun. But then the mods like Counter Strike, Natural Selection, The Specialists, and all the various single player mods extended its longevity even further. Quake 3 is a close follow...

Is it too early to include the Wii U in this thread? To quote Nintendo's CEO - http://www.nintendo.co.jp/kessan/060607qa_e/

From the Zune store -http://batshare.com/i55dwlv6ac2k It sounds near identical to the leak, but the mastering is way better and Pharrell's vocals sound much fuller. I hope we get the album version soon.

This is pretty amazing -http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=SaL87kEqZ4Y A few pages back, I said I had no interest in the upcoming flagships and that I was happy with my Nexus 4. I've changed my mind. The HTC One looks like an incredible phone, and I'm jealous of all you lucky fuckers...

https://soundcloud.com/lordrecollect...-random-access This remix is pretty good, imo. Direct feed video of the Pharrell teaser is out, too -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMJwcOiBoZE

I really like it. Can't wait to hear the full song. Rumours say it'll be released on Monday. Edit - Much better quality here;https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151349104567172

Next gen Nexus 7 rumours. I like my Nexus 7, kinda, but I wish it had a bigger screen and better apps. I'm really tempted to swap it for an iPad mini. Hmm.

So, this looks pretty amazing. According to Epic, the demo was running in realtime on a single GTX680. Hopefully next gen games can look this good. Higher bitrate 1080p video here -http://international.download.nvidia...orDemo1080.flv

These guys are the cheapest I've found -http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s4. Still ?580, which is way more expensive than any other smartphone on the market.

So, the UK pricing for the Galaxy 16gb S4 has just been unveiled. ?629.95 -http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mob...4?intcmp=HPS43. For comparisons sake, the S3 launched at ?470, the iPhone 5 launched at ?500, and the32gbHTC One is available for ?490. I was hoping smartphone prices would drop...

Yeah, I've never had that problem either. You don't need to go back to 4.1, btw. Just install this app -https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...keyguard&hl=en No root required.

Try thebox.bz

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ra...es/id617154241 May 21st.

I haven't had any problems seeding on IPT at all. I've been on the site three months now and I have 1.2tb upload, and I'm only using the 75gb seedbox from gbox.me. Just download shit and leave it on your seedbox until it hits 1.0. Most stuff hits that point in less than a week for me. Stuff...

Well, in theory, quicker cpus and gpus should allow for better battery life since the hardware will be able to complete its computations quicker and return to a low power state in less time than a less powerful cpu/gpu. I have no idea how much of an effect that has in the real world, though...

I've never had any problems with my iPhone/iPod resuming books/long mp3s to the spot I paused it at. Have you ticked the "remember playback position" option in iTunes?http://lifehacker.com/262759/set-you...yback-position The browsers are pretty similar. You won't notice much of a difference...

After seeing the latest flagship phones from Samsung, Sony, and HTC, I'm happy that I decided to get a Nexus 4. I think, going forwards, software is going to be the most important differentiator between phones. Since the Nexus 4 will likely get Key Lime Pie months before any of the other...