By mumsavesDealPro
at 7:13PM,
6 months ago
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Shopping Advice
Have you ever noticed how, round about this time every year, various snippets of research leech their way into the media under the pretense of educating parents on what's best for their kids? Today, for example, we're being told that the happiest kids are the ones who have high tech material items to make them feel good. So, mums and dads, if you want to have a happy child (and therefore be a good parent) you need to start spending - a lot! Really?
By kenny4
at 6:00PM,
a year ago
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Technology and Gaming
Gaming in 2011
For years people have been making the assertion that PC gaming is a dying breed, but there's yet to be any concrete evidence of it ringing true. Both Valve and Blizzard, two of the top developers on ANY platform, have huge PC releases due out in 2011 in the form of Portal 2 and Diablo 3 respectively. Furthermore, with Games for Windows Live and Good Old Games making strong pushes in the distribution front, we may finally see a serious competitor to Valve's Steam platform. But that aside, what else does 2011 have in store?
By kenny4
at 5:59PM,
a year ago
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Technology and Gaming
Computing and Peripherals in 2011
Depending on how you feel about peripherals such as the iPad, 2010 was either a landmark year or a huge cause for concern. Though the iPad was far from being the first tablet computer on the market, it was the first to be marketed primarily as a platform for media such as books, movies, games, and music. While it was largely successful in those regards, it also came at the expense of technical computing power, ergonomics, as well as an open architecture. Still, the triumphs of the iPad have led way to the development of other similar devices, which are sure to be a trend in 2011.
