The 9th September 1999 is a milestone in gaming history: it was the day Sega’s last, and arguably best, console, the Sega Dreamcast, was released in the West. Twelve long years have gone by since then, but though the console died an ignominious death just 18 months laters, its legacy still lives on. Join us as we look at how the Dreamcast continues to shape the landscape of gaming today.
Thought the £99 HP TouchPad was a bargain? Wait until you get a load of this: earlier this week, Vodafone accidentally sold the rather swish Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, complete with a year’s worth of data, for less than the price of er, a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Oops.
We don’t have the pleasure of seeing Conan O’Brien every night, not living in the US, but his take on the latest Apple happenings is legendary. Now he’s shown off a spoof ad calling for the safe return of Apple’s missing iPhone 5 prototype. As usual, it hits the mark dead on. Take a look after the break.
Nike has spilled its beans, and we can finally answer all your questions, in order of importance:
Read on for all the juicy info on the most sought-after sneakers of all time.
Twitter fans will get a kick out of this: The BBC News website just reported on a story involving Twitter and court reporting restrictions in paragraphs of exactly 140 characters. A very special Electricpig hat-tip to Connor Spackman, who undertook the feat. Read it in full at the BBC News site.
Armageddon is a-coming next year, if the Mayan calendar is to be believed, but if you plan on surviving the apocalypse, rest assured all your favourite, ahem, streaming video websites will be operational in the End Times. How so? By operating out of a special apocalypse-proof bunker one studio is having built. No, seriously.
UPDATE: They’re real. They’re here. They’re on sale tonight! See all the details on the Nike Mag: Back To The Future trainers.
It’s not 2015 just yet, but movie fans are about to go back to the future anyway: Nike is poised to release those self-tying, high top trainers from Back To The Future Part II a reality. Read on to see the video evidence.
The Sony NEX-7 is the company’s latest attempt at taking on the Micro Four Thirds cameras from the likes of Olympus and Panasonic. It’s not on sale until the end of the year, but we got some hands on time with it today and took it for a spin. Check out our thoughts after the break.
