Much like the first release of Halo, Combat Evolved for the first Xbox, the original Crysis was a landmark title, and to many of those who played it, felt about as futuristic as they come.
After years of being rather cagey in adopting new technologies, Apple really seems to be making much more of an effort to drag its products up to speed, offering consumers a better inventory of hardware for their day-to-day digital errands.
While the HTC One X boasts a pretty impressive camera, not every shot is perfection. Given the optimum lighting conditions and angle, the snapper can take some crystal-clear stills and videos, but, in many cases, it delivers pretty average photos.
The Cydia Store is crammed full of tweaks, and Message Transformer by developer Netter is certainly one of the more unusual ones we've stumbled across.
Although most iPhone owners would find it hard to turn down a free unlock - particularly when their carrier is offering them voluntarily and without charge - a dilemma may arise if one is forced to surrender a jailbreak in the process.
Following much rumor and speculation, Microsoft has just announced the final Windows 8 SKUs, as well as reaffirm that Windows 8 is the official, final name of the upcoming OS. Prior to clicking on the link to the announcement post on the Windows Team Blog, I was slightly nervous; Microsoft is notorious among the tech community for their unnecessarily complicated product branding. Expecting the worst, I was actually quite delighted to see that Microsoft… actually simplified the number of editions in Windows 8!
As we all know, the loss of a smartphone can feel like the loss of a limb at times. One minute, we're connected with the entire world, the next, we can't update our status on Facebook, Tweet, call our friends or family, download games or apps, listen to music, watch video, browse the web, read books, or tell the time.
Dropbox, and similar services such as iCloud, offer users of mobile devices a great safety net through which to backup and restore, sync, share and access files from anywhere, and at any time.
A new, free app called Touchpad aims to turn your Android powered smartphone into a touch-screen remote control for your Windows PC. The app, which while being free does not feature any ads - what a refreshing change! - translates your screen taps into mouse clicks and operations, whilst also sending your keyboard inputs over to your PC at the same time.
Since Microsoft has yet to jump on the mobile bandwagon with its Office series (with the exclusion of OneNote), the billions of Windows users (and those using Office for Mac) looking for a mobile alternative haven't been particularly spoiled for choice.
