Sony announce the HT-CT60 and HT-CT260 surround sound bars

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Sony announce the HT-CT60 and HT-CT260 surround sound bars

Sony have just announced two new surround sound bars for your TV – the HT-CT60 and HT-CT260.

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It’ll feel like you’re actually sitting in the theatre. No matter where you are in the room you’ll hear the action all around you with virtual surround sound from the CT60. For a more immersive experience try the CT260, it uses S-Force PRO Front Surround technology developed by Sony to create a 3D audio effect with just two front speakers in a single bar. It delivers sound that bends around the room and straight to your ears.

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Sound that packs a punch
Turn it up, feel the bass. With a powerful sub-woofer, the CT60 and CT260 deliver deep notes that add more drama to movies – you’ll be jumping out of your chair. The CT60 has two front speakers that deliver 60W of clear, detailed audio. You get a bigger impact with the CT260, it has 300W of total speaker power. The CT260 has a wireless sub-woofer that delivers dynamic base from the tightest spaces. Pick it up, place it anywhere, it’s light and compact and free from the clutter of cables.

Cool, minimalist look
Enhance your living room décor, without overpowering the rest of the interior. The CT60 has a compact hexagon design which is a chic addition to any home. It’s stylish and practical – a sound bar not only fits in front of your TV but also on the wall, or on a shelf. It’s flexible set-up, it complements your style wherever you put it.

Easy access to your favourite music
Forget tangled wires and awkward USB ports. Get quick and easy cable-free access to your favourite tracks thanks to built-in Bluetooth®. The CT260 allows you to stream music from your PC, tablet or smartphone straight to the crisp, powerful sound of a 2.1ch system. It’s the missing link in your home entertainment system.

Both look really interesting – more news when we get it.

TomTom Hands Free Car Kit for smartphones launched

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TomTom Hands Free Car Kit for smartphones launched

TomTom yesterday launched the TomTom Hands Free Car Kit for smartphones with the highest quality audio for loud, clear hands-free calling and navigation. The new Car Kit features an advanced noise and echocancellation system, which dramatically reduces background noise for the caller and removes ambient noise for the driver.

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New mounting options make smartphone use on the move safer and more convenient.  The newly designed Car Kit has an adjustable grip to fit any smartphone with or without its cover. An extendable microphone can be clipped to the sun visor to ensure conversations are louder and clearer.

 

The TomTom Hands Free Car Kit comes in two versions to support iPhone and micro USB compatible smartphones such as Android phones. Two iPhones and/or smartphones can automatically pair simultaneously. When connected via Bluetooth®, voice recognition functionality can be activated – enabling drivers to navigate and dial without taking their hands off the wheel.

The hands-free car kit offers drivers:

Sound boost – An in-built 2 watt speaker means that drivers can hear hands-free calls and navigation instructions loud and clear.

Extendable microphone – The microphone can be brought closer to the driver for clearer conversations.

Noise and echo cancellation – Cancels out background noise so drivers can have even clearer conversations.

Dual phone connection – Connects two phones simultaneously.

Fast charging – Fast charges the driver’s phone on the go.

Dual mounting system – Drivers can choose to mount their device on the dashboard or the windscreen. It includes a self-adhesive disc that allows use of the suction mount on the dash or centre console.

Voice menu and spoken instructions – Drivers can connect their phone easily using the voice menu and spoken instructions.

  • Easy-reach answer and reject buttons – Answer and reject calls, even when the phone isn’t mounted

The TomTom Hands-Free Car Kit for iPhone or Smartphone is available in selected retail stores and from www.tomtom.com\smartphone priced £79.95.

The TomTom Hands-Free Car Kit for iPhone with Western EU navigation app is priced at £129.95

Samsung Galaxy Note gets an update to Android 4.0.4

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Samsung Galaxy Note gets an update to Android 4.0.4

If you have the Samsung Galaxy Note, you can get an update taking it to Android 4.0.4.

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A number of people have reported the update was available to them this week.

So I tapped the Check for Update and got the usual message:

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I thought I would check via KIES as well, I was rewarded with this message:

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After the update, the Kernal build date shows Mon July 16 and the version of Android at 4.0.4.

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Have you updated yet? Tell us if you have noticed any improvements by leaving a comment below.

Read Dan’s review of the Galaxy Note here

ICY DOCK Announces New Innovative External Drive Enclosure

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ICY DOCK Announces New Innovative External Drive Enclosure

ICY DOCK announced a new external hard drive enclosure with an innovative design and improved cooling solution.  Read on for details.

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ICY DOCK recently announced a new external hard drive enclosure with a unique cooling design.  It integrates an 80mm cooling fan on the front, and also uses screwless hard drive mounting features to make it easy to swap hard drives in and out.  The fan, mated to an automated temperature control mode, ensures that your hard drive stays nice and cool.  Here is a bit of the product announcement:

External enclosures are a great way to have high capacity data storage on the go. Data can also be a critical factor for media, backup, or music professionals. Some of the top tier hard drive companies have made their own all in one enclosure with hard drive included. However, one of the known major causes of hard drive failure is due to excessive heat buildup caused by a lack of a proper cooling system. Also, a majority of hard drive manufactures only allow a 1 year warranty on their all in one external hard drives. This can be fatal for someone who has just lost their data and has to spend a significant amount of money in order to recover their data. There are other external enclosures in the market that provide a cooling system to help prevent this, but the physical placement of the cooling system does not always allow for the optimal airflow to cool the hard drive. Going above and beyond, the MB080USEB-1SB Blizzard is the next generation of external enclosures dedicated for maximum performance in cooling.

Elegantly Designed Hardware
The Blizzard has a uniquely designed front panel integrated with a massive 80mm fan for an elegant and nonintrusive design for the best ventilation, all in a single 3.5″ hard drive that is installed into the front of the enclosure. There are two important reasons for the particular fan placement and design. First, the MB080USEB-1SB will be able to cool all sides of the hard drive and create only one direction of airflow from the front to the back, where the air then exits. This extends the life of the cooling fan as it only intakes cool cold air and increases the overall cooling efficiency of the hard drive, in comparison to other enclosure cooling designs. Second, the 80mm fan is integrated into the detachable front panel which allows to easily swap your hard drive without any screws or tools to worry about. On the sides includes two slightly concealed button ejectors that when pressed, will eject the front panel enabling the user to swap the hard drive as needed. Alongside our tool-less drive installation system, media producers can easily remove their hard drive from the Blizzard and directly transport their data to another location, ultimately removing the setup process of the enclosure.

Smarter Cooling Functionality
The rear panel comprises of a multitude of defining features coming all together from only the best ideas of our previous external enclosure models. The enclosure has a LED brightness dial to adjust the cool blue ambient LED brightness to your preferred liking. . To add more functionality, the Blizzard’s LED color will turn red when the hard drive temperature is over 50°C. The built in fan controller allows you to select low, high, and auto to properly cool the hard drive to help if such a case appears. The auto mode properly adjusts accordingly to your hard drive’s requirements by increasing or decreasing the fan speed as needed.

Everything but the Kitchen Sink
One of the most interesting features of the MB080USEB-1SB Blizzard is the Triple-Interface design. First off, the eSATA interface introduces increased performance which enables the user to transfer and get the job done much quicker with your laptops or PC system. Meanwhile, the USB 2.0 interface provides maximum compatibility while on your legacy PC or Mac to make sharing as easy as possible. Lastly, the Firewire 800 interface is perfect choice for any Mac system. With the MB080USEB-1SB supplying a variety of interfaces makes it the first and foremost choice for media professionals who are using different computer systems.Key Features:

  • Unique & Elegant design.
  • Massive 80mm fan for optimal cooling.
  • Direct airflow design to completely cool all sides of the hard drive.
  • Completely screw-less / tool-less design for any 3.5″ SATA I/II/III HDD.
  • FireWire 800, eSATA & USB 2.0 interface for maximum versatility.
  • Backward compatible with USB 2.0 for wide-ranging use.
  • 3 Speed Adjustable Cooling Fan, including auto setting featuring Smart Cooling technology.  Smart Cooling Technology is active in auto mode and accurately adjusts the fan speed according to your hard drive’s needs.
  • Cool blue ambient LED with adjustable brightness control.
  • Smart-Temp functionality – Front LED changes from blue to red when over 50° C.
  • Supports SATA 6Gbit hard drive up to 3TB capacity.
  • Great for Media and IT Professionals.
  • Designed for PC & Mac systems.

 

QNAP Expands TS-x69 Turbo NAS Lineup

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QNAP Expands TS-x69 Turbo NAS Lineup

QNAP announced additions to its TS-x69 Turbo NAS lineup with new 4 and 8 bay rackmount models.  Read on for details.

 

 

 

 

 

QNAP continues to add new models to its Turbo NAS lineup, this time announcing two new rackmount models that have been added to its TS-X69 series.  Here is the press release:

Taipei, Taiwan, July 30, 2012 – QNAP® Systems, Inc. today officially expanded its latest business-ready Turbo NAS family, the TS-x69U-RP series, with 2 new rackmount units that really mean business. The expansion includes 4 and 8-drive models, delivering up to 32TB (using 4TB drives) of high-performance networked storage, redundant power supplies for enhanced reliability, and a wealth of business-ready applications for cross-platform file sharing, network-wide backup, server virtualization storage, and much more.

At the heart of the new models is a Dual-core Intel® Atom™ 2.13GHz CPU, equipped with 1GB DDR3 RAM on TS-469U-RP, 2GB DDR3 RAM on TS-869U-RP, and support for SATA 6Gb/s 2.5” and 3.5” hot-swappable drives to provide the performance demanded by today’s SMBs; critical for keeping businesses running at their highest productivity levels.

“The TS-x69U-RP series are fantastic performers and exceptionally reliable,” said Jason Hsu, QNAP product manager. “QNAP internal testing shows that both writing and reading speeds in typical Windows environments exceed 220 MB/sec in network trunking mode. Legendary QNAP quality and value make these NAS models a business-owner’s dream come true.”

The TS-x69U-RP series provides secure cross-platform file sharing and network-wide backup/data replication for Windows®, Mac®, and Linux/UNIX users, an iSCSI/IP-SAN storage combo solution, and versatile business applications. With VMware® Ready™ and Citrix® Ready™ verification, and proven compatibility with the Microsoft® Windows Hyper-V™ environment, the new series is an ideal shared storage solution for virtualized and clustered environments.

The new TS-x69U-RP series comes with new v3.7 firmware, which provides many business-critical features such as Windows ACL, VPN Server, Windows AD and LDAP support, bandwidth control for Real Time Remote Replication (RTRR) and rsync backup, and the comprehensive Surveillance Station Pro with up to 12 camera support and Vmobile app for iOS® and Android™ devices.

Key Specs of New Models

  • TS-469U-RP – 4-drive 1U rackmount unit, Dual-core Intel® Atom™ 2.13 GHz Processor, 1GB DDR3 RAM (expandable to 3GB), 2X Gigabit LAN ports, redundant power supply;
  • TS-869U-RP – 8-drive 2U rackmount unit, Dual-core Intel® Atom™ 2.13 GHz Processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM (expandable to 4GB), 2X Gigabit LAN ports, redundant power supply;

Availability

The new TS-x69U-RP series Turbo NAS are currently available. Learn more about the new models and the rest of the QNAP Turbo NAS lineup, including where to buy, at www.qnap.com.

These units look like good additions to the datacenter, with rackmounted form factors and business-oriented features like RTRR and rsync backup.

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Apple TV finally gets Hulu Plus

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Apple TV finally gets Hulu Plus

Hulu Plus finally came to the Apple TV today.

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For those of you who are new to the service, Hulu Plus is the only online premium video subscription that streams current and classic TV programming on demand from hundreds of content partners, including top broadcast networks ABC, NBC, FOX, The CW and Univision. Hulu Plus subscribers can watch on any enabled devices for $7.99/month with limited advertising. For many popular shows on our service, Hulu Plus offers every episode of the current season. Hulu Plus subscribers also have access to back seasons and full runs of some of TV’s greatest shows, including many that were not available online before, in HD whenever possible.

You can get a 7 day trial to Hulu Plus from here.

Have you used Hulu Plus? Tell us what you think of it by leaving a comment below.

Download Issue 4 of The MagPi Digital Magazine for lovers of the Raspberry Pi

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Download Issue 4 of The MagPi Digital Magazine for lovers of the Raspberry Pi

If you have, or are interested in the Raspberry Pi, then you might want to download the new issue of The MagPi digital magazine.

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This is how the Raspberry Pi guys describe the magazine:

The MagPi, a free online magazine dedicated to the Raspberry Pi, whose first issue was released a few days ago, is a perfect example of that. It’s been put together entirely by volunteers, guided by Ash Stone, Jason “Jaseman” Davies, Meltwater and other names you may recognise from the forums and comments on this site. I was broadly aware they were up to something, but I was amazed at the scope of what they sent me to look at earlier in the week, and I’ve been really, really impressed by the first issue. There are Debian and Puppy guides, articles on computing history, ideas for robotics projects, tutorials in Scratch and Python (with code you can type in yourself, just like in the good old days), features about the Raspberry Pi itself, and other goodies to dig into. I really can’t recommend it enough, and if you haven’t been lucky enough to get to the head of the queue, you don’t need a Raspberry Pi to find it useful (you might actually find the magazine good preparation before yours arrives).

It is a really interesting read – so go download it today, and let us know what you think!

Oh, and I am very happy to see that one of my pictures I took at the Cambridge Raspberry Jam was used on the cover!

Download the new issue of The MagPi here

Spectrum 30 event coming this September to celebrate the ZX Spectrum

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Spectrum 30 event coming this September to celebrate the ZX Spectrum

The Spectrum gave us 30 great years and now it’s time to celebrate its birthday with the biggest Spectrum party of this century.

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This year we saw the Beeb @ 30 event, and now it’s time for the Spectrum’s 30th Anniversary event.

I had a ZX Spectrum when I was a kid, I started off with a 16K one, then got the 48K ram pack and moved on from there. If it wasn’t for the BBC Micro and the Spectrum I don’t think I would be doing what I do today!

One of really cool things for the event is the return of the ZX Microfair. I remember going to many of these and I can’t wait to see what is on offer there.

Visitors can attend on the Saturday, the Sunday or both. A single day ticket is £18 and the weekend ticket is £23.

Learn more and order your tickets from here

Tell us your Spectrum memories by leaving us a comment below.

Updated Amazon Cloud Player Includes New Scan and Match Technology and Free Audio Quality Upgrades

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Updated Amazon Cloud Player Includes New Scan and Match Technology and Free Audio Quality Upgrades

Amazon.com today announced Cloud Player licensing agreements that bring significant updates to Amazon Cloud Player. The agreements are with Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and more than 150 independent distributors, aggregators and music publishers.

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Amazon’s scan and match technology gives customers a fast and easy way to get all of their music from their computers to the cloud. Cloud Player customers can then enjoy their music on their favourite devices, including Kindle Fire, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android devices and any web browser, and soon, Roku streaming players and Sonos home entertainment systems.

New Cloud Player features include:

  • Amazon MP3 purchases — including music that customers purchased in the past — are automatically saved to Cloud Player, which means that customers have a secure backup copy of the music they buy from Amazon, free of charge.
  • Amazon scans customers’ iTunes and Windows Media Player libraries and matches the songs on their computers to Amazon’s 20 million song catalog. All matched songs – even music purchased from iTunes or ripped from CDs – are instantly made available in Cloud Player and are upgraded for free to high-quality 256 Kbps audio. Music that customers have already uploaded to Cloud Player also will be upgraded.
  • Any customer with a Kindle Fire, Android device, iPhone, iPod touch, or any web browser — and soon, a Roku streaming player or Sonos home entertainment system — can play their music anywhere.

Cloud Player is available in a Free tier and a Premium tier. Cloud Player Free customers can store all MP3 music purchased at Amazon, plus import up to 250 songs from their PC or Mac to Cloud Player, all at no charge. Cloud Player Premium customers can import and store up to 250,000 songs in Cloud Player for an annual fee of $24.99. Amazon-purchased MP3s (including all previous purchases) do not count against the 250 or 250,000-song limits and will be added to both Free and Premium Cloud Player libraries at no charge. Amazon Cloud Player is automatically integrated into Kindle Fire and the new Cloud Player features will be automatically delivered to Kindle Fire users over the next few days. Customers can also visit www.amazon.com/cloudplayer or download the app on iOS or Android.

Starting today, Cloud Drive will be used for file storage and Cloud Player will be used for music storage and playback — each service will offer separate subscriptions. Customers can still use Cloud Drive to store any of their files in the cloud and access them from any web browser or by using the Cloud Drive Desktop Apps. Customers can store up to 5GB free and storage plan prices have been lowered to start at $10 per year for 20 GB. To learn how to get started on Cloud Drive visit www.amazon.com/clouddrive/learnmore.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron game demo available now

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Transformers: Fall of Cybertron game demo available now

It’s not long now until Activision’s new game Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is out, and as of today you can download and play a demo of it.

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The full, legendary TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON saga begins on 24st August  when the game hits retail stores… but before that, we want to let you know about our downloadable demo available now on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and on 1st August  for PlayStation Network.

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This feature-packed demo gives fans the opportunity to sample both single AND multi-player modes in TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON.  Gamers can experience the explosive first mission as BUMBLEBEE desperately battles to save the Autobot starship under heavy attack from MEGATRON and the Decepticons.  Players will also get to take control of VORTEX in a non-linear assault mission, changing from chopper-to-jet-to-robot however they please while engaging in blistering firefights on the ground and in the air.  As if that wasn’t enough, the TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON demo also allows fans to get a taste of the game’s robust Transformers character customizer and take their newly created bots straight into Team Deathmatch and Conquest online multiplayer modes.

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For more information and updates, fans can visit www.facebook.com/TransformersGame and www.TransformersGame.com.

Have you played the demo yet? Tell us what you think by leaving a comment below.

Be in a future Hitman game if you win Square Enix’s Hitman: Sniper Challenge

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Be in a future Hitman game if you win Square Enix’s Hitman: Sniper Challenge

Square Enix Ltd. today announced the grand prize for the HITMAN: SNIPER CHALLENGE competition in the UK. The person crowned The UK’s Ultimate Assassin will be immortalised in a future Hitman game and also presented with a Golden Joystick at Future Publishing’s annual Golden Joystick Awards on 26th October 2012.

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With Agent 47s around the globe having racked up over 35 million kills playing HITMAN: SNIPER CHALLENGE, the competition to find the top UK sniper is now live with gamers competing for daily, weekly and monthly prizes. All Monthly winners will have the chance to battle it out in a Grand Final and be crowned the UK’s Ultimate Assassin.

HITMAN: SNIPER CHALLENGE has been created as a bespoke standalone experience to reward fans who pre-order HITMAN: ABSOLUTION. Online leader boards allow players to compare their sniping abilities with players around the world, supported by various challenges to determine who has the best sniping skills. Skilled players will capitalize on score multipliers, discover secret extras, unlock equipment upgrades and marvel at the many creative ways one can discreetly dispose of a body while they work to fulfil their contract in the most efficient way possible. A host of upgrades can be unlocked and carried over into HITMAN: ABSOLUTION.

“HITMAN: SNIPER CHALLENGE has been an extremely successful pre-order incentive for us,” said Jon Brooke, Brand Director of the Hitman Franchise. “We’re really excited to be able to offer one fan a once in a lifetime prize and The Golden Joysticks is the perfect partner to showcase the Ultimate Assassin’s achievement.”

Now in its 30th year, the Golden Joystick Awards are the only gaming awards that are voted by the people that matter most, the gamers themselves. With over two million votes cast last year, the shortlist will once again be the focus of gamers’ conversations throughout the summer.

“It’s an honour to partner with such a hotly anticipated title as HITMAN: ABSOLUTION and provide the platform for this amazing prize. The awards are usually presented to publishers and developers only, so it’s exciting to be able to celebrate the talents of a sharp-shooting gamer too,” said James Kick, Associate Publisher, The Golden Joystick Awards.

HITMAN: SNIPER CHALLENGE pre-order promotion is available now through access to Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network for customers who pre-order HITMAN: ABSOLUTION. PC owners will be able to download HITMAN: SNIPER CHALLENGE through Steam from 1st August 2012.

HITMAN: ABSOLUTION is scheduled for global release on 20th November 2012 for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. Developed by IO Interactive A/S, a Square Enix studio, HITMAN: ABSOLUTION is not yet rated.

For full details and official competition rules please visit www.hitmansniper.com

I have played the Sniper Challenge and am frankly rubbish! I will keep practicing though.

Have you played it? Let us know and tell us your score by leaving a comment below.

Don’t forget to check out Square Enix’s Gamescom 2012 line up.

App Update: Spotify for Android updated to include new radio experience

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App Update: Spotify for Android updated to include new radio experience

The Spotify app for Android has been updated bringing with it a whole new radio experience.

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What’s new in the 0.5.1.15.g81977995 release:

This release improves the stability of the application. We’ve fixed some of the bugs and issues we found in the first release.

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As with all Spotify Mobile apps, you’ll need a Premium subscription to get your music on the move.

What’s in the new version:

  • There’s a great new radio experience in Spotify. Now you can discover and save music on the go! If your station plays a song you really like, save it with a single tap.
  • New: Start a radio station based on your favorite playlist, genre, album, artist or song.
  • New: Personalize your radio stations by voting songs up or down.

To download Spotify for Android, click on this link.

Orcs Must Die! 2 game from Robot Entertainment now available

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Orcs Must Die! 2 game from Robot Entertainment now available

Robot Entertainment today announced that Orcs Must Die! 2, the sequel to last year’s AIAS Strategy Game of the Year, is now available for download.

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Orcs Must Die! 2 thrusts players and their friends back into battle against a terrifying mob of orcs and other monsters. With a redesigned spellbook, players will have a broader range of options to build a deadly arsenal of defenses. Investing hard-earned skulls in an enormous new upgrade system will allow players to cater to their favourite methods of burning, grinding, tossing, or dismembering orcs.

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Orcs Must Die! 2 begins days after the ending of the original game. With the rifts closed and the magical Order dead, the War Mage finds himself suddenly thrust into a new battle against the mindless orc mob. He has a powerful, if questionable, new companion in the Sorceress, an ex-War Mage responsible for the destruction of the Order.
Orcs Must Die! 2 Features:

  • Co-Op! – Play as the War Mage, the headstrong hero who charges into danger, or play as the more strategic Sorceress who keeps the mob at bay with mind-control and magic.
  • Story-based Campaign – Pick up where the original game left off with a brand new story-based campaign that you can play in Single-Player or Co-Op!
  • Endless Mode – Play alone or join a friend to put your skills to the test against endless waves of increasingly difficult enemies.
  • Classic Mode – Steam players who own the original Orcs Must Die! will automatically unlock co-op versions of 10 fan-favorite levels from the original game featuring new enemies!
  • Over 20 Deadly Enemies – Face a n army of vile new creatures like Earth Elementals, Trolls, and Bile Bats. And they’ve brought all of your favorite trap-fodder from the original Orcs Must Die! along with them!
  • More than 50 Traps, Weapons, and Guardians – Choose from an enormous armory of new and classic defenses, including an all new assortment of magical trinkets.
  • Massive Upgrade System – With more than 225 persistent trap and weapon upgrades to unlock, you can build an arsenal perfectly suited to your slaying style.

Orcs Must Die! 2 is an action-strategy game that challenges players and their friends to team up and defend a world constantly under siege. Orcs Must Die! 2 is available exclusively as a digital download on personal computers this.

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For more information about Orcs Must Die! 2, please visit http://www.OrcsMustDie.com.

Download Orcs Must Die! 2: http://store.steampowered.com/app/201790/

Have you played it? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

Microsoft Introduces Outlook.Com Email Service

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Microsoft Introduces Outlook.Com Email Service

Microsoft announced today a new email service called Outlook.com, adding Skype integration, limiting ads and providing a new look and feel.  Read on for details!

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Microsoft announced Outlook.Com, their new take on email services.  The formatting looks just like Office 2013 (no surprise there) and Skype is now integrated.  Here are some highlights from the blog post:

Introducing Outlook.com – Modern Email for the Next Billion Mailboxes

Recently, we talked about how we’ve reimagined cloud services for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. And we described new apps for Windows 8, updates to SkyDrive, and how cloud services power the new Office Preview, We’ve also been hard at work on a mission to reimagine personal email – from the datacenter all the way to the user experience. Today, we’re starting to deliver on that goal with a preview of the new Outlook.com – modern email designed for the next billion mailboxes.

Webmail was first introduced with HoTMaiL in 1996. Back then, it was novel to have a personal email address you could keep for life – one that was totally independent from your business or internet service provider. Eight years later, Google introduced Gmail, which included 1 GB of storage and inbox search. And while Gmail and other webmail services like Hotmail have added some features since then, not much has fundamentally changed in webmail over the last 8 years – though yesterday’s frustrations about the small size of inboxes are now things of the past. At the same time, email is becoming less and less useful as inboxes become cluttered with newsletters and social updates, and people increasingly keep up their personal connections in social networks instead of their email address books. All of this has led many to hope for a better solution so you don’t have to settle for today’s webmail.

It’s Time for a Change

We think the time is right to reimagine email. So today, we’re introducing a preview of Outlook.com. We realized that we needed to take a bold step, break from the past and build you a brand new service from the ground up. You already know Outlook via the Outlook desktop application-for PCs and Macs-as the world’s most popular application for reading email, managing a calendar, and connecting to people. And you may have used the Outlook Web App connected to Exchange Server in your organization. Now, in addition to a desktop application and a service for businesses, we’re offering Outlook as a personal email service – Outlook.com.

Modern experience for modern browsers and devices. Email isn’t just about the browser anymore. In fact, email represents 20% of the time we spend on smartphones, and is used extensively on tablets as well as PCs. Outlook is designed cloud first, so all of your mail is always available wherever you are. Its fresh, clean user interface gets the clutter out of your way-the header has 60% fewer pixels and there are 30% more messages visible in your inbox that the webmail most people are used to. And there are no display ads or large search boxes that take up extra space. Outlook.com also uses Exchange ActiveSync, so it powers your mail, calendar and people experience on your smartphone, tablet, and the new Outlook 2013 Preview.

Get Started Today at Outlook.com

While today’s preview is just the start, Outlook.com is ready now to become your primary email service. We’re expecting millions of people to try it out. Starting today, you can get an @Outlook.com email address, and we’ve also made it easy to get started with your current email address if you want to.

  • If you’re a Hotmail customer and want to upgrade to the Outlook.com preview, just click “Upgrade” in the options menu of Hotmail. Your email address, password, contacts, old email, and rules will remain unchanged, and you can send/receive email from your @hotmail.com or @msn.com or @live.com address. You’ll experience it all in the new Outlook.com preview user interface. You can also add an @Outlook.com email address to your account if you want.
  • Using Gmail, Yahoo, or another email service? No problem – it’s easy to try the preview by going to http://www.outlook.com/. If you have a Microsoft account, just log in and get started. If you don’t, it’s easy to create a new account with an @Outlook.com email address. Then you can set up Gmail or your other email service to forward your mail to Outlook.com and import your contacts and messages by following these instructions . This will let you use both services for now, but we think that over time, most people will prefer Outlook.com.
  • Don’t have an email address? Go to Outlook.com and create a new one and you’ll be up and running.

Once you’re using Outlook.com, you can also set it up on your phone (Windows Phone, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, or other phone), tablet (Windows 8, iPad, and Android), in the new Outlook 2013 Preview, or in other mail apps you might use. And because Outlook.com supports Exchange ActiveSync, you can set it up just like you would your Exchange or Hotmail account. Have more questions? See our step-by- step guide to setting up Outlook.com on your phone.

Check out the full blog post here, and click here to preview Outlook.Com’s new look and feel.

Office Blog Post Announcing Outlook.Com
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