The Steam Deck, Valve’s take on a Switch-style portable PC gaming machine, is perhaps the most anticipated piece of portable hardware since…well, since the Nintendo Switch. So it’s understandable that the technology press is champing at the bit to devour every detail about it, even well before its official release later this month. Pre-release units are finally finding their way out of Valve’s clutches, and into at least a few YouTube reviewer’ hands. While these preview videos aren’t allowed to go into every exhaustive detail of the Steam Deck, they do give us a fairly complete look at the final hardware, and at least some indication of how it will perform on a select range of popular PC games. Given Valve’s stated goal of getting the relatively low-priced handheld to run “the latest AAA games, and run them really well,” it’s perhaps one of the biggest points of trepidation for those wondering if they should buy one (or those who’ve already pre-ordered one). With some of the same AMD APU hardware going into modern laptops, and tight integration with the Steam platform and service, it’s easy to see how the Steam Deck might be prepared to deliver. Valve allowed LinusTechTips and Gamers Nexus to poke and prod the Steam Deck to show off that power, provided by the custom AMD-built Aerith APU system running Zen 2 processor graphics, Radeon-powered RDNA 2 graphics, and 16GB of fast LPDDR5 RAM. Both testers found that the system could breeze through low-power 2D... Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2022-02-09 18:09:04 UTC ]
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Print media is dying; some may argue it is already dead. With the launch of the iPad and the current industry trend of tablet media consumption, consumers don’t want to clutter their homes with stacks of paper magazines and newspapers. Not to mention, there is the trend of "going green" which is... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sony's already said that it's making game publishing on PlayStation 4 even easier than it is on the PlayStation 3, but Senior Account Manager of Development at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Agostino Simonetta today explained exactly what that means. Sony's apparently applying a "four... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An artist finds out the comic books he used to make a papier-mache sculpture could have been worth £20,000. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Williams' Book Store is considered by some to be the oldest continuously operating bookstore in Los Angeles. It stands to be the latest casualty in a business that has been moving increasingly online.As a little girl, Anne Gusha walked into and was charmed by Williams' Book Store in San Pedro.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon.com's Kindle e-reader has dominated the competition in Japan since its launch last year, according to new research, showing the company's low pricing and powerful brand may have overcome its late entrance into the market. The Kindle accounted for 38.3 percent of the e-reader market in... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This portable app's website says "Bright Snippet Sire," but everybody calls this open-source favorite Briss for…er…short. Briss crops a section of a PDF file and creates another PDF file of the cropped area. You can crop unwanted areas from PDFs with Briss. It's free, open-source, and portable,... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library campaigners are braced for a further round of cuts as the Government unveils the latest... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines plans to publish two test issues of a new lifestyle magazine with celebrity physician Dr. Mehmet Oz in the first quarter of 2014, the company said today.The company plans to distribute about 350,000 copies of the first issue to newsstands and another 450,000 to certain... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wiley reported adjusted revenue growth of 1% to $1.72bn in its 2013 fiscal after stripping out... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why did the word 'paperback' appear one hundred years earlier than 'hardback,' when hardbacks had been around much longer? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Daily Mail's consultant literary editor Jane Mays has predicted that reviewing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple director Keith Moerer said in court on Tuesday that the company holds about 20 percent of the US ebook market, double the size commonly assumed. The revelation came after the Department of Justice tried to bolster its price fixing case against the company by asserting that "Apple forgot to... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is challenging developers to create new digital products that reimagine... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While a high-calibre jury of writers and critics ponders the nominees for this year's Children's Book Awards, we have asked the true experts. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are so many things wrong with the new book The MILF Diet by former Whole Foods chef Jessica Porter it's difficult to know where to begin. But its name is probably the most glaring so let's dive in there. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2013-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing should expect the same profound shake-up experienced by the games industry over the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stuff is teaming up with the NZ Post Children Books Awards in an initiative to promote the importance of books and reading, and to inspire New Zealand's future writers and illustrators. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2013-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s plans to expand its store portfolio this year, starting with a site at Derby... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smart publishers are thinking of their business as global instead of local. This may come as a surprise to some who see it as a novelty instead of the norm. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allegations of stockpiling and best-seller list manipulation have rocked the publishing world in South Korea as publishers combat decreasing book sales. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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