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The ABCs of Android game development: Prepare the canvas

February 2, 2013 9:52am PST

In the first installment of his five-part app developer series, William J. Francis creates a drawing surface and a framework for controlling and updating the contents of an Android game.

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Cracking Open the $1,800 Alienware M14x gaming notebook

October 26, 2011 11:19am PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Alienware M14x laptop. Inside the portable powerhouse, he found hardware from Intel, Nvidia, Samsung, Hynix, and others.

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Google Now: The future of big data and Android's game-changer

February 14, 2013 12:41pm PST

While Google Now raises plenty of privacy hackles, it's also a stunningly useful example of the power of big data and a major advantage for Android.

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Hyper-V Recovery Manager on Windows Azure: Game changer in DR architecture

May 7, 2013 6:00am PDT

HVRM is a hybrid service that leverages the Azure public cloud and allows you to manage the replication of your primary data center to your disaster recovery (DR) site.

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PS3 Super Slim teardown reveals hardware changes, but no real upgrades

October 11, 2012 7:50pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the PlayStation 3 Super Slim, shows you how Sony redesigned the popular gaming console, and compare the new machine to older PS3 models.

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A lesson on piracy, distribution, or marketing?

April 29, 2013 11:20pm PDT

Independent software companies have a hard task of getting their wares in front of an audience; has a pair of brothers cracked that nut?

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Cracking Open the PlayStation 3 Super Slim

October 11, 2012 6:27pm PDT

Bill Detwiler disassembles the Sony PlayStation 3 Super Slim and explores the many hardware changes Sony made in this third version of the PS3 gaming console.

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Cracking open the Sony PlayStation 3

January 31, 2007 8:20am PST

Go inside the PS3 and see the hardware that runs Sony's console.

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Cracking open the Nintendo Wii

December 6, 2006 11:44am PST

Go inside the Wii and see the hardware that makes Nintendo's console tick.

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The ABCs of Android game development: Animate sprites

February 13, 2013 4:14pm PST

In the third installment of his five-part app developer series, William J. Francis walks through how to use both kinds of sprite animation when developing this Android game.

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Xbox 360 S (2010) Teardown

July 8, 2010 11:38am PDT

Bill Detwiler disassembles Microsoft's new, slim Xbox 360 S game console in this teardown photo gallery.

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The top 25 best-selling video games...EVER!

September 25, 2007 12:28pm PDT

Some folks are hyping Halo 3 as potentially the most successful video game ever, but a quick look at sales figures past shows that to be extremely unlikely--especially considering how low Halo 2...

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Game of Thrones: A quick character guide

April 14, 2011 7:47pm PDT

For geeks, the Game of Thrones mini-series is one of the most anticipated pop culture entertainment events of 2011. For those who haven't read the book, here's a quick cheat sheet of the most...

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The five worst Deep Space Nine episodes EVER!

October 21, 2011 7:25am PDT

The five most wormhole-sucking episodes in the history of Deep Space Nine, complete with unforgiving breakdowns.

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Should I go into software development?

April 14, 2010 5:43am PDT

TechRepublic contributor Justin James offers career advice to a high school student who is deciding whether to study Computer Science in college with the goal of becoming a software developer.

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The ABCs of Android game development: User input

March 1, 2013 11:02am PST

William J. Francis concludes his Android game development series with this tutorial on how to derive input from a user and how to use the input to influence the on-screen action.

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Crack open the Xbox 360

January 5, 2007 5:19am PST

Crack open the Xbox 360 and see the hardware that runs Microsoft's next generation console.

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Capture the flag: A tutorial on Android's Canvas class and Touch event handler

August 31, 2011 10:52am PDT

Android developer William Francis takes a break from writing business apps and shows how to code a simple electronic game of capture the flag.

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The ABCs of Android game development: Load and display sprites

February 4, 2013 3:47pm PST

In the second installment of his five-part app developer series, William J. Francis instructs you on how to load and display sprites when developing an Android game.

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