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Motion sensing computing

Since its November 2010 launch, Microsoft’s Kinect has proven a highly sought-after gadget among Xbox 360 gamers, setting a Guinness World Record for being the fastest-selling consumer electronic product of all time.

With the motion-control device allowing people to play simply by moving their body – as opposed to the traditional console controller – the technology giant reveals that people will now be able to purchase a version of the system that is compatible with PCs.

Could it be perfect?

Following on from Wednesday’s blog post, the main discussion taking place amongst techies this month has been about all the new products to come out of CES – the technology industry’s biggest show of the year. There has been a lot of exciting tech touted, such as the 50″ OLED TV from LG, but the one thing that excites me the most is ultrabooks.

Skylanders

In a similar way to how Formula One racing leads to innovations for everyday cars, videogames often see new technology ideas before they hit more generic devices. Whether it is the touch screen on the original DS, the augmented reality of EyeToy and PlayStation Eye or the 3D screen of the 3DS, games are often sold on their ground breaking innovations.

However, there is another way to look at technology where the real ground breaking devices are those we don’t even realise we are using. The humble pen, door handle and tap fall into this category and, in my opinion, could teach us a thing or two about not over complicating things.

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Do you have butter fingers?

There’s probably nothing more distressing for gadget users than dropping an electronic device on the floor and breaking the screen.

Unfortunately, with products becoming increasingly lighter and thinner – not to mention advancements in technology seeing more items feature touchscreens – the danger of damaging the likes of smartphones and tablet PCs seems to be on the rise.

What's your ultimate gaming rig?

Have you always dreamed of the Ultimate PC Gaming Rig? If you could have everything you wanted to make it complete what would you include? Which games would you play on it?

We’ve teamed up with NVIDIA to offer you the chance to share your Ultimate Rig.

Two top PC Gamers will then judge which rig they deem to be the ultimate and award an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 graphics card to the winner!

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Now it’s usually around this time of year that we all start planning for our next holiday. Once you are all booked up with flights, accommodation and insurance, the mind starts wondering about what you can do while at the destination, and that’s where 24 hour guides come in extremely useful.

While we haven’t got any holidays planned as yet, this got us thinking about how you could use all the products on Ebuyer.com to get you through 24 hours…stay with me on this one!