Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Dead Space 3 Review

Details About This Game :
    Game : Dead Space 3
    Platforms : PC, PS3, 360
    Genre : Action
    Publisher : Electronic Arts
    Developer : Visceral Games
    ESRB Rating : Rating Pending
    Release Date : N/A
    Also Known As : N/A



If pop culture has taught us anything, it's that space can be a pretty lonely place. Like Ellen Ripley before him, Dead Space's Isaac Clark had to endure two full games of solitary terror in order to arrive at where he is today. To give the guy a break, EA and Visceral Games decided to expand the third installment in the series by allowing a second player to assume the role of John Carver, and officer in the Earth Defense Force with a bit of a troubled past. Together, the two of them journey from the familiarity of decrepit spaceships to the unfamiliar hell of Tau Volantis, a frozen planet that holds the key to saving humanity. With this newfound importance placed on cooperative play, we decided that it would be best for 1UP editors Jose Otero and Marty Sliva to team up and review Dead Space 3 together.

Marty Sliva: Before we delve into Dead Space 3, I feel like we should first state our history with the series. How versed are you with the prior games?

Jose Otero: I played and loved the original Dead Space. I can't say the same for Dead Space 2 -- I played about an hour of it and moved on. I know Dead Space and its sequel are often compared to distinct differences between Alien and Aliens, but the blockbuster path of the sequel kind of turned me away from the series. Plus, I had other games to play for work at the time. I also played about an hour of Dead Space Extraction and one of the iOS games.

MS: Ok, so you're much more familiar with the series than I am. As much as I love the survival horror genre, I completely missed out on the Dead Space train in 2008 and 2011. I know a whole mess of people who claim that the first one is a truly terrifying experience in the vein of Alien, and that like you said, the second one becomes much more of an action story. I was a bit worried that Dead Space 3 would take that thought even further and strip away any sense of horror, instead focusing on action scope. And wouldn't you know, that's exactly what Visceral delivered: A kitchen-sink finale that had trouble finding a singular voice.

JO: Silly stories are practically a staple of survival horror games, but I wouldn't claim Dead Space 3 lacks a singular voice. It's true that the narrative consistently bumbles the peril and plot twists -- with the developer often predictably showing their hand and their hordes of malformed enemy types waiting around the next corner -- but this game still fits into the overall tone of Dead Space. The environments and graphics preserve a seamless transition between storytelling and action that's remained a consistent elemnet since the first game, and the level of detail found in this experience can often feel breathtaking.

Every element of the environment consistently makes you feel consistently uncomfortable. The harsh sounds that doors make whenever they close behind you. The way you stumble across corpses that lie still in the silent and creepy environments. Even the notes left behind by the fallen contribute to a general sense of unease. Space and the planet Tau Volantis are cold, hard, and sometimes terrifying in a way that matches up to some of the best of sci-fi.

Of course, I'm not a huge fan of the way Dead Space 3 oscillates between action and suspense, but it stays consistent with what I played of the sequel, and tries to incorporate more ideas that make sense with the character -- like the crafting system. To some degree, the problems I have with Dead Space 3 come from issues with pacing, both narratively and from a gameplay standpoint.

MS: I completely agree that DS3 is an aesthetic wonder. The empty vacuum of space, the decrepit remains of a once-powerful flotilla, and the unforgiving surface of Tau Volantis are all rendered with a level of artisanship that stands against anything we've seen this generation. Each location feels like a place that was lived in before the universe went straight to hell. The visuals are complemented by some great sound design that toys with your senses and plays tricks on you all in the name of tension. Sadly, I feel like a lot of this great work is hampered by rudimentary mission design and a crafting system that, though robust, pulls you out of the world every time you saddle up to a workbench.


Far too often, DS3 falls into the banal routine of forcing the player to collect three nick-nacks in order to power some sort of larger gadget. After you manage to find what you're looking for, you inevitably stumble upon another piece of broken technology that, once again, requires Isaac to set out and gather another trio of objects. The few times that the story deviates from this cycle usual come in the side-missions, which each contain their own smaller narrative and have you descending into a dungeon-esque area removed from the main story. You'll come across wrecked souls who've boobytrapped their own ship, and generals who had no qualms with brutally killing their own innocent men in the hopes of staving off infection. I would've loved to see the entirety of DS3 exude this same sort of unique surprise.

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Download Boot Camp Drivers Fot Windows 8

Four months after the release of Windows 8, Apple has finally updated Boot Camp Assistant to add support for Windows 8. Yes, Boot Camp 5.0.5033 includes drivers for Windows 7 as well as Windows 8.

Boot Camp for Windows 8

Mac users who would like to install and enjoy Windows 8 on Mac machines without going through driver issues can now download the newest version of Boot Camp drivers from Apple’s download page. The new Boot Camp should address issues with the trackpad on some MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models.
If you have no idea about Boot Camp, it’s an assistant software available on OS X Lion and Mountain Lion to help users easily partition the hard drive, prepare bootable Windows media, and then install Windows alongside your existing Mac.

According to the official Boot Camp support page, Boot Camp 5 adds support for Windows 8 (64-bit) and the new drivers support both Windows 7 (64-bit) and Windows 8 (64-bit). Unfortunately, Boot Camp 5 doesn’t support 32-bit Windows 7 and Windows 8.

So, Mac users have no option but to install 64-bit Windows using Boot Camp. However, the previous version (v4.0) of Boot Camp supports 32-bit Windows 7.

The support page also notes that Boot Camp supports upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8, provided that you install Boot Camp 5.0 drivers on your Windows 7 machine before upgrading to Windows 8. If your Mac comes with Fusion Drive, it turns out that Boot Camp Assistant will help you install Windows on hard disk drive, not the Flash drive even if you have sufficient free space. Also note that Boot Camp doesn’t support installing Windows on external hard drive.

Interested users can check out our step-by-step how to install Windows 8 on Mac guide to successfully install Windows 8 on your Mac. Once installed, you need to press and hold the Option (Alt) key while you start up your Mac to select your Windows operating system.

Boot Camp Windows 8

The download size of Boot Camp drivers (5.0.5033) is 553.62 MB and supports following Mac models:
  • MacBook Air, mid 2011 or later
  • MacBook Pro, mid 2010 or later (MacBook Pro 13 inch mid 2010 isn’t supported)
  • Mac Pro, early 2009 or later
  • Mac mini, mid 2011 or later
  • iMac, mid 2010 or later
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

How To Import Photos From iPhone To Windows 8

Apple iPhone is still one of the best smartphones out there and selling pretty well in spite of stiff competition from the beautiful Nokia Lumia 920 and powerful Galaxy S3/S4. We all use our iPhones to catch memorable moments and would like to keep a backup of photos on our PCs. 

Import iPhone Photos to Windows 8 PC

If you own an iPhone/iPad and would like to transfer your photos from iPhone to your Windows 8 PC or tablet, you can do so with a few clicks or taps.

The native Photos app in Windows 8 not only lets you view pictures but also allows you import pictures from your smartphones and digital cameras. In this guide, we’re going to show you how to safely transfer photos from your iPhone to your Windows 8 PC without the need of iTunes or any other third-party tools.

Method 1:

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your PC using the connection cable provided by Apple.

Step 2: The moment Windows recognizes your iPhone, you will see a toast notification on the upper right of the screen asking Tap to choose what happens with this device

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And if this notification isn’t appearing on your screen, it’s because you have either disabled the toast notification feature or turned on hide notification for 1, 4, or 8 hours option. In this case, you can follow the instructions provided in Method 2 to import your iPhone photos.

Step 3: Click or tap the notification to see three options: Import photos and videos, Open device to view files, and Take no action.
Import iPhone Photos to Windows Step2
Click or tap Import photos and videos option. This action will open all photos on your iPhone in Windows 8’s Photos app.

Step 4: Select photos and videos that you wish to import and then click or tap Import button to start copying all photos from your iPhone to PC.

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Step 5: Once Photos app completes its business, you’ll see an option to open up the folder to view imported photos. You can also close Photos app if you would like to view photos later.
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All imported photos are located in Pictures library. To open Pictures library, open up Computer (File Explorer) or any other folder, and then click Pictures option located in the left pane. Good luck!

Method 2: Use this method if you have already connected your iPhone to Windows 8 PC.
Step 1: Switch to the Start screen, click or tap Photos app tile to run the app.

Import iPhone Photos to Windows Step

Step 2: Right-click anywhere on the Photos app to see Import option in the lower right corner of the screen.

Import iPhone Photos to Windows Step6

Step 3: Click or tap Import button to view list of all connected devices to your PC.

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Step 4: Click or tap your iPhone entry, select photos and videos that you would like to import, and then click or tap Import button to start transferring selected photos and videos to your PC. 

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Import iPhone Photos to Windows Step9
Photos app saves all imported photos in Pictures library. You can view all imported photos either using Photos app, Windows Photo Viewer, or any other program.

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Monday, April 1, 2013

Download UC BrowserHD For Windows 8

Regardless of the editions of Windows 8, Internet Explorer is available in two versions: Internet Explorer for desktop and Internet Explorer with Modern UI. The desktop version of Internet Explorer is the legacy one with all the bells and whistles, and the latter one is cut-down version of the desktop version designed for touch screen.

Up until now, computer users who’re running Windows 8 on a touch screen had no option but to go for Modern UI version of Internet Explorer as Google Chrome with Modern UI and Firefox with Modern UI aren’t quite ready yet. If you’re looking for an alternative to IE10 Modern UI, you can check out UC BrowserHD.

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UC BrowserHD is a free web browser designed exclusively for Windows 8 and is available in the official Windows Store. This browsing app packs-in all the features of Internet Explorer app plus some additional ones.

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The home page of the browser sports a speed-dial which lets you open Google, YouTube, Yahoo!, Twitter, Facebook and Gmail with a tap. One can configure the speed dial by adding or removing URLs.
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The toolbar or app bar of the browser which includes an address bar and  search box always appears by default. However, one can configure the browser to hide this one. Another useful thing is that, just like desktop browsers, you can easily switch between search engines with a tap.

Features:
  • Supports bookmarks
  • Supports incognito browsing mode
  • Supports bookmarks sync
  • Home page with Speed dial
  • Full touch screen support
  • Customizable home page background
  • Option to clear history
  • View history
  • Multi-tab support
The download manager of the browser can be accessed by tapping the Download button located on the toolbar. Bookmarking a webpage is quite easy. When a webpage is open in the app, simply click the Plus button that appears before the address bar to see Add to Bookmarks, Add to speed dial, and Pin to Start options.
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If you have enabled bookmarks sync feature under settings, the app automatically syncs the bookmarks list with your other computers.
Overall, as of writing this article, UC BrowserHD is the best and only web browsing app available in Windows Store. If you aren’t exactly happy with the Modern UI version of Internet Explorer, we recommend you try out this free app. Visit the store link your web browser see what developer and users have to say about this cool app.Click here for download UC BrowserHD



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Kaspersky PURE 3.0 FreeDownload

Kaspersky has updated its flagship product Kaspersky PURE to version 3.0 and the final version of the software is now available for download. Even though PURE isn’t as popular as Antivirus and Internet Security, it’s the ultimate protection software available from Kaspersky to secure your PC.

Kaspersky PURE 3.0 for Windows

Kaspersky PURE is packed with all features of Antivirus and Internet Security plus some additional premium features such as Secure Keyboard Input and Password Manager.
The newest version of Kaspersky PURE has received many improvements. In addition to Kaspersky cloud account, users can now use the backup tool to backup data to Dropbox, for instance. Please note that Kaspersky Password Manager doesn’t work on 64-bit Windows, as of now.
New and improved features in Kaspersky PURE 3.0:
  • Sync feature in Password Manager
  • Online backup
  • Secure keyboard and improved virtual keyboard
  • Safe money
  • Automatic exploit prevention
The online backup currently lets you backup data up to 2GB to the popular Dropbox service. And in order to use this feature, you need to first create an account with Dropbox, if you don’t have one already.

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Safe Money is another new feature introduced with this version of PURE. When you visit banking website, Safe Money not only checks the website URL against a list of secure sites but also lets you open the website in the special safe money mode for better protection.

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Secure Keyboard feature prevents keyloggers from accessing your data that you type when you visit a website. Just like the previous version of the software and many other security software out there, PURE also comes with an improved virtual keyboard to help you enter confidential data without touching the physical keyboard.

The password manager with password sync feature is pretty good as it now supports password syncing across your computers protected with Kaspersky PURE.

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Event though features to better protect PCs are always welcome, we feel that features such as online backup and PC cleaning tools aren’t necessary in a security software as there are better programs available to perform backup and clean-up. 

Overall, Kaspersky PURE 3.0 is the best software out there to protect your PC, data, passwords, and network. It’s probably the only ultimate all-in-one security suite available features with tons of features.
Kaspersky is providing a detailed PURE user guide for users who’re not familiar with the PURE software. Visit this page to download the PDF guide. Kaspersky PURE 3.0 is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems. Existing Kaspersky PURE 2.0 users can upgrade to PURE 3.0 for free.

A fully-functional 30-day trial copy of the software is also available. Interested users can jump to the download page to start downloading the setup file.You can download PURE 3.0 here

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How To Uninstall AVG Toolbar Fro Web Browser

These days, every other free program comes with browser toolbar and other programs. While most of the programs out there offer an option to not to install the toolbar, some free programs automatically install toolbar along with the main software that you’re willing to install.

AVG Toolbar

And the worst thing is that some browser toolbars can’t be completely uninstalled from the Control Panel. To get rid of some toolbars, you even have to download a good third-party uninstaller program.
Computer users who frequently install free programs probably aware of AVG toolbar, a free browser toolbar from the team behind popular AVG Antivirus software. Installers of many free programs offer you install AVG browser toolbar for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome browsers. If you don’t pay close attention while installing free programs you end up installing these browser toolbars.
About four months back, we covered in detail on how to completely uninstall Babylon toolbar from your PC. In this guide, we’re going to show you how to uninstall AVG toolbar from your PC. Fortunately, you can completely uninstall AVG toolbar without taking the help of third-party uninstallers.
To remove AVG Secure Search and AVG Toolbar and revert all changes done by AVG Toolbar and Secure Search you need to perform following steps:
Method 1: Uninstall AVG Toolbar from using the inbuilt uninstaller of AVG Toolbar.
Step 1: Launch Internet Explorer desktop browser. Please note that you need to launch Internet Explorer browser only even if you have set Google Chrome or Firefox as your default browser.
Step 2: Click on the arrow button that appears next to the AVG logo in the AVG Toolbar area.

AVG Toolbar Windows

Step 3: Click Uninstall AVG Security Toolbar option.

Step 4: Select Remove the toolbar and AVG Secure Search option and then click Ok button to uninstall selected items from your PC.

Method 2: Uninstalling AVG Toolbar with the help of official AVG Toolbar Remover program.
Step 1: Visit this page of AVG and download AVG Toolbar Remover program.

Step 2: Run the downloaded AVG Toolbar Remover program.

Step 3: Click Accept button when you see the license agreement screen and then click Continue button to begin uninstalling AVG Toolbar from your PC. Please note that when you click Continue button AVG Toolbar Remover will automatically close all running browsers. Make sure you have saved your work, if any.

Step 4: One Toolbar Remover completes its business, you will see the following screen:

Click Exit button to close the program.

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