When the App Store first launched, one of the first kinds of apps that seemed to make sense was musical instruments. Playing piano and strumming a guitar on a touch screen just seemed like a natural thing to do. Most of those apps in those days were...

This year could be the year that both the PS3 and Xbox 360 are superseded by new, more powerful consoles. Which means that the existing offerings, from Sony and Microsoft respectively, are starting to show their age a little. However, the dying days of a...

Type in “Jambalaya” in Google Search and you will get a slew of recipes. It is a dish. But when it comes to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or the iPad, it is also a recipe for a fast paced, brain crunching word game. Now, we have all seen our share of word...

One of the first things I do when I start using a new computer or after reinstalling the operating system, even before installing a different video player or browser, is to set the mood by selecting a desktop wallpaper. Of course, no matter how careful...

We’ve seen a lot of different concepts when it comes to games. There are first-person shooters, puzzles in its many various forms, and so much more. When it comes to mobile games, there happens to be a very large presence of puzzle games, including...

Christmas is coming, and that means getting together with friends and family around a good board game. But board games can be expensive, and many of you will only play them once or twice at most. Instead of buying something new this Yuletide, how about...

Mech games were rare in the latter half of the last decade, but now there are two new options for enthusiasts of big stompy robots. Both of them are now in open beta and both are free-to-play. Blowing stuff up is just a matter of creating an account and...

2012 was a bumper year for video games on all platforms, with a heady mix of sequels in well-loved franchises and new IP making their way onto consoles and computers. We recently listed five titles released in 2012 which could have been crowned Game Of...

Set iTunes (or any Mac music player) to pause every time you unplug your headphones and play when you plug them back in. BreakAway is a simple app for Mac that prevents you from filling a room with your music when you unplug your headphones. If this...

You know what’s boring? File managers. Seriously, file managers are dead-boring – they are almost never exciting pieces of software. But here’s the thing – they’re not supposed to be exciting. A good file manager is there when you need it,...