The ASUS Xtion motion sensor brings consumers the first ever whole-body gesture input developed exclusively for PC. It employs sophisticated sensors for precise yet intuitive motion controls, with a user-friendly interface that enables fun and truly interactive gaming, multimedia, and online experiences. Several high profile games offer full Xtion support, with more being added. The [...]

In the wake of the release of Intel’s Ivy Bridge family of chips, AMD has slashed prices on its APUs by an average of 15-20%. This follows a pattern of GPU price-cutting by AMD, which Hardware Canucks first reported on in mid April. As first reported by CPU World, the prices of AMD A-Series APUs [...]

NVIDIA has announced a new initiative called GeForce Experience; a complete cloud server solution which ensures games are pre-optimized to play on your system. When opening a game for the first time, gamers are usually presented with a daunting array of graphics / video options and finding the right -sometimes elusive- combination of settings to [...]

Tonight, NVIDIA is announcing another addition to their GeForce graphics card lineup.  Join Hardware Canucks as we feature a Live Stream from the event.   EDIT:  The live stream can be found on our forums HERE.  Event starts @ 10:30PM EST / 7:30PM PST. NOTE:  Live stream will NOT work until the event goes live. [...]

Microsoft Canada is undergoing a change in leadership. The Canadian arm of the world’s largest software company announced Friday afternoon that current president Eric Gales will be stepping down at the end of the month. Mr. Gales has been in the position for nearly three years, and is stepping down to “pursue other interests”. Taking [...]

Bloomberg and CNN Money are reporting that South Korean, though Tokyo headquartered, game company Nexon has made a bid to take over Electronic Arts. Maeil Business, a major South Korean business publication, first reported the possible takeover earlier this week, citing unidentified industry officials. “Nexon has a policy of never commenting on rumors,” the company [...]

Samsung Electronics reported Friday that it had posted a record profit of $5.15 billion, usurping Nokia as the world’s top mobile phone seller, and possibly outselling Apple in the smartphone market if one report is to be believed. Samsung’s shares hit an all-time high in morning trading after the results were released, pushing its market [...]

LG Electronics (LG) today announced the availability of a new line of monitors, the IPS4 series. These monitors feature In-Plane Switching (IPS) rather than conventional Twisted Nematic (TN) panels, allowing for superb color reproduction, exceptional picture quality and unmatched color shift-free wide viewing. Thanks to an impressively wide viewing-angle (178 degrees), the new IPS monitors [...]

Seagate announced Thursday afternoon that its board of directors has authorized a plan to buy back $2.5 billion of the company’s common stock, increasing the company’s total current buyback authorization to $3.5 billion. The buyback amount is equal to approximately 18% of Seagate’s market capitalization. “The repurchase authorization reflects the confidence that the Board and [...]

Samsung Electronics unveiled yesterday its new slim external DVD writer, the SE-218BB optical disc drive which it says will set the industry standard for ultra portable drives. “With its ultra small footprint, consumers will appreciate the SE-218BB sleek drive as an ideal companion for ultrabook users that quickly connects and is USB powered to access [...]