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Here's a list of 4 Modern Gifts for Tech Geeks.  Steam Controller The basic design of a gamepad with two thumbsticks, two triggers and six buttons hasn’t changed for 17 years. In the techosphere, 17 years is a lifetime. That’s why, just as the traditional console-makers are filling the Christmas shelves with new machines, Valve has proclaimed the traditional controller dead, and the console with it. The future, says Valve, is in a gamepad that mixes the speed and accuracy of a mouse and keyboard with the pick-up-and-play simplicity of a regular controller. In place of thumbsticks you get two capacitive trackpads, which you use in much the same way but with, claim its creators, a greater degree of precision. And while it looks fairly simple, it actually has 16 buttons, giving you the complex controls of a keyboard if you want them. It’s not so far removed from current designs that you’ll scream at it like a frightened ape, but it’s advanced enough to persuade us that this could...

PS4 Review This is going to be a particularly exciting Christmas for gaming fans with the release of both the Sony PS4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One. The following is a review of the PS4 to help you decide whether or not this is the console for you. Price The PS4 will cost $399 in the US, and £349 in the UK. This is significantly cheaper than the Xbox One which will cost $499 when released. PS4 will go on sale in the US on 15th November but Europe will have to wait a little longer until 29th November. Power Similar to the Xbox, the PS4 has an 8-core AMD 1.6GHz CPU. Although the power is comparable, the PS4 has the edge when it comes to graphics with around 50% more graphics power than its competitor. The Xbox did get a small bump up in GPU frequency boost (about 6%) but there is still a major deficit which might be significant when it comes to gaming. Design The design is slim and elegant compared to the larger, boxier Xbox. Of course beauty is in the eye of the b...