The widely successful Kindle ebook reader receives a hardware update and an unexpected but very welcome price drop. The new Kindle is now available in WiFi-only and WiFi+3G models.
The release of the very first Fermi cards brought in mixed reactions. While it received praise for the architecture, speed and raw power, a lot more were disappointed at the cost and power consumption of these cards. Nvidia’s newest Fermi card, The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 packs a lot of punch for just $200.
Several big names in the TV industry, Samsung, Sony, LG and others, are touting HDBaseT, a new audiovisual standard that looks to replace the HDMI standard while offering more bandwidth but keeping costs at a minimum. Now, you may be wondering how would a new cable keep costs down? HDBaseT will be using our trusty [...]
Straight off Apple’s WWDC, Steve Jobs proudly unveils the latest iteration of Apple’s smartphone, the iPhone 4. Running on the newest iPhone OS (now just dubbed iOS 4), featuring dual cameras and an IPS LCD display, Steve kicked off his presentation of the new iPhone by calling it “the most beautiful thing we’ve ever made.”
Computex has arrived and for people looking forward to the tablet computer offerings that bear Microsoft’s OS, you’re in luck. Asus has announced a couple of tablets for the expectedly named Eee Pad, the 12″ EP121 and the 10″ EP101TC.
With Apple giving the MacBook Pro line it’s much needed refresh, the little white MacBook is also set for a hardware upgrade. Yes it’s still white and still encased in that plastic unibody that we’ve seen for quite a while now but the MacBook is getting a boost in the form of the GeForce 320M [...]
July 29th, 2010
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The widely successful Kindle ebook reader receives a hardware update and an unexpected but very welcome price drop. The new Kindle is now available in WiFi-only and WiFi+3G models.
July 27th, 2010
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Apple introduces their desktops to multitouch and gestures with the all new Magic Trackpad.
It’s basically a larger version of the trackpad that is on Apple’s own MacBook Pro’s.
July 27th, 2010
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Dell has revealed a new AMD-based 11.6-inch ultraportable notebook to replace it’s earlier Inspiron 11z. It will come in two models, a base unit powered with a single core Athlon II Neo K125 and an upgraded model powered by a dual-core Athlon II Neo K325.
Full specifications of both models are listed after the jump.
July 26th, 2010
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Just after a month of topping 150 million in licenses, Microsoft and no doubt Steve Ballmer, is happy to report once again that Windows 7 is selling quite well, adding another 25 million in sales. That’s 175 million copies of their currently flagship OS.
July 25th, 2010
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With Firefox 4 still in Alpha testing, Mozilla is looking to introduce a new feature called Tab Candy. Mozilla’s Aza Raskin says that it’s still early in testing mode but you can get it with the latest nightly build of Firefox 4.
July 24th, 2010
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If you’re on a mobile device, the obvious advantage is that you’ll now be able to view videos on the browser you’re using instead of the built-in player.
July 24th, 2010
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Seems like a reasonable deal.
Samsung UK is giving away a free Galaxy S, complete with Android 2.1, a 4-inch (480×800) AMOLED display, a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird CPU, a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and swype to iPhone 4 users that were not happy with their purchases.
July 21st, 2010
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It’s sad day for Android fans as Google has decided to pull the plug on it’s very own smartphone, the Nexus One. Reports indicate that the last batch of these once mighty superphones for U.S. consumers have arrived at Google HQ. After these are gone, android fans in the U.S. will have to look elsewhere.
And to think that the Nexus just got some Froyo action of the past few weeks. *sigh*
July 19th, 2010
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Still popping DVDs? How about a 100GB BluRay disc to replace all that? Sharp has recently announced that it will be the first Blu-Ray disc maker to launch a recordable triple layer Blu-ray format with 100GB of storage capacity. Thats twice the capacity of current Blu-ray discs in the market.
July 17th, 2010
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