After the failings of Windows on new platforms, Microsoft goes back to what it knows best. Steven’s Sinofsky’s vision for Windows seems to have had its fate sealed with a new report from ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley. Yes, the operating system will still be available on tablets and smartphones, but the centerpiece of Windows’ modern [...]
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iOS 7.1.2 is a minor update that includes stability improvements and patches for security vulnerabilities. Apple is updating the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch to iOS 7.1.2, a minor release that plugs security holes, fixes bugs and improves stability. Among the tweaks made in the update are improvements to iBeacon connectivity and stability, and a [...]
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Axent Wear is a soon-to-be headphone set that combine coolness and cuteness into one neat package. As a tech fashion item, headphones are already pretty standard, sometimes even a bit weird. But here’s one that tries to be both cute and cool. Axent Wear may not be the most technologically advanced headphones but it does [...]
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Advert highlights iOS’ ability to integrate into the “smart” home. Apple is facing more competition in the smartphone market than it ever has. At the beginning of the decade Apple enjoyed a near monopoly in the market. It’s closest competitor, Samsung, had definite second-tier offerings. Now this isn’t the case. In an era of Xiaomi [...]
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Bill signed by Governor repeals law prohibiting commerce in anything but US dollars. Bitcoin supporters scored another victory this weekend, as California’s Governor made it officially legal to conduct commerce in the state with the cryptocurrency. This weekend Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that repealed a section of California’s Corporations Code, which prohibited companies [...]
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Sony officially splits its TV business to another company, Sony Visual Products, which will soon start its corporate operations at the beginning of July. Sony had just completed the inauguration of Sony Visual Products, a new company that would now handle the corporate tech giant’s TV business -related commercial endeavors. As previously announced, the new [...]
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There’s been a lot of chatter in regards to a possible termination of Google’s Nexus program lately, but a candid company exec quashed all rumors, basically confirming a new Nexus device will be coming alongside Android L in the fall. You can’t say the recently wrapped up I/O conference was light on software announcements, as [...]
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It’s all about rising wearable devices nowadays in Google’s camp, as Samsung, LG and Motorola have joined the Android Wear program, with Asus allegedly ready to spearhead the second wave of releases come September. Knowing Asus, their eccentricity and constant openness to anything that’s new, different, cutting-edge, it felt right to assume they’ll be at [...]
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Higher frame rates and a “tip jar” for content creators will be coming soon to YouTube. YouTube announced Thursday on its Creator’s Blog that it was working on integrating support for video at 48 and 60 FPS, as well as providing a “tip jar” funding option for content creators. Currently, video content on YouTube is [...]
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Although alleged Samsung Galaxy Note 4 leaks have already hit flood levels, there’s still obviously plenty of space for rumormongers to do their thing, speculating on possible release time frames and camera specifications. I’m afraid the situation is looking bleak for everybody that was holding off their next high-end mobile purchase for the Galaxy S5 [...]
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HTC was quick to make up for its absence at Google I/O by announcing a 90-day time frame for updating its flagship phones to Android L. HTC has announced that the HTC One M8 and the original HTC One will be updated to Android L within 90 days after Google releases the new version of [...]
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Memo from FAA boss bans the use of drones for commercial purposes until further notice. The idea that drones may be the delivery trucks of the future has been put on hold, for now. In a memo published by the US Federal Aviation Administration this week, the agency’s chief administrator said drones and hobbyist aircraft [...]
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As expected, Google had a whole lot to showcase in terms of software upgrades and refreshes at the developer-focused I/O conference, but fairly little in the hardware field: just the Android Wear-based LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live smartwatches. No new Nexus device, nothing on the greatly anticipated Android Silver program, not even a [...]
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Android expands again to platforms beyond its usual tablet and smartphone home. Google held its annual I/O keynote Wednesday, which has historically served as a peek into what the company’s has planned for the next year. Keynotes of the past have usually been times when new Nexus hardware makes its first appearance but this year’s [...]
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“Industry insiders” and third-party retailers are keen on ruining Google’s surprises for I/O 2014, divulging precious information on Samsung’s first Android Wear device, as well as LG’s G watch mere hours ahead of the conference’s kickoff. It’s no big secret anymore, Google I/O 2014 will be all about smartwatches. A fresh build of “regular” Android [...]
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Employees get layoff notices at CryTek’s UK office, as the company struggles to make payroll. As reported earlier this week, CryTek is facing a perilous future. Demand has been slack for its CryEngine, and keeping its Xbox One title Ryse on schedule cost much more than initially expected. Now, Eurogamer is reporting that there are [...]
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Deep Silver has today announced a release date for Metro Redux, the remastered next-gen package that bundles the award-winning Metro games.
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NZXT’s latest CPU coolers offer great value for money and come with a six year warranty. Announced earlier this month, NZXT’s Kraken X41 and Kraken X61 CPU coolers are now available. Successors to the X40 and the X60, the X41 and X61 are built using Asetek’s new generation 4.5 design, which enables support for a [...]
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AMD graphics executive Richard Huddy talks secret contracts between developers and Nvidia, Gameworks and Intel’s interest in Mantle in wide ranging interview. AMD isn’t backing down from its PR offensive against Nvidia’s Gameworks, opening another front against Nvidia in a wide ranging interview with Maximum PC on Friday. A month ago AMD first launched an [...]
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Leaked time and time again in a gigantic 5.5-inch footprint, the elusive heir to iPhone 5s’ throne, aptly dubbed iPhone 6, is headed for market in a 4.7-inch form factor as well, according to highly trustworthy industry insiders. It doesn’t get much more authentic than this. Not until the first leaves fall, and Apple stages [...]
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Basically acknowledging its debut Android effort was a bad judgment call, Nokia Microsoft refined and upgraded the X, delivering a much beefier, worthier low-cost rival for Motorola’s Moto E: the X2 “with Android apps”. Now this is unusual. The Nokia X, loosely based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, is barely three months old, yet a [...]
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AMD follows its usual summer-FX pattern by releasing a refreshed version of the same chip — but this time with watercooling. A few days ago AMD’s Roy Taylor teased the Twittersphere with a picture of a box for a new, watercooled FX-series processor. He didn’t say anything more, so naturally the theories ran wild with [...]
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The latest Xeon Phi supercomputing chip from Intel has up to 3 teraflops of peak performance, and supports Intel’s new interconnect fabric known as Omni Scale. At the International Supercomputing Conference in Leipzig, Germany on Monday Intel unveiled more details on its latest supercomputing chip called “Knights Landing.” The high performance computing part got its [...]
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iFixit gives Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3 a 1 out of 10, meaning it’s virtually impossible to fix. The idea of having some user serviceable parts inside electronic devices — particularly tablets, smartphones and laptops — is a popular one. After all, accidents do happen and it may be more economical to repair a damaged [...]
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The iPhone 5s is unlikely to remain Apple’s one and only iDevice featuring fingerprint recognition for long, as an unofficial picture allegedly showcasing the next-gen iPhones and iPads seems to confirm the using of Touch ID tech on all three. Brace yourselves, new iPhones and iPads are coming. And I don’t mean just Apple aficionados. [...]
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Codenamed Volantis, the Nexus 9 could be the last Nexus device to hit markets before Google’s rumored Android Silver program takes over. Rumors about HTC developing the next Nexus tablet for Google have been floating around since February, and new information suggests that the device could be inching closer to reality. According to details obtained [...]
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Is it a desktop-FX APU? A follow-up to the FX- 9590? Nobody knows. Over the weekend, AMD’s Roy Taylor, the company’s most Twitter-active employee, posted a picture of what appears to be a box for a new water cooled entry in the FX-series of chips. Taylor didn’t tweet more than “something new is coming” so [...]
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Adoption rate of the CryEngine is low, and too much money was spent on Ryse, which has put CryTek in a perilous financial situation. Looking back at March’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, one of the big stories of the event was CryTek’s showcase of the CryEngine. The entire gaming industry is dominated by [...]
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Whether it will ever be announced or released remains to be seen, but references to the Surface Mini in the Surface Pro 3 manual confirm that the device does exist. In what could only be seen as an awfully careless slip-up, Microsoft has confirmed the existence of the Surface Mini by leaving references to the [...]
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The triumphant return of the classic no-holds-barred shooter is upon us.
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Google’s stock Email app is now available at the Play Store for non-Gmail Android users to enjoy. Do you own an Android phone or tablet? Do you use Gmail as you primary email service? If you answered yes and no to these questions respectively, then you can now breathe a sigh of relief. Google now [...]
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The Android 4.4.4 update comes less than a month after Android 4.4.3 was rolled out, making it one of the quickest updates Google has ever pushed out. Google has followed up Android 4.4.3 with a quick update to 4.4.4 for Nexus devices, in order to fix various security bugs. According to comments left on Google+ [...]
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The teaser carries the tagline “Green with envy” and follows a theme similar to the teasers seen for the Nokia X earlier this year. Nokia has posted a teaser for a June 24th event, showing a flashy green device along with the tagline “Green with envy”, hinting at the imminent arrival of the Nokia X2. [...]
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Mere days after discounting second-generation Surface Pros stateside for the first time, Microsoft has officially removed the pre-order tag of a couple of Pro 3 versions, promising to ship the rest of them earlier than planned. Scouring the online and offline stores for a laptop replacement that can combine the productivity and functionality of a [...]
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It looks like Samsung is confronted with a bit of a leaky situation, as the Galaxy Note 4, although a good few months away from an actual unveil, is pretty much an open book specification-wise. Samsung may have intentionally or inadvertently sent us on all these wild-goose chases in regards to the fabled Galaxy S5 [...]
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BlackBerry is teasing possibly the final two handhelds it’ll ever make in style, revealing not only their names and ETAs, but also their “classic” and eccentric respectively designs. I know you’ve probably heard this before, but it looks like BlackBerry will be getting just one more shot to turn things around from a financial standpoint. [...]
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Two highly credible sources have joined the Apple iWatch-centric rumor bonanza, adding substance to theories already formulated and expanding on them with fresh scoop on possible ETAs, features and designs. In the age of the tabloid, social media and 24-hour news cycle, journalistic ethics, objectivity and fact-checking have become distant memories of a time long [...]
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The energy efficiency of AMD chips increased tenfold over the last six years, but AMD thinks it can do much better. Utilizing Heterogeneous System Architecture on chips is the key to massive increases in the power efficiency of AMD’s processors, according to AMD’s CTO Mark Papermaster. Papermaster said this during a keynote Thursday at the [...]
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Wires can get in the way of a great listening experience, and tangled wires can often be a cause of inconvenience and equipment damage. Earin promises great quality wireless listening in a small package. How many times have you been inconvenienced by earphone wires? Often, you would have to snake them through your clothing. Storage [...]
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The G Watch has finally made an appearance in the flesh, after months of appearing in promotional images and having most of its details leaked ahead of launch. A leaked picture showing the LG G Watch has cropped up on Reddit, giving us a real-life glimpse of one of the first Android Wear smartwatches. The [...]
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Impressive design and punchy, crisp audio puts this Bluetooth speaker a cut above the competition. What do you get when you put together a bunch of engineers from Harman and Harman’s pro-audio subsidiary JBL? Well probably a cutting edge audio company. Meet Soen, an audio company founded by alum from Harman and JBL. While they’ve [...]
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Sharp presents a new technical concept that that might just set current display screen design virtually free. Sharp has just announced the development of a new concept in screen technology. Named as the Free-Form Display, its base idea is to release traditional screens from the standard square or rectangular format, in favor of a more [...]
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Konami's new gameplay footage for MGS V: The Phantom Pain takes us deeper into Snake's journey while showcasing key mechanics and features.
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With BlackBerry 10 failing to attract developers and native apps, the Amazon Appstore will go a long way in increasing the number of available Android apps on the OS. Amazon and BlackBerry have announced that the Amazon Appstore, a third-party alternative to Google Play on Android, will be heading to BlackBerry 10 devices this fall. [...]
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Amazon has taken the wraps off its evasive Fire Phone at last, and here’s everything you need to know about its software, hardware, pricing and availability. They say there’s no smoke without fire (pun intended), and as far as Amazon’s fabled first smartphone is concerned, the speculation flames have been muffledly burning for years. Literally [...]
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A talented modder has compiled hidden Watch Dogs code to allow everyday PC gamers to experience high-quality visuals seen at E3 2012.
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The no doubt looming 5.5-inch iPhone 6 has been pictured again by a source with a solid track record, and other rumormongers claim to have it on good authority the handheld’s ETA is September. Taiwan’s Jimmy Lin is a man of many talents. Famous among his compatriots for his singing skills, acting chops and thirst [...]
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The manufacturer of the last two Nexus smartphones shall apparently pass the baton to another Android OEM for the sixth-generation “pure Google” handheld, as long as there will be a Nexus 6. It’s official, ladies and gents, the age of the LG-made Nexus devices is nearing an end. It’s been fun, mutually beneficial for Google [...]
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The oft-rumored, highly anticipated, remarkably elusive “ultra-high-end” Samsung Galaxy S5 flavor may have just broken cover at last, packing as expected a Quad HD display and upgraded Snapdragon 805 processor. Galaxy S5 Prime? Galaxy F? Galaxy S5… Plus? Nah, Samsung ultimately chose a much more mundane moniker for the “premium” flagship spin-off that sparked so [...]
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GPU sales are expected to take a 30 to 40 percent dive this quarter, as demand evaporates. GPU vendors — particularly AMD — have been blessed over the past year by Bitcoin and Litecoin driving up demand for video cards. GPUs, given the nature of their processor architecture, have proven to excel at cryptocurrency mining [...]
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