Mysterious Samsung smartphone packs ultra-high resolution 2K HD display
- The successor to Samsung’s popular Galaxy S4 smartphone may have been ousted in recent benchmark results at GFXBench. Said benchmarks (if legit) reveal a handset powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor clocked at 2.5Ghz but the real eye-catcher…
Valve becomes latest investor in The Linux Foundation
- Valve is nudging Linux towards bigger and better things by becoming one of the latest companies to support The Linux Foundation, a non-profit consortium that is dedicated to growing the Linux brand. The operating system is used in 98% of the…
Andy Rubin's new role at Google? Building robots
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Wow, who knew that Amazon’s recent package delivery drone reveal would have such far-reaching implications? After learning that UPS was also working on an unmanned delivery system, we’re now hearing more about Google’s next “moonshot” project and it’s a doozy.
HP launches two new Tegra 4-powered tablets, available now starting at $200
- HP has now officially launched two Android tablets powered by Nvidia's Tegra 4 chip. Both the new HP Slate 8 Pro and the HP Slate 7 Extreme are now available through Best Buy at $330 and $200 respectively.
Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Ivan's recommendations
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Welcome back to TechSpot's 2013 Holiday Gift Guide! Ivan is a professional graphic designer, currently in charge of the Product Finder section on TechSpot. Ivan is a self-confessed gearhead and big time BSC fan (local soccer team -- and one of the world's greatest if you ask him, of course).
UPS also researching the use of unmanned drones for package delivery
- Amazon may have captured headlines this week with their drone delivery service but they aren’t the only ones exploring the use of autonomous vehicles to help get packages to customers. The world’s largest parcel service, UPS, is also reportedly experimenting…
Google wants Chrome apps on your Android and iOS devices
- Google is looking to expand the reach of their Chrome apps beyond desktop operating systems, targeting mobile devices in a new project. As discovered by The Next Web, Google has discovered a method for porting Chrome applications from desktop platforms…
EA Desert Strike trademarks could hint at series revival
- Electronic Arts has filed for two new trademarks concerning a game labeled "Desert Strike." If that title doesn't sound familiar to you, it's probably because you're too young to remember it. That particular shoot'em up was released "way back" in 1992.…
New USB connector inbound, set to be smaller and reversible
- For the first time in 17 years, the USB connector we've all come to know and love is set to change with a new plug type proposed by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group. The Type-C connector will break compatibility with…
Cyber Monday was the biggest single online shopping day in history
- Americans opened their wallets and shelled out more than $1.735 billion during Cyber Monday en route to making it the biggest online shopping day in history. That’s good for an 18 percent increase compared to last year but it may…
WD Black2 Dual Drive Review
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The WD Black2 sports both a 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD in a single package. Unlike other hybrid configs such as Seagate's Momentus XT which combine ample magnetic storage with a little NAND, the Black2 crams both technologies into one drive too, but it simply does what desktop users have been doing for years by making the flash portion a primary boot drive with the disk serving as bulk storage.
Toshiba agrees to purchase OCZ's SSD business for $35 million
- OCZ’s days are officially numbered as the company has reached an agreement to sell their solid state drive division to Toshiba for just $35 million. Specifically, the deal covers OCZ’s client and enterprise solid state drive business which includes OCZ's…
Over 16 minutes of beta gameplay for Starbound surfaces on YouTube
- Any Terraria fans out there? Starbound isn't a clone of Terraria, and it isn't made by the same company, but it is the first complete creation from Tiy, one of the pixel artists that helped bring Terraria to life. If…
'Threshold' wave of updates to target Xbox One, Windows and Windows Phone, will further unify Microsoft operating systems
- With Windows 8.1 out in the wild Microsoft has already started work on the next major milestone for the operating system. The update is being called “Threshold” internally -- named after a planet in the Halo universe -- and marks…
Dreamhack: The world's biggest LAN party is a sci-fi party from the future
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Dreamhack Winter, an annual LAN party held in Sweden, is easily the biggest of its kind in the world. People come from all over Europe (and sometimes further afield) to spend a few days hanging out, seeing bands and watching pro gamers. Oh, and lugging their entire PC then setting it up in a cavernous, sweaty hall.
Motorola to offer Moto X at $349 again in the wake of botched Cyber Monday sale
- Bummed that you missed Motorola’s special Cyber Monday discount on the Moto X? Fret not, as it turns out Motorola wasn’t prepared for the event either and will offer the handset again at $349 starting tomorrow and on December 9. …
KnCMiner sells $8 million worth of new 20nm Bitcoin mining hardware in 24 hours
- A company by the name of KnCMiner claims to have sold $8 million worth of Bitcoin miners in just 24 hours last week. Each machine, called the Neptune, sells for $10,000 and is technically capable of mining up to 2.1…
WhatsApp gets its long-overdue iOS 7 overhaul with 3D maps and broadcast lists
- While it has been a long time coming for WhatsApp to update specifically for iOS 7, the popular messaging service has now finally introduced improvements across the board including a new look and some enhanced functionality.
