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Samsung to debut 3200x1800, 298 PPI 13.3" LCD panel (and more)

Samsung to debut 3200x1800, 298 PPI 13.3" LCD panel (and more)
  • Posted May 20, 2013, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Samsung is set this week to pull the curtain on two LCD panels which boast pixel densities greater than those found on Apple's Retina Macbook Pro and even Google's Pixel Chromebook. Also expected to be unveiled at Display Week is…

Confirmed: Windows 8.1 is Windows Blue, free upgrade due later this year

Confirmed: Windows 8.1 is Windows Blue, free upgrade due later this year
  • Posted May 14, 2013, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Software, Microsoft Breaking News
  • Past rumors purport that Windows Blue and Windows 8.1 may actually be one and the same. At a conference today, Microsoft CFO Tami Reller validated those rumors, stating that Windows 8.1 is not only Blue, but 8.1 is on track for…

Samsung unveils Galaxy Core smartphone, touts dual-sim cards

Samsung unveils Galaxy Core smartphone, touts dual-sim cards
  • Posted May 6, 2013, 2:15 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Following numerous recent rumors, Samsung has finally unveiled its Galaxy Core -- the company's upcoming and purportedly lower-end smartphone offering. Samsung says the device is poised to arrive this month in "select markets". A wider launch of a second variant…

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 announced, looks eerily familiar

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 announced, looks eerily familiar
  • Posted April 29, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Samsung today announced its upcoming Galaxy Tab 3, the company's next iteration of Galaxy Tab devices. According to Samsung, the tablet will be equipped with a seven-inch screen, much like its predecessor; however, the device will feature a thinner bezel…

Intel "Haswell" CPUs to arrive June 3

Intel "Haswell" CPUs to arrive June 3
  • Posted April 29, 2013, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • On Friday Intel announced that Haswell, its next-generation of Core processors, would arrive in about 3.33 quadrillion nanoseconds. In less esoteric terms, that means Haswell is slated to arrive on June 3 in the U.S. -- around the same date…

Analyst: Netflix would be most-watched "cable network"

Analyst: Netflix would be most-watched "cable network"
  • Posted April 12, 2013, 12:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web With Video
  • Netflix CEO Reed Hastings noted on Facebook that his company served up some four billion hours of streaming video in 2013 -- and we're not even done with April. He also plugged an upcoming Netflix original series named Hemlock Grove,…

T-Mobile debuts $50 unlimited talk, text plan with tethering

T-Mobile debuts $50 unlimited talk, text plan with tethering
  • Posted March 25, 2013, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • After slipping to a distant fourth amongst America's largest wireless carriers, T-Mobile has been attempting to better define itself as a compelling alternative. In its latest bid to do just that, the company has just debuted a contract-free, unlimited talk and…

YouTube celebrates one billion monthly unique users

YouTube celebrates one billion monthly unique users
  • Posted March 21, 2013, 12:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, The Web
  • While most of us deal with "dozens" or even "hundreds" on a daily basis, YouTube deals with numbers in the billions. It appears the eight year-old video service has hit its latest milestone of one billion unique users each month. …

Verizon debuts $60 prepaid plan for 3G smartphones

Verizon debuts $60 prepaid plan for 3G smartphones
  • Posted February 1, 2013, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Verizon announced today the introduction of two prepaid plans which bundle together unlimited voice and texts exclusively for 3G smartphone owners. The company's $60 option includes a rather slim 500MB of data, but its $70 plan offers a more bountiful…

Acer's latest ultrabooks sport touch screens, Windows 8

Acer
  • Posted October 12, 2012, 11:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Acer continues to fortify its upcoming Windows 8 line up. The company's latest additions are the M5-481PT and M5-581T: touch screen-enabled, Ivy Bridge-toting "ultrabooks" equipped with 14-inch and 15.6-inch displays, respectively. Both models will feature reasonable prices tags of $699…

YouTube adds automated caption translation for 300 languages

YouTube adds automated caption translation for 300 languages
  • Posted September 26, 2012, 8:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • YouTube has announced the latest addition to its very own video editor: automated caption translation for over 300 supported languages. The Caption Translation Manager utilizes Google's Translate and Translator Toolkit in order to work its magic. Alternatively, video authors can…

Company converts Macbooks into tablets, sells them as "Modbooks"

Company converts Macbooks into tablets, sells them as "Modbooks"
  • Posted June 29, 2012, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Apple
  • Mac OS X on a tablet. Sound interesting? Los Angeles-based startup Modbook Inc. hopes you'll think so. The company intends to release its own tablet running Mac OS X, but there's one detail which makes these tablets especially fascinating: the…

Google+ Local leverages Zagat for crowdsourced business reviews

Google+ Local leverages Zagat for crowdsourced business reviews
  • Posted May 30, 2012, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web With Video
  • Google announced today the addition of a new service to its social network offerings: Google+ Local. The company's latest endeavor aims to make finding, discusssing and sharing local businesses with friends and the public as simple as possible by tying…

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