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CEA cuts ties with CNET over 'Best of CES' award snafu

CEA cuts ties with CNET over
  • Posted February 1, 2013, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • The Consumer Electronics Association has cut ties with technology website CNET as the publication responsible for picking the “Best of CES” award at the annual trade show. The group feels that CNET’s parent company, CBS Corp, compromised the publication's objectivity…

Nvidia's Project Shield went from concept to reality in less than a year

Nvidia
  • Posted January 31, 2013, 11:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Nvidia surprised a number of journalists and consumers alike by unveiling a portable gaming device at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. Codenamed Project Shield, the handheld is powered by the company’s latest Tegra 4 mobile chip that outputs…

Acer to intro laptops with high-PPI (2880x1620) displays

Acer to intro laptops with high-PPI (2880x1620) displays
  • Posted January 17, 2013, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • According to a number of reports, Acer plans to outfit several of its premium laptops (and one ultrabook) with high-PPI displays. Although the exact specifications are unknown, we do know that one 15.x-inch display Acer showed off boasts a resolution…

Weekend Open Forum: The best and worst of CES 2013

Weekend Open Forum: The best and worst of CES 2013
  • Posted January 11, 2013, 7:14 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in WOF With Video
  • And just like that, CES is over. Given the scale of the event, it's often used as a platform to reveal the world's most innovative gadgets, but it also manages to attract some pretty cringeworthy unveilings that wind up being a source of mockery for years -- try to sit through Qualcomm's keynote...

Gigabyte intros Windows 8 tablets, one with HD screen and Ivy Bridge

Gigabyte intros Windows 8 tablets, one with HD screen and Ivy Bridge
  • Posted January 11, 2013, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
  • Gigabyte has unveiled a couple of new Windows 8 tablets at CES that don't seem destined to shake up the industry, but still manage to differentiate themselves. First up, the S1185 is equipped with an 11.6-inch 1920x1080 IPS display, an…

Intel Haswell integrated graphics are on par with GeForce GT 650M

Intel Haswell integrated graphics are on par with GeForce GT 650M
  • Posted January 11, 2013, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming, Hardware With Video
  • Intel’s Haswell chip made an appearance at this year’s CES although it wasn’t the star of the show. The chip maker wasn’t keen on playing show and tell with the CPU itself but we did get a pretty solid look…

Western Digital showcases hybrid SSHD technology during CES

Western Digital showcases hybrid SSHD technology during CES
  • Posted January 10, 2013, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Western Digital is showcasing a new hybrid solid state drive technology at CES known as SSHD. Tthe solution combines the speed of a solid state drive with the capacity of a traditional spinning hard drive much like we have see…

iBuyPower's new X51 rival can be outfitted with i7-3770K and GTX 680

iBuyPower
  • Posted January 10, 2013, 4:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • Hoping to "break the standard" of your typical boxy, bulky gaming rigs, iBuyPower has opened preorders for a new small form factor system that's a bit larger than Alienware's X51 and offers a greater selection of hardware. The Revolt measures…

Microsoft Illumiroom uses Kinect, projector to fill room with images

Microsoft Illumiroom uses Kinect, projector to fill room with images
  • Posted January 10, 2013, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming, Microsoft With Video
  • Microsoft and Samsung demonstrated a new display technology called Illumiroom at the Consumer Electronics Show. True to its name, the Microsoft Research project illuminates a room with lights and images designed to complement what players see on their television while…

Samsung models curved smartphone prototype at CES

Samsung models curved smartphone prototype at CES
  • Posted January 10, 2013, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • As if Samsung’s curved OLED television set wasn’t enough to attract attention at CES, the company took things one step further just a day later by showing off a prototype smartphone with a flexible display. Developed under the “YOUM” line,…

Samsung shows 8-core Exynos 5 Octa processor during CES keynote

Samsung shows 8-core Exynos 5 Octa processor during CES keynote
  • Posted January 9, 2013, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Samsung unveiled an eight-core mobile processor during their keynote at CES that uses a unique design to boost performance across the board without increasing battery life demands. The Exynos 5 Octa features a high-end quad-core processor for CPU-intensive tasks like…

T-Mobile offers no-contract unlimited voice, text and data for $70

T-Mobile offers no-contract unlimited voice, text and data for $70
  • Posted January 9, 2013, 4:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • T-Mobile is looking to become the nation's "uncarrier" by making a series of moves aimed at easing the usual pains customers experience with rival wireless providers -- things such as high costs, complexity of contracts and congested networks. Last month…

Cheaper Intel NUC arrives next month, i5 variant due April

Cheaper Intel NUC arrives next month, i5 variant due April
  • Posted January 9, 2013, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • It appears Intel's small form-factor PC, dubbed the Next Unit of Computing, is about to get cheaper. The chip maker's limited line-up of famously tiny PCs will soon feature a less expensive model equipped with a Celeron 847. According to…

Audi's self-driving car navigates hotel parking garage at CES

Audi
  • Posted January 9, 2013, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Audi demonstrated a self-driving car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that is capable of driving itself to and from a parking space all by pressing a button in a smartphone app. The car looks like any other…

Lenovo's K900 one of the first to use Intel's dual-core mobile chip

Lenovo
  • Posted January 9, 2013, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Lenovo’s K900 smartphone will be one of the first to utilize Intel’s new dual-core Atom processor for mobile devices. The 32-nanometer chip roughly doubles the processing power found in the single-core Medfield CPU that powered the K800 handset and also…

Dell Inspirons get thinner and lighter with 1080p/touch display options

Dell Inspirons get thinner and lighter with 1080p/touch display options
  • Posted January 9, 2013, 9:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • With Intel's Haswell chips still many months away, system vendors seem to be holding back their major notebook overhauls until later this year, showing what could be considered incremental Ivy Bridge-based refreshes at CES instead. Although Dell's not exactly an…

Corsair's Obsidian 900D can house everything but the kitchen sink

Corsair
  • Posted January 8, 2013, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
  • Since its unveiling at Computex 2009, the Obsidian Series 800D has served as the mac daddy of Corsair's enthusiast chassis. After focusing on delivering more affordable variants over the last two and a half years, the company is prepared to trump its venerable flagship with...

Panasonic, Sony show off 56-inch UHD/4K OLED TVs

Panasonic, Sony show off 56-inch UHD/4K OLED TVs
  • Posted January 8, 2013, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Although they're some of the smallest UHD-capable models you'll likely find, 56-inch televisions from both Sony and Panasonic are not only boasting UHD resolutions -- they are also OLED. These prototype TVs have turned the heads of Cnet, Gizmodo and others but…

Project Fiona gets official as Razer Edge, coming this quarter for $999

Project Fiona gets official as Razer Edge, coming this quarter for $999
  • Posted January 8, 2013, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • Project Fiona, the prototype portable gaming device that wowed CES attendees last year, is back yet again. This time around, however, it’s being showcased as a real product known as the Razer Edge that can be yours later this quarter…

Corsair intros AIO wireless storage, Kingston shows 1TB USB drive

Corsair intros AIO wireless storage, Kingston shows 1TB USB drive
  • Posted January 8, 2013, 3:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Corsair has expanded its Voyager line with a reasonably priced, feature-rich external storage solution that seems comparable to the HP Pocket Playlist or Kingston Wi-Drive. The company's new Voyager Air fills four roles: a USB drive, a network attached storage…

Panasonic shows 20-inch Windows 8 tablet with 4k IPS display

Panasonic shows 20-inch Windows 8 tablet with 4k IPS display
  • Posted January 8, 2013, 2:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
  • Display makers are really hyping 4K and OLED this year, with most of them unveiling new flagship big screen TVs. As a major Japanese electronics outfit, it's no surprise that Panasonic is also toeing the industry line, revealing a new…

Corsair showcases second gen Vengeance gaming peripherals

Corsair showcases second gen Vengeance gaming peripherals
  • Posted January 8, 2013, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Corsair has unveiled several second generation Vengeance gaming peripherals including the Vengeance K95 Mechanical Keyboard, an update to the original K90 announced at last year’s CES. The revised board is said to make up for some of the shortcoming found…

Valve and Xi3 show off "Piston" Steam Box prototype at CES

Valve and Xi3 show off "Piston" Steam Box prototype at CES
  • Posted January 8, 2013, 11:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Gaming With Video
  • Last month, following weeks of hints and rumors, Valve CEO and co-founder Gabe Newell finally admitted that his company will start selling PCs for the living room in 2013. How far along they were on the project was unclear, but…

Asus announces Qube streaming Internet box, powered by Google TV

Asus announces Qube streaming Internet box, powered by Google TV
  • Posted January 8, 2013, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Media consumption has been a big trend heading into the 2013 CES. Asus appears to be the next in line as they have unveiled a new streaming Internet box known as the Qube, powered by Google TV software. The question…

3M unveils 84" multitouch tabletop with UHD display, 100-point input

3M unveils 84" multitouch tabletop with UHD display, 100-point input
  • Posted January 7, 2013, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware With Video
  • 3M is showing off its 84-inch multi-touch table at CES this year and The Verge has provided its own, brief hands-on. Reminiscent of Microsoft's original "Surface" tabletop touchscreen (video), the gigantic capacitive table is the successor to last year's 46-inch…

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