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"Dead in five years": The reports of the tablet's demise are greatly exaggerated

"Dead in five years": The reports of the tablet
  • Posted May 8, 2013, 7:30 AM by Wendy Boswell | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware With Video
  • There are wildly differing viewpoints on whether or not the tablet is on its way out, as you might guess. One perspective is that of the smartphone taking over what the tablet does; which is basically content consumption and creation, albeit the latter on a more limited scale than, say, a standard desktop or convertible Ultrabook.

Government lab admits to running "quantum internet" for years

Government lab admits to running "quantum internet" for years
  • Posted May 7, 2013, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web With Video
  • A government-owned lab in Los Alamos claims it has been running a "quantum internet" for more than two years, MIT Technology Review reports. Researchers worked around the traditional difficulties of interlinking quantum-based networks by creating something of a classical-quantum network…

Valve experimenting with biofeedback to improve gameplay

Valve experimenting with biofeedback to improve gameplay
  • Posted May 7, 2013, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • Game developer Valve is currently researching a number of different methods to innovate in the industry – thinking outside the box, if you will. Chief among them is collecting biofeedback that can be used to determine how a player is…

Bethesda announces reimagined 'Wolfenstein' action-adventure game

Bethesda announces reimagined
  • Posted May 7, 2013, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • Bethesda Softworks today revealed a reimagined, action-adventure version of the classic first-person shooter Wolfenstein. Known officially as Wolfenstein: The New Order, the “what if?” title puts players in control of an American war hero named B.J. Blazkowicz in a world…

Viber launches messaging app for PC and Mac as competitors stick to mobile

Viber launches messaging app for PC and Mac as competitors stick to mobile
  • Posted May 7, 2013, 11:00 AM by Dave LeClair | Filed in Software, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Third-party messaging applications are big business on mobile, with many users looking to break away from the expensive text messaging plans offered by carriers. WhatsApp is likely the most used of these apps, but Viber is looking to take the…

Staples becomes first major US retailer to sell 3D printer

Staples becomes first major US retailer to sell 3D printer
  • Posted May 3, 2013, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • Interested in a fancy new 3D printer but don’t know where to start? Just hit the easy button – as in, Staples. That’s because the company today became the first major US retailer to start selling a 3D printer. You…

UNICEF reminds the Internet that Facebook Likes don't save lives

UNICEF reminds the Internet that Facebook Likes don
  • Posted May 3, 2013, 12:30 PM by Dave LeClair | Filed in The Web, Industry News With Video
  • All too often we see causes spread on social networks claiming that, for each Like received, some sort of a charitable contribution will be made. But today UNICEF Sweden launched a campaign reminding people that Facebook Likes do not equate…

Robotic insect takes first flight, barely weighs more than grain of rice

Robotic insect takes first flight, barely weighs more than grain of rice
  • Posted May 3, 2013, 11:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Researchers toiling away in a Harvard University lab have developed what is said to be the world's most miniscule, guided, flying robot. Weighing just under three thousandths of an ounce, RoboBee with its 3cm wingspan borrows heavily from real flying…

True photo tagging arrives on Instagram as 'Photos of You'

True photo tagging arrives on Instagram as
  • Posted May 2, 2013, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, The Web With Video
  • A new feature on Instagram allows members to tag themselves, friends, family or anyone in photos they’ve taken and uploaded to the photo sharing service. Photos of You specifically uses Instagram handles to tag people, an improvement over the old…

Adobe is working on a version of Lightroom for the iPad

Adobe is working on a version of Lightroom for the iPad
  • Posted May 2, 2013, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software, Apple With Video
  • Photoshop Touch, while a nice tool to edit photos on a tablet in a pinch, isn’t exactly powerful enough for day-to-day use – especially if you are working with RAW files. For that, you’d need something like Lightroom – an…

Call of Duty: Ghosts is official, heading to next generation Xbox

Call of Duty: Ghosts is official, heading to next generation Xbox
  • Posted May 1, 2013, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • As predicted earlier this week, Activision and Infinity Ward made the next game in the Call of Duty franchise official earlier today. Call of Duty: Ghosts was jointly announced via Twitter alongside the launch of a Facebook fan page and…

Google releases how-to video to help users get ready for Glass

Google releases how-to video to help users get ready for Glass
  • Posted April 30, 2013, 6:30 PM by Jesse Schoff | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • There are a lot of varying opinions floating around the Internet about Google’s Project Glass from early adopters who were lucky enough to get their hands on a set, but regardless of how you feel about it, Google is turning…

Portal co-creator unveils OUYA-exclusive game Soul Fjord

Portal co-creator unveils OUYA-exclusive game Soul Fjord
  • Posted April 30, 2013, 12:30 PM by Jesse Schoff | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • OUYAs continue to roll off the assembly line and into the living rooms of early Kickstarter backers eager to get their hands on the unconventional Android console. Meanwhile, Soul Fjord, an OUYA exclusive title, has just been announced.

Microsoft's new Windows phone ad has almost everyone fighting

Microsoft
  • Posted April 29, 2013, 6:00 PM by Nir Kenner | Filed in Apple, Microsoft With Video
  • Microsoft is constantly trying to push their mobile operating system into consumers' hands, but so far the adoption rate for Windows phones hasn't been all that great. When adding both versions 7 and 8 into the equation, the platform holds…

Google Now finally arrives on the iPhone and iPad

Google Now finally arrives on the iPhone and iPad
  • Posted April 29, 2013, 3:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, The Web With Video
  • It’s been a long time coming but Google has finally brought its Google Now service to the iPhone and iPad. Arguably a more comprehensive alternative to Apple’s Siri, the personal assistant feature uses a natural language user interface to answer…

Microsoft releases five-minute IllumiRoom demonstration video

Microsoft releases five-minute IllumiRoom demonstration video
  • Posted April 29, 2013, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • Microsoft unveiled their IllumiRoom technology at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show as a proof of concept. The demo was one of the most impressive showcases during the show but Microsoft has since been mum on the subject – until now.…

Weekend tech reading: LivingSocial hacked, cheap Android-Intel laptops, can Google predict the stock market?

Weekend tech reading: LivingSocial hacked, cheap Android-Intel laptops, can Google predict the stock market?
  • Posted April 28, 2013, 11:54 AM by Julio Franco | Filed in NATW With Video
  • By using Google Trends, which tracks the frequency particular search terms are entered into Google over time, scientists have found seasonal patterns, for example, in searches for information about mental illnesses and detected a link between searching behavior and a country’s GDP.

Samsung Galaxy S 4 Review: Still Android's Best?

Samsung Galaxy S 4 Review: Still Android
  • Posted April 26, 2013, 1:46 AM by Andrew Kameka | Filed in TechSpot, Mobile Computing With Video
  • It's good to be king, especially when Samsung knows that it reached the top position after some early missteps. Now comes the hard part -- staying on top. If the Galaxy S III was Samsung's crowning achievement, the Galaxy S 4 is the first defense of the throne.

    Arriving on the heels of one rival's flagship and a few months before the expected unveiling of another's, the Galaxy S 4 will prove whether Samsung is continuing its trend of advancement or becoming just as predictable as the old guard that it mocked. So naturally we must ask: just how good is the Samsung Galaxy S 4?

Digital Storm's new Vanquish gaming PCs nearly as cheap as DIY

Digital Storm
  • Posted April 25, 2013, 7:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware With Video
  • There are a number of reasons to build a custom PC but chief among them is price. Find the right deals on individual components and you can put together a sweet gaming rig for far less than it would cost…

Razer launches standalone 'Comms' platform with in-game overlay

Razer launches standalone
  • Posted April 23, 2013, 4:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, Software With Video
  • Razer has rolled out a public beta for their new all-in-one communications solution for gamers, dubbed Razer Comms. The new service combines a VoIP client, instant messaging and IRC-chat features to offer gamers all over the world a way of…

AMD unveils G-Series X, hints at future ARM-based chips for embedded market

AMD unveils G-Series X, hints at future ARM-based chips for embedded market
  • Posted April 23, 2013, 2:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware With Video
  • AMD announced its G-series embedded APUs this morning comprising three quad core parts and a couple of dual cores, four of them integrating Radeon HD 8000 grahics and an I/O module on a single piece of silicon. With power envelopes…

Mini PC market heats up with the launch of BeagleBone Black

Mini PC market heats up with the launch of BeagleBone Black
  • Posted April 23, 2013, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware With Video
  • We’ve seen no shortage of low-powered, low-cost mini PCs hit the market since Raspberry Pi made waves a year ago. The latest entrant is the new BeagleBone Black, a single board computer that packs even more processing power than the…

Watch this: Mind-blowing water simulation is now a reality

Watch this: Mind-blowing water simulation is now a reality
  • Posted April 23, 2013, 10:36 AM by Gergo Vas | Filed in Gaming, Hardware With Video
  • Simulating the physics of water has always been tricky and game engines sometimes still have to use dodgy mechanics to make it feel real. But the above demonstration of this new fluid simulation technique proves that slowly but surely we're getting there.

Google Earth lets you fly around the globe with new Leap Motion support

Google Earth lets you fly around the globe with new Leap Motion support
  • Posted April 22, 2013, 5:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software With Video
  • Adding to its short but growing list of high profile tie-ups ahead of launch, Leap Motion announced today that the latest desktop version of Google Earth will include native support for its gesture control device. The news come just in…

USB 3.0 SuperSpeed update to eliminate need for chargers

USB 3.0 SuperSpeed update to eliminate need for chargers
  • Posted April 22, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware With Video
  • While the imminent arrival of next-gen USB and Thunderbolt interfaces is no longer fresh news, ComputerWorld brings to attention one potentially revolutionary detail: the next iteration of USB will deliver enough juice to effectively power any device without the aid…

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