Products
New iPhone Risks Same Old Same Old
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011Can the iPhone bring sexy back? With more than 128 million iPhones sold since 2007, the device’s ubiquity has created a marketing and design challenge for Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL – News): how to wow consumers in a maturing smartphone market where many alternatives now look and feel like Apple’s gadget. That’s a challenge Apple [...]
The Best Laptop Computers
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011We looked at laptops for every type of user: the student who needs a superlight classroom companion, the multimedia multitasker who wants a powerful desktop replacement, and plenty in between. The following five aced our tests. Lenovo IdeaPad U260 Starting at $700 ($999 model tested) Pros: This tiny, 3-pound 12.5-incher was the darling of consumer [...]
5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know Could Be Hacked
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011Hackers are making headlines these days like never before. From video game systems to voicemail accounts, it seems like almost every type of electronic device or information storage medium can be hacked to either give up information or perform actions it wasn’t initially designed to do. We’ve gathered a handful of the weirdest hacks out [...]
Finally: A USB Mouse That Doubles As A Digital Scale
Saturday, August 13th, 2011I’m not sure what’s going on with optical mice nowadays, but its strange. Not long after Canon announced its mouse-calculator hybrid, this USB-digital scale has also made its appearance. Capable of measuring weights from 0.1g to 500g, the scale’s range of use seem fairly limited – assuming, that is, you don’t work in the drug [...]
Samsung Galaxy R smartphone sports Nvidia Tegra CPU
Thursday, August 11th, 2011Samsung and Nvidia have announced they’re extending their technology partnership from tablets to smartphones, today announcing the Galaxy R smartphone, a new entry in Samsung’s well-regarded Galaxy line that will sports a 4.19-inch display, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and the same dual-core Nvidia Tegra processor that powers Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1. The addition of the Tegra [...]
Apple Rumored To Be Testing New, Ultra-Thin MacBook Pro
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011Apple rumors on the Web seem to be never-ending and the latest speculation kicks around the idea that a MacBook Pro laptop that’s as thin as a MacBook Air is being tested in Cupertino, Calif. MacRumors.com got this string started Tuesday with a report that it “has learned” from unnamed sources that Apple was working [...]
Microsoft announces Explorer Touch Mouse
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011The Explorer Touch Mouse features a touch strip that allows users to swipe horizontally or vertically and have that translated into a on-screen navigation. In addition to the touch strip, there’s a wheel featuring three scroll speeds – slow speed for precise movements, medium speed to move forward a page or two, or hyperfast [...]
Apple Raises The Stakes In Patent Battle With Samsung
Saturday, June 18th, 2011Apple has amended its existing complaint against Samsung over intellectual property-rights violations, removing a few infringement claims but adding many more. FOSS Patents’ Florian Mueller thinks the action is in response to Samsung’s requests to see samples of the upcoming iPhone 5 and iPad 3 ahead not only of their release but also of official [...]
Video: Can Google’s Chromebook Compete With Apple?
Thursday, June 16th, 2011iCloud Gadget Looxcie 2: Wearable Headset Grabs Video
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011Within just hours of Steve Jobs’ announcement of iCloud at WWDC in San Francisco, a new “iCloud-ready” gadget debuted. The Looxcie 2, a wearable Bluetooth video headset, lets you share videos via iCloud, as well as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. You control it directly via a free Android or iOS app, which also allows a [...]