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More Claims of October Launch for Updated iMac Models
www.macrumors.com
With Apple opting not to release updated iMac models at its Worldwide Developers Conference last month, there has been considerable debate over the timing of the next update. Several of the hardware pieces such as Ivy Bridge processors are already available to support an update, and with the last update...
What DON’T we know about the next iPad (besides its name)?
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The next iPad will have the name “iPad 3,” according to the consensus of rumors, and it features a faster processor/GPU while remaining the same size as the current iPad 2. Its unveiling is in a month and will be available (in Wi-Fi certainly) almost immediately after. The big differentiator...
ASUS Zenbook UX32VD unveiled, packs discrete graphics to flaunt that 1080p screen
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New high-resolution Zenbooks are on their way, but ASUS has now revealed another addition that's packing its own discrete graphics. Like its recently unveiled siblings, the Zenbook UX32VD still packs a 1920 x 1080 IPS panel and "the latest Intel Core processor" -- likely something from the Ivy Bridge...
Fujitsu unveils two new LifeBooks, shows some Ivy Bridge zen
www.engadget.com
Fujitsu's teased us before with Intel's hot new chipset, but now it's getting ready to actually ship two notebooks with Intel's third-gen Core i7 CPU. The first, like others before it, will be a refresh of an older model, the LifeBook LH532, with its last-gen i7 tech swapped out...
Confirmed: Galaxy S III To Pack Samsung’s New 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad Processor
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Samsung has been doing their damnedest to keep their next Galaxy phone under wraps, but there’s one thing they just couldn’t keep quiet about — the processor. The Korean electronics giant announced not long ago that their new 1.4 GHz Exynos 4 Quad chipset would be the one to power...
Visualized: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell bares all
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Mercedes' electric AMG SLS E-Cell is the teutonic powerhouse's futuristic new gull-wing coupe. An electric motor stationed upon each wheel helps it develop 525 horsepower and go from 0-60 in four seconds (three tenths of a second slower than promised). Now its whipped that neon yellow body from the...
Goodbye, Exynos: Benchmark Points To Dual-Core Processor For Verizon’s Galaxy S III
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Samsung confirmed well in advance of the Galaxy S III’s official announcement that their new flagship Android handset would sport the company’s new Exynos 4 Quad chipset, but it seems even clearer now that we Stateside phone geeks may have to live without it. Droid-Life reported over the weekend that...
Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 review
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When Acer's Aspire Timeline Ultra notebooks made their first appearance at CES, these 14- and 15-inch laptops seemed like little more than the successors to Acer's TimelineX series. Thin-and-light laptops, complete with optical drive and some likely reasonable prices. While there's no mistaking that DVD burner and mainstream screen...
NVIDIA CEO suggests $199 Tegra 3 tablets in the summer
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Always talkative NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is in the news yet again, this time telling the New York Times that his company's Tegra 3 hardware is incorporating enough cost saving that it could be in $199 Android tablets by this summer. Beyond the tantalizing thought of value-priced tablets with...
How to create the best video chat experience
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This post is sponsored by Citrix® GoToMeeting®. Attend your meetings from anywhere. Try GoToMeeting today for Free! Whether you’re using a top-of-the-line TelePresence solution (remember them from 24?) or simply playing with a standard laptop webcam, it’s a good bet that you’ve already had a video chat in one...
Ubuntu for Android could turn your phone into a powerful desktop computer
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What if you could run around town with your Android phone using it like you normally do and when you get to the office all you have to do is dock it and start your day? That’s exactly what Ubuntu wants to do with its pitch to Android handset manufacturers...
Intel not joining graphics chip alliance
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A group that includes AMD, ARM, and Texas Instruments is trying to tap into the graphics chip's horsepower. Intel isn't interested in the initiative, though. [Read more]...
LG announces Optimus LTE2, coming to Korea mid-May with True HD IPS and 2GB RAM
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Unlike today's other phone announcement, we can't say we were expecting to see LG come out with something of its own -- and it's a bit of a doozy, at that. Samsung's Korean rival decided not to let the Galaxy S III have the full spotlight for long, officially...
New Shelby GT500 boasts most powerful production V-8
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Ford certified the supercharged engine in the 2013 Shelby GT500, at 662 horsepower, as the most powerful V-8 in a production car. [Read more]...
Project Sea Lion amphibious car turns you into James Bond for just $259,500
www.theverge.com
If you've ever dreamed of owning a car that take you from pavement to pond, you're in luck — but it's going to set you back. Project Sea Lion is a vehicle designed from the ground-up in order to compete for the title of world's fastest amphibious car. Constructed...
MotoCzysz e-motorbike crackles past 100MPH at TT Zero for $15,000 prize
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Jitters over wet track conditions didn't stop MotoCzysz's Michael Rutter from becoming the first electric motorcycle rider at the Isle of Man's TT Zero to hit 100MPH -- aka the fabled "ton". He also snapped up the £10,000 ($15,400) prize offered by the island's government for the achievement, although...
Sources: Apple's new iPad makes the leap to 1GB of RAM
www.theverge.com
There were a lot of hardware specs bandied about at this morning's iPad event: an A5X processor with quad-core graphics, a 2048 x 1536 Retina Display, and LTE. One piece of information that wasn't mentioned, however, was RAM. Sources have informed us that Apple's latest has indeed received an...
Apple: iPad Battery Nothing to Get Charged Up About
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While the new iPad has come under some criticism for the way it handles battery charging, Apple says the device operates in the same manner as past iOS devices. The source of the confusion stems from how Apple manages the charging process from the point when a battery is very...
IBM thinks exascale for massive Astron telescope
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The sensitive radio telescope, due in 2024, will need processing horsepower that will be on par with several million of today's fastest computers. [Read more]...
TC@MWC: The Huawei Ascend D Quad Is One Of The Nicest Phones You’ll Never Buy
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After hearing that Huawei had revealed “the world’s fastest smartphone” in the form of the Ascend D Quad, we knew we had to seek it out. Well, we finally managed to score a little hands-on time with the Chinese company’s newest device, and we didn’t come away disappointed. The D...
Segway Seg-Link kit hits the FCC, injects dreams of PC-based transporter tinkering
www.engadget.com
Own a Segway? You're about to own something else, too. That "something else" is better known as the USB-enabled Seg-Link kit, a downright mysterious new product that has shown itself today tromping through the FCC's database. Details are exceedingly light, and even the user manual doesn't do a stellar...
Nvidia accelerates gaming in the cloud
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The GPU company is putting some serious horsepower in the data center to power gaming on the go. [Read more]...
Pentagon starts Phoenix trial to harvest defunct satellites, MacGyver new ones from orbit
www.engadget.com
The Phoenix Frankenprogram to harvest the corpses of expired satellites and cobble together new ones seemed like one of DARPA's more daft ideas, but this one has actually kicked off its first phase of development. The plan is to first launch a service craft -- replete with robotic arms...
Visualized: Huawei crafts smartphone pegasus, makes no mention of quad-core horsepower
www.engadget.com
Crafted from 1,000 (or 3,000, depending on who you talk to) smartphones, Huawei's symybol for this year's MWC proudly stands in squarely in the middle of the mobile madness. However, the chinese handset manufacturer still remains a bit of a dark horse in this year's selection of OEM fillies.Visualized:...
Sponsor post: Evolution of computing: the amalgamation of dedicated and cloud computing
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Since the beginning of time (or at least the start of the modern Internet era) the dedicated server has been a pillar of stability, a private island, oblivious to the turmoil of the outside world. This isolated nature is simultaneously its greatest weakness and the root of its greatest strength....
Panasonic outs Let's Note B11 laptop series in Japan, Ivy Bridge in tow
www.engadget.com
Okay, it may not be one of the sleekest laptops we've seen of late, but Panasonic's B11 is packing a hefty amount of horsepower underneath that beastly shell to make you forget its looks. This Let's Note B11 is a worthy refresh to the B10 series we showed you...
How To Ditch Your Desktop Computer For An iPad (AAPL)
www.businessinsider.com
I've become interested in a pretty straightforward question -- how easily can an iPad step up and take the place of a computer? It obviously depends on many things, such as what you do for a living, if you're a computer gamer or not, if you prefer a large display,...
Drudge Report Looks Old-School, but Its Ad Targeting Is State-of-the-Art
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The site is like a 1995 Ford Escort with a 500-horsepower advertising engine under the hood....
Qualcomm shows horsepower of next-gen H.265 video
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The next-gen video compression technology shrinks video by 40 to 45 percent compared to today's prevailing H.264. But encoding H.265 video takes a long time right now. [Read more]...
Not Your Mother's 1995 Ford Escort
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The site is like a 1995 Ford Escort with a 500-horsepower advertising engine under the hood. – Alexis Madrigal, senior editor at The Atlantic, describing the Drudge Report in an article entitled “Drudge Report Looks Old-School, but Its Ad Targeting Is State-of-the-Art”...
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