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HP Envy 14 Spectre available now, starts at $1,399
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Weeks after teasing the masses with bits of what it could become, the HP Envy 14 Spectre is quietly hitting the virtual shelves today. A whopping $1,399 (with an instant discount courtesy of Meg Whitman & Co.) will get you the entry level model. If that's indeed the route...
Infographic: People Will Pay To Support Creators, Even When Free Is An Option
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Back when we first launched the Insider Shop, we made two PDF ebooks available at any price you choose: Mike's Approaching Infinity (on new business models and the economics of abundance) and our Sky Is Rising report on the state of the entertainment industries. More recently, we launched three fiction...
Keep Track of your AWS Expenses With Cloudyn
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With the number of individual Amazon Web Services now seemingly approaching infinity, it makes sense for third parties to get into the act of trying to keep track of what you are actually spending and whether you have over-provisioned your services. Enter Cloudyn.com, an Israeli based company that announced its...
'Infinity Blade' is Epic Games' most profitable game ever, says CEO
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At the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in Taipei today, Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, told the audience that the iOS title Infinity Blade is "the most profitable game we've ever made — in terms of man years invested versus revenue, it's more profitable than Gears of War." The...
Dell adds XPS One 27 with 2560 x 1440 screen to its all-in-one lineup, prices start at $1,399 (video)
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HP, Sony and Toshiba have already outed their new offerings for the back-to-school season, and now Dell is stepping up to the plate with announcements of its own. First up is the XPS One 27 all-in-one. As the name would suggest, it has a 27-inch screen, and the resolution...
Dell adds XPS One 27 with 2560 x 1440 screen to its all-in-one lineup, prices start at $1,399 (video)
Sony's Sound Forge Audio Editing Software Coming to Mac?
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A new website at FinallyOnTheMac.com has just gone live, teasing a major announcement from an undisclosed company. The site currently consists of a single YouTube video entitled "Countdown to a revolution", with the site containing an additional eight blank slots where other videos will presumably be posted in the coming...
ASUS to unveil new K and N series notebooks at Milano Design Week
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ASUS still hasn't clued us in how it'll have us experiencing "infinity," but it is letting some of its other plans for Milano Design Week slip -- namely its N56, N76, N46 and K55 notebooks. Notebook Italia gave the rigs a quick pre-show rundown. The new machines in the...
Lensbaby lets your imagination run wild on a budget with the Spark, an $80 selective-focus lens
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Lensbaby, maker of creative optics that let you take pictures you'd otherwise have to make in Photoshop is going after youthful crowd with its newest product, the Spark. The selective focus lens attaches to your Canon or Nikon DSLR, allowing you to create bokeh-rich images -- simply squeeze the...
Asus Rebrands Its Tablet Line To “Transformer Pads”, Launches The TF Pad Infinity & TF Pad 300
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Once upon a time the Asus Eee brand held some weight. The Eee name debuted with Asus’ netbook line, which nearly instantly set the bar for low-cost, but still quality, computing devices. That’s why the Eee brand was used for Asus’ first tablets. But now, in 2012, with netbooks quickly...
The new iPad vs. the tablet elite: ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity 700, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and Toshiba Excite X10 LE
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You may be thinking, how does that new iPad stack up against the best slates we've seen? Well, you're about to find out. Truth be told, two of these behemoths -- the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity 700 and the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 -- were just announced, but impressive...
The new iPad vs. the tablet elite: ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity 700, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and Toshiba Excite X10 LE
Apple Planning Major Overhaul of iTunes to Emphasize iCloud and Sharing
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Bloomberg reports that Apple is preparing a major overhaul of its iTunes software to more closely integrate its iCloud services and add new features for sharing music.With an increasing amount of content available on the store, the overhaul is intended to improve how people manage all their files, one person...
Autodesk Scaleform lets you use Flash to build high-end portable device games for $299 (video)
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Got some great smartphone game ideas and Flash talent, but no budget and little to no programming savvy? Autodesk's Scaleform for Mobile Platforms could let you launch those ideas from a catapult, cannon or any game weapon of your choice -- all you'll need is Adobe creation tools and...
MIT projection system extends video to peripheral vision, samples footage in real-time
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Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have developed an ambient lighting system for video that would make Philips' Ambilight tech jealous. Dubbed Infinity-by-Nine, the rig analyzes frames of footage in real-time -- with consumer-grade hardware no less -- and projects rough representations of the video's edges onto a room's...
Hands On With The New iPad
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I’ve just gotten out of a quick hands-on session with the new iPad (and yes, it’s just called the iPad), and come away with exactly the feeling I expected to have: that I need to buy one. The first thing you should know, and also the reason there aren’t many...
Microsoft Surface vs. Apple iPad (4th gen) vs. Asus Transformer Infinity
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How do the full-size flagship tablets from the three major tablet platforms compare? [Read more]...
2012 Apple Design Awards showcase standout apps on iOS, OS X
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While we tend to get caught up in keynote hoopla, Apple's WWDC event is about connecting with the third party developers of software for its various platforms and it highlighted a few with its annual Design Awards yesterday. While 2011's winners included standouts like Infinity Blade, selections for 2012...
Our test finds new iPad hits 116 degrees while running games
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The new iPad can run significantly hotter than the earlier iPad2 model when running an action game, Consumer Reports testers have found. Using a thermal imaging camera, Consumer Reports engineers recorded temperatures as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit on the front and rear of the new iPad while playing...
Google Chrome Browser, Google Drive Coming to iOS
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Google announced today that it is releasing a version of its Google Chrome for the iPhone and iPad. The company says it will go live on the App Store later today. Macquarie analyst Ben Schacter predicted last month that Google Chrome was coming to iOS. While Chrome for iOS will...
ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700KL with LTE hands-on: 25 Mbps down in Deutschland
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We knew (as of a few days ago) that ASUS' Transformer Pad Infinity TF700KL was coming to Germany with LTE on Vodafone's network, but now we have an idea of just how schnell those speeds are. We got our hands on a unit that notched 10.7 Mbps up and...
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity shows up at Best Buy, commands $600 price tag, 64GB of memory
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You didn't think ASUS pushed its souped up Transformer slate though federal approval for its health, did you? No, if Best Buy's online store has anything to say about it, the Transformer Pad Infinity's FCC excursion was preparing it for sale. It's not quite ready yet, but when it...
HP starts Envy 14 Spectre pre-orders, but high-res screen is currently not an option
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We recently took a look at HP's Envy 14 Spectre and found that while isn't the thinnest or lightest laptop, it had a stylish design and a great screen. Now, it's available for interested parties to pre-order -- but unfortunately that high-res screen appears to be missing. While HP's...
Apple reveals next-generation apps for the new iPad: Infinity Blade: Dungeons, SketchBook, SkyGamblers
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While Apple's ensured all of it's home-baked apps are making the most of the iPad's retina display and new A5X chipset, it also had a handful of third-party app developers ready to show what the new hardware's capable. First up was Namco, who revealed the iOS-exclusive SkyGamblers, and Ace...
Apple reveals next-generation apps for the new iPad: Infinity Blade: Dungeons, SketchBook, SkyGamblers
Make An iPhone, Android App Without Knowing A Line Of Code
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JamPot's new AppBuilder asks a series of questions and spits out a genuine, though limited function, app. It could blow the market wide open. With JamPot's AppBuilder, you can build a genuine iPhone or Android app in mere minutes for free--according to the company's own website. The young company, savvy...
Here Are The Best Apps To Use On Your iPad's New Retina Display (AAPL)
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The new iPad launches at the Apple Store in just a couple hours. TechCrunch's MG Siegler has rounded up a list of apps that will make the best use of the new tablet's impressive high definition screen. Here's a brief selection of what we're most excited about, but click...
LG Begins Mass Production of Displays Said to Be for Next iPhone
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Reuters reports that LG Display has officially announced the start of mass production on new displays that are thought to be making their way into the next-generation iPhone. The news, which follows similar comments from Sharp earlier this month, comes three weeks ahead of Apple's expected media event to introduce...
ASUS' high-end Transformer Pad TF700 is coming to the US next month for $499 and up
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The last time we heard from ASUS, the company was on a tear at Computex, unveiling Windows 8 device after Windows 8 device. Looking back, it seems quaint that its mobile lineup was so recently dominated by Android tablets -- and that the Transformer series was once regarded as...
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 review: Infinite potential, limited OS support
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The Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 has everything going for it, except a more supportive OS. [Read more]...
10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (AAPL, GOOG, FB)
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Good morning! Here's the news: Infinity Blade is on sale for $0.99 -- just get it. Here's what Apple is doing to fix iAd. Ashton Kutcher seems to be playing Steve Jobs in an upcoming biopic. After a few months of down traffic, Turntable does its best to turn...
Consumer Reports Finds New iPad Gets Warm, Can't Charge Under Heavy Loads
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Following up on reports from earlier today that the outer shell of the iPad 3 gets warmer than the iPad 2, Consumer Reports found that their iPad 3 reached temperatures up to 116 degrees after running Infinity Blade II for 45 minutes. The piece did note that the iPad felt...
Some Retina MacBook Pro Users Experiencing Display 'Ghosting'
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Earlier this week, The Next Web noted that some early purchasers of the Retina MacBook Pro have been experiencing "ghosting" on their machines' displays, with remnants of previously-displayed screen contents remaining visible for some time afterward.Some readers on the ASC forum have reported the image retention issue with as little...
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