When Apple decisively won their $1b patent lawsuit against Samsung on August 24, it appeared to be a bleak day for their rival. Not so, however: it turns out that the lawsuit win became an Continue reading “Samsung Laughs: Apple’s Massive Lawsuit Win & iPhone 5 Launch Spur Sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S3!”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 3:47pm
MSI GT70 0NE Review @ Vortez and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! GT70 0NE features some of the fastest hardware a gaming notebook can harbour. Intels Ivy Continue reading “October 3, 2012 News from Around the Web”. …more
By amy •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 3:25pm
We’ve all seen them, those fraudulent scareware malware programs: they pretend to scan your computer for viruses, of course always finding lots of them, then offering to “fix” them for a fee of between $40 Continue reading “US Authorities Fine ‘WinFixer’ Scareware Scammer $163m”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 3:04pm
HTC today unveiled the HTC One X+, a refreshed version of its award winning HTC One X smartphone, running the HTC Sense 4+ experience on Android Jelly Bean. The HTC One X+ will be the Continue reading “HTC Introduces The HTC One X+ Smartphone – NVIDIA Tegra 3 1.7 GHz CPU”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 2:07pm
Neil Young is launching a new high-end music service to combat the supposed poor sound quality of iTunes and other digital music services. Young showed off a prototype Pono device on the Late Show with Continue reading “Neil Young Announces Pono Music Player – Higher Audio Quality”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 11:18am
The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation today announced that Qualcomm Incorporated has joined as a Founder Member. Qualcomms commitment reinforces HSA as the next technological underpinning in computing for a broad range of platforms and Continue reading “HSA Foundation Announces Qualcomm as Newest Member”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 9:44am
In what sounds suspiciously like the ‘antennagate’ scandal with the iPhone 4 and its signal dropouts, the unpleasant purple flare camera problem with the iPhone 5 when pointed at bright light sources such as the Continue reading “iPhone 5 Purple Flare Camera Problem: Users Stuck With it as Apple Claims That This is ‘Normal’”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 2, 2012 at 7:33pm
From all the leaks, by now it’s well known that Apple will be releasing a smaller, cheaper version of its iPad within a few weeks, even though the company hasn’t said anything about this one Continue reading “Leak: Pictures of Apple’s iPad ‘Mini’ Component Parts”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 2, 2012 at 6:46pm
In a move that some people see as overdue, Valve have now started to offer non-gaming software on their Steam platform. They are starting small and offering a range of just seven utilities and apps Continue reading “Valve Launches Non-Gaming Application Software on Steam!”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 2, 2012 at 6:18pm
The U.S. Commercial Service’s International Buyer Program (IBP) has attracted a number of international Smart Grid delegates to Washington, D.C. this week for GridWeek 2012 that runs Oct. 2-4, 2012. In addressing the opening session Continue reading “One-in-Two Households Will Have A Smart Meter by 2015”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 2, 2012 at 1:39pm
AOC today announced the retail availability of the i2757fh, a 27-inch IPS display with a 2 mm bezel that gives the monitor a sleek, borderless appearance. The monitors widescreen IPS (in plane switching) panel also Continue reading “AOC Announces Borderless 27 IPS Monitor for $299.99”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 2, 2012 at 12:54pm
Acer America today announced the Oct. 26th availability of its highly anticipated Acer Aspire S7 Touch Ultrabook Series in North America. Previewed in Europe and Asia, the S7 has already been hailed as one of Continue reading “Acer Aspire S7 Series Touch Ultrabook Coming October 26th For $1199”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 2, 2012 at 11:26am
ASRock announced this morning that the company has exclusively brought a new auto overclocking function named X-Boost to all AMD FM2 Series Motherboards. ASRock says that X-Boost will give users an extra 15.77% performance boost Continue reading “ASRocks FM2 Series Motherboards Have X-Boost”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 2, 2012 at 11:17am
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) today released a PR announcing the ECS A85F2-A Golden Board, which is based on the AMD A85 chipset for the new AMD FM2 platform. The ECS A85F2-A GOLDEN motherboard are each Continue reading “ECS A85F2-A Golden Board Announced – Individually Numbered Motherboards!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 2, 2012 at 11:03am
Noctua today introduced the first three models of its new A-series of premium quality quiet fans: The NF-A4x10, NF-A6x25 and NF-A9x14 all feature Noctua’s novel AAO frames and the series’ signature Flow Acceleration Channels for Continue reading “Noctua Introduces 40, 60 and 92mm A-series fans”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 2, 2012 at 8:43am