Advertising opt-out, wall charger add $35 to Kindle Fire prices Amazon launched a handful of new Kindle Fire tablets last week. They're pretty affordable, with a 9" model available for as little as... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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NYT: Valve working on augmented-reality glasses It's no secret that Valve is quietly working on some kind of hardware project—the company's latest job posting was quite direct about it. But... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Personal tech |
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Deal of the week: A 128GB SSD for $55, and other bargains The cost per gigabyte of solid-state storage has been shrinking for a while now, but we're still amazed at some of the deals that pop... Type: News story Tags: Cases Storage Displays Mobile computing Gaming |
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Amazon launches whole fleet of new Kindles We were expecting new Kindle hardware at Amazon's keynote event today, and that's precisely what we got. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took the stage to... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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Nokia details Lumia 820 and 920 handsets for Windows Phone 8 Microsoft hasn't made much of a dent in the smartphone market, but perhaps its upcoming Windows Phone 8 operating system will change that. The... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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Apple confirms September 12 date for iPhone 5 event After months of relentless speculation and countless leaks, the iPhone 5's release date is finally official. As The Verge reports, Apple has been sending... Type: News story Tags: Personal tech |
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Net Applications: Win7 usage share now exceeds XP's For the first time in many years, Windows XP may no longer be the most widely used version of Windows. At least, that's what the... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Acer, Asus to pull out of netbook market The death knell may be sounding for netbooks. According to a recent story by DigiTimes, two heavyweights of the netbook world, Acer and Asus, both... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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Valve job posting teases hardware plans Is it me, or is Valve growing more and more eager to break... Type: News story Tags: Systems Gaming Game consoles |
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Friday night topic: Pet edition! Yeah, that's right, we're shamelessly going to post a FNT asking you to link to pictures of your pets. Feel free to tell us... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous |
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Bloomberg: 7.85'' iPad coming in October, new Kindle Fire next week The rumor mill never ceases to grind out stories about upcoming tablets, phones, and other gadgets. Sometimes, though, it's nice to see a mainstream news... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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HP unveils hybrid 11.6'' Windows 8 tablet We learned a couple of months back that HP has no plans for ARM-powered Windows RT tablets—at least not yet. The firm still intends... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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Wireless device recharging is coming to laptops, says Intel Modern notebooks are loaded with wireless technologies. The 802.11 alphabet soup covers Wi-Fi networking, while various flavors of Bluetooth provide peripheral connectivity. NFC chips are... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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Samsung widget offers pseudo Start menu in Windows 8 We don't always like it when system vendors layer their own user interface elements on top of the operating system. The supposed enhancements are often... Type: News story Tags: Software Operating systems |
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FAA forms group to examine in-flight electronics usage Earlier this year, we learned that the Federal Aviation Administration was taking a fresh look at whether passengers should be able to use electronics... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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Best Buy lists $300 Lenovo tablet with Tegra 3 SoC According to research firm ABI, tablet sales are expected to exceed 100 million units this year. The market is growing rapidly, and falling prices... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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Jury finds Samsung violated Apple patents The jury in Apple's patent infringement case against Samsung has found that Samsung violated a great many of the patents Apple sought to enforce, and... Poll Question: • Your reaction to the Apple-Samsung verdict? Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Personal tech |
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Release roundup: Windowed cases, 1200W power, and an OC-friendly mobo Every week, we gather press releases that slipped through the net of our daily coverage, and we post them in the release roundup. Here's this... Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Cases Power |
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Remember when we all whined that Founder's Edition parts were overpriced ripoffs? Pepperidge Farm remembers. | +36 |