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Google tablet to rival Kindle Fire instead of iPad?
Last month, Google chairman (and former CEO) Eric Schmidt hinted that a Nexus tablet will be coming within the next six months. He didn’t actually use the word “Nexus”, but there was talk of a tablet produced (at least in part) by Google. Visions of a 10-inch, quad-core, Ice Cream Sandwich-running iPad competitor danced through
eFun Nextbook Elite 10 is a dual-core Android 4.0 tablet for under $300
Though you may have thought 2011 was already the year of the tablet, 2012 is shaping up to really be the year of the tablet — and we’re not even a full week in yet. Apart from the possible arrival of a new iPad model or two, it looks like the Android tablet price war
Patent teases PVR functionality for next-gen Xbox console
There’s already been plenty of talk about the inevitable successor to the Xbox 360. Microsoft began expanding its design team earlier this year, and we’ve heard plenty of tantalizing details about its hardware. AMD claims its graphical muscle is capable of rendering Avatar-like visuals and the second generation Kinect sensor is reportedly sharp enough to
Pepsi explain why you’ll never find a mouse in Mountain Dew
The older geeks among you will probably count coffee and cola as your top beverages to see you through all night gaming sessions and long days at the office. The younger crowd most likely list Mountain Dew and other energy drinks too. The health benefits, or lack there of in such sugar and chemical-rich drinks
Computer virus gets convicted murderer new trial
Viruses take the blame for a lot of deleted information and malicious activity occurring on computers. But this latest incident involving a virus infection is a lot more serious than someone losing important documents or even having their bank accounts compromised. A murderer who was convicted in a Miami court is getting a retrial because
Free-to-play Microsoft Flight gets clearance for spring takeoff
Microsoft Flight, the game to rise from the ashes of Flight Simulator, is going free-to-play and finally taking off this spring. The PC-only game will let players start flying for free around Hawaii’s Big Island in the ICON A5, a new concept small plane aiming for real-world production this year. In true free-to-play fashion, the
Self-sanitizing keyboard OK’d for health care use
The Vioguard anti-bacterial keyboard has received US FDA approval for use in healthcare, the start-up has announced. This means that hospitals and other such sterile environments can use the keyboards. The keyboard works by extending for use and retracting when it’s out of use. When it retracts into its housing, two germicidal 25-watt ultraviolet lights
Chrome extension alerts you when you visit a SOPA supporter’s site
Few subjects get geeks’ blood pumping like that of internet freedom. The internet has radically changed our world, and one of the key tenets of that change has been the internet’s fundamental essence of liberty. With some obvious exceptions (death threats, child porn, leaked government secrets), nearly anything goes on the ‘net — and many
Apple TV set reportedly held back by content deals
If you’re expecting an Apple TV set to launch within the next few months, you may have a bit longer to wait. A report says that, although Apple has prototypes of the iTV living in its locked-down design studios, it’s having trouble securing the content deals that it wants and it may be another year
