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  • 18 April 2013

  • News: Beer and satellites: Our favorite Demo Mobile 2013 products

    Demo Mobile may not be as big as E3 or CES, but the mobile-focused event attracts startups and companies looking to share their latest wares and ideas. While many of the products and services on display at this week's conference in San Francisco are still in the early stages of development, they paint an interesting portrait of what to expect in the mobile world in the not too distant future.

  • News: Google tells Explorers: No selling Glass

    Think you'll make a bundle when you put your Explorer Edition of Google Glass up for grabs on eBay? Think again.

  • News: TomTom ditches Nike for new GPS sport watches

    After partnering with Nike to produce the Nike+ SportWatch GPS, TomTom has decided to produce its own range of sport watches without any additional help. The Dutch company announced two new GPS watches overnight, the TomTom Runner and the TomTom Multi-Sport.

  • 17 April 2013

  • News: Apple conferences big and small

    Though Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference may be the big fish of Apple-related gatherings, a number of smaller conferences have sprung up over the past several years. I sit down with senior writer Lex Friedman, just back from the Úll conference in Dublin, Ireland to discuss these events and what they offer that Apple can't match.

  • News: BLOG: Can you work effectively without a PC?

    There's plenty of doom and gloom surrounding the PC industry right now. Research firm IDC recently reported a "perfect storm" of factors leading to one of the worst quarters of PC sales in recent memory. Meanwhile, Gartner recently said that tablet and mobile phone sales are stealing revenue from the ailing PC market.

  • News: How modern cars already drive better than you do

    Automated vehicles aren't just a Google side project anymore. At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, Toyota debuted its "advanced active safety research vehicle," which is basically a Lexus LS460 tricked out with cameras, sensors, and a whirling LIDAR laser. Audi also showed off some automated driving skills with a proof-of-concept sedan that was able to valet and park itself. And plenty of other automakers, including Ford, General Motors, and Volvo, are researching and testing out the technology.

  • 16 April 2013

  • News: Kobo Aura HD vs. the competition: A backlit e-reader tale of the tape (chart)

    Kobo has Amazon in the crosshairs with its new Aura HD e-reader, which features a higher-resolution display than the Kindle Paperwhite--albeit at a higher price tag.

  • News: Leap Motion 3D controller coming to HP PCs and other unnamed devices

    HP plans to bring motion control to some of its computers this year, after striking a deal with Leap Motion.

  • News: Google discloses tech specs and developer API for Glass

    The Google Glass wearable computer will have a high-resolution display equivalent of a 25-inch high-definition screen from eight feet away, and will capture 5-megapixels images and video at a resolution of 720p, according to technical specs disclosed on Monday.

  • News: Logitech announces new Harmony remotes and Hub controller

    Accessory vendor Logitech announced on Tuesday that the company is expanding its Harmony line of universal remote controls with a new flagship model, a new low-end model, and a multi-function hub that extends the capabilities of both.

  • News: O2 launches service to help enterprises engage with digital savvy customers

    O2 has launched its Joined Up Customer service, which aims to help enterprise customers "adapt to the changing needs of their customers in the digital world".

  • News: AT-AT walker frame disguise helps post-op child (and other stuff you missed)

    If your child needed surgery on their legs, but took issue with having to use a walker what would you do? An artist has an excellent idea that involves AT-AT walkers from Star Wars. This edition of GeekBytes also brings some quirky finds from around the web too, such as cats at their worst (read: funniest) and a music video made up of cursors. Yes, cursors.

  • News: A vision for Microsoft's smartwatch and four more Surface family members

    If Microsoft ever releases the smartwatch that the Wall Street Journal reports is in development, the gadget won't just be entering a wearable computing market that has yet to be proven out. The watch would also extend a family of Surface hardware devices that no one is clamoring to buy.

  • News: Google discloses tech specs and developer API for Glass

    The Google Glass wearable computer will have a high-resolution display equivalent of a 25-inch high-definition screen from eight feet away, and will capture 5-megapixels images and video at a resolution of 720p, according to technical specs disclosed on Monday.

  • 15 April 2013

  • News: The VCR's legacy shines brightly at YouTube and Aereo

    Google pays homage today to the 57th anniversary of the first commercially available videocassette recorder. But that gadget didn't simply enable us to record daytime TV for evening viewing; it soon forged a legal precedent for the next generation of home entertainment technology.

  • News: Canon wants to help you learn photography with this DSLR simulator

    If you've been shooting with a camera in Auto mode all your life, messing around with camera setting can be intimidating. What if it's set to shoot too fast, or my focus is off? There are a half dozen other ways the shot can go wrong.

  • News: Kobo targets e-reading elite with Aura HD

    Canadian e-book and e-reader heavyweight Kobo is targeting the top end of the market with its new |Aura HD e-reader. Created from feedback from Kobo’s most avid readers, the Aura HD has a larger and higher-resolution screen, a larger battery and more onboard storage.

  • News: 20 must-grab digital Marvel Comics

    At last, the long-anticipated Marvel 700 Make-Good Promotion has begun, and hundreds of thousands of comics fans--both the newly-minted and long-suffering kinds--can lower their heads into a trough of free comics and snorkel up as many as they wish.

  • News: Arris cleared by DOJ to acquire Motorola's set-top box business

    Arris Group has received clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice for its proposed acquisition of the Motorola Home business.

  • News: Report: Microsoft may also make smart watches

    Microsoft is working on designs for a touch-enabled smart watch, joining a number of other large competitors like Samsung Electronics and Apple who are said to be working on similar devices, a newspaper reported.

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