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  • 20 June 2013

  • News: 3-D printer maker Stratasys to acquire desktop rival MakerBot

    3-D printer company Stratasys is acquiring desktop 3-D printer maker MakerBot for over US$400 million in an all-stock deal, to shore up its consumer presence.

  • News: Google Glass panic triggers rise in facial-recognition blockers

    Matter has anti-matter, Superman has Green Kryptonite, and now Google Glass has anti-Glass?

  • News: Facebook designing network fabric to meet massive performance needs

    With more than a billion monthly active users, it's easy to imagine that most of the data travelling over Facebook's networks is delivering photos, status updates and "likes" to its end users, but that's far from the case.

  • 19 June 2013

  • News: Wi-Fi Alliance announces 802.11ac certification program

    The Wi-Fi Alliance is finally kicking off a certification program for routers, adapters, and other wireless networking gear based on the IEEE 802.11ac draft standard. The organization has a strong track record when it comes to ensuring that networking products will be interoperable even when the standards they're based on have yet to be finalized, so this is a positive development.

  • 18 June 2013

  • News: Steve Jobs' draft email plays pivotal role in antitrust case

    An email composed, but never sent, by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs may prove instrumental in the Justice Department's case that Apple, along with the five largest book publishers, colluded to fix prices for electronic books.

  • 14 June 2013

  • News: Amazon quietly launches complete 3D printing store

    Amazon is helping to push 3D printing into the mainstream with a new section on its site dedicated to the miniature manufacturing plants. The online shopping giant joins Staples, which in early May became the first major U.S. retailer to sell a 3D printer.

  • News: Japan's Sharp looks to cleaning robots and strawberries to supplement TV biz

    Ailing Japanese TV maker Sharp says it will try to break into a host of new industries, from industrial cleaning robots to raising strawberries, to supplement its core LCD business.

  • 13 June 2013

  • News: Apple's Eddy Cue offers short answers in e-book antitrust trial

    Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue offered only short answers in testimony Thursday in federal court when questioned by U.S. Justice Department prosecutors trying to solidify their case that Apple, along with five of the largest book publishers, worked together to illegally set the prices of electronic books for the market.

  • 12 June 2013

  • News: Say hello to Jongo, the newest multiroom music system

    Sonos has a colorful new competitor on its hands in the form of Pure's Jongo multiroom music system. Unveiled at CES in January, the company announced Wednesday that it was now shipping several components of the system in the U.S. with an additional product coming later this year.

  • News: New Cisco core router boasts 10X capacity of original

    Cisco this week is upgrading its Internet core routers with the CRS-X, a system whose capacity is 10x that of what the initial CRS offered when introduced 10 years ago.

  • 07 June 2013

  • News: Remains of the Day: By the book

    The ebook negotiations game, in case you were wondering, is hardball. Meanwhile, Apple may start trading places (for your iPhone) and your MacBook Air may become even more magical. The remainders for Thursday, June 6, 2013 just had two weeks left before retirement.

  • News: Amazon launches Kindle tablet and e-reader in China

    After remaining quiet on the hardware front for years, Amazon.com's China business has finally brought the company's Kindle tablet and Kindle e-reader to the country.

  • News: Dashcams going high-def, high-tech

    The next time a bear hits a car on a Russian highway, the video might be in high definition.

  • 06 June 2013

  • News: Hit the road with Google Maps for iOS

    Calling the launch of iOS's built-in Maps app "underwhelming" might be generous. While I'd argue that Apple's mapping efforts aren't as bad as many people think, Google has certainly provided some stiff competition in the form of its Google Maps app for iOS. It can match many--but not all--of the features of Apple Maps, and Google's databases of location information are arguably superior. There's a reason we put it on the list of our apps that can replace iOS's defaults on your phone.

  • News: Intel shows 'world's fastest thumb drive'

    Intel is showing off what it called the "world's fastest thumb drive," which uses Thunderbolt technology to provide breakthrough data transfer speeds compared to flash drives that plug into USB ports.

  • 05 June 2013

  • News: Pioneer slashes AirPlay prices, aims at Bluetooth

    When customers in the Apple ecosystem shop for wireless speakers, the biggest consideration is whether to go with Bluetooth or AirPlay. And the argument has long gone that AirPlay's decided advantages--higher-quality audio and longer, Wi-Fi-based range--come with one significant disadvantage: AirPlay speakers cost substantially more than their Bluetooth counterparts. But it appears that Pioneer is looking to change that.

  • 04 June 2013

  • News: Virtuix Omni gaming treadmill will let you walk through your favorite game worlds

    So far, 2013 has been a real banner year for virtual reality enthusiasts. Oculus is almost done shipping the last of its Rift virtual reality headsets to Kickstarter backers. And Virtuix Tuesday launched its own Kickstarter (running through July) to fund manufacturing of its upcoming Omni treadmill (shown above in an artist's rendition).

  • News: Intel working on low-power Thunderbolt for tablets, smartphones

    A low-power Thunderbolt interconnect for smartphones and tablets is in the works, but the wired technology may not thrive if consumers prefer products using the wireless WiGig specification for data transfers.

  • News: Nvidia says Tegra 4 can power a better, cheaper stylus

    Nvidia is usually trumpeting the graphics performance of its Tegra 4 chip, but at the Computex trade show on Tuesday CEO Jen-Hsun Huang showed how its newest processor can be used to create a precise, affordable stylus for tablets.

  • 03 June 2013

  • News: Asus unveils VivoMouse, a funky trackpad-mouse hybrid

    Asus' foray into fantastical hybrids didn't end with the newly announced Transformer Book Trio. With the VivoMouse, Asus has combined mouse and trackpad into a single, odd-looking device.

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