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11 September 2013
News: IDF 2013 keynote: Intel announces Bay Trail tablet CPU, slew of Haswell Chromebooks

Intel on Wednesday ended weeks of speculation by launching "Bay Trail," the next-generation Atom Z3000 chip that pushes tablets towards PC-esque levels of performance.
News: Intel to demo notebook PC with integrated Kinect-like sensor at IDF

On Wednesday, Intel will show off a notebook with an integrated camera capable of interpreting gestures and understanding voice commands at its Intel Developer Forum, executives said.
News: Gigabyte levels up Brix mini-PC with Intel Iris Pro graphics

Home theater PCs usually aren't gaming-worthy unless they're as large as proper game consoles, but not Gigabyte's latest Brix, which packs Intel's high-end Iris Pro integrated graphics.
09 September 2013
News: Adobe Generator for Photoshop CC aims to make designing websites easier and better

Adobe has created a new tech for automating export from Photoshop, and it's first real-world use is for exporting site mockups as site assets for developers.
08 September 2013
News: Sony, Panasonic show consumer 4K camcorders

Sony is set to become the first company to offer a consumer-grade camcorder that shoots at four times the detail of today's best high-definition images.
05 September 2013
News: Nikon gears up for the holiday season with new compact camera models

What comes after Labor Day? Christmas.
04 September 2013
News: Sony alters point of view with new-concept video cameras

It's been a while since the camcorder broke out of the narrow confines of family celebrations to embrace extreme photography, GoPro style. But Sony's newest videocams now target a mélange of specific shooting situations and styles to capture shooters' creative aspirations.
News: Sony QX transforms smartphone into powerful point-and-shoot

Sony's new high-concept Cyber-shot QX lens cameras may look like a gigantic lens you place on top of your smartphone screen--which, oddly, you actually can do. But in reality, each of the two models, the higher-end QX100 and the smaller but farther-zooming QX10, is a standalone camera that will fit into a decent-sized pocket all by itself. The real advantage with these lens cameras--announced at the IFA consumers electronics show in Berlin--is that you can use either one with your smartphone to shoot photos with excellent image quality and resolution, in effect transforming your smartphone into a high-quality point and shoot.
News: Wacom drops "Bamboo" name for tablets with new Intuos line

Topping a summer of exciting announcements, on Wednesday Wacom announced a rebranding of its consumer and professional tablet line. The company has taken the Intuos name and applied it to its consumer line of digital drawing tablets, leaving the Bamboo brand for its basic iPad styluses. In addition, Wacom's new tablets have improved multitouch, built-in wireless options, and new designs.
28 August 2013
News: Twitter acquires Trendrr to get a better handle on tweets about TV

Twitter has acquired Trendrr, a data analysis company, to better leverage users' tweets about television to draw in more advertisers.
27 August 2013
News: Sony teases Sept. 4 unveiling of waterproof Xperia Z1 with a super-duper camera

A brief window between Labor Day in the U.S.--but before the IFA show starts in Berlin Sept. 6--is getting more than its fair share of mobile announcements.
News: Sony's new mirrorless cameras strive for enthusiast sweet spot

In a concerted effort to combat the Canon-Nikon DSLR juggernaut on the consumer market, Sony has released a pair of mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras--the Alpha 3000 and the NEX-5T--specifically for the step-up consumer and advanced photo crowd. Both are midlevel models, loaded with features for hobbyist shooters, at competitive prices.
26 August 2013
News: Intel bringing vision, 3D to laptop and tablet cameras

From mundane 2D devices, integrated cameras in laptops and tablets in the future will change into powerful 3D tools that can sense movement, track emotion, and even monitor reading habits of children, according to Intel.
23 August 2013
News: Copyright guru claims 'fair use' to fight YouTube takedown notice

Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig has filed a complaint in a U.S federal court after he was forced to take down a YouTube video of his lecture which included clips that depicted groups of people dancing to a copyrighted song.
21 August 2013
News: Google seeks experts for its soon-to-launch Helpouts video service

Google needs help. More specifically, the Internet giant is looking for people who are experts on basically anything to lead some of the first sessions for its soon-to-launch Helpouts video calling program.
20 August 2013
News: Hands on: YouTube update brings picture-in-picture to iOS

If you like to scour the deepest recesses of the Internet for everything from culturally-significant documentaries to the best recipe for a grilled cheese sandwich, you'll be happy to hear that Google has released version 2.0 of its YouTube client for iOS.
News: YouTube gets an update on mobile, with Chromecast in mind

YouTube is adding some new video-playing functions to its mobile app on both iOS and Android devices. Some of the tools are aimed at giving users more control over how they stream video to their television sets using Chromecast, Google's new video streaming device.
16 August 2013
News: 5 ways your smartphone's 'smarts' have become more important than the 'phone'

It's been headline news this week that smartphones outsold feature phones for the first time. Huzzah!
15 August 2013
News: Report: Graphics market grows, thanks to double-chip dipping

As more laptop makers add both integrated and discrete graphics to their PCs, the prospects for graphics chipmakers appear better than the PC makers themselves.
09 August 2013
News: Lumia 1020 vs Galaxy S4 vs HTC One cameras

Nokia's brand-new Lumia 1020 Windows Phone packs one of the most unique phone cameras on the market today. Carl Zeiss Tessar lens; 41MP (forty-one-megapixel) PureView camera; 1/1.5" sensor size; f/2.2 aperture; 26mm camera focal length; 15mm minimum focus range; Xenon flash with 4.0 m operating range; yada yada yada.