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  • 20 July 2012

  • Opinion: Idioms Lost to Tech

    Technology changes everything, from how we shop to how we stay in touch with friends. And it definitely changes the way we talk--just a few years ago phrases like "Facebook friends," "trending on Twitter," and "I can has more cheezburger?" didn't even exist.

  • 19 July 2012

  • Opinion: Privacy Monitoring App Clueful Booted from iOS App Store

    Apple has given the boot to BitDefender's Clueful, a privacy monitoring app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

  • Opinion: BBC to Test Ultra High-Definition TV at London 2012 Olympics

    If you think 1080p is impressive, just wait until you feast your eyes on Super Hi-Vision, an ultra-high definition television format with 16 times the image resolution of the 1080p HDTV standard. The BBC will conduct Super Hi-Vision trials during the London 2012 Olympics, which run from July 27 through August 12.

  • 18 July 2012

  • Opinion: Hands-on: Samsung EX2F Brings Wi-Fi With an F1.4 Lens to the Premium Class

    Samsung announced the high-end EX2F premium point-and-shoot a few weeks ago, and at the time, the camera's bright F1.4 aperture at the wide-angle end of its 3.3X-optical-zoom lens (24mm to 79mm) was a unique feature for a fixed-lens camera. It still is, but now the EX2F has some competition: Panasonic's Lumix LX7, which offers the same F1.4 aperture at its widest-angle focal length. They're the two fastest, brightest lenses in the compact class.

  • Opinion: Shoe-Mounted Smartphone Controller Brings New Perspective to Wearable Technology

    What's this? An alternative to fumbling for my smartphone in a mad panic? The ability to discreetly S.O.S for rescue in the event of a bad blind date? A way to sneakily record conversations? I'm down with that. While I have a feeling that clumsy people like me would probably break the hardware before the end of the first day, ShoeSense is still exciting to contemplate.

  • 17 July 2012

  • Opinion: Apple, branded in the Middle Kingdom

    In 1997, I interviewed a senior Apple executive who was in Hong Kong to discuss Cupertino's strategy. At the time, Apple's market-share for their Macintosh brand of computers hovered at about three percent, and Microsoft had just taken a US$150 million stake in Apple. Windows and Internet Explorer owned personal-computing mindshare.

  • Opinion: Google Nexus 7 Tablets Selling on eBay With Premiums Added to Their Prices

    If you can't wait one to four weeks to get your hands on a Nexus 7 tablet from GooglePlay, you can get one on eBay now--you'll just have to pay a premium for it.

  • Opinion: iPhone 5 Expected to Have Thinner, In-Cell Display

    Apple’s iPhone 5 may be thinner thanks to a new type of display technology that may also help the device have a larger screen without adding any extra weight, according to an online report. Apple’s iPhone 5 will reportedly feature a display called in-cell technology that integrates the touch sensors inside the LCD panel. The new type of LCD display will help Apple save about 0.02 of an inch (0.5mm), according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

  • 16 July 2012

  • Opinion: US Navy's Unmanned SeaFox Submarines Play a Dangerous Game of Minesweeper

    The incredible innovations made possible by the United States military never fail to impress, and the unmanned SeaFox falls right into line with some of the coolest automated gadgetry lurking beneath the water.

  • Opinion: Create Beautiful Star-Trail Photos With Almost Any Camera

    If you're a space geek like me, you know that this has been a great season. Not only did we get to witness the extraordinary transit of Venus across the sun in June, but we also enjoyed a spectacular annular solar eclipse in May. And more recently, NASA announced that one of the Voyager probes has finally left the solar system for interstellar space.

  • Opinion: EnableTalk Translates Sign Language Into Speech, Gives New Meaning to 'Talking With Your Hands'

    While Imagine Cup winners have come up with some truly nifty stuff over the years, this ingenious piece of work from Ukrainian team QuadSquad sort of takes the proverbial cake.

  • 13 July 2012

  • Opinion: Play Pong and Read Emails With Your Eyes Using This $60 Device

    A team of researchers from Imperial College London have developed an eye-tracking device that lets you control a computer, and not just control it, play games, read e-mails, and even browse the web.

  • Opinion: Android, iOS Called Dominant Smartphones

    Google's Android and Apple's iOS account run 86 percent of the U.S. smartphones, leaving RIM's Blackberry and other mobile platforms -- we're looking at you, Windows Phone -- in the dust.

  • Opinion: An iPhone Case Doubles as a Stun Gun

    There are plenty of cases that will protect your iPhone from just about anything, but how many will protect you?

  • Opinion: Lockheed Martin Recharges Flying UAVs With Freaking Lasers

    We've seen lasers do some pretty awesome things like break records and make laser-cut robots. But this ground-to-air recharging laser developed by LaserMotive Inc might just be the coolest thing we've ever heard about.

  • 12 July 2012

  • Opinion: Profiles in Geekdom: Musician Adam Young of Owl City

    Imagine this: You start out making music for fun in your parent's basement. You post some of your songs online. People discover them and like what they hear, and suddenly you have a fanbase. You sign a record deal, create a few albums, and one of your songs hits the top of the charts. And it all started in a basement. Sounds pretty improbable, doesn't it?

  • 11 July 2012

  • Opinion: Nexus 7 Costs $160 to Make, Says iSuppli

    Google's Nexus 7 might turn a small profit after all, according to a third-party estimate by IHS iSuppli.

  • Opinion: Amazon Smartphone: What We Know So Far

    The Amazon smartphone--just a whisper a scant eight months ago--has become a solid bet to appear later this year or early next.

  • Opinion: Android Jelly Bean Update Released For The Unlocked Galaxy Nexus

    Have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus that isn't running on Verizon or Sprint? Well good news! The update to Android Jelly Bean has started rolling out and should be hitting your phone in the next couple of days. The update brings with it Google Now, new notifications, and a much more responsive interface thanks to Project Butter.

  • Opinion: New iPod Nano: Shapeshifting One More Time?

    Apple products often retain a consistent design over several generations, but the iPod nano is an exception. The images below, provided by our friends at Macworld, clearly illustrate this point. The 3rd-generation iPod nano was short and wide; the 4th- and 5th-gen models were relatively tall and thin; and the current 6th-gen nano is nearly square with wristwatch-like dimensions.

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