Archive for June, 2011 - Page 5

iFixIt has a penchance for tearing down just about any electronic gadgetry the team can get its hands on. To satisfy our curiosity for why the Apple Thunderbolt cable costs so much, iFixIt took the cable under knife and revealed a few surprises.

Acer is reportedly reducing shipments of new notebook and netbook models, in the light of slow product movement. It seems the company wants to move its products faster by pricing them competitively.

Your smartphone might soon help you diagnose illnesses and disease, reminiscent of tricorders used by Dr. McCoy in Star Trek.

Mobile networks are starting to roll out their 4G capabilities. But what do you do with all that speed if your device cannot efficiently store large amounts of data? Samsung’s latest microSD cards promise to support performance requirements of 4G smartphones.

Ubuntu Mobile is a tool that lets you run Ubuntu Linux on Android smartphones and handsets. While the tool used to involve some complicated steps for installation, a new Android app will make installation easier through an automated process.

The Barnes & Noble Nook Color is considered a capable Android tablet whether or not you root it. In an effort to attract people to their brick-and-mortar stores, Barnes & Noble is offering free in-game content to visitors.

Utah has some unique laws what with the role that religion played in its history and what not. If you’ve ever tried to purchase alcohol in Utah, you know what I’m talking about. Like California, Utah had a bill discouraging the sale of violent video games to minors. Now, following [...]

This Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 rivalry has been festering for a while, but mostly it’s just been EA and DICE bashing Modern Warfare 3 so far. This time around though, it’s Sledgehammer Games’ Glen Schofield firing shots at Battlefield, with Schofield choosing to focus on the recent announcement [...]

The Chicagoland area, near Motorola’s Schaumburg, Illinois campus, is always great for possibly seeing an unreleased Motorola device on the Chicago ‘L’ or bus. And now, we sort of have a virtual Chicago sighting. According to EXIF data, a picture was briefly posted to Flickr – taken in Libertyville, Illinois, [...]

Famitsu is a famous and highly respected Japanese gaming magazine. Their reviews consist of four editors issuing a score on a 1-10 scale, and then the combined scores is the “review score”. Getting a 40/40 from them is somewhat rare and illustrious. It’s only happened 15 times in the magazine’s [...]