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Sony Vaio S Gets Two-Fisted Upgrade

It's A Doubleheader Of Upgrades For The Sony Vaio S Laptop Line, Complete with New Processors & Graphics
By on Tuesday, 15. May 2012

Big day for the Sony Vaio laptop fans out there who may find themselves in the market for a new model, as Sony today announced that their Vaio S line would be getting a pretty healthy upgrade in the processor and graphics department. You’ve probably already guessed what the processor [...]

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Roccat Savu Makes Its Appearance In Markets

Roccat's New Gaming Mouse, The Savu, Finally Emerges For Gamers Who Want A Powerful New Control Option
By on Tuesday, 15. May 2012

Our friends out at the Max Borges Agency tipped us off about the launch of the new Savu mouse from Roccat. And while this isn’t the first such bit of news we’ve heard out of Roccat lately, it is worth noting due to the variety of options this mouse will [...]

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iPhone To Get Chrome Browser This Year, Say Reports

Google's Browser Of Choice, Chrome, Will "Definitely" Hit iPhones This Year, According To Reports
By on Tuesday, 15. May 2012

Anyone else having a “don’t cross the streams” moment? Reading that headline might have given you one. It certainly gave me one, and I wrote it. But the reason I’m having such a thoroughly cinematic moment here is that it was announced today that Google would “definitely” be bringing the [...]

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7.85 Inch "iPad Mini" To Incorporate New Technology, Launch By End Of Year, Say Reports

New Reports Emerge Surrounding The Potential Launch Of The 7.85 Inch iPad Said To Launch Later This Year
By on Tuesday, 15. May 2012

The concept of the 7.85 inch iPad–sometimes referred to as the iPad Mini–continues to roll on and pick up steam. And while recent reports have given us a better idea of when the device is likely to show up, they’ve also given us a better look at what it might [...]

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Siri Gets Update, Stops Recommending Other Phones

Recent Updates Change Traitorous Siri's Stance On Just Which Smartphone Is The Best Ever
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

Just a couple days ago, our own Kevin Schram filled us in on a bit of an unexpected debacle for Apple: when users asked Siri just which smartphone was the best ever, Siri took them literally–a bit too literally, in fact–and searched Wolfram Alpha results for the highest-rated smartphone out [...]

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Dish Network's Hopper DVR Draws Ire From Content Providers

One Of Hopper's Features Called "Strange" & "An Insult" By NBC & Fox
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

After Dish Network’s bizarre introduction of the Hopper and Joey systems–featuring a live kangaroo at one point–it was clear that this wasn’t going to be just your ordinary product launch. But the current word from some of the content providers that Dish Network works with–specifically, NBC and Fox–says that, while [...]

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Data Killer Takes Your Hard Drive & Permanently Blanks It

Those Looking For Secure Disposal Of Data May Want A Data Killer Of Their Own
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

It’s a funny thing about deleting a file. Funny videos about Macs aside (if you’ve not yet seen Hunter Cressall’s old but still hilarious “tribute” to Macs, it’s worth a look), when you delete a file in the Recycle Bin or the like, it’s never really “gone”. If you know [...]

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Buffalo WZR-D1800H Wireless Router First To Ship In 802.11ac

Buffalo Brings Out Wireless Router & Media Bridge That Offer 802.11ac Capability & Some Impressive Speeds Besides
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

With more and more people getting high-speed internet access into their homes–and though the pace of it is advancing with nearly glacial slowness, it’s hard to deny that there is, in fact movement–having a good quality wireless router isn’t a terrible idea either. While some companies are offering them free [...]

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Verizon's Galaxy S III May Have Shown Up In Benchmarking

New Reports Indicate A Possible Processor In Mind For Verizon's Galaxy S III, News Very Good For Power Smartphone Buffs
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

Recent reports have emerged about a new phone coming to Verizon, and the early reports of that phone are very good indeed. They’re all about a phone dubbed the SCH-i535, and while some are hailing it as the upcoming Galaxy S III, the facts about it suggest that, whatever it [...]

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New MacBook Pro May Hit This Summer, Say Reports

Newest Reports Indicate That An Augmented, Redesigned MacBook Pro May Hit Shelves Over The Summer
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

What a way to kick off a week, huh? Apple rumors staring me right in the face! And this one is going to be pretty impressive indeed, especially for all of you out there who like your Apple gear in the slightly bigger variety, as reports of the redesigned, and [...]

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