StarCraft: Heart Of The Swarm released

It`s been 2 years since StarCraft: Wings Of Liberty has been released and those of you that have been waiting and wanting more can rejoice. Blizzard has just released StarCraft: Heart Of The Swarm for your gaming pleasure.

Alleged video of the Samsung Galaxy S IV

With only two days left until Samsung officially unveils the new Galaxy S IV leaks are bound to happen, but is this the real deal?

AMD Richland: Minor Trinity refresh

The AMD Richland has been lifted and now details on this new processors are starting to emerge. The new AMD Richland processors are a refresh of the Trinity CPUs released around 11 months ago.

Philips unveils open APIs and IOS SDK for Hue lighting system

The Philips Hue is an interesting WI-FI connected lighting system of standard looking light bulbs. Making use of a smartphone or tablet the Hue lightning system allows you to play with tone, brightness and colour to create your ideal lighting and mood as well as turn lights on and off remotely. Well now there`s a developers kit for them.

New Samsung Galaxy S IV teaser

This is new Samsung Galaxy S IV teaser video, set for launch this Thursday the new Galaxy S IV is rumoured to have:

AMD launching FX-4350 and FX-6350 CPUs

New AMD Piledriver based CPUs are now available for pre-order. These 2 new processors, the FX-4350 and the FX-6350 are 4 and 6 core CPUs and here are some numbers for you:

Could this 3D display be in your future?

3D Display - Re-Imaging (Three.js & Leap Motion) from Robbie Tilton on Vimeo.

Very interesting 3D concept display here that`s rotatable and could be of great use to engineers and designers. It uses a prism and four images to create this 3D effect, now add gesture control and voila, one very cool almost holographic display.

Microsoft Kinect`s new trick: Pinch to zoom in thin air

Microsoft`s Kinect is a pretty cool device. Gamers and developers love it along with hobbyists and experimenters everywhere. But Microsoft has added some new tricks to Kinect, namely pinch to zoom in thin air.

AMD launching "Richland" March 12

AMD`s successor to its "Trinity" based CPUs (or APU) named "Richland" will land March 12. Richland is based on the Piledriver architecture and uses 32nm technology and features an integrated GPU based on the Radeon HD 8000 series and is backward compatible with the FM2 socket.

Apple launches new dual core i3 iMac for the education market

There`s a new iMac in town and this one`s aimed squarely at the education market. New the 21.5" iMac comes with a dual core i3 and it priced at $1099 and is available to the educational institutions only.

Intel launches Atom CE5300 series with easy streaming and transcoding

Intel Atom based servers are nothing new now, using the same old Atom CPU you`d get in a netbook or nettop. But the new Atom CE5300 System on a Chip is aimed squarely at the home storage market and allows "customers to easily set up all of their media in one place and avoid capacity limitations of mobile devices." This new dual core processor is capable of transcoding and adapting video content to suit a number of devices you may have. Think of an HD video streaming at 1080p to a TV, then converting to 720p for a tablet, and maybe even 480p (blah) for a smartphone for optimal viewing and storage.

Next iPad may drop in April, iPhone 5S in August

Here are a couple new Apple rumours surrounding the next iPad and iPhone 5S. As always these are just rumours but the alleged release schedule is well within Apple`s current timeline for releasing new products.

First BlackBerry 10 firmware update improves battery life and camera

BlackBerry has released a firmware update (the first actually) for the Z10. This update addresses a number of issues including battery life. The update is 150MB in size and is available over the air and also includes over 60 optimizations.

Overclockers push AMD`s FX-8350 past 8Ghz

Overclockers at Canada's biggest LAN party have pushed an AMD FX 8350 past 8Ghz (8027MHz). This was achieved using some extreme voltage and cooing (duh!) Pretty fast!

A win for BlackBerry: German government adopts the Z10

This is great news for BlackBerry, the German government will be implementing the new Z10. According the report the Germans plan to acquire 5000 Z10`s for use in “other secret sources in ministries and federal agencies” due to its impressive security features.

Rumour: Apple`s iWatch runs full IOS and arrives later this year

Chalk this one up as another iWatch rumour so here goes. The iWatch in its current prototype state allegedly runs a full version of IOS but there`s a problem, battery life is an issue.

Rumour: These are the Samsung Galaxy S4 specs

Samsung will be unveiling their new Galaxy S4 next week (March 14th). But that doesn`t stop people speculating what this new device will have or in this case someone with an alleged prototype posting its specs online.

Apple`s lightning adapter is a full computer

Panic the developers of Coda and Transmit disassembled the Lightning Digital AV cable that allows iOS devices to output HDMI to televisions. What they found is pretty interesting, the lightning adapter is way more complicated than previously thought. Panic has found an ARM chip along with 2GB of ram and it looks as though it runs some sort of mini IOS.

League of legends Open Beta available for Mac

The very popular multiplayer online game League of Legends is now available for the Mac and yes they are sure this time.

Overclocked AMD FX-4300 performance review

Really nice and detailed performance review of an overclocked AMD FX-4300 quad core CPU. As always Nicolas11x12 offers up great details and is very thorough in his testing. Some surprising results for this budget FX CPU. Highly recommended if you plan on overclocking this processor.

Judge reduces jury award in Apple vs Samsung case

On Friday Judge Lucy Koh of the federal court in northern California reduced the award Apple won by $450.5 million in the Apple vs Samsung case and ordered a new trial on damages, that`s a 40% reduction if you`re keeping score.

Ouya Android game consoles begin shipping to Kickstarter backers

Fresh new details about the Android powered Ouya game console: If you pre-ordered via Kickstarter you`ll be getting your game console sometime after March 28th. For that is the day the console begins shipping, to early backers that is.

Apple`s iTunes U hits one billion downloads

This is quite the milestone for Apple, iTunes U has hit one billion downloads. This catalog of free lectures can have an enrollment of up to 250000 on some of it`s more popular courses.

UK judge that shamed Apple now works for Samsung

The judge that ruled against Apple in an Apple vs Samsung case now has a job with Samsung. The Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob had the crazy idea of publicly shaming Apple by making them post a public apology to Samsung on their web site. Well he now works for Samsung as a patent expert in Samsung`s court battle against Ericsson. Even though it does not break any rules you got admit it just looks dirty.

No Diablo 3 interplay between PC and PS3 or PS4

It`s official, the Playstation 3 and Playstation 4 versions of Diablo 3 will not be able to connect to Blizzard`s Battle.net. So in essence you won`t have interplay between Playstation Network and Battle.net which means no interplay between the platforms. The interesting thing though is PS3/4 players of Diablo 3 won`t always need to be connected to play either.

Samsung`s Wallet looks a lot like Apple`s Passbook

Samsung has announced its new Wallet payment app at the Mobile World Congress and guess what company they looked to for inspiration.

Tizen looks a lot like Android

The Tizen open source mobile OS has had a number of false starts over the years. But now we can have a look at this first demo on a prototype Samsung phone. Bare in mind this is not a release ready product, a very early version actually, but it does look a lot like Android.

Samsung merging Bada and Tizen components

Samsung Media Solutions Center boss Hong Won-pyo has stated that Samsung plans to phase out the Bada operating system and focus its efforts on the new Tizen OS. Viewed as some as a maneuver to distance themselves from Google`s Android or just a precautionary move Tizen is also an open source mobile OS that will be launching in July or August of this year.

AMD will sell a cut down version of the Playstation 4 APU

Good news, AMD the makers of the processor that will be powering Sony`s next generation console the Playstation 4 will be offering a cut down version for sale later this year. This new 8 core APU will have the same number of cores and presumably the same graphics as the one in the Playstation 4 minus the custom Sony bits.

AMD TressFX: Having great gaming hair

Let`s face it, hair in video generally ranges from the blocky bad Lego hair to just plain awful. That said hair in video games is very difficult to pull off realistically, there`s just so many calculations involved to make it look and behave naturally. Well AMD can now give you a fantastic game hair day with its new TressFX technology.

Samsung announces Galaxy S4 unveiling March 14

Its Official, Samsung will unveil its next version of their Galaxy phone dubbed the S4 on March 14th in  an event in New York at 7pm. Tweets have gone out exclaiming "come and meet the next Galaxy." and "Ready 4 the show." (get it?) Can`t make it to New York? No problem, you can watch the event live on Samsung`s youtube channel here.

HP back in the tablet game with Android powered Slate 7

HP not all that long ago had their great webOS based TouchPad that didn`t get very much traction (until it was sold at liquidation prices) HP is now back with their Slate 7 and this time its Android powered and priced to sell at $169.

LG acquires webOS from HP

WebOS was a great mobile OS, and then it was gone. Acquired by HP from Palm a while back there were high hope that it would make a resurgence, that never happened. Enter LG. LG has just acquired the rights to webOS along with the source code and related documentation, engineering talent, and related webOS websites. LG are claiming that they will only use webOS in its smart TVs but I`m better they`re hedging their bets against Android.

Firefox OS for smartphones set for July release

Mozilla is getting into the smartphone OS business. Firefox OS for smartphones, and I`m betting tablets aren`t far behind will be completely open-source and rely on HTML5 standard as its guts. Touted as having a much smaller footprint than IOS or Android presumably this will not need the hardware requirements that seem to jump every year. Mozilla also stated that third party developers would be free to sell mobile apps without needing to share revenue.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Samsung has taken the wraps off their next Galaxy Note, The Samsung Note 8 sports an update suite of S-pen app, more cores, more ram, updated Android OS and some other noteworthy specs:

The iWatch is real and this is how it might work

Rumours and mystery surround the fabled iWatch, is it real, is this just wishful thinking or a dead end? Well, the iWatch took a step closer to reality when an Apple patent filing turned up showing off a concept watch.

Anonymous gets hacked

Well it looks like the hacking group known as Anonymous is itself not immune to being hacked. Another hacker group known as "Rustle League" has hacked Anonymous` twitter account @Anon_Central. Even though this hack was short lived (around 3 hours) it must be quite the embarrassment.

Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter: Orc trailer

Perfect World has released a new trailer for their upcoming MMO Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter. In this one we get a look at the Orcs in the game, and yes they do look like a fearsome bunch indeed.

Sony PlayStation app for IOS and Android coming soon

Sony has just announced the upcoming PlayStation 4 gaming console but it seems like they`re not done with announcements just yet. Sony will soon be releasing an IOS an Android app specifically geared toward the PlayStation 4.

Google releases Chromebook Pixel: Retina touchscreen Macbook Pro knockoff

Google announced today the availability of the next Chromebook, the Chromebook Pixel. Powering this new Chromebook is an i5 processor along with with either 32GB or 64GB of internal storage, a 720p webcam, 2 USB ports, SD card reader and of course a 2500x1700 resolution touchscreen.

Sony`s Playstation 4 is AMD powered and why this is good for AMD

The Playstation 4 has finally been revealed, great news for gamers everywhere but this is even bigger news for AMD. AMD took a beating in 2012, hardware expectations were not met, market share disappeared in PC and server space.

This is what its like to use Google`s Project Glass

Even though this isn`t the first video from Google showing off its Project Glass Project this one showcases some interesting aspects.

Ubuntu for tablets announced

Canonical has just announced a developer preview of a tablet ready version Ubuntu for Google`s Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets. What does Ubuntu offer? Multiple user accounts including a "guest" mode, multitasking, the ability to run tablet and phone apps, a Snap View feature similar to that in Windows 8 and much more. Expect this developer preview February 21st.

looks to be shaping up to be a great alternative to Android, IOS and Windows 8

IOS 6.1.2 update for iPhone, iPad released

Apple has released IOD 6.1.2 which addresses an Exchange Calendar bug.


• iPhone 3GS + higher
• iPad 2 + higher
• iPod Touch 4th generation + higher
• iPhone 5 + higher

update size 12.8MB, available though itunes or software update on your device.

AMD: Holodeck technology within a decade or two

General manager of AMD's global business units Lisa Su was quoted as saying that Holodeck technology made famous in Star Trek: The Next Generation is within grasp, not just yet but soon. She was joined by Levar Burton while speaking at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco on Monday morning to bring the point home emphasizing the current use of flip phones, Bluetooth earpieces and of course tablets.

AMD Kabini launching June 2013

AMD is releasing its new Kabini APU in June of this year. The new processors will have 2 or 4 cores, HD 8000 series graphics baked in, and power outputs will be between 15 and 25 W.

Apple to release IOS 6.1.2 next week

Some users are reporting some issues with IOS 6.1.1, so it looks like Apple will be releasing a new update. Primarily this new updated will address issues with Microsoft exchange and a passcode vulnerability.

Tamagotchi lives again as an Android app

Remember that Tamagotchi craze from years ago? Well if you want to relive those good old days of wasting your time trying to keep that stupid thing alive or you missed out on the mind numbing boredom spiced with frustration now`s your chance. This one`s from Bandai and Sync Beats Entertainment, good news is that it`s free, bad news is your time shouldn`t be.

Hedge funds fueled Apple`s share price dive

It looks like Apple`s fourth quarter share price dive was the result of the old "pump and dump". Some of the biggest hedge funds dumped massive amounts of stock, spooking the little investor.

Microsoft has no "Plan B" when it comes to mobile

Microsoft CFO Peter Klein was quoted as saying "It's less 'Plan B' than how you execute on the current plan, We aim to evolve this generation of Windows to make sure we have the right set of experiences at the right price points for all customers." So far Microsoft has not managed to make any kind of significant dent in the mobile space with any of it`s mobile products.

Rumour: Apple TV event in March

Chalk this one up as rumour but here goes, in March Apple will be hosting an event dedicated to television related product. Along side this will be an Apple TV SDK launch for developers to take advantage of.

This is PixelTone: An Adobe editing app you talk to

Adobe, the makers of Photoshop have something up their sleeve. This is PixelTone and it`s an app co-developed by the University of Michigan that allows you to edit photos simply by talking to it.

Charge your iPhone, with your drinks

Running out of juice for your iPhone sucks. But this Kickstarter project just might have you covered. This is the Epiphany One Puck, its a coaster that uses extremes in temperature be it hot or cold to create electricity to charge your iPhone. Though not available yet I want one.

BlackBerry creative director caught using iPhone

So it looks like Alicia Keys the new "creative director" for BlackBerry doesn`t have too much love for the new BlackBerry Z10 she SHOULD be using. Why? Well she`s been sending tweets from her iPhone thats why.

Intel to launch internet TV service this year

Intel has online TV plans and it`s coming this year. Even though Intel is still negotiating with content providers the service will reportedly stream live TV and provide content on demand.

New Surface Pro commercial shows this is the perfect device for bringing crappy music to work

Microsoft what are you thinking?!? What`s with the crazy dance off stuff? This is the new Surface Pro commercial entitled "The Vibe", and what does it telegraph? If you bring this device to your office it will become an instant dance party (If that`s the case I`d go full rabid berserker squatch on all these people! Swear to you dear reader I would!)

sad, very sad

AMD`s next generation graphics cards may slip to end of 2013

Even though AMD has not officially commented on the subject it looks like no new graphics from AMD until the end of 2013.  Each successive card usually debuts 9 to 13 months after the last release but there seems to be a break from that schedule this time.

Rumour: Apple is working on iWatch and here are some details

Seems like this rumour will just not go away. This time it has Apple testing curved glass for its alleged iWatch project. This new batch of rumours comes from the New York Times:

Watch The Pirate Bay movie online free now

The Pirate Bay documentary TPB AFK is available to watch online for free right now in its entirety. And ironically it`s not piracy, the creators of TPB AFK have put it on YouTube and also made it available on The Pirate Bay site, and have offered it as a digital download.


The documentary about the founders of the Pirate Bay. Share it with the world! Support the filmmakers of this free film here www.tpbafk.tv
A film by Simon Klose

"Genetic hard drive" could store data using DNA

This is quite interesting, could we be in store for a new storage medium or storage revolution? Scientists have recently been able to store Shakespeare`s collected works (154 sonnets) on strands of DNA. They were then able to decode the same stored information with complete accuracy.

Ubuntu phone out this October

Canonical the makers of Ubuntu are claiming that the new Ubuntu OS will be available to developers by February and ready for launch in "two geographically large markets" this October.

Watch Siri become a home automation wizard

Home automation is pretty cool, a bit of work but the results can be really good. Watch as Apple`s Siri becomes a home automation wizard with the help of a Raspberry Pi.

Michael Dell buys his baby Dell Inc back takes the company private

Dell founder Michael Dell has taken the company his founded 30 years ago in his University of Texas dorm private. In a deal the works out to be $13.65 per share this actually turns out to be a bit of a premium for Dell share holders, the company currently is worth $24.4 Billion.

Ouya Android game console coming to Best Buy

You remember Ouya the Kickstarter Android game console project? Well if you missed your chance to get in on the ground floor via Kickstarer you`ll have the chance to snatch up the retail version in June of this year. The Ouya console will be sold at Amazon, Best Buy, Gamestop, Target and other retailers for $99. The console will come bundled with a controller, but other accessories will be offered in the near future.

Anonymous releases data on over 4000 US bank executives

Wow, this one`s got to hurt. The group known as Anonymous has attacked the United States government again. This time while most people were watching Super Bowl 47 on Sunday, Anonymous published login and private information on over 4,000 American bank executives on the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center website. The file posted contained the names, titles, email addresses, physical addresses, fax numbers, mobile phone numbers, login IDs, IP addresses, hashed password and other details.

IOS 6.1 jailbreak out now

The Evad3rs Jailbreak Team have released their jailbreak tool evasi0n. The tool jailbreaks the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad mini, all iPad models as well as third, fourth and fifth generation iPod Touch devices running iOS 6.0 or iOS 6.1. This is an untethered jailbreak allowing users to not have to connect their devices to computers. There`s also a step-by-step guide if you`ve never attempted this before.

get it here

Android malware hacks your PC and eavesdrops on you using the microphone

Android users beware of the sketchy app (what an appropriate name lol) because this one can hurt. Kaspersky has discovered that this little app has the ability to do these lovely things on your phone:

AMD A6-5400K unlocked APU review

What can I say about AMD`s lowest priced APU, it`s basically a great part if you`re only interested in office and casual gaming. The great feature of this APU is you get an unlocked processor which allows for overclocking and a built in DX11 capable GPU on a budget.

Linux Mint 15 Olivia

Linux Mint 15 will be called "Olivia" and by all rights should be available for download by May 2013. Not many details have been revealed so far other than the following features:


Cinnamon
MATE
KDE
Xfce

that`s all i got for now

not much more here

AMD adds Athlon X2 280 CPU and drops prices on others

AMD is adding a "new" CPU to it`s AM3 list. The Athlon X2 280 is a dual core CPU and clocks in at 3.6 GHz, this part also has a 2 MB L2 cache and fits into a 65W thermal envelope. Prices start at $49 for the new part.

more here

StarCraft II Heart Of The Swarm opening cinematic

StarCraft II Heart Of The Swarm is arriving soon but here`s the opening cinematic if you just can`t wait. Featured is Sarah Kerrigan as the Queen Of Blades being totally badass. Looks really good.

HTC CEO spotted with M7 flagship smartphone

HTC Chief Peter Chou is shown here showing off the new HTC M7 smartphone. Amidst chants of "H-T-C" we see peter Chou hold up this new upcoming flagship device from HTC and he even uses it to take a picture of the crowd of HTC employees.

iPhone and Android users try to figure out the BlackBerry 10

Hasn`t even been a day since the unveil of the new BlackBerry 10 and now you`re getting iPhone and Android smartphone users already making the inevitable usability comparisons or complaints. Some are reporting a confusing setup process while others seems just plain old lost, Anyhow this video is good for some laughs.

Dodging iPhone questions, RIM style

When asked "what have you learned from Apple" RIM`s European managing director Stephen Bates really did not have anything to say on that subject, at all! The question gets repeated numerous times and it`s as if it was never heard. The comparisons are inevitable so might as well answer them, silence makes you look bad.

AMD Richland Gesture Control and Face Login

AMD will be bundling what it calls it`s "Elite Software Experience" with the Richland APU due out Q2 2013. This bundle includes software for gesture control, facial recognition, wireless connectivity and streaming video. Looks like pretty cool stuff but I`m waiting for a hands-on.

you can find out more at the AMD site here

Apple announces 128GB iPad

Apple today announced a new storage option for the iPad 4, a 128GB version will be out February 5th. Prices are as follows: $799 for the 128GB wi-fi version and $929 for the 128GB with wi-fi + cellular.

Gravity controlled NOT PAC-MAN now out for IOS and Android... kinda

This is Not Pac-Man, its the Pac-Man video game from yesteryear you know and love but with a twist, as opposed to controlling Pac-Man with a joystick you tilt your device to make the little yellow guy go where you want him to go. Unfortunately not available from the Google Marketplace or App store but if you contact the developer he`ll send you a download link.

Anonymous hacks Department of Justice in Operation Last Resort

Anonymous has taken down the US Justice Department`s Sentencing Commission site and left a threatening video behind. They are calling this new round of attacks "Operation Last Resort".

Gizmo Board: Tinker with an AMD powered embedded system board

AMD and Gizmosphere are trying to get the attention of independent developers, embedded system builders and hobbyists everywhere by offering you the Gizmo Board. Gizmo Board is a 4" square board with a dual core 1GHz G-T40E x86 APU with Radeon 6250 GPU, 1 GB of ram soldered on to the board, VGA, two USB 2.0 ports, ethernet and two proprietary I/O ports for $199.

Did you know your iPhone has a 3D display?

Lumino Kinetic + Beyond from Yuri Endo on Vimeo.

Want objects to jump of the screen of your iPhone (or any device for that matter) just a couple of prisms and you can create an illusion used for centuries called Pepper`s ghost. But this trick called "luminogeist" created by Japanese designer Yuri Endo uses four prisms to get the effect.

First footage of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs from the upcoming film iJobs

The biographical film iJobs is about to premier at the Sundance Film Festival so ET has some footage of the upcoming film. Set the be released April 19th iJobs stars Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs and Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak and follows the story of Steve Jobs from 1971 through to 2000.

Apple TV 3 jailbreak imminent

Apple TV will be getting an untethered jailbreak very soon. Developers at ATV3 Chip Group have an exact date for you and it`s February 1st 2013. The software will be free and will obviously add extra functionality to the Apple TV.

Intel will not make desktop motherboards anymore

Intel has just announced that it`s getting out of the desktop motherboard business. Over the next 3 years Intel will slowly wind down production of motherboards, but they will still supply companys such as ASUS, Gigabyte and others chipsets.

AMD hires ex Apple and Qualcomm chip designers

AMD is looking to diversify its product lines. AMD has recently hired two senior engineers with experience in low power chip design work from Qualcomm and Apple.

Atari files for Bankruptcy

The once great home and arcade gaming powerhouse Atari has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US. By filing for bankruptcy Atari will be protected from Infogrames, Atari`s current French owner to which they owe a substantial amount of money.

Samsung mocks RIM in new commercial

We know Samsung goes to great lengths to mock Apple, but RIM? In this latest ad Samsung mocks RIM and at one point an actor asks "are you finally going to retire that thing?" Sounds like Samsung is bit worried about the upcoming BlackBerry Z10 launch if you ask me.

Check out this autonomous Raspberry Pi powered R2-D2

This is one very cool mod. This project started out as a broken R2-D2 toy and was not only repaired but modded with a Raspbery Pi running Pasbian to make it autonomous making it almost as cool as the onscreen Star Wars movie version.

Watch Kim Dotcom`s totally over the top MEGA launch event

Kim Dotcom`s a big man, so was the launch event for MEGA. This one has everything, helicopters, tribal dancers, techno, pretty girls and of course flamboyant speeches from the man himself all from his mansion.

pure spectacle, but 50 free GB of storage!

Russia crushes fake iPhones with bulldozer

Russia gets tough on counterfeits, watch as a bulldozer does it`s thing on these seized fake iPhones in the war against counterfeit goods.

Kim Dotcom wants to give you 50GB of free storage

Kim Dotcom isn`t going to let the Feds keep him down, his new site Mega will give every user who signs up 50GB of storage free. Looks like he`s laying down the gauntlet to the likes of Dropbox and Skydrive, but you`ll have to wait until Saturday when his new file sharing site Mega goes live.

Apple`s "churning of the gut"

Over at daringfireball John Gruber has an interesting piece on the current state of Apple`s share price. I`ve personally met the kind of people he site so I`m inclined to agree with his article.

TSMC to fab Apple 20nm SoC

Just a rumour at this point, but it looks like Taiwan`s TSMC is going to get the contract to fabricate the generation of Apple`s SoC that powers the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

Full features of BlackBerry Z10 video

Curious to know what`s in store for the BlackBerry Z10 launch? Well here`s an extensive video covering just that. Points covered are multitasking, messaging center, general user interface. Its a really nice video with great close ups. Kudos to German website TelekomPresse.

AMD FX series: What`s under the lid, literally

Reviewers have already covered the performance and benchmarked AMD`s FX series processors so this is not the point of this article. As some of you may know the FX series ships in a fancy tin box, but did you know the tin insert is made out of recycled tin boxes? Well if you look at the under side of the tin you`ll encounter the original product from where it came. Some buyers have found tins from "Hubei caihua tea industrial co., ltd", Archer Farms and Marlboro just to name a few.

Former Reddit co-owner Aaron Swartz dies

Former Reddit co-owner and the co-author of RSS 1.0 specs Aaron Swartz has committed suicide at the age of 26.

TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay documentary

Don`t think there are to many people who have not heard of the Pirate Bay. It`s the file sharing site that just won`t go away. So this is their story, and it`s coming soon.

Apple adds subscription TV service to Apple TV in Germany

German Apple TV owners got an interesting update to their Apple TV set top boxes, a subscription TV app service called Whatever which is basically a German version of Hulu.

Raspberry Pi sells over a million units

The darling of low cost DIY micro computers has moved over a million units. No small feat considering there are only 2 official distributers. Despite the low specs (and low cost) they`re turning out to be pretty hackable little things, nice project.

Corning Gorilla Glass 3 demo

Gorilla Glass is tough stuff, well Corning is now making it tougher with Gorilla Glass 3. Corning is using ‘a completely new glass composition, with durability enhancements developed at the structural level of the glass.

Draw! err talk! The quick draw iPhone answering machine

I don`t like missing calls as much as the next guy (unless I`m screening them) so this Japanese man came up with a solution, a gizmo that straps to your arm and whips out your iPhone so you never miss a call.

how do you disable that thing? hate for it to go off if i`m taking a whizz

Turn an old Game Boy into an Android game pad

This looks like a fun DIY project, turn that old Nintendo Game Boy you have laying around into a retro looking Android game pad. This is a pretty cool game controller, and you get to make it.

Ubuntu mobile demo at CES

I like Ubuntu, I`ve used it on and off (but prefer Mint). So when hearing that Mark Shuttleworth of Canonical will be there demoing Ubuntu mobile I was intrigued. It looks fast and sleek and for those familiar with current Ubuntu builds has a Unity like bar at the side (love it or hate it). So far this has been a hands off demo and Canonical has no dedicated hardware vendors picking up this OS until 2014. Still nice to see an alternative.

Microsoft IllumiRoom: turn an entire wall into an intense gaming experience

This is part of Microsoft`s vision for your living room, intense and larger than life gaming on your wall.

An almost 20 minute complete walkthrough of the BlackBerry 10

For those of you waiting for the release of the BlackBerry 10 you may want to check out this complete walkthrough, showcasing pretty much everything you`d want to know about the OS.

Huawei Ascend Mate, World`s largest phone screen. Nosfuratu approves

This is the Huawei Ascend Mate and it is a monster phone. Coming in with 6.1" screen and a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor the Ascend Mate also packs an 8 megapixel camera and runs on Android Jelly Bean. Why do you we need these behemoth phones, are they still technically phones?

A Tour of Haiku Alpha 4 BeOS lives!

BeOS was amazing for its time and gathered quite the following. The brainchild of former manager of Apple France many have mourned the passing of BeOS but now it`s been revived, with a direct clone of the original user interface and file manager.

PaperTab: Flexible E-ink tablet

Now this is something, a flexible E-ink tablet that when grouped can display individual apps or extend the viewable area of an app. Fully networked, low power and most of all flexible, looks pretty durable too.

Nvidia Project Shield, hand held android game console

Nvidia made a big announcement today at CES. They will be building their own game console backed by Android. Project Shield as it is named comes with Tegra 4 SOC, full controller, HDMI, micro USB and microSD, 5 inch touch screen at 720p, 10 hour battery life and the ability to output to a 4k display.

pretty interesting development considering Nvidia use to make hardware for everyone else

Nasciturus: Classical music composed by a computer in less than a second

This classical piece entitled "Nasciturus" was composed by lamas, a computer cluster in Spain with absolutely no human intervention.

New processors spotted on AMD`s website

Even though the new "E" series processors are still a couple months away AMD is already listing them on their site.

Microsoft campus gets burgled only iPads taken

Too funny, Microsoft had one of it`s campuses broken into in Mountain view California late last year. The thief or thieves broke into 3 offices in Building 5 between December 19th and the 26th and despite the fact there was tons of stuff (probably Surfaces) only iPads were taken.

The original Android mascot looks like a hard drinking guzzle-bot

On Google+ Android engineer Dan Morril shared some very renderings of the original Android mascot. Dubbed "Dandroids" can you believe these things were on Google`s short list? This one looks like he`s drunk for sure, so do the rest.

guzzle-bot`s the name going on benders is my game, good thing they went with what they have now.

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Apple and Intel rumoured to be working on iWatch

Rumour has it that Apple and Intel are collaborating to produce a smart watch in 2013. There are already a number of these things on the market, being over glorified bluetooth notification centers for smartphones powered by Android.

Phishing in pictures U.S. more dangerous than Russia and China

Netcraft has published an interesting map outlining the chances of a phishing attack based by country.

Samsung to sell Tizen OS based smartphones after Google`s Motorola deal

Samsung recently made an announcement that it will start selling smartphones based on the Tizen OS backed by Intel. This in reaction to a new Google and Motorola mobility deal.

New Ultra thin magnetic iPhone 5 keyboard and game controller

This is the EX Hybrid Controller System for your iPhone 5 and it is ingenious. Not only is it a magnetically attached Bluetooth 3.0 keyboard, if you flip it over you get a game pad too. The unit is made from aluminium, boasts 40 hours of usage, is water and dust proof and takes only an hour to charge with a pretty decent standby time of 160 hours.

Linus Torvalds likes the F-Bomb

Just before Christmas Linus Torvalds added this to a discussion thread regarding pulseaudio/tumbleweed being buggy. Hint, not a happy Linus.

AMD "Richland" to debut mid year

AMD will be replacing its current generation of A-series processors or APUs by the middle of 2013. The new processor core based on the Piledriver architecture will be called "Richland".

Next generation iPhone and IOS 7 found in web logs

Apple developer logs have found something interesting, namely references to a new iPhone and IOS 7. Unnamed sources have stated that these web log entries started showing up lately as "iPhone 6,1 and another entry "IOS 7". Obviously not much is known about this device or OS because you know, Apple really don`t talk much about unreleased products.

Apple moves chip production from Samsung to TSMC

Looks like the war between Apple and Samsung is getting personal. Apple has contracted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company or TSMC for short to fabricate its A6X mobile processor found in the iPhone 5 and current iPad.

Intel will not announce TV service at CES

No Intel TV at CES this year but there are still some juicy rumours surrounding this not so secret set top box.