LG officially announces 5-inch Optimus Vu
LG has officially announced the launch of its Optimus VU smartphone. The 5 inch display bearing Android smartphone is a direct competition to Samsung Galaxy Note and Acer Iconia Smart. The LG Optimus VU comes in a… more…
Top rugged camera gets update… and $180 baby brother
Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-TS3 was already the one camera you’d probably want to take on “The Amazing Race,” but today its maker announced a new wave of rugged digital cameras, including an update to the flagship, now called… more…
Samsung to run Super Bowl ad for “revolutionary” product reveal
While some people will watch the Super Bowl on Sunday to actually see the Patriots and the Giants clash, some people will only care about the TV commercials. The Super Bowl is usually the single biggest TV… more…
Lenovo’s 14″ IdeaPad Y470p launches with Radeon HD 7690M GPU
Who knew a “p” packed so much punch? Just weeks after Lenovo cut loose with a boatload of new machines, the outfit has quietly slipped out an even newer model tailored for gamers. The 14-inch IdeaPad Y470p… more…
ASUS sneak attacks the business world with 12.5-inch B23E laptop
ASUS was plenty busy at CES last week, but it held back at least one product on us — the B23E. This 12.5-inch business laptop packs a Core i5 or i7, up to 8GB of RAM and… more…
Rumor: Next Xbox processor in production?
Microsoft has yet to give an official announcement about its plans for a successor to its Xbox 360 console. However, the rumors of that console (called Xbox Next or Xbox 720 in the media) have continued to… more…
Microsoft says Halo 4 beta invites are fakes
Microsoft and its internal game development studio 343 Industries are busy creating Halo 4, the next game in the best selling sci-fi first person shooter series for the Xbox 360 console. The game isn’t due to be… more…
AMD to launch ultrabook platform with lower cost
As Intel is ready to launch its next-generation Ivy Bridge platform for ultrabooks in April, hoping to bring down the average price of ultrabooks to US$799-999 with enhanced performance, AMD is also set to launch its Trinity-based… more…
Samsung Transparent Smart Window wins CES 2012 innovation award
Microsoft wrapped up their final appearance at CES with a bang, but what may have been the coolest windows product to emerge from last week’s event had nothing to do with a new smartphone or the notable… more…
Intel explains faked DX11 Ultrabook demo at CES 2012
Earlier this week, we reported that during Intel’s CES 2012 press event, it showed a demo of a racing game, Codemasters’ F1 2011, running on DirectX 11 on an Ultrabook. Except that it wasn’t a live game… more…
Xbox 360 Extends Win Streak to 12 Straight Months with Banner Holiday Sales
With a strong holiday sales period finishing a banner year, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 ended 2011 as the best-selling current-generation console in the U.S., outselling the second-place console by more than 2.7 million units, according to The NPD… more…
Microsoft looks into mass suicide threat at Xbox China plant
In a case that seems similar to previous events in China in 2010, CNN reports that Microsoft is investigating reports that workers at a Foxconn plant that makes the Xbox 360 console had threatened to commit mass… more…
Sony Doesn’t Plan To Unveil A New PlayStation At Key Trade Show
Sony said it does not plan on making an announcement about a new home console at this year’s E3 videogame trade show, deflating expectation that a successor to its PlayStation 3 will be on its way soon.… more…
Twitter dumps on Google’s new search revamp
On Tuesday, we reported on Google’s major revamp of its search service. That revamp included adding information to search results generated from Google’s own Google+ social network. Now AllThingsD.com reports that in a rather unusual and public… more…
Dell plots late-2012 consumer tablet launch
(Reuters) – Dell Inc intends to launch its first consumer tablet computer in late 2012, marking its entry into a hotly contested and increasingly crowded arena that has already claimed arch-foe Hewlett Packard.… more…
Razer reveals Windows tablet gaming PC concept design
As promised last week, Razer has now revealed exactly what its mysterious “Project Fiona” is all about at CES 2012 today. It’s a Windows-based tablet PC but designed specifically for gaming. While the product does use a… more…
Asus announces new 7″ Tegra 3 tablet, priced at $249
The NVIDIA press conference was full of interesting tidbits of information, but the one that drew the most interest was announcement that Asus is creating a 7″ tablet to compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire. While the… more…
Samsung to Release Updated Series 5 Chromebooks in Q2
We’ll likely never know how many Chromebooks Samsung has sold, but we’re guessing it’s not a terribly impressive figure. No matter. Sammy is refreshing its first-gen Series 5 with a new model, along with that Chromebox Google… more…
Intel faked DX11 Ultrabook demo
So much for having confidence in your product. Despite claiming that the demo was live, Bright Side of News has released a video showing that Intel vice president Mooly Eden’s DirectX 11 demo was nothing more than… more…
66 million Xbox 360 units and 18 million Kinect units sold
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said tonight that the Xbox 360 video game console has sold more than 66 million units since it was launched in 2005. In his final keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show, Ballmer… more…
OCZ to Demonstrate World’s First PCIe 3.0 Cloud-Optimized Solution with up to 16TB of Storage, Native PCIe SSD Controller Solution, and Multiple Next Generation Indilinx Controllers at CES 2012
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9, 2012 — International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 — OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs), today announces the debut… more…
Rumor: Could next Xbox launch by end of 2012?
The past week has been full of rumors and stories about when Microsoft and Sony might launch the next versions of their game consoles. One rumor said that Microsoft and Sony would at least announce their next-generation… more…
Canon unveils PowerShot G1 X: huge 14.3 megapixel sensor, 12,800 ISO, $800 price tag
You were expecting Canon to announce a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, weren’t you? Well, we’re not getting that today — if ever. Instead, Canon has introduced a large sensor model to its PowerShot G-series of cameras. The… more…
LG showcases 2012 HDTV line-up: Big screens, skinny bezels
LG has hit us with its list of HDTVs for 2012, and they’re channeling the design chops of that sumptuous 55-inch OLED HDTV. All of the new models, including the LM9600, LM8500, LM7600 and LM6700 all squeeze… more…
Acer teases 1080p Iconia Tab tablet; AcerCloud announced
Acer is making a number of announcements today on the eve of the official start of CES 2012 in Las Vegas. At a press conference today, the company quickly revealed plans for an upcoming tablet that will… more…