As if the iPhone 5 didn’t already have enough major problems from its poor maps feature, the flaky 4G connection to the dodgy camera taking purple pictures, yet another major problem has cropped up: a Continue reading “More iPhone 5 Woes: iOS 6 Bug Leaves Hapless Users With Huge Wi-Fi Bills!”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 4, 2012 at 6:55pm
YouTube has actually improved its Content ID copyright takedown system, making it less biased towards copyright holders – a much needed improvement as many a frustrated user will testify. They have announced three significant changes Continue reading “YouTube Actually Becomes More Reasonable Over Draconian Copyright Takedowns!”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 4, 2012 at 5:53pm
BenQ has quietly announced a new XL series 120Hz gaming monitor, the XL2411T. At 24″ in size, it features 1920×1080 resolution, true 120Hz support for NVIDIA’s 3D Vision 2 technology, 1ms G2G response time, 1000:1 Continue reading “BenQ Introduces the XL2411T Gaming Monitor With True 120Hz Support for 3D Vision 2”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 4, 2012 at 5:21pm
At HPs annual Securities Analyst Meeting, held yesterday in San Francisco, the companys leadership talked about the companies strategic priorities for the future and provide a detailed multiyear roadmap to turn the company around. The Continue reading “HP Plans To Cut 25 Percent of PC Models By 2014”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 4, 2012 at 8:05am
TUL Corporation today announced the PowerColor HD7990 graphics card for high-end gaming enthusiasts! This card is powered by a pair of Tahiti XT GPUs running at 900MHz each and 6GB of GDDR5 memory running at Continue reading “PowerColor Radeon HD7990 Video Card Announced”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 4, 2012 at 7:56am
Mark Zuckerberg just announced that there are now more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month! This means that Facebook now reaches one out of every 7 people on the planet. It took Continue reading “Facebook Now Has Over One Billion Users”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 4, 2012 at 7:01am
Today we check out the ASUS RT-N66U Dark Knight N900 Gigabit Router that seems to have every feature known to the home networking enthusiast. Multiple SSIDs, USB ports for home NAS creation, even a function that allows you to create your own cloud storage for file access anywhere with an internet connection. All of this (and more) from a company, ASUS, known for their motherboards and video cards, not routers. Will ASUS’s Dark Knight rise and beat down the competition? Read on to find out!
By Ken Brown •
Oct. 4, 2012 at 12:00am
The late Steve Jobs was dead against releasing a smaller, cheaper iPad back in 2011, but now that he’s gone, Apple are doing it anyway according to the many rumours and leaks currently flying around Continue reading “Massive Drop in Market Share Prompts Apple to Launch Smaller, Cheaper iPad”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 10:00pm
Lenovo, a Chinese computer manufacturer, has made the decision to start manufacturing PCs in the United States starting next year. The company will start by spending a few million dollars constructing the facility in North Continue reading “Lenovo Makes Plans To Build PC Manufacturing Facility In The US”. …more
By rlemar •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 5:09pm
Once again hard disk drives get a boost, this time at the hands of TDK which has hit a new density record of 1.5Tb per square inch. This allows a 3.5-inch HDD to have a Continue reading “TDK Makes 6TB Hard Disk Drives Possible With New Density Record”. …more
By rlemar •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 4:26pm
When Apple decisively won their $1b patent lawsuit against Samsung on August 24, it appeared to be a bleak day for their rival. Not so, however: it turns out that the lawsuit win became an Continue reading “Samsung Laughs: Apple’s Massive Lawsuit Win & iPhone 5 Launch Spur Sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S3!”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 3:47pm
MSI GT70 0NE Review @ Vortez and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! GT70 0NE features some of the fastest hardware a gaming notebook can harbour. Intels Ivy Continue reading “October 3, 2012 News from Around the Web”. …more
By amy •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 3:25pm
We’ve all seen them, those fraudulent scareware malware programs: they pretend to scan your computer for viruses, of course always finding lots of them, then offering to “fix” them for a fee of between $40 Continue reading “US Authorities Fine ‘WinFixer’ Scareware Scammer $163m”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 3:04pm
HTC today unveiled the HTC One X+, a refreshed version of its award winning HTC One X smartphone, running the HTC Sense 4+ experience on Android Jelly Bean. The HTC One X+ will be the Continue reading “HTC Introduces The HTC One X+ Smartphone – NVIDIA Tegra 3 1.7 GHz CPU”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 2:07pm
Neil Young is launching a new high-end music service to combat the supposed poor sound quality of iTunes and other digital music services. Young showed off a prototype Pono device on the Late Show with Continue reading “Neil Young Announces Pono Music Player – Higher Audio Quality”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 3, 2012 at 11:18am