Do you remember how you spent your high school years? Odds are you were more concerned with your social status than actually doing something useful with your life. Not Dominick Lee. Instead of parties and homecomings he designed, built, and programmed an impressive low-budget flight simulator that’s going to all but guarantee him entry into any college engineering programming he likes.
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Apple held its long-awaited “a lot to cover” event yesterday where they announced a new MacBook Pro, iPad Mini and iPad Air. Not only can you expect your wallets to feel a little bit lighter this holiday season as a result of their announcements, but you can also expect accessory makers to begin announcing their products that support Apple’s newest devices. Belkin is one of those accessory makers and they sure do have a number of products coming soon for the iPad Air. (more…)
Belkin Announces iPad Air Compatible Keyboard Cases And Other Accessories original content from Ubergizmo. 
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iFixit wasn’t a fan of the original Surface Pro’s poor serviceability, and its opinion isn’t changing much with the Surface Pro 2. The fix-it-yourself shop has rated Microsoft’s newest tablet a 1 out of 10 for repairability after finding that many of the previous model’s challenges still exist. The …
Now that Nintendo’s next-generation video game console, the Wii U, is available around the world, it’s understandable the company would be halting the production of its predecessor, the Wii. We learned just a few days ago NIntendo had discontinued the production of the Wii over in Japan, which probably had many fans of the console rushing to their consumer electronics retailer of choice to buy as many of the last-gen console they could carry in their hands, but if your in the U.S., you shouldn’t be worried. (more…)
Nintendo Wii Discontinuation In Japan Won’t Affect Console’s Availability In U.S. original content from Ubergizmo. 
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You can always use more memory cards. Whether you’re a weekend warrior with your DSLR or a music hoarder on your smartphone, these bite-size bits of storage tend to fill up quickly, and they’re easy to lose at that. So take the chance while you’ve got it, and stock up on Sony memory cards at Amazon. They’re mad cheap today.
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Toshiba has announced a new storage product designed specifically for thin laptops. The storage product is a hard drive called the MQ02ABF and it uses a traditional 2.5-inch form factor. Despite using a traditional 2.5-inch form factor this is an incredibly thin hard drive with a profile only 7 mm thick. Toshiba says that this […]
Apple announced new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros on Tuesday. With six configurations to choose from, it can be a tricky purchasing decision. Don’t sweat it. We’ve picked a model from each size class just for you.
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On Tuesday Apple announced the release of its fifth generation iPad mini, named the iPad Air as an offshoot naming of the Macboook line of products, confirming rumors of the anticipated release earlier in the month. The new iPad Air primarily features a new lighter, thinner design weighing in at just one pound and 7.5 mm thick (that’s less than a third of an inch to you metrically challenged folks).
Apple has also added in a faster A7, 64-bit chipset, where Apple states it doubles the processor speed with the same battery drain as its predecessor. They’ve also added dual WiFi antenna’s with MIMO, the high resolution (2048×1536) Retina display on a 9.7-inch screen and kept up to 10 hours of battery life.
Apple is releasing the iPad Air November 1st with prices starting at $499 for a 16GB WiFi model up to $929 for a 128GB Wi-Fi plus cellular model, all available in either silver or space gray.
It’s about as far from a Nintendo 3DS or PS Vita as you can get when it comes to the latest in handheld gaming consoles, but the DIY Gamer Kit from Technology Will Save Us comes with one features those devices don’t: The satisfaction that you built it yourself. And not only do you have to assemble, wire, and solder the DIY Gamer Kit yourself, you’ll also need to program your own games too. Sound like fun?
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You can add one more thing to Apple’s list of new hardware and software upgrade announcements: the latest iteration of Aperture. Version 3.5 brings a handful of new features to the OS X app, including iCloud Photo Sharing support that lets you access (or give access to) shared image or video …
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