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Apple has now slashed the prices of iPad 2 and iPad 3 models that it is officially selling on its online refurbished store. Such units can only be purchased online and won’t be found at any Apple Retail Stores. Prices have been slashed only for Wi-Fi plus Cellular and Wi-Fi plus 3G variants of these iPads.

The 16GB iPad 2 WiFi plus 3G model retails for $529, on the online refurbished store it can be purchased for $349. That’s a 34% saving, which in dollar terms, makes $180. The same variant with 32GB internal storage can be purchased for $429 and the one with 64GB storage can be purchased for $529. A brand new 16GB iPad 3 wih WiFi plus cellular model has a retail price of $529, from the online store it is available for $409 only. The 32GB and 64GB ones can be purchased for $499 and $579 respectively. These discounted prices won’t be available for long, they only last till stocks clear out. These prices do make up for a good deal, and if you’re holding out for the next generation iPad but still need an Apple tablet in the interim, the refurbished models are an excellent choice.

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We were first introduced to the Asus Zenbook UX31 back in late 2011 and last year, Asus introduced a new wave of Zenbooks, one of which was an improved version of the UX31, the Asus Zenbook UX31A, which is now equipped with an Intel Ivy Bridge processor, a higher-resolution screen and now comes with Windows 8.

We were already pretty impressed with the original Zenbook UX31, so we certainly have been looking forward to checking out the same ultrabook design with some seriously improved internals. The UX31A is extremely light at 3.08lbs, has a 50Whr battery, and it also happens to have an Intel Core i7 processor inside of it. Could this be the ultrabook that will raise the bar for others to try to beat? There’s only one way to find out, so let’s get down to our review, shall we? (more…)

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When it comes to storage and backup drives, Western Digital would be a name that many people are familiar with, although some might have run into unpleasant experiences in the past where their backup hard drive just died even before making it past the 1 year mark, which is rather unfortunate. Still, we are not here to start an Aunt Agony channel for failed hard drives, but rather, talk about Western Digital’s latest solid state hybrid drives and hard drives that rely on a single edge connector to save space, and hence, reducing its thickness to a mere 5mm thick.

You can say that the all new WD Blue and WD Black 2.5-inch drives were specially manufactured with notebooks and Ultrabooks in mind, where being a mere 5mm thick, it would translate to sleeker notebook and Ultrabook designs down the road. The thing is, will the other components and parts of a notebook or Ultrabook be able to achieve such levels of miniaturization? This slimmer design is touted to lower weight by up to 36% compared to the traditional model, not to mention boasting of reduced noise during operations. The 500GB WD Blue 5mm will retail for $89 a pop, while versions of the WD Black 5mm SSHD are said to ship to PC manufacturers, leaving us in the dark concerning its capacity and costs.

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If you’re in the market for a new notebook, perhaps Acer might have something for you that as far as design is concerned, might not disappoint. The Taiwanese company released a teaser video in which the notebook can be seen in a tie-in with upcoming movie, Star Trek: Into Darkness where the device can be seen with a sliding-hinge screen. The video refers to the notebook as “A Unique Notebook” and states that the device will be revealed in its entirety come 3^rd of May, which is a couple of weeks before the movie is released.

Unfortunately apart from the tease, not much else is known about this “unique notebook”, apart from the fact that the Windows 8 brand can be seen at the end of the trailer, suggesting that we could be looking at some sort of hybrid device which is part laptop and part tablet, a feature starting to become common these days. In any case we guess we will know more on the 3^rd of May, but in the meantime if you’re curious, check it out in the teaser video above.

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NASA might have found 3 new planets in the habitable zone, but all of that would not amount to much until there really is solid, undeniable evidence of life out there. Well, here is something a little closer to home, with NASA sharing that they would want to project a webcast of the Lyrid meteor shower live. Of course, it has been calculated that the annual Lyrid meteor shower have peaked overnight on Sunday and Monday, but those who missed it will be able to check out live images of the Lyrid meteor shower tonight as well as early Tuesday (April 22nd and April 23rd if you happen to have misplaced your calendar) – being a boon to those living in areas affected by bad weather or light-polluted night skies.

The broadcast from NASA will kick off at 8:30 p.m. EDT (0030 April 23) and it will run throughout the entire evening. If you are interested, you can always catch the Lyrid meteor shower webcast here, thanks to NASA’s MSFC feed.

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