Aug 20
Is this the new phone Motorola is going to be showing off on September 5th? Maybe. The image above is taken from video tutorials that appeared on YouTube, showing what seems to be a new Motorola handset. More »
Aug 17
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Review: What the Future of Laptops Should Be [Review]
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The Lenovo X1 Carbon does the impossible. It makes a business laptop—a business anything—cool. Cool because it looks good, sure, but also because it works the way it’s supposed to. And somehow, that’s become one of the bigger compliments in tech. More »
Aug 14
I’ve never liked Android. It’s an opinion born out of ignorance and bias: The iPhone is the only smartphone I’ve ever owned. I love it, and I think Android is generally an inferior mess. I’m OK with that. But wow, Jelly Bean: the greatest version of Android ever, cold-blooded Apple-killa. Thousands upon thousands of man-hours from one of the largest collections of smart people on the planet, explicitly devoted to winning over jerks like me. Shouldn’t that be enough? I gave Jelly Bean an open channel into my heart, using it as my only phone for nearly a month. How’d it do? More »
Aug 14
This Is Why People Pirate [Piracy]
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Do you know why people hate movie studios? Why, increasingly, they’re driven to download content illegally, even though they’re perfectly willing to pay for it? Because of crap like this: More »
Aug 13
Aside from a larger screen, one of the biggest rumors about the next iPhone is the idea that it will feature a significantly shrunken down dock connector. But how small will it get? And more importantly: why does it matter? More »
Aug 13
Maybe we’re easily impressed, but the idea of a ruler with a handle on its face has us all infatuated. We have grand visions of measuring and marking everything in sight with extreme ease. More »
Aug 10
The Lenovo X1 Carbon arrived at our office a few days ago, and while the full review will be up early next week, we wanted to give you our first impressions of Lenovo’s ruggedized ultrabook. So far: Really good. More »
Aug 09
Back when I was growing up in the 1970s, we fully expected that, by 2012, we’d all be driving flying cars to our condos on the moon where robotic butlers awaited, ready to bring us the cure for cancer from the bathroom first-aid kit. How’s all of that working out? Sure, we now have faster, smaller computers, smartphones that talk back to you, and smart TVs, but in so many areas of technology the pace of change is slower than Windows Vista booting off a floppy disk. More »
Aug 08
When Windows 8 launches in October, the Surface won’t be the only tablet option. Joining it will be the 10.1-inch Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2, a Intel Atom-packing, enterprise-leaning device that might come packed with enough features to appeal to a larger swath of nerds. More »
Aug 08
A portable battery pack is only as useful as long as you’re able to keep it charged. So Exogear has created a new compact power system that uses stackable modular battery packs to prolong its life almost indefinitely—as long as you’re willing to carry enough of them as backups. More »
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