Ford “really committed” to hybrid and electric vehicles

Ford CEO Alan Mulally took the stage today during the opening presentation of the company’s Further with Ford conference and answered questions about going green and electric vehicles. As for what Ford has planned for its future, Mulally says that the company is “really committed” to electric and hybrid vehicles, as well as alternative fuels.

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Samsung GALAXY NX hands-on: mirrorless Android for the NX lens family

Enter the Samsung Galaxy NX: a full-sized mirrorless interchangeable lens camera running Android. This is Samsung’s biggest effort in bringing Android – their flavor of Android, that is – to the full-on high-powered camera environment. This device works with a “DSLR-class” 20.3-megapixel APS-C CMOS image sensor aside a quad-core 1.6GHz Pega-Q processor behind a system

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Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus and Lite hands-on

Samsung announced the ATIV Book 9 Ultrabook series today, which consist of two models: the Book 9 Plus and the Book 9 Lite. The Plus looks to be Samsung’s new flagship Ultrabook, inevitably replacing the Series 9 Ultrabook. We’ve gotten our hands on the new laptop, and it definitely looks to be a worthy successor.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom hands-on

The folks at Samsung have brought fourth a rather large amount of mobile devices to their “Premiere” event this week in London, the Galaxy S4 Zoom not least strange amongst them. This device is a hybrid of what’s generally considered a smart camera and a smartphone – or a point-and-shoot camera, on the other hand,

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini hands-on

The smallest entrant in this week’s barrage of devices being shown in London is the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, which we’ve gotten the opportunity to get hands-on time with today. This device is a shadow of what the Samsung Galaxy S4 brings to the party with a 4.3-inch display (perfect if you’re switching now from

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Samsung ATIV Tab 3 hands-on: “Galaxy” form empowered for Windows 8

The Samsung ATIV Tab 3 takes on the shape of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 family this week in the company’s thinnest Windows tablet effort to date. This machine works with full Windows 8 and an Intel Atom Z2760 processor alongside 2GB of RAM and a hefty 64GB of internal storage. It also brings along

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Samsung ATIV Q hands-on: Windows 8, Android, tablet, and notebook multi-mode

Today we’re having a look at the Samsung ATIV Q, a machine that the company has just unveiled this afternoon as a tablet that’s able to convert to a notebook and just as easily switch between Windows 8 and Android. This device works with a rather large 13.3-inch display with 3200 x 1800 pixel resolution

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Lenovo ThinkPad Helix unboxing and first impressions

This week we’re taking a look at the latest and greatest from Lenovo in the Ultrabook and convertible space for Windows 8 computing. Their new and fancy ThinkPad Helix was shown off plenty at CES, but today we’re giving it another peek in its final shipping form. Keyboard dock and all. The Helix is a

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 series developer platform hands-on

We spent some time benchmarking the Snapdragon 800 series processors and as a result, we were able to play with the MDP (Mobile Developer Platform) devices. Basically, these are the developer devices that are built to show off what these new processors will be able to do. We will say up front that they are

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Huawei Ascend P6 hands-on (Just don’t ask about Beauty Shot)

Huawei’s new flagship is here, the Ascend P6, and the Chinese company has high hopes for the super-slim 6.18mm Android smartphone. The press conference may have been full of hyperbole, but in the hand the Ascend P6 is undeniably appealing: there’s something about waifish smartphones that still tickles the gear-lust parts of the average geek.

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