Olympus OM-D E-M1 Guts Show Off a Camera Tough as Nails

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Guts Show Off a Camera Tough as Nails

Olympus just announced its latest flagship mirrorless camera, the OM-D EM-1. It’s a robust piece of gear that photogs will be clamoring for. And these tear-down photos from ePhotozine show how it’s built like a tank.

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What Apple’s 64-Bit Architecture Really Means For Your iPhone

What Apple's 64-Bit Architecture Really Means For Your iPhone

Probably the most underrated announcement Apple made on Tuesday was its move to 64-bit architecture for the iPhone 5S. It’s an industry first, and one with major repercussions both for your phone and for the future of Apple. Here’s why it matters.

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Broadcom’s Bringing UHD to Your Cable Box

Broadcom's Bringing UHD to Your Cable Box

Ultra-high definition TV is coming—sooner than you think. The industry is certainly already on board, what with the recent release of the HDMI 2.0 standard and a steadily growing stable relatively inexpensive of 4K-capable TVs. But actually getting 4K content from anything other than a local media drive is still a problem. Or it was until this morning with Broadcom’s unveiling of its new HEVC chipsets.

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Samsung: Our Next-Gen Phones WIll Have 64-Bit Processors, Too

Samsung: Our Next-Gen Phones WIll Have 64-Bit Processors, Too

Not be outdone by Apple, Samsung has swiftly reacted to the announcement of Cook & Co.’s new 64-bit A7 processor by announcing that its next slew of phones will pack similar silicon, thank you very much.

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Google’s Chromebooks Are Finally Getting Grown-Up Guts

Google's Chromebooks Are Finally Getting Grown-Up Guts

Chromebooks aren’t known for being the beefiest machines out there, but they’re getting some hot new guts. Google just dropped the news that there are Chromebooks on the way rocking Intel’s new 4th generation CPUs, bringing serious computing power and better battery life to the table.

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Intel Bay Trail: Laptop-Tablet Hybrids Might Actually Keep Up Now

Intel Bay Trail: Laptop-Tablet Hybrids Might Actually Keep Up Now

Just a couple of months ago, Intel’s new 4th generation processors helped laptops get a whole lot better. Now Intel’s trying to work the same magic on mobile. Meet Bay Trail, a new flavor of chips designed specifically to make Windows 8 and Android tablets more awesome.

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Apple’s New A7 Processor Has Crazy Graphics, Also a Motion Sensing Chip

Apple's New A7 Processor Has Crazy Graphics, Also a Motion Sensing Chip

During today’s iPhone keynote, Apple announced the new A7 chip, featuring supercharged graphics powers and a new motion-sensing "M7" chip that enables all of iOS 7’s powerful new features. Let’s take a look under the glass at the speedy monster that makes the magic happen—and will open the door to all sorts of new apps in the future.

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Apple’s New, Colorful iPhone 5C Is Full of iPhone 5 Guts

Apple's New, Colorful iPhone 5C Is Full of iPhone 5 Guts

We’d all heard the rumors—the many, many rumorsbut it’s finally official. Apple has just announced a new, alterna-iPhone that’s coming to you in a rainbow of colors for (slightly) less money. But the real question is what’s lying beneath those pretty colors—something we actually haven’t heard too much about. And as it turns out, the 5C is just a dressed up iPhone 5.

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Report: The iPhone 5S Processor Is 31% Faster Than Today’s

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Moto X Teardown: So This Is What Made in the USA Looks Like

Moto X Teardown: So This Is What Made in the USA Looks Like

If you’re curious as to what the lovely Moto X looks like on the inside, the surgical team at iFixit has exposed its designed and assembled in the USA innards for all to see. Apparently, you can see right through the woven black case on the Moto X. iFixit also found some other unique choices inside the Moto X too: the camera flash is its own assembly, the vibrator motor is soldered onto the motherboard and what they call the most modular headphone jack iFixit has ever seen. Oh and there’s a whole glob of glue too.

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