NVIDIA SHIELD Unboxing and First (final hardware) Impressions

The launch of NVIDIA’s SHIELD device has been done in a rather unique way – one in which we’ve seen and actually played with the device several times before we’ve gotten a review unit for final testing purposes. Now that we’ve got the final hardware in the house, and now that it’s in it’s final

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NVIDIA SHIELD shipping shifts to July: it must be “perfect”

This week NVIDIA has made a rather important decision regarding the launch of their first Android handheld device SHIELD. Instead of shipping at the original announcement date (that was today, mind you), SHIELD has gotten a bit of a push forward to July in favor of a solid launch. The reason for this change is

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 launched with Kepler architecture

NVIDIA has officially kicked off its GeForce GTX 760 GPU, which is being offered at the budget-friendly price of $249 and harboring Kepler architecture. In gaming benchmarks, the GTX 760 beats out the previous GTX 660 across the board, in some cases quite substantially. NVIDIA hails it as offering power “dramatically” beyond the gaming consoles

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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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NVIDIA shakes up business model with Kepler licensing

We’ve heard extensively about the gradual decline of the consumer PC market, with industry leaders feeling the pain as consumers gravitate towards more mobile devices: tablets and smartphones. NVIDIA is one such company that has felt the squeeze, and its response is a strong one: an expansion of its business model with an announcement that

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Mac Pro 2013 USA assembly tipped for Fort Worth

Down in Texas this year, it would appear that more than just Motorola will be pushing a hero product through a Fort Worth production facility. Puzzle pieces were put together soon after it was announced that the 2013 iteration of the Mac Pro would be assembled in the United States – could it be that

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Google Glass laid bare in full teardown

It was bound to happen at some point, and condolences to whomever sacrificed their frames for the greater good aside, we’ve got our first look at the components from Google Glass and how they’re fitted together. This comes from Star Simpson and Scott Torborg, who start their journey with a brief write up on picking

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Apple WWDC 2013 hardware wrap-up: MacBook Air, AirPort Extreme, Mac Pro

In Apple’s 2013 developers conference main keynote, the company showed a select few bits and pieces in the hardware realm. While no new mobile devices were unleashed, the desktop environment was given a bit of a bump with a MacBook Air refresh as well as a total re-thinking of the way the Mac Pro exists:

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Mac Pro will be “assembled here in the USA”

Apple’s WWDC 2013 developers conference has revealed a new iteration of their Mac Pro machine, taking on a tube-like appearance and coming in as what very well may be Apple’s first fully-USA-manufactured machine. Apple’s word thus far is that this next-generation Mac Pro will be “assembled here in the USA”, which could mean that it’ll

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SlashGear live at WWDC 2013: We’re here!

This year’s big Apple developers conference has arrived, WWDC 2013, and SlashGear is now on the scene to bring the full top-to-bottom report to you, up close and personal. While the main entry point for Apple’s major keynote for this multi-day event will be accessible to you via SlashGear’s WWDC 2013 liveblog portal (starting at

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