MacBook Air 13-inch Review (mid-2013)

Apple’s value-proposition for the 2013 MacBook Air is simple: the same sleek ultraportable notebook as before, but lasting much longer. A switch to Intel’s latest Haswell processor architecture and a slightly larger battery takes runtime up to twelve hours versus the seven hour estimate of its predecessor, while a new type of flash storage promises

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Facebook security bug leaves 6 million users’ personal info exposed

This afternoon, Facebook has made one of those announcements a company never really wants to have to make: they’ve had a rather unfortunate bug problem. The big problem here was, as Facebook notes, that their most recent method for recommending friends to new users also contained contact information of users – this including information added

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Google Mine: don’t believe the hype (not all of it, anyway)

This morning a report has surfaced of an service called “Google Mine”, one that would allow users to control and keep up-to-date on their belongings (digital and physical) and share them with other users in an easy-to-work-with environment. This system has been claimed to be heading toward the public soon, but in fact such a

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iPhone 5S leak tips dual-LED flash and more

Could this be the new, dual-flash toting iPhone 5S set to hit shelves later in the year? That’s certainly the suggestion, with leaked images showing what’s tipped to be Apple’s refreshed flagship smartphone ahead of its official unveil. MacRumors ran through the details to be gleaned, summarizing that – while no Apple leak can ever

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Samsung ATIV One 5 Style hands-on

Samsung isn’t all about phones, tablets, and laptops. Today during their Premiere event, they announced a new all-in-one called the ATIV One 5 Style and they’re aiming to take a chunk out of the all-in-one market for themselves. As always, we ended up getting some hands-on time with the new machine — all 21.5 inches

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Samsung GALAXY NX official: full-sized interchangeable-lens camera with Android

This afternoon Samsung has made their first interchangeable-lens-toting 3G/4G LTE and wi-fi enabled camera running Android, the Samsung GALAXY NX. This device works with a 20.3MP APS-C Sensor up front as well as a Advanced Hybrid Auto Focus (AF) System inside, while the full-panel back-display on this machine works with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, including

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NVIDIA SHIELD price gets prelaunch polish

NVIDIA has slashed the price of its SHIELD portable Android gaming system, opting to trim the handheld to just $299 based on feedback from gamers. The clamshell console, which goes on sale on June 27 the company has confirmed today, was originally up for preorder at $349, but NVIDIA says that feedback from E3 and

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Xbox One backtracks on game sharing and always-connected internet

As the Xbox One suffered a significant amount of negative feedback from those that, thus far, weren’t happy with the machine’s rules surrounding disk sharing and always-connected internet, Microsoft and the Xbox team have turned over a new leaf. This afternoon straight through Microsoft’s own Xbox Wire portal, Don Mattrick, President of Interactive Entertainment Business,

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Verizon DROID Combat: Herald of a Hardcore Phone

This week the group behind Verizon’s DROID brand have released a trailer for a game that’s already been out on the market in BETA form: D:COM. This game is suggested to be coming in as a Verizon-exclusive title in the near future: augmented reality robot combat and all. What’s not as clear is the idea

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HTC Butterfly S official: UltraPixel, 3,200mAh battery, more

HTC has taken the wraps off of the Butterfly S, the follow-up to its first 1080p Butterfly smartphone, and now pumped up with features like UltraPixel from the HTC One. The new Butterfly S has a 5-inch, 1080p Super LCD 3 display, using optical lamination and scratch-resistant glass to best present its 440ppi resolution, and

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