Hasta La Gadget!

Have you ever visited a state fair in the US? Picture the fairgrounds — perhaps enlarged several fold — filled to the brim with ultra-slim televisions, giant smartphones, tablets, laptops and enough washers and dryers to keep the entire population of Germany’s wardrobe squeaky clean. That’s IFA. There may not be any deep-fried Oreos at this Messe (though you will find plenty of Brezels and Bier), but there’s more than enough to keep us entertained for a full week, and then some. The fun kicks off tomorrow afternoon with Sony’s annual press conference, followed by Samsung Unpacked where we expect to see a Galaxy S III-like successor to last year’s blockbuster Note. Then chaos ensues, when the two dozen exhibition halls open to the public, and tens of thousands of curious consumers mix with industry reps and journalists, pushing and shoving their way to the hottest gadgets from every category, be it high-end home theater or personal grooming (read: electric toothbrush/water flosser duos). Rest assured that we’ll focus our efforts on the former, and you can stay on top of all the news as it happens using our “ifa2012” tag.

Continue reading We’re live from IFA 2012 in Berlin!

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We’re live from IFA 2012 in Berlin! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Considering that SIGGRAPH focuses on visual content creation and display, there was no shortage of interesting elements to gawk at on the show floor. From motion capture demos to 3D objects printed for Hollywood productions, there was plenty of entertainment at the Los Angeles Convention Center this year. Major product introductions included ARM’s Mali-T604 GPU and a handful of high-end graphics cards from AMD, but the highlight of the show was the Emerging Technologies wing, which played host to a variety of concept demonstrations, gathering top researchers from institutions like the University of Electro-Communications in Toyko and MIT. The exhibition has come to a close for the year, but you can catch up with the show floor action in the gallery below, then click on past the break for links to all of our hands-on coverage, direct from LA.

Continue reading SIGGRAPH 2012 wrap-up

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SIGGRAPH 2012 wrap-up originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video game journalists worried about not being able to make their annual trek to Amoeba Records and Secret Headquarters Comics can breathe a collective sigh of relief — through 2015, at least. The Entertainment Software Association, the organization behind E3, announced today that it will be keeping the massive gaming show in Los Angeles for another three years. Next year’s show will be hitting the LA Convention center on June 11th. More info and some quotes from a very happy Southern California mayor after the break.

Continue reading E3 loves LA, staying through 2015

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E3 loves LA, staying through 2015 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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