Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
When gamers want more from their experience, they typically go one of two directions. Those wanting to improve their chances will go for high-end equipment in the hope that it will help them react faster than their opponents, usually through gaming key…
Input peripherals can be taken for granted by the general computing populace. As long as a slab of plastic machined into a keyboard or mouse gets the job done, it can often be disregarded as "performing as intended." Considering the p…
According to Stevie Bathich, Microsoft’s applied sciences department manager, the lower resolution display on the Surface Windows RT tablet is better to read on than the iPads Retina display. Bathich claims that a statistic known as “modulation transfe…
The move to a Retina display in the latest iPad as well as the iPhone and now iPod Touch models has resulted in a noticeable jump in the average size of iOS apps in the last six months, reports ABI Research. Apps have seen an average 16 percent jump in…
Technology do-it-yourself repair part suppliers iFixit have completely disassembled the new seventh-generation iPod Nano. During the teardown, iFixit found components from Broadcom, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, and NXP Semiconductors. The company has gi…
Though recent versions of OS X no longer ship with a Java plug-in — and Apple has ceased developing its own versions and left compatibility to Java owner Oracle — the company is pushing an updated version of Oracle’s latest release of Java SE 6 (vers…
According to court filings made public today, International Trade Commission Administrative Law Judge Thomas B. Pender has moved the investigation of Apple’s complaint against Samsung. October 25 is the new date of the investigation, with a final rulin…
In a caustically-worded piece, the CEO of iFixit has decried both the EPEAT environmental certification program and Apple’s Retina MacBook Pro in particular, claiming that the former’s Gold certification of the latter constitutes “greenwashing,” or a f…
Cinematic camera maker RED has put some of its pre-owned Scarlet-X cameras up for sale. The “Battle-Tested” ex-rental camera packages include the Scarlet Brain, Side SSD and a Canon Mount at a price of $7,100, instead of the regular $11,900 sum usually…
Panasonic is reportedly preparing to cease television production and revamp its manufacturing efforts for smaller displays sold to third parties. The report, originating from the Japanese newspaper Diamond Online and noted by AppleInsider, points to a …
Epson today announced two additions to its line of Perfection scanners, the Epson Perfection V37 and V370. The two new scanners offer 4800×9600 dpi optical resolution and integrate scan-to-cloud capabilities, allowing them to scan, access, organize, an…
Beats by Dr. Dre announced two new products today, the Pill Bluetooth speaker with NFC capability and an aluminum and leather set of Executive Headphones. The Pill speaker, previously spotted at the FCC in September, is designed not only to play music,…
Alternative handsets for the iPhone make a lot of claims. Some boast lower cell phone emissions close to the user’s skull, conveniently forgetting that Bluetooth broadcasts are on the RF spectrum as well, albeit lower power. Others have style, hoping t…
After dominating the e-book reader market and making a successful foray into the Android tablet arena, Amazon recently expanded its mobile device lineup. Price was arguably the most significant factor driving Kindle Fire sales, however the budget table…
As notebook computers continue to grow in popularity, 2.5-inch hard drives have become one of the most popular upgrades. Most of the drives that are pulled out of a computer end up collecting dust, but Akitio’s Neutrino U3+ enclosure promises to give l…
While hard cases for Appleís iPhones are a dime a dozen, Speck is one of the few manufacturers that makes hard cases for Appleís line of MacBook computers. However, although many MacBook owners looking to protect their investment from damage have bee…