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Katie Couric to debut as Yahoo's global news anchor on Friday

Mar 10, 2014 1:30 pm

High-profile journalist Katie Couric will make her debut with Yahoo this Friday. The announcement came via Tumblr post from Couric alongside an invitation to give readers a window into the lives of presidents, heads of state, celebrities and newsmakers of the moment. [more]

AT&T Cuts Price of 2GB Shared Data Plan, T-Mobile Ups Cost of Unlimited Option

Mar 10, 2014 12:51 pm

AT&T's plan is getting a $15 price cut [more]

NASA Considering SpaceX "Red Dragon" for Returning Mars Samples to Earth

Mar 10, 2014 12:43 pm

This could happen as soon as 2022 [more]

MSI teases ultrathin 15-inch gaming laptop with "3K" display

Mar 10, 2014 12:30 pm

MSI has unveiled their latest gaming laptop at this year’s CeBIT. Dubbed GS60 Ghost Pro, the company claims it’s the world’s thinnest and lightest 15.6-inch gaming notebook, measuring in at less than 0.86-inch and weighing in at 4.4 pounds. Aside from this distinction the GS60... [more]

Apple Releases iOS 7.1, The First Major Updates to Its "Rethought" Mobile OS

Mar 10, 2014 11:52 am

iOS 7 brings quite a few new features to the table and some bug fixes [more]

Apple Releases iOS 7.1, The First Major Update to Its "Rethought" Mobile OS

Mar 10, 2014 11:52 am

iOS 7 brings quite a few new features to the table and some bug fixes [more]

Germany, UK to work together on speedy 5G wireless rollout

Mar 10, 2014 11:30 am

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have announced a joint partnership to help create the next major wireless spectrum. Predictably, it’s called 5G and it is ridiculously fast compared to the 4G connections that most of us are used to today – like,... [more]

Valve has just started the PC games race to zero

Mar 10, 2014 10:30 am

Valve has just announced that developers will now be in charge of their own pricing on Steam. They can run sales, offer discounts and promote their games without talking to a Valve representative. This is the beginning of PC games prices drifting downwards... [more]

BlackBerry CEO Jokes that iPhone Users are "Wall Huggers"

Mar 10, 2014 10:20 am

BlackBerry CEO pokes fun at the iPhone's battery life [more]

Popcorn Time allows you to stream torrent movies for free

Mar 10, 2014 9:29 am

A designer/developer from Buenos Aires, Argentina has developed a BitTorrent-powered video streaming software app which lets you stream the latest blockbusters at no cost -- though not exactly legally either. Dubbed Popcorn Time, the app has garnered some attention for it ease of use, offering... [more]

Facebook bringing back F8 developer conference after three-year lapse

Mar 10, 2014 8:30 am

Facebook recently announced that its once-annual F8 developer conference is returning. On April 30, the king of social networking will play host in San Francisco to more than 1,500 mobile and web developers from around the world. [more]

Average Mobile Phone Bill in U.S. is Growing Despite Competition

Mar 10, 2014 8:25 am

Wireless carriers are wringing more money out of customers than previous years [more]

Aussie Tried to Drop Drugs into a Prison Using an Aerial Drone

Mar 10, 2014 7:32 am

Man arrested with drone and drugs in his possession [more]

Sony and Panasonic unveil 300 GB Archival Discs for long-term storage

Mar 10, 2014 7:30 am

Sony and Panasonic have today jointly announced a new type of optical disc, which they're dubbing the Archival Disc. As the name of the media would suggest, it's aimed at long-term data storage, both through large capacities and durability. [more]

Quick Note: New Generation HTC One (M8) Photos Turn Up on Weibo

Mar 10, 2014 7:04 am

Leaked pics show more details on new HTC One [more]

Sony, Panasonic Announce Archival Disc Standard Coming in 2015

Mar 10, 2014 6:50 am

Discs will start out with 300GB capacity [more]

Neil Young eyes Kickstarter to fund high-fidelity iPod competitor

Mar 10, 2014 6:30 am

Music icon Neil Young will soon follow in the footsteps of thousands of others in his effort to bring a new invention to market. On March 15, his company PonoMusic will launch a Kickstarter campaign to help fund a portable digital music player. [more]

2014 Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook With Touch Review

Mar 10, 2014 6:22 am

Dell aims to give users a premium mobile experience with the company’s XPS line of laptops. Not long ago, we had some hands-on time with Dell’s XPS 15 and really liked it. Last year, we also took a look at the 2013 version of Dell’s XPS 13. Here again, we had many positive... [more]

Fellowes AeraMax DX55 Air Purifier Review

Mar 10, 2014 3:03 am

One of the great things about the Fellowes is that it uses a negligible amount of electricity and is practically silent. I feel satisfied that I can get some dust removal without adding to the noise already in the room. ... [PCSTATS] [more]

RAVPower Bolt RP-UC07 Four-Port USB Wall Charger Review

Mar 10, 2014 3:01 am

The RAVPower Bolt allows easy connection and charging of up to four devices simultaneously via USB and wall power. Read on as we take a look." ... [PCSTATS] [more]

SSD Consistency Testing - 18 Drives Tested for

Mar 10, 2014 3:00 am

With a new test in hand via Futuremark, we look at worst case and recovery performance to find real differences in SSD performance." ... [PCSTATS] [more]

Weekend tech reading: Newb guide to coin mining, AMD still catching flak over dual GPU stuttering

Mar 9, 2014 10:17 am

Digging for cryptocurrency: The newbie's guide to mining altcoins A few weeks ago, when our own "Arscoin" cryptocurrency was first minted, it looked like Senior Reviews Editor Lee Hutchinson would control the majority of the coins. He started mining early, and he has a crowd of Linux servers... [more]

SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse Review

Mar 9, 2014 6:03 am

It doesnt happen too often when a new optical gaming mouse receives hype. In-fact this past year up until now, all the mice we reviewed all used lasers and laser sensors. SteelSeries sent us their Rival gaming mouse which does feature an optical sensor as well as a number of other... [more]

Thecus N2310 NAS Server Review @ TestFreaks

Mar 9, 2014 6:02 am

n my opinion the Network Attached Storage Server or NAS Box for short is the most useful type of storage solution out there for all of your digital stuff. NAS boxes can do just so much more than a USB hard drive or flash drive, just so much more, but they do come at high price usually but... [more]

Netgear R7000 Nighthawk AC1900 review

Mar 9, 2014 6:01 am

As far as we're concerned, if we put everything together, Netgear provides one of the better routers currently available with the R7000 Nighthawk. It especially performs exceptionally well on 802.11ac and when under heavy loads, The other tests show it performs well in other areas too. The USB... [more]

Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 / 750 Ti review: the first Maxwell Generation GPUs

Mar 9, 2014 6:00 am

We reviewed the Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti including both version from ASUS and MSI. On Februari 18th, Nvidia introduced the GeForce GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti, two affordable new video cards. What makes this introduction particularly interesting is that both GTX 750 variants are the... [more]

one Neon Review @ Vortez

Mar 9, 2014 3:03 am

Neon is a 6400 DPI laser gaming mouse which features 8 programmable buttons, an on the fly DPI switch, adjustable polling rate, adjustable response rate all contained with an ambidextrous design which has subtle and minimalist styling. ... [PCSTATS] [more]

QPAD QH-85 Review @ Vortez

Mar 9, 2014 3:02 am

The primary difference that will affect peoples choice between the QH-90 and QH-85 is that the former is closed backed and the latter is open. What that means is, literally, a closed back is sealed, reducing sound leakage going in or out, where an open earcup will leak just as much sound out as... [more]

Crucial M500 480GB SSD @ NikKTech

Mar 9, 2014 3:01 am

When i first started testing SSDs (Solid State Drives) roughly 5/6 years ago even the cheapest 60GB model cost more than a 2TB HDD and although SSDs had a very large and clear advantage in read/write/access speeds over regular HDDs it wasn't until a couple of years later that consumers actually... [more]

Thief Benchmarked: Graphics & CPU Performance

Mar 9, 2014 3:00 am

Despite being built with the aging Unreal Engine 3, Thief touts some cutting edge rendering techniques that have put the game on our radar. Thief's benchmark appears to do a good job of demonstrating a worst-case performance scenario, so if your system can average 60fps in the benchmark you... [more]

Raijintek Nemesis Cooler Review: Is It a New Supercooler?

Mar 8, 2014 6:31 pm

The new cooler from Raijintek seems to have everything it takes to be one of the best: a huge dual-section heatsink, two 140 mm fans, thick heat pipes, and a reliable multi-platform retention mechanism... [more]

HiDPI test: High resolution Windows, a complete nightmare

Mar 8, 2014 5:03 am

With high DPI screens getting more common in laptops, setting the Windows desktop to 125%, 150% or even 200% scaling is becoming mandatory for a lot of machines. Question remains: is Windows ready for this HiDPI trend? We looked into it and as it turns out: its not. To see how Windows... [more]

Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Black + 2/3/4-way SLI in Ultra HD / 4K review

Mar 8, 2014 5:02 am

Last week, we we published a review of Nvidia's new GeForce GTX Titan Black Edition, including 2-way, 3-way, and 4-way SLI setups. The comments showed us the valid criticism that we merely tested in Full HD and 3x Full HD (5760x1080) resolutions, while cards such as these are begging for a 4K... [more]

20 WiFi access points review: extend your network

Mar 8, 2014 5:01 am

There is a lot of choice when it comes to access points. Which one is best depends on what you need it for and what type of router you have. In terms of raw performance, the Trendnet TEW-690AP is second to none, and therefore gets the Gold Award. Admittedly, it can't be wall-mounted, and it also... [more]

OC overclocks Raspberry Pi to 1.5 GHz

Mar 8, 2014 5:00 am

Hardware.Info's resident overclocker Joost Verhelst (a.k.a. rsnubje) has been working with a product you might not initially expect a die hard overclocker to be interested in: the Raspberry Pi. For a while now, the Pi has been a topic of interest on overclocking site Hwbot.org and we were curious... [more]

Toshiba Encore Windows 8 Tablet Review

Mar 8, 2014 2:03 am

When it comes to 8-inch Windows tablets, the release of Windows 8.1 has seen many companies try their hands at crafting the perfect tablet. Today we check out Toshiba's Encore tablet that packs a 1280x720 HFFS LCD display, Intel Bay Trail internals and expandable 32 or 64 GB internal storage....... [more]

Mobile Messaging Clients Compared

Mar 8, 2014 2:02 am

Messaging is not only among the top activities on smartphones (if not THE top activity), messaging apps are increasingly seen as social networks. After all people use them to send each other texts, videos, photos and other content either one-on-one or as a group. Sounds familiar, right? ...... [more]

Nokia Lumia 525 Review

Mar 8, 2014 2:01 am

Nokia has been especially successful with their entry-level range of Windows Phones, particularly the Lumia 520, which on the back of its dirt-cheap price, quickly propelled itself to be the best-selling Windows Phone. A successor was always on the cards, but what Nokia has provided - the Lumia... [more]

Weekend Open Forum: What online subscription services are you paying for?

Mar 7, 2014 4:30 pm

The subscription model is everywhere these days; music, games, movies, TV shows, software -- you name it. While it has its advantages -- like having access to whatever song you can think of without spending a fortune on building up your library or always running the latest version of an... [more]

Apple reportedly working on native 4K display support in Mavericks

Mar 7, 2014 3:30 pm

Apple appears to be adding 4K support to Mavericks, according to a recent report. In the latest beta version of Apple's OS, there is reportedly an option available to run the system in native 4K for use on Ultra HD displays. Based on the hands on report, Apple is calling... [more]

Twitter paid IBM $36 million for patents to avoid infringement claims

Mar 7, 2014 2:45 pm

It looks as though Twitter is finally getting into the intellectual property war game. The company purchased more than 900 patents from IBM recently, according to reports. Like many cases when companies scoop up patents in mass quantity, Twitter isn't interested in the content of the... [more]

Quick Note: Moto X Gets Mad for the Month of March

Mar 7, 2014 2:14 pm

New school-themed smartphones aim to boost Motorola Mobility's sales [more]

Samsung launches free streaming service Milk Music with help from Slacker Radio

Mar 7, 2014 1:45 pm

The next big thing in music is here according to Samsung. The company on Friday announced a new streaming music service called Milk. It’s a bit unique in that it is free to download, free to use (no ads) and doesn’t require uses to log in. [more]

Popular trivia game Quizup now available on Android

Mar 7, 2014 1:00 pm

Quizup, a trivia app that lets you compete against friends and other users, is now available on the Google Play Store. Developed by Plain Vanilla Games, the app made its iPhone debut last November, and quickly became a smashing hit. [more]

Beats Music makes API public for developers

Mar 7, 2014 12:15 pm

Beats Music on Friday followed in the footsteps of competitors like Rdio and Spotify by making its API public. Prior to today, the company only released the API to a few select partners to create integrations with devices like the Sonos wireless speaker. [more]

Weekend game deals: TWD Season 2 $16.74, Trine 2 $3, XCOM Declassified $7.50, Tomb Raider $10

Mar 7, 2014 11:30 am

It isn't the busiest weekend for deals, but there are still decent buys on the first and second seasons of The Walking Dead, EA racing titles, Trine 2, The Typing of the Dead: Overkill, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, Tomb Raider and F1 2013. The fourth Humble Mobile Bundle has also... [more]

Vine Users No Longer Allowed to Post Pornographic Videos

Mar 7, 2014 10:47 am

Nudity is still allowed as long as it's artistic, educational or a documentary [more]

Yahoo Maps teams up with Nokia Here to provide indoor venue maps

Mar 7, 2014 10:45 am

Looking to improve its product and compete with Google Maps, Yahoo Maps has partnered with Nokia Here to provide indoor floor plans. This means that users will now be able to easily locate places like restaurants, stores, cafes, ATMs, restrooms and more, across large areas like shopping malls,... [more]

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