LG Display outs CES 2013 spoils: Full HD phone/tab screens plus UHD TVs
LG Display has detailed its screen showing for CES 2013, spanning smartphone and tablet scale through to lounge-dominating behemoth panels, and most boasting high-resolution. At the mobile end of the...
View ArticleMars Express christens new space antenna with red planet pics
NASA’s Curiosity rover may be getting us close-up to Mars, but the European Space Agency’s Mars Express probe has a far more macro perspective as it beams back the first shots to be received at the new...
View ArticlePearson to invest $89.5m in Barnes & Noble NOOK business
Barnes & Noble announced today that Pearson, a British publisher and education company, will be investing $89.5 million in Barnes & Noble‘s NOOK business for a 5% stake, valuing the business at...
View ArticleThe Walking Dead Episodes 2-5 are 50% off today on Xbox Live
The Walking Dead, which won five awards at this year’s Video Game Awards, is having a major sale for today only. Episode 1 is still completely free, as it’s been for a couple days now, but episodes 2...
View ArticleFacebook: Poke fix for sneaky video saving coming “shortly”
Facebook is hurriedly cooking up a fix to its Poke app, after a security bug allowing all videos sent through the purportedly ephemeral messaging service to be extracted was identified. “We are...
View ArticleMotorola DROID RAZR M HD leaked with details
A few details have been leaked by an anonymous tipster as to what the next-generation DROID RAZR M will be, building on the greatness of the already fabulous palm-sized beast. We had our first look at...
View ArticleSenate approves warrantless phone tapping until 2017
The US Senate has voted 73-23 to approve the FAA Sunsets Extension Act of 2012, which will authorize phone surveillance of Americans without a warrant for counter-terrorism purposes for the next five...
View ArticleSlashGear Morning Wrap-up: December 28th, 2012
This morning we’re getting in deep with not just everything pre-CES 2013, but privacy, gaming, and acquisitions too! You’ll be glad to know that we’ve got a whole new batch of photos of Mars from the...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S IV rumored to arrive in April with S Pen functionality
We’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about Samsung‘s next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, and we don’t expect it die down anytime soon. The latest rumor fresh out of South Korea is that Samsung is...
View ArticleInstagram use surges on iOS and Android, falls 25% on Facebook
It would appear that the real impact of the Instagram Privacy Policy update (and subsequent revolt on the part of its users) has come to light – a relatively massive 25% decrease in daily users – but...
View ArticleMicrosoft enticing iOS developers to build apps for Windows
Both iOS and Android have a ton of apps to choose from — over 700,000 each, to be exact. However, Windows 8 and Windows RT aren’t quite there yet as far as having a rounded out app store. The Windows...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note II Black tipped for 2013
The Samsung Galaxy Note II has appeared in a bit of a leaked photo of a new color for the hardware this week – black! This version of the device will quite likely be appearing at Mobile World Congress...
View ArticleDeveloper releases dozens of fake apps in Google Play store, user beware
Malware in the Google Play store is nothing new, and Google does their best to sift out most of the crap that makes its way in, but sometimes some of it sneaks through. A Google Play developer account...
View ArticleFacebook tops list of most-viewed Wikipedia articles in 2012
We turned to our old pal Wikipedia a lot this year, but judging from a list of the most-viewed Wikipedia articles in 2012 put together by Johan Gunnarsson, some of the pages we visited most might...
View ArticleSamsung may face $15 billion fine for attempting to ban Apple products in Europe
Apple and Samsung have been raging a legal war against each other over the past several months, and while Samsung lost a $1 billion lawsuit earlier this year, the company may be in for even more hurt....
View ArticleQuentin Tarantino tips “Killer Crow” as 3rd in Historical Revenge trilogy
In an interview this week supporting his brand new release of the film Django Unchained, director Quentin Tarantino has revealed that he’s already begun writing a third in a trilogy of films that...
View ArticleMicrosoft research lead Craig Mundie announces 2014 retirement
We’re learning that Microsoft will soon be losing another of its key players, as Research lead Craig Mundie has announced that he will retire from the company in 2014. Before he does that, though,...
View ArticleApple drops Samsung Galaxy S III Mini from patent case
Mark one in the win column, folks. Apple has dropped Samsung’s latest device, the Galaxy S III Mini, from its patent case against the Korean-based company. Apple agreed in a court filing to drop its...
View ArticleMultiplayer mode confirmed for Tomb Raider reboot
The Tomb Raider franchise will be getting a highly anticipated reboot next year, but when this new game arrives, it will be sporting some features that series veterans will find unfamiliar. After a UK...
View ArticleApple prototypes of the 80′s unveiled
The designer known as Hartmut Esslinger has revealed an amazing treasure trove of never before seen designs from the Apple archives this week in a book by the name of “Design Forward.” This book was...
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