PayPal shows off preview of new upcoming site design
PayPal has had the same design for quite some time, and it is, shall we say, a tad dated. That will be coming to an end in the relatively near future, with the company rolling out a preview of its...
View ArticleMacmillan settles with Department of Justice over collusion accusation
In April, the Department of Justice sued Apple and five publishers, accusing them of joining together to raise ebook prices in an effort to put the kibosh on Amazon’s oft-criticized discounting of...
View ArticleTwitter unveils Lolcatz language, makes it available naow
Facebook has had a pirate language option for some time now, allowing users to view their profile with ample quantities of arrr! and plunderin’. Now Twitter can add itself to the list of social...
View ArticleVerizon awarded #1 in customer care by JD Power
Verizon has once again earned top-slot for customer care and service, according to JD Power and Associates. This marks the carrier’s fourth year straight as #1, something it isn’t showing any signs of...
View ArticleAOL dial-up business brings in $174 million in Q4
AOL reported its Q4 2012 quarterly earnings yesterday, and they revealed that the dial-up business is still alive and well, sadly. The company reported that during the quarter, they made $174.2 million...
View ArticleMicrosoft Surface Pro available now in the US and Canada
Right on schedule, Microsoft’s Surface Pro is now available to purchase for prospective buyers in the US and Canada. The new tablet was going to be the main event at a special midnight launch event in...
View ArticleCuriosity rover discovers strange piece of metal on Mars
The Curiosity rover on Mars has been keeping itself quite busy lately, most recently boring into Mars’ red surface in order to find signs of life. However, in its downtime, the rover likes to take a...
View ArticleHP EliteBook 2570p Review
Upon first glance, you might think that the EliteBook 2570p came straight out of 2002, and while first opening it up to get a look at it, I thought I had mysteriously jumped through a time warp that...
View ArticlePSA: How to free up space on your Microsoft Surface Pro
This week we’re hearing quite a few responses from the public on their surprise at the amount of actual usable hard drive space on the new Microsoft Surface Pro. While the standard ways to free up the...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s 128GB Surface Pro already sold out
Earlier today, we reported that Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet is now available in the United States and Canada. Now a few hours later, reports are rolling in showing that the 128GB model is out of...
View ArticleCuriosity rover finishes its first complete drill
On Thursday, we reported that the Mars Curiosity rover had begun its first drill on the Red Planet. Upon the initial report, the hole was a cylindrical spot about 0.8-inches deep and 0.6-inches across....
View ArticleBLU Products is now shipping Studio 5.3 II and Tank 4.5 Android handsets
BLU Products is now shipping its Studio 5.3 II and Tank 4.5 Android smartphones in the United States. Both units feature mid-range hardware with an excellent price point of only $199. The best part?...
View ArticleNASA announces successful robotic satellite refueling demonstration
NASA has announced the successful completion of a robotic refueling demonstration for satellites. The mission was called the Robotic Refueling Mission or RRM. During the demonstration, NASA used...
View ArticleBuild-On Brick Mug combines coffee and Lego
Two of the things that keep many people sane and alert are coffee and Lego. The coffee helps keep you awake while tinkering with Lego is just fun. ThinkGeek has unveiled what may be the coolest coffee...
View ArticleOwn your own RoboCop ED-209 for only $25,000
If you grew up in the 80s and early 90s, you watched RoboCop. The movie was incredibly cheesy, but is one of those classic films from the youth of many geeks. If you’re huge fan of that movie, you can...
View ArticleTailorToys shows off a smartphone controlled paper airplane kit
TailorToys recently participated in the American International Toy Fair with its very cool PowerUp conversion kits for paper airplanes and boats. One of the most interesting of the products the company...
View ArticleApple Willow Glass “iWatch” smartwatch could be very curved indeed
Apple‘s much-rumored smartwatch could be the first broadscale implementation of Corning’s flexible Willow Glass, potentially opening the door to an iOS-connected timepiece that wraps its display fully...
View ArticleNASA MAVEN spacecraft assembly completed by Lockheed Martin
Aerospace company Lockheed Martin has announced that it has completed the assembly of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. MAVEN stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN spacecraft. Lockheed Martin...
View ArticleAustralian Parliament summons Apple and Microsoft over pricing
Australian buyers of all sorts of gadgets such as smartphones a computers have long been subjected to significantly higher prices than buyers in other countries. Last year, the Australian House of...
View ArticleiPhones on iOS 6.1 prompt carrier warnings and enterprise headaches
Problems affecting iPhones running iOS 6.1 have forced carriers and some enterprise experts to caution owners from upgrading too quickly, after handsets loaded with last month’s release demonstrated...
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