Cory Gunther

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Apollo 11 Moon dust found after missing for 40 years

Cory Gunther, May 25th 2013 Discuss [3]

An extremely rare and out of this world treasure was discovered recently. One that has many asking questions about why and how it went missing in the first place. Multiple priceless vials of Moon dust collected by the one and only Apollo 11, the late Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin have been found after missing nearly 40 years. Read The Full Story

Handmade and first Apple 1 computer sold for nearly $700k

Cory Gunther, May 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

When we think of computers the thought of a 37 year old handmade system from 1976 doesn't sound too exciting. However, today that's exactly what was just auctioned off for charity and hit a record breaking price. One of the very first Apple 1 computers, which still works by the way, was sold this morning for $671,400. Read The Full Story

Kyocera Hydro EDGE and Hydro XTRM hands-on

Cory Gunther, May 22nd 2013 Discuss [1]

Today Kyocera revealed two new smartphones will be coming to the US market soon, and just like their recent devices will be able to handle the elements quite well. With a successor to the original Hydro these new phones do a few things that Kyocera does best. That's be budget friendly and waterproof at the same time. Read on for details on both of these new phones. Read The Full Story

Coolpad Quattro II 4G and 8920 smartphone hands-on

Cory Gunther, May 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

When you hear the name Coolpad it might not ring a bell but the company has big plans for their phones in the US, and are here in Las Vegas for CTIA showing off their latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean smartphones. The popular Chinese manufacturer wants to deliver quality 4G LTE smartphones for those on a budget, and in a way have stolen the show here at Pepcom. We got a look at their new Quattro II 4G, as well as the impressive 8920 that recently launched in China. Read The Full Story

HP Slatebook x2 Tablet with Tegra 4 hands-on

Cory Gunther, May 21st 2013 Discuss [11]

Last week the folks from HP announced their latest Android tablet, one of the first devices to be powered by NVIDIA's Tegra 4 quad-core, and today we were able to get our hands all over it. It's the new HP Slatebook x2 Transformer-like tablet running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and coming to market in August. Below you'll see plenty of hands-on pictures, and even a comparison to the Nexus 10. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA shows off Tegra 4i with 4G LTE-Advanced at CTIA

Cory Gunther, May 21st 2013 Discuss [1]

Earlier this year NVIDIA announced their all-new quad-core Tegra 4 mobile processor, then followed that up with the Tegra 4i with integrated 4G LTE thanks to their Icera i500 LTE modem. And now today in Las Vegas for CTIA they’re showing its potential by doing a live demo testing Cat 4 LTE-Advanced pulling 150 Mbps data speeds with ease.

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Hisense Sero 7 Pro Tablet leaks to take on the Nexus 7

Cory Gunther, May 19th 2013 Discuss [44]

Hisense, a company known for making budget Chinese tablets, will soon be releasing their Android tablets stateside. Late last month a new Hisense Sero 7 tablet was spotted clearing the FCC here in the US, and today we have all the details. Their first official Google Play certified Android tablet to go on sale stateside is pretty impressive. It has more to offer than the Nexus 7, and only comes in at $99. Read on for more details on this exclusive first look. Read The Full Story

Google confirms over 900 million Android activations, 48bn app installs

Cory Gunther, May 15th 2013 Discuss [1]

Today we've just officially kicked off Google I/O, and to start things off Google's own Sundar Pichai is on the stage talking about the past, the future, personal computing and more. And right out of the gate we're already getting to the good stuff. Talking Android, Chrome, numbers and of course Android. Today Google is proud to announce that they've nearly reached the 1 billion mark. Read The Full Story

Google Glass vs HTC One vs Olympus OM-D video shootout

Cory Gunther, May 14th 2013 Discuss [1]

With Google Glass finally in the hands of developers, and HTC's flagship One smartphone readily available around the globe it's time to test the video camera capabilities a bit, while also showing off some cool new technology. Get ready for a video capture comparison from Google Glass, the HTC One, and the Olympus OM-D camera. What makes this even better is you're getting an overload of technology, because this video shootout is done while also taking a peek at NVIDIA's SHIELD controlling the Parrot AR Drone. Read The Full Story

Sensoria Socks technology aims to prevent injury before it happens

Cory Gunther, May 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

As wearable computing technology continues to improve, companies are looking for more and more ways we can use the data received and technology at hand to better products, and ourselves. With Sensoria Socks from Heapsylon, they are using new technology to not only track fitness like the Nike FuelBand and others, but also prevent injury before they happen. Read The Full Story

Intel confirms 4th gen ‘Haswell’ processor to appear at Computex

Cory Gunther, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [1]

We all knew this was coming, but today it's now official. The folks from Intel took to their social network channels to tease a countdown to their next Intel Core processors. The 4th generation chip that's known as 'Haswell' that will be powering laptops, ultrabooks and hybrid portable devices moving forward. That countdown ends this summer on June 3rd. Read The Full Story