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Xbox One hardware “revolutionary” with 8GB of RAM, 500GB HDD

Craig Lloyd, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Unlike Sony, who didn't reveal any details about the PS4 itself, Microsoft showed off the console box right away, and they even told us what's under the hood. Microsoft says that the Xbox One's hardware is "revolutionary" and it's also "connected and ready." The console has 8GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive. Read The Full Story

Xbox One ushers in Xbox On voice recognition and command

Craig Lloyd, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft just announced the Xbox One, the company's newest gaming console to succeed the Xbox 360. Right off the bat, the first feature that they showed off was Xbox On (not to be confused with the console's name). It uses the new Kinect sensor (which we have yet to hear details about) to do voice commands and hand gestures. Read The Full Story

Touchscreens found on 10% of all notebook shipments in Q1

Craig Lloyd, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Touchscreen laptops appear to be rising in popularity as the newest data from market research firm DisplayBank says that touchscreen notebook shipments have jumped 51.8% during Q1 2013 compared to the previous quarter. A total of 4.57 million touchscreen laptops were shipped during the quarter, making up 10% of all notebook shipments during Q1 2013. Read The Full Story

Second 3D-printed gun fires off first round successfully

Craig Lloyd, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

You may have seen and heard about the Liberator, a fully 3D-printed gun that earned the "world's first" moniker and was created by law student. However, one of the setbacks was that it could only fire one shot before the plastic destroyed itself. However, a new modified version of the Liberator has appeared, and it was able to fire off a full clip without skipping a beat -- eight bullets in total before parts were replaced. Read The Full Story

Amazon Web Services gets green light for government use

Craig Lloyd, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in March, we heard rumors that Amazon was working on building a private cloud service for government agencies (specifically the CIA in that case), and it turns out that's now getting the green light -- sort of. Amazon and the US government signed a three-year deal that would see the government using Amazon Web Services for various government organizations. Read The Full Story

PS4 Frankenteaser appears before Xbox 720 event

Craig Lloyd, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

We're just a few hours away from Microsoft revealing its next-generation gaming console, but Sony is trying to take a bit of the attention away from that. Yesterday, the company teased its PS4 console in a video that showed the box itself from various close-up angles, and it has created some chatter amongst the PlayStation crowd who are dying to know what the console looks like. However, one concept artist has come up with a design of the PS4 based on the images from yesterday's teaser video. Read The Full Story

Curiosity rover bores into Mars for second time

Craig Lloyd, May 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's been a few months since NASA's Curiosity rover drilled into Mars' rocky surface for the first time, but the little rover that could has bored into the red planet for the second time, collecting a healthy amount of Mars dirt along the way to be analyzed by the rover in the next few days. Read The Full Story

Star Wars Rebels cartoon series coming fall 2014

Craig Lloyd, May 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

While we've already heard some details of Disney's future plans with the Star Wars franchise, the company has announced its next Star Wars project, called Star Wars Rebels. It will be a cartoon series that will air on the Disney Channel, and as you'd expect, this show will be aimed at the younger audiences, but we wouldn't be surprised if the older-generation Star Wars fans also enjoyed the show. Read The Full Story

Boeing 787 Dreamliner back in service in the US

Craig Lloyd, May 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

After a four-month-long grounding due to a battery issue, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is back in action in the US, with United Airlines announcing that the first flight since the grounding occurred today and took passengers from Houston, Texas to Chicago, Illinois. Boeing has fixed the battery issue, and is sticking with lithium ion, but they have changed the design to prevent overheating. Read The Full Story

Verizon HTC One speculation returns as DROID DNA offer arrives

Craig Lloyd, May 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

While Verizon and HTC have said that the HTC One isn't hitting Big Red anytime soon, that doesn't mean that the new device won't land on Verizon at some point in the future. Recent evidence suggests that the One may be itching closer and closer to Verizon stores, thanks to a discounted DROID DNA, which customers can grab for free for a "limited time." Read The Full Story

Verizon 4G LTE nearing 500 markets across US

Craig Lloyd, May 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Verizon is continuing to roll out its 4G LTE in more locations across the US of A by hitting many of the smaller cities and towns in between of the larger cities that they've already hit. Doing so will soon see them reaching the 500-market milestone. The carrier already has the largest LTE network in the US, and they expect to completely blanket their 3G network with LTE in just a couple of months. Read The Full Story