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2014 Corvette trailer teases digital instrument panel

Craig Lloyd, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Chevrolet released a new trailer today that teases our senses even more about Chevrolet's upcoming 2014 Corvette. The video focuses on "calibration" and that the car "is a new level of electronic integration." However, what got us mostly intrigued were the split-second glimpses at the new Corvette's digital instrument panel. Read The Full Story

Krell teams with 2014 Acura RLX as home audio hits the automobile

Chris Burns, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week at the Los Angeles Auto Show the folks at Krell Industries have announced that they're bringing on their high-end performance audio system knowhow to the auto industry for the very first time. They'll be doing with first with the fabulous 2014 Acura RLX, and will indeed be replicating the home theater system power they're known for in this vehicle by the time it rolls out inside 2013. With 30 years of knowhow under their belt, we're pumped up to hear just how great this system aims to be. Read The Full Story

popSLATE iPhone 5 case comes with separate e-ink display

Craig Lloyd, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Smartphones cases are becoming pretty dry nowadays -- it's mostly just the same old thing for every case. However, one case in particular, called the popSLATE, slaps on a 4-inch e-ink display on the back, effectively giving your iPhone 5 two screens. It's currently trying to get $150,000 in funding on Indiegogo. Read The Full Story

Humble THQ Bundle includes Company of Heroes, Metro 2033 and more

Craig Lloyd, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you know anything about the Humble Bundle, it's that you can get a bundle of great games for whatever you want to pay for them. It's arguably one of the best business models there is, and taking a donations approach instead of a fixed price opens the gates for greater revenue. THQ is one game studio that needs revenue, so they've decided to throw together a Humble Bundle of their own. Read The Full Story

iTunes 11 launches with complete UI redesign and iCloud abundance

Chris Burns, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today a brand new iTunes app and digital content store is about to launch with a completely redesigned set of aesthetics and user interface elements. The new iTunes app works with a brand new “edge-to-edge” design with no less than custom designs for each of the content bits in your library – TV shows to music albums to movies and back again. Personalized recommendations have been updated and boosted as you enter the iTunes Store as well – and that’s only the beginning.

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T-Mobile iPhone “speculation is heightening” according to Merrill Lynch

Chris Burns, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Merrill Lynch - specifically analyst Scott Craig - have suggested that the iPhone may finally be on its way to official carrier support from T-Mobile. This suggestion comes in the form of a note written by Craig that said "speculation is heightening" that Deutsche Telecom (owners of T-Mobile) will announce a deal at next week's analyst's day - that being 12/6 and 12/7 of 2012. Now we must sit back, wait, and dig our fingernails into our kneecaps in anticipation of a brand new HSPA+ iPhone 5. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Surface Pro arriving in January starting at $899

Craig Lloyd, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Ever since the Surface tablet was released from Microsoft, we've only been more and more curious about their upcoming Pro version. Finally, the Redmond-based company has released details about the upcoming tablet for power users, including pricing and availability. Starting in January, you'll be able to grab a Surface Pro starting at $899 for the 64GB version and $999 for the 128GB variant. Read The Full Story

Barnes and Noble Q2 earnings show digital content grind

Chris Burns, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week Barnes & Noble has made the call on their financial second quarter, citing increased spending on their Nook division to keep pace with Amazon.com and Apple. The company made it clear that as the Nook accounts for 8.5 percent of their total revenue, it wasn't going away any time soon - meanwhile same-store in-store book sales dropped over Black Friday weekend - imagine that! Barnes & Noble also reported that quarterly sales of its high-margin digital periodicals and books went up significantly. Read The Full Story

GT Racing: Motor Academy gets 3 new Red Bull-themed cars

Craig Lloyd, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

One of Gameloft's popular mobile racing games, GT Racing: Motor Academy, is getting an update thanks to a partnership with Red Bull, which will see three new cars added to the game. The three cars are the F1 RB8 (F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel's 2012 ride), the Camaro SS, and the Hyundai Genesis Coupe, all of which are plastered in Red Bull paint schemes. Read The Full Story

HTC HD2 gains Windows Phone 8 port

Chris Burns, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

It's time again to call forth the beast from the pits of hacker heaven, that being the legendary HTC HD2, originally running Windows Mobile 6.5 back in 2009, here now with Windows Phone 8. This device has been a bit of a golden egg for hackers over the past few years, with the challenge being to get the newest and most fabulous mobile operating system running on it. Now it seems that even Windows Phone 8, a mobile operating system that has hardware requirements built-in, is no longer safe! Read The Full Story

VLC launches Kickstarter campaign for Windows 8 app

Craig Lloyd, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

VideoLAN, the team behind the popular video player VLC, has launched a Kickstarter campaign in order to raise money to build a native app for Windows 8 and Windows RT. Currently, VLC runs in the desktop mode of Windows 8, but the team is hoping to create a new version that will use the "Metro" style of Microsoft's new operating system. Read The Full Story

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