While we obviously still haven't heard anything official about Microsoft's next-generation video game console, there has been no shortage of tips and insider leaks to point to rumors about what to expect. The latest comes from a job listing on Microsoft's official careers website. It suggests that Skype will be an integral part of the next Xbox.
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Mazda CX-5 Review
Can a mainstream SUV really be fun to drive? Mazda thinks so, and so it tore up the rule book and started from scratch with the new CX-5. The crossover-SUV debuts Mazda’s SKYACTIV technology, a combination of weight reduction, efficiency improvement and design rethinking that, the company promises us, makes it a credible alternative to today’s hybrid and all-electric cars, despite using petrol or diesel powerplants. Too good to be true, and will the CX-5′s aggressive styling grow on us? We put on our finest leatherette driving gloves to find out.
RAMRod Powerbox gaming PC with RAMDisk review
There are a lot of companies out there that will build you the gaming desktop of your dreams for a pretty penny. You could go pedestrian and buy from Alienware, or perhaps a little more custom and try iBuyPower. But one competitor has an edge that they hope will put them in a performance class above the rest. DV Nation specializes in blazing fast storage and memory, and puts every ounce of their experience into their RAMRod line of gaming PCs. The company was kind enough to let us try out the Powerbox, its compact model, to see the best in gaming excess.
SpaceX docks with ISS: “Looks like we caught a Dragon by the tail”
NASA and SpaceX have made history today, with the International Space Station reaching out and grappling the Dragon capsule with its robotic arm. The culmination of a three day flight and numerous tests of the safety functionality necessary to protect both Dragon and the ISS, the team aboard the orbiting space platform guided the robotic arm to pluck the capsule out of the sky at 9:56 ET this morning.
Sony and Samsung enforcing minimum pricing on TVs
Cheap televisions may be great for the consumer, but it seems like some companies are fed up of the low prices. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sony and Samsung have both begun to set minimum pricing on their TVs to protect profit margins. Retailers will be prevented from offering the TVs below the prices that the companies have set in an effort to avoid steep discounts.
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Comcast Xfinity Voice gets voice calls and texting via Wi-Fi
Comcast has added new features to its Xfinity Voice service. The new features will put the service in a better position to compete with Google Voice and Skype. One of the new features is called Voice 2go and allows users to make phone calls and send text messages from their home phone number at no cost over any available Wi-Fi network.
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Ballmer predicts Windows 8 users to reach 500 million in 2013
Yesterday I mentioned that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was predicting 350 million Windows 7 devices would be shipped by the end of 2012. Ballmer also made prediction during the same speech about the future of Windows 8. Ballmer's prediction for Windows 8 is even grander than what he sees for Windows 7.
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Nokia pulls Skype for Lumia 610
Microsoft’s latest update to Windows Phone, Tango, allowed phones running lower hardware specifications to run on the platform. The Nokia Lumia 610 is one such phone, but is the strategy backfiring already? Nokia has told users has told users that the Skype experience on the Lumia 610 isn’t up to par, and in the future the app won’t be available for download from the Windows Marketplace for that particular model.
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Comcast X1 cable box steps up the cable game
So the way the living room market exists now, if you're on the leading edge of electronics, you have a cable or satellite box which you use to watch live TV. But if you want to stream a movie, check in with what's up on your friend's wall, tune into Internet radio, or find out what the weather's like, you have to change your TV to some sort of Internet-connected device like a game console or third-party set-top box. Sound familiar? Comcast wants that to be a thing of the past.
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Comcast launches next-gen X1 cloud-enabled DVR
Comcast has launched its next-gen cable box called the X1 that brings a slick new interface, cloud integration, and app support. Over the coming weeks, the company will start by making the new set-top boxes available in the the Boston area followed by a nationwide launch later this year.
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JCB Toughphone Pro-Smart Review
Smashed screens, cracked casings and broken buttons: you can take out endless insurance policies on your smartphone, or you can opt for a tougher handset altogether. JCB knows a little about sturdy hardware, and the Toughphone Pro-Smart TP909 certainly looks the part even when it’s in the box. Oversized but still surprisingly affordable, it’s the first of JCB’s butch line-up to run a smartphone OS, in this case Android. Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.
Ring of Fire eclipse seen in western US and Asia
Early this morning the sky watchers in Asia and the Western United States were able to see the moon nearly completely blot out the sun. The effect is what's called a "ring of fire" eclipse. The eclipse was viewable early Monday morning in Asia and was viewable in parts of the Western United States late Sunday afternoon.
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