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IRIScan Mouse points and scans documents

, Mar 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you have ever had to purchase a new mouse, you probably noticed that there are hordes of different models available on the market today. There is a mouse for every hand and every need. Honestly, most of those mice are pretty much the same the side of brand name and color. Read The Full Story

Xi3 clears the air on Valve and the Xi3 Piston

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's understandable how some confusion about Xi3 and the company's small Piston gaming computer came to be. Xi3 at announced that during CES that Valve had invested in the company. According to Jason A Sullivan, founder, president, and CEO of Xi3, the company had written permission from Valve to disclose that the game developer had invested in the company. Read The Full Story

SimCity creators ask for faith as problems “almost” over

, Mar 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

This past week the re-launch of the SimCity franchise was threatened with connectivity and crash problems galore - but according to the MAXIS label under EA Games, they're almost in the clear. Speaking as General Manager for the MAXIS label this weekend for a widespread blast this morning, Lucy Bradshaw gave a tentative nearly-all-clear with an assurance that "the core problem with getting in and having a great SimCity experience is almost behind us." Bradshaw also made it clear how much she appreciates those who have stuck with the development team in this hour of panic. Read The Full Story

IntraLinks VIA introduces the “UNshare” for information security

, Mar 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

If there's one thing the internet has taught the business universe over its relatively short lifetime, it's that information is valuable - so valuable, in fact, that there's an industry built around securing digital information of all types. This week we've had the opportunity to speak with a company with a 16-year history in this market: IntraLinks. They've let us know what they do to provide a forward-thinking model for file and information sharing and collaboration in the future, complete with the ability to kick out what they call the "oops moment" when you've shared something by mistake - or if a file goes rogue. Read The Full Story

Sources claim Carl Icahn and could own up to 6% of Dell

, Mar 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

Rumors have continued to swirl about the intimate goings on at Dell as founder Michael Dell and a consortium of other companies attempt to take the computer maker private. A source has surfaced this week that claims billionaire Carl Icahn is set to enter the fray during the leveraged buyout attempt of Dell. According to sources, Icahn has recently acquired by a large quantity of Dell stock. Read The Full Story

Seagate to begin shipping third-generation SSHD storage products

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

Earlier this week we mentioned that Seagate had announced it would be discontinuing its entire 7200 RPM laptop hard drive family. At the time, it may have seemed that Seagate was getting out of the high-end market when it comes to notebooks and other mobile devices. However, Seagate has now announced that it is ready to launch its third-generation laptop SSHDs. Read The Full Story

Trendnet launches Powerline 200 AV Nano Adapter

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

Trendnet is a company that is heavily into the home networking market. The company offers a number of wireless routers allowing users to get Wi-Fi access all around the home. If Wi-Fi won't work inside your home or doesn't have the range to reach everywhere you need it to, Trendnet also has a wide variety of powerline networking equipment. Read The Full Story

Ego! Smartmouse works on the desk and in the air

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

When it comes to computer input devices, there are a huge number of mice and keyboards out there. The sheer variety of computer mice available is incredible and one mouse may not do everything a computer user wants it to. Some people need a mouse for the office, a mouse for on the go, a mouse to use from across the room, and a mouse to use on the couch. Read The Full Story

Fusion-io announces impressive performance from a single 365 GB MLC ioDrive2

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

Fusion-io has been producing some of the best performing and most expensive storage devices for computers for a while now. The company offers products called the ioDrive II that are storage drives designed to fit into the PCI Express slots on computer main boards. Typical storage devices inside a computer use SATA ports. Read The Full Story

Valve Steam Box prototypes pegged for Spring 2013

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

It would appear that the Steam-powered gaming console will be available rather soon for developers and hardware partners alike. News has come down from Valve's Game Newell himself as he spoke with the BBC about the future of the company immediately before the start of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Games Awards. There he was also being awarded a lovely Academy Fellowship as well. Read The Full Story

Apple overtaken by Exxon as world’s most valuable company (again)

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

It would appear that Apple has been overtaken by Exxon Mobil once again, with their respective market capitalizations turning face again for the second time this year. It was all the way back in August of 2011 that Apple first overtook Exxon to become the world's most valuable company, with Apple and Exxon's values fighting neck-and-neck right around $350 billion USD. Those numbers have since skyrocketed (so to speak). Read The Full Story

New Apple iMac now shipping in one to three business days

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you're in the market for a new Apple iMac computer, some good news on shipping has turned up. It appears that Apple has finally caught up with the demand for its new generation iMac computers. Until a few days ago, ship times for a new 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac computers were listed as two to four weeks depending on the size. Read The Full Story
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