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Microsoft Sells 900K Surfaces in Q12013

Auri Rahimzadeh — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:08:39 GMT

IDC shared first-quarter tablet sales results today, showing that Apple is firmly in the lead, with Microsoft appearing as but a blip on the horizon. In terms of tablet devices shipped, Apple delivered 19.5 million devices during the first quarter. Samsung placed second with 8.8 million devices, followed by Asus (2.7 million) and Amazon.com (1.8 million). Microsoft, which recently declared itself to be a "devices and services" company, had sold 900,000 Surface RT and Surface Pro devices during... read more

Google: The future of search is Now

Auri Rahimzadeh — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:17:46 GMT

Google Now is the company's big bet to maintain market share as people leave the desktop and search on mobile and wearable devices. Google needs a new tagline: The future of search is Now. It wouldn't be a stretch, given the huge bet Google is making that it can create intelligent digital assistants for billions of people by putting Google's computer brain to work for you via Google Now. The service, which Google this week expanded to iOS users, is about far more than one-upping Siri in the battle for... read more

World's first 3D-printed gun makes its debut

Auri Rahimzadeh — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:14:10 GMT

The gun is capable of firing standard handgun rounds, even though it's essentially a plastic weapon. Many believe that the future of printing is in 3D, which enables companies and even novices to design whatever they want and "print" it into a real-world device. Now, a group has a proof-of-concept that such a dream could be a reality. Only this device is a gun. Defense Distributed, a Texas-based group working toward nonprofit status, has given Forbesimages of what is being called the world's... read more

Galaxy S4 earns Pentagon security nod

Auri Rahimzadeh — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:12:33 GMT

Paving the way for Samsung’s flagship phone, the Pentagon has given the new Galaxy S4 its blessing, as long as it’s protected by Samsung’s Knox security software.

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Windows 8 Wikipedia page vandalized, 'review' inserted

Auri Rahimzadeh — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:09:04 GMT

While Wikipedia has become a massive one stop shop on the Internet for research, the fact is that anyone could go into any web page on the site to put up false information. Today, it appears someone went much further than that when it comes to the Wikipedia page devoted to Windows 8. The page itself is now disabled from being edited by any new or unregistered Wikipedia users due to vandalism. CNET.com contacted Wikipedia and found out that someone decided to delete much of the content on the page,... read more

Nintendo now selling refurbished DSi XL and 3DS units for $100 and up

Auri Rahimzadeh — Thu, 02 May 2013 02:23:48 GMT

It's easy for us to go shopping for a refurbished Nintendo handheld at stores and auction houses, but not if we're looking for a huge bargain: small discounts and dodgy quality often make it wiser to buy new instead. Nintendo has just offered us some better reasons to scrimp and save by quietly offering both the DSi XL and3DS through its refurb shop. The used (and occasionally bruised) systems respectively start at $100 and $130, or $30 and $40 less than they'd normally cost -- enough to justify splurging ... read more

IE10 doubles share in April; Chrome continues decline as Firefox leads in second

Auri Rahimzadeh — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:30:31 GMT

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 has doubled in market share in the past month to more than 6 per... read more

Engadget’s Google Glass Explorer Edition Review

Auri Rahimzadeh — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:32:39 GMT

Tim Stevens, Engadget’s Editor in Chief, recently spent some time with his new Google Glass Explorer Edition. His review is at the link below. Enjoy!

Read the full review at Engadget

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Apple to break borrowing record with bond to fund capital return

Auri Rahimzadeh — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:02:16 GMT

Apple has been flooded with orders from investors for a bond sale that is poised to be one of the biggest in corporate history. The iPhone maker is tapping global debt markets for the first time in almost two decades as part of what analysts say is the most tax-efficient way of returning money to shareholders, as the company looks to appease them after they watched Apple’s shares slump by 38pc since September. As stock markets closed on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank, the banks running the... read more

Apple's iOS 7 said to be visually different, flat

Auri Rahimzadeh — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:44:12 GMT

(I wonder if it will look like Windows 8 ) A new report says Apple's next version of its iOS will look very different from previous iterations, though stay largely the same. It's no secret Apple plans to show off the next major version of iOS at its annual developers conference in June, though what exactly will be different about the new software has been fuzzy. Citing multiple people who have actually seen Apple's next iOS endeavor, 9to5Mac says Apple's making big changes in the look and feel of the... read more