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Thursday, 31 January 2013

Nvidia Kept Project Shield a Secret

Nvidia surprised the world at CES 2013 when it unveiled Project Shield, a portable Androidgaming device that also works the PC games. Everyone expected the Tegra 4 mobile processor, but no one saw Project Shield coming. In this age of a hyperscrutiny of tech companies, how did Nvidia keep it a secret?

Google Glass FCC Filing Shows First Official Diagram

Details and diagrams for Google Glass just hit the FCC.

The filing — originally discovered by the eagle eyes at Engadget — arrives just days after the first Google Glass Foundry developer event in San Francisco.

Mega's First Search Engine Gets Blocked

Kim Dotcom's new sharing website Mega got a little closer to resembling its old, closed-down version, Megaupload on Wednesday. Anonymous users launched a search engine that indexes files uploaded on the new sharing service, potentially making it easier to find copyright-protected material.

RIM renames itself to BlackBerry

RIM has just announced it is officially changing its name to BlackBerry. This is a part of the major changes the company is going through, following the BlackBerry 10 OS launch.

BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 promo videos go live

BlackBerry’s Z10 and Q10 are fresh out the gate and the promo videos have started to roll in.

Does the BlackBerry Z10 look like the Apple iPhone 5?

The BlackBerry Z10 is finally official and its announcement caused an argument here in the office. Since we couldn’t reach an agreement, we had to turn to you our readers and hope you would be kind enough to settle it for us. Take a look at the picture below.

Google adds North Korea detailed coverage to its Maps service

Google Maps can now show you detailed maps of North Korea – both road maps and satellite view. This is something I never thought I’d see so soon.

Apple iOS 6 now powering over 300 million iDevices

With the availability of the iOS 6.1 update Apple announced the iOS 6 is now ticking inside more than 300 million devices worldwide.

Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365 Home Premium go on sale

The Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365 are finally on sale. The Office 365 Home Premium is currently available for $99.99 a year as expected. For that kind of cash you get to install the software on up to five PC’s or Macs.

NVIDIA allegedly to manufacture low-cost Android devices for other companies

Following the rather modest success of the Tegra platform in the smartphone and tablet segment, it seems NVIDIA is now gunning for a bigger share of the pie, so far dominated by the likes of Qualcomm and Mediatek.