TechSpot PC Buying Guide: Mid-2013 Update
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TechSpot's PC Buying Guide offers an in-depth list of today's best
desktop PC hardware, spanning four typical budgets starting at ~$500 for
a well-balanced machine capable of medium workloads, up to $3,000+ for
the Luxury build which includes the best PC hardware recommendations
when budget is not a big concern. In-between you will find two
mainstream systems that are good for heavy-multitasking and depending on
your choice of GPU casual to high-end gaming.
Microsoft takes another stab at hardware with new Surface 2 tablets
- Microsoft announced the follow up to last year’s Surface tablets at an event in New York City this morning. As expected, the company is sticking to the same form factors and architectures with a lower-price ARM model running Windows RT…
Valve's SteamOS promises to bring PC gaming to the living room
- In the first of three scheduled announcements for this week, Steam has unveiled a free operating system designed for the living room that the company promises will combine the rock-solid architecture of Linux with a gaming experience built for the…
iOS 7 passcode bypass flaw grants access to photos, e-mail, more
- A vulnerability in Apple’s new mobile operating system allows anyone to bypass the lockscreen on an iPhone or iPad and gain access to a user’s photos, e-mails, text messages, Facebook, Twitter and more. Apple said they are aware of the…
Leaked Android 4.4 KitKat images show a flattened 2D design
- With iOS 7, many people said Apple’s mobile operating system became a bit more like Android with live wallpaper, control center and the like. It’s a bit fitting then that the latest purported images of Android 4.4 KitKat seem to…
These 10 Electronic Devices Are Nearly Impossible to Repair
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It's becoming tradition that with every new high-profile gadget
release, we showcase whatever findings the repair commandos at
iFixit.com share with us, whether it's the latest iPhone 5S and 5C, the
Nvidia Shield, Moto X smartphone, or the yet unfinalized Oculus Rift VR
headset.
In a follow-up article we'll list devices and gadgets you can service on your own. But if it's controversy and indignation you want, this is the week you've been waiting for! Here are iFixit's top 10 hardest-to-repair electronics.
Grand Theft Auto V sales cross the $1 billion mark in just three days
- Grand Theft Auto V is now the fastest-selling video game in history. Where it took the previous record-holder, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, a full 15 days to reach $1 billion in sales, GTA V needed just three days…
Brazilian hacker brings down NASA homepage, mistakes it for NSA's
- Last week, NASA got an interesting surprise when 14 of their websites were taken down by an experienced Brazilian hacker. The cyberattack targeted pages by NASA’s Ames Research Center, including one which contained information about the Kepler Space telescope.
Tim Cook: Microsoft is copying Apple's strategy, Nokia died due to lack of innovation
- Bloomberg Businessweek published a joint interview with Apple's leadership including CEO Tim Cook, head of design Jony Ive and software chief Craig Federighi today. The three sat down for an extensive Q&A on a number of different topics, one of…
AMD Hawaii R9 290X GPU specifications leak early
- Specifications on AMD’s upcoming Hawaii R9 290X GPU have hit the web a week before the silicon is scheduled to be unveiled. The 28nm chip, based on AMD’s second generation Graphics CoreNext microarchitecture, is expected to go head to head…
Microsoft: PlayStation 4 can be played through Xbox One's HDMI-In
- During a recent presentation at the Tokyo Game Show, Xbox senior director of product management and planning Albert Panello fielded a question about the Xbox One’s HDMI-In feature to support a feed from any device – specifically, the PlayStation 4. …
iPhone 5S, 5C teardown: Plenty of adhesive, missing M7 coprocessor (update)
- Update: iFixit sends word that they have since found the elusive M7 coprocessor (NXP LPC18A1). Turns out, it was buried beneath a neoprene-looking cover.
Colin Farrell, Paula Patton offered leading roles in World of Warcraft film
- Production on a screen adaptation of World of Warcraft is scheduled to get under way in January 2014. The film, directed by Duncan Jones and written by Charles Leavitt, is said to center on the conflict between the Alliance and…
Found: What would happen if you stopped sleeping indefinitely?
- Sleep. We spend a third of our lives asleep but did you know that scientists still really have no idea why? Studies have shown that adults that sleep between six to eight hours per night typically live longer. Yet at…
Ballmer: Microsoft has discussed Google's practices with 'competition authorities'
- Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently spoke to those in attendance at the company’s financial analysts meeting. The executive used some of his time to discuss how Microsoft could generate revenue through consumer services like Google does. "They have this…
Microsoft doesn't condone vertical orientation for Xbox One
- Perhaps you’ve noticed that the Xbox One has only been shown in a horizontal orientation in press photos. That’s in contrast to the Xbox 360 which is more often than not seen standing vertically alongside a controller or Kinect. Turns…
Apple's Touch ID fingerprint scanner has been hacked, group claims
- A Berlin-based group of hackers claim they have successfully hacked the fingerprint reader on Apple’s new iPhone 5S just days after its release. The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) said fingerprints should not be used to secure anything as we leave…
BlackBerry confirmed to go private in deal valued at $4.7 billion
- The saga surrounding Canadian handset maker BlackBerry appears to be over. On Monday, the company announced they have reached an agreement to be taken private by a consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings as part of a deal valued at…
Google Nexus 7 (2nd-Gen) Review: The Android Tablet to Beat
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Google stormed into the tablet market last year with the Nexus 7, a
low-cost but high quality 7-inch tablet that significantly lowered the
price barrier for Android media consumption.
Enter 2013, time to refresh the Nexus 7, receiving a serious speed boost, a better quality display, a rear camera and new features. At $220 the 2nd-gen Nexus tablet presents itself as a remarkably attractive proposition for people who want to read, watch or play.
Diablo III gold and real money auction houses are shutting down
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- Blizzard recently announced plans to shutter both the gold and real money auction houses in Diablo III. The decision comes as the company prepares to release the game’s first expansion – Reaper of Souls – which features a revised loot…
Ivy Bridge hardware trojan is nearly impossible to detect
- A group of researchers hailing from Europe and the US have successfully demonstrated what they are calling a hardware trojan attack on Intel’s third generation Ivy Bridge processor. It’s also very difficult to detect as the exploit is able to…
Deep Web news: Silk Road competitor Atlantis calls it quits
- Silk Road competitor Atlantis recently announced plans to shut down shop following a brief six-month run. A message on the website said the service was forced to close down due to security reasons out of their control. Anyone with coins…
Google helps to digitize all current constitutions with 'Constitute'
- Google on Monday launched a new website called Constitute. Developed by the Comparative Constitutions Project with seed funding from Google Ideas, the goal of the project was to make the world’s constitutions easily available to those in countries that are…
AMD Catalyst 13.9 and Nvidia GeForce 327.23 WHQL drivers released
- For those of you out there with an AMD Radeon graphics card, AMD has released the Catalyst 13.9 drivers, which are both WHQL and Windows 8.1-certified. The drivers address a number of issues with performance in games, applications and the…
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