Atari and Microsoft release Atari Arcade for browsers

 Atari and Microsoft have announced a joint venture which sees classic Atari titles come to browsers in celebration of Atari’s 40th anniversary as a games publisher, and the upcoming launch of Internet Explorer 10. The browser-based portal is a next-generation collection of eight titles (with more conversions planned) reimagined in HTML5 with fresh graphics, gameplay, touch screen features...

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Meet the Windows 8 tablet-laptop hybrids of IFA 2012

With IFA 2012 taking place just two months before the launch of Windows 8, it was all but guaranteed that major PC players would have next-generation hardware on display. They did, and this year there’s one particular form factor that stole the show: convertibles, or hybrids whichever label you prefer to slap on the laptop-tablet remixes. Asus, Dell, HP, Samsung, Sony, and Toshiba all had models...

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IFA 2012: Samsung introduces its ATIV Windows 8 tablets

At the IFA event in Berlin, Samsung has introduced a new range of Windows 8 tablets - Series 5 and Series 7, featuring the company's S-Pen stylus and optional keyboard dock. Samsung has branded these products as ATIV slates in regions outside the U.S, and also introduced a Windows RT tablet, called the ATIV Tab. Both the Series 5 (ATIV Smart PC) and Series 7 (ATIV Smart PC Pro) slates feature...

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Samsung pays Apple $1 Billion in 30 Trucks full of 5 Cent Coins is a Hoax

Rumors about Samsung paying Apple the $1 billion in 30 trucks of 5 cents coins have been put to rest. The Internet went crazy when information that Samsung paid Apple the $1 billion it was asked to pay for copyright issue in 30 trucks of 5 cents coins started doing the rounds. However, this news has been confirmed as untrue. According to the news which was published in PaperBlog, supposedly, "Samsung...

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Will Motorola And Intel Finally Unveil Their First Smartphone Collaboration This Month?

Intel started out 2012 by giving the impression that it was about to get very involved in the smartphone and tablet scene, thanks to its Atom-based Medfield SoCs. We heard the company announce a multi-year partnership with Motorola that would presumably lead to using these chips in future Motorola hardware, and we even saw a leak of what one of those devices might be, but we’ve yet to see them come to...

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Gigabyte X11 ultrabook review

Pros Extremely slim and lightweight Strong carbon-fibre chassis Solid performance Good-quality screen Cons One or two keyboard layout issues Noticeable fan noise at times Moderate battery life Taiwanese PC hardware manufacturer Gigabyte is best known for motherboards and graphics cards, but also has a stable of notebooks,...

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Best Free PDF Editors, 5 top PDF Editors to Check Out

 There was a time when it was very difficult to edit PDF files, but that’s no longer the case. There are now several programs that make it easy to modify these files. While some require you to pay, others are free or at least free to try out. You can then judge if the product is worth purchasing. PDF Hammer This is a web-based editor. After you have uploaded the PDF file, you’ll be able to remove, delete,...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 vs no.1 in specs

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has finally been revealed and provided us with the full specs, which in part match up to what we heard before, and the more recent rumor of Jelly Bean being installed has rung true. Now that we know the Galaxy Note 2 specs it is easy to compare them to the first-generation phablet, and see how much better the sequel is and what has improved. In a nutshell the Samsung Galaxy...

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Apple improves UK online shopping experience with live chat and guided tours

  Apple has upgraded its online Apple Store shopping experience in the UK with the introduction of live online chat, guided tours and product training. The new service has been rolled out for potential iPhone and iPad buyers in the UK to help them make the correct buying decisions. Now there’s a whole new way to get help from the Apple Online Store. When shopping for a new iPad or iPhone, you...

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TomTom confirms new Android navigation app, available in October

It’s been a long time coming, but finally Dutch satellite navigation specialist TomTom has announced that it will release a dedicated Android app, launching with on-board maps, intelligent routing and HD Traffic services in October. The company will be showing off the new app at the IFA consumer electronics trade show today, demonstrating its new map interface, up-to-date routes, advanced lane guidance,...

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What Apple should copy from the Samsung Galaxy SIII

Summary: Apple can learn a lot from Samsung's latest hotness. Design matters and Apple needs to stop recycling the same tired iPhone form factor. Three years is simply too long. Although it has its flaws, the Samsung Galaxy SIII is the Android phone to have. Until the next one comes out. The Samsung Galaxy SIII is a great smartphone and, in a lot of ways, it's better than the iPhone 4S. In the Fall...

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Firefox updates for Desktop and Android hit today

Mozilla released a duo of updates today to improve the Firefox experience on both desktop and Android devices. Desktop users should see overall performance improvements with reduced memory usage for add-ons, as well as new gaming and developer features. Firefox now supports compressed textures, giving developers greater freedom from video memory constraints to build graphically intensive games for...

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Samsung Rocks Gesture Control in Windows 8 All-in-One PCs

Samsung’s mobile devices may be reeling from the company’s landmark loss in the patent-infringement case brought by Apple, but that’s not stopping it from charging full speed ahead in the PC space. The Korean electronics giant just unveiled a suite of new all-in-one desktop computers, tailored for Windows 8. The big giveaway that these machines are made for Windows 8 is their touchscreens....

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Facebook Employees Using Android Devices Because They’re Forced To Do So

Facebook recently updated its Android application and just a little bit later the brand new iPhone and iPad client were published. Despite the fact that the iOS flavor is, at the moment, somewhat better than its Android counterpart, Facebook employees are ditching iPhones and using Android devices. They are forced to do so, at least that’s what a report...

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Apple calls for several Samsung devices to be banned following court victory

After last week's court ruling against Samsung found that the tech giant had violated Apple's patents and awarded the latter more than $1 billion in damages, the technology world awaited both companies' next moves. Now we know that Apple is seeking to prevent the sale of eight Samsung smartphones in the U.S., according to a document filed today. While it might seem to be another huge blow for Samsung,...

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Samsung to Announce Android-Powered Galaxy S Camera This Week [REPORT]

While Apple gets ready to ban Samsung’s Galaxy S II smartphone, rumor has it the company plans to launch a new member of the Galaxy line this week: a digital camera. Samsung will be debuting its new Android-powered smart camera at IFA, an electronics trade show in Berlin, according to website GSM Arena The camera is rumored to come with a 16-megapixel sensor, and run on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)....

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9 Android Products That Are Just Plain Weird

Let's face it: the Nikon Coolpix S800c is just plain weird. Why should a 16-megapixel CMOS shooter allow you to surf the Web, access Twitter, and upload photos to Facebook? OK, so the last option makes some sense. Still, not every embedded or mobile OS allows for the freedoms provided by Android. Apple has always been the elegant fashionista: prim, proper, dressed to the nines, and blazing a trail...

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The Latest iPhone 5 Leak Shows You May Soon Be Making Credit Card Payments With Your Phone

At first glance, the latest part leak for Apple's next iPhone doesn't appear to show much more than what we've already seen several times over the last few months. But some closer inspection by the Japanese blog Macotakara shows that the device may include a special chip that will let you make payments with the phone. The leaked photo first came to us on Apple.pro via MacRumors and shows an assembled...

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Samsung executive says $1 billion verdict was the worst case scenario, Google says it was more Samsung than Android

In the matter of Apple's $1 billion verdict over Samsung, we've already had two separate, yet equally important PR statements. Since then, a Samsung executive has said it's their worst case scenario, and Google, not surprisingly, has tried to keep Android well away from the fallout. The unnamed Samsung executive was quoted by the Korea Times' Kim Yoo-chul: ``It’s absolutely the worst scenario for...

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Samsung's Apple patent loss: The financial hit is manageable

Summary: Should the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note---two products that Apple will ask a judge to ban from the U.S.--- elude an injunction, the fallout from Samsung's patent lawsuit defeat is likely to be minimal.  Samsung has been hit with a stinging patent lawsuit defeat at the hands of Apple, but assuming the electronics giant can keep its Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note away from an injunction the financial...

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Dropbox Enables Two-Step Verification

Dropbox has begun to add a two-step verification for all its accounts, the file-hosting service announced on its forums. The process, which is optional but recommended by Dropbox, “adds an extra layer of protection” to accounts by requiring users to submit a six-digit security code in addition to their passwords whenever they sign in, or link a new computer, phone or tablet, the company says. The security...

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RIP, Neil Armstrong: Experience the Apollo 11 Moon landing for yourself with this site

We found out today that the world has lost one of our most important heroes: Neil Armstrong. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first human being to ever step foot on the moon. It’s something that not many people can fathom or process, because of its magnitude. As we think about how far technology has come since 1969, it’s still amazing to me that we were sophisticated enough to pull off such...

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iPad mini release date: October, claim sources

Apple will launch the iPad mini in October, a month after the expected iPhone 5 launch but still in time for Christmas. So say sources talking to the tech blog of the Wall Street Journal, All Things Digital. "Apple's next generation iPhone and its so-called 'iPad mini' will debut at two separate events this fall, rather than a single one as has been widely speculated,...

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Email Smackdown: Outlook.com vs. Gmail

Let’s be honest: For a long time, it was a little embarrassing to use a Hotmail address. I should know — I’ve been using Hotmail as my primary email since I first got an account in 1999. I wish I could say that I never looked back, but when I saw all of my friends and professional colleagues touting their Gmail addresses in the mid-2000s, I considered switching. Certainly, I created and maintained a Gmail...

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