Technology

Apple TV revisited: 4 reasons to buy it, 5 reasons to skip it

Apple TV sometimes feels like the black sheep of Cupertino, but it got some love last week when Apple dropped the price to $69. That’s $30 cheaper than the original price, making Apple TV just a little more competitive with … Continue reading

Apple TV revisited: 4 reasons to buy it, 4 reasons to skip it

Apple TV sometimes feels like the black sheep of Cupertino, but it got some love last week when Apple dropped the price to $69. That’s $30 cheaper than the original price, making Apple TV just a little more competitive with … Continue reading

NBC might be working on a TV-everywhere app for Apple TV

Widely reported speculation indicates Apple is planning a streaming service in the Sling TV mold , but NBCUniversal’s TV offerings won’t be part of it because the Cupertino-based tech giant and Comcast (NBCUniversal’s parent company) couldn’t come to terms. But … Continue reading

Windows 10 Event

Microsoft desperately wants you to move to Windows 10

Microsoft wants everyone to be using its latest operating system, and with good reason given recent history. So the company is completely willing to forego the sticker price of Windows 10 in hopes of persuading everyone to move to the … Continue reading

Mars

Shocker: Mars One mission begins to unravel as finalist slams selection process

Mars One sounded sketchy right from the start, but now a finalist is talking about just how bad it is.

Net neutrality rules let FCC police future ISP conduct

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s new net neutrality rules allow the agency to police future network management practices and business models rolled out by broadband providers, raising concerns among critics that an activist commission will inject itself into ISP board … Continue reading

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New mobile system concept captures high-resolution images inside the eye

Its crunch time for smartphones to prove what they can do in the medical world. researchers at Rice have developed a a smartphone peripheral they call Mobilevision to image the most sensitive part of the eye in high definition.

Here’s the hardware that will power Windows-based robots and connected homes

Microsoft has big plans for spreading Windows beyond phones, tablets, and PCs, and it’s just started talking about the hardware options. In a blog post, Microsoft revealed a few different chipsets that will support Windows 10 IoT, an initiative to … Continue reading

MAVEN

NASA’s MAVEN probe spots mysterious dust cloud and glowing aurora over Mars

There are some unexpected things going on in the Martian atmosphere, and the MAVEN probe is on the scene to investigate.

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AMD-backed FreeSync monitors finally shipping

For the past few years, both AMD and Nvidia have been talking up their respective solutions for improving gaming display quality; finally, AMD FreeSync-compatible monitors are shipping.