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  • Want iOS 6? No Problem: Buy It Now From a Scofflaw Developer
    If you¿re a diehard Apple fan who desperately wants to run a buggy alpha version of iOS 6 right now, your only legal option is to shell out the $99 to join the iOS Developer Program. But your illegal options abound, thanks to a cottage industry of iOS beta resellers.
    06.20.12
  • Latest Galaxy Phone Aims for the Stars, But Falls Short
    The Galaxy S III is Samsung's most ambitious smartphone yet, and it serves as a testament to the company's growing stature as a premium handset maker. However, while it's a fine smartphone, it's not the unqualified success it aspires to be, and it's regrettably held back by software that never works as well or as easily as it should.
    06.20.12
  • Retina Display Teardown Reveals Ingenuity and Surprises
    Last week, iFixit tore apart the MacBook Pro with Retina Display and found it was virtually impossible to repair or upgrade after the time of purchase. But the Retina display itself was left un-dissected -- until now.
    06.19.12
  • Is the Best Android Tablet Available Made for Kids?
    If you've been considering investing in a tablet for your child, you've got lots of options these days. Just do a Google search on tablets for kids and you'll find plenty of comparisons and reviews of the various brands that are currently available.
    06.19.12
  • Hip-Hop 101 With MC Edgar Allan Poe
    MC Lars has been espousing his love of classic literature in hip-hop verse for practically his entire career. With ample nods to Melville and Shakespeare already under his belt, his newest video single again centers on one of his favorite wordsmiths, Poe.
    06.19.12
  • Mozilla 'Junior' Brings Firefox to Your iPad
    Mozilla is hard at work on Firefox for the iPad, but don't expect this to be your father's Firefox. Instead the company is hoping to "reinvent the browser for a new form factor."
    06.18.12
  • CloudFTP: Expanding Your iPad With WiFi Access to External Storage
    The CloudFTP device was originally a Kickstarter project that was successfully funded back in January 2012. It's now a retail product available for purchase by anyone, and it fills a much-needed gap for iPad users who have various mobile storage devices (such as cameras or hard drives) and wish to access them via WiFi.
    06.18.12
  • Super Dad v2 by Errol Elumir
    Just in time for Father's Day, Errol Elumir -- the Errol half of geek music duo Debs and Errol -- redid his video of Super Dad, a funny song that I think all parents will get greatly appreciate, especially the fathers out there who spend the day having make-up applied by their daughters.
    06.17.12
  • Mark Zuckerberg Is Worth More Than Nokia
    Here's one mobile strategy Mark Zuckerberg could try: Buy Nokia. If the 28-year-old cashed out all his Facebook stock today, he could buy up all of Nokia's and still have a little under $6 billion left for himself.
    06.15.12
  • Simply Say 'Siri': How Automakers Can Integrate Apple's 'Eyes Free'
    Apple's announcement that Siri is coming "Eyes Free" into cars left more questions than answers at WWDC this week. But after talking with automakers, examining how voice controls are currently embedded in vehicles and looking at Apple's own patent filing for a steering wheel-mounted remote, we have a clearer view of how Apple's personal assistant will integrate into your next ride.
    06.15.12
  • IBM Overcomes Apple Secrecy to Stream US Open
    Even IBM is fed up with Apple¿s famously secretive approach to new hardware and software. This weekend, as the world¿s best golfers are competing at the US Open in San Francisco, Big Blue is teaming with the US Golf Association to offer both mobile and web apps that let fans follow the action.
    06.15.12
  • Review: 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid Is a Pleasant Populist
    Until I passed the radar-equipped eye of the local constabulary, nobody had noticed the Toyota Camry I was driving. "Do you know how fast you were going?" the officer predictably asked. I was dumbfounded -- before I'd been pulled over, the drive had been a total blur. Outside of speed traps, the Camry beats Buster Bluth ...
    06.15.12
  • App Lets Friends Catch 'Glympse' of Mercedes A-Class Owners
    For social media¿s most ardent adherents, there¿s no such thing as oversharing. We¿re not convinced that anyone cares that you just liked Frank Bacon on Facebook, tweeted some mundane thought that twitched through your brain, Instagrammed moody snapshots of your surroundings or checked in on Four Square at a hipster watering hole where you can ...
    06.15.12
  • Xbox SmartGlass Is Next-Generation Universal Remote
    SmartGlass promises to turn any smart phone or tablet computer into a touch screen controller for the Xbox 360. This not only makes finding and selecting media easier, and complements the 360's controller, motion and voice control options, but adds a whole raft of new interactions once your movie, music or videogame has been launched. More than that though it will run on pretty much any smartphone or tablet, making use of whichever device you already have in your living room.
    06.15.12
  • Accuracy, Speed, and Comfort on iPad With Wacom Bamboo Stylus
    There are two things I still don't like about a touchscreen... one is accuracy and the other is the difficulty in drawing or writing on screen. I've used a stylus on the iPad before; I cannot remember which brand it was, but it most definitely was NOT the Wacom Bamboo Stylus for iPad. That's because I didn't enjoy using it as much as I have the Bamboo Stylus.
    06.15.12
  • Think the iPhone Is Cute? Check Out This Cell Phone Nesting Doll
    The nine nesting cell phones in Kyle Bean¿s Mobile Evolution are a new take on an old toy, by a young artist interpreting an evolving industry. From 1984 to about 2010, as mobile phones gradually took over the world, leaps in cellular technology allowed phones to shrink, while processing power exploded. Bean, a British artist, was interested in the phenomenon, and started collecting old phones from a local junk shop. Placing them beside each other, he drew an unusual parallel ¿ to him they looked like the old Russian nesting dolls, or Matryoshka dolls, that have been resurging in new variations.
    06.14.12


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