Hardware articles

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  Black and Decker's motion-activated screwdriver replaces elbow grease with a gyro

  By Justin Rubio on August 15, 2012 12:22 pm + 28 comments

  Sometimes turning a screwdriver is just too strenuous an activity for its own good, and while Continue reading…

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  Lenovo, Dell, and Samsung Windows RT tablets and laptops confirmed

  By Dante D'Orazio on August 13, 2012 12:33 pm + 106 comments

  To-date the only official products that we've seen running Windows RT are the Microsoft Surface and Continue reading…

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  Will Nokia become collateral damage in Microsoft's battle with Apple?

  By Vlad Savov on August 13, 2012 09:00 am + 476 comments

  From the moment of their announcement, Microsoft's Surface tablets have sat firmly entrenched in the Continue reading…

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  Neo Geo X Gold handheld console out this December with 20 games, $199.99 price tag

  By Aaron Souppouris on August 13, 2012 08:05 am + 40 comments

  The Neo Geo X Gold portable console, first reported on back in January, is set for release on Continue reading…

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  Apple buys patent-rich security firm Authentec for $356 million

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 27, 2012 08:02 am + 70 comments

  Apple has purchased Authentec, a company which provides security hardware and software for PCs and Continue reading…

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  Acer reportedly planning a Windows Phone 8 device for second half of 2013

  By Tom Warren on July 19, 2012 08:01 am + 9 comments

  Nokia, Samsung, HTC, and Huawei will ship the first round of Windows Phone 8 devices running on Continue reading…

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  Google's Eric Schmidt: 'We always wanted to be in the hardware business'

  By Evan Rodgers on July 14, 2012 10:07 am + 151 comments

  During last Thursday's Allen & Company technology conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, Google's Eric Continue reading…

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  Yves Béhar promises a 'relaunch' of troubled Jawbone Up fitness band

  By Nathan Ingraham on July 11, 2012 01:11 pm + 17 comments

  Yves Béhar, Chief Creative Officer at Jawbone and designer of the Ouya game console, is speaking Continue reading…

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  'StarCraft II' fan builds arcade-style custom controller with 29 buttons

  By Louis Goddard on July 5, 2012 11:05 am + 14 comments

  Real-time strategy (RTS) isn't a gaming genre known for its hardware — fans of Command & Conquer Continue reading…

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  RIM reiterates BlackBerry 10 hardware plan: fewer devices, QWERTY and full touch models around the same time

  By Chris Ziegler on June 28, 2012 05:32 pm + 51 comments

  On its rather somber fiscal Q1 2013 earnings call today, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins talked briefly about Continue reading…