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Smart move – the money in modern-day chip development has far more to do with who develops/owns the IP rather than who integrates/builds it. It’s a worthwhile backup plan if Tegra 4 or Project Denver fail to grab a good slice of the market.

about 9 hours ago on Nvidia will license its Kepler GPU technology to tap into the 'exploding' smartphone market 1 recommend

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On the flipside you have the F20 which is still butt-ugly.

about 21 hours ago on Adjusting to Change 1 reply

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It just seems very out-of-character for a Verge review. It’s not even about any perceived Apple bias, the quality is just of a very low standard, like some part-time blogger giving his first impressions as soon as he unboxes his pre-order.

1 day ago on MacBook Air review (13-inch, 2013)

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You’re right Don, $499 isn’t ridiculous and you are delivering a lot of value with your console.

Unfortunately, Sony are offering even more value at $399. Value is a relative thing in the realm of technology.

1 day ago on Microsoft's Don Mattrick defends Xbox pricing: 'We're delivering thousands of dollars of value' 1 reply 12 recommends

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Is it me or was this review VERY short? It all seemed to revolve around the battery life and coffee shop thing. I’d have expected a mention on the following points:

• The screen is still TN. I wasn’t expecting a high-res panel but IPS is becoming commonplace amongst the competition.
• Base RAM still stuck on 4GB? I was rocking that much on my laptop back in 2007.
• Dat PCIe SSD. It’s new and unprecedented in a consumer machine and it wasn’t even brought up??

Ah, better wait for AnandTech for a proper review…

1 day ago on MacBook Air review (13-inch, 2013) 3 replies 15 recommends

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Faster connectivity counter-intuitively means better efficiency. With a fast low-latency connection, the radio can perform its task very quickly before racing to sleep, meaning that the average power consumption over time for a given task will be lower.

The iPhone 5/HTC One battery life benchmarks will confirm this for you – both phones get better battery life on LTE vs HSPA+

2 days ago on Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE Advanced coming soon, but most carriers aren't ready 1 reply 4 recommends

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Wow has the NSA planted shills in the comments sections of the major websites or something? A lot of people here seem far more interested in character assassination than in the fact that the NSA have a warrantless wiretapping system in place.

5 days ago on Standing with Snowden: the nerdy past and uncertain future of a whistleblowing icon 1 reply 3 recommends

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I always send massages.

Whatever makes you happy :)

6 days ago on Changing from iOS to Android 3 recommends

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Twitter must provide its user data to France’s Union of Jewish Students (UEJF) and four other human rights organizations

Why them? If it’s a case of the law being broken, shouldn’t it be the police who receive the data and act upon it rather than a private organisation? This leaves the door wide open for vigilante justice as well as an abuse of confidential data.

6 days ago on Twitter must disclose authors of anti-Semitic tweets, French appeals court rules 1 recommend

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Me and plenty others here (as well as tons of websites) can tell you all the nice things about Android that make me prefer it to iOS. Instead, I’ll tell you my current gripes with it. They’re small things in the scheme of things but you’ll probably notice them if you switch from iOS:

• There’s no iCloud-style full system cloud backup provided by Google yet. Helium does a great job for me but it’s not the same as having it integrated into the OS.
• Similarly, no integrated Find My Phone feature. I use Prey personally, plenty of other options in the store as well.
• Software updates are still a mess, but you’ll be fine as you’re looking for a Google experience phone anyway.
• Accessories – there’s nothing quite like Apple’s MFi program where you can buy stuff like docks, drop your phone in and it’ll play music through the dock seamlessly. A solution to this is buying Bluetooth speakers – just pair and you can start streaming audio seamlessly to it. Not quite as seamless but it works well and you’re now wireless too!
• Messaging – Google finally have an answer to Apple’s iMessage with Hangouts. Again, not quite the same seamless experience but it does have the advantage of being completely cross-platform – available for iOS, Android, as a Chrome extension or just from within Gmail/Google+. I’ve started convincing my iOS friends to use Hangouts for this very reason.

Once you get here, take delight in our low price plans without absurd restrictions. I can recommend Three as a good network – they have great DC-HSPA+ coverage on which I can hit 20Mbps (LTE will launch end of this year), they’re the only network with unlimited data plans and at £25/month for the most expensive One Plan they’re also the cheapest.

6 days ago on Changing from iOS to Android 1 reply 2 recommends

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Is the Google Edition HTC One even available in the UK? Haven’t seen it crop up in the Play Store so far.

6 days ago on Changing from iOS to Android 4 replies

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The risk of dick pics is lower but still substantial.

7 days ago on Contact: are alien-hunting scientists going to trigger a planetary invasion? 1 reply 7 recommends

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The way the general public and the media act, you’d never know it!

8 days ago on Xbox One won't hit Asia until late 2014, Japanese release confirmed 1 reply 2 recommends

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It’s arguably even more important for laptops than desktops as they’re used from multiple angles and users shouldn’t have to plug in an external monitor just for better contrast and colours. Also, the panels are cheap nowadays and many other manufacturers are finally offering them as standard. A premium device ought to come with premium components.

8 days ago on MacBook Air refreshed with Intel Haswell processors and all-day battery life, available today starting at $999 1 recommend

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I like that they’ve used the idea behind the Silverstone FT03 – vertically built, compact, air rising through the case, aluminium trash-can aesthetic… :P

9 days ago on New Mac Pro first look: Apple's diminutive take on the desktop computer 2 recommends

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They’re certainly decent for TNs, but one wouldd expect IPS on a new mid-2013 premium-grade ultrabook especially when the competition have started using IPS panels en masse. I wonder if they’re trying to push people onto the rMBPs…

9 days ago on MacBook Air refreshed with Intel Haswell processors and all-day battery life, available today starting at $999 3 recommends

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I didn’t expect retina (even though others like Acer and Asus have managed it) but are those screens IPS? It’s a deal-breaker if they’re not IPS.

9 days ago on MacBook Air refreshed with Intel Haswell processors and all-day battery life, available today starting at $999 2 replies

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The Haswell ULV chips aren’t getting Crystalwell (the 128MB eDRAM for Iris Pro) so I wouldn’t hold out for that in a theoretical rMBA. There will be an ULV part with Iris 5100 graphics (40 EUs, no eDRAM) so that’s possible. Meanwhile I would hope for Iris Pro on the 13" rMBP, with the 15" using any Intel graphics in tandem with a GTX 760/765M.

9 days ago on Refreshed MacBook models rumored for WWDC next week

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They conveniently forget that drivers a) drive according to the width and conditions of the road and not just the speed limit and b) have these little devices known as “brakes” and they use them when kids run out into the road.

What I find sadder is the local people in my area who tried to campaign for a 20mph limit on a busy main road. Evidently they swallow the govt’s bullshit whole.

12 days ago on Secret program gives NSA, FBI backdoor access to Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft data

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I thought the entire purpose of Reader was for consuming news in “bits and bites”? To allow me to target sources very specifically?

13 days ago on Google: Reader is dying because smartphone users consume news 'in bits and bites' 3 recommends

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I hope the several songwriters employed by the record label write a catchy song about space babes after it.

FTFY

13 days ago on Bieber in space: popstar will embark on Virgin voyage 6 recommends

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LOL. The UN is a haven for despotic countries maintaining their legitimacy. Especially with China and Russia as the heavy hitters protecting them.

Change can and will only come from the people.

14 days ago on Saudi Arabia clamps down on messaging apps with ban of Viber 1 recommend

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I’d imagine Vlad has already come across his fair share of travelling and cross-cultural pollination in his own life.

14 days ago on Lost in translation: when East meets West, press conferences get weird 1 recommend