Bring back the badass black MacBook.
Imagine if Apple introduced a jet-black MacBook Pro. Just imagine. Photoshop by Mark Hobbs/CNET We're getting new Macs next week. And boy, are they late. It's been 520 days since Apple released the last MacBook Pro. 591 days since the last MacBook Air. The Mac Mini hasn't been refreshed for over two years. The processors inside are even older. You could point to any number of reasons as to why. Supply. Dema..>> view originalTapping into photo history, the £449 Kodak Ektra smartphone puts camera mechanics front and center
In a week where there has been much talk about a new phone vying to have world’s best smartphone camera, another device focused on photos called the Kodak Ektra is also making its public debut (after being teased earlier this month). Launching today in the UK and initially available only in Europe for £449 ($550), the Ektra is hoping to attract photo enthusiasts — in its case by tapping into one of the more iconic brands of the medium, Kodak’s 1940s Ektra camera, alongside some more modern bel..>> view originalFirst Click: The return of Nintendo
The wait for the N64 was interminable But this practice was best illustrated by the launch of the Nintendo 64, a drawn-out process that makes the wait for the NX seem almost trivial. Picture the scene: it's 1994, and Sony's PlayStation is already on the market, but Nintendo's own machine is still years off. The company could rush production on its new console, which had been codenamed "Project Reality," or keep quiet and let Sony take an easy win. Instead, Nintendo took a different approach, se..>> view originalGalaxy Note 7 owners are angry Samsung is refusing to pay compensation
The Note 7 recall has already passed into Halloween costume territory, but for owners of the phone who experienced its dangers first hand, it's not as funny. According to a report from The Guardian, a number of individuals who suffered property damage when their Note 7 exploded say Samsung is resisting paying compensation. In one story in the report, Note 7 owner John Barwick was woken in the middle of the night by the smartphone bursting into flames on his nightstand. He says the resulting fir..>> view originalTesla cars to have full self-driving gear, but feature disabled for now
Tesla Motors’ cars will come fitted with full self-driving hardware, as the company jousts with tech rivals like Google and car makers like Ford that are making a dash for the autonomous car market. Model S and Model X cars with the inbuilt hardware are already in production and customers can buy one, Tesla said Wednesday. But the features possible with the new hardware will be enabled only later through over-the-air updates after testing more than “millions of miles of real-world driving..>> view original10 beloved PC programs Windows 10 renders obsolete
Let’s start with a killer that took root in Windows 8, but blossomed in Windows 10.Microsoft began baking Windows Defender—its in-house antivirus solution—into Windows 8, but that integration contained a fatal flaw. In a bid to toss PC makers a bloatware bone, Microsoft allowed them to disable Defender and include third-party AV trialware instead. The problem? You had to manually reactivate Windows Defender when that trial was up or risk your computer being vulnerable.Not in Windows 10. Now, Win..>> view originalHeard of LeEco? Well, They're About to Sell You Everything
If you’ve heard of LeEco, it’s either because you’ve lived in China, or you vaguely recall that it bought up US television manufacturer Vizio a few months ago. That’s about to change, because LeEco is making a play for entire US market. What are they selling? Everything. It would be helpful here to explain what LeEco (LAY-EEco) is, but easy comparisons fall short. It’s most commonly known as the Netflix of China, but its streaming services predates Netflix, and constitute just a portion of LeEc..>> view original
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
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