Demystifying Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
…Now you can handle that on the phone. This is very cool, but only for US English at launch. I also worry that the additional local processing could be hard on the…
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Why do some games get the 'downgrade' treatment?
…on top-of-the-line gaming rigs. Eventually, it came to light that the PC port was outsourced (Opens in a new window) . Rocksteady didn't have the resources to handle it…
This Week in Space: Maven Back Online, Perseverance Perseveres, and the Stars Align
…First, a botched reboot left the spacecraft running on its backup computer. Then, steering dropped out altogether. As Jim Butcher would say, MAVEN was "in the hands of God and Sir Isaac…
The State of Home 3D in 2011
…on this handheld (and glasses-free) gaming system: It looked much better than I'd expected, and delivered far fewer headaches than I'd been led to believe it would. Impressed as…
Samsung Galaxy S6 vs. Moto X Pure: Is customization king?
…I prefer this setup personally, but there are many who swear by the physical buttons you get on the Galaxy S6. There's also a handy fingerprint scanner in the GS6's…
The Best CPUs Ever Made
…Plenty of chips make our lives easier on Earth, but only a handful of designs have touched the surface of other planets. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 There were plenty of good…
Amazon smartphone event: Fire Phone announced, includes head tracking and object scanning (updated liveblog)
…Unfortunately, users would often block the lenses depending on hand position, so Amazon added two most front-facing cameras for a total of four. It needed to work in the dark, so…
6 ways to improve your spring and summer with technology
…There are hundreds of reviews for this device on Amazon, and it still has a 4.5 star rating -- very impressive. Instapark 10 watt solar panel portable solar charger (Opens in a…
Samsung Galaxy S7 vs. S6 vs. S5: How does the new model stack up?
…The Galaxy S7 is 64-bit, whereas these older products were based on 32-bit processors. It uses ARM SoCs built on Samsung's second-generation 14nm chips, while the Galaxy S5…
Windows 10 is great - but it won't stop the PC from dying and taking Microsoft with it
…OS X Yosemite , or my hands-on impressions of Windows 10