Day: May 15, 2013

Military

What Torture Charges? Special Ops Chief Says Afghan Relations Are ‘Great’

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As reported on Wired. BY NOAH SHACHTMAN Adm. William McRaven at a ceremony in 2011. Photo: DoD   It’s been a brutal few days in Afghanistan. On Sunday, the local government accused an American special operator of torturing an Afghan civilian.  On Monday, the Hamid Karzai administration insisted that U.S. warplanes killed 17 women and children. Then, on Tuesday, three more U.S. troops were killed by an improvised bomb, bringing the total to 17 slain in this awful month alone.…

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Entertainment Review

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ review: boldly going back to the future

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As reported on The Verge. By Bryan Bishop J.J. Abrams’ latest keeps looking back when it could be forging ahead In 2009 J.J. Abrams reimagined Star Trek, turning Gene Roddenberry’s near-utopian vision into a high-octane summer action ride. Rather than simply creating a prequel, however, Abrams opted to fork the Trek universe with a bit of time travel trickery and some heavy lifting from Leonard Nimoy. The result was a massive hit that set the stage for a new…

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Google

I/O 2013: One Google, Under Page, With Unification And Usability For All

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DREW OLANOFF This is the evening before Google’s I/O developer conference and there’s already been quite a bit of chatter about what the company will announce and share at the conference. One important thing to note is that there will only be one keynote this year, a mega three-hour session where Google will talk to the attendees about all of the important things that have happened over the past year and what to…

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Application Business

BlackBerry To Launch BBM On Android And iOS This Summer

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS Today at BlackBerry Live, CEO Thorsten Heins announced BBM will soon be available on Android and iOS. The messaging app will launch globally this summer. This is a huge move for BlackBerry as it brings BB10′s strongest feature to literally hundreds of millions of potential users. “It is a state of confidence,” Heins explained. “The BB10 platform is so strong and the response has been so good that the…

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Google

Sign-up page for revamped Google Maps shows off plenty of new features

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr Just hours before its I/O event, Google has apparently had a little accident: the sign-up page for “the new Google Maps” briefly went live, revealing a slew of extra details about what’s coming in the rumored refresh before quickly being pulled. Droid-Lifemanaged to grab some screenshots, including the one above, which gets to the heart of what Google is trying to achieve. The central idea is that Google will create maps tailored…

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Business Hardware Dev

Sony announces pricing for 55- and 65-inch 4K TVs in the UK, pre-order now, in-stores June

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As reported on Engadget. By James Trew Fancy some of the 4K magic from Sony, but are living over in the UK? Well you can get one step closer by pre-ordering today. The Bravia X9 — as it’s known over there — comes in two sizes (55- and 65-inch) both of which will land in bricks and mortar stores in mid-June. The price? Well, £4,000 and £6,000 respectively. That outlay will get you upscaling on all your…

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Business

Dell XPS 10 with Windows RT gets major price cut: base model now $300

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg We don’t know for sure that Dell’s been experiencing the weak demand for Windows RT Samsung’s been so vocal about, but significant price cuts to its XPS 10 tablet hybrid suggest it hasn’t exactly been flying off the shelves. Not only has the $500 tag for the tablet with 32GB of storage dropped to $300, but adding another 32GB now only costs $50 more, instead of $100. Savings have extended to the keyboard dock, too — opting for the…

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Hardware Dev

Panasonic refreshes Toughbook H2 with faster processor, bigger storage and stronger shell

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As reported on Engadget. By Daniel Cooper We’ve never understood why Panasonic chose to brand its top-line tablet as theToughbook H2, but given the hairy-chested types who build and use the gear, we’re not gonna challenge ’em. The company hasn’t messed too much with the Windows 7slate, except pushing the top chip to a 2.8GHz Intel Core i5-3427U and to swap out the 320GB 7,200RPM shock-mounted HDD for a 500GB model. Panasonic has also tweaked the hardware’s polycarbonate-encased magnesium alloy…

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