Category: Hardware Dev

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Panasonic’s 16-megapixel Lumix G6 unveiled with 7fps burst, NFC, WiFi

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As reported on Engadget. By Steve Den Panasonic has just announced a new mid-range Micro Four Thirds camera, the Lumix G6, that brings a solid list of specs for a mid-range camera. The 16-megapixel shooter can fire at a respectable 7fps in burst mode, has a top sensitivity of ISO 25,600 and like the recently launched Lumix GF6, has WiFi and NFC for device syncing. It also sports a 1,440K-dot OLED LVF, 0.5 second startup time, 3-inch, 1,036K-dot touchscreen…

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AMD details $999 Radeon HD 7990 graphics card, says it handles all top games at 4K

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr We’ve seen plenty of the Radeon HD 7990 in action with Battlefield 4, but it’s taken AMD a little while to furnish us with full specs and pricing. Now that all the info is here, in the run-up to commercial availability in two week’s time, it’s finally possible to judge the pros and cons of what is arguably a very niche product. Read on past the break and we’ll do…

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How Will We Define A “Good” Google Glass Experience?

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Google Glass is getting closer and closer to becoming a shipping product. It’s already making its way out to early “Explorer” program pre-launch testers, and we’ll almost definitely see a lot more from Glass at Google I/O in mid-May. Drew already got his lucky mitts on an Explorer set, and provided some useful insight about how it operates, and how it might be useful as someone goes about their average…

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PanaCast brings panoramic HD video to conference calls in the palm of your hand for $599 (hands-on) Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Michael Gorman Video chats have become quite popular these days, whether you’re using Facetime,Skype or are attending a Google Hangout. One problem with those platforms is that they provide a limited field of view and that view is static for attendees. PanaCast solves that problem with some unique hardware and software that provides a 200 degree FOV and a virtualized camera for each viewer. Its camera has six imagers, an SoC with dual ARM11…

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Iron Man mouse fuels your hot-rod red obsession, is all about the next mission

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg Whether you’re looking to instill fear in the hearts of enemies at LAN, or just want to edit spreadsheets in style, this Iron Man mouse will do everything a normal mouse can… just cooler. To capitalize on hype for the third installment of the superhero film franchise, Japanese company e-blue (aka E-3LUE) has released this gold and hot-rod red peripheral with Tony Stark’s blessing (read: under official Marvel license). Two AAA batteries power the wireless mouse (some…

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Hands On With The Toshiba KIRAbook: Can Great Hardware Coupled With An Amazing Display Save Windows PCs?

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MICHAEL SEO With PC laptop shipments projected to decline by 7.3% this year, Windows 8 machines desperately need a shot multiple shots of adrenaline. The Toshiba KIRAbook may be just that. The KIRAbook is Toshiba’s first entrant in their newly fashioned “KIRA” line of luxury ultrabooks. At first glance, you can see that the KIRAbook is meticulously designed, and it radiates a Cupertino-esque level of fit and finish. We haven’t seen this kind of quality…

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Intel execs predict Bay Trail touch-enabled laptops for $200 – $300 by the holidays

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler On the earnings call after Intel released its Q1 numbers, its executives faced many questions from analysts, including some asking what to expect from the company in Q4. According to CEO Paul Otellini and CFO / EVP Stacy Smith, among the reasons for investors to be optimistic are the prospects of cheaper touch screen computers powered by its upcoming Bay Trail (quad-core Atom) and Haswell processors. Just how cheap you ask? According…

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Google Hardware Dev

Google Releases Glass Specs: Full Day Battery Life, 5MP Camera, 720p Video, 16GB Flash Memory & Bone Conduction Transducer

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS The news about Google Glass just keeps coming today. After announcing that Glass isabout to ship and releasing the Glass Mirror API documentation, Google has now also posted the full spec sheet for the Glass hardware. There are no major surprises here, but it’s nice to finally get to see what those users who will be able to buy the Explorer editions will get for their $1,500. Glass will work with…

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Titan supercomputer to be loaded with ‘world’s fastest’ storage system

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos If you figured Titan’s title of the world’s most powerful supercomputer would give the folks at Oakridge National Laboratory reason to rest on their laurels, you’d be mistaken. The computer is set to have its fleet of 18,688 NVIDIA K20 GPUs and equal number of AMD Opteron processors paired with what’s said to be the planet’s speediest storage system, making its file setup six times faster and giving it three times more capacity. Dubbed Spider…

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Microsoft Reportedly Preparing To Jump On The Smartwatch Bandwagon

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CHRIS VELAZCO Apple, Google, LG, and Samsung are all reportedly working on wrist-worn computing devices behind closed doors, and it seems like that little club of big companies may soon get another member. If a new report from the Wall Street Journal is to be believed, Microsoft has been in touch with an undisclosed number of suppliers who have apparently been tasked with delivering components for a smartwatch-like device that supports touch input. Now that’s not to…

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