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By John Lovins

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Xbox One: An Occasional Gamer's Guide
TNW - Ben Woods
Even if you’re not a gaming fan it will have been hard to completely ignore the fervor surrounding the impending launch of the next major hardware releases from the world’s biggest players in gaming. just
Xbox One vs PS4: All you need to know
The Telegraph
Ahead of their release later this year, see how the launch titles, bundles and hardware for the Xbox One and PS4 compare. Techradar takes a look at the latest information on the Playstation 4 and XBox
Hyperloop revealed: Elon Musk foresees rapid transit in a tube
NBC News
• Facebook • Twitter Electromagnetic acceleration: That's the high technology behind the high-speed transit concept that billionaire Elon Musk calls the Hyperloop. Musk — who already plays leading roles
The apps that Apple does not want you to use
The Telegraph - By Richard Gray
They are the applications that Apple has tried to stop the world from using. With more than 700,000 apps available for download, perhaps Apple can afford to be picky, but some of those to be banned show
Kinect turns your bathtub into a giant liquid touchscreen
The Verge - Aaron Souppouris
Researchers have created a "touchscreen" for your bathtub. With only a Kinect sensor and a projector, AquaTop display facilitates interacting with virtual objects using just your hands. In order to function
Sony
PlayStation 4 and Xbox One hardware comparisons: More meaningless than ever
CNET - by Nick Statt
Sony's PlayStation 4 console will need a healthy portion of its 8GB of memory simply to run the console's OS. That's inspired a new torrent of Xbox One and PS4 comparisons. But here's why they don't make
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CNET
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Will Apple's Next Products Move The Needle?
Forbes - Todd Hixon
Tim Cook’s New Innovation Strategy For Apple, Right On Time – Forbes. As the post cited above describes, Apple says it is having its “most innovative year ever”, and it is poised to launch a slew of new
Super Mario Zips Through A Loophole In Apple's App Restrictions
ReadWrite - nick statt
Update, July 17: Apple has partly closed the loophole that made it possible to play Nintendo games on iGadgets. Lots of gamers have long wanted to play classics like Pokémon and Super Mario on the iPhone.
How Hackers Tapped Into My Cellphone For Less Than $300
NPR - Laura Sydell
In the wake of the National Security Agency cyber-spying revelations, you may be worrying about the government keeping track of your digital life. But, for less than $300, a group of ordinary hackers a
Research Center
A 360TB disc that holds data for more than 1 million years?
CNET - by Christopher MacManus
A major breakthrough in storage technology could dramatically change our perception of data preservation.
iPhone 5S May Include Slow Motion Video Recording Feature
MacRumors - by Juli Clover
Code hidden inside iOS 7 suggests that the next generation iPhone could include a new "Mogul" camera mode, offering video recording at a rate of 120 frames-per-second, reports 9to5Mac. According to our
iOS 7: Designed for Apple's next billion customers
TNW - Matthew Panzarino
There are a lot of things that you can say about the reaction to Apple’s next version of iOS, its software for iPhones and iPads. It’s new, it’s very, very different and it’s a dramatic departure from
The next iPhone’s cool-factor: a slow-motion camera?
9to5Mac - Mark Gurman
As the launch of the next iPhone approaches, rumor and speculation about what Apple’s latest and greatest smartphone could bring to the highly-competitive mobile marketplace is increasing. Based on the
HTC One Android 4.2 update kills the awful menu bar, adds Instagram to BlinkFeed
The Verge - Dan Seifert
The long-awaited Android 4.2 update for the HTC One has been slowly making its way around the world over the past week or so, but thanks to Android Central, we now have a good look at what's on tap in
3D Printable DIY Kit Turns Almost Anything Into a Drone
TNW - Nick Summers
Drones are met with a great deal of suspicion at the moment, given that no-one can really agree what, if any, regulations should be imposed on their use in public and private spaces. Jasper van Loenen,
Looks like Europe’s getting on board with in-flight Wi-Fi
gigaom.com - by Stacey Higginbotham
British Airways will test out in-flight Wi-Fi as well as GSM-based cellular connectivity on some of its flights according to a blog that follows the …
Why Apple needs a wearable computer as much as wearables need Apple’s touch
gigaom.com - by Erica Ogg
There are some pretty basic — but tough — requirements for creating a wearable computer with mass consumer appeal: it has to be comfortable, stand up …
Original Xbox could have been named MARZ, VERV, other awkward acronyms
Engadget - Jon Fingas
Xbox is a household name today, but a recently unearthed EDGE interview with Seamus Blackley has revealed that this name almost didn't make the early cut. Microsoft asked Blackley's team for a name change
Nextgen
Why next-gen consoles won't run games at 4K
CNET - by Nic Healey
Just because some say they can, doesn't mean they should. Based on the latest graphics hardware no one should expect great 4K gaming in this next generation of consoles.
Phone screens could soon be visible in direct sunlight and even fight germs
gigaom.com - by Signe Brewster
What is unusual about this sheet of glass? That circle in the center isn’t actually a hole; it received a new treatment from glass manufacturer …
This Tiny, Portable Laptop Stand Will Finally Fix Your Posture
TechCrunch - Billy Gallagher
“The Roost–stop hunching over your laptop,” I read, back and neck aching as usual. I had been working at my laptop like a gargoyle since early in the morning. But in the Roost, a laptop stand that’s raised
Nintendo confirms Wii Vitality Sensor's death, says it produced inconsistent results
Engadget - Ben Gilbert
Oh Wii Vitality Sensor, we hardly knew ye... in that we didn't know you at all. Nintendo introduced the pulse-sensing Wii peripheral at its E3 2009 stage show, and said we'd hear more in "the future."
Apple Retail, Square partner to sell iPad-based Square Stand beginning July 9
9to5Mac - Mark Gurman
Jack Dorsey’s Square payments company has teamed up with Apple to sell the new Square Stand point-of-sale system through Apple’s large chain of retail stores, according to multiple sources. The Square
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iPhone 5 trumped Galaxy S4 on user complaints at launch -- study
CNET - by Eric Mack
The iPhone 5 received nearly twice the rate of negative comments at launch compared with the Galaxy S4, but Apple clearly wins in the most important metric of all, according to social media analysts We
The TSA Has an Instagram Account — And It’s Pretty Weird
allthingsd.com - Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in Media
Who knew the Department of Homeland Security had an eye for photography? The Transportation Security Administration — better known as the TSA, or the …
Solar plane: Making clean tech sexy, adventurous
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In noisy, energetic New York City, the pilots of a spindly plane that looks more toy than jet hope to grab attention in a surprising way: By being silent and consuming little energy.
Boutique App Store On The Way For Google Glass
ReadWrite - adriana lee
The latest Google Glass software update gives some clues of what may be to come for the wearable device. Possibly in the works: a specialized Android Market for Glassware apps and native app support in