Intel flaunts 8-core Extreme Edition Haswell with support for DDR4 memory
Since Intel’s next Haswell chips are aimed squarely at enthusiasts, what better place to unveil them than at the Game Developer’s Conference? The 4th-gen Core-i7 Extreme Edition CPU, codenamed...
View Article[GEEK SCHOOL] Word for Teams 4: Restricting and Protecting Documents and...
Restricting and protecting a document ensures you’re the ultimate authority over its progress. Even though you might want other reviewers to suggest changes and make comments to a document, there may...
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View ArticleTwitter’s ‘first tweet’ tool is a painful reminder that none of us initially...
It’s Twitter’s eighth birthday, folks, which means a little nostalgia is in order. The now-gigantic company just put out a “first tweet” (er, #FirstTweet) tool that makes it easy to find your...
View ArticleLayar brings its augmented reality to Google Glass
Augmented reality is fun and all, but holding your phone to your face always seemed, to us, like too much effort. Layar agrees, which is why the outfit has now brought its AR secret sauce to Google...
View ArticlePlaydate: We’re livestreaming Infamous Second Son for PS4! (update: it’s over!)
Welcome ladygeeks and gentlenerds to the new era of gaming. The one where you get to watch, and comment, as other people livestream gameplay from next-gen consoles. Since our live gameplay of...
View ArticleInfamous Second Son: The Joystiq Review
There’s a stark duality at the heart of the Infamous series. The original Infamous was built on a solid foundation, putting players in the role of a modern-day superhero with a repertoire that...
View ArticleSony’s Xperia Z2 Tablet approved for the US of AT&T
The mighty approver of gadgets, the FCC, likes engaging documentation about as much as we like digging through it for clues. Thankfully, a heap from Sony published today provided a very clear...
View ArticleHow to Easily Keep Track of Your To-Do List Using the TaskIt App in Word 2013
There are many ways to keep track of your tasks from online, PC, and mobile tools to old-fashioned methods such as post-it notes and scraps of paper. However, if you work in Word often, you can keep...
View ArticleThe winners of the 2013 Engadget Awards — Readers’ Choice
Well, the results are in — first you nominated your favorite gadgets from 2013, then you voted on the most popular picks. Not to overanalyze the results or anything, but readers definitely have a...
View ArticleThe Galaxy S5, along with Samsung’s wearable lineup, heads to AT&T
A whole lot of Samsung is about to come to AT&T. Today, the carrier announced that pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S5 will begin tomorrow both online and in stores, with shipping to start in...
View ArticleHP teases plans to conquer the 3D-printing market
Move over, LaserJet. This week, HP CEO Meg Whitman said that her company will announce the details of its 3D printing strategy in June, expanding the lineup beyond the home-office systems we know so...
View ArticleThe original Apple reseller is closing its doors
If you paid $1,698 for an Apple II with 16K of RAM back in 1977, there’s a good chance you bought it from Team Electronics in Minneapolis. Now called FirstTech, the retailer has announced that it’ll...
View ArticleElectronic Cigarette Risks and Youth Smoking
Electronic Cigarette Risks and Youth Smoking The European Parliament has set the bar and with FDA regulation coming soon the mainstream media continues to discuss unfounded electronic cigarette health...
View ArticleQik shutting down April 30th, three years after being acquired by Skype
It’s been more than three years since Skype purchased the video calling service Qik, but until now, it’s lived on as a standalone app. Finally, though, it’s shutting down: Qik announced in a blog post...
View ArticleGoogle makes Gmail more secure in light of NSA snooping
Your Gmail inbox may well be full of chain letters and kitten photos, but Google just announced two security changes that’ll help keep prying eyes away from all your important messages. From now on,...
View ArticleFuture DualShock 4 update for PlayStation 4 will add option to dim light bar...
It may seem like minor news, especially considering the hoopla over Sony’s Virtual Reality this week at GDC, but the PlayStation 4′s DualShock 4 controller is about to get a firmware fix. In an...
View ArticleFacebook wants to help you write code faster with its ‘Hack’ programming...
Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook often try to assist and provide tools for coders, both current and future ones. With that in mind, the social network today announced Hack, an open-source language for...
View ArticleOUYA removes free-to-try requirement, lets devs choose whether to include...
OUYA will soon let developers choose whether or not to include free content. Since the platform’s launch, customers have been able to try out any game before making a purchase, but some devs have been...
View ArticleSamsung’s new Ultra HD TVs arrive soon with (or without) curves for $2,500...
We got our first peek at Samsung’s latest high-end HDTVs — including the new curved shape that it says creates a larger viewing “sweet spot” — at CES back in January, and now they’re just about ready...
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