Hardware maker Xi3 is showing off their new “next unit of computing” (NUC) models based on the Intel’s fifth-generation Core “Broadwell” processors at their CES booth this week. NUC machines are tiny form-factor computers which eschew legacy connectivity in favor of cooler, quieter power efficiency compared to tower or older style desktop machines. The Xi3 offerings […]
Deadline brings word that Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon is set to play the female lead in the upcoming satirical sci-fi film Downsizing, reuniting the star with Election helmer Alexander Payne. Downsizing, already set to star Matt Damon, tells the high concept story of a man (Damon) and his wife (Witherspoon) who, deciding that their […]
The Hunger Games and Interstellar star Wes Bentley has, according to a story today at TheWrap, joined the cast of Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming remake of Pete’s Dragon. Although his role has not yet been revealed, Bentley will join a cast that already includes Academy Award winner Robert Redford (All is Lost, Captain America: The […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson is getting his own late-night talk show, “Star Talk,” on National Geographic Channel. The new series, which will premiere in April, is an extension of the astrophysicist’s popular podcast of the same name. NatGeo made the announcement at the Television Critics Assn.’s Winter Press Tour in Pasadena. It’s the channel’s first foray […]
ViewSonic released its newest line-up of products. On hand for demonstrations at the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas are new 4K displays, “price-competitive” digital projectors, Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI) solutions, and commercial-grade digital signage displays. Included in the announcements was a new 3,200-lumen projector; 27- and 28-inch 4K monitors; a curved 34-inch LED and 27-inch […]
Internet advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released a new app, allowing Android users an easy way to access its action center and get involved. As part of the announcement, the organization explained there would not be a similar app for iOS, citing issues with the Apple developer agreement. Some elements of the disputed […]
Last year at CES, Intel began its courtship with the wearables crowd, with the introduction of the SD card-sized Edison. Not long after, it purchased fitness tracker producer Basis Science. At the company’s CES Keynote, CEO Brian Krzanich revealed plans for the Intel Curie. The new dime-sized module utilizes the new Quark SE SoC, and […]
HTC’s first two smartphone launches of the year have landed at CES, both within the Desire range. The Desire 320 is an entry-level device for emerging markets, while the Desire 826 is a mid-ranged smartphone which is the first Desire from the manufacturer to ship with Android Lollipop installed straight from the factory. The Desire […]
Last month, T-Mobile CEO John Legere made a number of predictions about the coming year in a humorous (and almost entirely swearing-free) Christmas video. Now that 2015 is here, T-Mobile’s Q4 2014 and full-year 2014 numbers have been released, showing a net total of 8.3 million new customers for 2014 — with 2.1 million of […]
Winners for the People’s Choice Awards 2015 were announced during a live broadcast hosted by Anna Faris and Allison Janney (“Mom”) at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live on Wednesday, January 7th (9:00 PM-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. “The Big Bang Theory” took home Favorite TV Show and Favorite Network TV […]
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