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The Apple Rumors That Failed to Materialize in 2014

What Apple products didn’t roll out this year, but should’ve

Everything has been said and done for 2014 as far as Apple is concerned. The company has held its usual trimestrial events announcing new stuff in both hardware and software, all while the media has been teeming with rumors.

Not only did half of these rumors not materialize this year, but they didn’t even come close to seeing the light of day. Like the 13-inch iPad or the 12-inch MacBook Air. Despite all the supply chain chatter we’ve been subject to for the past year, neither of the rumored hardware got stage time this year. Even some software features have fallen into oblivi...

PC Hardware Requirements Are Escalating

Don't upgrade your PC just yet, however, as it pays to wait

The last few weeks saw the reveal of some pretty steep hardware requirements for upcoming games, like Assassin's Creed Unity or Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, while already-released games surprised with their quite demanding features, like Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.

More specifically, both Assassin's Creed Unity and Advanced Warfare require some relatively new processors, such as the Intel Core i5 2500K, not to mention a lot of hard drive space, of over 50GB.

However, the most interesting aspects relate to memory and graphics cards. Both games need at least 6GB ...

Jewelry That Harvests Energy from Blood Flow: Disgusting or Brilliant?

The jewelry is the brainchild of a designer named Naomi Kizhner, many agree it's freaky to say the least

Earlier this week, I introduced you to a few pieces of jewelry that, although absolutely flawless as far as looks go, are surely some of the freakiest to have ever been created.

Long story short, this jewelry, created by an artist named Naomi Kizhner, is designed in such ways that it can harvest energy from blood flow.

Apparently, some folks are quite convinced that the designer who put together these pieces of jewelry is nothing short of bonkers. Others think the concept is positively brilliant.

Not that I am one of those people who find it downright impossible ...

3 Reasons Why a Sony 12-Inch Xperia Tablet Might Be Successful

The company is expected to launch it in Q1 2015

People love big screened tablets. Or that’s what device makers want to believe. Microsoft has the Surface Pro 3 and Samsung has the Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO bunch, while Apple is said to be prepping the iPad Pro.

All these tablets have a few things in common; they have large 12-inch screens and are targeted at the professional crowd.

But is there room for more big-screen slates on the market? Sony seems to believe this is the case, as sources inside the Taiwanese supply chain claim the PlayStation maker is looking to launch a 12-inch tablet of its own in Q1 2015.
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Learning to Live with Windows Phone: Choosing the Perfect Device

Why I decided to finally give up on my Lumia 1520

If you’ve read my journal before, you probably know that I come from a world full of BlackBerries which no longer make sense in a modern lifestyle, not necessarily because they’re bad devices, but mostly because the improvements their manufacturer makes are years behind what you can find right now on rivaling platforms.

A few weeks ago, I decided to switch from BlackBerry to Windows Phone, and since I wanted the best I could have, the Lumia 1520 was pretty much the obvious choice.

There’s no doubt that a Lumia 1520 is almost a perfect device and you’ll...

PlayStation Now, Streaming and Video Games by the Hour

Gamers have more options than ever to enjoy content

PlayStation Now is a new service from Sony which is designed to be launched on the PlayStation 4, the PS3, the Vita and even on smart television sets and which aims to allow players to play titles remotely, without owning or installing them on their devices.

The big problem with the concept at the moment is the pricing that the company has announced for it, which basically makes it a bad idea for players to pay for limited sessions with titles and makes the new solution interesting only for those who plan to engage with a title in the long term.

The PlayStation Now concept is...

Here's Why Google Can't Completely Fight Against Celebgate or Piracy

Removing a link doesn't make the content go away and blacklisting a domain doesn't mean another won't pop up

As celebrities threaten to sue Google for allowing links to the nude pictures that were leaked a few weeks back, the company has failed to do this. That’s because while one site may be taken down, another will pop up, as is the way of the Internet.

On Monday, the giant managed to successfully take down one website that was hosting the nude pictures of Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities. Within hours, however, the photos were back online after the host changed the domain name, effectively dodging the Google-imposed blockade.

Google was threatened with a $100 million...