Meet the Aperion Aris, a Windows-only wireless speaker Aperion Audio’s Aris Connected Speaker for Windows is designed to work with Microsoft’s “Play To” wireless streaming feature in Windows 7 and Windows 8 Consumer Preview. [Read more] Qualcomm offers support for Clearwire-billed LTE Qualcomm is making its mobile device chips compatible with Clearwire’s LTE offering. [Read
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Apple may launch $799 MacBook Air this year, claims report The company is mulling the idea of a lower-priced MacBook Air as more PC makers unleash budget-conscious ultrabooks, says DigiTimes. [Read more] Apple ready to settle in ‘iPad’ trademark dispute? The company is pushing for a settlement in the “IPAD” trademark dispute with China-based Proview,
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Sick of asteroids stealing headlines, moon steps up tonight La Luna is tired of being upstaged by the space rocks that have recently been whizzing their way past Earth, “closer than the moon.” So tonight she’s putting on a show. Consider this CNET’s friendly reminder to look up. [Read more] Kindle vs. Nook vs. iPad:
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This week in Crave: The spaced-out edition When we weren’t getting around this week via a personal multicopter or motorcycle fitted with spacecraft parts, we were monitoring a superhero/villain showdown and feeling bummed about our Nook Tablet. [Read more] Facebook IPO: A bet on ‘King’ Zuck Mark Zuckerberg will wield near total control over Facebook’s
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Evernote, like Twitter, in no rush to go public Evernote CEO wants company ready for IPO in 2013, but says he will delay actual filing for years after that. [Read more] Artistically censored Google Earth pix — the Dutch way Perhaps only the land of Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Mondrian could censor Google Earth with such
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Apple TV set may not launch until 2014, says analyst Despite recent buzz over an impending Apple TV set, J.P. Morgan doesn’t except a full-blown version of the product to pop up anytime soon. [Read more] SpaceX ‘unlikely’ to visit International Space Station on May 7 Although the tablet was set for a May 7
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Target ditching Kindle line over ‘conflict of interest?’ That’s the word from The Verge, which claims to have spoken with a source who says Target will soon remove the Amazon Kindle line from its brick-and-mortar store shelves. [Read more] Trying to survive annual #SilenceSree Day An unusual social-media fundraiser means I have to stay off
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Apple, U.K. regulator continue their ’4G’ dance The iPad maker has said it would (and has) removed any reference to “4G” on its U.K. Web site after complaints rolled in over lack of 4G connectivity. Except, it hasn’t. [Read more] Samsung pulling away from Apple in smartphone market The company scored 29.1 percent of the
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Could Microsoft-B&N deal foretell Windows 8-powered Nook? Microsoft and Barnes & Noble just became unlikely allies, and ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley thinks that could pave the way for a Nook reader running the next version of Windows. [Read more] LG to open up multi-screen cloud streaming service The company says that the LG Cloud service
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The 11-inch gaming laptop lives, with the new Origin Eon 11-S Alienware’s once-popular M11x may be heading for retirement, but boutique rival Origin is keeping the ultraportable gaming laptop alive. [Read more] The Times takes on Apple again, with report on taxes Following the year’s earlier reports on Foxconn and on Apple’s practice of sending
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