HTC Droid Incredible X possibly spotted with Verizon badging intact (Update: DLX is short for ‘Deluxe’)
By Jon Fingas posted Oct 21st 2012 1:30AM It’s about time. The HTC DLX has most often been rumored carrying a Verizon-style 6435LVW or Droid Incredible X name, and yet it was unveiled first in Japan as the J Butterfly; we really needed the photos just now surfacing at Android Central to remind us that the 5-inch, 1080p gigantophone could still come to Big Red. While nothing’s confirmed yet, the black-with-red-trim design...
Big data to create 1.9M IT jobs in U.S. by 2015, says Gartner
There were a lot of reasons for Gartner researchers to give a gloomy economic outlook at its Symposium/ITxpo conference here, especially after the latest round of quarterly reports from Intel, IBM and others. But the picture painted by Peter Sondergaard, Gartner’s head of research, was upbeat in a surprising way. Gartner isn’t revising its global IT growth forecast significantly, which remains down from the initial...
Apple Updates MacBook Air and Current Generation MacBook Pro
The latest Intel Core i5 and i7 processors provide plenty of power. And up to 60 percent faster graphics make everything you do feel quicker and more fluid than ever.* Learn more Flash storage allows MacBook Air to start up almost instantly, and makes everything you do snappier and more responsive. And now it’s up to twice as fast as before. Learn more Dramatically expand your canvas by connecting an Apple Thunderbolt Display. And...
Microsoft Touch Mouse gets promised Windows 8 support, works like a Charm
By Jon Fingas posted Oct 21st 2012 6:02AM Microsoft vowed that its Touch Mouse would get Windows 8 support in time for the software’s big release day, and it’s being very true to its word by posting the relevant update with less than a week to go. Mouse and Keyboard Center 2.0 saves time for those not graced with a touchscreen by introducing multi-touch swipes that bring up Windows 8’s Charm bar, switch between...
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: the world’s tallest skyscraper, mind-controlled robot exoskeleton and a Lego Bat Cave
By Inhabitat posted Oct 21st 2012 10:00AM Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. At Inhabitat, we always keep our ear to the ground for new green building techniques and technologies as we look for more sustainable ways to shape our world. For the past year, we’ve been following the story of the Chinese...
