MacBook Pro with Retina Display Named Editors’ Choice
By Joel Santo Domingo The Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (Retina Display) is the laptop you want if you care about performance, thinness, and the screen. It’s not the vaunted “15-inch MacBook Air” that was rumored prior to 2012’s WWDC—it’s better, thanks to an up-to-date components, super-thin chassis, and impressive battery life. This “next-generation” MacBook Pro hasn’t just caught up to...
Switched On: Sell the hardware, attract the apps
By Ross Rubin posted Oct 21st 2012 5:30PM Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Microsoft has finally revealed details on the pricing for the all-singing, all-dancing Surface RT. True to Steve Ballmer’s word, the Windows RT device is priced competitively with the iPad. It is, in fact, the same price as the entry-level, now not-so “new iPad” and with double the flash memory,...
Engadget Mobile Podcast 155 – 10.21.2012
By Trent Wolbe posted Oct 21st 2012 5:44PM Since we missed you so much last week we have prepared an Engadget Mobile Podcast MAXX Edition for you to feast your hungry ears upon: dial it in and be prepared to have your wildest mobile news fantasies unfold before you. Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad MolenProducer: Trent WolbeMusic: Tycho – Coastal Brake (Ghostly International) 00:02:12 – Samsung Galaxy Note II review...
Refresh Roundup: week of October 15th, 2012
By Zachary Lutz posted Oct 21st 2012 8:48PM Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update,...
Country’s largest 4-year university expels Cisco, saves $100 million
A decision to oust Cisco in favor of Alcatel-Lucent is saving California State University $100 million. Cal State is embarking on an eight-year project to refresh its 23-campus 10G network with thousands of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitches, which will replace 3,316 Cisco Catalyst switches. The cost of the project is $22 million, but would have been $122 million had CSU stuck with Cisco, says Michel Davidoff, director of cyberinfrastructure...
