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Beginning today, the Samsung Galaxy Note II is available for pre-order. The Galaxy Note II combines the features of a smartphone and tablet, giving users the best of both worlds with its large yet pocketable 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED screen. The built-in S-Pen does more than just draw pictures. A student looking to take notes in class can use the handwriting-to-text feature...

Apple announced a new tablet named the iPad mini at a press event Tuesday in San Jose, CA. The tablet’s screen measures 7.85 inches diagonally, giving it a bit more real estate than its 7-inch competitors. The iPad mini is 7.2 millimeters thick and weighs 0.68 pounds, 53 percent lighter than the iPad. The mini has a 7.9-inch 1024×768 display, making it 35 percent larger...

Here it is — the LG Nexus 4. The official press render for the much anticipated fourth-gen Nexus phone has emerged via noted Twitter leaker @evleaks. The device pictured also looks exactly like the Nexus 4 that has leaked across the web for weeks now, except that there is “nexus” branding in the middle. We can see the sparkly Crystal Reflection backing that LG...

Verizon Wireless announced  that it will launch 4G LTE service in its 400th market this  week, surpassing its previously announced goal of providing its blazing fast, mobile broadband service in 400 markets by the end of this year.  On Oct. 18, Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE service will be available in 417 markets across the United States when it is introduced in 21 new markets...

The first ten games to hit the required amount of up-votes by the Steam community on Greenlight are being spoken to by Valve in order to start the process of selling those titles on the Steam platform. This is a huge deal for those who have been putting their game through the system, hoping for Steam placement, given the noticeable effect a game being on Steam has on its sales...

VIZIO, Inc., announced today its holiday line-up of Windows 8-based PCs, highlighted by a 24″ and 27″ All-in-One Touch PC with 10-finger capacitive touchscreen displays. Equipped with stunning full HD 1080p displays and an impressive 2.1 audio system with subwoofer, the VIZIO All-in-One Touch PC brings entertainment directly to the user’s fingertips for a...

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Provided By: Verizon Wireless Price: $79.99 on contract   Closer Look:   The Lg Lucid comes in a flip-up box; the front of the box features a large clear photo of the phone itself. On the left side of the box we have package contains and the typical FCC and trademark mumbo-jumbo.  Once you get the packing open you are going to find the phone inside, along with...

Verizon Wireless and Motorola Mobility today announced that they are adding three new and exclusive smartphones, DROID RAZR M, DROID RAZR HD and DROID RAZR MAXX  HD, to the DROID RAZR  by Motorola family on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. All three devices offer the power and reliability that customers have come to expect from Motorola and Verizon Wireless.  DROID...

The LG Intuition for Verizon has been made official in time for a September 6th launch date. The phone, which is essentially the Optimus Vu with the carrier’s 4G LTE connectivity thrown in, will be available for $200 on contract on Verizon’s website starting tomorrow, and it will hit stores on September 10th. The handset runs Android 4.0 on a 5-inch display, with...

The Samsung Stellar launches on Thursday with a $50 price tag (before a $50 mail-in rebate). The “free” handset packs a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon, Ice Cream Sandwich, LTE connectivity, a 4-inch WVGA display a 1.3-megapixel camera up front and an autofocus-capable 3.2-megapixel snapper on the rear. There’s also 802.11n WiFi and support for microSD cards up...

Cooler Master, an industry leading chassis, thermal solution, peripheral, and accessory manufacturer, today sees the release of a gaming headset that is focused on a pure audio experience, the Ceres-400.   Immersive, Comfortable, Breathable Large 40mm drivers sit behind the booming power of the Ceres-400. Delve into your games, music, movies, and even internet calls with...

Cooler Master, a market leader in providing portable charging devices, thermal solutions, computer chassis, peripherals, and notebook coolers, announces a new universal laptop and portable device charger, the NA 120W Universal Laptop Charger. Portable Power Simplified The NA 120W, designed based on the notion that an all-encompassing power solution can be simply and elegantly...

Cooler Master, an industry leading chassis, thermal solution, peripheral, and accessory manufacturer today reveals a new razor thin, lightweight, and stylish laptop cooling pad, the NotePal I100. Ultra-portable. Ultra-effective. Coming in at a slender 23mm thickness with a lightweight metal mesh and plastic construction, NotePal I100 claims the crown as one of the slimmest...

2011 marked the most successful Cooler Master Global Case Mod Contest to date with a grand total of 89 completed projects spanning 37 different countries. Many of the projects went on to be featured in top media outlets around the world and were showcased at the world’s largest trade shows such as CeBIT and COMPUTEX. The 2012 Cooler Master Case Mod Contest promises to eclipse...

The NETGEAR N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition offers high performance wireless Internet access for demanding applications, such as streaming HD video and multiplayer gaming. It supports a wide range of new features and applications such as ReadySHARE Cloud, ReadySHARE Printer, Clear Channel Selector and much more. Simultaneous Dual band technology runs...

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the first set of Software titles are heading to Steam, marking a major expansion to the platform most commonly known as a leading destination for PC and Mac games. The Software titles...

Provided By: Cooler Master Price: Sentinel Advance II $59,99,RX Pad $19.99   Closer Look:   The Sentinel Advance II arrived in a sleek black box with red accents, continuing the Cooler Master Storm theme we’ve been accustomed to seeing, and the front of the box tells you right away what the difference is between this and the previous Sentinel mice – it has a...

Electronic Arts Inc. today announced that it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of its Maxis Label against Zynga Inc. for infringing EA’s copyrights to its Facebook game, The Sims Social. In the complaint, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on August 3, 2012, EA claims that in Zynga’s recently-released Facebook...

Das Keyboard, currently listed as the top rated computer keyboard on Amazon.com, today announced the addition of new media functionality for the company’s popular Model S Professional mechanical keyboard. The new features, which are available on both the Model S Professional and Professional Silent versions, include standard media functions such as mute, volume, play/pause,...