Amazon is raising the price for its Amazon Prime subscription service for the first time since it launched in 2005. Starting March 20th, 2014 the price will rise from $79 per year to $99 per year. New subscribers will have to pay the new rate, as will anyone renewing a subscription — although students can […]
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How to upgrade Asus Chromebox memory and storage
The Asus Chromebox is a surprisingly capable little desktop computer which sells for as little as $179. It has an Intel Celeron 2955U processor, DisplayPort and HDMI, WiFi and Bluetooth, 4 USB 3.0 ports, an SD card slot, and unlike some cheap mini computers it comes with memory, storage, and an operating system. But if […]
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Lilbits (3-12-2014): Amazon’s TV Box will support Netflix and Hulu?
According to rumor after rumor, Amazon is working on a TV box that will let users watch Amazon Instant Video on their televisions. But like Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets, the Amazon TV box won’t be limited to running only AMazon apps and services. According to GigaOm’s sources, the box will also support Hulu Plus, Netflix, and […]
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Asus Game Box controller revealed?
Asus appears to be working on an unannounced device called the Asus Game Box, and all signs point to it being an Android-powered box that you can plug into a TV to play games on a big screen. Benchmark results revealed the basic specs for the Asus Game Box in February, and now a Bluetooth […]
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 specs leaked (probably)
Samsung may have just launched a new line of Galaxy Tab Pro tablets, but the company is also reportedly preparing its next generation budget tablets. Now it looks like most of the specs for at least two of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 tablets have been revealed. Samsung will probably release several models with […]
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Unreal Engine 4 could bring better games to the web (without plugins)
Video games that you can play in a web browser are nothing new. But Mozilla and Epic Games have a vision of a future where browser-based games look more like the kind of games you’d normally install to your hard drive or play on a game console. Epic is showing off a demo of its […]
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First Ubuntu phones will likely sell for $200 to $400
The first phones running Ubuntu software are expected to ship this year, and Canonical and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth says they’ll probably sell for between $200 and $400 when they hit the streets. He tells The Inquirer the goal was to aim for mid-range and high-end devices so that they’re powerful enough to act as […]
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Deals of the Day (3-12-2014)
While Microsoft is busy pushing its 2nd-generation Surface tablets, prices on last year’s models continue to fall. Want a 64GB Surface Pro with a Core i5 Ivy Bridge processor? You can grab a refurbished model for just $399. How about a new model with 256GB of storage? Microsoft is selling that one directly to consumers […]
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Razer Blade gaming ultrabook has a 14 inch QHD+ display, NVIDIA GTX 870M graphics
Razer is updating its line of gaming laptops with a new model that measures just 0.7 inches thick, weighs about 4.5 pounds, and packs a 14 inch, 3200 x 1800 pixel touchscreen display. It takes a lot of power to crank out 3D graphics to a display with that many pixels, so the new Razer […]
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NVIDIA GTX 800M series graphics promises up to 2X the notebook gaming time
NVIDIA is launching its next-gen notebook graphics, and the company’s promising up to 60 percent better performance for gaming laptops. But what might be an even more important aspect of the NVIDIA GeForce 800M GPU family is NVIDIA’s new “Battery Boost” technology. The company says it could offer gamers up to twice as much battery […]