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Lilbits (8-27-2013): Is Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer being forced out?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will step down within the next 12 months and hand over the reigns of a new CEO. When the news was announced on Friday, Ballmer and company made it sound like a peaceful transition that would allow someone new to oversee the next stages in the company’s transition from makers of […]

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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is out of stock – new models on the way?

Amazon’s expected to launch a new line of Android tablets this fall. But what about the company’s black and white eReader lineup? Is there a new model in the works to replace the Kindle Paperwhite? While there has been leak after leak providing details about the company’s new tablets, I haven’t heard much about a […]

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Next-gen Asus tablet hits the FCC

A new Asus tablet showed up at the FCC this week. Judging by the label drawing, it appears to be a 10 inch tablet, and according o test results it features WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS. That’s about it for official details — but it seems likely that this could be the new Asus Transformer Pad […]

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Coming at IFA: Samsung smartwatch, Galaxy Note III, Sony Xperia phone

The IFA trade show in Berlin is coming up in early September, and it looks like Samsung and Sony have a few big plans for the event. And when I say big, I mean phones with big screens, among other things. Samsung’s expected to unveil the next product in its Galaxy Note line of enormous […]

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Hex: A $49 open source, smartphone-controller nanocopter hits Kickstarter

You may not be able to buy a MeCam flying camera for $49 just yet (it’s expected to hit the streets in 2014). But $49 is enough to buy you a tiny quad-coptor that you can control with your smartphone. Hex is a nanocoptor kit that’s based on open source designs, and which is expected […]

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Windows 8.1 is ready to go, won’t launch until October 17th

Microsoft has put the finishing touches on Windows 8.1, and the software’s ready to hit the streets. But it won’t actually do that for another month and a half. What Microsoft is doing right now is releasing Windows 8.1 to its hardware partners, which means that on October 18th you’ll be able to buy a […]

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Chromecast may support local video streaming after all… eventually

Google’s Chromecast is a $35 media streaming device designed to let you stream content from YouTube, Netflix, and other online video sites to a TV. But independent developers have been spending the past few weeks teaching the Chromecast new tricks, such as streaming videos from your Android phone’s gallery or from your PC hard drive […]

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Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S4 Octa-Core phone now available in the US (AT&T compatible)

Samsung makes two versions of the Galaxy S4 smartphone. Up until now the only version available in the US has been powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor, while folks in some other markets have been able to pick up a model with a Samsung Exynos 5410 Octa-core processor. Now you can get the […]