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Watch Every Apple Design Ever In A 30-Second Video

12:15PM February 10, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

Rob Beschizza over at BoingBoing put together this awesome video that runs through more or less every iteration of every design Apple’s ever done. It’s mesmerising how even the retro Apple stuff is so obviously ancient but still abides by the same tenets of design as today’s stuff. More »


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What The iPad 3′s Retina Display Would Look Like

9:45AM February 10, 2012 | Casey Chan

Chris Koerner was curious about what the oft-rumoured resolution of the iPad 3′s Retina Display would look like compared to previous iOS devices, so he whipped up a little image that compared each devices’ resolution against each other. The 2048×1536 screen would dwarf everything. More »


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Rumourmodo: iPad 3 Event Early March?

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6:45AM February 10, 2012 | Alex Kidman

You know how it goes… rumour sites get an idea, somebody cryptically “confirms” it, and suddenly it’s set in stone. Today’s rumour du jour? Apple will launch the iPad 3 in early March. More »


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iPad 3: Everything We Think We Know [Updated]

5:00AM February 10, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

It’s that magical time of year again, when everyone expects the iPad 3 to be right around the corner. Which in turn means an amassment of iPad 3 rumours clogging up our lives. Here’s a quick guide to making sense of them. More »


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Amazon Attacks iPad On Price, Doofusism

1:00AM February 10, 2012 | Brian Barrett

Amazon’s Kindle ads have long gone after tablets over readability in sunlight, which is fair. But now that its Kindle Fire is a glare-prone LCD turbo-tab itself, the company has chosen a new battlefield: price. Hold on a sec! More »


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How Many Monitors Is Too Many?

6:00AM February 9, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

At Gizmodo, many of us are fans of the multi-monitor set-up. It’s not surprising: it lets us simultaneously keep an eye on breaking news, email our writing and graphics, too. But is there a limit to how useful multiple monitors can be? More »


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How A Laser Could Make Your Hard Drive 1000 Times Faster

5:50AM February 9, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

The reason people are so pumped about solid-state hard drives right now is because they’re super-speedy. But if you think your SSD is fast, just wait until a new breed of laser-based hard drives comes to market. More »


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Magic Mouse’s Evil Twin Yearns For Gentle Touch

4:00AM February 9, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

We didn’t exactly walk away impressed with Logitech’s unorthodox Cube mouse, but the company’s just-announced M600 features a more traditional form factor, bearing a striking resemblance to Apple’s Magic Mouse as it also sheds buttons for a touch-friendly surface. More »


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Float Your iPad Next To Your Monitor With An Unsightly Tentacle

2:00PM February 8, 2012 | Adrian Covert

I like the idea of an iPad as a second (or maybe third) screen, and an articulating arm that can position a tablet just so sounds great. But staring at Twelve South’s new HoverBar, I feel like I’m staring at something that would be at home in a cubical at any sterile office building. More »


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Logitech Cube Review: This Is Not A Mouse

1:30PM February 8, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Logitech arguably make the best mice you can buy. I guess it tires of doing so, as the Cube mouse-plus-PowerPoint-clicker is an ergonomic war crime and peripheral abomination. At least it’s small enough to purge from memory. More »