Emmys 2013: And the winners are...

Who won big at this year's 65th Primetime Emmy Awards? Check out the list of winners (in bold) and nominees:...

BlackBerry to be acquired by a group led by Fairfax Financial

BlackBerry agreed in principal to be acquired by Fairfax Financial, a Canadian insurance company for $9 a share, in a deal that would total $4.7 billion US dollars.

Shares of BlackBerry were halted prior to the announcement, and the...

Microsoft Announces Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2

Microsoft today unveiled the successors to its Surface line of tablets, announcing both the Surface 2 and the Surface Pro 2. The Surface 2 is an upgrade to the existing Surface RT tablet and includes a Tegra 4 processor, a 1920 x 1080 resolution, and 25 percent better battery life. 

The Surface 2 is both thinner and lighter than the original Surface RT, retaining the adjustable kickstand. Instead of USB 2.0 ports it uses USB 3.0, and includes Microsoft's full Office software (adding Outlook). 


Microsoft's Surface Pro 2, the next iteration of its existing Surface Pro tablet, is equipped with an Intel Haswell processor that boosts graphics performance by 50 percent and battery life by 75 percent. Overall performance is said to be up 20 percent, and while the Surface Pro 2 includes double the memory (8GB), the form factor remains unchanged. 

Accompanying the two new tablets is a new Touch Cover ($119) that boasts additional sensors, new gestures, a thinner design, and backlighting. There's also a new Power Cover ($150-$200), designed to add additional battery life to the Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2. 


The Surface 2, priced at $449, is once again poised to compete with Apple's full-sized iPad. The Surface Pro 2 has a price tag of $899, putting it nearly on par with the MacBook Air. Microsoft does intend to continue selling the original Surface RT for $349.

Despite a vigorous anti-iPad campaign touting its Surface tablets, Microsoft has seen poor sales of the devices and was forced to initiate price cuts after taking a $900 million writedown for the Surface RT. 

Microsoft will begin accepting pre-orders for the new Surface tablets on September 24, shipping them on October 22, which falls in the time frame of a prospective October Apple event that could see the introduction of Apple's fifth-generation iPad and Retina iPad mini.

Source:http://www.macrumors.com/2013/09/23/microsoft-announces-surface-2-and-surface-pro-2/

Apple’s iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Opening Weekend, Topping 5M For iPhone 5 Last Year

Apple has just issued a press release revealing it sold 9M iPhones during the launch weekend of its iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s. As is typical for the company with new hardware, it hasn’t broken out individual model sales, but other signals point to a stronger debut weekend for the higher-end iPhone 5s than for the 5c. Apple blew away its previous record for first weekend iPhone sales, which was 5 million for the iPhone 5 last year....

iPhone 5 Touchscreen 2.5X Faster When Compared to Google's Android Devices (video)

Agawi, the company that introduced streaming mobile applications from the cloud to touch devices, today announced the iPhone 5 trounces the competition with the most responsive touchscreen in the industry.

Agawi's findings are part of its new TouchMarks benchmark that measures touchscreen latency of popular smartphones and tablets. Most discussions on touchscreen displays are about pixels per inch, and quality of image. Agawi has created the world's first benchmark that measures...

Θρίαμβος Μέρκελ στη Γερμανία

Το καλύτερο αποτέλεσμα από το 1990 πέτυχαν οι χριστιανοδημοκράτες στη Γερμανία, εξασφαλίζοντας στην Άγκελα Μέρκελ τρίτη θητεία στην καγκελαρία χωρίς όμως να είναι ξεκάθαρο με ποιους θα κυβερνήσει. 

Το χριστιανοδημοκρατικό κόμμα (CDU) έλαβε κοντά στο 42% των ψήφων και κέρδισε σχεδόν τις μισές...