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Sony Xperia Tablet Z: our first impressions after 8 hours (Video)

Sony Xperia Tablet Z: our first impressions after 8 hours (Video)

There’s a big gulf between an unboxing and a full review, and we’re always looking for ways to fill it. Our friendly neighborhood FedEx man dropped the Sony Xperia Tablet Z on our porch this morning, [...]

HTC in disarray: staff departures, ‘disastrous’ First, and production problems cloud company’s future

HTC in disarray: staff departures, ‘disastrous’ First, and production problems cloud company’s future

HTC CEO Peter Chou The Verge has learned that HTC’s Chief Product Officer, Kouji Kodera, left the company last week. Kodera was responsible for HTC’s overall product strategy, which makes the departure especially notable on the [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 set to be first Intel-powered Android slate

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 set to be first Intel-powered Android slate

Intel may be about to muscle its way into the Android tablet market as reports surface that the rumoured Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 will sport an Atom processor. We’ve already seen a handful of Android [...]

Asus Zenbook Infinity to debut with first Gorilla Glass 3 lid

Asus Zenbook Infinity to debut with first Gorilla Glass 3 lid

Asus will bring the all-new Zenbook Infinity Ultrabook to Computex 2013 in June, which the company claims will be slimmer and more durable than previous models. In an effort to take form and function to the [...]

‘This is Spinal Tap’ album reissued on vinyl for the first time in 30 years

‘This is Spinal Tap’ album reissued on vinyl for the first time in 30 years

It’s a fine line between clever and stupid, but the 1984 faux-documentary This is Spinal Tap walked it perfectly, and Spinal Tap’s self-titled album is coming back in its original black vinyl. While it’s obviously been [...]

First Apple store in Berlin, Germany opens to enormous crowds

First Apple store in Berlin, Germany opens to enormous crowds

Whenever Apple does something, hoards of excited people usually follow. Today’s opening of the very first Apple Store in the German capital, Berlin, was absolutely no exception. As is tradition, huge crowds of eager Apple fans [...]

First Apple store in Berlin, Germany opens to enormous crowds

First Apple store in Berlin, Germany opens to enormous crowds

Whenever Apple does something, hoards of excited people usually follow. Today’s opening of the very first Apple Store in the German capital, Berlin, was absolutely no exception. As is tradition, huge crowds of eager Apple fans [...]

OCTA UNBOX: Exynos-Edition Galaxy S 4 Unboxing and First Boot (Video)

OCTA UNBOX: Exynos-Edition Galaxy S 4 Unboxing and First Boot (Video)

Yes, yes: we know the official English-language prefix for “eight” is “octo,” but you have to agree that octa just sounds -and looks- a whole lot better. And based on Samsung’s choice of spelling on the [...]

Baseball player ‘steals first,’ confounding all scorekeeping software

Baseball player ‘steals first,’ confounding all scorekeeping software

On Friday, Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Jean Segura performed an act of baserunning lunacy so unforeseeable that play-by-play software couldn’t even process it, says baseball historian David Vincent. ESPN.com offers a detailed account of the bewildering play, [...]

Watch Josh and Jimmy Fallon play with the Ouya, HTC First, and Makerbot Replicator

Watch Josh and Jimmy Fallon play with the Ouya, HTC First, and Makerbot Replicator

Once again, our fearless leader Joshua Topolsky has taken to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to spread the word about the latest and greatest in tech. In this episode, Josh and Jimmy trade high scores on [...]