Longing. That best sums up my emotions right now. Trapped in a pastel room with hardwood floor some thousands of miles away from my precious 90 Seconds on The Verge — a child less than 70 minutes old that I cannot look directly upon from here at IFA. Oh sure, …
Read More »Apple vs. Samsung, RIP Neil Armstrong, and more – 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, August 27, 2012
Happy Monday, readers — we’re glad to see you’ve made it through this emotional weekend. It’s hard to believe, but the long judicial ordeal that was Apple v. Samsung is over. Fortunately for Samsung, the gadget maker has IFA 2012 and a new Windows 8 tablet to distract from the …
Read More »6TB of STORAGE! (Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB Overview – UGPC 2012)
PRICING & AVAILABILITY WD Green 3TB – http://amzn.to/U40Yaz TRY GAMEFLY FOR FREE – http://gamefly.com/therapy This is an overview of the Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB SATA III 64 MB Cache hard drive. I picked up 2 of these drives for use as storage / backup in the Ultimate Gaming …
Read More »Corsair Vengeance K90 Unboxing (Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – UGPC 2012)
PRICING & AVAILABILITY Corsair Vengeance K90 – http://amzn.to/PFdYDg This is an unboxing and overview of the Corsair Vengeance K90 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. The K90 features Cherry MX Red mechanical switches & a professional-grade brushed aluminum chassis. The Corsair Vengeance K90 is a very capable gaming keyboard & will make a …
Read More »90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, August 24, 2012
This week was either the calm before the storm, or the eye of the hurricane, or that moment when you’re just about to jump out of the plane and you’re only about 46 percent sure you packed your parachute right. Next week brings IFA, followed by events from Nokia, Amazon, …
Read More »The Vergecast 044: Microsoft’s facelift, Apple/Samsung war heats up
The Vergecast returns this week with a special king-sized edition running two hours. Is AT&T’s decision to require a new Mobile Share plan for cellular FaceTime calls purely profit driven, or part of an international conspiracy to piss off Nilay? And in a week jam packed with news from Apple …
Read More »90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Big news, folks: we’ve decided to change the Verge logo. Picture it with us: a square made of squares, each a different color. Next to it, our name, with the letters combined in weird ways that are going to make kerning fanboys crazy… sorry, what? Microsoft already did that? Oh. …
Read More »The Vergecast Special Edition 03: Apple vs. Samsung – August 22nd, 2012
It has been quite an eventful week in the tech trial of the century. Samsung and Apple have both completed their primary cases, rebuttals, and closing statements and the fate of two of the largest companies in the world now lies in the hands of the jury. These nine ordinary …
Read More »FaceTime, T-Mobile Unthrottled, and more – 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Dan! Hey, Dan! Hey, new guy! How are you doing? Enjoying your first week? We’re glad to hear… what’s that? Hazing? No, we don’t do hazing. That’s uncouth. We’re a civilized organization. But hey, since you’re here, could you just stand on the ‘x’ for us. Yep, that’s great. Actually, …
Read More »ASUS DirectCU II Top GTX 680 Unboxing (GEFORCE GTX 680 – UGPC 2012)
PRICING & AVAILABILITY ASUS DirectCU II Top GTX 680 – http://amzn.to/Qrhs80 This is an unboxing and overview of the ASUS DirectCU II Top GTX 680. Two of these cards will be installed in the Ultimate Gaming PC for 2012. The ASUS DirectCU II Top GTX 680 features a unique design …
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