The Daily Dot Acquires The Kernel As Euro Tech Media Starts Motoring

A number of changes are afoot in the European tech media scene and it's worth us pausing for a moment to take stock. The first item on the agenda is the news that London-based site 'The Kernel', lately a 'tabloid' style news site about online culture, has been acquired for an undisclosed amount...

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Solar powered MacBooks could be in our future

The future looks sunny, with Apple being granted a patent for a dual-sided laptop display that can be powered by solar panels housed within the back of the lid.According to Hot Hardware, the "electronic device display module" patent, which was granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office along...

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Republicans Scramble To Get On TV After State Of The Union

Conservatives compete for airtime. The latest flare-up in the GOP civil war isn’t about ideology; it’s about publicity.





























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When President Obama concluded...

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Hands-on review: Olympus OM-D E-M10

Introduction and featuresOlympus is hoping that the new OM-D E-M10 will find favour in the same way as the OM-10 did when it was launched way back in 1979. Whereas the OM-10 was the first consumer-level camera in Olympus's OM series of SLRs, and went on to be a big hit and a popular choice for...

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Olympus reveals the world's first 'dot-sight' camera

Olympus has introduced a new bridge camera, the first to feature "dot-sight" technology.The sight works in tandem with the camera's newly developed 50x optical zoom lens, making it ideal for spotting moving and distant subjects, such as wildlife or planes. The built-in sight is stowed for...

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Olympus launches tilting screen rugged compact camera

Olympus has introduced the TG-850, a new rugged compact camera.It features a newly developed 21-105mm 5x optical zoom lens, and the new standout feature of a tillable LCD screen.It wouldn't be a rugged camera without some tough credentials. The TG-850 is shockproof to 2.1 metres, waterproof to...

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Toyota claims 2013 global sales crown; sets sights on 10m in 2014

Toyota expects to become the first car maker to sell more than 10 million vehicles in a calendar year in 2014 after beating General Motors and Volkswagen to the global sales crown for the second consecutive year. Sales of Toyota Motor Corp vehicles (including subsidiaries Daihatsu and Hino)...

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