Opinion: It's time for Apple to overhaul the Mac Pro's dated design
It's not just the internals that need to be dragged up to date, says Simon Jary.
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Corel Painter Freestyle offers Kinect-style painting by making gestures in the air
Based on the Leap Motion Controller device – which is like a Microsoft Kinect for your laptop or desktop – it will be available for download as a free beta.
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Firefox OS for phones offers HTML5 app development
Mozilla previewed the first commercial build of its Firefox OS and announced several operator and smartphone rollout plans on Sunday at Mobile World Congress.
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Sony PS4 and Canon offer new ways to design in 3D
New technologies aim to offer better ways to create 3D models than 2D screens and mice.
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Nikon D7100: a digital SLR with a 24mp sensor
An upgrade to Nikon’s long-running D7000 has been announced -- in the form of the much-enhanced D7100.
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Want to test Google Glass glasses? Developers are looking for 'explorers'
Google is looking for people to test Glass, its upcoming computerized eye glasses, and tell developers how they would use them.
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The beauty of broken Macs: photos of abandoned Apple kit found by explorers
Inspiring photos of what happens to old Macs when the buildings they're in fall to ruins.
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Apple's Jony Ive gets Blue Peter badge, cites programme as inspiring his creativity
Apple's head of design is interviewed by UK kids TV programme Blue Peter, to be aired tomorrow morning
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Apple upgrades both Retina and non-Retina MacBook Pro
The laptop is now available with faster processors and more RAM – but only the Retina Display model gets the top-spec chip.
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Apple CEO gives (some) insight into its product design philosophy
Tim Cook spilled no Apple secrets at conference speech yesterday, but he did manage to leave room wide open for Apple to introduce a lower-priced iPhone.
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Opinion: Where Apple went wrong with Mountain Lion's interface design
Here are two of the more annoying changes that I've found with Mountain Lion.
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Formlabs Form 1 3D printer uses lasers to create more intricate objects
3D printing enthusiasts will get a lot of laser-like precision for their buck from Formlabs.
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Raspberry Pi to get video camera
A video camera board has been developed for the popular cut-price Raspberry Pi computer.
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£16 Raspberry Pi Model A ships in the UK
Just as Henry Ford revolutionized the auto world with his Model A, the scrappy lot at Raspberry Pi are doing the same with the computing world with their Model A.
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Java fixed with update, Apple lets it back on the Mac
If you rely on Java, you can breathe a sign of relief today as Apple has issued an update to Java, returning it to the Mac.
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Panasonic 'doubles' a camera's colour sensitivity with new tech
Panasonic claims it has developed a new way to drastically increase the colour and light sensitivity of digital cameras.
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Apple confirms it's canning the Mac Pro on March 1
The Mac Pro will disappear from Europe on March 1. A new 'pro product' is due later this year.
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10 new ways to interact with your computer
In the future, you'll be using your hands and eyes rather than your mouse and keyboard to create your work, apparently.
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The secret of Apple's design success: the humane interface
A key to Apple's success is the company's insistence on reducing options in the name of reducing complexity.
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Microsoft Surface Pro launching in US on Feb 9, UK launch date unsure
Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet will launch on 9 February in the US and Canada.