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Though it may look like a slightly more expensive outlay, its manufacturer says that by providing everything needed for display, keyboard and network connectivity right out of the box, the Black provides "a lower total cost of ownership than the nearest competitor."  <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/beaglebone-black/27289/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div>   <div class="summary_item " data-article="27283"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/toshiba-kirabook-vs-retina-macbook-pro/27283/">Toshiba KIRAbook vs. MacBook Pro with Retina display</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/author/chris-wood/">Chris Wood</a></div> <div class="date">April 26, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/toshiba-kirabook-vs-retina-macbook-pro/27283/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/toshiba-kirabook-vs-retina-macbook-pro/27283/pictures">12 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/toshiba-kirabook-vs-retina-macbook-pro/27283/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/kirabook-vs-retina-macbook-pro.png" title="We take a look at how Toshiba's KIRAbook and Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina displ..." alt="We take a look at how Toshiba's KIRAbook and Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina displ..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Last week, Toshiba entered the ultra high-end laptop market with the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/toshiba-kirabook/27127/" target="_blank">KIRAbook</a>, a thin and light Ultrabook with a number of compelling features. The laptop is the first Windows 8 device to feature a Retina-level display (or PixelPure as Toshiba calls it), throwing it into direct competition with Apple's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/apple-announces-13-inch-retina-macbook-pro/24677/" target="_blank">MacBook Pro with Retina display</a>. We take a look at both devices to see which (if either) comes out on top.  <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/toshiba-kirabook-vs-retina-macbook-pro/27283/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27270"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/usb-utility-charge-tool/27270/">USB Utility Charge Tool keeps connectors at the ready</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></div> <div class="date">April 25, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/usb-utility-charge-tool/27270/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/usb-utility-charge-tool/27270/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/usb-utility-charge-tool/27270/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/usbutilitychargetool.jpg" title="The USB Utility Charge Tool contains four commonly-used fold-out plugs, for charging your ..." alt="The USB Utility Charge Tool contains four commonly-used fold-out plugs, for charging your ..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> For several years now, it’s been possible to buy <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/1tb-ssd-swiss-army-knife/21136/" target="_blank">Swiss Army Knives with flash drives</a>. The USB Utility Charge Tool, while it’s obviously inspired by the Swiss Army Knife, is a little different – it contains four fold-out plugs for charging or syncing your electronic devices.  <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/usb-utility-charge-tool/27270/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27205"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/leap-motion-google-earth-integration/27205/">Control Google Earth like a Jedi with Leap Motion</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/author/will-shanklin/">Will Shanklin</a></div> <div class="date">April 22, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/leap-motion-google-earth-integration/27205/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/leap-motion-google-earth-integration/27205/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/leap-motion-google-earth-integration/27205/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/leap-earth.jpg" title="Google Earth on desktops was just updated with support for Leap Motion gesture control" alt="Google Earth on desktops was just updated with support for Leap Motion gesture control"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> It seems like the last few years were all about watching smartphones and tablets get better and faster. But how much of that was really <em>new?</em> 2013, though, could give us some truly breakthrough products. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/google-glass-specs/27087/" target="_blank">Google Glass</a>, Apple’s rumored <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/apple-iwatch-2013-release/26501/" target="_blank">iWatch</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/hands-on-leap-motion-controller/26612/" target="_blank">Leap Motion</a> could all be big-time game-changers. One of those just teamed up with another big partner, as the new version of Google Earth plays nicely with Leap Motion.  <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/leap-motion-google-earth-integration/27205/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27168"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/compulab-usvr-fanless-server/27168/">CompuLab launches high performance uSVR fanless server</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/author/paul-ridden/">Paul Ridden</a></div> <div class="date">April 19, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/compulab-usvr-fanless-server/27168/#comments">5 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/compulab-usvr-fanless-server/27168/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/usvr.jpg" title="CompuLab's uSVR fanless server, front and back" alt="CompuLab's uSVR fanless server, front and back"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Israel's CompuLab, makers of small form factor fanless desktop computer systems such as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/compulab-intensepc-third-gen-core-i7-upgrade/22837/" target="_blank">Intense PC</a>, is now pushing its way into the industrial server market with the launch of the uSVR. Available in configurations packing Intel's 3rd generation Core i7 processors and 32 GB of system memory, the high performance, ruggedized, fanless server is capable of modular expansion, too, courtesy of the company's Function And Connectivity Extension Module (FACE) system.  <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/compulab-usvr-fanless-server/27168/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27139"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/leap-motion-embedded-hp-devices/27139/">Leap Motion to be integrated into HP devices</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></div> <div class="date">April 17, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/leap-motion-embedded-hp-devices/27139/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/leap-motion-embedded-hp-devices/27139/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/leap-motion-hp.jpg" title="The Leap Motion will be bundled with certain HP devices, before HP starts embedded the Lea..." alt="The Leap Motion will be bundled with certain HP devices, before HP starts embedded the Lea..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> It hasn’t even been released yet but the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/leap-motion-gesture-control-sensor/22644/" target="_blank">Leap Motion</a> could already be considered something of a success – at least with PC manufacturers. Following in the footsteps of Asus, who <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/leap-motion-asus/25649/" target="_blank">announced in January</a> that it would bundle the 3D motion controller with some of its PCs, the world’s biggest PC manufacturer has joined the gesture control party. But HP has gone one step further, promising to build the Leap Motion technology into some future HP devices.  <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/leap-motion-embedded-hp-devices/27139/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27126"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/netflix-html5/27126/">Netflix to switch from Microsoft Silverlight to HTML5 video</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/author/chris-wood/">Chris Wood</a></div> <div class="date">April 17, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/netflix-html5/27126/#comments">6 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430080045/http://www.gizmag.com/netflix-html5/27126/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430080045im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/netflixhtml5.png" title="Netflix has announced its plans to move to HTML5 streaming" alt="Netflix has announced its plans to move to HTML5 streaming"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> If you're a Netflix subscriber and you use a Mac or PC for playback, then you may be aware that the service utilizes Microsoft's Silverlight plugin to bring you all that <em>Breaking Bad</em> and <em>House of Cards</em> goodness. 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