Reports say that the refresh of the 2011 MacBook Air will arrive next week, not this week, and it will come with improved minimum specs. The highly-anticipated refresh of Apple’s super thin laptop will come with at least 128 GB SSD (from 64 GB) and 4 GB of RAM (from 2GB). The popular backlit keyboards will also return, along with Sandy Bridge processors from Intel...

One of the biggest problems of using Microsoft’s Kinext for Xbox 360 is it requires players to use a lot of space in front of the TV to function properly. Though some people don’t seem to have a problem with space, others who live in dorm rooms and small apartments do. Hardware developer Nyko came up with a Kinect add-on that lets you play Kinect games without...

Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime disclosed in an interview with Forbes that the next-generation Nintendo Wii U console will not launch until “after April 1st.” It was previously reported that the gaming console will be released at a closer date. “This is a device that will launch in 2012, after April 1st, so we will deal with that situation...

Japanese tech website Macotakara said that Apple Inc. will be adopting a Toggle DDR 2.0 type of NAND Flash Memory as the basis of the company’s new MacBook Air solid-state drive (SSD). The website said an “Asian electronics component person” is the source of the information. The new SSD is said to be soldered onto Macbook Air’s base circuit, which...

Sony is to start its production of its next-generation PlayStation 4 console before the year ends, heading for a pre-Christmas 2012 release date, reports have suggested. According to a report from DigiTimes, Sony’s Taiwan-based partners will soon begin the production of the new PlayStation 4, which features body movement-based controls like that of Kinect, and will...

So we all know that the release of Apple’s new OS X Lion is imminent, not because the company said it was coming in July, but because MacBook Air and MacBook supplies are constrained and the company has just released the Gold master of Lion to developers. The reported release date of the OS X Lion is on Wednesday, July 6. The people over at Three Guys and a Podcast...

Smartphone maker Samsung announced that the release date for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the UK is on August 4th 2011. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, unlike its predecessor, has a 10.1-inch WXGA TFT LCD screen. The new tablet also has a 2-megapixel front and a 3-megapixel rear camera, Flash support, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and HD video playback. It weights at around...

EA Sports has announced that the North American release of FIFA Soccer 12 will be on September 27. The much-awaited worldwide release of the game will be on September 30. The game will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation 2, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, PC and iOS. FIFA Soccer 12 will be following the release date of Madden NFL 12, which will be released...

The release date for PlayStation Vita, Sony’s next-generation portable gaming console, has leaked online. Shopto.net, an online video games retailer, has reported that the UK release date of the new mobile gaming platform is on November 4th and Amazon UK has responded with a launch date in December. Shopto.net also leaked the release of 20 Playstation Vita launch...

There have been some pretty big stories this week, but the one still grabbing the lions share of headlines is the Apple iPhone 5. Many have predicted a broad launch time of autumn 2011, Cnet have been a bit braver and actually pencilled in their definitive iPhone 5 release date. Yesterday, on their blog they wrote,“We’ve charted the dates, earwigged the rumours and...