Breaking News: Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 Billion

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Microsoft has acquired internet telephony service Skype for a whopping US $8.5 Billion. A Wall Street Journal report  early today confirmed the Redmond software giant had beaten the likes of Facebook, Google and Cisco who were vying to purchase Skype from its previous owner eBay.

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Review: MacBook Pro 13-inch (Early 2011)

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Apple Macbook Pro line has recently been completely revamped from the popular and highly-totable 13-inch MacBook Pro to the larger but more powerful 15 and 17-inch MacBook Pro models.

We tested the new 13-inch MacBook Pro ($1249) which now sports a new Intel Core i5 dual core 2.3GHz processors with turbo boost technology and a whole new high-speed optical I/O format called Thunderbolt

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Review: Apple iPad 2 (32GB Wi-Fi)

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The iPad 2 is definitely thinner, undeniably lighter and palpably faster than it's predecessor. With new dual-cameras, a faster dual-core Apple A5 processor, double the RAM at 512MB and a vastly improved graphics chipset the iPad 2 is impressive and certainly the most compelling tablet soon to be available.

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FaceTime, Camera and PhotoBooth coming to iPad 2

Websites covering Apple products make it a point to scour for clues on upcoming products and features anywhere they can find them. The latest developer release of iOS 4.3 (Beta 2) reveals that the next generation iPad will have two cameras plus the ability to use FaceTime and a mobile version of PhotoBooth. A camera or two is a given specially since both the iPhone and iPod Touch have them now for FaceTime video chats. PhotoBooth on the desktop gives users instant photos with various effects Thermal Camera, Mirror, X-Ray, Kaleidoscope, Light Tunnel, Squeeze, Twirl and Stretch.

Via: Macrumors.com