This may just be the biggest single giveaway we’ve held on Engadget yet. We dare you to resist the tempting lure of an 11-inch MacBook Air with 4GB RAM and 128GB hard drive, capable of running Mac OS X and Windows 7! With graduation season upon us, our friends at Parallels are hooking you up with the best senior gift that you could possibly receive. So what’s this software all about? Essentially, it allows you to run Windows and OS X apps side-by-side on your Mac without rebooting — that way, you’ll get the best of both worlds.

The MacBook Air will come pre-loaded with Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, Windows 7 home premium and Microsoft Office Home and Business 2012 for Windows. It’ll also come with Parallels Mobile app for iOS, which gives you the ability to access and run everything on your Mac via your iPhone or iPad. Not too shabby for the low, low price of one comment. So brush up on the rules, enter to win and good luck!

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Did you get a chance to download Samsung’s voice assistant APK over the weekend? Don’t bother trying now, as Samsung (or Vlingo, who are behind the app) has locked down access for unauthorized devices — namely anything that isn’t a Galaxy S III. According to xda-developers, S-Voice‘s command requests are being rebuffed once Vlingo’s servers detect any phone that’s presumably not inspired by nature. There’s just over a week to go, however, and soon you’ll be able to shoot the breeze with your new smartphone love all you want.

Unofficial S-Voice app gets gagged, Samsung waits for its flagship hero originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 May 2012 06:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When you’ve got a marketing budget the size of Nike‘s, a few international footballers and a glossy video aren’t really enough. That’s why its latest “My time is now” campaign is an all out interactive spend-fest, complete with a hidden Sega Sonic the Hedgehog mini-game. The standard YouTube version (as seen over the break) isn’t interactive, but head over to Nike’s official channel, and it’s a whole different ball game. Clicking on players slow-mos the action, bringing up player details etc., and there are nine hidden “tunnels’ to find — one of which being the Sonic game. Can you find it? Hint: look for the pitch-side adverts with go faster boot on. Your time is now…

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Elaborate Nike YouTube video has hidden Sonic Game (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 May 2012 01:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Native Instruments‘ gear is a must-have for those in the beat making world. We put the cheaper, dinkier Maschine Mikro through its paces and found that while we loved the portability, we weren’t so hot on the lack of MIDI ports and absence of knobs for twiddlin’. That said, we weren’t able to hate on the compromises that were made to bring it in under 0 and small enough to stow in a backpack, but how about you guys out there? When you’ve used this gear day in, day out, can you forgive its flaws in exchange for that extra cash in your hand, or do you wish you’d saved up a little more? If you were in NI’s position, what would you have done differently?

How would you change Native Instruments’ Maschine Mikro? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 May 2012 22:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

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Refresh Roundup: week of May 14th, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 May 2012 18:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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