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Google countering iAds with interactive video adverts on the web

Seeing Apple’s iAds popping up in iOS apps, Google reckoned it should take a more aggressive stance in order to protect its not-so-dominant share of display adverts on the web. According to The Wall Street Journal, the search firm is hailing new interactive video adverts that pair rich media with interactive features. Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt [...]
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Secure your BlackBerry with BlackBerry Protect

Research In Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry handhelds and software, has kicked off the week with the introduction of a new consumer security application. The security app, called BlackBerry Protect helps users to keep their handheld data backed up and secure while also providing assistance with securing a BlackBerry handheld if its lost or stolen. Features [...]
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RIM offers more video of BlackBerry 6

Research In Motion (RIM), is offering yet another sneak peek to their upcoming BlackBerry 6 operating system which is expected to be launched by the end of the summer. RIM offered their first look at BlackBerry 6 during the WES 2010 show earlier this year. Now it seems that RIM is looking to pull back [...]
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PopCap teases Plants vs Zombies sequel

Plants vs. Zombies 2 may be on the way to the iPhone. PopCap sent an email this morning, inviting journalists to an event in San Francisco on August 2. The teaser image, pictured to the right, features a zombie hand from the popular game for the iPhone.
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Blizzard listens to gamers, Battle.net forums won

Ealrier this week Blizzard caused a bit of a storm with gamers by announcing the Battle.net forums would require the use of real names. Blizzard explained the introduction of real names was to “contribute to a more positive forum environment, promote constructive conversations.” No anonymity was seen as a way of stopping flame wars and [...]
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Conan the Barbarian shows off his singing ability

When you think of movie icon Conan the Barbarian as portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, several words come to mind like; buff, brutal, savage, thief, and great communicator. Okay – maybe Arnold’s version of the powerful Cimmerian isn’t well known for his speaking ability, but surprisingly although Conan is sometimes hard to understand when he speaks, [...]
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New telescopic eye implant gets FDA approval

This is not a story about how people will soon be able to purchase a device that will give them vision like Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man. What it is, however, is an amazing new device that will let senior citizens suffering from an eye disease help them see more of the world [...]
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New road surface helps cut pollution, cleans itself

While we look to electric cars, renewable energy, and a general move away from using the earth’s raw materials to provide power, some researchers are looking into how we can cut pollution right now, without waiting for new tech to become mainstream. One such piece of research, carried out at the Eindehoven University of Technology, has [...]
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Gmail now supports rich text signatures

Users have asked for it and Google has finally delivered. Gmail now supports rich text signatures. This means users will no longer be forced to use boring plain text to end their emails. Now signatures can be different colors and font sizes and can even include images or links. To set your rich text signature you [...]
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Yoda records his voice for TomTom Navigation Devices

Back in May, TomTom announced that some classic Star Wars characters would be lending their voices as a purchasable downloads for their navigation devices. First available was none other than the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader. And if you happened to catch the video of Darth Vader recording his voice for TomTom, you probably remember [...]
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Facebook to close virtual gift shop

If you want to buy a totally useless virtual puppy on Facebook, you’d better do it quick. Facebook has announced that it will close its Gift Shop – the online store that allows people to buy virtual goods to send to friends – on August 1st. Users who have received gifts purchased in the store will [...]
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YouTube Pro: Google

Google joked in a blog post Friday that it was releasing YouTube Pro, a new subscription offering designed specifically for Warren Buffett. It comes with an appropriate $100 million a year price tag. The “news” came after the American billionaire investor confessed during a Huffington Post/Yahoo! News interview at the Allen & Company conference in Sun [...]
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Watchdog group claims Google Wi-Spy has national security implications

The Consumer Watchdog organization has put a spotlight on Google for its Wi-Spy activities. Google initially received some heat after it was discovered that some of the company’s Street View cars not only captured pictures of streets, but also scanned and retained information from open wireless networks in the area. Now it has been pointed [...]
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YouTube now supports 4K video

Google has announced during VidCon 2010 that YouTube now supports video shot in 4096 x 3072, also known as 4K. 4K is huge. Google states that the perfect screen for 4K video is 25 feet, and that IMAX uses two 2K projectors as a comparison. On YouTube, 4K video will be classed as “Original” on the [...]
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A miniature Apple display leaks and gives birth to a silly iWatch rumor

The Taiwanese site Apple.pro has leaked a series of images of a tiny display that only measures 3×3 centimeters. The branding suggests it could be something of Apple origin or at least, as images show, what appears to be a display with the word “Apple” printed on the back of the connection cable. The publication wasn’t [...]
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Facebook acquires travel guide website Nextstop

Facebook has acquired the two-year old website Nextstop. The website fostered a community where users could share things to do with one another around the globe. The acquisition by Facebook was announced in an open letter on Nextstop’s website. As part of Facebook’s purchase, Nextstop will close down its website on September 1st. It is believed [...]
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Review: Seagate GoFlex TV media player

Seagate has phased out its FreeAgent Theater line and is replacing it with the new GoFlex TV 1080p HD media player. The GoFlex TV maintains a consistent branding with Seagate’s new GoFlex series of external storage products, which, as you probably guessed, has replaced the old FreeAgent series. [Just to get some confusion out of the [...]
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Fashion shoot on an iPhone 3GS

Believe it or not, the model in this image was photographed with a three-megapixel camera on the iPhone 3GS. More precisely, pro fashion photographer Lee Morris, a team of hairstylists and make up artists, expensive lighting, and a studio set were all required to produce a series of great-looking, cover-style images of model Olivia Price. In [...]
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Four DLC packs for Red Dead Redemption to hit PSN and XBLA in coming months

Rockstar will be releasing four packs of DLC over the next few months, beginning this August. The upcoming downloadable content to be available on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live includes...
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China renews Google

Google, and users of Google’s services in China, can sigh with relief today as the Chinese authorities decided to renew the search giant’s Internet Content Provider license. A Google spokeswoman confirmed the renewal, saying: China has renewed our license. We are very pleased that the government has renewed our ICP license and we look forward to continuing [...]
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Goodbye Flash: YouTube mobile goes HTML5 on iPhone and Android

Google has re-written the mobile YouTube site entirely in HTML5, allowing smartphone owners to browse and search the videos, access the features of their account and yes – stream video without the Adobe Flash plugin. There’s no doubt that the owners of iPhone or iPod touch will like the new site that launched Wednesday morning [...]
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The next Apple TV to stream TV shows for 99 cents per episode

Persistent rumors regarding retooling of the Apple TV set-top box are intensifying with the latest evidence pointing at a companion iTunes rental service that will apparently stream TV shows to your living room. Sources told NewTeeVee that Apple is in talks with major broadcasters about streaming individual TV episodes via the iTunes cloud for 99 [...]
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This is how to film a shootout using Lego

Warning: The video above, although shot using Lego, does contain violence including fake blood, plastic bone breaking, and Lego character death We’ve all got our favorite movie gun fights. Whether it be the Neo and Trinity bullet-time epic in The Matrix, or the final street scene in Heat, they are both memorable masterpieces. The video you see [...]
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Borderlands GOTY edition expected September 7

As with all games that get multiple DLC packs after release, the chances of a Game of the Year (GOTY) edition appearing to boost sales are high. Borderlands is no exception, and although publisher 2K has not announced anything yet, a strategy guide listing looks to have broken the news. GameStop has a new strategy guide [...]
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EpicWin: a todo list combined with an RPG for your iPhone

We all have chores and work we need to do, but never feel like actually doing it. There’s also the problem of remembering to do everything you need to. Many people turn to writing a todo list which acts as both a reminder and planner for what needs to be done that day, week, or [...]
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Dead Space prequel available for download this Fall

Only hours prior to the events of Dead Space 2, a Necromorph infestation breaks loose. Now, EA studio Visceral Games is prepared to show gamers just how that outbreak occurred in Dead Space Ignition. Available for download on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network this Fall, this game challenges players to survive the initial Necromorph outbreak on the Sprawl.
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Death Star Cookie brings the dark side to snack time

Here is a tasty treat that is sure to be loved by all those serving in the Imperial Forces. Taken from a recipe straight out of a 1979 paperback, the Star Wars: Darth Vader’s Activity Book, it is a cookie the size of a small moon known as the Death Star Cookie. Now granted, this cookie [...]
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Uk retailer says new iPod touch in September, 5MP camera, FaceTime calls over WiFi

Although as consumers we may be enjoying the summer months, retailers are already preparing for Christmas and the holiday rush. One such retailer is John Lewis in the UK, and as part of its preparations it has revealed a new iPod touch feature line-up. During a Christmas preview event held in London this week, John Lewis [...]
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New white iPhone 4 images appear

Late last month Apple released a short statement explaining that if you wanted a white iPhone 4 then be prepared to wait. Apparently manufacturing the white version has proved difficult so stock would not become available until the second half of July. Stock must be available though, as someone in Japan managed to get a hold [...]
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Hacker in AT&T iPad case breaks gagging order

An alleged hacker has broken the terms of a gagging order to speak out about his arrest and prosecution in an extraordinary rant on his group’s website. Last month, hackers exposed an embarrassing security flaw affecting iPad customers on AT&T, causing red faces all round at the telecoms provider. Shortly after the highly-publicized security breach, the [...]
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Game Informer August issue has 10-page Dragon Age 2 reveal

The August cover of GameInformer magazine has just been revealed, and it’s all about Dragon Age 2. Fans already knew that BioWare is working on a sequel, but the magazine looks set to be the first to get solid details of what to expect. With 10-pages of coverage we’re sure to get a good mix of [...]
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Playing StarCraft competitively requires 300 actions per minute

Have you ever considered playing a game professionally? Maybe you top the charts in multiplayer games of Modern Warfare 2, or beat all your friends in Street Fighter IV. Achieving such feats may mean your future lies in tournaments, but if your game of choice is StarCraft it takes more than just skill to win, [...]
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Adidas Han Solo Sneakers Shoot First

The quintessential Star Wars rogue, bounder and badass is Han Solo. He doesn’t hold with all that fancy Midichlorian and laser sword jazz: just give him a blaster and the fastest ship in the galaxy and he’ll get along just fine, thank you very much. He always gets the girl; his best friend is a [...]
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PAX East moves to bigger convention center in Boston for the next three years

PAX East will officially return to Boston. The Penny Arcade team has signed a three-year agreement with the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, the organizers behind PAX East, committing the expo to return to Boston for at least the next three years.
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Mistwalker

Japanese developer Mistwalker has already shown its talent for producing solid RPGs with the release of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. But its latest game in development is also the most intriguing. The Last Story is an RPG for the Nintendo Wii. It has been delayed from an original late 2009 release, and sports a logo [...]
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Futurama lampoons iPhone 4 in the eyePhone episode

The long lines witnessed at the iPhone 4 launch became an inspiration for a hilarious Futurama episode (Season 6, Episode 3) entitled “Attack of the Killer App.” The episode starts with an Apple commercial spoof advertising the eyePhone from Mom, the device that lets you “stalk your ex” and “download porn on a crowded bus.” It [...]
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3G Coming To Nintendo 3DS

3G connectivity is becoming ubiquitous in our gadgets. Most notebooks and netbooks now come at least with the option to slide in a SIM card and get online while mobile. E-readers like Amazon’s Kindle comes with 3G WhisperNet built into the price of the device; the iPad will accept a 3G microSIM if you agree [...]
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Graphite Amazon Kindle DX Now Available

Speaking frankly, we’re not quite sure how many of you are still interested in boring old monochrome e-readers now that e-book reading tablet alternatives like the iPad are out there, but if you’re still interested in these quaint, soon-to-be-antiques of transitional gadgetdom, it’s an exciting time. Price drops all over the place and war on [...]
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Xbox 360 Kinect will support seated gamers

One of the less obvious problems with the Microsoft’s belated answer to Nintendo’s motion-sensing Wii is that while all of the demonstrations of the Kinect at E3 involved the player standing up, jumping around the room, screaming and wildly gesticulating… well, it doesn’t really look like you can just sit down, balance a beer on [...]
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Microsoft files to patent virtual page turning

Microsoft has filed for a patent to cover something that Apple’s iBook application does very well–simulating the turning page of a book while reading. According to a TechCrunch article, Microsoft filed the patent application back in 2009 when it was looking at offering a tablet like the iPad called the Courier. It seems Microsoft had [...]
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Motorola announces T-Mobile exclusive Charm, a QWERTY Android

We’ve seen it leaked on plenty of occasions before now, but now it’s official: Motorola has just announced their latest Android smartphone, the Motorola CHARM. Due out this summer on T-Mobile USA, the CHARM is a 2.8-inch Gorilla Glass enforced touchscreen with an adorable, Blackberry-esque full QWERTY keyboard underneath, running Android 2.1 and the latest version [...]
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Sony announces first 3D Cyber-shot cameras

With 3D-ready televisions and Blu-ray players making it to market it was only a matter of time before we would start seeing 3D digital cameras. So it should come as no surprise that Sony has announced its first 3D Cyber-shot cameras. The 12.2 megapixel cameras, which include the WX5 and TX9, achieve their 3D images using [...]
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Review: HP EliteBook 2540p notebook

The EliteBook 2540p is HP’s flagship business ultraportable. This successor to the acclaimed 2530p brings a slight refresh to HP’s 12-inch enterprise laptop and is designed to give Lenovo’s ThinkPad X201 a run for its money. The real changes from the 2530p took place with the internal components, specifically the processor. The 2540p now has the [...]
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Apple previews the Shanghai glass store with the largest Genius Bar ever

A high-rank executive on the spot, cameras and journalists swarming the place, a homemade Steve Jobs flag, early camp-outs… It could only mean one thing – Apple is about to open a shiny new retail store. As we reported yesterday, Cupertino is stepping up its retail efforts in China by opening one of the three [...]
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Nokia asks Russian authorities for assistance in returning N8 prototype

Apple isn’t the only company that has a problem keeping a grip on its prototypes. Now Nokia is experiencing the same pains as Apple did with the N8 prototype. Somehow a Russian blogger by the name of Eldar Murtazin got his hands on a Nokia N8 prototype which he proceeded to blast in a Russian posting on [...]
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United States Cyber Command Seal contains a secret code

While the debate over aliens and moon landings rage on with conspiracy theorists, what I have to show you readers today is a real and true governmental cover-up. Don’t worry. You won’t need to meet anyone in an isolated parking garage standing in the shadows wearing a trench-coat. All you need to do to see it for [...]
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Borders launches own e-book store and reader app

After being left in the dust by the e-book initiatives launched by Amazon and Barnes & Noble it sounds like Borders is starting to get serious about getting into the game. Yes, that’s right, the company has finally launched its own e-books store. Rather than offer its own e-reader like Amazon’s Kindle or B&N’s Nook, Borders [...]
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Expect small job cuts from Microsoft

Back in January of last year, Microsoft announced plans to trim its workforce by 5000 jobs. The latest report, by Wall Street Journal, is that it seems Microsoft isn’t done yet. Though no specific number is mentioned it is believed a small number of employees are expected to lose their jobs with some being as [...]
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Map Pack 4 now available for Battlefield: Bad Company 2

For players who bought the game new and registered their VIP Codes, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is offering two new-ish maps for free. The fourth pack includes Atacama Desert for Rush Mode and Port Valdez for Conquest Mode.
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McAfee adds antivirus to two-thirds of secure USB drives

If you are in the market for a new USB drive with an emphasis on security features, chances are McAfee software will be pre-installed on it. The security company has announced that Kingston Digital Inc, MXI, Rocky Mountain Ram, SanDisk, SPYRUS, Hagiwara, and Yoggie Security Systems have all agreed to include McAfee antivirus technology on new [...]
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Blizzard switching to real names on Battle.net forums

Blizzard has recently revamped the Battle.net service ready for the launch of a new games including StarCraft II and Diablo 3. Part of the update is the introduction of Real ID that keeps a player connected across all of Battle.net as well as introducing new social gaming features. Those features include real names for friends, [...]
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App proves iPhone 4 reception problem won

June 25 was when the problems with the iPhone 4 signal started to surface. What is now commonly being referred to as the iPhone 4 Death Grip, is a “feature” of Apple’s latest phone where by holding the device degrades the signal to the point where making a call is no longer possible. Apple responded to [...]
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Review: Astro Gaming A30 surround sound gaming headset

Sound is generally the most overlooked aspect of gaming. We really undervalue how much it adds to the experience just as we overlook how much it can add to our performance while playing. Today’s games take advantage of surround sound, but if you don’t have the right equipment you are missing out on the directional [...]
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Xbox Live Destination Arcade: a new way to browse content

Microsoft has announced a new way to browse content on Xbox Live Arcade called Destination Arcade. The new visual browser is meant to make it much easier to find games you want to play from the growing Arcade line-up. The total game count has gone past 250 titles, meaning something needed to happen to make browsing [...]
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Cydle planning worldwide release of 7

Korean manufacturer Cydle has announced it intends to make its new M7 Mini Pad Android tablet available worldwide, adding another device to the growing list of Android tablets about to hit the market. The spec of the M7 is as follows: ARM 11 800MHz processor Android OS (version unspecified) 8GB or 16GB flash memory 256MB DDR2 RAM 7″ Samsung touchscreen with [...]
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Apple: Test-drivers needed for all-new MobileMe Calendar Beta

Apple has invited MobileMe subscribers to test-drive a beta of next-gen MobileMe Calendar. Billed as a whole new calendar experience, the web app has been optimized for speed and includes a new web interface with calendar sharing and event invitations. MobileMe Calendar Beta sports redesigned day, week, and month views on the web and features a [...]
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How to geotag your photos the easy way

Most cameras don’t have built-in GPS. It’s a sad fact, and it won’t be true in a few years, but it’s the case right now. This article will explain how to geo-tag (or geocode) your photographs. We’ll be focusing on tagging as the pictures in batches, not manually. Before we get started, some people will be [...]
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AT&T: Software defect slowing upload speeds

We’ve finally heard back from AT&T regarding yesterday’s post on slow upload speeds from 3G phones. A company representative had this to say: AT&T and Alcatel-Lucent jointly identified a software defect — triggered under certain conditions
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Orientation support is coming to a web browser near you

Your browser might soon be able to tell web apps how you’re holding your computer, much like high-end smartphones with an accelerometer sensor feed orientation information to mobile software. CNET pointed to a Chrome issue tracker that references something called “device orientation plumbing,” a new feature that will let your browser determine which way is [...]
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Visit the Apple Friend Bar, chat on the Friend Line, create your own iStore

New Apple Friend Bar Gives Customers Someone To Talk At About Mac Products The Onion is at it again. This time Apple is the target of their humor, and we are introduced to three new services that I’m sure some Apple fans would actually love to use. The first is the Friend Bar, a slant on the [...]
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Twitter throttles API calls to improve server uptime

Applications that integrate with Twitter via the API are facing tougher restrictions on the amount of times they can poll the service, causing some of them to fall over. Back in June, Twitter told developers that applications would only be allowed to request data from its servers 175 times per hour, down from 350. Developers are [...]
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Android 2.2 outperforms iOS 4 in JavaScript tests

Apple may have tried to turn the tide against Android with iOS 4, released in conjunction with the iPhone 4, but tests by Ars Technica show that Android 2.2, the latest Android OS, demolishes iOS 4 in JavaScript benchmark tests. Ars Technica used two JavaScript benchmark tools including SunSpider and V8. One important difference between [...]
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Hands on Firefox 4 Beta

Mozilla posted the first public beta of Firefox 4, the next major release of the Firefox browser. Early impressions are encouraging: Firefox 4 looks fresh, feels a lot snappier, and is certainly less crash-prone than its predecesor. In addition, it comes with lots of perks and little things that make a difference. For starters, Mozilla has [...]
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Summer of Arcade line-up revealed, plus a hands-on look at Limbo and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

PlayDead's Limbo will head Xbox Live's Summer of Arcade on July 21, PlayDead CEO and co-founder Dino Patti announced via e-mail today. The haunting platformer follows a little boy as he searches for his sister in a black-and-white gradient world.
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Bungie Day video reveals Blood Gulch remake for Halo: Reach

The 7th day of the 7th month is Bungie Day, the day Bungie uses to rejoice and give thanks to its awesome fan community, according to Bungie.net. In celebration, Bungie has posted a PSA created by Rooster Teeth's Red vs. Blue, the team behind the infamous internet TV series.
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Driver: San Francisco Collector Pack includes 1970 Dodge Challenger

If you are tired of collector’s editions coming with artbooks and exclusive DLC then Driver: San Francisco is about to offer up a nice alternative. The Collector Pack limited edition of the new Driver game includes a model of a yellow 1970 Dodge Challenger. There’s other extras to be found in the Pack, but as yet [...]
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The Internet is

Pack it up folks. Shut down your computers, close your laptops and put away your smart phones forever because “The Purple One” has declared that the Internet is a thing of the past. And here I thought the Internet was in its prime. The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, who is now known again as Prince spoke [...]
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iPad orders in July skyrocket past two million

The iPad seems to be a pretty popular purchase, if you base that assumption off of orders from Apple to Taiwanese manufacturers. According to Digitimes, Apple outsourced an estimated 2.3-2.35 million iPads to Taiwanese companies in July. Of that amount, 58-60% is believed to be for the 3G-enabled iPad model which also offers Wi-Fi. A [...]
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Wi-Fi on flights may not be taking off

USA Today is reporting that when it comes to the new Wi-Fi service available on about a third of U.S. planes only 10% of fliers are actually using it. Even that number is believed to be inflated since it doesn’t take into account introductory or promotional periods where the Wi-Fi service was free or when [...]
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How to fix laggy proximity sensor on your iPhone

The iPhone 4 has been hit with just about every imaginable issue since its launch last month. Compared to the widely reported Retina Display discoloration and the so-called death grip that stole the headlines, a problem with the device’s proximity sensor has seen little air time. Since this issue appears to plague all iPhone models that [...]
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Apple: Your credit card issuer will cover fraudulent iTunes purchases

Apple has confirmed an organized fraud that took place on the iTunes Store during the Independence Day weekend, resulting in unauthorized App Store purchases being made on behalf of some users. If you’re a victim of this scam, the company said, credit card companies will sort out the mess. As Geek reported yesterday, an organized group [...]
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iPad does street magic

When Apple pitched the iPad with the “magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price” tagline, I bet even Apple die-hards thought that the marketing department in Cupertino has lost touch with reality. Three months later no-one’s laughing. What’s changed is that we’ve come to appreciate tremendous breadth and inventiveness of the software written specifically for the device. But [...]
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Netflix signs exclusive deal to get streaming movies months after DVD release

Netflix is offering movie companies a new way to distribute feature films instead of traditional paths including premium pay channels like HBO, Showtime, STARZ or On-Demand. Relativity Media and Netflix has signed a long-term and exclusive deal which will have films owned by Relativity available for streaming through the Netflix Instant Movie service. Movies will [...]
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Twitter looks to make money off of the Early Bird

Twitter has come up with yet another way to make money off of tweets. ReadWriteWeb reports the creation of an account called @EarlyBird that is expected to be used to publish special deals in the same way Dell has used their Twitter account. Using Twitter, Dell has reportedly been able to rack up $6.5 million [...]
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Artist shows there is such a thing as GPS overload

Are you the type of driver that hates having someone tell you how to get somewhere? If so, then chances are you wouldn’t ever want to own a GPS device. But even for avid GPS owners out there, there are times when the little voice on an electronic navigator can get on a driver’s nerves. [...]
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JFE make electric cars more viable with new 3 minute charger

There are a number of obstacles that stand in the way of fully-electric cars becoming popular. The limited distance it’s possible to travel on a single charge is the first, but that’s made a much bigger problem by the fact there aren’t many recharge stations along our highways. Even worse, recharging your car’s battery could [...]
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Massachusetts bans texting while driving and GPS on phones

If you live in Massachusetts, then be prepared to stop using your phone in your car for anything other than hands-free voice calls, not even using it as a GPS navigation aid is allowed. Governor Deval L. Patrick has signed a new bill that bans texting while driving. That breaks down as a ban for the [...]
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Chrome 6: Early peek under the hood

Google has managed to churn out five major releases of the Chrome browser since its December 11, 2008 debut. Despite advances, however, there’s still some plumbing left to do. The search firm is currently testing several new Chrome 6 features with its web developers. Even though the latest builds are too rough around the edges [...]
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Thoughts: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Since its recent release I’ve been putting some time into Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. It, as you probably already know, is the most recent release in the MGS series and it’s on the PSP. The game is a big release for fans because it’s considered canon, basically part of the storyline of the series. [...]
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Sony ad emphasizes how Wii-like Move really is

After learning a bit about Sony’s Move people immediately compared it to the Wii’s motion control system. The setup is similar, the controls are similar, the motions look to be about the same, and now it seems that Sony isn’t even attempting to play down the how Wii-like the Move. The commercial above features all the things [...]
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Classic White PlayStation 3 arrives in Japan July 29 and 320GB model revealed

While Microsoft is busy pushing the Xbox 360 slim console, Sony has moved on to introducing color variations and bigger hard drives for its Slim machine. Today Sony has unveiled a new Classic White PlayStation 3 console which, for the moment, looks to be exclusive to Japan. It will be available on July 29 at a [...]
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Greater proportion of free apps on Android than iPhone

A new report from mobile analytics outfit Distimo shows that the Android Market has a much larger percentage of free applications available than Apple’s App Store. 57% of applications available for download on Google Android Market are free of charge, versus 28% of iPhone and 23% of iPad apps. Of the apps available on RIM’s Blackberry App World, [...]
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AT&T capping mobile upload speeds?

Bad news coming from AT&T doesn’t come as a surprise any more, even so, this one really hurts. According to a MacRumors forum post the carrier is capping mobile upload speeds at fraction of what high-end devices like the iPhone 4 were capable of a week ago. Upload capping has is a pretty standard practice with [...]
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Sony cuts the price of all Reader editions

Sony has three main e-reader devices on the market, and this week it looks like all three models have had their price cut in response to recent cuts made by Barnes & Noble and Amazon. The Reader Touch Edition now has a new RRP of $169.99, down for $199.99. The cheaper Pocket Edition is now $149.99, [...]
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EA releases Skate 3 Danny Way

Today EA has made a new DLC pack available for Skate 3. It’s meant to be “Danny Way’s vision of the perfect skatepark” and includes the following new features: A Megaramp fun track 2 huge new street parks New skate.Park objects New Danny Way clothes New Danny Way character The pack is entitled Danny Way’s Hawaiian Dream and it’s available from [...]
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Hackers target Justin Bieber, redirect his fans to porn

If you thought those unauthorized credit card charges on the iTunes Store were a mess, imagine the horror when the legions of teenage girls flocked to watch YouTube videos belonging to a certain Canadian singing sensation and instead found themselves redirected to explicit content, such as porn sites or fake messages stating that Justin Bieber [...]
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Standard power supply for notebooks backed by Taiwanese companies

Taiwanese notebook manufacturers are joining forces to back an initiative to standardize power supply units (PSU). Since the invention of the notebook, consumers have had to deal with replacing or buying proprietary power supplies leading to PSU’s being thrown out as new notebooks are purchased. An initiative by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [...]
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LG to launch an Android powered tablet before the end of the year

Considering the current fever over tablets, it’s no wonder why more and more manufacturers continue to announce new tablet offerings. LG, for example, displayed a new Windows 7 powered tablet called the UX10 at Computex last month. Now, Engadget is reporting that another tablet is in the works and this one is powered by the [...]
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Icy Dock offers up USB 3.0 hard drive enclosure for $40

Buying a USB 3.0 compatible external hard drive comes at a premium price. That’s mainly because manufacturers know they can charge a premium for the extra connection speed. But Icy Dock has decided to save you some cash by offering up a USB 3.0 hard drive enclosure for just $40. The Icy Dock MB668Y3-1SB is a [...]
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Intel planning new processors and lower prices for third quarter

Digitimes has been talking to motherboard manufacturers and has compiled a list of updates and price cuts Intel is bringing to its processor line-up. The good news for anyone wanting to buy or build a new PC later this year is there will be some new processors to choose from. The processor updates will arrive [...]
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Amiga 1000 celebrates 25th birthday, gets dismantled

July 24, 1985. That’s the date the Amiga 1000 was first introduced, and to celebrate its 25th anniversary Benj Edwards of Vintage Computing and Gaming has taken a peek inside the machine for PC World. Depending on your age the Amiga 1000 may hold fond memories for you. The machine’s base configuration included: Motorola 68000 at 7.16MHz 256KB [...]
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RetroN 3 combines several classic video game platforms into one device

Are you a retro gamer but dread the amount of space your old gaming consoles take up on your entertainment center in your living room? Or maybe you discovered a box of old gaming cartridges in the attic or at a local garage sale? In either case, here is a gaming console that lets you [...]
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BioShock 2 The Protector Trials single-player DLC announced

2K Games has announced a new single-player DLC pack for BioShock 2. The video above formed part of the release and offers a look at what to expect. The new DLC is called The Protector Trials and offers 6 new maps based around the harvesting sections of the main game. New achievements and trophies will be [...]
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DIY Turtle Cam gives us a turtle

Thanks to advances in technology, the average person has the opportunity to see what goes on during the daily lives of their pets. For example, there are devices available that can let dog and cat owners capture images of what their animal sees in their day with small cameras that attach to a collar. But [...]
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Apple axes fraudulent iTunes Store publisher, investigates unauthorized App Store charges

After an alleged cybergang used stolen iTunes Store credentials to place unauthorized App Store purchases – ranging from a couple of dollars to a few hundred bucks – Apple has banned a Vietnamese publisher, the likely accomplice, from the system, and is now investigating the case. A bunch of users have noticed suspicious iTunes Store charges [...]
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Opera 10.6 tops performance test, but comes up short with Javascript

DailyTech has taking the latest version of the Opera browser, Opera 10.6, for a test drive to validate its claims as being the fastest browser. The website compared the Norwegian-based browser against other popular browsers including Chrome, Firefox and Safari. In addition to Internet Explorer 8, the trial build of Internet Explorer 9 was also [...]
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A rainbow of colors may be solution to extend Nexus One battery life

What may look like a rainbow of Nexus One colors is actually an attempt by Android engineer Jeff Sharkey to improve battery life by turning off unnecessary sub-pixel LEDs. Sharkey’s efforts were reported by Engadget and also demonstrated in a video on YouTube. A number of different color combinations were tried by Sharkey to see how [...]
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iPad used to create a fantastic painted portrait

There is no doubt the iPad has been shown to do amazing things with its apps but unfortunately not much has been said about the Apple tablets artistic capabilities. Sure we know that the iPad has a Brushes app that can make pictures, but until now most of us assumed we can only make basic [...]
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Frash: Flash 10.1 ported to iPad

Apple and Steve Jobs have made it very clear that Flash will never be an option on devices like the iPhone and iPad. But making that decision is like showing a red rag to a bull–tell people they can’t have something and they’ll surely want it more. The inevitable has therefore happened, and Flash has been [...]
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Nike + iPod users experience issues after iOS 4 update

Back in 2006, we reported about a new product called Nike+iPod that Nike offered allowing an iPod nano to be teamed up with a sensor placed in a shoe. In so doing workouts could be enhanced by collecting data on time, distance, calories burned, and overall pace. Since then the solution has expanded to incorporate [...]
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Microsoft to answer Magic Mouse with Arc Touch?

Microsoft looks like it might be aiming to get into Apple’s own game of multi-touch mice with the successor to their attractive and popular Arc mouse, the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse. There’s scant details confirming the plans… nothing much besides a scant product listing with the product code number of RVF-00003, which will apparently cost around [...]
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HP confirms webOS tablets and netbooks

Hewlett-Packard announced the successful completion of its Palm acquisition and confirmed plans to build netbooks and tablets powered by Palm’s webOS mobile operating system. According to the official statement released Thursday, HP purchased Palm common stock in cash for $5.70 per share. Palm
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What if Star Wars AT-ATs could act like pets?

Who would have ever thought those large juggernauts of Imperial walking destruction could also make a lovable pet? Sure, they may be capable to taking down a Rebel Alliance Base on the ice planet of Hoth, but apparently an AT-AT can also be just like man’s best friend. Thanks to a little creative stop-motion film-making with a [...]
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iAds make an appearance on iOS 4

Earlier this year, Apple announced a new mobile advertising platform called iAd. The platform powers ads within iPhone apps allowing developers to collect a 60% share of advertising revenue. iAds are enabled with iOS 4 and have begun to appear in the wild according to a report by AppleInsider. One advantage behind an iAd compared to [...]
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Sex.com is up for sale

Sex.com, thought to be one of the most valuable domain names there is, has gone up for sale again. Last time it sold was in 2006 when U.S. company Escom paid $12 million. Sedo has secured the rights to broker the sale. Kathy Nielson, director of sales at Sedo said: It is an extremely rare opportunity that [...]
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Ten One Design demo pressure sensitive input on iPad

The iPad is a perfect drawing surface, but it does have a limitation in so far as it isn’t pressure sensitive. Adding such a feature would allow for much more detailed drawings to be created. Ten One Design is putting forward the case for adding pressure sensitivity as a feature by actually demonstrating it as working [...]
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Adjust your fans in style with the NZXT touchscreen Sentry LXE

If you have a gaming rig setup at home then chances are you have multiple fans to control depending on whether you are playing games or surfing the web. Fan controllers come in a number of forms including both software and hardware solutions. None look as professional or slick as the NZXT Sentry LXE though. Forget [...]
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Highborn for iOS 4 drops down to 99 cents for the weekend

Jet Set Game’s turn-based strategy Highborn got a nice price reduction for the July 4th weekend, putting it at just 99 cents. This is down from a standard price of $2.99. iPhone app sales generally don’t make for big news, but this one looks to be worth picking up as it’s been getting really strong reviews: iTunes App [...]
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Google acquires flight search firm

Google has purchased ITA Software, a firm specializing in software that compares flight schedules and prices, for $700 million in cash. Google hopes that the acquisition will provide benefits to the consumers by making it easier to find flights online. The firm believes that the acquisition of ITA will pave the way for significant improvements in [...]
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Google Voice Desktop software leaks to Techcrunch

A version of Google’s own Skype-killer, the Google Voice Desktop, has leaked. As the title suggests, it’s a desktop version of their online Google Voice service based on the Gizmo5 technology that Google acquired in November of 2009. It looks great, and TechCrunch has managed to get a series of screenshots and video walkthroughs of [...]
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Firefox Home for iPhone awaiting Apple

Mozilla has submitted Firefox Home, its first iOS app, to the App Store. Although Apple shouldn’t have any objections to it, nothing is certain until the software appears on the App Store. Firefox Home is a simple app that syncs your personal history, bookmarks, and open tabs from the Firefox browser on your desktop. Once you [...]
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Intel has shut down Project Offset

Project Offset. Does that name ring a bell? It’s a game that made the headlines back in 2006 for promising so much with its engine, character modeling, and very small dedicated team of developers. It looked so good in fact, that Intel decided to buy the company and people behind it in 2008. Things went quiet [...]
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T-Mobile Kills The Sidekick

Just a few days after the Kin was killed off, the grandaddy of all teenager feature phones, the venerable Sidekick range, is now getting one in the forehead as well. Confirming reports that they would be purging the Sidekick LX and Sidekick 2008 from their lineup, T-Mobile USA issued a statement today saying that while [...]
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iPhone 4 sent a thousand feet high, takes aerial footage of downtown LA, gets safely home

Who in their right mind would put the hottest smartphone on the planet in aerial peril? A bunch of enthusiasts from Los Angeles, that’s who. Deciding they’ve seen enough still shots and 720p kitten videos taken with the iPhone 4’s five-megapixel camera, they paired the phone with big helium balloons and released it on a [...]
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Apple says Steve Jobs iPhone 4 email exchange is fake

Yesterday it was widely reported that Steve Jobs took part in a rather unusual e-mail exchange with a customer over the iPhone 4 aerial issues. Boy Genius Report broke the news which was then picked up by other news sites and spread across the web. In the exchange Jobs gave some surprising responses with the final [...]
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Best Buy suspends employee for making funny iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo video

Brian Maupin, a 25-year-old employee of Best Buy, has been suspended from his job because of a video he made about the iPhone 4 and HTC Evo. The video was produced using Xtra Normal which couples text with characters that animate while the text is read out as speech. The video produced by Maupin is very [...]
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HDBaseT: HD video, audio, network, power, and USB in one cable

Cables. We all use them, and all get frustrated when they get tangled, gather dust, or just look a mess behind the back of a desk. Wireless has improved things, but there’s still a lot of cabling required for a PC or home theater setup. A new cable specification may solve the problem, however. It’s called [...]
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Apple: cause of iPhone 4 reception problems is both simple and surprising

Apple has just released a letter on its website regarding the iPhone 4 and the reception problems being experienced by some users. The issue is apparently nothing to do with the actual antenna, it’s positioning, or the strength of the signal changing dramatically. Instead, it’s just a simple case of Apple calculating signal strength wrong. Here’s the [...]
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Serious about iPhone gaming, Disney snaps up premium developer Tapulous

The creators of the high-grossing Tap Tap rhythm games for iPhone have reportedly been acquired by the powerful animation studio for an undisclosed sum. TechCrunch reported that Tapulous’ founder Bart Decrem and chief operating officer Andrew Lacy will both join Disney as vice presidents. The move represents the next logical step for the entertainment behemoth which [...]
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Google to equalize tax between heterosexual and same-sex couples

In addition to the innovation Google has offered to society through the introduction of Google Search, Gmail, Android and Google Maps, the company has also pushed an environmental agenda which has included initiatives around “green” and renewable energy resources. Now the company is putting its mark on a social agenda which includes a new benefit [...]
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Hope you don

IGN AU is reporting that Sony’s Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida noted in a recent interview that the PlayStation 3 console is now a profitable product. Previously the console itself was known to be selling for a loss, with the hopes that profit could later be derived from Sony’s software sales, downloadable content, and (as we [...]
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Motorola

While Verizon Wireless is holding on the promise to refrain itself from attacking Apple in their new nationwide campaign, the bashing continues nonetheless thanks to the carrier’s best buddy Motorola. The disastrous manner in which Apple and its boss Steve Jobs have been handling the so-called iPhone 4 death grip has presented rivals with lots of [...]
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How to use your HD DSLR

Lifehacker, doing what they do best, just put up a great post showing people how to use their HD DSLR (aka HDSLR). If you have a Canon 5D MKII or something along those lines you surely know that it can record amazing HD video, but getting it to do so can be tough. Unlike the typical [...]
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Verizon shows off their network with high-tech tower commercial

The latest advert from Verizon Wireless is without any doubt way cooler than anything we’ve seen from AT&T lately. Aptly named “Towers”, it glorifies Verizon’s signal that the carrier says is “there to ensure the most powerful transmitter is you.” It’s released on Verizon’s official YouTube channel as an ice-breaker that has kickstarted the summer advertising [...]
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Steve Jobs caught in a new email exchange about iPhone 4 antenna gripes

“It’s just a phone,” Apple’s CEO allegedly wrote. Steve Jobs has apparently been caught in another email exchange with a fan inquiring about the iPhone 4 reception issue caused when touching the two antennas found inside the phone’s stainless steel band with your hand. According to an exclusive Boy Genius Report (who claims to have verified the [...]
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HP Photosmart D110a has own e-mail address, doesn

I think everyone was happy when printers transitioned to USB connections, and even happier when manufacturers started making them wireless. But HP is going a stage further with its latest printer and removing the need to have a PC communicating with a printer at all. The e-All-in-One D110a printer is different as printing is done via [...]
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Porn sites safer to browse than normal ones according to Avast

Not sure if this will fly as an excuse for browsing porn sites at work, but AVAST Software, developer of avast! antivirus, says that porn sites are safer to browse than normal, non-porn ones. The statement is based on a report which found that for every infected adult domain identified the company was able to [...]
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Users take Apple to court over iPhone 4 woes

Although barely a week on the market, iPhone 4 has already earned Apple three class-action lawsuits and more are possible to come. As you might imagine, users are taking the company to court overt the antenna issue accentuated in media reports. The first one was filed in the US District Court for the District of Maryland. [...]
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Spyder III Arctic Laser draws unwanted legal attention from Lucafilms

Not to long ago, we posted an article about a crazy laser product that was being offered by Wicked Lasers called the Spyder III Arctic Laser. The reason why I call this item “crazy” is that the laser is so powerful that it could easily blind people or burn skin thanks to its blue laser [...]
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Google produces grandmother

Google’s Jason Toff was recently setting up Google video chat for his grandmother Evelyn and realized there needed to be a simpler way for people to get hooked up with such a service. So Google set about producing the video you see above along with a printable guide. To encourage people to download and help set [...]
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Cloud iTunes and wireless iPhone syncing

Apple fans kept their fingers crossed for some sort of cloud iTunes info at WWDC 2010, but veteran watchers knew better – Apple’s music-themed event traditionally pinned for September is a much better fit for iTunes and iPod announcements. Boy Genius Report has it on good authority that a web-based iTunes version will be unveiled pretty [...]
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Thank Microsoft for never inserting a battery wrong again

There is nothing more annoying then replacing batteries in a device only to figure out you put them in the wrong way. A new Microsoft technology called InstaLoad hopes to make that problem a thing of the past. InstaLoad allows a device to receive power from a battery regardless of the way it is inserted. [...]
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Man talking on phone gets smashed in face by baseball

Do you know someone that spends way too much time on their cell phone and does not pay attention to their surroundings? No, I’m not going to harp on the dangers of texting and driving. In general, that practice is just plain dumb and if you do it, it will eventually get yourself and someone [...]
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iLuminate lets performers dance with light

As technology advances, entertainment advances along with it. Take movies for example. What once originated with silent, black and white moving pictures, we now have cinema features with stunning CGI in realistic 3D. Live entertainment as well has also benefited with modern technology. Where performers relied on make-up and fancy costumes to draw attention, now dancers and [...]
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YouTube to allow pre-roll video ads to be skipped

YouTube is set to introduce a new feature that will allow users to skip any pre-roll advertising run at the start of a video. If those ads are skipped the advertiser doesn’t get charged by Google. Although it may sound like a quick way to lose a lot of advertising revenue, Google says it will benefit [...]
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Quick Review: Panasonic Lumix ZR3 digital camera

Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-ZR3 (also known as the DMC-ZX3) is a compact digital camera that is designed to be a consumer-friendly mix between size, price, and performance. With a street price of about $225 and Panasonic’s great build quality, right from the start it seems like a good pickup compared to the more commonplace competition from Canon, [...]
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Fujitsu quietly rolls out LifeBook TH700 Tablet/Laptop

If you’re in two minds about whether to buy a tablet or a laptop then Fujitsu may have you covered. The company has just released the LifeBook TH700 Tablet with a multitouch 12.1″ display. But it’s mounted on a bi-directional hinge with a keyboard sitting underneath allowing a choice between laptop and tablet in one [...]
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Amazon down for over 3 hours yesterday

If you were on Amazon’s website yesterday attempting to buy a Kindle or another product you may have had some technical issues. It turns out you weren’t alone according to an article by the Washington Post. The issues were confirmed by Amazon.com, but a cause for the issue has yet to be reported. Those visiting the [...]
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Clever spies embedded secret code in web images

According to the FBI, Russian spies were found to be communicating over the web using codes embedded in images. In what appeared to be a normal image a spy could hide a message that could not be deciphered but, more importantly, people would have never thought to investigate it in the first place. All digital images on [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV lands on PC September 22, PS3 version arrives March 2011

The release of the next Final Fantasy MMO is going to hit PC first, but the date you actually get to play it depends on the version you buy. Final Fantasy XIV will be available to PC gamers on September 22 if they buy the Collector’s Edition. Opting for the standard edition means waiting an extra [...]
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Who cares about the World Cup? Germany has already won the RoboCup

While Germany is still in contention for the World Cup, the robot version of the team has already brought home a soccer championship based on a report by CrunchGear. A team from Germany has officially won RoboCup 2010, a six-day event which concluded on June 25th. The event consisted of 500 international and local teams [...]
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Magellan ToughCase ruggedizes the iPhone while improving GPS accuracy

The iPhone works pretty well as a handheld GPS receiver, but it has some serious flaws, namely toughness, battery life, and accuracy. Magellan is aiming to fix each of these with their $199 ToughCase, effectively turning the iPhone into a competitive GPS unit, not unlike Magellan’s Explorist GC or Garmin’s Oregon series. The Toughcase protect the [...]
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AT&T pays $622 for every iPhone 4, says Sony Ericsson

Although Apple has never disclosed how much it sells the iPhone for to mobile operators like AT&T, Sony Ericsson has been doing some calculations and believes it has worked out the price. Hiroaki Kobayashi, marketing director of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has done some calculations based on number of phones shipped, number of sales, and Apple’s [...]
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Apple to hire antenna/wireless experts to help with iPhone and iPad

Last week, we covered the major antenna issue some users were experiencing with the iPhone 4, you know, the whole “iPhone death grip” thing. The issue occurs when a new iPhone is held a particular way (see above) that results in a blocked signal leading to a drop in connectivity. Now, TechCrunch reports that Apple [...]
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Microsoft axes Kin phones for teens, says Windows Phone is the future

Microsoft’s Kin phones for the socially inclined teenagers and college kids are no more. According to Boy Genius Report, the software giant has axed both Kin phones in the US and confirmed it won’t be selling them in Europe. A company spokesperson attributed the decision on the need to focus on Windows Phone 7, their [...]
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Onkyo

Onkyo has just revealed their latest pair of networked audio/visual receivers, the TX-NR5008 and TX-NR3008, and they look like a pair of beauts, replete with eight HDMI 1.4a inputs, THX Ultra2 Plus certification, network audio streaming, multi-room and 3D support, and 1080p HD upscaling. Think the list of specs ends there? Think again: supporting DolbyTrueHD [...]
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Woot.com sells itself to Amazon

When Woot is mentioned in the news, it’s usually because a rotating yellow light on their front page is signaling another of those orgies of tech consumerism, a Woot Off. Unfortunately, though, there’s no Woot Off today… at least not for us shoppers. For the Woot guys, though, there’s plenty being sold: their entire weird, [...]
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Amazon announces browser previews for Kindle books

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could sample Kindle books right inside your web browser rather than browse them using one of Amazon’s dedicated desktop or mobile apps? Well, soon you’ll be able to, and this information comes from the highest authority, the Amazon team itself. Formally announcing the feature on their official forum, Amazon wrote [...]
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Amazon cuts Kindle DX price by $110, now $379

The price war in the e-reader market started a couple of weeks ago when Barnes & Noble reduced the price of the Nook. It also introduced a new WiFi only model priced at just $149. Amazon responded the same day by cutting the price of Kindle to $189. Even Borders had to react with a [...]
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Crucial RealSSD C300: 64GB, 355MB/s read speeds, $149.99

We’ve seen budget SSD drives starting to appear for a few months now, but while the price was cheap the performance was less than great. Now Crucial is changing that with the introduction of the 2.5″ RealSSD C300 range. Available in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB models, it’s the 64GB that really shines as the best value. [...]
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Nokia demos MeeGo running on a phone

Last week Nokia announced that future N-series phones would not use the Symbian operating system. While Symbian will still be used for lower-end smartphones Nokia is moving to MeeGo for high-end devices. A week later and a video has appeared of MeeGo 1.1 running on a prototype Intel Aava phone and Nokia N900. This is just [...]
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Future iPad expected to come with gyroscope

One of the new features offered in the iPhone 4 is the inclusion of a gyroscope which allows for the detection of more detailed movements by a user compared to the traditional accelerometer included in previous iPhone models. Gyroscopes have begun to enhance previous accelerometer technology as demonstrated not only by the iPhone 4’s release, but [...]
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Portal 2 gameplay video round-up

Valve is busy teasing us with video footage of Portal 2, and it’s doing nothing other than making us want to play the game more. The thermal discouragement beam, pneumatic diversity vents, meeting Wheatley, and puzzles that are frustratingly hard until your realize how simple they are to figure out. Watch the teaser trailers below, enjoy them, [...]
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Matt Smith helps perform Doctor Who Theme at Glastonbury

If you were in attendance for the 2010 Glastonbury Festival and happened to be a fan of long time running science-fiction series Doctor Who, you were given a real treat towards the end of the concert. Suddenly appearing on stage to re-welcome the electronic dance music duo Orbital was none other than the current incarnation (or rather regeneration) [...]
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Seagate announce 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk

Seagate has today unveiled the first ever 3 terabyte external desktop hard drive. It’s called the 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk and adds 50% more storage over the previous largest drives on offer in the GoFlex range. With 3TB of storage it’s possible to store 120 HD movies, 1,500 video games, and more photos and music than [...]
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EMILY the Robot floats out to save swimmers in trouble

Imagine a day when you visit the beach and you had a little too much to eat or drink before you hit the surf. Instead of enjoying the water and the waves, however, you suddenly find yourself being pulled out to sea by a strong undercurrent and realize you are in deep trouble. Suddenly you see [...]
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ICANN approves Chinese character domain names

When the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Board (ICANN) met last Friday in Brussels, Belgium and approved the “XXX” top level domain name for pornographic material, another decision was also made that affected over 1 billion Chinese speaking people across the globe. For the first time in history, the ICANN Board is set to approve [...]
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New iPhones force users to upgrade from legacy Macs

If you’re in the market for a new iPhone and still run Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger on a legacy Mac, you must either buy a brand new Intel-based Mac or upgrade your operating system to Mac OS X Leopard. That’s because the iPhone 3GS and the latest iPhone 4 both require Mac OS X [...]
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Microsoft Kin prices slashed by Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless seems to be downplaying the move, but Bloomberg is reporting that the wireless carrier is cutting the price of its Microsoft Kin smartphones soon after their May release.The Kin One and Kin Two were Microsoft’s attempt to take advantage of the social networking craze in order to regain lost mobile market share against [...]
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APB will have advertising on voice chat service unless you pay

Realtime World’s forthcoming MMO All Points Bulletin (APB) is certainly thinking differently when it comes to paying to play the game. Instead of a set monthly subscription charge we’ve already heard how the system will revolve around paying for game time. So when you buy a copy at launch it will come with 50 hours [...]
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Microsoft to bring visual login, desktop app store, idiot-proof system restore, and more to Windows 8

A bunch of top-secret slides allegedly leaked from an internal meeting reveal a host of goodies that Microsoft has in the works for the next major Windows release dubbed Windows 8. Early features include visual login, cloud user profiles, one-button system restore, Internet Explorer 9, the App Store for Windows software, and other perks. Thanks to [...]
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Dance Central DLC will cost more than Rock Band, not be released weekly

Dance Central, a fully-featured rhythm game for Microsoft Kinect, will have costlier DLC than its musical companion, Rock Band. According to Harmonix, the developer of both titles, the dance game's downloadable content will cost $2 more than the typical Rock Band tune.
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PS3 firmware 3.40 released, adds PlayStation Plus and better Facebook integration

Sony has today released firmware v3.40 for PlayStation 3 owners. There’s several new features, but the main one has to be the introduction of PlayStation Plus. Plus is a paid-for subscription service officially announced earlier this month by Sony. It lives on top of PSN which will remain free with all the features it currently has. [...]
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Fujitsu self-erasing USB drive is available in Japan

Back in April Fujitsu posted a release about a new type of secure USB drive that used self-erasing operations in order to protect the data on board. The idea of a self-destructing USB drive (or any storage device for that matter) is a great one, but it looked like Fujitsu was finally taking things a [...]
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A look back at 30 years of Apple in just 2 minutes

It’s hard to appreciate how far Apple has come with the design of their laptops and desktops until you’ve seen one of their previous models. Now a YouTube user by the name of “Frensleven” makes that possible in a video that shows 30 years of Apple in just two minutes. The video not only displays the [...]
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Hulu Plus revealed: $9.99 a month, works with Apple devices

The Hulu Plus service was just officially unveiled, and you might be surprised by what it offers. The premium online video service will go for $9.99 and from day one it will work with Apple’s iOS 4 devices (iPhone 4, 3GS, and current generation iPod touch), the iPad, as well as some Samsung televisions and [...]
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Review: HP Mini 210 HD netbook

With the Mini 210 HP took their popular netbook formula and updated it once again, this time focusing even more on HP’s target buyers. Netbook buyers want good looks, light weight, and a low entry price, and HP was able to deliver, though with some sacrifices compared to HP’s higher end Mini 5102. Note: If you go [...]
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PSP firmware 3.60 suggests TurboGrafx-16 and NeoGeo games for US/Europe soon

All the focus may be on the PS3 3.40 firmware introducing PlayStation Plus, but the PSP also got a firmware update today. Version 6.30 has been released which adds Plus support and allows grouping of games based on format. Not much to talk about, right? Well, there is something else that has been added which may excite [...]
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Google may lose China license

Google has created a new China-based landing page for its Google.cn site in a last-ditch attempt at a compromise with Chinese authorities. When Google uncovered Chinese attempts to hack its GMail servers in an attempt to reveal the identities of dissidents, the company swiftly announced that it would review and possibly shutter its Chinese operations on [...]
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Blurry images of Apple

A pair of screenshots that surfaced on the web suggest Apple might be putting finishing touches to a scaled-down version of its Office replacement suite for the iPhone and iPod touch. As we reported earlier this month, an image that briefly appeared on Apple’s site before being replaced with another one indicated that Keynote presentation [...]
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PayPal Guest Payments: pay online without a PayPal account

PayPal has seen a lot of success as the number one online payment service. This can be put down to the fact it shields consumers from having to use a credit or debit card directly online, but also because it is pushed very hard as the payment system to use on eBay. Although it may be [...]
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Dell computer troubles revealed in lawsuit

Dell’s attempt to rebuild its business has taking a stumble after a blistering New York Times article that outlined the company’s trouble problems with bad capacitors from a company call Nichicon. The capacitors were prone to pop and leak fluid causing the company’s Optiplex computers to fail. The issue could also cause the computers to [...]
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Unencrypted FaceTime video calls could be a security risk

Before having a sexy videochat with your significant other using the iPhone 4’s FaceTime, consider this: someone at Apple might be watching. According to ZDNet, audio and video data in a FaceTime call isn’t encrypted while it’s travelling between your iPhone 4 and Apple’s servers, making eavesdropping a theoretical possibility. ZDNet pointed to a blog post [...]
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Survey: Corporate America likes iPhone 4 and iOS 4

According to a new survey, American workforce is paying notice to the new iPhone 4 and iOS 4, citing deeper enterprise integration and new features such as multitasking, which was the biggest feature by a landslide. Mobile software company Sybase, recently acquired by German business software giant SAP, and polling company Zogby International surveyed 2,100 employees [...]
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Google Apps for Education wins over Iowa and Colorado

Google Apps for Education, a version of Google’s web-based application and productivity suite tailored for educational institutions, has won the endorsement of the states of Iowa and Colorado. The states will offer Google Apps, (GMail, Google Sites,  Calendar, Groups, Video and Docs), as well as associated training and support, to schools and other public educational institutions. [...]
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Pokemon Black and White gets Japan release date, new trailer

Japanese gamers will be jumping for joy this week as they now know how long they have to wait to get their hand on Pokemon Black and Pokemon White. The official release date is set as September 18. In the west we will be waiting until Spring next year for the game unless you don’t mind [...]
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Sapphire runs game in 3D across 3 screens with one graphics card

Talk of 3D entering our homes through new TVs and games ir growing. The fear for consumers is the amount of money they will have to invest in order to partake in this 3D revolution so soon after HD displays became affordable. For gamers though, there may be some relief. Graphics card manufacturer Sapphire has demonstrated [...]
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Check out the Droid X promo reel

You may not be able to see this cool promotional video anywhere except at Verizon’s retail stores. As you know, Verizon Wireless unveiled a Droid successor dubbed the Droid X at a New York event last Thursday, the day before the iPhone 4 launch. The press conference was pretty much smooth sailing except for the Verizon [...]
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iPhone 4 parts cost Apple $187.51

Bloomberg is reporting that an iPhone 4 consists of parts which add up to $187.51 according to an analysis of the parts and their subsequent costs by market research firm iSuppli. For the analysis, iSuppli used the 16GB version of the iPhone 4. The $187.51 price point does not take into account costs stemming from [...]
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Black Hat conference: This is how to make ATMs dispense all their cash

Banks are getting worried about Juy 28-29. The reason? The Black Hat USA 2010 conference is set to reveal a range of ATM security flaws that make removing all cash from them a simple task. The details of the flaws are being made available by Barnaby Jack, director of research at IOActive Labs. Although revealing such [...]
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iPhone 4 FaceTime spurs video sex chat services

Apple may be attempting to keep its devices squeaky clean by banning any kind of sexual content in the App Store, but the FaceTime feature on iPhone 4 is about to start a whole new adult market on the device. The new video chat feature is perfect for chatting with friends and family while seeing their [...]
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eMachines introduce Mini-e Home Entertainment Center

eMachines are attempting to shake up the design of nettops with the introduction of the Mini-e Home Entertainment Center. Positioned on a stand so as to look like a diamond, the Mini-e certainly catches the eye while being a typically very small form factor. It measures just 7.1 x 1.2 x 7.1 inches and weighs 9 [...]
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Verizon: We rule the air and don

Verizon’s top brass reportedly met with employees on Saturday in order to fill them in on the new initiatives, including a massive advertising campaign and the upcoming Droid 2 launch. They also definitely decided not to carry Apple’s iPhone. The news arrived on the heels of the Droid X introduction last week, the iPhone 4 launch, [...]
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Google puts the Android kill switch into effect, but why?

Google has exercised its discretionary right to disable misbehaving Android apps by remotely zapping two programs off users’ devices, although they were not used maliciously and their developer voluntarily removed them from Android Market. The move came amid the concerns of a growing number of spyware and malware on Android Market. Any app that violates its [...]
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The Solar Camera Strap

Here’s a great idea for powering your digital camera using the power of the sun. Designer Weng Jie has come up with what he calls the Solar Camera Strap. As the name implies, what makes this camera strap different is the introduction of solar panels across the width of the strap. In addition to the [...]
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T-Mobile getting Charm from Motorola

T-Mobile is getting some “Charm” and I don’t mean an improvement to their customer service. Engadget has received a tip which includes images of training materials which gives proof that T-Mobile is getting the Motorola Charm. Based on the information from the photos, the smartphone will include Android 2.1 and enhancements to Motorblur, Motorola’s social [...]
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Google rumored to have Facebook killer in works

Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com, dropped a rumor bomb that has spread to a number of media sites. The rumor is that Google is ramping up to compete with Facebook through a platform called Google Me. Rose tweeted the following on Saturday: Ok, umm, huge rumor: Google to launch facebook competitor very soon “Google Me”, very [...]
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Sharp develops world

Sharp has this week unveiled the world’s smallest, most compact digital TV tuner yet. Although on it’s own that might not be ground breaking news, it does offer up a couple of benefits consumers will appreciate. The most obvious of these benefits is the small size allowing for thinner TVs. A digital tuner is now an [...]
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Apple: What antenna gripes? We sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s

Apple announced sales of 1.7 million iPhone 4 units which, according to the official statement, files in Apple’s book as the most successful product launch in its history. Those units have been sold between the June 24 launch through Saturday, June 26, Apple confirmed. The gadget maker thought the achievement deserved a press release and the [...]
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Red Faction downloadable prequel will hit XBLA and PSN months before Armageddon

A downloadable prequel to the upcoming Red Faction: Armageddon will hit Xbox Live Arcade and PSN, THQ VP Danny Bilson told CVG.
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Software fix for the iPhone

The widely reported signal loss occurring when you hold an iPhone 4 in a certain way – dubbed the Death Grip – could be fixed with a firmware update. The problem is said to stem from the iOS 4 tune-ups that enable the phone to utilize the least congested network band, regardless of the actual signal strength. Wall [...]
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Fan-made King

The Silver Lining, a fan-made sequel of the old adventures series King's Quest, will finally be available for free on July 10, thanks to a non-commercial license from Activision.
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Mozilla fixes Flash crashes with Firefox 3.6.6

Responding to frequent Flash plugin crashes reported across the web, Mozilla updated its Firefox browser ahead of schedule, merely a week after it posted Firefox 3.6.4. Mozilla is urging all users to update to Firefox 3.6.6 in order to fix performance slowdowns and problems with the most recent Adobe Flash plugin version 10.1.63.54, installed as [...]
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New Crysis 2 trailer builds on impressive E3 showing

The Crysis 2 trailer shown off during E3 was nothing short of impressive. A gritty, rundown New York makes for a nice change to the first game, and the game engine has clearly improved leaps and bounds. This follow-up trailer attempts to build on that, but at the very least reinforces the fact this game [...]
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Verizon says you can

Verizon’s unveiling of the Droid X last Wednesday would have gone down as a routine media event had it not been for an unusual hiccup by their PR staff. When a Silicon Alley Insider journalist attending the press conference pulled out his iPhone 4 for a size comparison with the Droid X, an overzealous PR lady [...]
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Amazon adds Kindle books with audio and video to the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

Amazon has added rich media to several Kindle books readable on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad using its free app. So far, only select Kindle books found on a dedicated page on Amazon’s site have received a multimedia makeover that includes audio and video goodies. Kindle books with audio and video include Rick Steves’ London [...]
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iPhone 4 meets end via blender, sniper fire, and microwave

With the introduction of a new iPhone you knew it was only a matter of time before Blendtec would get its hands on it. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, Blendtec, a manufacturer of blending machines, produces a series of videos on YouTube called, “Will it blend?” In addition to blending an iPhone 3G [...]
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Russian President visits Apple and tweets about iPhone 4 before meeting with Obama

It doesn’t get any crazier than this. The Russian leader visits Apple and tweets an image of Steve Jobs giving him a private iPhone 4 demo and then goes on to meet with Barack Obama in Washington. According to media reports, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin’s former Chief of Presidential Staff and now himself the Russian President, [...]
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iPhone 4 has major antenna flaw, Apple is in denial

With the launch of the iPhone 4 yesterday I don’t think anyone expected it to fail. The queues outside Apple stores and the 600,000 pre-orders demonstrated how much people wanted this new handset. But Apple looks to have shipped the device with a major problem–holding the iPhone 4, as you would normally hold any cellphone, [...]
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Canadian fan invades Steve Jobs

What would you do if you spotted Steve Jobs at the Apple campus, also known as the Mothership? Resisting the urge to ask Apple’s charismatic head honcho for a photo-op, like any other self-respecting fan would do, a stoked Canadian did what only the most obsessed die-hards would do. He approached the CEO of Apple from [...]
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VidMe attempts to be YouTube with strong privacy controls

When a video is uploaded to a service like YouTube there is a way to restrict access to a few people, but the main aim of the site is for video to be shared. Therefore privacy controls are quite basic. The team behind VidMe has realized this and decided to create an alternative video sharing [...]
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HP buys Melodeo for $30-$35 million

HP has pulled out its checkbook again to buy mobile music streaming company Melodeo for $30 to $35 million. Melodeo’s flagship service, nuTsie, offers what it calls “personalized” Internet radio since the music it offers is served up in terms of playlists. Subscribers can import their iTunes library’s playlists into the service to have those same [...]
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Guitarist Brian May sparks Guitar Hero: Queen rumor

According to rumors, the classic rock band Queen may soon join the ranks of Metallica, Van Halen and Aerosmith with Guitar Hero: Queen. Guitarist Brian May revealed the news during an interview with Swedish website DN.se earlier this week. While the interview mainly focused on the arrival of the Queen musical "We Will Rock You" in Sweden this fall, Brian May also mentioned that his band will be launching a new version of Guitar Hero next year. After letting the rumor slip, he then said he couldn't reveal more information at the time as it was "a secret."
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Java 4-ever trailer starring Scala Johansson and William Windows

(There is one short scene in this video that is NSFW) JavaZone is a conference held in Scandinavia for developers to meet up, listen to presentations, and interact with the development community. But the group behind JavaZone have also proved themselves to be pretty good filmmakers, or at least trailer makers. The trailer you see above is [...]
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Adult sites to get .xxx domain

ICANN, the organization that oversees the administration of the Internet’s domain name system, has approved the hotly-debated .xxx top level domain for adult sites. ICANN’s board of directors approved the creation of the .xxx domain when the organization met on Friday in Brussels. The move comes ten years after the domain was first proposed, making the [...]
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iPhone 4, iOS 4, and everything in between

Phew, what a week! Even though Apple put its marketing machinery into overdrive, iPhone 4 and iOS 4 launches will go down in history as a mixed bag of the behind-the-curtain social engineering and innovative PR spoiled with early teething problems and corporate fine print. Here’s our selection of the finest and ugliest moments, spiced up [...]
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Intel to release Android x86 for netbooks this summer

For the moment, Android is popular on smartphones running ARM-based chips. A few tablets are starting to appear with Android as an OS, but expect that to grow significantly now due to the work of Intel. The chip-giant has been working to port Android so that it runs with x86 processors. What that means is we [...]
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Steam Perils of Summer Sale now on

Valve has decided to kick off a massive game sale on Steam. It’s themed around the perils of summer with the introduction stating: Each year millions of people are lured outdoors by the long, sun-drenched days of summer. With so many people spending the bulk of their time outside, it dramatically raises their risk of getting [...]
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Glowing Tron controllers for the PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360

Classic Tron fans have been waiting patiently for the sequel to the 1982 film starring Jeff Bridges, who is a programmer named Kevin Flynn that gets transported inside the world of a computer. This December, the wait will be over as we return to the digital frontier in order to rescue Flynn in the film [...]
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Cybersecurity bill clears Senate committee and heads to the floor

Earlier this month, we reported that Joe Lieberman, an independent senator from Connecticut, was pushing a bill which would define emergency cyber powers for the President of the United States including the ability to shut down parts of the Internet in the event of a national emergency such as a massive, coordinated cyber attack. An [...]
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Future Nokia N-series phones to run MeeGo

Nokia has decided that future phones in its N-series will no longer use the Symbian operating system. Instead, the mobile phone manufacturer is moving to use the Linux OS MeeGo. MeeGo is the result of combining Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin platforms to create one new operating system capable of being deployed to multiple devices. Although [...]
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When it

Apple is playing down the antenna issue on iPhone 4, insisting that any cellphone exhibits reception problems when held wrong. Meanwhile, reviewers have confirmed that iPhone 4 in fact drops fewer calls, despite the antenna issue. Apple praised iPhone 4 as the first handset to integrate the antennas (UMTS, GSM, GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth) into its [...]
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Kinect now available for preview at Microsoft stores

Microsoft's Twitter revealed Thursday that the public can now visit Microsoft stores to try out its new hands-free motion controller, Kinect. While the Twitter account states that Microsoft stores "nationwide" will carry the Kinect demo, there happen to only be four such stores in the entire country. So, if you're lucky enough to live near Scottsdale, Arizona, southern California, or Lone Tree, Colorado, feel free to head down to your nearest Microsoft store, try out the new product, and tell us what you think. Otherwise, you'll have to wait until the product ships this November. The Twitter account also mentions that the stores will be previewing Kinectimals this weekend.
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Test Facetime for iPhone 4 through toll free number

So you got your iPhone 4. Congratulations! Now you are probably wanting to use one of the coolest apps of the phone called Facetime. Facetime drives the new video conferencing that’s enabled through the latest generation of the iPhone. Of course, what do you do if you don’t have any friends with an iPhone 4? [...]
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Original Star Trek video parties with Ke$ha

Being a child of the 70’s I grew up watching the original Star Trek series, so naturally I think that Star Trek series stands out as the best. You can have your Star Trek TNG, Deep Space 9, Voyager, and don’t even get me started on what was wrong with Star Trek Enterprise. Little did [...]
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Halo: Reach to feature increased difficulty for co-op, space flight and gender choice

Bungie has a few new changes in store for its final Halo title, Halo: Reach, set to release this September. According to Kotaku's Stephen Totilo, who recently got a hands-on preview of the upcoming game, Halo: Reach will have a wider range of difficulty. For Halo 3 and last year's Halo 3: ODST, enemies carried the same level of difficulty for one player as it did for four. In other words, players who faced the Covenant on Normal difficulty by themselves would take on the exact same type of Covenant if they chose to play four player co-op instead. However in Reach, enemies will toughen when facing a greater number of players, exhibiting more damage resistance and more intelligence, Bungie's Brian Jarrard explained to Kotaku.
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Nike lets you send personal message to World Cup players

You can make your mark on the World Cup through a new Nike marketing initiative announced this week. Nike Football has installed the largest interactive LED installation in Africa on the 30 story, 128 meter-high Life Center building in Johannesburg. The display is operational between 6pm and 6am daily, supports 12 languages including Chinese, English, [...]
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Tips for keeping your iPhone 4 from shattering and scratching

What, you thought iPhone 4 was indestructible just because its stainless steel alloy is sandwiched between two pieces of chemically strengthened alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass thirty times harder than plastic? As Apple launches iPhone 4 simultaneously in the US, UK, Japan, Germany, and Italy, customers are advised to take extra care to keep their shiny purchase [...]
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DC Comics releases iPad app for digital comic viewing

There are some things that just work on a tablet device, and reading comics seems to be one of them. Marvel has already proved that with its own app: DC Comics has now decided to get on iPad too, and the company has used ComiXology, as did Marvel, to create the app. If you liked Marvel’s [...]
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McAfee offers online protection for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad

With the invention of Internet-capable devices, such as mobile phones and tablets, there is a need to provide the same level of web content filtering and online protection offered to PC users. Especially as many of these devices are used by children and teenagers. McAfee originally answered this need for PC users through the introduction of [...]
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Flickr revamps site with bigger images, geo-location maps, keyboard shortcuts and more

The big daddy of all web 2.0 photo sites, Flickr, has just rolled out a big and beautiful revamp that re-envisions existing photo pages to feature larger images, maps and a much cleaner and more intuitive interface. Here’s what’s changed. For one, the primary image is now much larger, with the longest edge of the image [...]
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Facebook founder confident of reaching 1 billion users

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, is confident that the social network will eventually reach the 1 billion user mark. Although Zuckerberg admits there is no chance of hitting 1 billion users this year, he believes that the figure is attainable if Facebook is able to achieve market dominance in four key countries:  China, Russia, [...]
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Vortex Cannon fires ring of air at 200MPH

All geeks love the Stephen Spielberg film Minority Report, mostly for its sexy but plausible imagining of future technology like holographic multitouch displays. Another bit of tech on display in the Philip K. Dick adaptation was a vortex cannon, which Tom Cruise deploys against some sci-fi precog perbs merely by twirling it around. The cannon [...]
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420 copies of Windows 7 are sold every minute

25,200 copies an hour, 420 copies a minute, or 7 copies every second. That’s how fast Windows 7 is flying off the shelves. In total Microsoft has managed to sell 150 million copies of Windows 7 since its October launch last year. Microsoft can now boast that Windows 7 is the fastest selling operating system in [...]
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iPhone 4 hits stores, but can it keep the buzz alive?

Folks renting their tents, zombies camping out on streets for hours, professional line sitters giving interviews to big media, Steve Wozniak hanging out with fans… It could only mean one thing - Apple is launching an exciting new product. As promised, Apple began selling iPhone 4 on Thursday at 9 a.m.. For the first time ever, the [...]
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Widely reported iPhone 4 display yellowing should go away after a day or two, says source

The early reports coming in from new iPhone 4 owners have prevalently mentioned a problem with yellowing Retina Displays. The problem appears to be bad. Earlier today, in a reader poll, Engadget found that over 8,000 of their readers had noticed yellow banding or blotching on their new iPhone 4s. That was 38% of their polled [...]
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Virgin Mobile to offer MiFi router next week

Virgin Mobile plans to offer a Novatel MiFi router next week. Gearlog uncovered plans for the router after it was revealed during a Best Buy summer preview event. If the MiFi router looks a bit familiar, it should, as it’s similar to the models offered by Verizon Wireless and Sprint (which isn’t surprising since Virgin [...]
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Twitter updates Facebook & LinkedIn apps, letting you follow all your contacts with one click

Twitter has just announced their intention to launch some new tools that will make it easy to add your Facebook friends and your LinkedIn connections to the list of people you follow in your timeline… that is, if Facebook will let them. Theoretically, the way it works is this: if your friends from Facebook or LinkedIn [...]
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Intel: GPUs are only 14x faster than CPUs, not 100x

You might not be aware of it, but there’s a war going on between traditional CPU manufacturers like Intel and GPU makers like NVIDIA, with GPUs increasingly taking over more and more processes on a PC or laptop traditionally delegated to the CPU. The war probably starts back when NVIDIA first showed off CUDA, turning [...]
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Mercedes brings Kleer wireless audio to E- and S-Class autos

Kleer has been boasting about their patented technology for awhile now, promising that they
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Level 5 and Studio Ghibli release first Ni no Kuni gameplay trailer

Developer Level 5 already has a reputation for producing some of the best RPGs in the world. You only have to mention the name Dragon Quest to turn the heads of millions of fans. And if you thought a new game from Level 5 could not be bettered by outside influence, you’d be wrong. The [...]
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You

If you’re wiring your house for data in this day and age, you’re probably wiring it up for CAT5 or CAT6, but the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has an alternative: they want you to network your home using existing coaxial cable in the 1GHz band. They’re already doing fine work, selling boxes that allow [...]
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YouTube adds Vuvuzela option to all videos

If you’re watching the World Cup this year, whether you realize it or not, you know what a Vuvuzela is… at least by its loud, blaring tuneless droning. An inane audio irritant that drowns out the sound of cheers and singing, the Vuvuzela is a plastic trumpet that, when tooted by several thousand World Cup goers, [...]
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Swype courting Apple for inclusion in iOS?

Here at Geek, we’ve long been interested in Swype, a fascinating virtual input alternative to hunt-and-pecking on touchscreen smartphones invented by Cliff Kushler, the inventor of the T9 predictive input method. Here’s how Swype works. Eschewing the idea of individually tapping on each and every letter in a word, Swype instead embraces the concept of swiping, [...]
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SD Association announces new symbols for high-speed devices capable of real-time video recording

Although most of us don’t think too carefully about the secure digital cards we slot into our netbooks and our cameras, there’s actually a lot more going on with them than just their physical storage and the diminutive size. Speed matters: an SD card meant primarily for reading documents or recording photos is not going [...]
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Android project allows slot cars to be controlled via phone

Old school entertainment – meet the new school. Back in the day, kids (like yours truly) didn’t have super sweet gaming consoles and smartphones like we have today. So one method of entertainment for children back then was to race electric slot cars – most of the time launching them across the room with the trigger-style [...]
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Pac-Man creator shows off graph paper with original game design

Since it’s still the world’s most well-known video game, we know a lot about the origins and development of Pac-Man. We know that Namco employee T
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Nexus One users start seeing Android 2.2 over-the-air updates

Back in May, we reported that Android 2.2 (Froyo) became official and we even provided a list of handsets which were expected to receive the latest Android OS as an update. Those phones included: Motorola Droid Google Nexus One Droid Incredible HTC Desire HTC Evo 4G myTouch Slide The Android 2.2 party really ramped up this week with the introduction of Droid [...]
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New Wii system update kills homebrew channels

No company is particularly happy about piracy of their software, and that is doubly true when it comes to consoles. Nintendo, in particular, have had a problem this generation with piracy thanks to the widespread availability of flash cards for the DS and the ease of hacking the Nintendo Wii to run Homebrew. In a new [...]
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Netflix and Amazon disagree on the elimination of Saturday mail deliveries

Yesterday, the subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security held a hearing around the future of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) with one of the key topics being the elimination of Saturday deliveries to decrease costs. A number of witnesses appeared to speak on the issue including Paul Misener, Vice [...]
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SanDisk WORM SD card stores data for up to 100 years

SanDisk is offering the ultimate mobile solution to store and protect images as well as data. The 1GB SanDisk SD “write once read many” (WORM) cards have two major differences compared to a normal SD card. First, once data is written it is unalterable and secure. Second, any images or data written to the card [...]
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Google staff do community service

Working for Google isn’t all about free food and stock options. Each year, a growing number of staff at Google are taking time out from their cubicles and giving something back to their communities. The ‘GoogleServe’ idea is a simple one; participating Google staff (a.k.a ‘Googlers’) get time off from their day jobs to participate in [...]
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E3: Hands-on preview of Super Scribblenauts

When 5th Cell's Scribblenauts launched last September, gamers were ecstatic. We grabbed our copies of the game, giddily typed
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Linux.com T-Shirt Design Contest has a winner

Back in March The Linux Foundation launched a new store for Linux enthusiasts to buy t-shirts, mugs, hats, stickers etc., carrying designs to support the Linux cause. At the same time a promotion was started called the Linux.com T-Shirt Design Contest. The contest drew over 100 submissions which were whittled down to 6 finalists, and [...]
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Borders enters e-reader price war with Kobo $20 gift card offer

Earlier this week the e-reader price war began. Barnes & Noble launched the first salvo by announcing it was dropping its traditional Nook model from $259 to $199 in addition to offering a Wi-Fi only model for just $149. Amazon quickly responded the same day by dropping the standard Kindle model from $259 to just [...]
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iPhone 4 is slower than iPad, benchmarks indicate

Several benchmarks put iPhone 4 in almost the same league as its bigger brother iPad. While the fourth-generation iPhone emerged 31 percent faster in typical processing tasks and CPU computations over the iPhone 3GS, it came in slightly behind iPad. This is a brief summary of the benchmarks conducted directly on the devices using the $5 [...]
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Free Just Cause 2 DLC offers players gun-toting Tuk Tuk

The Tuk Tuk is a three-wheeled car seen in Asian countries and open-world video games where bumbling around 20mph is never quite ideal. Bumbling around 20mph with a giant cannon mounted on top, however, is quite another matter.
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Motion Computing offers up the J3500 rugged tablet PC

Motion Computing has announced the launch of their latest rugged tablet PC. The J3500 Tablet PC comes with a 12.1″ LED backlit widescreen display made using Gorilla glass coupled with an anti-smear coating for visibility. Touchscreen input is catered for through a capacitive dual touch system allowing for digitizer or touch input as well as [...]
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EA sale reduces 17 iPhone games to $0.99 for the rest of today

EA is having a sale on its iPhone games with the price of each being dropped to just $0.99. The full list of games in the offer includes: COMMAND & CONQUER RED ALERT (was $6.99) FIFA 10 (was $4.99) MADDEN NFL 10 (was $6.99) Need for Speed Shift (was $6.99) Need For Speed Undercover (was $4.99) SimCity (was $2.99) Dragon
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26% of iPhones break within two years

With most mobile networks pushing us into having 24 month contracts you’d expect the handset that comes with such a contract to last the full two years. If that phone happens to be an iPhone there’s a good chance it won’t. SquareTrade Inc. which provides extended warranties for iPhone, has stated that the failure rate of [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Halo: Reach prequel to become graphic novel

Master Chief's indoctrination into the Spartan leagues will be captured in comic book form this September, Marvel announced Tuesday. Marvel Comics and Halo brand watchers 343 Industries will adapt Eric Nylund's bestselling novel, Halo: Fall of Reach, into a graphic fiction.
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Nintendo hasn

About a year ago, Nintendo unveiled the Vitality Sensor, an accessory for the Wii that brought a gamer’s own pulse into the game by ensconcing their finger like a splint. Everybody expected that Nintendo would have released it by now, but E3 2010 came and went, and the Vitality Sensor was nowhere in sight. Had [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

iPhone 4 teardown: Easy battery replacement and less dropped calls

iPhone 4 is the simplest iPhone to replace the battery in, while its intelligent chips and steel frames doubling as antennas should result in less dropped calls. The iFixIt team is once again the first out of the blocks with their iPhone 4 teardown analysis that confirms pretty much everything Steve Jobs said during his WWDC [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Iwata: Nintendo 3DS could do 3D video chat

If a stray comment by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is anything to go by, Nintendo doesn’t just see their upcoming handheld gaming console the 3DS as a competitor to Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices… they also intend to use it to compete with Apple’s own videochat format, FaceTime. Talking to Forbes magazine, Iwata said: [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Vizio releases new wireless HD soundbars for home theater setups

Although they started off fairly humbly, audiophonic manufacturer Vizio has come a long way, and the latest expansion of their High-Definition Audio Eco-System is their boldest update yet, bringing wireless HD audio to their product line. The Vizio VHT210 32″ Home Theater and the VHT510 40″ Home Theater Soundbars with Wireless Subwoofers each boast wireless [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Bringrr alarm plugs into your car

It’s a common enough scenario: you rush bleary-eyed out of the house in the morning, late for work as usual, and pull out of the driveway only to realize you’ve left the house without any pants. Well, okay, maybe that’s not so common, but bear with us. Quickly running back inside, you manage to cover your [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Apple breaks promises to keep iPhone 4 in the headlines

Did you get your iPhone 4 yet? Apple surprised and delighted folks who reserved their iPhone 4 by promising to deliver the precious purchase to their doorstep today, a day before the original June 24 release. If only all promises were broken this way! On Monday, Apple tipped customers who reserved the new iPhone that their [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Sega lowers game prices to celebrate Sonic

While Steam may be celebrating the 10th birthday of Deus Ex, Sega of America is recognizing Sonic’s 19th birthday by dropping the price of some downloadable games and content. Here’s the list of games that will be available at a lower price: PlayStation Network – June 22 to July 6 Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing: Metal Sonic Death [...]
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Adidas advert destroys your home town with the Death Star

Adidas don’t mind spending some cash when it comes to advertising, and their latest advert must have cost quite a bit. The main reason for that is it uses footage from Star Wars. In a clever online-only advert Adidas uses a combination of your IP address and Google Earth to figure out where the viewer is, [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

No white iPhones for at least a month, says Apple

Apple has issued a super-short statement on Wednesday regarding the unusual lack of white iPhone 4. Unfortunately, white iPhones won’t be available until the second half of July because making them white is tough, Apple said: White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have proven more challenging to manufacture than expected, and as a result they [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

PwnageTool Jailbreak Now Available for iOS 4

The iPhone Dev Team have been carefully guarding the secrets behind their jailbreaking exploits for awhile now, just to make sure that Apple didn’t sniff out and extinguish any iOS 4.0 vulnerabilities. Now
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Jimmy Kimmel Live power outage results in show filmed entirely on MacBook

Here’s the scene: an hour before the curtain rises on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the power at the studious goes out. Because of the way the generators are set, the ABC set has enough juice for lighting, but not enough to drive the studio cameras. Enter what might be one of the most serendipitous product promotions of [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Europe tells Turkey to lift YouTube ban

Turkey has been petitioned by a major European human rights and security group to reverse its ban on YouTube and other Internet sites as well as to urgently revise the legislation that was used to implement the ban. Law No. 5651 – a.k.a. The ‘Internet Law’ – was introduced in 2007 and has been used to [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Rent My Tent. Be 1st to get iPhone!

The title of this article is the wording from a listing on airbnb. Some enterprising individuals currently queuing to get the new iPhone tomorrow have decided money is more important than a new phone. Airbnb is a service that describes itself as the “Ebay for space”. It allows the listing of space so that travellers can [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Source says Microsoft might be losing money on every Kinect sold

After a banner show at E3 and a year of rumor and hype, Microsoft finally priced their would-be Wii killing peripheral for the Xbox 360, the Microsoft Kinect at $149.95. We were skeptical of that price, thinking it far too high and well outside the impulse buy range for a novelty controller, but according to [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

HP unveils new netbook for school kids in the Mini 100e

Although netbooks are pretty neat all around, one market for which the affordable, low-power mini-notebooks is in the classroom. Giving kids cheap-to-replace and resilient laptops preloaded with open source software is obviously better than alternatives, and numerous companies have been competing in the space… most notably the Intel Classmate PC E10 and Classmate PC NL2 [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Deus Ex reaches 10th anniversary, Steam celebrates with 75% discount

June 22, 2000 was the original release date of Deus Ex. Developed by Ion Storm, and boasting a very large fan base, the game was a hit. It’s also hard to believe a decade has passed since that release. To celebrate the game’s birthday Steam is having a sale where you can pick up Deus Ex: [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Firefox 3.6.4 released featuring plugin crash protection

Checking for updates today in Firefox will more than likely pull down version 3.6.4. The big new feature in this update is the introduction of crash protection for third-party plugins. Until now, if a plugin like Flash or Silverlight crashed in Firefox it could, and probably would, take your whole browsing session with it. Firefox is [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Nintendo aiming for March 2011 Nintendo 3DS launch

When Nintendo took the stage at E3 and unveiled their new revolutionary handheld console, the Nintendo 3DS, there was something of the whiff of the prototype about the unit. Many of the game demos were conceptual instead of a confirmed product, Nintendo wouldn’t be nailed down on the device’s release date, and they were so [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Toshiba to take on Eye-Fi with new WiFi SDHC card standard

Consider the gauntlet pulled off and metallically smashed across Eye-Fi’s metaphorical mug: Toshiba have just announced their plans to standardize WiFi on all digicam SDHC cards. Called the Standard Promotion Forum for Memory Cards Embedding Wireless LAN, Toshiba will be collaborating with Trek 2000 to standardize the design of WiFi enabled SDHC cards that would [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Gran Turismo 5 has a track editor

When it was announced that Gran Turismo 5 would have car damage there was a unified cry among gamers of “Finally!”. We were happy, we could race on beautifully rendered tracks crashing into each other and seeing the damage casued. That was enough, right? Well, Polyphony Digital has a surprise for racers. Not only will you [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Adobe finally releases Flash Player 10.1 for mobile

This is huge: The first-ever fully featured mobile Flash implementation is finally ready for public consumption. It arrives after several delays and amid the heated exchange between Adobe and Apple over the long-term viability of the Flash platform. While HTML5’s time is yet to come, Flash Player 10.1 for cellphones is here. Nevermind taxing your device’s [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Trashed iPad and iPhone found thanks to MobileMe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPJSjnizxu4&feature=player_embeddedThrowing your iPhone or iPad in the trash can and having them crushed by the mauling teeth of your neighborhood prowling garbage truck isn’t exactly a likely scenario for most of us, but you’d have to be the most soulless geek to not feel a chill up the spine just thinking about it. That’s [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Microsoft now offering Xbox Live Family Pack subscription

As a software company, the way Microsoft has really distinguished itself in the console wars is by their excellent Xbox Live online matchmaking service. In functionality, user base and ease-of-use, it easily trounces equivalent services from Sony and Nintendo, but it comes with a price. We gamers are mostly used to the subscription overhead of Xbox [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Google Voice now open to everyone in the United States

Google is constantly unveiling new products as betas, but as evidenced by the failure of Google Wave and Google Buzz, they tend to have a fire-and-forget methodology to actually sticking with these products. Thank goodness that Google’s amazing Google Voice service hasn’t gone the same way as Wave and Buzz. After over a year in beta, [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Samsung plans to manufacture Super AMOLED displays for other companies

Although the iPhone 4’s quadruple-density Retina Display is getting all the press these days, Samsung’s own Super AMOLED technology
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Apple reaches 3 million sold, now selling an iPad every two seconds

Another day, another Apple milestone. During the eighty days since its US debut on April 3 and through yesterday, June 21, three million iPads have been sold, Cupertino, California-based Apple reported today. A statement issued to the media quoting their boss Steve Jobs re-iterated Apple’s plans to bring iPad to Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

HP unveils new all-in-one business PC, the Compaq 6000 Pro

HP is still the world’s largest computer manufacturer, and they’ve just added a new machine to their already intimidating line of desktops: an all-in-one PC targeting enterprice markets called the HP Compaq 600 Pro, which promises to deliver performance and reliability in a compact, space-saving design. Spec-wise, here’s what we’re looking at. When it comes [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

How to fix iOS 4 upgrade issues

If you followed my guide to a trouble-free iOS 4 upgrade, you probably installed the new iPhone software without a hiccup. Those who did run into issues needn’t worry, here are a few life-saving tips that will help you resolve iOS 4 woes. As you know, Apple posted iOS 4 for public consumption early Monday. The software is [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

RosettaStone Tablet immortalizes you with smartphone-accessible gravestone wiki

The carven epigram can only say so much about the festering corpse beneath the headstone. If you worry that the works and deeds performed during your mortal coil will rot in the grave with you, here comes the RosettaStone Tablet, a fancy new chip that will allow any of your posthumous visitors to access information [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Dyson supersizes blade-less Air Multiplier fan with two new models

In October last year Dyson released a revolutionary new fan that had no blades. It was called the Air Multiplier (model AM01) and used an amplifying loop to push air out like a normal fan. The first Air Multiplier was the right size to sit on a desk or table (10″), and would therefore struggle to [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Acer updates TimeLineX series of ultraportable notebooks with Core i3/i5 Processors

Acer has just announced the latest refresh of their TimelineX series of ultra-light, ultra-portable notebooks. Predictably, the refresh imbues the TimelineX series with the latest Intel Core i3 and Core i5 processors at very affordable prices starting at just $599.99. The 13.3-inch 3820T and 14-inch 4820T each boast 4GB of memory, up to 500GB of hard [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Skype unveils SkypeKit API to allow developers to use VoIP and video chat in hardware and software

VOiP and video chat is about to get a lot more transparent. Skype has just announced a new SDK called SkypeKit which is aimed at allowing developers to embed VoIP and video call functionality into their applications and consumer electronics, piggybacking on the Skype network without any requirement for the Skype application to be running. The [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Star Trek Dustbuster Phaser Replica does not suck

The phaser technology of the Star Trek universe is lusted after by geeks not just because they look dapper hanging from the waist band of a 24th century unitard, but because of its capacity to stun and kill your enemies, whether Borg, Klingon or Tribble. This prop replica of the famous em>Star Trek: The Next [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

EOS MixTape Watch brings a boombox to your wrist

Back when I was a kid, I had a knock-off Japanese watch shaped just like Soundwave from the Transformers. I loved that watch, mostly because you could snap off the microcassette and transform it into a bloodthirsty robot jaguar. I can’t even begin to tell you how much time that little watch whittled away in [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

VLC 1.1.0 Brings Hardware GPU Decoding To Windows, Linux

If you download or rip a video file these days, you’re more than likely to do so at 1080p, the new standard of high definition. The problem with 1080p, though, is that it can be chunky for a CPU to decode. Everyone’s favorite video player, VLC, has just released an update to address that problem. With [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

E3: Hands-on with anticipated sequels Crackdown 2, Dead Rising 2 and more

Set to hit retail stores in the coming months, Crackdown 2, Dead Rising 2, and Fable III were just three of the hundreds of games available on the E3 2010 showroom floor. Last week, I visited the expo and tried my hand at each of the three titles.
Publication date: 2010-06-23 more

Google redesigns Gmail compose interface for iPad

Google has unveiled an improved web interface for composing Gmail messages on iPad. The new-look Gmail web app now features a full screen compose window, allowing you to completely focus on the message at hand. The previous compose interface would split the screen between your Gmail inbox and the compose view, which felt odd compared [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-22 more

Adobe: fourth Snow Leopard update comes with outdated Flash Player

Adobe issued a warning last week to Mac users who installed the Mac OS X 10.6.4 update, saying that Apple shipped an outdated Flash Player with the operating system update. Adobe’s software engineer Wendy Poland wrote in a blog post this past Tuesday that Apple released both the Security Update 2010-004 and Mac OS X [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-22 more

Amazon reacts to Nook price drop, Kindle now $189

Earlier today we reported that Barnes & Noble had taken the surprising, yet welcome decision to lower the price of the Nook from $259 to $199. Not only that, but the company also introduced a $149 Wi-Fi only version for those not needing a 3G connection. The challenge was laid down for Amazon to respond with [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-22 more

Specs for Samsung Galaxy S Pro leaked

Android Central seems to have the scoop on the Samsung Galaxy S Pro that has been rumored and finally confirmed via a photo. A tipster gave the website more details around the smartphone which is expected to be offered by at least Sprint in the U.S. Of course, Android Central was quick to point out [...]
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Toy Story 3 gives Pixar its best opening weekend ever

As if Disney’s Pixar studios needed another hit. Pixar’s latest addition to its movie catalog, Toy Story 3, gave the studio its biggest opening ever with an opening weekend domestic gross of $109 million according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Internationally the movie took in an additional $44.8 million not counting 75% of [...]
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Details emerge of planned new LimeWire service

It may have lawsuits piling up against it, but P2P file-sharing firm LimeWire is still hoping to re-launch later this year with a brand-new music service, some details of which were exclusively revealed to Digital Music News on Sunday. According to the DMN article, LimeWire hopes to release the new, legal, service in “late 2010″ in [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-22 more

French find email passwords and other incriminating evidence in Google Street View data

According to French data protection agency CNIL, Google’s Street View team may have unlawfully harvested email passwords and other sensitive data travelling over public wireless networks. The BBC reported that the agency is considering prosecuting the search company over the privacy breach. Acting on an official request, Google handed over the hard drives containing the data [...]
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Nokia to launch ARM-based tablet in 4Q10

The success of the iPad has led to a desire by other manufacturers to ride on Apple’s success with their own tablets. Digitimes Research is reporting that Nokia is preparing an ARM-based tablet PC of its own. According to the report, 100 engineering samples have been manufactured by Foxconn and are already available for testing. [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-22 more

E3: Hands-on preview of Microsoft Kinect

Conflicting views on the Microsoft Kinect have been circulating on the internet even before Microsoft switched the name from Project Natal. Some bloggers say it won't work. Others say, even if it does, it's not worth the $149.99. After trying out the Kinect for myself at E3 2010 last week, I'm less enthused about the so-called functionality of the upcoming motion control hardware than I was before the expo.
Publication date: 2010-06-22 more

How to upgrade to iOS 4 the smart way

As you know, Apple has posted iOS 4 for public consumption early Monday. It’s a major brain transplant so don’t rush out and upgrade before you consult our handy guide. Before you begin, familiarize yourself with the iOS 4 features and check out the fine print. Armed with this knowledge, ask yourself these three simple [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-22 more

Xbox 360 Slim gets its first case mod

That was fast… An Xbox 360 Slim was already modded to get a a case window and blue LED lighting. It’s nothing crazy, but this must have been pulled off in just a day or two, which is pretty incredible. How he even managed to get the unit is a bit of a mystery as well–it’s [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

OWC and NewerTech have afforadable 8GB RAM upgrades for your unibody Mac mini

Apple’s new unibody Mac mini has the removable bottom cover for easy access to its memory modules. In keeping with this Other World Computing (OWC) and Newer Technologies have released affordable Mac mini memory modules with your name on them. Alternatively, you can have Apple outfit your Mac mini with their overpriced modules lacking full lifetime [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

Facebook: Like comments, find your Skype friends

Rather then credit friends’ comments on Facebook in your own comments, you can now hit a small Like button next to the comment you want to recommend to others. Facebook’s Like button, one of the most often used features that allows the site to profile your interests, has began popping up on external sites (Geek.com for [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

Google introduces command line tool for online services

Those with advanced abilities when it comes to operating systems understand the power behind the command prompt. With the command prompt actions are possible that aren’t limited to an option being placed in the GUI of an application and even if they are using the command line is usually faster. That’s probably why Google decided [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

Toshiba announce dual-touchscreen libretto W100 concept PC

To help mark 25 years of designing laptops Toshiba is celebrating by releasing a limited-edition libretto dual-touchscreen, ultra-mobile concept PC. The libretto W100 offers a device with dual multitouch displays in a 7.95″ x 4.84″ x 1.2″ case and weighing 1.8 lbs. The full specs of the device includes: Dual 7.0-inch diagonal multi-touch displays (1024 x 600) 6-mode [...]
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Toshiba Portege R700: the world

Toshiba is appealing to the travellers among us by unveiling a new, ultra-light, ultra-portable 13.3″ laptop. The Toshiba Portege R700 is being touted as the world’s lightest 13.3″ full-performance, ultra-portable laptop weighing just 3 lbs. Measuing 1″ thick it uses new Airflow Cooling Technology to keep components cool, and manages to squeeze a DVD drive inside [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

Check out the iPhone 4 and iPad spoof adverts

Replacing Apple’s lineup of mannequins starring in their product commercials are their not-quite lookalikes with funny names who describe the iPhone 4 and iPad features that Apple doesn’t want you to know about. Design guru Jonathan Ive, who kicks off most Apple’s adverts these days, is now known as Jonny Five. Scott Forstall, chief of iOS [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

See the Toshiba Libretto W100 in action

The Toshiba Libretto W100 ultra-compact concept PC was unveiled early this morning, but images can only show you so much about a device. Videos are now starting to appear allowing us to have a better look at Toshiba’s latest experiment. The video above just gives you an overview of what the device looks like and the [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

Iomega skins the eGo portable hard drive

At the beginning of June Iomega released a new range of portable hard drives carrying the name eGo. The initial range included a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 version with 500GB storage, a USB 2.0 compact edition with 320GB, 500GB, and 1TB storage options, and a Mac-friendly 1TB eGo BlackBelt Mac Edition. A nice range of new drives, [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

Your iPhone 4 has left Chinese docks

If you pre-ordered an iPhone 4, you’ll be delighted to know that the first batch has left Chinese docks and will be arriving in time for the simultaneous June 24 launch in the US, UK, Japan, Germany, and France. A number of Apple-focused sites and their readers have started receiving shipment notifications with tracking numbers [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

Mail in iOS 4: Calendar integration, package tracking

Apple’s Mail application in the forthcoming iOS 4 update can automatically parse calendar appointments and track packages. Say someone wrote in an email message they will meet you tomorrow at 2am. Mail in iOS 4 scans email messages for such appointment-related snippets and turns them into special links. Simply tap the “tomorrow at 2am” link to bring [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

OnLive pricing announced, and it

Last week we found out that a basic OnLive subscription would cost $4.99 a month, but that just got you access to the service, community features, and free demos. Now we can tell you the real cost of using the service. As OnLive is a rental service you technically can’t buy a game as you need [...]
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Verizon CFO hints at eliminating unlimited data plans

Say it ain’t so Verizon. In the wake of AT&T’s announcement earlier this month that it was eliminating unlimited data plans it looks like Verizon Wireless may follow suit. That concern is based on a comment made by Verizon’s CFO, John Killian, during an interview with Bloomberg. In his interview, Killian is quoted as saying: We will [...]
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Nook price drops to $199, new $149 Wi-Fi model appears

Barnes & Noble has announced a significant price drop for its Nook e-reader along with the introduction of a lower cost Wi-Fi only model. Customers will now be able to purchase the original Nook model, which features both Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, for only $199. That’s a $60 price drop from the original price of [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

Facebook finally streams video to your iPhone

A maintenance update to the Facebook for iPhone app emerged on the App Store over the weekend. The release sports Facebook video streaming, larger image uploads, half a dozen bug fixes, and more. The free Facebook 3.1.3 update for iOS devices finally enabled Facebook video streaming over either WiFi or 3G. Simply tap on any video link [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

iOS 4: What you didn

iOS 4, the biggest update to the mobile operating system that runs on Apple’s mobile devices, is due later today, a few days before the scheduled launch of the iPhone 4 on Thursday. Here’s what you didn’t know about it. You’ve already heard a lot about multitasking, app folders, unified inbox, app gifting, custom wallpapers, the [...]
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The end of free news: Is Google prepping a paid newspaper service?

How about paying a few cents to read newspaper articles listed in Google search and Google News? Alright, it’s a rhetorical question because premium news content looks like it will soon be exclusively accessible only to those willing to pay for it anyway. The word on the street is that Google is testing out a new [...]
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Dell is discussing Chrome OS with Google

The release window for Chrome OS is fast approaching, and Google will surely be working hard to get manufacturers on board to start shipping hardware running its OS instead of Windows or Linux. Although Dell isn’t number one anymore it still ships a lot of machines and now it looks as though Chrome OS may [...]
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Opportunistic thief stealing iPads five at a time

No one can argue against the fact Apple’s iPad is very popular. So popular in fact that release dates outside the U.S. had to be put back and long queues formed to buy one on release day. But as with all very popular, but hard to get gadgets, they also capture the interest of thieves. We’ve [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

Quick look: Find My iPhone for iOS

New software from Apple lets you locate your lost or stolen iPhone using – well, an iPhone. Joking aside, the free Find My iPhone app, released as part of the MobileMe overhaul, lets you pinpoint the exact geographical location of your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The native app works on any iOS device and provides [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-21 more

Mortal Kombat: Rebirth short film is mysterious, awesome

Where it came from, who’s behind it and what purpose it serves is yet unknown, but the Mortal Kombat: Rebirth short film, released today via YouTube, is worth seven and a half minutes of your day. Living up to its subtitle, its goal is to seemingly reinvent the entire universe set by the past 15 [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

Waterbobble: eco-friendly filtered water bottle

Bottled water is advertised as better than tap and full of minerals that keep us healthy. But bottles water is inherently wasteful due to the plastic bottles it comes in. You might be eco-friendly and recycle your bottles, but chances are the majority of people don’t and those bottles end up in the rubbish. There may [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

Google Calendar stuck in infinite redirecting loop

Having trouble with Google Calendar today? You’re not the only one. Twitter is filling up with reports of Calendar either being down, or worse, stuck in an infinite redirecting loop. Checking the Apps Status Dashboard shows no signs of a problem being identified, but there is clearly something not right as the #googlecalendar feed on Twitter [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

Crysis 2 E3 gameplay trailer appears on YouTube

Crytek has already proven it knows how to put together a great game engine. Crysis set the standard when it first got released, but all eyes are now on Crysis 2 which isn’t going to disappoint based on the latest video released. The trailer you see above is footage of Crysis 2 that will be shown [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

Square Enix and Obsidian work together to create Dungeon Siege 3

Square Enix and Obsidian Entertainment have come together to create Dungeon Siege 3, Square announced in a press release Monday. As developer, Obsidian will receive input from the franchise’s original developer, Gas Powered Games. Dungeon Siege 3 will be the franchise’s debut on high-def home consoles when it releases on the PC, Xbox 360, and [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

Alienware M11x gets Core i5/i7 performance boost and Optimus

In a not-so-surprising move this morning Dell officially announced that the M11x ultraportable gaming computer would be getting new performance options. These upgrades come in the way of new processor options and the introduction of Nvidia’s Optimus dynamic graphics switching technology. The system original shipped with the Intel Pentium SU4100 1.3GHz (2MB Cache) or the Intel [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

Motorola Milestone XT720: thinnest Android 2.1 phone yet + Xenon flash

The iPhone 4 announcement may still be fresh in our minds, but that hasn’t stopped Motorola unveiling an impressive new Android smartphone. The Motorola Milestone XT720 can claim to be the thinnest Android 2.1 smartphone on the market for the time being, measuring just 10.9 mm thick. Not only that, but it is the first smartphone [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

Adobe Lightroom 3 released, available

While the excitement still hasn’t died down from the release of Adobe’s CS5 (many of us are still finding features), Lightroom 3 has just been announced and made available. The photography workflow and post-production software is no longer in beta and is currently available for purchase ($299) or as a free 30-day trial. Lightroom 2 [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

BP buying search engine phrases to control oil spill information, rebuild public image

BP may be a company dedicated to the extraction of oil from the Earth, but that doesn’t mean it’s not on the ball when it comes to manipulating the results you see on search engines. It’s safe to say BP has suffered a lot of bad press over the past few weeks due to the Gulf [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

Apple licensed iOS name from Cisco

Apple is pretty good about coming up with names for its hardware or applications that begin with an “i”. The only problem is that sometimes those names are already taken. Take the iPhone for example. Great name for Apple’s first mobile phone when launched. The only problem at the time was the iPhone was already [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

Dragon Age anime now in development

Bioware and Funimation, the leading publisher of Japanese anime in North America, have signed a deal to produce an anime movie based on Bioware's action-RPG Dragon Age. According to Monday's press release, the companies are slated to begin production this month and intend to release the film directly to DVD next year.
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10 things you

Jamie Thomson, a Microsoft MVP and tech blogger, has detailed what he believes to be 10 surprises or little enhancements which aren’t obvious at first from Windows Live Wave 4. If you are a big user of Windows Live services like Messenger, Hotmail or Photo Gallery you will want to check it out. Here’s a single [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

Microsoft: Switch to a PC

The Windows maker is in full swing and ready to renew its anti-Apple marketing talk. Just like before, Microsoft is painting Apple as a rip off. This time around, the war involves digital lifestyle suites: Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Live Wave 4 versus Apple’s iLife. As Brian explained, Windows Live Wave 4 – to be released “soon” – files [...]
Publication date: 2010-06-09 more

F.E.A.R. 3 E3 trailer released early

The F.E.A.R. 3 trailer meant to show the game off at E3 has been released early. The third game in the series was first announced back in April with the gameplay explained as follows: Gamers participate in single player or co-op modes as Point Man, a genetically enhanced super soldier originally introduced in F.E.A.R., or they can [...]
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CESA: 5 years of handheld game piracy cost $41.6 billion in lost sales

The Japanese Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association (CESA) has been doing some very speculative calculations when it comes to game piracy. Specifically, CESA has calculated that over the 2004-2009 period handheld game piracy cost the games industry $41.6 billion worldwide. So how did it get to that huge figure? CESA took the figure it actually knew for [...]
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Stevenote is live: Watch livebloggers bring the iPhone 4 presentation to a halt

Apple has posted the WWDC 2010 keynote address late yesterday. The stream, available on their homepage and YouTube, provides fans with ninety minutes of uninterrupted Steve Jobs. Wait a second, he was interrupted. Things couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start for Apple’s boss when a technical fault interrupted his live iPhone 4 presentation [...]
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Microsoft launches Office Web Apps on SkyDrive

SkyDrive is Microsoft’s file storage and sharing service which allows users to store data on the cloud. Now the service is getting a major enhancement. In addition to being able to upload multiple files at once, using Silverlight, users will now be able to create Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote documents within the browser and [...]
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You won

If you’re looking for mobile porn don’t look to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace for it. Ars Technica is reporting that new policies covering the marketplace will prevent applications containing porn or sexually suggestive content from being offered. All applications being offered will need to pass certain application certification requirements similar to what Apple has for [...]
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What happened to Apple

Did the short sellers plant fake shots of Apple’s rumored multitouch trackpad yesterday in order to drive the stock up in the hype absence due to Gizmodo’s surprising revelation of iPhone 4? Why didn’t Steve Jobs reveal the Magic Trackpad during his keynote speech at the WWDC 2010? A few blurry shots from an obscure Chinese [...]
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Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 service packs coming next month

If you’ve been holding off deploying Windows 7 into your enterprise until it receives its first service pack it seems that time is just around the corner. Microsoft announced during the kickoff of its TechED conference yesterday that a public beta of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is slated to be available next month. The [...]
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Apple readying iTunes 9.2: App folders, e-books, and PDF management

Apple is busy putting finishing touches on an incremental iTunes update that will accompany iPhone 4 and iOS 4, to be launched later this month. According to the reports based on a developer build of the software, iTunes 9.2 will feature support for Apple’s new iPhone hardware, as well as the capabilities of the upcoming [...]
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Social networking security vendor transfers the FaceTime name to Apple

Apart from licensing the iOS trademark from Cisco for its mobile operating system formerly known as iPhone OS, we’ve just learned that Apple also bought the FaceTime name from the firm of the same name that makes the social networking security software. FaceTime is Apple’s new mobile video conferencing technology that made a debut in San [...]
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In the future trains won

Trains are one of the fastest forms of transport we have across land, but what slows down the journey for everyone is the stops that need to be made at platforms for passengers to get off and new passengers to get on. A new Chinese concept train looks to remove the need for a train to [...]
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Twitter introducing t.co URL shortener

Twitter has decided to introduce its own URL shortening service to be used in tweets effectively removing the need for services like bit.ly. The URL will be t.co. In a blog post made late today, Twitter’s Sean Garrett explained why this is needed: If you want to share a link through Twitter, there currently isn’t a way [...]
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Farmville coming to the iPhone

Planting virtual crops is soon to go mobile. During his keynote speech at Apple's WWDC 2010 event, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus announced Farmville for the iPhone.
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Adobe issues warning over new vulnerability

Adobe has just giving Apple a club to beat it with when it comes to reasons why Flash should not be on the iPad and iPhone. Last week, Adobe issued a critical security advisory covering Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Mac and Solaris. Also covered is Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for [...]
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Watch the Minority Report interface we

Our interaction with computers hasn’t changed that much since the first graphical user interfaces were introduced some 25 years ago. While game consoles are pushing forward by introducing motion controls, computer interaction remains a combination of mouse, keyboard, pen, and touch. If you ask someone for their vision of the future of computer interaction then [...]
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