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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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Branch Holder makes a Stick into a Sword

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:59 AM PDT

If you cruise down the streets of any neighborhood on any given day that has woods nearby odds are you will find a kid or two running around with sticks in hand pretending to have swords. I know as a kid I spent many a day having sword fights with sticks. The bad part was that typically someone ended up with bloody fingers from being bashed with the stick.

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HTC Thunderbolt Wireless Charging Battery Cover Lands at Verizon

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:47 AM PDT

If you bought a new HTC Thunderbolt when the smartphone hit Verizon back in May you might be interested in the new accessory that is now available. The accessory is the official Verizon Wireless Charging Battery Cover. With the cover installed you don't have to mess with wires.

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LaCie Porsche Design Mobile P9220 And Desktop P9230 Hard Drives Announced

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:48 AM PDT

LaCie has added two new external hard drives to its range with the launch of the LaCie Porsche Design Mobile P9220 and the LaCie Porsche Design Desktop P9230 external hard drives.

Both of these new hard disk drives feature USB 3.0 connectivity, and have a sleek aluminum casing and design, the have been produced in conjunction with Porsche Design.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo Arrives In The UK

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Originally the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo was expected to arrive in the UK on April 19th but due to unforeseen circumstances and earthquakes within Japan the production schedule had to be pushed back to what was thought to be July.

However a few days short of July the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo has now arrived in the UK with prices ranging from £342 – £390.

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Google Nexus Prime, First Ice Cream Sandwich Smartphone By Samsung

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:40 AM PDT

We heard a while back that Google were working on a new Nexus smartphone, the new came from the BGR, and now according to their latest report Google’s first Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone will be called the Nexus Prime, and it will apparently be manufacturer by Samsung.

As in the previous report the display is expected to feature a 720p resolution, and it looks like it will be called a Super AMOLED HD display, and it will also feature a dual core 1.2GHz or 1.5Ghz OMAP 4460 processor.

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Forza 4 Limited Edition Collector’s Pack With Exclusive Cars

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:36 AM PDT

If you are looking forward to the highly anticipated launch of Forza 4 in October it might to wise to save a few extra coins to put towards this newly announced Forza 4 Limited Edition Collector’s Pack.

Which will contain 4 bonus car packs, a 96-page photo book “TopGear” guide, highlighting the game’s cars with commentary from the publication’s editors. Together with a selection of vinyl stickers, exclusive BMW Dashboard theme, and special recognition in the Forza community.

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Bungie’s Classic Marathon Game Arriving On The iPad

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:14 AM PDT

If you are a fan of the classic Bungie game Marathon, then you might be pleased to know the game is soon to arrive on Apple’s iPad. The project to bring the classic game to the iPad started not long after the iPad was released back in 2010 but the release schedule has slipped a little admits Daniel Blezek from Bungie.

Bungie’s Marathon is a science fiction first-person shooter game originally published for the Apple Macintosh in 1994, which then went on to spawned two sequels: Marathon 2: Durandal and Marathon Infinity.

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Unofficial Android Mascot MP3 Speakers

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:10 AM PDT

We have featured quite a few different MP3 speakers here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest ones will appeal to all the Android fans out there and would make a cool accessory for your Android smartphone or tablet.

The Android Mascot MP3 Speakers can be hooked up to your tablet or smartphone, they also feature a built in FM Radio and have microSD card slot that can take up to 8GB cards.

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Capcom Adds One-Save Feature To Games To Combat Used Game Sales?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:50 AM PDT

According to a new report Capcom has added a couple of new features to its Nintendo 3DS game Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D which could have a huge impact on used game sales if its rolled out to all new games.

The feature restricts the resetting of the games saved data and will only use one file and made it impossible for users to delete their save data. Pictures show that the US and UK version of the game’s manual reads: “saved data on this software cannot be reset”.

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Jabra Launches Easycall Headset And Crusier2 Speaker Phone

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:23 AM PDT

Jabra has today announced a pair of updated new devices for handsfree calling in the form of the Jabra Easycall Bluetooth headset and the Crusier2 in-car speaker phone.

Apart from the obvious features the new Crusier2 is also equipped with an FM Transmitter and A2DP, which allows you to stream your music from your phone to the car stereo, together with a built in voice that tells you when your battery is running low as well as other notifications.

 

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Asus Eee PC X101 MeeGo Netbook Coming Next Month

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:06 AM PDT

Some of our readers will remember the Asus Eee PC X101 netbook that was announced back in May, it features a 10 inch LCD display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and it will come with a choice of operating systems which include MeeGo and Windows 7.

Now it looks like the Eee PC X101 will go on sale in  July and the MeeGo version is reported to retail for $199.99, and the Windows 7 version is reported to retail for $310.

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Star Wars Operation Game R2-D2 Style

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:01 AM PDT

If you are a fan of the classic Hasbro game of Operation, you might like this Star Wars R2-D2 edition which has been launched, allowing you to operate on the films loveable droid helping him recover and get back on his wheels.

The game consists of twelve parts which need to be removed from R2-D2 with different levels of difficulty and increasing in-game cash rewards depending on its location.

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Super Talent SandForce SSD Processor Powered USB 3.0 Drive

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 06:27 AM PDT

Super Talent has unveiled its newly created USB 3.0 Express RC8 flash drive which looks like a normal USB drive, however this one is powered by a SandForce SSD processor.

The addition of the SandForce processor within the new flash drive bring with it a number of great features normally only associated with first tier SSD products.

These include 8 channel architecture and virtual caching system allowing the USB 3.0 flash drive to increase it transfer speeds by accessing multiple flash channels simultaneously. Using a SandForce 1222 controller combined  with 8 dual package 25nm NAND chips.

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KinectNUI Lets You Controls Windows With Your Hands (Video)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 06:18 AM PDT

Ever since Microsoft released the Kinect we have been seeing a wide range of cool hacks, and with the recent release of the Microsoft Kinect SDK we have seen some even cooler ones.

Now Kevin Connolly has developed KinectNUI (Kinect Natural User Interface), which is a way of controlling a Windows PC with hands movements using the Microsoft Kinect, have a look at the video of it in action below.

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Skullcandy Vandal Retro iPhone Speaker Dock

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 06:11 AM PDT

Skullcandy has launched a new retro styled iPhone speaker dock called the Skullcandy Vandal which is equipped with 80mm woofers and 19mm tweeters.

The Skullcandy Vandal dock has been designed to be compatible with smaller iOS devices but also has a rear auxiliary input for standard 3.5mm audio jack cable. The retro feel is highlighted with the use of individual rotary controller dials for volume, bass and treble.

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Faster Samsung Galaxy S II Coming In September?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:41 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy S II only went on sale in the US and Europe recently, and now there are reports that Samsung are working on a faster version of the S II which may launch in September.

The Samsung Galaxy S II features a dual core 1.2GHz processor, but now there is a possibility that Samsung may launch a Galaxy S II with a dual core 1.4GHz processor and 1GB of RAM with Android 2.3.4.

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AMP II HDR Real-Time Video Recorder (video)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:35 AM PDT

A new HDR video recorder camera with triple-sensors has been created that can capture AMP II HDR recordings. Offering up to 17 stops of dynamic range while simultaneous capturing video on 3 separate senors, each set with different exposure values.

Gen II AMP camera stores raw data to SSD hard drives and, and its creators are already thought to be working on increasing the memory buffer for longer recording times. Watch the videos after the jump for a demonstration on how the new AMP II camera captures HDR footage.

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Apple Moving Its ARM SoC Production Away From Samsung?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:11 AM PDT

Reports are indicating that Apple may pull its ARM SoC Production from Samsung in 2012 and pass over the manufacture its ARM SoC “A6″ processor to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).

Samsung produced both Apples A4 and A5 processors for Apples iPhone 4 and iPad. But now the relationship between the two companies has become a little strained after Apple launched a legal barrage against Samsung claiming the company has copied its designs for its own devices.

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Fujitsu TH40/D Convertible Tablet Delayed

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:03 AM PDT

Some of our readers will remember the Fujitsu TH40/D convertible tablet that was announced back in May, the tablet featured a 10.1 inch multi touch display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, and it can transform into a notebook computer as it features a built in slide out keyboard.

It looks like the Fujitsu TH40/D has now been delayed, we were expecting it to launch at the end of June in Japan, but now it looks like it has been delayed indefinitely, and there don’t seem to be any information on when it will actually go one sale.

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Fujitsu is reported to have said that ‘development delays’ are behind the hold up, although that really doesn’t give us much information, on when this Windows 7 convertible tablet will launch.

Other feature on the Fujitsu TH40/D include an Intel Oak Trail Atom 5670 1.5GHz processor, and 1GB of RAM, plus 120GB of storage, although depending on when it actually goes on sale these specifications could have changed by them

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Star Wars Galaxies Servers Closing, Losing The Force December 15th 2011

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:54 AM PDT

Sony has announced that its Star Wars Galaxies online game servers will be permanently closing on December 15th 2011. But not due to the lack of players as you might think but due to its contract to run the Star Wars game running out in 2012.

Players with current active Star Wars Galaxies accounts will  be given full access to several other games from Sony’s line-up from October 15 to December 31 for free.

Star Wars fans will also soon be able to play BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic  which is scheduled for release towards the end of this year or early in to 2012.

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HTC EVO 3D Hits UK And Europe in July

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:40 AM PDT

HTC has announced that the HTC EVO 3D will go on sale in the UK and Europe in July, although they haven’t as yet given an exact launch date for each European country.

The HTC EVO 3D features a 4.3 inch qHD display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels and the display will show 3D content without the need for a pair of 3D glasses, processing is provided by a dual core 1.2GHz processor.

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Nokia N5 Symbian Anna Smartphone Leaked

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:59 AM PDT

Last week we say the new Nokia Windows Phone 7 smartphone leaked, and now the guys over at GSM Arena have managed to get their hands on a yet to be announced Symbian smartphone from Nokia, the Nokia N5.

According to the report the New Nokia N5 shares a similar designed to the Nokia N9, and it is based on an updated version of Symbian Anna, and it will apparently come in both black and white versions.

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Marker Pen iPad Scribbly Stylus (video)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:55 AM PDT

If you prefer a slightly chunkier iPad stylus, then the new marker pen styled Scribbly Stylus, designed to be used on touch screen tablets such as Apple iPad might well be worth a look.

The new Scribbly Stylus has been designed to mimic a marken pen in terms of its size and design, having a fat grip and is fitted with a fat tip. Replicating the look and feel of an old school marker pen it’s ideal for wireframing, sketching and note taking say its creators. Watch a quick video trailer after the jump.

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LG Launches Designer 3D Glasses For Your 3DTV

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:45 AM PDT

LG has launched a new range of 3D glasses for your 3D HDTV, called the LG Giles range, these new 3D glasses have been designed with the help of British fashion designer Giles Deacon.

The LG Giles 3D glasses will only work with LG 3D TVs as they use the same polarizes lenses that can be found in the 3D glasses in cinemas throughout the UK, at least you will be able to wear them the next time you go to the cinema.

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Google’s Driverless Cars, Now Legal In US State Of Nevada (video)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:36 AM PDT

Google has been lobbying Nevada legislators to make driverless cars legal on state roads for sometime, well this week Assembly Bill No 511 was passed making Google’s driverless cars now legal in the US State of Nevada.

The new  Nevada law defines permits cars which relies on artificial intelligence, sensors and GPS to drive without active the attention of a human operator. You can see a video of the new Google driverless car put through its paces after the jump.

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iPhone 5 And iPad 3 LTE Uncovered In LulzSec Leaked AT&T Documents

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:20 AM PDT

Earlier today we mentioned that LulzSec has decided to put an end to their hacking activities, and the group released a number of documents they obtained during their hacking activities, one of those was a document from AT&T, which shows that the mobile carrier had been testing out some new LTE devices.

Amongst the devices listed were a new LTE iPad, which could be the iPad 3 and a new LTE iPhone which could be the iPhone 5, which is expected to be released at the same time as iOS 5 in September.

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Ubisoft Unveils Kinect And Wii: The Black Eyed Peas Experience (video)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:10 AM PDT

Ubisoft has finally announced details of its new and “soon” to be released Kinect and Wii Black Eyed Peas Experience their second Experience instalment after their Michael Jackson dance game.

Ubisoft and The Black Eyed Peas have now teamed up to create a new dance game which is expected to be a big hit with both Wii and Kinect owners. Watch the video after the jump to see a trailer of the game.

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Apple’s iCloud Won’t Feature iDisk And iWeb MobileMe Services

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:58 AM PDT

Apple has released more information on its new iCloud service which will replace Apple’s MobileMe service when it is released in the fall, and now we know that two MobileMe service will not be available in iCloud, Apple will discontinue iDisk and iWeb.

Apple will also discontinue their MobileMe gallery feature in iDisk, although this will be replaced with ‘Photo Stream’ in iCloud, and apple has also released some information about how the transition between the two services will work.

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Solar Sinter 3D Printer Uses Sand And Sunlight (video)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:48 AM PDT

3D Printers are becoming more and more accessible with DIY models available to help print and create your own objects. However Markus Kayser has taken the 3D printer concept and little further and created the Solar Sinter, a 3D printer that uses sand and sunlight, energy and materials that occur in abundance in deserts.

In his experiment Kayser has used sunlight and sand are as the raw energy and material to produce glass objects using a 3D printing process, combining natural energy and materials with high-tech production technology. Watch the video after the jump to see the Solar Sinter in action.

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HP TouchPad With 7 Inch Display Launching In August?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:36 AM PDT

HP’s first webOS tablet the HP TouchPad goes on sale shortly, the first version comes with a 9.7 inch touchscreen display, but now it seems that HP may be getting ready to launch a 7 inch version as well.

We know that HP has other TouchPad models in the work, and have even heard a rumor of a 7 inch TouchPad before, but now according the Taiwan Economic News, HP has ordered around 400,ooo to 500,000 TouchPad tablets per month from Inventec, and the order is reported to include a 7 inch version of the TouchPad as well as the existing model.

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ScreenRecycler App Converts Old Macs Into Monitors (video)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:30 AM PDT

If you have updated your Mac recently or have an only one just gathering dust, an application called ScreenRecycler might be able to help you put it to some use after all.

The ScreenRecycler will convert your older Mac system into a usable second monitor increasing your desktop space. Watch a video of the ScreenRecycler application in action after the jump.

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Facebook Hits 750 Million Users

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:17 AM PDT

It wasn’t that long ago that Facebook announced they had over 500 million users, just under a year, and now it seems that the world’s largest social network has hit a new milestone and now has a reported 750 million users.

This has yet to be confirmed by Facebook, but according to Tech Crunch who received the information from a source close to Facebook there are now more than 750 million users on Facebook.

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Olympus EP-3 Leaked

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:06 AM PDT

We recently saw some leaked photos of the new Olympus E-PM1 and now the guys over at Photo Rumors have managed to get their hands on some photos of the new Olympus EP-3.

Unfortunately the photo’s seems to be a little blurry, but they also managed to get some specifications, which include a new 12 megapixel sensor which has apparently been developed in house by Olympus.

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LulzSec Ends Its Hacking Campaign

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:19 AM PDT

Hacking group LulzSec has announced that it putting an end to its hacking campaign that has seen a number of sites hacked, including those of Sony and also some government agencies.

The group announced on Pastebin that they would be ceasing their hacking activities, the news comes shortly after a 19 year old was arrested in the UK, who the authorities claim is linked to the group, although LulzSec has denied that he has any involvement.

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2011 MacBook Air Coming Next Month, More Evidence Revealed

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:03 AM PDT

We heard earlier this month that Apple may launch the 2011 MacBook Air in July, and also heard that they will release it shortly after Mac OS X Lion goes on sale which is also scheduled for a July release.

Not it would seem that supplies of the current MacBook Air are drying up, as Best Buy’s online store has listed the current MackBook Air as ‘not available’, which is more evidence that a new model is coming.

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Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 2 For Developers

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:47 AM PDT

Apple has released the latest beta version of iOS 5 to developers, iOS 5 Beta 2, as well as another beta version of iTunes, iTunes 10.5, and the latest version lets developers test one of the major new features in iOS 5, wireless syncing.

On top of that Apple also released a new beta of the AppleTV 2.0 software, and there are a total of nine distributions of the latest iOS 5 beta, which include three versions for the iPad, one for the iPhone 3Gs, two for the iPhone 4 and two for the iPod Touch 3G and 4G.

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PS3 And iPhone Hacker GeoHot Now Working At Facebook

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:38 PM PDT

GeoHot or George Hotz has been pretty quiet since the recent lawsuit against him by Sony ended, and now it seems there may be a reason for this as it would appear he is now working for Facebook.

According to Tech Unwrapped, they found a video which confirms that GeoHot is now working at Facebook, and then Gabe Rivera from Techmeme noticed a status update on GeoHot’s Facebook page which confirms he is working there.

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Skype For iPad Coming This Week (Video)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:22 PM PDT

Skype posted a video on YouTube last Friday, which has subsequently been made private that shows a new Skype iPad app, luckily someone managed to get their hands on the video, and the guys from Razorianfly have uploaded it to YouTube.

It looks like Skype intends to take on Apple’s FaceTime on the iPad 2 with their new Skype app, which is expected to be officially launched tomorrow, have a look at the video of it in action below.

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Virtual Table Tennis Lets You Play Solo (Video)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:02 PM PDT

Take it from Forrest Gump: Table tennis is a serious sport. Haven’t you seen the movie Balls of Fury? Right. Anyway, seen down south is a lovely Japanese sportswoman getting a serious workout from virtual table tennis. Brought to you by the people from Happinet and sporting the epic title “Go with the Rhythm! Hyper Ping Pong!”, the virtual sport compels focused gameplay that has a huge handicap. What handicap? You have to read more!

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When Pulling The Plug Is Too Much Of An Effort

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:45 PM PDT

Seen below is a concept plug that’s supposed to help us—conserve electricity. Anyway, the long and short of it is there’s a band of LED light that glows when the plug is powered on. When switched off, it offs, and the plug can be pulled. The genius behind this concept is Goonglue Jang and it’s somehow useful in a world that’s caught between the wired conventions and the wireless revolution.

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