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- Russia To Spend Epic Amounts Of Money For Alaskan Chunnel
- Strange Privacy Shell Gives You Some Sort Of Privacy
- Time Warner Offering Slingbox Rebates To Its Wideband Service Subscribers
- Logitech iPad Joystick
- Aliens: Colonial Marines Debut Trailer (video)
- Pogo Sketch Pro iPad Stylus
- Sony NEX-VG20 Handycam With Interchangeable E-Mount Lenses
- Nokia Launches Three New Smartphones Running Symbian Belle OS (video)
- Apple Wins EU Wide Ban On Samsung Galaxy S Series Smartphones
- Steampunk Loft Apartment On Sale In Manhattan For $1.75 Million
- Windows Phone MarketPlace Now Accepting Mango App Submissions
- Logitech Fold-Up Keyboard for iPad 2
- Sony NEX-5N Officially Launched (video)
- CineSkates Camera Sliders (video)
- Minecraft Meets TeamFortress 2 Creates “Team Fortcraft” (video)
- iPhone 5 Expected To Support Both GSM And CDMA Networks
- RJ-45 Ethernet Keychain Wall Rack
- LG Scanner Mouse LSM-100 Announced
- Twitter Gallery Feature Now Live
- ZyXEL Unveils $250 Dual-Band Wireless Router – NBG5715
- Gunnar Optics MW3 Limited Edition Gaming Eyewear, Reduce Eye Strain In Style
- Awesome Portal Live Action Fan Film (video)
- Nikon Announces Rugged AW100, Four New Coolpix S Series And P7100 Compact Cameras
- Windows 8 New File Management Features Revealed (video)
- Sony NEX-7 All-in-one Compact With Interchangeable Lens Officially Unveiled
- Sony A65 Entry Level DSLR Camera Unveiled
- Samsung N102 Netbook tipped to be Meego N100 on Windows 7
| Russia To Spend Epic Amounts Of Money For Alaskan Chunnel Posted: 24 Aug 2011 10:27 AM PDT Flushed with petrodollars (or should it be petroeuros?) and confident of its economic clout, Russian officials are now actively promoting an engineering feat that could change the world—literally. The chunnel between England and France? Imagine one between Siberia and Alaska. Holy moley!
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| Strange Privacy Shell Gives You Some Sort Of Privacy Posted: 24 Aug 2011 10:21 AM PDT In what amounts to fashion treason and an assault on rationality, a new strange form of garb is being showcased across the web. It’s called a Privacy Shell and its name leaves nothing to the imagination—imagine a shell you cover yourself with in crowded places. As for the couple downstairs sharing each other’s company inside a shell, well, we have no idea what they’re doing under there.
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| Time Warner Offering Slingbox Rebates To Its Wideband Service Subscribers Posted: 24 Aug 2011 09:25 AM PDT Time Warner has today announced that it will help subscribers to its $99-a-month Wideband Internet service with rebates on purchases made by Wideband customers for the Slingbox set-top box. Currently the Slingbox is available to purchase for $300 and Time Warner will offer a full rebate on the price as part of a promotion expected to start in September. The move is thought to be in response to the legal battle between Viacom and Time Warner over the live streaming of content to the iPad application. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Posted: 24 Aug 2011 09:02 AM PDT In addition to its new folding QWERTY iPad 2 keyboard and case, Logitech has also unveiled a new joystick designed for iPad gaming. The neat little joystick is equipped with a couple of suction cups which allow it to be positioned anywhere you require on an iPad screen, and should be able to be used with any touchscreen tablet device. Providing a thumb-stick style game controller you can use with just about any game with an on-screen joystick or d-pad. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Aliens: Colonial Marines Debut Trailer (video) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 08:42 AM PDT If like me you enjoy the Aliens series of films and games, a new trailer has been released today for the highly anticipated game currently under development, Aliens: Colonial Marines. The new trailer provides a 2 minute teaser into what you can expect from the Colonial Marines game when released in 2012. Aliens: Colonial Marines has been designed to recreate the look and feel of the Aliens film from 1986 down to the last detail. Watch the debut trailer after the jump. Enjoy! (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Posted: 24 Aug 2011 08:22 AM PDT Ten One the creators of the Pogo Sketch case and stylus have just launched a new addition to their stylus range in the form of the Pogo Sketch Pro. The new creation has been designed to provide a natural, ergonomic grip, with the very best in tip technology all combined with a balanced unibody aluminium handle. Ten One say that their new Pogo Sketch Pro stylus is the most sensitive stylus currently on the market, and is 100 percent effective at every angle when in use. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Sony NEX-VG20 Handycam With Interchangeable E-Mount Lenses Posted: 24 Aug 2011 07:57 AM PDT Together with its other cameras Sony has announced today, Sony has also announced the VG10 replacement with the arrival of the new NEX-VG20 Handycam. As with the NEX-7 and NEX-5N cameras the VG20 has the ability to interchange its E-mount lenses. The Sony NEX-VG20 Handycam is equipped with a 16.1 megapixels, Exmor APS HD CMOS together with manual controls to allow for creativity enabling you to tweak the shutter speed, aperture, white balance, and gain. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Nokia Launches Three New Smartphones Running Symbian Belle OS (video) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 07:34 AM PDT Even though Nokia has now partnered with Microsoft to roll out Windows Phone handsets. Nokia has today showed that its ties with the Symbian OS is still alive and well with the launch of three new Nokia smartphones, all running the latest Symbian Belle operating system. In the form of the Nokia 701, 700 and 600 smartphones. The Symbian Belle operating system has been designed to provide smartphone users more flexibility to personalise their user experience on mobile devices, and will be available as a free update for all users of handsets currently running Symbian Anna. There are a couple of videos after the jump which introduce the new Symbian Belle operating system and some of its features.
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| Apple Wins EU Wide Ban On Samsung Galaxy S Series Smartphones Posted: 24 Aug 2011 07:06 AM PDT Apple has just chalked up a great win in their ongoing battle with Samsung by winning an injunction preventing Samsung to sell their Galaxy S Series smartphones within the EU. The new injunction has been granted by Rechtbank ‘s-Gravenhage, a Dutch court in the city of The Hague. The court has issued a formally Europe-wide preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Ace smartphones. Following on from a similar injunction granted by a German court a couple of weeks ago. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Steampunk Loft Apartment On Sale In Manhattan For $1.75 Million Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:51 AM PDT If you are a big fan of Steampunk chic and have a few dollars spare you could become the proud owner of this amazingly detailed loft apartment in Manhattan NY. The owner has painstakingly added Steampunk gadgets around the whole apartment creating the perfect Steampunk abode. Now the current owner is now looking to move on and and has put the apartment complete with Steampunk furniture on the market for a cool $1,75 million. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Windows Phone MarketPlace Now Accepting Mango App Submissions Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:32 AM PDT This week the Windows Phone MarketPlace passed the 30,000 app milestone and opened up to accept Mango application submissions from developers. The opening of the MarketPlace doors for application submissions has happened on time and as Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace Senior Director Todd Brix explained it would back in July. Microsoft is hoping to have new applications submitted processed and ready to added to the MarketPlace within a couple of days. Just in time for the new wave of Mango phones that are expected to launch very soon. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Logitech Fold-Up Keyboard for iPad 2 Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:16 AM PDT If you are looking for a compact keyboard case for your iPad 2 you might be pleased to know that Logitech have unveiled a new portable fold-up QWERTY keyboard /case combination that unfolds automatically when you tilt your iPad in to an upright position. The connection between keyboard and iPad 2 is provided via Bluetooth and Logitech say their new keyboard/case works seamlessly with Apple’s iPad 2 Smart Cover. To provide power for the Bluetooth connection, inside the keyboard is a rechargeable battery, that can be topped up via a USB connection. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Sony NEX-5N Officially Launched (video) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:35 AM PDT As well as the Sony NEX-7 and A65 Sony has also officially launched their new NEX-5N. The Sony NEX-5N is a slightly less powerful camera than the NEX-7 but its magnesium-alloy body and features still make it a formidable camera. The NEX-5N is equipped with a 16.1 megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor, with a new sensitivity range boosted to ISO 25600, using the and the same Bionz image processor as the NEX-7. Watch a video of the new cameras officially launched today by Sony after the jump. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| CineSkates Camera Sliders (video) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:17 AM PDT A new innovative project called has CineSkates has started its journey on the Kickstarter website looking to make the jump from concept to production. CineSkates are a unique design that allows you to add wheels to the legs of a GorillaPod Focus tripod. Providing a new and unique way to keep your digital video stabilised when recording but also provide new ways to enhance your creativity. If the concept seems a little strange to you, watch the video after the jump to see the CineSkates Camera Sliders in action and how they can be used. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Minecraft Meets TeamFortress 2 Creates “Team Fortcraft” (video) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:46 AM PDT There have been quite a few Minecraft meets.. videos created over the last few months, but this one combining Minecraft and the popular Team Fortress 2 game is worth a quick mention and a view. The Minecraft meets TF2 has been created by Haasth22 and shows a glimpse of what a mod may look like if it were to be created. I wonder if any wizzy developers will step up to the challenge? (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| iPhone 5 Expected To Support Both GSM And CDMA Networks Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:29 AM PDT The highly anticipated new Apple iPhone 5 is almost certainly expected to support both GSM And CDMA from a single phone according to new evidence. The dual-mode iPhone 5 has been rumoured before but now evidence has been discovered in the iPhones app usage log files. An undisclosed iOS developer has contacted and presented information and log files to the Tech Crunch website, supporting the dual-mode iPhone theory. The logs show data from a new Apple device, using the MNC/MCC codes from both Verizon and AT&T networks. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| RJ-45 Ethernet Keychain Wall Rack Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:06 AM PDT If you have lots of keys you need to keep organised and in a safe place this fantastically unique geeky RJ-45 Ethernet keychain rack could be the perfect solution. Especially if you have a few unwanted old RJ-45 Ethernet sockets just sitting around, gathering dust. Its been created by Instructables user harari and shows how a few Ethernet ports can be put to good use, together with some coloured Ethernet cable to help identify the keys even easier. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| LG Scanner Mouse LSM-100 Announced Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:46 AM PDT LG has today revealed an unique new mouse at the IFA 2011 that includes the functions of a scanner. The LG LSM-100 scanner mouse looks just like any other mouse on the market complete with mouse wheel and 5 buttons. However under the exterior of this mouse lies a 300 dpi scanner. Simply press the scan button on the left side of the mouse and move the LSM-100 mouse over the document to be scanned. Once complete the mouse scanner with then save the scanned images as either a PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PDF, XLS or DOC file. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Twitter Gallery Feature Now Live Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:26 AM PDT Twitter has launched its new Gallery feature which has been created to highlight the images users post throughout the Twitter site, yFrog, TwitPic, Instagram and other image sharing services supported in Twitter’s details pane. The Twitter Gallery feature automatically shows the 100 most recent images in your tweets in chronological order dating back to January 1st, 2010. Any images published before this date will not be shown. The new Twitter Gallery can be found within your Twitter Profile page. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| ZyXEL Unveils $250 Dual-Band Wireless Router – NBG5715 Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:11 AM PDT If you are in the market for a new router or looking to upgrade to a wireless router with a few more features? If you are ZyXEL has just unveiled their new NBG5715 dual-band wireless router which is now available to purchase for $250, and well worth a look. The slightly higher than average price brings with it transfer rates up to 450Mbps simultaneously on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands. Allowing you to separate out your network onto different bands making sure the bandwidth and speed are always where you need them the most. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Gunnar Optics MW3 Limited Edition Gaming Eyewear, Reduce Eye Strain In Style Posted: 24 Aug 2011 02:56 AM PDT Gunnar Optics has teamed up with Activision to release their limited edition Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Gaming Eyewear. The eyewear has been designed to help gamers reduce eye strain while engaging in extended gaming sessions, using LCD screens. The new MW3 limited edition gaming eyewear increases the contrast for greater visual accuracy and efficiency while gaming, enhances detail for sharper clearer vision, reduces glare and improves focus and decreases eye fatigue and dry eyes during gaming sessions. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Awesome Portal Live Action Fan Film (video) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 02:40 AM PDT If you area Portal fan this awesome fan made live action film is a definitely worth a watch. The film runs for just under 7 minutes and starts a little slowly for some but bare with it as the action soon hots up. Watch it after the jump and let us know your thoughts in the comments below. Enjoy! (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Nikon Announces Rugged AW100, Four New Coolpix S Series And P7100 Compact Cameras Posted: 24 Aug 2011 02:19 AM PDT Nikon has week launched 6 new cameras to its range in the form of a rugged waterproof AW100, together with four new Coolpix S Series compact cameras : S8200, S6200, S1200pj, S100 and finally the Coolpix P7100. The Coolpix AW100, as well as being a little more rugged and waterproof, capable of being used underwater to a depth of 33 feet, is also equipped with a 16.0-megapixel CMOS with backside illumination (BSI) for improved picture quality even in challenging low-light conditions. The new Coolpix AW100 will be available in early September 2011 for around $379.95 (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Windows 8 New File Management Features Revealed (video) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:54 AM PDT The file management features within Windows have not drastically changed for a number of versions, but copying, moving, renaming, and deleting are by far the most heavily used features within Windows Explorer. Well in Windows 8 Microsoft is looking to improve their functionality with a fresh look and redesign these everyday core operations. Watch a video created by Microsoft after the jump explaining a few of the new features they will be adding to their Windows 8 OS when it rolls out. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Sony NEX-7 All-in-one Compact With Interchangeable Lens Officially Unveiled Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:40 AM PDT As expected Sony has today officially launched their new NEX-7 all-in-one compact camera with interchangeable lens, the one used by Sony’s with its high-end Alpha a77 DSLR. The Sony NEX-7 is Micro Camera equipped with a 24.3 effective megapixels Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor and boasts the worlds fastest (0.02 sec) release time lag, combined with a quick responsive autofocus. The NEX-7 is also equipped with a high-resolution XGA OLED Tru-Finder and built-in flash, and is capable of recording full HD movies with 50p/25p. There are also web options allowing you to capture directly as MP4 at 30 FPS at 1440 × 1080 or 64 0× 480 resolutions. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Sony A65 Entry Level DSLR Camera Unveiled Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:21 AM PDT Sony has unveiled its new entry level A65 DSLR camera this morning which is a pared-down version of its A77 model. The Sony A65 is however fitted with a 24-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor, and is capable of 10 frames per second shooting with continuous autofocus. With an ISO range stretching from ISO 100-16,000. Its also equipped with a standard 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens and its AF system is a little more scaled down when compared to the A77 as you would expect. Its constructed from polycarbonate and incorporates a XGA OLED Tru-Finder featuring an 2359k dot (XGA) resolution screen on its rear. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Samsung N102 Netbook tipped to be Meego N100 on Windows 7 Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:25 PM PDT Samsung has a new netbook coming that is going to be almost just like the N100 that has been tipped in the past. The N100 is a machine that runs the MeeGo operating system. The N102 will have the same 10.1-inch screen and Intel N435 processor inside. The difference will be the OS. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
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