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Monday, February 20, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


PS3 SSD Upgrade Found To Improve Skyrim, Rage, Brink Performance

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 09:43 AM PST

The question of potential performance gains versus sticker shock for an SSD is not something that keeps me up nights. In fact, SSDs are still firmly in my mental category of stuff that needs to seriously come down in price before warranting the average consumer’s consideration. However, in the wake of major new game releases struggling to stream massive textures through tiny amounts of RAM and taking advantage of the PS3′s fortuitous upgrade-friendliness, Eurogamer has decided to stick an SSD into a PS3. And then write about it.

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Brushing Your Teeth? There’s An App For That

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 09:33 AM PST

These days everything has wi-fi and bluetooth built in and everything has an app. The Beam toothbrush even has an app on your smartphone. It’s maybe the most technologically advanced toothbrush you can buy.
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Supposed iPad 3 Images Point To 8MP Camera

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 09:21 AM PST

The latest alleged sighting of the iPad 3 shows the back casing and lends some support to rumors that the new tablet might have an eight-megapixel camera. Taiwan’s Apple Daily has some comparisons between old versions and the new, showing a larger rear lens, speculating that it would have an eight-megapixel camera.
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Apple To Give $10,000 Gift Card To 25 Billionth App Downloader

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 08:56 AM PST

Apple has constantly hit one milestone after another. The latest is the 25 billionth app download. 25 billion. You almost can’t wrap your head around that number. They have a countdown clock on the site and whoever the 25 billionth downloader is will get a $10,000 Gift Card. You can buy more apps than you will ever need with that.
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Student Hacks Facebook, Gets Eight Months In Prison

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 08:43 AM PST

I hope that British Student Glenn Mangham thinks that it was all worth it. He has a long lonely road ahead of him and it won’t include surfing social network sites. He was sentenced to eight months in jail for hacking into Facebook’s servers.
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LG Optimus Vu Specs Detailed

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 08:20 AM PST

Last week we saw the first image emerge of the LG Optimus Vu and now we have more details. LG has made this 5-inch phone official. It will run Gingerbread (Android 2.3) and feature a huge 5 inch display with a 4:3 aspect ratio along with a specialized stylus. It is 8.5mm thin.
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The iPhone iPad Noiseless USB Karaoke Mic

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:27 AM PST

Here is one device for the shy but passionate karaoke singer. The iPhone iPad Noiseless USB Karaoke Mic allows the user to belt out tunes into an iPhone or iPad with a Sega Karaoke app without the neighbors complaining.

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MoH USB On Your Wrist: One Way To Put Your Flash Drive

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:13 AM PST

USB drives are immensely convenient for those who like bringing their data wherever they go. But just how many of us have lost these small devices? For those who wish to end this problem, the MoH band may just be the solution.

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BrailleTouch App In Smartphone For The Visually Impaired

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:00 AM PST

Some good news for the visually-impaired who want to send text messages.

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Fraunhofer: The Artist Sketching Robot

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:00 AM PST

Could robots be replacing artists in the future? A new invention called the Fraunhofer robot could do so.

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Cardock Is Your Alternative Garage Solution

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:59 AM PST

Have you ever had that problem where you had to park cars in just one driveway? Maybe not, but that doesn’t stop the Cardock from offering to solve your problem.

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Choose Your Own Movie Ending with MyndPlay

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:55 AM PST

Have you ever been frustrated with an ending of a certain movie? Avoid similar experiences with MyndPlay, a media player that plays your preferred movie ending upon… reading your mind.

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VideoLAN Releases VLC 2.0 Twoflower Version

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:50 AM PST

After a very long wait, VideoLAN finally releases a major upgrade to popular media player VLC, its 2.0 version.

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Rovio Entertainment to Release Angry Birds Space!

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:49 AM PST

“One small fling for a bird, one quantum leap for birdkind.” Brace yourselves for the newest version of the most-loved game of 2011, Angry Birds Space!, coming this March 2012.

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Ford’s OpenXC for In-Car Apps Now in Beta

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:46 AM PST

Good news to car enthusiasts waiting for in-car apps! Ford’s OpenXC open-source platform for in-car apps is now in its beta stage, which means that such apps are almost here.

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Operation Space Clean-Up to Begin with Janitor Satellites

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:43 AM PST

Unbeknownst to a lot of people, there is a great amount of trash beyond earth, orbiting the planet in space. To solve this, a number of self-destructing janitor satellites will be sent to outer space to start some clean-up.

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Android vs iPhone

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 11:23 PM PST

When choosing your next smartphone, it’s not just the spec sheet that you should look into. Aside from hardware, you also need to consider the software included and there’s no denying that the two most prominent mobile operating systems right now are Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Google’s latest darling is Android 4.0, also called Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). For Apple, it’s iOS 5.

Android vs iPhone

Both are leaders in mobile so it’s quite inevitable that they’ll be pitted against each other. Let’s look at a rundown of some of the key features of each platform. You might note that there are some distinct similarities in the feature being compared but each side offers a bit of a twist to its own take on it, so choose the one that fits your needs better.

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Minecraft Rip-Off As Well, Claims FortressCraft Creator

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 05:39 PM PST

The exact geographical location of the line between rip-off and inspiration is making its way into headlines  again, this time in relation to Minecraft and its growing army of clones. Of which Minecraft may yet turn out to be a part, if FortressCraft’s creator Adam Sawkins’ logic holds true. ”There’s nothing that FortressCraft shares with Minecraft that it does not also share with Infiniminer,” he says.   We have not played either, but since Minecraft wears its inspiration its sleeve (by which I mean Wikipedia page), it seems hard to disagree.

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Lead Mass Effect, KOTOR Writer Bids Bioware Farewell

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 05:12 PM PST

Dedicated Bioware fans will know Drew Karpyshyn as the writer with a hand in almost all of Bioware’s finest creations for the past decade. The list could start and stop at Baldur’s Gate 2 and it would be enough. But it goes on with both Mass Effects, the original Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire and the Neverwinter Nights series. But as good as those games are, they are always going to be set in someone else’s universe and Drew Karpyshyn seems intent on building his own.

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Skyrim Eschews Fallout-Style DLC, Goes The Expansion Route

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:40 PM PST

Bethesda isn’t perfect, as Notch and Mojang could attest in the wake of the “Scrolls” trademark lawsuit the Minecraft developer and Bethesda’s parent company are currently embroiled in.  But with Skyrim’s launch, it’s shown a level of restraint and thoughtfulness heretofore  reserved for the likes of Valve. It seems that not only were DLC plans shelved until the game was properly patched, but even the DLC content itself has been given thorough consideration.

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