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- Zynga rumored to be eyeing purchase of OMGPOP
- Awesome Drag Race between 60s and 89 Batmobile
- New iPad 3 Installed In A Ford F150 (Video)
- Autonomous Robot Luggage Created By Ben Heck (video)
- Apple Responds New iPad Reported Heat Issues
- Skitch For Mac Includes Evernote Sharing And More
- Kinect-a-Sketch (video)
- Windows Phone Overtakes Symbian In The UK
- Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection 1 Arrives For Non Elite Members (video)
- Western Digital 2TB My Passport Portable HDD Announced
- New Seagate Technology Makes 60TB Hard Drives A Reality
- Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Stats Released By BioWare (video)
- Three UK Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 Update Released
- Homemade Augmented Reality Heads Up Display
- Marshall Freeplayer Vintage Speaker Concept
- Sprint Galaxy Nexus Coming April 15th
- RUIN : Awesome Animated Short Movie Set In A Post-apocalyptic Universe (video)
- Baseonelabs GunnerCase For iPhone 4, Inspired By Shotgun Recoil Pads
- The Free Universal Construction Kit (video)
- Razer Star Wars: The Old Republic Gaming Gear Now Available To Pre-order (video)
- Archos Launches G9 Turbo Android Tablets
- Windows 8 To Be Finished This Summer, Launch In October?
- Ematic eSport Clip Camera, MP3 And Video Player
- Google Now Informs You Why Messages Are Placed In Your Spam Folder
- In App Adverts Found To Drain Smartphone Battery Life
- New iPad 3 vs iPad 2 Thermal Image Comparison
- iRetroPhone Smartphone Dock
- Porsche 918 Hybrid Supercar Prototype Goes For A Test Drive
- Pirate Bay Plans To Use Low Orbit Server Drones To Host Site
- Tokyoflash Hybrid Analogue And LCD Concept Watch
- BBC iPlayer Lands On The Xbox 360
- Apple Sells Three Million New iPads
- World of Warcraft On iPhone Still Being Considered By Blizzard
- Baldur’s Gate 3 “Long-Term Goal” For BG 1 & 2 Enhanced Edition Developers
| Zynga rumored to be eyeing purchase of OMGPOP Posted: 20 Mar 2012 10:55 AM PDT We mentioned a few days ago that the crazy popular Draw Something app was tops on the chart of the most used on Facebook. The app is also doing very well and rumors are floating that Zynga is looking to purchase Draw Something developer OMGPOP. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Awesome Drag Race between 60s and 89 Batmobile Posted: 20 Mar 2012 10:43 AM PDT I was never a fan of the original 60s Batman series. It seemed like it was constantly on in the summers when I was a kid. I did watch the 89 Tim Burton movie and found it to cartoonish and over-the-top for my taste. I’m a much bigger fan of the gritty Christian Bale version of Batman. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| New iPad 3 Installed In A Ford F150 (Video) Posted: 20 Mar 2012 09:00 AM PDT Last year we saw the iPad 2 being installed inside the dash of a Ford 150, and now the guys from SoundMan Car Audio are back with their latest in vehicle iPad install using the new iPad 3. The video below shows the new iPad installed in a Ford F150, and it works with Ford’s Sync system, they are also using an iPhone and Siri along with the Ford system.
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| Autonomous Robot Luggage Created By Ben Heck (video) Posted: 20 Mar 2012 08:53 AM PDT Modder Ben Heck has been at it again, and has been hard at work in his workshop with help from fellow modder and design engineer Jesse Robinson. To create a new type luggage that uses ping sensors to track and follow you. Saving you from having to carry your belongings with you. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Apple Responds New iPad Reported Heat Issues Posted: 20 Mar 2012 08:32 AM PDT There have been a number of reports over th last few days that Apple’s new iPad runs hotter than the previous version, with some reports saying that the device runs 10 degrees hotter than the iPad 2. Apple has now released an official statement regarding the apparent higher running temperatures on the device, which you can see below.
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| Skitch For Mac Includes Evernote Sharing And More Posted: 20 Mar 2012 08:28 AM PDT Evernote the great note taking service and application for tablets, smartphones, PC and Macs, bought Skitch back in August last year. Since then Evernote have dropped its price to free and brought Skitch integration to Android and iOS devices.
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| Posted: 20 Mar 2012 08:01 AM PDT The guys over at Waterloo labs have been busy again this month and combined a Microsoft Kinect controller and an old school Etch-a-Sketch to create a unique mod. The system allows you to control the Etch-a-Sketch simply by standing in front of the Kinect, allowing you to use a huge pencil or even just your hand to control the Etch-a-Sketch and draw. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Windows Phone Overtakes Symbian In The UK Posted: 20 Mar 2012 07:58 AM PDT According to a recent report from Kantar Worldpanel, Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform has overtaken Symbian here in the UK, although the report shows that Microsoft’s mobile platform still only makes up a small percentage of overall smartphones. The period covered in the report are the twelve weeks up to the 19th of February 2012, and Symbian has now dropped down to 2.4 percent of the smartphone market, where as Windows Phone has now risen to 2.5 percent of the market.
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| Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection 1 Arrives For Non Elite Members (video) Posted: 20 Mar 2012 07:23 AM PDT As expected Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Collection 1 has now been released, for non Call of Duty Elite members to now be able to grab and enjoy. View the official launch trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Collection 1 after the jump. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Western Digital 2TB My Passport Portable HDD Announced Posted: 20 Mar 2012 07:07 AM PDT Western Digital has updated its range of My passport portable hard drives, and the range now comes with a new 2TB My Passport HDD, which comes with a USB 3.0 connection. As well as featuring USB 3.0 the Western Digital My Passport range of hard drives is also compatible with USB 2.0 and it also comes in other sizes which include a 500GB version and a 1TB version.
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| New Seagate Technology Makes 60TB Hard Drives A Reality Posted: 20 Mar 2012 06:40 AM PDT Seagate has announced this week that they have become the first hard drive manufacturer to achieve the milestone storage density of 1 terabit per square inch, or 1 trillion bits) per square inch. The new technology now paves the way for hard drive to expand in size from today 3TB drive up to a massive 60TB in size, over the next 10 years. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Stats Released By BioWare (video) Posted: 20 Mar 2012 06:24 AM PDT Mass Effect 3 gamers who have been enjoying a little multiplayer game play in BioWare’s latest Mass Effect game. Might be interested in the new statistics which have been released by EA and BioWare this week which shed a little light on just how hard players are finding the multiplayer A.I. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Three UK Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 Update Released Posted: 20 Mar 2012 06:18 AM PDT UK mobile operator Three has announced that the android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update is now available for the Samsung Galaxy S II on their network here in the UK. The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy S II on Three is available through Samsung’s Kies software.
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| Homemade Augmented Reality Heads Up Display Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:59 AM PDT Matt from my20percent decided he wanted to make his own augmented reality heads up display, and to do so he used a baseball cap, some fresnel lenses, a plastic mirror, and a HTC Desire Z Android smartphone. On top of that Matt used some other random office supplies to complete his project, and the display shows the images about 50cm from the wearers eyes. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Marshall Freeplayer Vintage Speaker Concept Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:56 AM PDT Designer Michaël Imbert has created a concept Vintage Marshall speaker called the Marshall Freeplayer, which has been designed to provide you with a speaker system for all your modern day music needs. The Marshall FreePlayer has been designed to be equipped with Bluetooth and has been styled after Marshall’s famous vintage amplifier. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Sprint Galaxy Nexus Coming April 15th Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:38 AM PDT We know that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is headed to US mobile carrier Sprint, and now it looks like we may have a possible launch date of the 15th of April. The news comes from the guys over at S4GRU, who have received some information from a source inside Sprint that has confirmed to them that the handset will be available from April the 15th.
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| RUIN : Awesome Animated Short Movie Set In A Post-apocalyptic Universe (video) Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:36 AM PDT If you have 8 minutes and 30 seconds to spare the short movie, named RUIN after the jump is definitely worth a look. RUIN has been created by Los Angles based OddBall Animation, who specialise in visual effects, animation, and design and have been created internally to showcase their skills and talents. Take a look at the awesome chase movie after the break to see their animation skills put to great use. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Baseonelabs GunnerCase For iPhone 4, Inspired By Shotgun Recoil Pads Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:18 AM PDT The Baseonelabs GunnerCase designed for Apple’s iPhone 4, may look like a standard simplistic case. But underneath that plain exterior lies technology to help keep your iPhone 4 safe from even the hard knocks, drops and bumps. The Baseonelabs GunnerCase has been inspired by the recoil pads found on shotguns. So when you unfortunately drop your iPhone the sidewalls of the GunnerCase are designed to collapse and distribute the force of the impact, protecting your iPhone from damage. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| The Free Universal Construction Kit (video) Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:02 AM PDT If you are lucky enough to own or have access to a 3D printer, allowing you to create your very own plastic objects right before your eyes. You might be interested in the Free Universal Construction Kit. Which comprises of around 80 adapter bricks that enable you to combine ten popular children's construction toys. Allowing you to now combine your construction kits together and take your designs to the next level. Using Lego, Duplo, Fischertechnik, Gears! Gears! Gears!, K'Nex, Krinkles, Lincoln Logs, Tinkertoys, Zome®, and Zoob to create and imagine even more amazing designs. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Razer Star Wars: The Old Republic Gaming Gear Now Available To Pre-order (video) Posted: 20 Mar 2012 04:36 AM PDT Star Wars gaming fans who have been patiently waiting for the arrival of the new Razer Star Wars: The Old Republic gaming devices. Will be pleased to learn that the mouse, keyboard and headset are now available to preo-order. The dual-mode wired/wireless capabilities, 17 MMO-optimized buttons, a 5500dpi laser, and 12 hours of continuous battery life (72 hours under normal conditions). gaming equipment was first showcased back in E3 last year and was expected to arrive during last year. However after a few delays the new Star Wars: The Old Republic Razer gaming peripherals are now edging closer to a launch date. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Archos Launches G9 Turbo Android Tablets Posted: 20 Mar 2012 04:24 AM PDT Archos has launched two new versions of their G9 Android tablets, called the G9 Turbo, these two new tablets come with faster processors than the previous models. There are two tablets in the G9 Turbo range, the Archos 80 G9 Turbo and the Arhcos 101 G9 Turbo, and both models feature a dual core 1.5GHz TI OMAP 4 processor.
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| Windows 8 To Be Finished This Summer, Launch In October? Posted: 20 Mar 2012 04:02 AM PDT We know that Microsoft intends to launch Windows 8 some time in the fall of 2012, and we recently heard that Lenovo intends to be one of the first manufacturers to launch a Windows 8 Tablet, with a rumored launch date of October. Now more evidence has been revealed which would point to October being the actual official launch date of Windows 8 for Microsoft, and they could possibly have their latest OS finished by this summer.
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| Ematic eSport Clip Camera, MP3 And Video Player Posted: 20 Mar 2012 04:00 AM PDT Ematic has this week launched a new addition to their range of MP3 and video players, in the form of the new Ematic eSport Clip. Which is equipped with an onboard 4GB of storage together with a 1.8 inch colour display. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Google Now Informs You Why Messages Are Placed In Your Spam Folder Posted: 20 Mar 2012 03:41 AM PDT Google has rolled out a new update to its Gmail service this week which will no inform you why certain email messages have been placed in your spam folder. Google does a pretty good job of keeping most unwanted or malicious emails out of users Gmail inboxes. But the new indicators now provide you with a little extra information and help when sorting through your sSpam folder. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| In App Adverts Found To Drain Smartphone Battery Life Posted: 20 Mar 2012 03:34 AM PDT According to a recent report by Abhinav Pathak, a computer scientist at the Purdue University in Indiana, one of the cause of battery drain on smartphones may be down to free applications that have adverts. The team at the university have been testing out free applications that come with adverts and have discovered that around 10 to 30 percent of the energy used by the application was spent powering the applications core functions.
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| New iPad 3 vs iPad 2 Thermal Image Comparison Posted: 20 Mar 2012 03:23 AM PDT Since the launch of the new iPad 3 there have been reports that the new iPad has been running extra hot for some users. Well the team over at the tweakers.net website, have wasted no time and pointed a thermal camera at both the new iPad 3 and older iPad 2. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:26 AM PDT iRetroPhone allows you to add a little old school retro feel to your modern state-of-the-art smartphone. Enabling you to sync and make calls when its docked within the iRetroPhone using a 70′s handset to speak into. iRetroPhone is compatible with 1500 devices, says its creatures and the device is capable of charging 3 devices simultaneously. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Porsche 918 Hybrid Supercar Prototype Goes For A Test Drive Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:20 AM PDT Some of our readers will remember the Porsche 918 hybrid supercar that we featured on the site back in 2010, Porsche announced their plans to put it into production and now the guys over at Wired Autopia managed to take a prototype for a test drive. The Porsche 918 is is a hybrid supercar that features a mid engined v8 petrol engine and two electric engines which have a total of 770 hp combined.
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| Pirate Bay Plans To Use Low Orbit Server Drones To Host Site Posted: 20 Mar 2012 01:23 AM PDT The Pirate Bay has come up with a new idea to top its site being shutdown, they intend to host part of the site using low orbit server drones which will probably fly over international waters. The guys from Torrent Freak have been speaking to the Pirate Bay about their plans to use GPS controlled drones, which small computers like the Raspberry PI, the drones will be floated up to a few kilometers into the air.
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| Tokyoflash Hybrid Analogue And LCD Concept Watch Posted: 20 Mar 2012 01:13 AM PDT We have featured a number of the Tokyflash concept watches here at Geeky Gadgets, with the majority of them being turned into actual watches. The latest creation is a design submitted to Tokyflash from Peter in the UK, and the watch combines both LCD (or LED) with a mechanical analogue watch movement, as you can see in the photos below.
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| BBC iPlayer Lands On The Xbox 360 Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:42 AM PDT The BBC has launched their popular BBC iPlayer on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console, and according to the BBC it is the only UK content provider to offer its TV shows free on the Xbox. The service works in a similar way to the web and iPad versions, and you can catch up on previous BBC TV shows, and the app also works with Microsoft’s Kinect and can be controlled with hand gestures.
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| Apple Sells Three Million New iPads Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:26 AM PDT Apple’s iPad went on sale last Friday the 16th of March, and now Apple has released some sales figures of their new third generation iPad, and as Apple’s CEO Tim cook said yesterday the new iPad has broken Apple’s previous records. Apple has announced that they have sold a total of three million of the new iPad since it went on sale last week, that is pretty impressive in just under four days.
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| World of Warcraft On iPhone Still Being Considered By Blizzard Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:03 PM PDT Blizzard seems intent on avoiding past mistakes and willing to take all the time it needs to do it, as the company is still looking at bringing World of Warcraft to the iPhone as something more than a straight port with a slapdash interface. And while at first glance Blizzard might look like it’s perpetuating the same brand of obstinate perfectionism that has kept it from the console space, anyone who remembers Starcraft 64 will understand. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Baldur’s Gate 3 “Long-Term Goal” For BG 1 & 2 Enhanced Edition Developers Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:46 PM PDT It looks like a full scale resurrection of video gaming’s most beloved and neglected franchises is well underway. And last week’s announcement of the Baldur’s Gate remakes as well as yesterday’s Shenmue HD news seems only the beginning. ”Baldur’s Gate 3 has been our long term goal,” according to Beamdog’s Cameron Tofer. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
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