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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

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Griffin and Crayola Launch Silly Face Swaps HD Coloring Pages App

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Griffin and Crayola teamed up a while back on some interesting apps and other hardware for kids to play with on your iPad or really appreciate. The latest app to launch from the companies is called Silly Face Swaps. This app let your kids put their own pictures or pictures of friends and family into the artwork they color.

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Epson Unveils PowerLite X15 Multimedia Projector

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 09:59 AM PDT

Epson has pulled the covers off a new multimedia projector called the PowerLite X15. The projector has a reasonable price of $599 and has 3000 lumens of brightness. The projector supports XGA resolution and is aimed at computer users who give presentations.

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The Sound Sofa With Integrated iPod/iPhone Dock

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 08:58 AM PDT

After an exhausting day of work, right after your bedroom, living room is the most desired home area for a renowned relaxation experience.
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Toshiba Unveils New Satellite L800 and C800 Series Laptops

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 06:17 AM PDT

As well as unveiling their new all-in-one desktop PC systems. Toshiba has today unveiled its new range of Satellite L800 and C800 series of laptops.Toshiba’s new Satellite C800 entry-level line of Satellites has a little more design style than its previous version.

Its comes equipped with either next generation Intel or AMD processors, together with basic specs including DVD drive and USB 3.0 connectivity, with pricing starting from $399 and will be available to purchase in Q3 2012.

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Resident Evil 6 Leaked Trailer Reveals October 2nd Launch Date (video)

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:54 AM PDT

A new trailer has been leaked for the upcoming Resident Evil 6 game which now reveals that the launch date may be October 2nd 2012. The leaked Capcom trailer via NeoGAF shows that the launch date has now been moved forward from the proposed 20th November 2012 to the new October 2nd 2012 date.

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Toshiba Announces New All In One PCs With Ivy Bridge Processors

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:34 AM PDT

Toshiba has announced a new pair of all in one PCs which will feature Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors, and the two models are the LX815 and the LX835, and they share similar hardware specifications.

The Toshiba LX815 features a 21.5 inch LCD display whilst the LX835 features a 23 inch display and both models come with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.

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Toshiba Announces Three New Excite Android Tablets

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:24 AM PDT

Toshiba has announced three new Android tablets, and the three devices are part of Toshiba’s Excite range and include a 7 inch tablet, a 10 inch tablet and a 13 inch tablet, and all of the tablets share similar specifications.

The three new Excite Android tablets are powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 quad core processor clocked at 1.3GHz, and each ones comes with 1GB of RAM and the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

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LG D1L Android Smartphone With 4.7 Inch Display Coming In May?

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:14 AM PDT

It looks like LG is preparing to launch a new Android smartphone which the company is hoping will take on Samsung’s new Galaxy S III smartphone which is also expected to be announced in May.

The device is called the LG D1L and it is expected to feature a 4.7 inch HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, and processing will be provided by a dual core 1.5GHz Krait processor plus an Adreno 225 GPU.

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Tumblr Android App Updated With New User Interface And Speed Tweaks

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:08 AM PDT

Tumblr for Android has received a new update which has brought with it a brand new user interface for users. Which includes new buttons and colour scheme providing a cleaner easier to use interface for the service.

Another new additions provided by the new update include improvements to the applications speed whilst browsing photos, as well as when loading blogs and interacting with them.

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Mass Effect 3 : Resurgence Pack Trailer (video)

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 04:50 AM PDT

Mass Effect 3 gamers looking forward to the launch of the Mass Effect 3 Resurgence Pack arriving today. Might be interested in this latest video trailer released by BioWare showing a glimpse of what you can expect from the Mass Effect 3: Resurgence Pack today. Gamers in Europe will be able download the content on April 11th.

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Nokia 808 PureView Goes Up For Pre-order In Italy

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 04:47 AM PDT

The Nokia 808 PureView was announced back in February, and now the device has gone up for pre-order in Italy, with an expected launch date of May, and the smartphone is listed with a price of 600 Euros on Nokia’s website.

The Nokia 808 PureView features a 41 megapixel camera and a  4 inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 640 x 960 pixels and runs Symbian Belle as its OS.

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Twitter Open Sources Its MySQL Secrets

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 04:37 AM PDT

Over the years Twitter has been growing from strength to strength being powered by the open source MySQL database code. MySQL has allowed Twitter to keeps it database in control and manager the massive amounts of Tweets it needs to process on a daily basis.

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Audi R8 Etron To Get Spaceship Like Sound Effects (Video)

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 04:33 AM PDT

Audi are developing an electric version of their R8 supercar which will be called the R8 Etronic, there is just one problem with electronic cars, they are almost silent, so Audi has decided to develop some sound effects for the R8 Etronic to make it sound more like a supercar.

Instead of adding normal engine sounds to the R8 Etronic, Audi have decided to give their electric supercar a more futuristic sound, have a look at the video of it in action below.

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Chrysler Unveil Industries First Wireless In-Vehicle Smartphone Charging System

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 04:12 AM PDT

This week Chrysler have unveiled an industry first in the form of their new in-vehicle wireless charging system. Making it even easier to charge your smartphones and mobile devices while on the road. The wireless charging system works using an integrated power bin, measuring 8.27 x 9.5 x 3.25 inches.

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Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE Headed To AT&T

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 04:00 AM PDT

The Galaxy Nexus with 4G LTE is available with mobile carrier Verizon in the US and now it looks like the device is also headed to US mobile carrier AT&T according to a recent report form Androrev.

We don’t as yet have any specific date on when the 4G LTE Galaxy Nexus with be available with AT&T, and AT&T are yet to confirm the device will be available on their network.

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Wacom Bamboo Stylus Duo Now Includes Ink (video)

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 03:57 AM PDT

Wacom have today announced the arrival of a new product to their Bamboo stylus range in the form of the Bamboo Stylus duo, which now provides you with the addition of ink as well as a traditional tablet stylus.

Allowing you to benefit from being able to use it both on tablets and paper when required. Saving you from having to carry both a stylus and a pen. Wacom will also be rolling out new iOS and Android applications in line with the new pen/stylus.

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Nokia Lumia 900 Owners Reporting Mobile Data Problems

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 03:46 AM PDT

Nokia’s Lumia 900 Windows Phone smartphone launched in the US on the weekend with mobile carrier AT&T, and now a number of owners of the device has reported an issue with the mobile data over AT&T’s network.

Users have reported the problems on the Nokia forums, and also the WP Central forums, and users are reporting a loss of the cellular data connection on the handset, some users have found a temporary fix whilst others are still having problems.

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Dream:On iOS App Hopes To Influence Your Dreams (video)

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 03:42 AM PDT

A new iOS application called Dream:On has been created to help carry out a mass participation experiment to gather data about our dreaming, which at the moment is something we still know very little about. The iOS Dream:On application has been created by Professor Richard Wiseman and has been designed to try and help you control what you dream while asleep.

To start using the Dream:On application just load it noto for iPhone or iOS device and leave it on the corner of the bed before going to sleep. Dream:ON will then start to monitoring your sleep patterns.

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Instagram For Android Tops 5 Million Downloads

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 03:27 AM PDT

Earlier today we heard that Facebook had acquired Instagram in a deal which was worth $1 billion, Instagram has over 30 million users on Apple’s iOS platform and the company also launched on Google’s Android platform last Tuesday.

We heard after the first day of Instagram being available on Android that it had reached 1 million downloads, and now Instagram has hit another milestone as the Android app has now hit 5 million downloads.

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Sony VAIO E Series 14P Supports Motion Gesture Control

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 03:19 AM PDT

Even though Sony has this week announced its $6.4 Billion loss and its cutting 10,000 jobs. Its still trying to bring a little innovation to its notebook range with the unveiling of its latest Sony VAIO E Series 14P notebook.

Which comes supplied with motion based gesture control, similar to that provided by Microsoft’s Kinect Xbox 360 gaming controller. Using the VAIO E Series 14P notebooks built-in 1.3-megapixel Exmor HD webcam.

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Kingston HyperX 3K SSD Unveiled (video)

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 02:58 AM PDT

Kingston has unveiled a new addition to its solid state disk (SSD) range created for enthusiasts in the form of the HyperX 3K SSD, which is equipped with a SandForce SF-2281 processor.

The new Kingston HyperX 3K SSD has been fitted with a ATA 6 Gb/s interface to provide sequential read throughput of 555 MB/s with write throughput of 510 MB/s.

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Nokia Lumia 900 Goes Up For Pre-order In The UK

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 02:53 AM PDT

The Nokia Lumia 900 went on sale in the US last weekend, Nokia’s latest Windows Phone smartphone is expected to go on sale here in the UK later this month and the device is now available to pre-order from retailers Phones4u and the Carphone warehouse.

Both companies are offering the Nokia Lumia 900 with a number of the mobile operators, which include Vodafone, O2 and Orange, and the device comes with the latest version of Microsoft’s Windows Phone.

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Spec Ops: The Line Narrative Trailer (video)

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 02:43 AM PDT

A new trailer has been released by 2K Games this week for the upcoming Spec Ops: The Line, which allows you to see Dubai through the eyes of Captain Walker as he and his squad try to piece together what happened in the city after a devastating sandstorm.

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US Cellphone Carriers To Build Database To Combat Smartphone Theft

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 02:38 AM PDT

The major cellphone carriers in the US have agreed a deal with the US government to build a central database of stolen cellphones in the US, and the database will be designed to track any smartphone or cellphone that has been reported as lost of stolen.

The four companies involved in the database include AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile, and they idea behind it is that it will make it difficult for stolen or lost mobile phones to be re-sold as they will be tracked via the database.

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Google Updates Its Android Emulator With GPU Support

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 02:28 AM PDT

Google has today rolled out a new update to their Android emulator tool for developers to test and build Android apps. The update has added major improvements to the emulator, including a performance increase together with support for a broader range of hardware features, including sensors and multi-finger input.

 

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Razer Hydra Motion Controller Now Supports TF2, Half Life 2 And More Valve Games

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 01:49 AM PDT

Razer’s new Hydra motion controller now supports many classic games on Valve such as TF2, Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2, including a few that haven’t even been released as yet, such as Counter Strike: GO.

Razer’s Hydra motion controller, is the world’s first PC gaming-grade motion sensing controller, allowing gamers to interact with the virtual world in three dimensions.

 

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Acer C120 Pico Projector Launched (video)

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 01:32 AM PDT

Acer has today launched its pocket sized C120 Pico Projector in the U.S. The C120 projector measures just 4.72(W) x 3.23(D) x 1.0(H) inches, and has been available in Europe for sometime. Acer’s  C120 Pico Projector has been designed to be ultra portable and is equipped with a WVGA resolution 854 x 480 at 16:9 aspect or at the maximum resolution of WXGA 1280 x 800 in a 16:10 aspect ratio.

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Mozilla Demonstrates Experimental Firefox Browser With WebRTC Support (video)

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 01:16 AM PDT

Last week at the IETF 83 in Paris Mozilla demonstrated its new experimental Firefox browser, which now includes integrated WebRTC support allowing real-time video chat. Watch the video after the jump to see the experimental Firefox browser demonstrate its new features.

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HTC One S Coming To T-Mobile 25th April

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:58 AM PDT

It looks like one of HTC’s latest Android smartphones, the HTC One S is headed to US mobile carrier AT&T later this month, and the device is expected to be available on T-Mobile from the 25th of April.

As yet we don’t have any details on how much T-Mobile will be charging for the HTC One S on their network, and the device comes with the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC Sense 4.0.

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Sony Announces $6.4 Billion Loss

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:49 AM PDT

Yesterday Sony announced that they were cutting 10,000 jobs around the world, and now the company has announced its latest financial results for the 2011 financial year, with a massive $6.4 billion loss.

The $6.4 billion loss is made up of a $3.6 billion tax charge in the US and a $2.9 billion loss from its operations, however Sony has also said that they are expecting to turn things around this year.

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India’s Aakash 2 Tablet To Get Android 4.0 ICS Update

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:26 AM PDT

India’s second budget tablet, the Aakash 2 which is made by Datawind is due to go on sale in a couple of weeks, and now Datawind has announced that they will release an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the tablet.

The company behind the Aakash tablet has said that it will release the Android 4.0 update for the device around six to eight weeks after the tablet goes on sale, which should be before the end of April.

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Apple’s New iPad Makes Up 10 Percent Of All iPad Traffic

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:05 AM PDT

Apple’s new iPad has only been on sale for about three weeks, the company announced that they had sold three million of the new iPad in under four days on the launch weekend.

According to a recent report by Chitika, Apple’s new iPad now makes up 10 percent of all iPad traffic, which is pretty impressive considering that the device has only been on sale for just over three weeks.

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Facebook Buys Instagram For $1 Billion

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 11:25 PM PDT

Facebook has announced that they have purchased the popular iOS and Android photo sharing app Instagram, the news was announced by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook.

Facebook also announced how much they paid for Instagram, the deal is worth a total of $1 billion, and Facebook also announced that Instagram will continue to be run as a separate app.

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Wearable Robotic Rings Being Developed

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 09:37 PM PDT

There have been serious attempts in the past to create robots that can fully function as humans. But until now, the robots in existence have made with limited functions or minimal movements rather.

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