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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


Apple is Developing Tools to Detect and Remove Flashback

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 10:48 AM PDT

Mac computers certainly aren’t immune to viruses and malware. In the past, we rarely heard about viruses and malware aimed specifically at Mac computers, but their growing popularity has certainly caught the attention of hackers today.

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Crysis 3 Box Shot Leaks via Origin

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 10:23 AM PDT

If you’re a big fan of the EA and Crytek franchise Crysis you’ll get a thrill out of this even though the images are tiny and hardly gives anything away. If you bought an EA game lately, you probably have Origin running on your computer.

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Diablo III Story Of The Barbarian Trailer (video)

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 06:46 AM PDT

Blizzard has this week released a new video detailing the Barbarian character from their highly anticipated new game Diablo 3.   The Diablo III Barbarian’s skills are similar to the Barbarian from Diablo II, but provide a much more primal, savage and in a way spiritual. The new Barbarian character now uses Fury and Stamina (the Barbarian equivalent of Mana) for skills.

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Project Kapros Computer Modded PC Desk System

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 06:31 AM PDT

We have featured a number of modded computer cases and systems here on Geeky Gadgets over the years, but this monster mod project called Kapros will take some beating.

Project Kapros is a three monitor setup that has been built into its own workstation desk. The desk started life as an IKEA Galant desk for around $160 but now resembles a workstation Tony Stark would feel at home using.

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Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes Open Beta Download Now Available

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 06:03 AM PDT

BioWare Mythic has now moved their new free-to-play game Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes into open beta, making it available for all to download and enjoy. Wrath of Heroes is a free-to-play PVP title based on BioWare’s MMO Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes offers three-sided, six-player arena combat for a total of 18 players.

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Google Simplifies Multiple Account Switiching

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 05:51 AM PDT

Google has today released a new update which has been created to provide users with multiple Google accounts a more simplified way to switch between them simultaneously from the same browser. The new update has come as an update to the Google navigation bar widget, which now provides an easier way to which between multiple accounts.

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BT Infinity Broadband Speeds Doubling From Tomorrow

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 04:56 AM PDT

Anyone lucky enough to be able to get their hands on BT’s Infinity fibre optic broadband package, will be pleased to know that from tomorrow BT is doubling the speed of their service from 40Mbps down and 10Mbps to 80Mbps down and 20Mbps up. The move by BT follows Virgin ho have already started upgrading their broadband service and increasing its speeds for customers.

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Amazon’s Enables Android Appstore In-App Purchases For Developers (Video)

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 04:50 AM PDT

We heard a while back that Amazon were working on an in-app purchasing system for their Android app store, and now Amazon has announced that they have made the in-app purchases available to their developers.

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Capcom Unveils Lost Planet 3 First Trailer (video)

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 04:40 AM PDT

As well as revealing trailers for their new Resident Evil 6 game and Devil May Cry game this week. Capcom has also revealed the first trailer for their new Lost Planet 3 game which has yet to be announced. Check out the trailer after the jump that was revealed at Captivate 2012.

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Republique Game Trailer Concept By Camouflaj And Logan Hits Kickstarter (video)

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 04:28 AM PDT

Camouflaj and Logan have published a new concept for a mobile and tablet game called République, which they hope to fund in a similar way to other games which have found a unique following on the Kickstarter crowd funding site recently. Watch the République game trailer after the jump to see it in action.

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Sony Xperia S Headed To Canada April 17th

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 04:25 AM PDT

Sony has announced that its latest Android smartphone the Sony Xperia S will be available in Canada from the 17th of April and the handset will be available SIM free for use on the Rogers network.

As a reminder the Sony Xperia S comes with a 4.3 inch HD multi-touch display that features a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, it is powered by a dual core 1.5GHz processor.

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Vodafone UK Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 Update Coming Tomorrow

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 04:19 AM PDT

UK mobile phone operator Vodafone has announced that the Samsung Galaxy S II will be getting the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on their network, starting tomorrow the 12th of April.

Vodafone have said that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update will be available as an over the air update and also through Samsung’s Kies Software, the new comes as Vodafone has announced they have finished testing the update.

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Modern Warfare 3 Sanctuary And Foundation Maps Land On Xbox 360

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 04:15 AM PDT

Xbox 360 gamers looking forward to the next maps to land on their consoles from Modern Warfare 3 will be pleased to know they have now arrived. Multiplayer maps Sanctuary and Foundation are now available for download in Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox 360, and make up Content Drops 7 and 8 for Call of Duty Elite premium members on Xbox Live.

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AT&T HTC One X Gets Benchmarked (Video)

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 04:01 AM PDT

We have already seen a couple of videos of the international HTC One X in action, and now we have a video of the AT&T HTC One X in action along with some benchmarks of the device.

The AT&T HTC One X features a dual core 1.5GHz processor, as opposed to the quad core Tegra 3 processor in the international version, have a look at the video of it in action below.

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New Spotify Play Button Can Be Added To Your Social Pages Or Website Easily

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 03:48 AM PDT

Spotify has launched a new service this week which allows you to add a Spotify Play Button to your website or social page. Allowing you to feature any song, album or playlist. The new service simply allows you to add a like music to your Internet spaces for free and totally legally.

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HTC Titan II Now Available From AT&T

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 03:44 AM PDT

HTC’s latest Windows Phone smartphone, the HTC Titan II is now available with US mobile carrier AT&T, and the device is available for $199.99 when you sign up to a new two year contract with AT&T.

The HTC Titan II features a a 4.7 inch Super LCD display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels and processing is provided by a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 processor.

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Adobe Mobile Reader 10.2 Now Supports Sticky Notes, Signatures And More

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 03:32 AM PDT

Adobe has this week rolled out a major update to its Mobile reader application which brings with it a number of great new features. Including ink signatures, Acrobat forms, a free hand drawing tool, sticky notes and text markups to name just a few.

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War Of The Roses Medieval FPS Detailed At PAX 2012 (video)

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 03:19 AM PDT

War of the Roses is first person fighting game with a difference, instead of using pistols and machine guns, within War of the Roses players are equipped with swords and crossbows.

War of the Roses is a medieval themed action game currently under development by Fatshark and is set to be released by Paradox Interactive on PC in the second quarter of 2012.

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Nokia Lumia 610 NFC Gets Official (Video)

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 03:14 AM PDT

Earlier today we showed you a leaked video of the new Nokia Lumia 610 NFC, and now Nokia has officially announced their first NFC enabled Windows Phone smartphone, which will launch in Europe with mobile carrier Orange.

The Nokia Lumia NFC will offer contact less payments with both MasterCard’s and Visa’s NFC payment solutions, and the device will also use NFC to work with a range of Nokia accessories.

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New Steel Battalion : Heavy Armour Gameplay Trailer (video)

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 02:16 AM PDT

Capcom has released a new video showing a little more of the destruction and violence you can expect to play out in their new Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor game that will be launching in June.

The new Capcom Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor game takes place in 2082 after the world has been devastated by a silicon-eating microbe. That’s has left the world lacking in computer technology.

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Zotac Unveils New Intel 7-Series Mini-ITX Boards

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 02:02 AM PDT

Zotac has unveiled a pair of new Intel 7 Series Mini-ITX boards this week in the form of the Zotac Z77-ITX WiFi and H77-ITX WiFi. Both boards have been designed to support LGA1155 3rd-generation and 2nd-generation Intel chips and are also Intel HD 2500/4000-ready. Which can be supported by 2 x DDR3-1600 DIMM slots (up to 16GB).

 

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Nokia Lumia 610 NFC Smartphone Leaked (Video)

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:58 AM PDT

It looks like Nokia will be releasing an NFC enabled version of their Lumia 610 smartphones, the company released a video on YouTube, which they have now removed showing the new Nokia Lumia 610 NFC.

The video below was captured by the guys from Nokia Buff, and it shows this new Near Field Communication enabled smartphone from Nokia which will be their first NFC enabled Windows Phone device.

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Eizo Showcasing Its $35,000 4k LCD Monitor At NAB 2012

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:47 AM PDT

At NAB 2012 later this month from April 14th – 19th Eizo will be showcasing their latest high resolution monitor, that features a 4k display, sporting a resolution of 4,096 x 2,160 pixels.

The massive 36.4 inch Eizo FDH3601 monitor will deliver 10-bit colours, together with a 100 percent sRGB coverage in colour gamut as well as a “perfect smooth tone reproduction across the screen” say Eizo.

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Asus Eee Pad MeMo M171 Gets Benchmarked (Video)

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:26 AM PDT

The Asus Eee Pad MeMo M171 tablet was announced back in January, and now it looks like the device has gone on sale in Taiwan, as the guys over at Netbook News managed to get their hands on this new Android tablet.

Hardware wise the Asus Eee Pad MeMo M171 features a dual core 1.2GHaz processor and 1GB of RAM, plus 16GB of built in storage and dual cameras, with a 1.2 megapixel camera up front and a 5 megapixel camera on the back, plus a 7 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.

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Instagram For Android Updated To Support NVIDIA Tegra 3 Devices

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:16 AM PDT

When Instagram launched on Google’s Android platform there were reports of a number of Android devices that wouldn’t work with the app, which included a number of NVIDIA Tegra 3 powered devices like the new HTC One X.

Instagram has released a number of updates to the application since it was launched, and a new update has been released which adds in support for NVIDIA Tegra 3 devices and the new HTC One X.

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D-Link MovieNite Streaming Media Player Launched For $48

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:09 AM PDT

D-Link has launched a new budget streaming media player to its range in the form of the D-Link MovieNite. The D-Link MovieNite has been designed to be easily setup and features a three-step setup, built-in wireless and Ethernet connection for quick connection to a home network.

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Intel Studybook Tablet Refernce Design Announced

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:05 AM PDT

Intel has announced a new reference design for the Intel Studybook tablet, which is designed to be a rugged 7 inch tablet, and Intel expects the device to be produced for less than $200.

The Intel Studbook is designed to either run Google’s Android OS or Microsoft’s Windows 7 OS, and it could possibly use Windows 8 in the future, although this has yet to be confirmed by Intel.

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Instagram Tops iOS App Store Charts

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 12:46 AM PDT

Instagram has been available on Apple’s iOS platform for quite a while, the company also recently launched an Android version which we heard yesterday had reached 5 million downloads.

We also heard yesterday that Facebook had agreed to purchase Instagram for a massive $1 billion, and it looks all the publicity has made Instagram even more popular as it has now topped the iOS app store charts.

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Samsung Galaxy Note Headed To Sprint?

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 12:35 AM PDT

It looks like the Samsung Galaxy Note is headed to US mobile carrier Sprint, as the guys from TechnoBuffalo spotted a device on Sprint’s website which looks remarkably similar to the Samsung Galaxy Note.

You can see the device in the second photo below, Samsung and Sprint have yet to announce that the Galaxy Note will be available on Sprint, although we have heard rumors in the past that the handset may be headed to Sprint.

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iTunes 11 With Improved iCloud And iOS 6 In The Works

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 12:21 AM PDT

According to the guys over at 9 to 5 Mac, Apple are working on a new version of iTunes, iTunes 11, which will come with support for iOS 6 and also improved iCloud integration.

iTunes 11 is reported to feature much improved iCloud integration with a centralized place for users to control all iCloud features within iTunes, which will include iTunes Match, iTunes in the Cloud, iCloud iOS devices backup and more.

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Asus Transformer Pad 300 To Retail For $379

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 12:12 AM PDT

Asus announced the new Transformer Pad 300 tablet back in February, and now the device has appeared online at a retailer in France with the 32GB model listed for 499 Euros which works out at about $650, although US pricing has yet to be announced.

When it was announced, Asus also said they would offer a cheaper 16GB version of the Transformer Pad 300, and the guys over at the Verge have found out from retailer J&R that the 16GB version will retail for $379 in the US.

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Nokia To Offer Lumia 900 Owners Replacement Handset, $100 Credit And Software Update

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 11:38 PM PDT

Nokia launched its flagship Windows Phone smartphone in the US last weekend, the Nokia Lumia 900 and yesterday we heard that a number of users are having problems with the device and its cellular data connection.

Nokia has now acknowledged the issue and will be releasing a software update to fix the problem, but the company has also offered to replace any handsets which have the problem with a new handset with the updated software.

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Nubrella Can Protect You From Unexpected Showers

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 10:51 PM PDT

A different kind of umbrella is on the way!Named as Nubrella, the unique umbrella resembles a bubble wrapped around the user’s head and shoulders. It works by strapping on a shoulder support and extending a canopy around the head.

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Credit Card-Sized Jackknife Won’t Bleed You To Death

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 10:42 PM PDT

Made of titanium metal, the Credit Card Knife from Cool Material isn't as thin as a credit card, but it does have similarly sized dimensions.
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Gamestop Forced To Warn Customers About Missing Online Passes From Used Games

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:06 PM PDT

The store policy change will only take place in California for the next two years and is the result of a class action lawsuit brought by law firm Baron & Budd. Stores will be required to post signs warning customers that used games advertising free DLC may require additional fees to access that content.

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Launch DLC “Ugly Necessity”, According To Gears of War Designer

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 04:46 PM PDT

The philosophical debate regarding DLC present on a retail game disc at launch may not be getting any closer to a resolution, but one man is committed to making it as transparent as possible. Having been at the other end of consumer rage over the issue, Epic Creative Director Cliff Bleszinsky weighs in.

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