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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


MSI Debuts New GT 70 and GT 60 Gaming Notebooks

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 11:10 AM PDT

MSI has unveiled a couple new gaming notebooks including the GT70 and the GT60. The new gaming notebooks use the Intel HM77 chipset and Nvidia GTX 670M mobile graphics. They also have special Killer E2200 Game Networking adapters. The machines have common features with the main difference being screen size.

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BYD Shows off Remote-Controlled Car in Beijing

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 11:01 AM PDT

BYD Technologies is a Chinese company that makes automobiles. The company is on hand at the 2012 Beijing International Auto Show and has shown off a car called the F3 Plus that has a very interesting feature. The company claims it’s the first production automobile to have this feature.

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Intelligent Tire Adapts To Weather Conditions

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 07:18 AM PDT

When you buy tires for your car, you have to consider weather and gas consumption. Right now there are no tires that are truly all-purpose and good for all weather. That may change soon. Researchers from Leipzig University are developing an "intelligent" tire with electronic sensors that will recognize different sorts of terrain and adapt.
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Nyko PlayStation Vita Speaker Stand

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 07:11 AM PDT

Nyko has today launched their new speaker stand designed for Sony’s PS Vita gaming console. The new stand has been designed to provide you with dynamic sound for music and movies, whilst charging your PS Vita ready for action.

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Sprint Launching Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 07:04 AM PDT

Sprint’s flagship Photon 4G is getting a successor in the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE. But sadly, aside from the fact that it's in the pipeline, we don’t have any other details about the Photon Q. But we can make a few educated guesses.
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Nokia Lumia 710 And 800 Internet Tethering Update Ready For Release

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 06:44 AM PDT

We heard a while back that Nokia would be releasing an update to the Nokia Lumia 710 and the Nokia Lumia 800 which would add the Internet tethering feature to both devices.

It looks like Nokia is getting ready to release the update, according to the guys over at The Verge, the update is now available for some versions of the Lumia 710 and the Nokia Lumia 800C, which is the Chinese variant.

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Crysis 3 Two Minute Official Gameplay Trailer Released (video)

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 06:40 AM PDT

Following on from the pitifully short 15 second Crysis 3 trailer released by EA last week. A new 2 minute Crysis 3 trailer has been released by the publisher, showing us a little more of the gameplay you can expect in the new Crysis 3 game once it arrives.

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Skype Video Arriving On PS Vita Consoles Today

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 06:31 AM PDT

As well as launching Skype for Windows Phone earlier this week. Skype has also rolled out a new version for Sony’s PS Vita console. PS Vita owners might be pleased to learn that the Skype video app for PS Vita is now available to download. Once installed Skype for PS Vita will run in the background, while you are gaming or using other applications.

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AT&T Activates 4.3 Million iPhones In Quarter One Of 2012

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:52 AM PDT

AT&T has just released its first quarter earnings report for 2012, and the company has announced that they have activated over 4.3 million iPhones in the first quarter, with 21 percent of these being for new customers.

AT&T activated 3.6 million iPhones in the first quarter of 2011, so an increase from the previous year, although they did have a record quarter after the launch of the iPhone 4S where they activated 7.6 million iPhones in the last quarter of 2011.

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Sniper Elite V2 Demo Now On Steam (video)

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:50 AM PDT

Gamers looking forward to the release of the new Sniper Elite V2 game on consoles have already been able to to get a taster of the upcoming new game via its console demos. But PC gamers have been a little left out in the cold, until now.

PC gamers can now also enjoy the new Sniper Elite V2 in all its stealthy glory, as its now arrived on Steam in demo form and can be download right now to enjoy.

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Samsung Galaxy S III Headed To O2 UK

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:29 AM PDT

Earlier today we heard that the New Samsung Galaxy S III is headed to UK mobile carrier Vodafone, and now another UK carrier, O2 has revealed that they will also be offering the device when it is announced on the 3rd of May.

O2 announced that they would be stocking the next Galaxy smartphone on Twitter, with the following tweet, ‘Excited about the next Samsung Galaxy? So are we – that’s why it’ll be coming to O2′.

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Phillips Pocket Sized PicoPix 2480 Projector (video)

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:19 AM PDT

Anyone in the market for a pocket sized pico projector might be interested in the new Phillips PicoPix 2480, which was first unveiled back in February of their year and measure just (W x H x D) 190 x 80 x 190 mm.

The Phillips PicoPix 2480 is equipped with a 80 lumens LED bulb whilst on power or 55 lumens when powered by its internal battery, enabling you to project an image up to 120 inches or 320cm across.

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Homemade Blade Driver Crossbow Fires Spinning Saw Blades (video)

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:57 AM PDT

We have featured a number of different slingshots and DIY crossbows here on Geeky Gadgets. But Facebook user Patrick Priebe has created and published a video of a homemade crossbow that doesn’t fire quarrels, but spinning saw blades.

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Samsung Releases Android 4.0 Update List For US

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:53 AM PDT

Samsung has revealed some details of which of its Android devices and also the mobile carriers that will be getting the Android 4.0 Ice cream Sandwich updates, and the list includes smartphones from all the carriers along with tablets.

Samsung has said that this isn’t a final list of devices, and the list will change in the future with more devices being added, unfortunately there were not any dates revealed for specific handsets.

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Microsoft Sells 650 AOL Patents To Facebook For $550 Million

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:38 AM PDT

It has been revealed this week that Microsoft has sold a majority of its AOL patent portfolio to Facebook for $550 Million. The deal included 650 patents in total, but in its initial AOL Auction Microsoft secured around 925 U.S. patents and patent applications plus a license to AOL's remaining patent portfolio.

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Rubicon Atomic Preamp With Integrated Atomic Clock Unveiled

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:21 AM PDT

Antelope has created a new product which is has added to its range in the form of the Rubicon Atomic AD/DA Preamp, which comes fitted with a Rubidium atomic clock, which is 100,000 times more stable than a traditional crystal oscillator. The Rubicon Atomic Preamp is the world’s first 384 kHz converter, phono stage preamp and headphone amplifier with an integrated atomic clock, says Antelope.

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Skype For Windows Phone Working On Lower End Devices Like Nokia Lumia 610

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:04 AM PDT

Microsoft recently released Skype 1.0 for Windows Phone, and along with the release came the news that the app would only support devices with 512MB of RAM or more, this ruled out some of the newer budget handsets which come with 256 MB of RAM like the Nokia Lumia 610.

According to Nokia, the latest version of Skype will work with the Nokia Lumia 610 even though the device only comes with 256MB of RAM, and the app is available for the Lumia 610 in the Windows Phone Marketplace.

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Facebook Windows Phone Update In The Works

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 03:49 AM PDT

It looks like Facebook for Windows Phone is about to get an update which will include a range of new features and enhancements, and the news was revealed on Facebook.

Some of the new features in Facebook 2.5 for Windows Phone will include threaded messaging, tagging, the ability to delete posts and comments, active links in posts and you will now also be able to like comments.

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Samsung Galaxy S III Confirmed By Samsung Unpacked 2012 App

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 03:32 AM PDT

Samsung has be teasing us with details of their new Galaxy smartphone, which the company has been calling the ‘next Galaxy’, and now we have some confirmation that the device will be called the Galaxy S III.

Samsung has released a new app on Google Play, called the Samsung mobile Unpacked 2012 app, and as you can see from the screenshot below, the description of the app has a reference to the ‘galaxy s3′.

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Diablo III Witch Doctor Detailed (video)

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 03:10 AM PDT

In the run up to Diablo III’s official launch on May 15th, Blizzard have released a few more details on the games Witch Doctor, character gamers will be able to play within Diablo III.

Diablo III has been in development for some 10 years and is the highly anticipated upcoming dark fantasy,horror-themed action role-playing game created by Blizzard Entertainment, following on from Diablo II launched in 2000.

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Google Drive To Offer Up To 100GB Of Online Storage

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 02:58 AM PDT

We are expecting to hear something official from Google on their new cloud based Google Drive service some time today, and now it looks like we may have some more information on the service.

According to the guys over at Reuters, Google Drive will offer up to 100GB of online storage, of course this 100GB of storage will cost you some sort of monthly or annual fee, we have no idea how much as yet.

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Verizon Drops Galaxy Nexus Price To $199.99

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 02:51 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has been available with Verizon Wireless for a while now, the handset cost $299.99 when you sign up to a new two year agreement with the carrier.

The handset is available for $199.99 on Sprint in the US, and now Verizon has dropped the price of the Galaxy Nexus on their network for $299.99 to $199.99.

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Acer Intel Ivy Bridge Equipped Desktops Unveiled, Acer Predator AG3620 And Gateway DX4870 – FX6860

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 02:47 AM PDT

As you would expect over the newt few weeks there are going to be lots of press releases announcing new Ivy Bridge equipped desktop, laptops and all-in-one systems, now that Intel has officially launched their new Ivy Bridge next generation processor, with its 22 nanometer transistor design.

One of the first in whats expected to be a long line of announcements from Acer, are the new Acer Predator AG3620 and Gateway DX4870 / FX6860 desktop systems. Which are now equipped with Intel Ivy Bridge processors and available with a range of options available for you to build your perfect system.

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Facebook Now Has More Than 900 Million Users

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 02:41 AM PDT

The last time we had some information from Facebook, the company reported they had over 800 million users, and it looks like that has jumped more than 100 million, as Facebook has revealed that they now have a total of 901 million active monthly users.

The company also revealed some more financial information, the details were provided in Facebook’s updated Form S-1, and their first quarter revenue is up to $1.06 billion this compares to $731 million for the same period in the previous year.

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Intel launches Next Generation Ivy Bridge Processors

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 02:37 AM PDT

As expected Intel has now officially launched its new next generation Ivy Bridge processors this week. Which are equipped with a 22 nanometer transistor design, in contrast to Intel's older Sandy Bridge processor, which has 32 nanometer transistors.

The new higher density Ivy Bridge processors have been designed to be faster and be able to handle a multitude of multimedia functions than previous processors.

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HTC Evo 4G LTE Coming To Sprint May 18th?

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 02:07 AM PDT

Sprint officially announced the new HTC EVO 4G LTE earlier this month, and now it looks like we may have an official launch date for the handset on Sprint, according to the guys over at Android and Me, Sprint will start selling the HTC EVO 4G LTE from the 18th of May.

The HTC EVO 4G LTE will be available for $199.99 when you sign up to a new two year agreement with Sprint, and the device will apparently go up for pre-order from the 7th of May.

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Massive Nikon 6mm F2.8 Fisheye Lens, Yours For $160,000

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 02:03 AM PDT

A unique lens which has been classed as the world’s most extreme wideangle lens, has recently been put up for sale for a cool $160,000 or £100,000. The massive Nikon 6mm F/2.8 Fisheye lens was created as the world’s most extreme wideangle lens to cover the 24 x 36mm image area, when it was unveiled at the Photokina trade show in Cologne, Germany in 1970,

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Vodafone Lets You Register For The New Samsung Galaxy S III

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 01:55 AM PDT

Samsung has yet to officially announce their latest flagship Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S III, and we are expecting the device to be officially unveiled on the 3rd of May at a special Samsung Mobile event which is being held in London.

Samsung have been teasing the device over the next few days, releasing a website and a couple of videos, calling the device the ‘next Galaxy’, and now Vodafone has listed a ‘next Galaxy’ device on their website.

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NOFAN Unveils CR-95C Fanless Ivy Bridge Copper CPU Cooler

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 01:46 AM PDT

One of the issues with high powered processors in desktop gaming and multimedia systems is keeping the processor cool. Sure you can use liquid cooling if you have the funds and the skills to install a system, but if you have to opt for coolers with fans, the side effect of these larger fan based cooling rigs is the noise they produce when under strain.

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Google Increases Google Docs Storage To 5GB Before Google Drive Launch

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 01:35 AM PDT

Yesterday we saw a leaked photo of Google Drive running on an Android developers device, and now we have some more evidence that Google are getting ready to launch their new Google Drive cloud service.

Google has increased to storage on their Google Docs to 5GB, the service previously offered 1GB of storage, and this is apparently been increased ahead of the launch of Google Drive.

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Mozilla Removes Favicons From Firefox URL’s

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 01:31 AM PDT

Within the latest nightly build released by Mozilla for their Firefox browser, the age-old favicon used by many sites in their URL’s has been removed and will no longer be supported in the URL address bar within Firefox. The favicon has long been used to provide an extra enhancement to websites allowing them to add a small image to the left side of their website URL.

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Windows 8 Release Preview Arriving First Week Of June

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 01:13 AM PDT

Microsoft has announced today that you can expect a new version of its Windows 8 development to roll out in the first week of June. Microsoft announced the arrival of their new Windows 8 Release Preview, the next major preview of their new operating systems, via their Build Windows 8 Twitter account.

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HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Leaked By Verizon Website

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 12:03 AM PDT

We have already seen some leaked photos and specifications on the new HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE for Verizon Wireless, and now Verizon has leaked the details on their own Droid Does website.

Verizon have now removed the details from their website, you can see what they posted in the screenshot below, and the device will be available for $299.99 when you sign up to a new two year contract with the carrier.

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Microsoft’s Xbox Infringes Motorola Patents According To ITC Ruling

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 11:24 PM PDT

The US International Trade C omission has just issued a preliminary ruling in a case between Microsoft and Motorola, and the judge dealing with the case has said that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 infringes on four of Motorola’s patents.

The patents are related to H.264 video encoding, which is a standard video format, but the judge dealing with the case wasn’t convinced that ‘Motorola will kill video on the web’ but not licensing the patents under FRAND.

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