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- Game of Thrones Likely to Be Most Pirated Show of the Year
- NBC Not Happy about Auto Hop Service on Dish Network
- Verizon employees get special edition Red DROID RAZR MAXX
- MacBook Pro to Feature Retina Display
- Magnetic Implants Replace iPod Nano Watch Strap (video)
- Sparrow 1.2 Update Rolls Out, Apple Refuses Push Support
- Joerg Sprave’s Slingshot Bow And Arrow (Video)
- Buffalo Becomes First To Launch Next Generation 802.11ac Router
- HJC Design Customizable FPS Gaming Controller For Xbox And PC
- Doctor Who Theme Played Using Floppy Drives (video)
- Verizon To Drop The Droid RAZR Maxx To $199 Tomorrow?
- Diablo III Starter Edition Allows You To Try Before You Buy
- The Making Of The $50,000 Leica M9-P Edition Hermes Camera (video)
- HP Confirms Windows 8 Tablets In The Works
- Retro Limited Edition Nixie Tube Desk Clock Kit
- HTC Desire C Photo And Specifications Leaked
- Vintage Leica Becomes The Worlds Most Expensive Camera, Sells for $2.79m
- Tomb Raider Reboot Release Date Slips Back Into 2013 (video)
- Samsung Galaxy Proclaim Smartphone Announced
- Musubo Ripple iPhone 4 Case
- StillShot iPhone App Lets You Easily Extract Single Images From Recordings (video)
- Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy S III To Be Powered By Snapdragon S4?
- Largest Ever Photo Taken Of Earth Is 121 Megapixels In Size (video)
- Ferrari To Launch Hybrid Enzo By The End Of The Year
- Spotify Update Adds Playlist-Based Radio, Instant Search, Embed Codes And More
- Asus Padfone Official Demo Released (Video)
- Thunderbolt Tested On Windows, Hot Plugging On Its Way (video)
- Apple Changes iPad WiFi+ 4G Name To iPad WiFi + Cellular
- Audi e-bike Worthersee Concept Electric Bike Designed For Sport, Fun And Tricks
- Apple’s iCloud Website To Gets Notes And Reminders
- Lenovo ThinkStation E31 SFF And Workstation Unveiled
- Apple Considering Buying German TV Maker Loewe (Rumor)
- Acer Liquid Glow Appears At The FCC
- 2012 MacBook Pro And iMac Appear In Benchmarks
- Sons of Anarchy Getting A “Real Game”
| Game of Thrones Likely to Be Most Pirated Show of the Year Posted: 14 May 2012 09:53 AM PDT The popularity of HBO’s Game of Thrones series can’t be denied. The show has been one of the networks most popular programs and its popularity has also learned it a much more dubious distinction. The fact that the only way to watch the program is as an HBO subscriber or to buy the DVD once the season is over, has led many to pirate episodes. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| NBC Not Happy about Auto Hop Service on Dish Network Posted: 14 May 2012 09:33 AM PDT Late last week I mentioned that Dish Network had a new feature for its Hopper DVRs that made skipping all commercials from primetime programs automatic. If you recall, the system actually deleted the commercials rather than simply automatically fast forwarding through them. I also speculated that lawsuits would be over the new feature from broadcasters. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Verizon employees get special edition Red DROID RAZR MAXX Posted: 14 May 2012 08:18 AM PDT In February, Verizon gave its employees a chance to purchase a limited edition DROID RAZR MAXX in either 16GB or 32GB for $99 or $199. These special edition RAZR MAXXs have red accents, with "LIMITED EDITION" next to Verizon's logo, and they also come engraved with a unique number. © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| MacBook Pro to Feature Retina Display Posted: 14 May 2012 07:58 AM PDT Apple missed a previous estimate of an April launch for the new MacBook Pro, so you might wonder what is holding things up?. Well, if we go by Apple's latest Mac OS X update, a new Retina Display is what is slowing things down. © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Magnetic Implants Replace iPod Nano Watch Strap (video) Posted: 14 May 2012 06:22 AM PDT We have featured a number of different and innovative iPod Nano watch straps here on Geeky Gagets, including the massively popular TikTok and LunaTik Kickstarter funded project. But if you feel wearing any type of strap is still a little restricting, then you might like to opt for magnet implants in to your wrist. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Sparrow 1.2 Update Rolls Out, Apple Refuses Push Support Posted: 14 May 2012 05:52 AM PDT Sparrow has today rolled out a new update to their awesome mail application for iPhone, taking it to release Sparrow 1.2. Unfortunately for those of you waiting for Push mail to be added to the app, this update doesn’t include this feature. As apparently Apple will not make any exceptions despite the strong demand for the feature. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Joerg Sprave’s Slingshot Bow And Arrow (Video) Posted: 14 May 2012 05:46 AM PDT We have featured quite a few of Joerg Sprave’s crazy slingshots previously on Geeky Gadgets, his latest creation is called the Slingbow which is a slingshot bow and arrow. As the name suggests the Slingbow is a cross between a bow and arrow and a slingshot have a look at the video of it in action below, and it uses a custom made bow plus elastic instead of a string.
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| Buffalo Becomes First To Launch Next Generation 802.11ac Router Posted: 14 May 2012 05:36 AM PDT Buffalo has become the first manufacturer to launch a router using the next generation Wi-Fi standard 802.11ac. The new Wi-Fi standard is now available in the Buffalo AirStation WZR-D1800H wireless router and WLI-H4-D1300 wireless media bridge. The latest 802.11ac router was first unveiled back in CES earlier this year, and provide a wireless connection speeds of up to 1.3Mbps via the 5Ghz band. Around 30 percent faster than the current standard, together with improved range. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| HJC Design Customizable FPS Gaming Controller For Xbox And PC Posted: 14 May 2012 05:11 AM PDT The guys over at HJC Design, who are a UK based design and manufacture consultancy just dropped us an email about their latest project, a customizable FPS gaming controller for the Xbox 360 and PC. The HJC Design FPS gaming controllers is designed to be full customizable, with every button on the device being multi functional allowing any button layout, including trigger position, can be mapped on-the-fly or via PC, have a look at the specifications below.
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| Doctor Who Theme Played Using Floppy Drives (video) Posted: 14 May 2012 05:06 AM PDT We have featured a number of different tunes here on Geeky Gadgets that have been played using floppy drives. Such as the James Bond theme tune and Darth Vader’s Imperial March. Now the retro floppy drives have been combined once again to play out the theme tune from Doctor Who. Check it out after the jump. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Verizon To Drop The Droid RAZR Maxx To $199 Tomorrow? Posted: 14 May 2012 04:58 AM PDT When Verizon started selling the new Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx the handset was available for $299.99 when you signed up to a new two year contract with the carrier. Now according to a recent report from the guys over at Gotta Be Mobile, Verizon will be dropping the price of the Droid RAZR Maxx to $199.99 from tomorrow, this is when you sign up to a new two year contract.
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| Diablo III Starter Edition Allows You To Try Before You Buy Posted: 14 May 2012 04:48 AM PDT With the launch of Diablo III finally arriving tonight, those of you that are still unsure whether to purchase the new game which has been in development for the last 10+ years. Might be pleased to learn the Blizzard is launching a new Diablo III Started edition. Which will be available from tonight for 30 days after the games official launch. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| The Making Of The $50,000 Leica M9-P Edition Hermes Camera (video) Posted: 14 May 2012 04:35 AM PDT If you wondered what actually goes into making one of Leica’s $50,000 M9-P Edition Hermes cameras. The video after the jump will reveal just some of the skills and time taken to create each part of the limited edition set, providing you with a glimpse of the manufacturing process. The Leica M9-P Edition Hermes camera is the third premium special editions of the M-System to be created in collaboration with the well-known Parisian house Hermès. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| HP Confirms Windows 8 Tablets In The Works Posted: 14 May 2012 04:30 AM PDT We pretty much knew that HP would be one of the companies to launch a Windows 8 tablet later this year, the news was all but confirmed by HP’s CEO Meg Whitman last year after the failure of webOS tablets after HP purchased webOS from Palm. Now HP’s vice president Todd Bradley and Meg Whitman have confirmed for the first time that HP will release Windows 8 tablets later in the year, although no specific details were given.
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| Retro Limited Edition Nixie Tube Desk Clock Kit Posted: 14 May 2012 04:08 AM PDT Looking for something a little more unique as a desk top clock? This retro Nixie Tube desk clock might just be the perfect thing. If you have a few hours spare and a soldering iron to hand, you might enjoy building this retro nixie tube equipped clock. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| HTC Desire C Photo And Specifications Leaked Posted: 14 May 2012 04:03 AM PDT HTC have yet to announce the HTC Desire C, but the guys over at GSM Arena noticed that Vodafone Portugal have listed the device along with the photo below and some specifications. The HTC Desire C will apparently come with the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and will feature a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels.
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| Vintage Leica Becomes The Worlds Most Expensive Camera, Sells for $2.79m Posted: 14 May 2012 03:53 AM PDT Last week we saw a couple of new expensive cameras from Leica, although not quite as expensive as a vintage Leica camera which recently sold at auction for a record sum. A Leica O-Series camera was recently sold at auction for a massive 2.16 million Euros, which works out at around $2.79 million US dollars, making it the most expensive camera ever sold.
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| Tomb Raider Reboot Release Date Slips Back Into 2013 (video) Posted: 14 May 2012 03:37 AM PDT Tomb Raider fans hoping to play the new rebooted version of the game, which was expected to arrive in stores later this year. Will be disappointed to learn that the official launch date has now been pushed back into 2013. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Samsung Galaxy Proclaim Smartphone Announced Posted: 14 May 2012 03:11 AM PDT Samsung has announced the launch of another new Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim which is designed to be a mid level Android device that comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The Samsung Galaxy Proclaim is available from Straight Talk and Net10 for $180 and it comes with a 3.5 inch HVGA touchscreen display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels.
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| Posted: 14 May 2012 03:05 AM PDT Musubo is well known for its texture moulded iPhone cases but if you are looking for something a little different the Musubo Ripple Case might be worth a little more investigation. As well as providing your iPhone 4 or 4S with extra protection from knocks and drops. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| StillShot iPhone App Lets You Easily Extract Single Images From Recordings (video) Posted: 14 May 2012 02:46 AM PDT If you have ever wanted to extract single images from video recordings you have taken on your iPhone smartphone. You might be interested in this new application which has been developed called StillShot that allows you to do just that. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy S III To Be Powered By Snapdragon S4? Posted: 14 May 2012 02:41 AM PDT Samsung recently announced their new Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone, the handset comes with a quad core 1.4GHz Exynos processor, and now it would appear that some of the US versions of the handset may feature a different processor. According to the guys over at Droid Life, the Verizon Galaxy S III will come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor as opposed to Samsung’s own quad core Exynos processor.
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| Largest Ever Photo Taken Of Earth Is 121 Megapixels In Size (video) Posted: 14 May 2012 02:31 AM PDT Russian weather satellite Elektro-L No.1, has captured a new photo of our planet Earth from space, which is now currently the worlds largest single photograph of Earth from space. The new photograph taken by Elektro-L No.1 beats NASA’s “Blue Marble” photo the previous largest image, and was taken as a single image from 22,369 miles away, and is 121 megapixel in size. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Ferrari To Launch Hybrid Enzo By The End Of The Year Posted: 14 May 2012 02:16 AM PDT Its looks like Porsche is not the only supercar manufacturer who has a hybrid supercar in the works as Ferrari has revealed that they are working on a new hybrid Ferrari Enzo. Ferrari recently released their latest financial information and buried in the report was a statement from the companies chairman, Luca di Montezemolo, who revealed that they have a hybrid supercar in the works.
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| Spotify Update Adds Playlist-Based Radio, Instant Search, Embed Codes And More Posted: 14 May 2012 02:13 AM PDT Spotify has rolled out a new update to their service which has brought with it a number of great new features, including the ability to now listen to radio stations based on a playlist or an album. The use the new Playlist-based radio, simply go to any album or playlist and click ‘Start Playlist Radio’ or ‘Start Album Radio’ to listen to similar music using Spotify’s Radio service. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Asus Padfone Official Demo Released (Video) Posted: 14 May 2012 02:02 AM PDT Asus announced the Padfone at MWC earlier this year, we were expecting the device to be on sale by now but it has apparently been delayed due to shortages of Snapdragon S4 processors. Asus has now released a new demo video, for the Asus Padfone, which you can see below and it gives us a brief look at some of the features on this smartphone and tablet combo device.
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| Thunderbolt Tested On Windows, Hot Plugging On Its Way (video) Posted: 14 May 2012 01:58 AM PDT Tech hardware site AnandTech has been putting Thunderbolt through its paces using Windows and one of the first PC motherboards to support the Thunderbolt specification. The testing shows that most Thunderbolt storage will work off the shelf with the new motherboard. AnandTech was also able to get Apple’s Thunderbolt Display working.However a few things don’t yet fully function on the on the Apple Display such as brightness controls and USB support. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Apple Changes iPad WiFi+ 4G Name To iPad WiFi + Cellular Posted: 14 May 2012 01:41 AM PDT When Apple launched their new iPad the device was advertised as having 4G, even in countries were 4G was not available or where Apple’s iPad was not compatible with those countries 4G networks. Apple has come under scrutiny for regulators in a number of countries which include Australia and the UK, and now it would appear that Apple has decided to stop adverting the new iPad as having 4G in certain countries.
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| Audi e-bike Worthersee Concept Electric Bike Designed For Sport, Fun And Tricks Posted: 14 May 2012 01:34 AM PDT Audi has this month unveiled a new bike they have created for “sport, fun and tricks” says Audi, in the form of the Audi e-bike Wörthersee. The Audi e-bike Wörthersee has been created by Audi to investigate what is possible for a bike in terms of design, lightweight construction, networking and electric mobility. All the components within Audi e-bike Wörthersee have been designed and custom created by Audi engineers. For example the 26-inch wheels are constructed from CFRP and incorporate large-area blade-pattern spokes, allowing them to weigh just 600 grams each. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Apple’s iCloud Website To Gets Notes And Reminders Posted: 14 May 2012 01:20 AM PDT Last week we heard that Apple were testing out notifications on their iCloud website, and now it would appear that Apple as a couple of other new features in the works for its web based version of iCloud. The guys over at Cult of Mac discovered a beta version of Apple’s iCloud website, which had two new features, Notes and Reminders, which you can see in the photo below. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Lenovo ThinkStation E31 SFF And Workstation Unveiled Posted: 14 May 2012 01:07 AM PDT Lenovo has unveiled its new ThinkStation E31 workstation, which is now available in two different sizes to suit your needs. The latest Lenovo ThinkStation E31 workstation has been designed as a powerful budget PC and is available as either a mini-tower or small form factor PC. Both systems are equipped with a choice of the latest Intel Xeon Processor E3, supported by Intel HD Graphics P4000 or NVIDIA Quadro Graphic cards. With Lenovo allowing you to install up to the Q4000 in the tower model. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Apple Considering Buying German TV Maker Loewe (Rumor) Posted: 14 May 2012 12:12 AM PDT We have been hearing rumors for a while that Apple are working on their own HDTV, and now according to a recent report by Apple Insider, Apple are apparently considering purchasing German TV manufacturer Loewe. According to the Apple is rumored to be offering $112 million for Loewe, which is slightly more that the companies latest closing price, and Loewe has been making TVs since 1923.
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| Acer Liquid Glow Appears At The FCC Posted: 14 May 2012 12:03 AM PDT Some of our readers will remember the Acer Liquid Glow which was announced at MWC 2012 back in February, and now the handset has just appeared at the FCC, which could hint at the handset is about to launch in the US. The Acer Liquid Glow is and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone that features 3.7 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels and a single core 1GHz processor.
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| 2012 MacBook Pro And iMac Appear In Benchmarks Posted: 13 May 2012 11:27 PM PDT Apple are expected to release their new 2012 MacBook Pro and also a new range of iMacs some time over the next couple of months, we have yet to have any official announcement from Apple on this years new iMac and MacBook Pro range. Now some benchmarks have been discovered which appear to be for the new 2012 MacBook Pro and also the new iMac, the MacBook Pro was apparently listed with an Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7-3820QM quad core processor clocked at 2.7 GHz, with the reference of MacBookPro9,1.
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| Sons of Anarchy Getting A “Real Game” Posted: 13 May 2012 01:10 PM PDT The “Sons” are heading to a proper game machine sometime in the near future, according to show runner Kurt Sutter’s Twitter feed. Previously announced was a browser game tie-in dealing with the antics of prime time’s ersatz Hell’s Angels, but those plans have apparently been scrapped in favour of a “real game”. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
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