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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


Borderlands 3 not in development

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:01 AM PDT

Fans of Borderlands and Borderlands 2 will not be pleased by this news. It has been less than a month since Borderlands 2 was released, but it looks like rumors of Borderlands 3 are all over the place. So much so that Gearbox Software's founder, Randy Pitchford, had to come forward and officially deny that Borderlands 3 is in development.
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Pioneer DDJ-SX DJ Controller For Serato Software Announced

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:47 AM PDT

Pioneer has this week taken the wraps of a new addition to its range of DJ controllers with the unveiling of the Pioneer DDJ-SX DJ which has been specifically designed as an advanced performance DJ controller for the newly released Serato DJ Software.

The Pioneer DDJ-SX DJ uses the Serato software, and has been designed to provide DJs with a complete system incorporating a controller, four deck sampler function, dual deck control, slip mode, FX mode and more.

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Apple To Use Select Retail Employees To Improve Apple Maps For iOS 6

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:45 AM PDT

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook recently apologized for Apple Maps, which has come under quite a bit of criticism since it was launched with iOS 6, he also announced that Apple would be working hard to improve the service.

According to MacRumors, one of the ways Apple is looking to improve Apple Maps in iOS 6, is to use select retail employees in different store locations, and apparently participating stores will dedicate 40 hours of staff time per week.

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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 Update Released

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:34 AM PDT

RIM has released a new version of its software for its BlackBerry Playbook tablet, the latest version of the tablet OS is BlackBerry Playbook 2.1 and it brings a number of new features to your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.

You can see a list below of the new features that are included in the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 update, and the update should be available now for your PlayBook.

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Loot Drop’s Old School Classic RPG Project Lands On Kickstarter (video)

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:30 AM PDT

A new project by legendary, award-winning RPG designers and game industry veterans Brenda Brathwaite and Tom Hall has landed on Kickstarter looking to create a new “old school” RPG game. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Old School RPG project and see it in action.

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SeV Fleece Jacket 7.0 Is Perfect for Minimalist Geeks

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:27 AM PDT

If you’re the sort of geek who likes to travel with your gadgets and other items, but you like to travel minimally when it comes to baggage, check this out. Scottevest has a new jacket that hides 23 different pockets for all of your gear called the SeV Fleece Jacket 7.0. The jacket is up for pre-order right now and will ship on October 31.

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Bang Lamp Available at Dynamism

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:18 AM PDT

The only time I’ve ever thought a lamp was cool was back in the 80s when those lamps you only had to touch to turn on and off first came out. Dynamism is now offering what may be the coolest lamp ever called the Bang Lamp. The lamp is all white and is turned on and off with a remote control shaped like a gun.

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Zeal iON HD Video Camera Goggles Launch for $399

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:18 AM PDT

Anyone looking to record their exploits while out snowboarding or skiing, might be interested in the new Zeal iON high definition video camera goggles, this week launched by Zeal Optics for $399.

The Zeal iON HD goggles are equipped with an 8 megapixel camera equipped with an anti-fog, infused processed lens, all enclosed in a high impact resistant frame.

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Panasonic Demos Foldable Windows 8 Ultrabook

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:07 AM PDT

Panasonic has shown off a new foldable ultrabook hybrid notebook that runs the latest version of Microsoft’s OS, Windows 8, the Panasonic AX series ultrabook, which will launch in japan later this month.

The Panasonic AX Series ultrabook comes with an 11.6 inch touchscreen display with a 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, and it will come with a choice of Intel Core i5 and core i7 processors.

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Nokia Lumia 510 spotted in the wild, priced at $150

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:06 AM PDT

At the end of September, Nokia Europe announced the availability and pricing of the Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 for certain countries in Europe. The Nokia Lumia 920 is Nokia's flagship phone and if the price was higher than expected on that one, maybe Nokia's low-end Lumia phone, the Lumia 510 is for you.

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Counter-Strike: GO Update Lands On Steam, Bringing Tweaks, Features And Fixes

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:03 AM PDT

Valve has released a new update for the recently launched Counter-Strike: GO game, which has been published to Steam this week, and is now available to download and use, bringing a number of tweaks, features and fixes to the CS:GO game.

New features within the update include the addition of a new “Queued matchmaking” mode, which has replaced the “join in progress”, together with a new feature that allows players to rejoin a match they may have disconnected from.

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T-Mobile And MetroPCS Agree $1.5 Billion Merger

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:58 AM PDT

There have been rumors over the last couple of days that T-Mobile and its parent company Deutsche Telekom are looking to take over us carrier MetroPCS, and it looks like the deal has now been approved by the board of both companies.

The deal will see the two companies merge, with Deutsche Telekom holding a 74 percent stake in the company and MetroPCS holding a 26 percent stake, MetroPCS will receive a payment of $1.5 billion for T-Mobile.

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Eye-Fi Pro X2 16GB, Class 10 Wireless Memory Card Unveiled

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:50 AM PDT

Eye-Fi the wireless memory card manufacturer has today announced the arrival of a 16GB card to their range, doubling the capacity of what was available  previously, in the form of the Eye-Fi Pro X2 16GB, Class 10 card.

The Eye-Fi Pro X2 16GB, Class 10 card provides users with both increased storage capacity and increased speed via the Class 10 performance read and write speeds.

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Microsoft Preparing 32 Pop-Up Stores For Windows 8 Launch

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:31 AM PDT

In preparation for the launch of their latest Windows 8 operating system, Microsoft in currently fitting out 32 pop-up stores that it will be soon opening across the U.S. and Canada.

As well as being prepared for the Windows 8 launch Microsoft will also be hoping to use the stores to increase sales in the run up to the holiday season.

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Apple Maps Uses 80 Percent Less Data Than Google Maps

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:05 AM PDT

Since Apple released their new iOS maps app, Apple Maps, which replaced Google Maps on the iPhone, there has been a fair bit of criticism about Apple Maps, this sparked an apology from Apple’s CEO Tim Cook, who promised that Apple are working hard to fix their maps app.

According to a recent report by Onavo, there is one area where Apple Maps is actually better than Google Maps, that area is data usage, Onavo tested out how much data was used on Google Maps and also how much data was used on Apple Maps.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE Coming To EE In The UK October 15th

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 04:34 AM PDT

EE just announced that their 4G LTE mobile network will go live on the 30th of October and now we have some details of another smartphone that will be available with the new 4G carrier.

The Samsung Galaxy Note II LTE will be available from EE on the 15th of October, although they have not released any details on pricing, and you won’t be able to use the 4G LTE on the device until the 30th of October.

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Sony Playstation 3 Super Slim Console Launch Increases UK Sales By 138 Percent

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 04:26 AM PDT

Since the launch of Sony’s latest PlayStation 3 Super Slim console, which it first announced back in the middle of September this year, and first appeared in UK stores on October 12th 2012 retailing between £180 and £200.

New figures released by UKIE and GfK Chart-Track data in the UK have revealed that since the launch of the PS3 Super Slim, Sonys sale of the PS3 have increased by a massive 138 percent last week.

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EE the UK’s First 4G LTE Network Launches October 30th

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 04:17 AM PDT

EE, the joint partnership between Orange and T-Mobile have announced that they will launch the UK’s first 4G LTE network on the 30th of October, they have also announced that they will launch their new fibre broadband service on the same day.

Orange an T-Mobile started selling their first 4G LTE enabled Android devices earlier today, the Samsung Galaxy S 3 LTE, the HTC One XL and the Huawei Ascend P1 LTE, these devices along with some others will be available at launch.

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Sony PlayStation Mobile Store Goes Live

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 04:03 AM PDT

Gamers will be pleased to learn that Sony has now launched their new Sony PlayStation Mobile Store, which is now live and ready to use. The Sony PlayStation Mobile Store is now available as either an application download or via the Sony PlayStation Store.

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Lockitron Smartphone Door Lock Now Available To Pre-Order For $149 (video)

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 03:51 AM PDT

Apigy the creators of the smartphone controlled locking system called Lockitron, has this week announced they have now started taking orders for their new lock priced at $149.

Lockitron has been re-designed to easily fit over your existing locks, similar to that in the image below, and can then be controlled via your smartphone using the companion app. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Lockitron project and see it in action.

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Airnb, McDonalds And Eventbrite Land On Apple’s Passbook

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 03:42 AM PDT

Apple launched Passbook with iOS 6, there were only a handful of companies that supported the service at launch, and now a few more companies have updated their apps to support Passbook.

Airnb, MacDonalds and Eventbrite have all updated their apps to add in support for Apple’s Passbook, although the McDonald’s app is only limited to France at the moment.

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SteelSeries Free Bluetooth Mobile Controller And Flux Headset Launch

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 03:37 AM PDT

SteelSeries has today launched a couple of new products to their range in the form of the SteelSeries Free Controller and Flux Headset, which are now available to purchase for $80 and $100 respectively.

Starting with the SteelSeries Free Controller, this has been designed to provide more control for mobile gaming and is equipped with Bluetooth connectivity allowing you to use it with smartphone and tablet games.

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Fujitsu Demos Windows 8 Tablet

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 03:32 AM PDT

Fujitsu has shown off a new Windows 8 tablet, and whilst the details on the exact specifications are scarce, the guys from the Verge did get to check out out briefly and it looks to be Fujitsu’s first Intel Clover Trail Windows 8 Tablet.

The Fujitsu tablet measures just 8.5mm thick and weighs in at just 1.5 pounds, and is reported to feature a 10 inch touchscreen display with a 16:9 aspect ratio, and it features a microSD card slot, microUSB and a 10 pin charging port.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE And Other 4G Handsets Go On Sale In The UK

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 03:25 AM PDT

Some of the first 4G LTE enabled Android smartphones have gone on sale in the UK today, the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE, the HTC One XL and the Huawei Ascend P1 LTE.

Mobile carriers T-Mobile and Orange, who have formed the partnership for the UK’s first 4G LTE capable network, EE, have started selling the first Android 4G LTE devices in the UK.

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Google Patents Smartwatch With Flip Up Augmented Reality Display

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 03:14 AM PDT

Google Patents uncovered this week have revealed that Google has patented a smartwatch device with a pop-up transparent screen, which has may have been been imagined to provide similar features to that offered by Google’s Glass eyewear project.

The difference between Google’s smartwatch and others that have been featured on Kickstarter and the like, it that the screen of the Google watch once flipped up would be able to reveal extra information about the world around you.

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Samsung Wants Apple’s $1.05 Billion Verdict Overtuned, Says Juror Was Biased

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 03:09 AM PDT

Apple recently won a patent lawsuit against Samsung in the US, and Samsung were ordered to pay Apple damages of $1.05 billion, Apple has been attempting to have the damages increased to around $1.8 billion US dollars.

Now it would appear that Samsung is trying to have the ruling overturned, and according to Samsung, one of the jurors in the case between the two companies was biased.

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AOC 27 Inch Borderless IPS Monitor Launches For $270

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:57 AM PDT

If you are in the market for a new monitor you might be interested in this new 27 inch display unveiled today by AOC, in the form of the AOC i2757fh which is now available for around $270 from Best Buy and other online stores.

AOC has created their new 27 inch AOC i2757fh monitor to incorporate a “Borderless” design, which has the smallest of bezels measuring just 2mm in thickness, providing a sleek finish to the display screen edges.

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Adobe Lightroom 4.2 Released With Extra Camera Lens Support And More

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:46 AM PDT

Today Adobe has release a new update for its Adobe Lightroom software taking it to version 4.2 and adding a number of new tweaks and bugs fixes together with additional support for extra cameras, that capture RAW image format pictures.

The latest Adobe Lightroom 4.2 software release is supported by both Windows PC and Mac OS X and over 40 new lenses have been added to the Lens Profile Support within Lightroom 4.2.

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Nokia Looking To Sell Its Headquarters

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:32 AM PDT

Nokia has been trying to cut costs over the last few months, and now it would appear that Nokia is looking to sell its headquarters in Espoo, Finland, although Nokia intends to lease back the building and remain at the HQ.

According to a number of reports Nokia had been considering selling of their HQ, and they have now confirmed that they are looking to do this, although they intend to continue to run their operations from the Nokia HQ by leasing it back.

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BBC Playlister Music Streaming Service And App Under Development?

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:28 AM PDT

It has been revealed this week that the BBC is currently in the process of developing a new music streaming service and companion applications that will provide users with a similar experience as provided by Spotify.

Exact details of the new BBC music streaming service are still being worked out at the moment, but it is hoped that when live the BBC Playlister app will be able to allow access to the BBC’s vast archive of music.

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iPad Mini Parts Leaked (Rumor)

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:22 AM PDT

We heard earlier that Apple has already started production of their new smaller iPad Mini tablet, and now some parts have been leaked which are reported to belong to Apple’s new iPad Mini.

The photos below were posted to UkranianiPhone.com, and are apparently the back casing an the display of the new iPad Mini, what is interesting is the back casing as it looks like it is similar to the painted black aluminum on Apple’s new iPhone 5.

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First Jolla MeeGo Devices to Be Unveiled Next Month

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:06 AM PDT

Back in July of this year a team of former Nokia employees, created a new company called Jolla and announced that they would be carrying on development of the MeeGo operating system.

MeeGo was originally adopted by Nokia to use on their N9 range of  smartphones, but was then quickly dropped by Nokia, who opted to use Windows Phone instead on the smartphone devices.

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Motorola Withdraws ITC Patent Complaint Against Apple

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:02 AM PDT

Motorola filed a complaint against Apple with the ITC back in August, accusing Apple of infringing on Motorola’s patents, and now it would appear that Motorola has decided to withdraw the complaint.

There are no details as yet, on why Motorola decided to withdraw the complaint against Apple, although Florian Mueller from Foss Patents speculates that the two companies could be looking at a possible settlement, although this was not disclosed in the filing, so there is probably no agreement reached at the moment.

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Halo 4 Mantis Trailer Released (video)

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:50 AM PDT

Microsoft has today released a new trailer for their upcoming Halo 4 game currently being developed by 343 Industries, which will be the eight instalment in the Halo series.

In the latest one and a half minute trailer we get to see the new mechanised Mantis in action, during a few multiplayer matches providing you with a glimpse of what the Mantis will offer players in Halo 4.

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HTC Windows Phone 8X Demo (Video)

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:39 AM PDT

HTC recently announced their new Windows Phone 8 smartphones, the HTC Windows Phone 8X and the HTC Windows Phone 8S, and now HTC has released a demo video which gives us a look at the new HTC Windows Phone 8X.

The HTC Windows Phone 8X is powered by  a dual core 1.5GHz processor and a 4.3 inch HD touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, have a look at the video of it in action below.

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Archos Arnova GBook Android 4.0 eReader Announced

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:35 AM PDT

French tablet maker Archos has unveiled a new product this week in the form of the Archos Arnova GBook, which has been designed to provide users with an eReader styled Android tablet.

The Archos Arnova GBook runs Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system, and is fitted with a 7 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen display, sporting a resolution of 800 x 400 pixels.

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iPad Mini Goes Into Production (Rumor)

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:28 AM PDT

Yesterday there were a number of different rumors about Apple’s new iPad Mini, we heard that Foxconn were apparently building the iPad Mini at their plant in Brazil, and that AU Optronics were apparently supplying the displays for the new iPad Mini.

Now according to a recent report by the WSJ, Apple has already started production of their new iPad Mini, which we are expecting Apple to officially announce on the 17th of October.

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Valve Starts Selling Non-Gaming Titles Via Steam

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:23 AM PDT

A little later than originally  expected, Valve has today started selling non-gaming titles from via its Steam network and store. Although currently there are only a very small selection of titles available for Windows PCs.

Valve first announced they would start selling non-gaming titles on their Steam network back in August, and now have implemented their plans, with a selection of graphics and photo editing software packages available to purchase, diversifying the game only selection which has stood since Steam launched.

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Logitech Harmony Touch Remote Announced (Video)

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:19 AM PDT

Logitech has announced the launch of their latest universal remote control, the Logitech Harmony Touch, and it features a 2.4 inch touchscreen display, and comes with a range of new features which include custom channel icons and more.

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NEC Medias Tab UL Android 4.0 Tablet Unveiled (video)

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:11 AM PDT

This week NEC has unveiled a new addition to their Android tablet line-up with the launch of the new NEC Medias Tab UL tablet, which sports a  7 inch screen, with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.

The NEC Medias Tab UL Android tablet is powered by a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual core processor,and is supplied running Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system.

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4G LTE Headed To Major UK Mobile Carriers By Spring 2013 As Agreement Reached

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:01 AM PDT

UK mobile carrier EE, which is a partnership between carriers Orange and T-Mobile recently announced that they would be launching the UK’s first 4G LTE mobile network.

This left the other carriers like Vodafone and O2 out of 4G LTE for the moment, and now an agreement has been reached which will see all of the four major mobile carriers in the UK offer 4G LTE in the UK by the spring of 2013.

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PlayStation 3 Super Slim Teardown

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:57 AM PDT

The iFxit team of engineers has been busy once again with their screwdriver set and has this week dismantled the new Sony Super Slim PlayStation 3 gaming console.

Revealing the PlayStation 3 Super Slim’s inner workings for all to see and awarding it a respectable 7 out of 10 score for repairability, with 10 being the easiest to repair.

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60 Percent Of iPhones And 45 Percent Of iPads Are Now On iOS 6

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:31 AM PDT

Apple released the latest version of their mobile OS a few weeks ago, iOS 6, there have been a number of issues reported with iOS 6, although this hasn’t stopped people updating their iOS devices to the latest version.

According to a recent report by Chitika,over 60 percent of iPhones are now using iOS 6, and over 45 percent of iPad owners have also updated their device to iOS 6.

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Microsoft Working On Own Windows Phone Smartphone

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:19 AM PDT

We have heard a number of rumors in the past that Microsoft is working on their own Windows Phone hardware, and now according to a recent report by WPCentral, Microsoft apparently does have a Windows Phone handset in the works.

According to the report Microsoft has been working on the device for a while, and the device is apparently in testing at the moment, although there are no specific details on hardware or specifications as yet.

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