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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


Blizzard announces Global Play for Starcraft 2

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 07:16 AM PST

Starcraft 2 was released for several different regions and that means that not everyone can play together. This stinks if you have foreign friends that you want to play with. Well, Blizzard has announced that in the coming months, they will be introducing Global Play in an upcoming patch.

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DirectX 11.1 Exclusive To Windows 8 Reveals Microsoft

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 07:10 AM PST

Microsoft has confirmed this week that the new DirectX 11.1 is exclusive to Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system, with Microsoft’s Daniel Moth writing a reply on the Microsoft Answers forum.

Microsoft’s DirectX 11.1 brings with it a wealth of new features and enhancements  including parts of the XNA framework, enhanced cooperation between Direct3D, Direct2D and DirectCompute GPU acceleration models, an a new software rasteriser dubbed WARP.

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Words with Friends and Draw Something now on Windows Phone

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 07:08 AM PST

Words with Friends and Draw Something may not be new games, but I bet they are still pretty popular. If you recently got your hands on a Windows Phone device and are looking for some fun, these games have finally made their way onto Windows Phone.
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Assassin’s Creed Movie To Be Released In “Next Coming Year” Reveals Ubisoft Exec

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 06:44 AM PST

After recently launching earlier this month Assassins Creed  3 clocked up sales of more than 3.5 million copies in its first week, showing that the series of games is still welcome and in demand by gamers worldwide.

Following on from this news Ubisoft chief sales and marketing officer Geoffroy Sardin revealed to GamesIndustry International, that a new Assassin's Creed Movie will be released in “the next coming year”.

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Official Predators Android Game Launches (video)

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 06:32 AM PST

If you are a fan of the Predator movies and games you might be pleased to learn that a new official Predators game has just landed in the Google Play Store, which is based on the latest Predator movie.

The new Predator game for Android has been optimised for the Xperia Play and Nvidia Tegra equipped devices. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the new Predator game  and see it in action.

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Microsoft SkyDrive Website Crashes Opera Browsers With NULL Characters

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 06:21 AM PST

Users of Mozilla’s Opera browser might be wise to stay away from Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service for the time being, as it’s been discovered that the SkyDrive website is capable of crashing Opera’s desktop browser with NULL commands.

The SkyDrive code includes over 2 million NULL characters, causing the Opera browser to hang and use 100 percent system processor resources, as the browser trys to interpret the NULL values.

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Awesome Vibrative Virtual Keyboard Concept For The iPhone (video)

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 06:03 AM PST

We have featured a number of great keyboards here on Geeky gadgets over the years but student Florian Krautli has created an awesome prototype of a Vibrative Virtual Keyboard for Apple’s iPhone smartphone.

The Vibrative Virtual Keyboard uses the iPhone’s accelerometer sensor to "measure the amplitude of tiny vibrations that emerge when a person is 'typing' on a hard surface."  Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Vibrative Virtual Keyboard project and see it in action.

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Nintendo Confirms Midnight US Wii U Launch Event on November 18

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 05:58 AM PST

Nintendo has announced that it will give consumers the chance to be among the first in the world to purchase the new Wii U console at midnight on November 18. Nintendo is hosting Nintendo World in the New York Rockefeller Plaza. Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-aime will be on hand and will sell the first console to the first customer in line.

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Pikachu Nintendo 3DS XL Coming to Europe Next Month

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 05:51 AM PST

Back in October, we heard that a Pikachu themed Nintendo 3DS XL was heading to Europe. However, the exact launch date that the console would be available was unannounced at the time. We now have a firm launch date on the Pokémon portable console.

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Nokia Lumia 920 Survives A Drop Test (Video)

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 05:22 AM PST

The new Nokia Lumia 920 recently launched on AT&T in the US, the device comes with a 4.5 inch WXGA LCD display that features a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels, it is powered by a dual core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor.

The guys over at Phonebuff decided to test out how rugged the new Nokia Lumia 920 was with a couple of drop tests, have a look at the video below.

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Lantronix XPrintServer Office Edition Launches For iOS Devices

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 05:18 AM PST

Lantronix has this week launched a new version of its XPrintServer  in the form of an Office Edition which has been designed specifically for business users looking for a simple iOS printing solution.

The new Lantronix XPrintServer Office Edition enables users to print directly from the native print menu of the device to network-connected printers without the need to download any applications, install software or purchase any further hardware.

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BlackBerry 10 And Two New Handsets Launching January 30th 2013

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 04:56 AM PST

RIM previously said that the next version of their mobile OS, BlackBerry 10 would launch in the first quarter of 2013, and now we have an actual launch date for the OS.

RIM has announced that BlackBerry 10 will officially launch on the 30th of January 2013, along with two new BlackBerry 10 smartphones.

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New MasterCard Credit Card With LCD Screen And Keyboard Unveiled

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 04:48 AM PST

Mastercard has this month launched a new credit card in Singapore which is equipped with a LCD screen and built-in touch sensitive keyboard. Enabling it to create a one-time password without the need for any extra devices to be carried.

As well as being more secure Mastercard also revealed that in the future their credit cards equipped with the new LCD screens might also be able to display account information such as remaining balance,  loyalty points and even recent transaction history.

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Original Doom 3 Game Arrives Back On Steam (video)

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 04:34 AM PST

Following the release of the latest Doom 3 : BFG game, many gamers were surprises to see the original Doom 3 disappear from the listings on Valve’s Steam games Network.

The reasons for Doom 3′s removal are still officially unknown but it was thought it was because the older game was considerably cheaper than the new Doom 3 : BFG game, the original Doom 3 on Steam also had a number of modifications available as well.

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PengPod Tablet Dual Boots Android 4.0 And Linux 3.0.42

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 04:19 AM PST

A new style of tablet is currently looking to raise enough funds to move from concept to production over on the Indiegogo website, in the form of the new dual booting PengPod tablet.

The PengPod tablet has been designed to dual boot both Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system, together with Linux 3.0.42. Not only that but Peacock Imports the developer of the PengPod tablet is also trying to launch a PengStick.

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Retro Bellows Camera Created Using Lego And Duct Tape

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:55 AM PST

If you have some spare logo lying around your house, this camera created by Dominique Vankan using just Lego and Duct tape, with great effect. might inspire you to create your very own.

Dominique has created a 4 x 5 bellows camera which was first developed in the 1900s and used a process called Autochrome Lumière, developed by the Lumière Brothers back in 1907.

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Natural Selection 2 Generates $1 Million In Sales During First Week (video)

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:43 AM PST

If you were lucky enough to experience Natural Selection Half Life mod in its first incarnation, and couldn’t wait for the new Natural Selection 2 game to be released. You might be pleased to learn that the launch of Natural Selection 2 started spectacularly.

After Natural Selection 2 launched on October 31st it sold 144,000 copies in its first week, generating more than $1 million in revenue for the games eight strong team of indie developers based in San Fransico.

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SIM Free White Nokia Lumia 920 Lands In The UK Tomorrow

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:39 AM PST

UK mobile retailer Clove has announced that the SIM free version of the white Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 smartphone will be available in the UK from tomorrow, the device will retail for £520 including taxes.

the Nokia Lumia 920 is a 4G LTE capable device, although the only network you will be able to use the 4G LTE on in the UK at the moment is EE, which is a collaboration between T-Mobile and Orange.

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Sony launches Unlocked Xperia Advance In The US (Video)

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:31 AM PST

Sony has announced that they are now offering an unlocked version of their Sony Xperia Advance smartphone in the US, the device comes with a 3.5 inch WVGA display and is powered by a dual core processor.

The Xperia Advance features a dual core 1GHz Cortex A9 processor and a Mali-400 GPU, there is 512MB of RAM and 8GB of built in storage although only 4GB is available to use.

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Halo 4 Sells 3 Million Copies On Launch Day

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:22 AM PST

Its looks like Microsoft may have another success on their hands with their new Halo 4 game for the Xbox 360, as according to a recent report by VGChartz, Microsoft has sold over three million copies of the game on launch day.

According to the report out of the 3 million copies sold, 1.9 million copies of the game were in the US which accounted for 60 percent of the sales, an increase of 15 percent over launch day sales of Halo 3.

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Angry Birds Star Wars Breaks Previous Rovio Records

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:15 AM PST

Last week Rovio Mobile announced the latest installment in their Angry Birds series of games, Angry Birds Star Wars, and the developers of the game have announced that Angry Birds Star Wars has broken their previous records.

It took just two and a half hours for Angry Birds Star Wars to make it to the top of the US iOS App store, which is quicker than any of the companies previous titles, the previous record was held by their last game Bad Piggies.

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iPhone 5 Headed To China Before The End Of 2012

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:09 AM PST

We recently heard that Apple had received approval from China’s regulators for the iPhone 5, and now according to a recent report the iPhone 5 will land in China before the end 0f the year.

According to WSJ, Chinese carrier China Telecom will be offering the iPhone 5 before the end of the year, probably some time near the end of this month or in early December.

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AMD Dual-GPU FirePro S10000 Launches For $3,599

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:06 AM PST

AMD has launched a new graphics card today aimed at servers, running high-performance computing (HPC) workloads and graphics intensive applications. The AMD Dual-GPU FirePro S10000 is the industry's most powerful server graphics card, and is the first professional-grade card to exceed one teraFLOPS (TFLOPS) of double-precision floating-point performance.

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Apple Ordered To Pay Samsung’s Legal Fees After ‘False And Misleading’ Notice

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:01 AM PST

Apple recently got on the wrong side of a UK judge after they published their first apology to Samsung on their website which really wasn’t an apology, and the UK courts made Apple publish a new apology to Samsung.

Now the same UK court has decided that Apple has to pay Samsung’s legal fees after their first apology was found to be ‘false and misleading’, and now Apple has to pay for all the legal fees associated with Samsung’s defense of the case.

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Microsoft Surface Sales “Starting Modestly” Explains CEO Ballmer

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:48 AM PST

This week Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced in an interview with a French newspaper, that sales of their new Surface Windows RT tablet which launched late last month, are "Starting Modestly".

However CEO Ballmer would not divulge any exact figures on sales of Microsoft’s new Windows RT Surface tablet. Explaining that the modest sales are likely due to the Windows RT Surface tablet only being available to purchase online and via a few Microsoft stores across the US.

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Apple Pays Swiss Rail $21 Million For Clock Design In iOS

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:37 AM PST

Last month we heard that Apple had reached a licensing deal with Swiss Rail for the use of the Swiss Railway Clock design in Apple’s iOS 6, after the new design was released with iOS 6 without Apple seeking approval of Swiss Rail.

Now details have emerged on how much Apple has paid Swiss Rail to use their iconic design in the latest version of their mobile OS, Apple is paying the company $21 million to use the design.

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iPhone 5S Production Starting For Earlier Than Expected Launch?

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:34 AM PST

It has been reported this week that Apple is looking to start trial production of its new iPhone 5 S smartphone according to the  to a Chinese-language Commercial Times website.

According to the Chinese based website, Apple is rumoured to be starting production trials in December for its new iPhone 5s with initial production volumes likely to top 50,000-100,000 units, according to the report.

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Skype For Windows Phone 8 In Action (Video)

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:26 AM PST

Microsoft has released a preview version of Skype for Windows Phone 8, and the guys over at WPCentral decided to try out the new Skype for Windows Phone 8, which you can see in action in the video below.

Skype for Windows Phone 8 comes with a range of new features, which include full video chat, and a number of other new features, have a look at the video below.

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Intel NUC Ivy Bridge Mini-PC Launching Next Month For $300

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:22 AM PST

Intel has this week unveiled a new addition to their range of hardware in the form of the Intel NUC Ivy Bridge mini-pc which will be arriving in stores later this month priced around $300.

The Intel DC3217IYE 4.5 inch square Intel mini PC will be powered by a 1.8GHz Intel Core i3 3217U power-efficient Ivy Bridge processor, sporting a Intel QS77 Express Chipset, supported by Intel HD Graphics 4000.

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LTE iPad Mini Shipping This Week Announces Apple

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:17 AM PST

If you have been patiently waiting for the arrival of the new LTE iPad Mini you will be pleased to learn that Apple has now confirmed that the new smaller iPad Mini Apple tablet will start shipping this week.

Up until now Apple has only been shipping the Wi-Fi only version of their new iPad tablet, but has recently sent out notifications to customers that the new iPad Mini supporting 3G/4G LTE networks will ship this week.

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iZettle Mobile Payment Service Launching In the UK Via Everything Everywhere

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:03 AM PST

iZettle has this week announced that their mobile payment service will shortly be launching in the UK, enabling small businesses to accept credit card payments using their mobile devices.

iZettle has partnered with Everything Everywhere the new company created by  Orange, T-Mobile and EE in the UK to enable customers to easily sign-up for the new service.

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Habey BIS-6922 Fanless PC Unveiled (video)

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 01:53 AM PST

If you are looking for a Habey mini PC which is a little more refined than the industrial aimed systems, you might be interested in a new addition to the Habey range in the form of the Habey BIS-6922 Fanless PC.

The Habey BIS-6922 Fanless PC measures just 9.6 x 6.1 x 2.1 inches in size and is equipped with a passive cooling system making it very quite, even though it can be equipped with a choice of Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge processors.

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Samsung Galaxy S III Android 4.1 Build For Verizon Leaked

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 01:46 AM PST

Samsung has been rolling out the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update to its Galaxy S III smartphone with various mobile carriers, and it looks like it could be headed soon to Verizon Wireless, as an official Android 4.1 ROM for the Galaxy S III on Verizon has been leaked.

The guys over at the XDA developers managed to get their hands on a leaked Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM for Verizon for the Galaxy S III and it may be the final build.

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Samsung Captivate Glide On AT&T Gets Android 4.0 ICS Update

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 01:40 AM PST

Samsung and AT&T have announced that they are rolling out the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Captivate Glide, and the update brings a range of new features to the device.

The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Captivate Glide is being released through Samsung’s Kies, software updating tool, and not an an OTA update.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Now Available From AT&T

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 01:28 AM PST

AT&T recently put the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 up for pre-order, and the device is now available to buy in AT&T stores and also from AT&T’s website and the device will set you back $499.99.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 comes with a 10.1 inch display and it comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and features a 7,000 mAh battery, and a dual core 1.5GHz processor.

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Acer AC710 Chromebook Images And Details Leaked

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 01:27 AM PST

Pictures have been leaked this week of a new Chromebook which has been created by Acer and will be their second Chromebook to be launched. The new Chromebook takes the form of the Acer AC710 and has been revealed on the French website Mini Machines.

The new Acer Chromebook laptop is identical to the Acer Aspire V5-171 notebook, but comes running Google's Chrome operating system, with a Chrome logo on its case.

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Aakash 2 Android 4.0 $50 Tablet Unveiled

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 01:03 AM PST

Today the latest version of the budget Aakash 2 Android tablet has been unveiled in India, which will be sold to Indian students at a subsidised price of Rs 1,130 around $21.

The Aakash 2 is powered by a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor supported by 512MB of RAM and is equipped with  a 7 inch capacitive touchscreen display, and will run Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system.

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Samsung Galaxy Note II Now Available From AT&T

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 12:47 AM PST

US mobile carrier AT&T recently put the new Samsung Galaxy Note II up for pre-order and the device is now available to buy in both AT&T stores and online via their website.

AT&T are offering the Samsung Galaxy Note II for $299.99, this price is when you sign up to a new two year contract with the carrier, and the device comes with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

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Google Refunding Nexus 7 Buyers After Price Drop

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 12:38 AM PST

Google recently dropped the price of their 16GB Nexus 7 tablet by $49, and it would appear that there is some good news for anyone who purchased a Nexus 7 tablet recently.

Google has decided to refund the price difference of $50 to anyone who purchased the Nexus 7 tablet, just before they drop the price down from $249 to $199.

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Droid RAZR M To Get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update Soon

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 12:32 AM PST

We recently heard that an official ROM of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the Droid RAZR M had been leaked, and now Motorola has approved the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the handset.

The update is apparently now being tested on certain devices, and it looks like owners of the device should not have very much longer to wait to receive the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the Droid RAZR M.

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Apple Releases Two New iPad Mini TV Adverts (Video)

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 12:25 AM PST

Apple recently launched their new iPad Mini, which comes with a smaller 7.9 inch display and an Apple A5x processor, plus their new lightning dock connector, we have already seen one TV advert for Apple’s iPad Mini and now they have released two more.

The first video is called ‘Books’, and it shows of the eReader features on the iPad Mini, the 2nd is called ‘Photos’, have a look at the video below.

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Apple And HTC Settle Patent Lawsuits With Licensing Deal

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 12:18 AM PST

Apple has been engaged in a number of lawsuits with various Android manufacturers over the last year or so, one of thos manufacturers is HTC and now it would appear that the two companies have come to an agreement.

Both Apple and HTC have released a joint statement, which announces the end of their various legal battles, and the deal will see HTC liscense Apple patents for any devices the produce with Google’s Android OS over the next 10 years.

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Samsung ATIV Odyssey Windows Phone 8 Smartphone Leaked

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 12:10 AM PST

It would appear that Samsung and Verizon are getting ready to launch a new Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Samsung Ativ Odyssey, which you can see in the photo below that was leaked by @evleaks.

The Samsung ATIV Odyssey is rumored tpo feature a 4.8 inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, the device is expected to feature a dual core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor and an Adreno 225 GPU.

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More Photos Of The New Droid DNA

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 12:02 AM PST

We have already seen a number of different photos of Verizon’s new Droid DNA smartphone, and now some more have been posted online by @evleaks, which give us a look at the back of the device.

The Droid DNA is Verizon's version of HTC’s J Butterfly, and the Verizon version is expected to feature the same specifications as the original, which include 5 inch HD Super LCD 3 display with a 1080p resolution and 440 ppi, the device is powered by a quad core  1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 pro processor, and it will feature 2GB of RAM.

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