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Friday, November 23, 2012

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter


Peter Molyneux’s New Godus iOS Game Lands On Kickstarter Looking For Funding (video)

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:30 AM PST

The 22Cans game design studio headed up by the Peter Molyneux the English games designer responsible for classics such as Dungeon Keeper, Populous, and Black & White, to name a few.

Has taken his next gaming project for iOs devices “Godus” on to Kickstarter for funding, watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Godus project and see if its something you would like to help get started.

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D-Link Weatherproof Remote Web Camera Connects To Both iOS And Android Devices

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:12 AM PST

D-Link has added a new web camera to their range this week with the launch of the new D-LInk Weatherproof web camera that can be remotely controlled from either an iOS or Android devices.

The D-lInk all weather web camera is equipped with a fixed-focus 3.45mm f/2.0 lens encased in an IP-65 compliant weatherproof casing, which will keep it protected from  "low jets" of water, rain, and dust.

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Asus To Ship 5 Million Nexus 7 Tablets By The End Of The Year

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:07 AM PST

The Google Nexus 7, which is made by Asus has become a very popular Android tablet, Asus announced recently that they shipped a total of 1 million Nexus 7 tablets in October.

And now it would appear that Asus are on track to ship around 5 million of the Nexus 7 tablet by the end of 2012, which certainly is impressive, and Google is now selling around 1 million of these devices each month.

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White Asus PadFone 2 and PadFone Station Spotted In The Wild

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:04 AM PST

Asus launched their new PadFone 2 and PadFone Station over a month ago, in both black and white versions, but the white version of the devices has been a little more difficult to spot.

If like me you have yet to see the white version in the wild, a couple of photographs have been released which should put your mind to rest, that it does actually exist.

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Toshiba Four-Legged Fukushima Robot Explorer Unveiled

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:48 AM PST

Toshiba has this month taken the wraps off a new creation in the form of the Toshiba Four-Legged Fukushima Robot Explorer, which has been unveiled this week.

The new four-legged robot has been designed to help explore the radioactive remains of the Fukushima No.1 reactor in Tokyo, Japan, and is capable of releasing a secondary smaller robot to investigate narrower spaces, which the larger robot would not be able to enter.

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SIM Free Nokia Lumia 820 Lands In The UK Next Week

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:43 AM PST

It looks like the SIM free version of the Nokia Lumia 820 will be available in the UK next week, according to mobile retailer Clove who have announced they will be offering the device from Thursday the 29th of November for £399.98 including taxes.

The Nokia Lumia 820 comes with Windows Phone 8, and it features a 4.3 inch ClearBlack OLED WVGA display with a resolution 800 x 480 pixels and the handset also comes with built in wireless charging.

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Microsoft Launching New Xbox 360 And Kinect Bundle With Nike+

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:36 AM PST

It looks like Microsoft is getting ready to launch a new Xbox bundle for the holiday shopping season, as a new Xbox 360 and Kinect with Nike+ has turned up on Amazon, and has now been confirmed by Microsoft.

The Xbox 360 and Kinect Bundle with Nike+ was first spotted by the guys over at the Next Web, and Now Microsoft’s Major Nelson has confirmed its existence on Twitter and it will go on sale in two weeks.

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New Longest Gaming Session Guinness World Record Set At 135 Hours

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:25 AM PST

I have enjoyed a number of mammoth gaming sessions in my time, but one Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 players has set a new Guinness World Record after gaming for 135 hours straight over seven days.

The new gaming record was set by Australian Okan Kaya (pictured below) whilst enjoying the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 game, which itself set new records when it launched raising more than $500 million in sales in just its first day of release.

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BlackBerry 10 L-Series Smartphone Leaked Again

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:19 AM PST

RIM will launch their new BlackBerry 10 platform at the end of January 2013, they will also be launching to new BlackBerry 10 devices which include a BlackBerry bold style handset with a QWERTY keyboard and a full touchscreen BlackBerry 10 device.

We have already seen a number of different photos of the full touchscreen BlackBerry 10 device, the BlackBerry L-Series or BlackBerry London, and now we have another photo of the handset.

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Google Chrome OS Receives Dual Monitor Extended Desktop Support

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:14 AM PST

Google has released a new update to its Chrome operating system, which has added support for extended desktop functionality, enabling you to plug in an external monitor to the HDMI or VGA port of your Chromebook system.

The newly added support enables you to extend your desktop across the two monitors rather than just mirroring the same content, which is sure to be popular amongst Chrome OS users.

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Apple Getting Ready To Release iTunes 11

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:09 AM PST

Apple had originally said that iTunes 11 would be available in October, although they announced at the end of last month that they would be releasing it some time in November, and now it would appear that iTunes 11 will be released within the next few days.

Apple has started to email artists and music labels to let them know that they are getting ready to released iTunes 11, you can see in the 2nd photo below an email that was received from Apple.

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Barnes & Noble Nook HD And Nook HD+ Tablets Launch In The UK

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:00 AM PST

UK residents who have been waiting patiently for the arrival of the new Barnes & Noble Nook HD And HD+ tablets within the UK, will be pleased to learn that from today the new devices are available to purchase across the UK.

Both the Barnes & Noble Nook HD And Nook HD+ tablet provide users with access to the Nook bookstore with 2.5 million books on offer to purchase.

Nook HD+ Tablet

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Samsung Adds iPad Mini To Lawsuit Against Apple

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 01:54 AM PST

Samsung and Apple are both in the process of suing each other, and now Samsung has added Apple’s new iPad Mini to its lawsuit against Apple, Samsung recently filed new documents with the court, which also include Apple’s new fourth generation iPad and also their new iPod Touch.

Samsung is basically saying that the new iPad Mini, iPod Touch and the new iPad 4 are infringing the same patents as the devices that have been previously listed in the lawsuit between the two companies.

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World of Warcraft 8th Year Anniversary Short Movie Released (video)

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 01:48 AM PST

It might be hard for some of your to believe but tomorrow the hurly popular MMO World of Warcraft will celebrate its 8th Birthday, and as a thanks to its community of players Blizzard has released a 3.36 minute movie showing highlights from the last 8 years of gaming.

In addition to this Blizzard has also announced that any players logging in to WoW between November 18th and December 1st 2012 will receive a unique “Feat of Strength” achievement and “Celebration Package”.

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Lands On iOS And Android December 6th

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 01:40 AM PST

This week Rockstar Games has announced that they will be following up the release of the great Grand Theft Auto III game with the launch of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition.

The new mobile version of the classic GTA game has been enhanced with updated character models, lighting effects, more precise shooting options, together with full support for iOS retina display devices.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Lands On Verizon

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 01:36 AM PST

US mobile carrier Verizon Wireless are now offering the 4G LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, the device is bow available to pre-order and it will start shipping on the 26th of November.

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 and 4G LTE.

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Asus VivoTab TF810C Windows 8 Tablet Now Shipping

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 01:25 AM PST

Following on from the news that their new Asus VivoTab RT would be arriving on AT&T, Asus have this week announced that their new Asus VivoTab TF810C Windows 8 Tablet has now started shipping.

The Windows 8 Asus VivoTab TF810C is equipped with a 11.6 inch Super IPS+ display sporting a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, all powered by an Intel Atom Z2760 Clover Trail processor supported by 2GB of RAM.

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Microsoft To Launch Xbox TV Device Next Year (Rumor)

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 01:22 AM PST

Microsoft are expected to launch their next generation Xbox console some time next year, the device is rumored to be called the Xbox 720, and now it would appear that they have another Xbox device in the works.

According to recent report, Microsoft will be launching an Xbox set top box for your HDTV to compete with the Apple TV and Google TV and the device is rumored to run on the core components of Windows 8.

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Apple Ordered To Reveal Details Of Agreement With HTC To Samsung

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 12:39 AM PST

Apple and HTC recently signed a licensing deal where HTC would pay Apple a fee for each Android device it produces to cover patent which Apple claims some Android devices infringe.

We heard recently that Samsung had requested from the courts that the details of the deal between HTC and Apple be made available, as they believe that the patents that Apple have licensed to HTC are the ones that Apple have refused to license to Samsung in the past, and these patent are allegedly part of the lawsuit where Apple were awarded over $1 billion in damages from Samsung.

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Amazon Instant Video Lands On The Wii U

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 12:25 AM PST

We have already seen Netflix and Hulu Plus launched on Nintendo’s new Wii U console, and now Amazon has launched their video streaming service on the Wii U, Amazon Instant Video.

The Amazon Instant Video app will let you watch movies and TV shows on your TV, and the Wii U controller can be used to control the video and also search and browse for movies to watch.

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