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Microsoft Offering $100k For Windows 8.1 Preview Exploits

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 07:36 AM PDT

If you are looking to end a little extra cash and have the skills and knowledge available to find them you might be interested to learn that Microsoft is now offering $100,000 for exploits that are discovered in its Windows 8.1 Preview.

Microsoft has announced that it will pay a $100,000 in cash to anyone who discovers security exploits within their most recent Windows 8.1 operating system together with $50,000 as a bonus if you can also offer defensive suggestions that might be able to block the attack.

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Feedly Cloud Service Goes Live To Seamlessly Replace Google Reader

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 07:24 AM PDT

If you depend on an RSS reader to keep up with the latest news from your favourite websites and are still wondering what to do when Google shuts down their Google Reader service. You might be pleased to learn that the Feedly Cloud has today gone live and is now ready to use.

The Feedly Cloud has been designed to take the place of Google Reader when it closes on July 1st and will provide a fast and scalable alternative to the popular Google Reader service.

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Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition Pulled From App Store After “Contractual Issues”

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 07:02 AM PDT

After launching on iOS devices and PC late last year the Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition has now been pulled from Beamdog’s website and the Apple App Store due to “Contractual Issues”.

The reason has been revealed in a letter posted to the Baldur’s Gate website, by Trent Oster, president of Beamdog and developer Overhaul Games. Which states “at our publishing partner’s request as we attempt to resolve a number of contractual issues”.

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No PS3 Price Cuts Planned Yet

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 06:41 AM PDT

With the PS4 launching later this year, many gamers who have not purchased a PS3 yet are looking forward to some price cuts down the road so they can get a super deal. However gamers are going to have to wait for a cheaper PS3.
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Wimbledon iPad App Launches In Preparation For 2013 Championships (video)

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 06:37 AM PDT

Expanding on last year release of an iOS and Android smartphone application, the Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennis Club has now released a new Wimbledon iPad  app designed to help you keep up to date with the scores and games in the Wimbledon 2013 Championships.

The Wimbledon Championships run from 24th June to 7th July 2013 and the new Wimbledon iPad app will allow you to view live action during the fortnight of games and is free to download from the iTunes App Store now.

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Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag For PC Delayed

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 06:28 AM PDT

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag will be launched on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and the Wii U, however gamers on the PC will have to wait a bit longer. It will not launch on the PC at the same time as consoles, since it has been delayed by a few weeks.
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NVIDIA Shield Price Reduced To $299 For Launch On June 27th 2013

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 06:17 AM PDT

In response to feedback from gamers Nvidia has today announced that they will be reducing the price of their new Nvidia Shield handheld gaming console when it launches later this month on June 27th.

Initially Nvidia price their Project Shield gaming console at $349 when it started taking preorders last month. However after game and suggested that the price point was a little high Nvidia has listened and reduced their launch price to just under $300.

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Apple MacBook Air WiFi Issues Reportedly Affecting Owners

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 06:00 AM PDT

It seems that some owners of Apple’s new MacBook Air systems are experiencing issues with their Wi-Fi connectivity and many have taken to the Apple Support Forums in search of an answer.

Currently the few thousand Apple MacBook Air owners who have published their issuers to the Apple Support Forums reveal that the Wi-Fi connectivity issues are being experienced across numerous different Wi-Fi routers and connections, pointing to the MacBook Air as the culprit.

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HackEDA Electronics Projects Hit Kickstarter (video)

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 05:41 AM PDT

If you enjoy building small projects using electronics you are sure to be interested in a new project which started its journey over on the Kickstarter crowdfunding website called HackEDA.

The HackEDA project consists of a number of reusable-sized pieces of electronic designs, that allows you to create your own custom electronic boards using a set of standard modules.Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the HackEDA project and see it in action.

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Adafruit City Smart Bike Helmet Project Unveiled (video)

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 05:31 AM PDT

Adafruit the guys team that brought you the Onion Pi Tor Proxy earlier this week and again been busy creating amazing new gadgets to make your everyday life even easier and more fun filled.

Their latest creation is the City Smart Bike Helmet which has been fitted with a LED strips and a FLORA GPS allowing you to find Citi Bike station with ease. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

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Facebook Launches Photo Comments

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:16 AM PDT

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has been on Facebook reading some of the status updates and comments left by friends and acquaintances and really wished I could respond with a picture. I felt an overwhelming need to respond to some posts friends have made via meme on more than one occasion. The catch is always been that if you try to paste in a photo link as a comment, that link is all people see.

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Leica G-Star RAW Edition Camera Unveiled (video)

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:11 AM PDT

Leica has today unveiled a new addition to their range of cameras with the launch of the Leica G-Star RAW Edition, which builds on the technology used within the D-Lux 6.

The new Leica G-Star RAW Edition comes with a textured leather body with gun-metal grey accents, together with an embossed leather case and strap.

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5100 MacBook Pro Replacement Batteries Recalled by Best Buy

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:07 AM PDT

Battery recalls are nothing new in the technology world. Several years ago, huge amounts of OEM supplied laptop batteries were recalled when several laptop manufacturers had batteries that caught on fire leading to some property damage and minor injuries. It was later determined that impurities in many those batteries with the cause for short-circuits and fires.

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Magrunner: Dark Pulse Game PC Launch Trailer Released (video)

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:57 AM PDT

Frogwares the independent video game development studio, has this week released a new trailer for its new since fiction first person puzzle game Magrunner: Dark Pulse.

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an new “action/reflexion game” developed by 3AM Games (Frogwares) for the PlayStation Network, Xbox LIVE and PC.

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Microsoft Demonstrates Real-time Co-authoring For Office 365 Web Apps (video)

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:48 AM PDT

Microsoft has this week released a new demonstration video in their Garage Series for Office 365, which demonstrates the new real-time co-authoring for Office 365 Web Apps across Windows, iOS and Android.

The new feature follows the same line a the feature in Google Documents and allows multiple suers to make changes to the same document alongside each other. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the real-time co-authoring in Office 365 and see it in action.

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Tesco UK Now Selling Acer C7 And Samsung XE303 Google Chromebooks

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:35 AM PDT

UK residents looking to get their hands on a new Google Chromebook notebook, might be interested to learn that the UK supermarket chain Tescos has this week started selling Google Chromebooks.

116 Tesco stores join Dixons in the UK selling Google Chromebooks, however the Chromebook Pixel is sadly still not yet available in the UK.

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Parallels Desktop 8 Now Supports OS X Mavericks Developer Preview

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:22 AM PDT

Parallels creators of the Parallels Desktop 8 software that allows you to run virtual machines on Mac systems with Intel processors, has announced this week that their latest software will now support Apple’s OS X Mavericks Developer Preview.

The Parallels engineering team has today posted two guides showing OS X Mavericks users how to install the operating system within a Parallels virtual environment as well as how to start Parallels Desktop on Macs running OS X Mavericks.

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Steam Game Sharing Feature Launching Soon Beta Code Reveals

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:56 AM PDT

In the latest Steam beta release snippets of code have been found that suggest Valve might be preparing to launch a new Steam game sharing service within its games network.

IGN has reported that three lines of code refer to a a "shared license" for games which suggest that changes are afoot at Steam and will sometime in the future allow gamers to share their purchases with others.

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Cubieboard 2 Mini PC Upgrade Adds Dual-core Processor For $59

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:44 AM PDT

If you are in the market for a mini PC that is capable of running either Android or Linux you might be interested in the newly upgraded Cubieboard 2 which now sports a dual core processor.

The latest Cubieboard complete with Allwinner A20 ARM Cortex-A7 dual-core processor and Mali 400 MP2 graphics is now available to purchase directly from the Cubieboard website for $59.

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Need For Speed Movie Behind The Scenes Teaser Trailer Released (video)

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:26 AM PDT

If you are looking forward to the released of the new Need for Speed movie next year and enjoy playing the Need for Speed games, you are sure to enjoy this brief behind the scenes look at the production of the new movie.

The Need for Speed movie will be released in March 2014 and is directed by Scott Waugh, written by John Gatins and George Nolfi and stars Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul as the main character.

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Logitech Harmony Ultimate Hub Transforms Your Smartphone Into A Remote

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:10 AM PDT

Logitech has today announced the launch of their new Logitech Harmony Ultimate Hub which has been designed to transform your smartphone into a multifunctional remote control.

Once installed you can then use your smartphone control up to eight home theater devices, and swipe or tap your thumb across its screen to adjust the volume, change the channel, fast-forward or rewind, pause, play, and skip forward or back.

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Stratasys Acquiring MakerBot 3D Printing For $403 Million In Stock

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:59 AM PDT

Stratasys US the manufacturer of 3D printers and 3D production systems for rapid prototyping has this week announced that they will be acquiring MakerBot the Brooklyn based company founded back in 2009 by Bre Pettis, Adam Mayer, and Zach “Hoeken” Smith to produce 3D printers.

Stratasys announced today that it will acquire MakerBot in a stock deal worth $403 million, but MakerBot will continue to operate as a brand and subsidiary of Stratasys, and continue providing it ongoing services to consumers.

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Dolphin Browser For Android Rolls Out Major New Re-Design And More

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:49 AM PDT

This week Dolphin Browser has rolled out a major new update for their Dolphin Browser for Android which brings with it a major new redesign together handy new Web App Store that allows you to easily add popular web apps to your home screen.

The new Dolphin Browser home screen now supports drag-and-drop grouping of speed dials into folders, providing more than 60 speed dial slots for your contacts and friends.

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra Specs Confirmed In Leaked Screenshots

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:44 AM PDT

We have been hearing a number of rumors about the new Sony Xperia Z Ultra over the last few weeks, and now some screenshots have been leaked which confirm the specifications on the handset.

The Sony Xperia Z Ultra will come with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with a clock speed of 2.2GHz, the handset will also feature an Adreno 330 GPU.

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Lytro Camera iOS Companion App Launches And Firmware Enables Wifi Chip

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:36 AM PDT

Owners of a Lytro camera might be pleased to learn that today that its creators have now enabled the Wi-Fi chip which is embedded inside your Lytro camera and has been lying dormant since you purchased it.

Now that the Wi-Fi chip within the Lytro camera is activated via a firmware update, you can upload your images directly to the Lytro.com website either over a Wi-Fi connection or via cellular without the need for USB connection.

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Oppo Find 7 Confirmed By Oppo

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:28 AM PDT

On Tuesday we told you about a new Android smartphone from Oppo, the Oppo Find 7, which is rumored to be the replacement for the Oppo Find 5. The details came in the way of some leaked specifications on the handset.

We have now had an official statement from Oppo, which you can see below. The statement confirms the existence of the Oppo Find 7, although the company has said that the device is still in development and that it will not launch in September.

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Huawei Ascend P6 Goes Up For Pre-order At Carphone Warehouse

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:23 AM PDT

UK retailer Carphone Warehouse is now taking pre-orders on Huawei’s new flagship Android smartphone, the Huawei Ascend P6. According to the retailer the handset will be available from the 4th of July.

The Huawei Ascend P6 will be available on a range of monthly contracts with various UK carriers, with prices starting at £21 per month, the device will also be available as a SIM free handset for £329.95.

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Will The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Be Announced Today?

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 12:46 AM PDT

Samsung are holding a press event in London later today, they will announce some new Samsung Galaxy devices and some new Samsung ATIV devices, one device we are hoping that will be announced is the Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

There have been conflicting reports on whether the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will be announced today, there are rumors that we may have to wait until IFA in September to see the device, although more evidence of the handsets existence has been revealed over the last few weeks, which could point to an announcement of the Galaxy Note 3 today.

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AT&T Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Appears At The FCC

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 12:36 AM PDT

There have been rumors that Samsung would launch the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 with US mobile carrier AT&T, the handset will apparently come with LTE and now the device has turned up at the FCC.

The Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is powered by a dual core 1.7GHz processor and also feature 1.5GB of RAM, the device also features a microSD card slot which is capable of taking up to 64GB cards. It also features a 6.3 inch HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, plus Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

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New Apple Mac Pro Appears In Benchmarks

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 12:26 AM PDT

Apple showed off its new Apple Mac Pro at their World Wide Developer Conference earlier this month, although the device is not scheduled to launch until later in the year it has already appeared in some benchmarks.

A Geekbench result has appeared online for a new Apple device with the reference AAPLJ90,1, which is thought to be the new Mac pro, you can see the benchmark results below.

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LG D500 Smartphone Details Leaked

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 12:22 AM PDT

Details have been leaked of a new Optimus smartphone from LG, the handset comes with the LG D500 codename at the moment, but will use the LG Optimus branding when it is released.

According to a recent report, the LG D500 will feature a qHD display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels and will come with LTE support, the handset will also feature a 3 megapixel camera.

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Google Gets Request For Glass Privacy Details From 6 Countries

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 12:19 AM PDT

With Google Glass, privacy concerns are on everyone’s minds. After all, a Glass user can easily take a pic or record anyone without them even knowing. And now privacy officials from six countries have requested privacy information related to Glass.
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LG Optimus F7 Lands On Boost Mobile 27th Of June

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 12:12 AM PDT

Boost mobile has announced that the LG Optimus F7 will be available on their network from the 27th of June. The LG Optimus F7 will retail for $299.99 plus taxes, this price is without the need for a lengthy contract.

The LG Optimus F7 features Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and a dual core 1.5GHz processor, plus 4.7 inch True HD IPS display, 2GB of RAM, 8GB of built in storage, plus a microSD card slot that can take up to 32GB microSD cards.

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Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie Concept

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 12:08 AM PDT

We are expecting Google to release the next major version of their mobile operating system later in the year, the release is expected to be called Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie.

As yet we do not have any details on what will be included with Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, we have not seen any leaked photos of the OS, so have no details on what Android 5.0 will look like.

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Privacy Visor Will Stop Google Glass From Recognizing Your Face (Video)

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 12:00 AM PDT

Google recently announced that they are banning facial recognition on Google Glass until privacy protection is in place, of course that doesn’t mean that Google Glass will not get facial recognition some time in the future.

Now a privacy visor has been developed that could potentially be used to block facial recognition on Google Glass and other systems. The Privacy Visor was developed by Japan’s National Institute of Informatics, have a look at the video below.

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LG G Series Smartphones To Get Snapdragon 800 Processor

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 11:47 PM PDT

LG has announced that its LG G Series smartphones will get the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, which will give LG’s G range of smartphones quite a significant performance boost.

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Apple TV Gets HBO Go And WatchESPN

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 11:45 PM PDT

Apple has announced that it has added two new features to its Apple TV, they come in the form of HBO Go and WatchESPN, on top of that Apple has also added new content from Sky News, Qello and Crunchyroll.

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Xbox One Reverses Stance On Internet Connection Requirement And Used Games DRM

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 11:43 PM PDT

Talk about a big reversal. Microsoft is seeing the light and has officially announced that the Xbox One internet connection requirement and DRM related to used games has been rescinded.
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Will The iPhone 5S Look Like This?

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 11:41 PM PDT

Apple’s iPhone 5S is expected to share a similar design to the existing iPhone 5, and now we have a new render of what the device may possibly look like. We know it will come with Apple iOS 7.

According to the guy over at Simonly Radar, the iPhone 5S will feature a 4 inch display with a resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels, plus a 12 megapixel camera, NFC, fingerprint technology and a new 12 megapixel camera.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom To Retail For £468 In The UK

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 11:36 PM PDT

Earlier in the week we heard that the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom would retail for 499 Euros in Europe. The device has now been listed on UK retailer Hantec with a price tag of £467.99 including taxes.

The Galaxy S4 Zoom comes with a 4.3 inch qHD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels, the device features a 1.5GHz processor and Samsung says that there will be different versions of the processor in different countries.

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LG Flexible OLED Display To Enter Mass Production In Quarter 4

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:41 PM PDT

LG has announced that their flexible OLED display will go into mass production in the fourth quarter of 2013, and the company says that they will make around 12,000 sheets of the flexible OLED each month.

What is even more interesting is that the first device that will use the new flexible OLED from LG will be an LG produced smartphone, although not details on the device have been released as yet.

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Huawei Ascend P6 Price Is 449 Euros

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:23 PM PDT

On Tuesday Huawei announced their new flagship Android smartphone, the Huawei Ascend P6, and now we have some information on the Huawei Ascend P6 price in Europe.

The Huawei Ascend P6 will go on sale in Europe for 449 Euros, Huawei have also said that they are expecting to sell 10 million units of the smartphone before the end of the year.

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Facebook For iPhone And iPad Updated

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:01 PM PDT

Facebook has released a new version of the Facebook app for the Apple iPhone and iPad. The new version of Facebook for iOS comes with a range of new features and of course the usual bug fixes, you can see what is included in the update below.

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HTC Butterfly S Promo Video Released

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 09:55 PM PDT

Yesterday HTC announced their new HTC Butterfly S smartphone, and now there is a promo video of their latest Android smartphone which details some of the features on the handset.

The HTC Butterfly S features a 5 inch full HD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, processing comes in the form of a quad core 1.9GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor.

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Samsung Facebook Phone In The Works (Rumor)

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 09:30 PM PDT

According to a recent report Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has be in talks with Samsung to produce a Samsung Facebook Phone. Zuckerberg recently met with Samsung’s mobile chief, Shin Jong-kyun on a recent visit to South Korea.

According to a report by the Korea Herald, Zuckerberg asked Samsung to step up cooperation with Facebook, whether or not Samsung will decide to make a Facebook Phone remains to be seen.

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New PlayStation 4 Video Released

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 09:25 PM PDT

Sony has released a new video for their PlayStation 4 console that shows of some of the new features that will be available with the device, including its new user interface and social sharing features.

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