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Facebook users browse the site longer on their smartpho... May 08 2012 14:02:01	TweakTown
Facebook users browse the site longer on their smartphone than a computer Social networks really do take up a lot of a user's time as they try to read and respond to everyone. I'm not saying I don't spend my fair share of time of Facebook; I probably spend more than average. However, I mostly access Facebook from a computer. A new study shows that users spend more time accessing Facebook from their cell phone than they do the computer.    The study says that the average user spent more than seven hours pursuing Facebook via their cell phone, while only spend... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Deal of the Day: Dell Inspiron 17R, Core i3, 6GB RAM, 7... May 08 2012 13:24:01	TweakTown
Deal of the Day: Dell Inspiron 17R, Core i3, 6GB RAM, 750GB HDD, 17.3" screen for $479.99 with FREE Shipping! Our Deal of the Day is 17.3" HD Dell Inspiron 17R with 2nd Gen Intel Core i3, 6GB Memory, 750GB Hard Drive, DVD Burner for $479.99 with FREE Shipping!    This originally $739.99 Dell Inspiron 17R laptop has a $240 instant discount, plus a $20 stackable coupon, taking the price down to $479.99 with FREE shipping. It features a 17.3" HD+ (1600 x 900) TrueLife LED-backlit TFT, 2nd gen 2.3Ghz Intel Core i3-2350M processor, 6GB DDR3 SDRAM, 750GB hard drive, 8x DVD+/-RW DL, Intel Centrino Wi... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Mobile App of the Day: rowi for Windows Phone May 08 2012 12:19:01	TweakTown
Mobile App of the Day: rowi for Windows Phone Our Mobile App of the Day is rowi for Windows Phone.    Rowi is an easy to use Twitter app for Windows Phone with a clean and simple interface.  If you are a serious Twitter user or a beginner, this is the app for you! Instead of focusing on a big list of features, we built Rowi with the overall experience in mind. You'll find Rowi has a simple, streamlined, easy to use Metro interface that feels like it's part of Windows Phone. It performs better than any other Twitter app today.... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Download of the Day: The Gimp 2.8.0 May 08 2012 11:11:01	TweakTown
Download of the Day: The Gimp 2.8.0 Our Download of the Day is The Gimp 2.8.0.    The latest version of The Gimp is out, if you haven't heard of it before, here's what it can do:  The GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. The GIMP is suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction.  It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Apple joins top 20 on Fortune 500 list May 08 2012 10:33:01	TweakTown
Apple joins top 20 on Fortune 500 list Fortune Magazine have released their annual Fortune 500 list, which list America's largest corporations. Last year, Apple placed at a respectable 35th position, but have zoomed right up to 17th for this years list. Apple rank second in technology to rival Hewlett-Packard.    Last year due to the undeniable success of the iPhone and iPad, Apple became the world's most value company, boosting its earnings by 85-percent to $25.9 billion. Fortune have predicted growrth for the technology s... Read the full article on TweakTown »
EA promise "big social title" this year, is investing $... May 08 2012 09:28:01	TweakTown
EA promise "big social title" this year, is investing $80 million in fourth-generation console games EA are looking to restructure themselves, where they've started their journey toward treating games as services, instead of packaged goods. EA chief executive, John Riccitiello said in today's earnings call that there would be layoffs, as EA increases production of online, mobile and social games.    While there'll be layoffs, there'll also be new job opportunities, thanks to the restructuring. Riccitiello added that the company are investing $80 million into fourth-generation console ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Viddy now has over 26 million users, is growing by over... May 08 2012 08:26:01	TweakTown
Viddy now has over 26 million users, is growing by over 500,000 users per day Video-sharing app Viddy is continuing its ride to super stardom, with the app hitting 26 million users and is growing by 500,000 new users each and every day. We reported last week that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had joined the video-sharing service.    Viddy is growing at this rate thanks to some of its celebrity users, like Zuckerberg, and investors such as Shakira, Jay-Z, Will Smith and more. Viddy is huge because it doesn't just relate to one subject, one person, or a group o... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Google announce Google+ Hangouts On Air, lets you broad... May 08 2012 07:19:01	TweakTown
Google announce Google+ Hangouts On Air, lets you broadcast live video to anyone Google unveiled Hangouts on Air last year, but it was limited to just a handful of broadcasters, which allowed them to go live with friends or fans, for the entire world to see. These users have loved it, and have made the once small community grow into its own entity.    Today, Google have launched Hangouts on Air to Google+ users worldwide. This means that anyone can jump on, and go live in front of a global audience. Here's what you're abel to do:   Broadcast publicly. By check... Read the full article on TweakTown »
The Avengers smashes all-time domestic box office openi... May 08 2012 06:24:01	TweakTown
The Avengers smashes all-time domestic box office opening weekend record I saw The Avengers on the day of release here in South Australia, and I thought to myself half way through 'why am I smiling so much?' It was just that good. Unbelievably good. I kept my expectations of the movie low, and it just smashed them all away.    But, I wasn't the only one. Ben reviewed it for us, and loved it too. Everyone else that I know who has seen it has also loved it. But, how are the box office numbers? Well, it's an absolute smash hit. The Avengers has raked in $200.... Read the full article on TweakTown »
RumorTT: AMD to release Radeon HD 7970 "GHz Edition" to... May 08 2012 05:52:15	TweakTown
RumorTT: AMD to release Radeon HD 7970 "GHz Edition" to combat the GEFORCE GTX 680/690 GPUs NVIDIA right now own the performance crown for their GEFORCE GTX 680, and GTX 690 GPUs, but AMD aren't just going to lie down and take it. The latest rumor spinning onto the Internet is that we should expect AMD to ramp up the Radeon HD 7970 reference core clock from 925MHz to 1GHz so that they can reclaim the single-GPU performance spot.    We already have cards clocking in at over 1GHz on the core from various partners, but a reference design from AMD would make this much easier. The... Read the full article on TweakTown »
LeakedTT: Nintendo Wii U launch title list May 08 2012 05:14:01	TweakTown
LeakedTT: Nintendo Wii U launch title list A very naughty Blockbuster UK employee has leaked out a screenshot that shows off the Nintendo Wii U launch title list. The screenshot is from the Blockbuster UK stock system search screen, where it shows a list of 25 games and 2 consoles when searching for the "WiiU" in their systems.    The full list of "launch titles" according to GoNintendo.com are:  Aliens: Colonial MarinesAssassin's CreedBatman: Arkham CityDarksiders IIDirt 3Formula 1 All StarsGame PartyGhost Recon OnlineJu... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Star Wars: The Old Republic has lost close to 25% of it... May 08 2012 04:15:01	TweakTown
Star Wars: The Old Republic has lost close to 25% of its subscribers in two months EA and BioWare's MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic launched in late-2011 to surprisingly strong numbers, but EA have released an earnings report today that might shock you. EA have announced that the game currently has 1.3 million subscribers, which is down roughly 25-percent from its peak of 1.7 million subscribers in March.    During a conference call that went with the earnings report, EA Labels President Frank Gibeau said that the subscriber drop was within the company's "origina... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Rovio Entertainment are preparing IPO for 2013, analyst... May 08 2012 03:26:01	TweakTown
Rovio Entertainment are preparing IPO for 2013, analysts peg their value at $9 billion The creator behind the immensely popular 'Angry Birds', Rovio Entertainment, are looking to go public in 2013. The company is looking at an initial public offering (IPO) in 2013, in either New York or Hong Kong. What would you think Rovio is worth? Well, analysts pin them being valued at a very respectable $9 billion.    With the popularity seeming to never end with Angry Birds, the IPO should go very well. Angry Birds has smashed over 800 million downloads, and sports 200 million acti... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Seagate nearly ready to unveil its first 12Gbps drive, ... May 08 2012 02:37:04	TweakTown
Seagate nearly ready to unveil its first 12Gbps drive, dubbed Pulsar.2 It wasn't even a week ago that HGST, a division of Western Digital, announced they were working on a new, super-fast storage drive in the form of a 12Gbps-capable SAS SSD. But, don't think for one minute that rival Seagate weren't waiting for the bell to ring on their oven, where they too were baking their own 12Gbps-capable SSD.    Seagate are preparing to show off their 12Gbps SSD at the SCSI Trade Association technology showcase later this week, where they've teased the name of the ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
LG to launch Google TV-powered Smart TVs on May 21 in t... May 08 2012 02:28:01	TweakTown
LG to launch Google TV-powered Smart TVs on May 21 in the US We've all seen it before, Google TV, where it launched with the Logitech Revue. It didn't do too well at all, and Logitech in the end pulled out of the market late last year. Google TV is still baked into some Smart TVs, but now we have LG Electronics wanting a new piece of that warm, Google TV pie.    Being the second largest TV maker in the world has its benefits, so LG are launching Google TV-powered Smart TVs in the United States starting on May 21. Ro Seogho, executive vice presid... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Lenovo investing big in China, plans $800 million for n... May 08 2012 01:43:01	TweakTown
Lenovo investing big in China, plans $800 million for new products plant in China Lenovo are planning big investments in China over the next 18 or so months, where they'll be investing $800 million in a new mobile products plant in Wuhan, one of the largest cities in China. The Lenovo Industrial Base will cover research & development, production and sales of smartphones and tablets, with a target opening date of October 2013.    The new plant will service both local and global markets, and is expected to generate around $1.5 billion in revenue by 2014, and the compa... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Antitrust investigation launched against Google, but by... May 08 2012 00:59:05	TweakTown
Antitrust investigation launched against Google, but by who? The Indian government, that's who While Google are busy battling a censorship case with the Indian government, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Competition Commission of India is launching an antitrust investigation of Google, where they'll examine the company's alleged "discriminatory and retaliatory practices relating to AdWords".    Where did this all stem from? A complaint filed from Consim Info Pvt. Ltd., who is an Indian web conglomerate which apparently requested that the Competition Commission step... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Al Franken believes Comcast is breaking net neutrality ... May 07 2012 22:31:01	TweakTown
Al Franken believes Comcast is breaking net neutrality rules, sends letter to FCC Minnesota Senator Al Franken believes that Comcast is breaking its net neutrality agreement that it had to sign to gain approval to merge with NBC Universal. The fear that Franken has resides in the fact that Comcast will not count any direct-to-Xbox streaming against customers' 250GB monthly data cap.    Obviously, Netflix and other internet video providers are upset by this and see it as unfair. They believe it gives Comcast's service an unfair advantage to their own services and tha... Read the full article on TweakTown »
RumorTT: MacBook Pro to lose optical drive in favor of ... May 07 2012 21:28:01	TweakTown
RumorTT: MacBook Pro to lose optical drive in favor of bigger battery, boot SSD, storage HDD Rumors about upcoming Apple products are often some of the most interesting and fun as Apple products are often shrouded in security and hard to pin down any detail. As such, many rumors pop up that aren't true but sound reasonable. This rumor could very well fit into this category, or it could end up being true.    It's important to note that the picture above is a mock-up and not an actual photo of the upcoming MacBook Pro 2012. The rumor we are dealing with today says that Apple wi... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Jury finds Google infringed on Oracle IP in partial ver... May 07 2012 20:36:01	TweakTown
Jury finds Google infringed on Oracle IP in partial verdict, Google moves for mistrial Ah, yes, that legal battle between Oracle and Google is still going on. In fact, it's only in its first stages. The copyright phase of the trial ended Friday with the jury stating they couldn't reach a unanimous decision on one of the four questions it needed to. Judge Alsup told the jurors to think about it over the weekend.    Unfortunately, this did not help as the jury as it told the court that an "impasse has been reached." The jury then turned in its partial verdict on the three ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
New type of malware, "ransomware," locks up computers u... May 07 2012 19:33:01	TweakTown
New type of malware, "ransomware," locks up computers unless ransom is paid Once again, I get to be the bearer of bad news in order to keep you, our reader, safe. This time I bring news of a new malware that is going around dubbed "ransomware" due to the fact it locks up your computer until you pay the ransom amount demanded. This isn't a completely new idea, but this is a new strain and variation.    This latest campaign is mainly targeting the UK and a few other European countries and claims that illegally downloaded music has been found on the computer. Due... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Android reclaims 61% of all US smartphone purchases May 07 2012 18:30:01	TweakTown
Android reclaims 61% of all US smartphone purchases As the war between smartphones and smartphone operating systems wages on, Android marched forward and taken back some ground. Over quarter 4 of last year, Android sales dropped from 61% in Q3 to 49% in Q4 as Apple iPhone sales jumped from 25% to 41% over demand for the 4S. Android has returned to being 61% of all smartphone sales during Q1 2012.    Of course, as one group goes up, others must go down. In this case, Apple has declined from 41% down to only 29%. iOS and Android combined ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Microsoft sells Xbox 360 bundle for $99 plus $14.99/mon... May 07 2012 17:31:01	TweakTown
Microsoft sells Xbox 360 bundle for $99 plus $14.99/month contract Sometimes rumors come true, and today, one of the rumors that was floating around last week has joined the ranks of truth. Microsoft has announced today that it is selling a 4GB Xbox 360 Kinect bundle for $99 plus a $14.99/month subscription with a 2 year contract requirement. The contract even features Early Termination Fees, just like its cellphone brethren.    The sticking point to this deal is that you'll have to be located somewhere near a Microsoft Store as an associate has to sc... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Ematic announces the release of the eGlide XL Pro 2 And... May 07 2012 16:28:01	TweakTown
Ematic announces the release of the eGlide XL Pro 2 Android tablet Android tablets are a dime a dozen nowadays, so something really needs to set new ones off from the competition. Today sees the release of yet another Android tablet, this one made by Ematic. In this case, it would seem that price would be the factor that sets this tablet off from the rest. Retailing for a slim $219.99, you still get loads of features that more expensive tablets offer.    The eGlide XL Pro 2 may have a slightly long and unwieldy name, but it is generally fitting for th... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Another Mac security issue exposes Lion login passwords... May 07 2012 15:29:01	TweakTown
Another Mac security issue exposes Lion login passwords in plaintext This year, so far, has not exactly been a stunning display for Macs. Between the Flashback malware and now this, it really shows just how weak the security of Mac OSX is. The latest blunder by Apple and its security team is that they turned on a debug log file which stores the user's password outside of the encrypted area.    If you were using FileVault prior to upgrading to Lion, it may be time to think about changing your passwords as this would affect you. FileValut 2 users (whole d... Read the full article on TweakTown »
RumorTT: Apple may launch $799 MacBook Air this year May 07 2012 14:03:01	TweakTown
RumorTT: Apple may launch $799 MacBook Air this year Currently, the cheapest MacBook air sells for $999. However, if the folks at DigiTimes are correct, then we could be seeing a $799 MacBook Air as soon as the third quarter. Of course, the report cites the usual "sources from the upstream supply chain" so I would treat this rumor with a dose of skepticism until more is known.    The more aggressively priced MacBook Air could put the squeeze on Ultrabooks. This is especially true if Intel is unable to bring prices down to the $699 averag... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Deal of the Day: 16GB Kingston DataTraveler Micro USB 2... May 07 2012 12:09:01	TweakTown
Deal of the Day: 16GB Kingston DataTraveler Micro USB 2.0 Flash Drive for $12.95 with FREE Shipping! Our Deal of the Day is 16GB Kingston DataTraveler Micro USB 2.0 Flash Drive for $12.95 with FREE Shipping!    Buy.com has this tiny, TINY Kingston DataTraveler Micro 16GB USB 2.0 flash drive for $12.95 with FREE shipping until 5/11/12 or while supplies last.  16GB KINGSTON DATATRAVELER MICRO DTMCK/16GB USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE DEAL    Read the full article on TweakTown »
Download of the Day: Xfire 1.149 Build 45547 May 07 2012 11:35:01	TweakTown
Download of the Day: Xfire 1.149 Build 45547 Our Download of the Day is Xfire 1.149 Build 45547.    Changelog:  * Fixed an issue where video uploads would fail with the "413 Request Entity Too Large" error.* Fixed some, if not all, HTTP request errors.* Fixed a connection bug with 'Games For Windows Live' games.* Fixed a bug where Battlefield 3 would crash when Xfire In-Game is enabled on DirectX 10 graphics cards.* Improved frame rate on broadcasts for viewers.* Fixed minor bugs with game definition parsing.* Updated IME sy... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Diablo III thrown through dungeons of benchmarks, doesn... May 07 2012 11:00:01	TweakTown
Diablo III thrown through dungeons of benchmarks, doesn't really require much grunt Diablo III is nearly here, and if you were worried about the click-thrashing RPG was not going to run on your rig, then don't be alarmed. Usually, Blizzard-produced games are not hard on hardware, with this trend continuing for Diablo III.    Toms Hardware have taken the RPG through some tests with 12 different GPU configurations with a few CPUs thrown into the mix. They've tested minimum and maximum details, right up to 2560x1600.  You might be surprised just how well it runs, o... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Spotted: Acer Aspire E1-421, powered by AMD's Brazos 2.0 May 07 2012 10:24:01	TweakTown
Spotted: Acer Aspire E1-421, powered by AMD's Brazos 2.0 The first pictures of Acer's upcoming Aspire E1-421 has floated onto the surface of the Internet thanks to the keen eye of a shopper in Asia. What makes the Aspire E1-421 newsworthy? Well, it runs AMD's E1-1200APU "Brazos 2.0".    Yep! It's a dual-core APU that clocks in at 1.4GHz, and includes Radeon HD 7310 graphics. Filling out the specs we have 2GB of DDR3 RAM, 320GB of storage, a DVD SuperMulti drive, 14-inch screen with a 1366x768 resolution, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 6-cell battery an... Read the full article on TweakTown »
HBO Go and MAX Go arrive on Android devices, just not t... May 07 2012 09:22:01	TweakTown
HBO Go and MAX Go arrive on Android devices, just not tablets HBO have just released Android versions of their HBO Go and MAX Go apps, which let Android-powered users stream content from the two premium channels, wherever they are, as long as you already have a cable subscription to the two premium channels.    First up, the HBO Go app provides access to 1,400 HBO shows, including the channel's original programming, as well as a slew of movies across plenty of genres. The MAX Go app provides access to 400 movies, and the entire range of Cinemax's... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Apple's latest patent grab looks like they might move t... May 07 2012 08:23:01	TweakTown
Apple's latest patent grab looks like they might move to haptic feedback, reshapes your touchscreen If we were to go off of the patent pictured below, it looks as though Apple haver finally found the perfect way to solve the issue with touchscreen keyboards discarding the physical keyboard in favor of this new technology.    Haptic technology would allow touchscreen manufacturers to deliver physical feedback when a user touches a button, tries to type on the devices on-screen keyboard, or just interacts in general with the screen. No physical keyboard plus haptic technology could be ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
LG announces Optimus LTE2, sports 2GB of RAM, tries to ... May 07 2012 07:17:01	TweakTown
LG announces Optimus LTE2, sports 2GB of RAM, tries to step out of Samsung's shadow Samsung caused quite the stir over the past week or so with their GALAXY S III announcement, but not wanting to fade into the darkness, LG have announced their new LG Optimus LTE2 which definitely looks like it could butt heads with Samsung.    Design and build-wise, it looks spiffy: sporting a glass and metal casing instead of the glossy plastic exterior that the GALAXY series features. The second note you should take away from this announcement is that it sports 2GB of RAM, a first f... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Apple wants the iPhone5.com domain May 07 2012 06:23:01	TweakTown
Apple wants the iPhone5.com domain We all know it's coming, but Apple and their secrecy shuns us from the truth, constantly. We don't know if the next-generation iPhone will be called just 'iPhone', or 'iPhone 5', or something completely different.    But, Fusible has reported that Apple have filed a claim with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) where they seek to gain control of the iPhone5.com domain. WIPO authorities are currently assessing compliance of Apple's claim with the agency's regulations, ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Looks like GALAXY is working on a single-slot GEFORCE G... May 07 2012 05:23:01	TweakTown
Looks like GALAXY is working on a single-slot GEFORCE GTX 670 The GEFORCE GTX 670 action over the weekend has been entertaining to say the least. I was busy for most of the weekend and only had my smartphone to check the going ons of the Internet, our site, our Facebook page, and to keep up with news.    If you didn't already know, Shane has posted up a glorious preview of the GTX 670's performance, Cameron smashed out an awesomely written piece on why we didn't receive the GTX 690 for review, and now we have news that GALAXY has a single-slot G... Read the full article on TweakTown »
KingMax 1TB SSD hits retail shelves of Japan May 07 2012 04:25:01	TweakTown
KingMax 1TB SSD hits retail shelves of Japan Been waiting for that magical 1TB number for your SSD purchase? Well, you won't have to wait long, or you could grab one now if you're based in Japan! A 1TB KingMax-branded SSD has been spotted on Japanese retailer shelves.    The SSD in particular? It's the KM01TBSMI25 from KingMax. This SSD is the usual 2.5-inch form factor coming in at 7mm thick. It's controller and NAND flash memory are unknown at the moment. We do know it supports TRIM, sports the SATA 3Gbps interface (instead of ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Samsung GALAXY S III to hit all major UK carriers May 07 2012 03:43:01	TweakTown
Samsung GALAXY S III to hit all major UK carriers Later on this month, all local UK carriers will have the latest flagship smartphone from Samsung, the GALAXY S III. Similar to the HTC One X launch, it will catapult itself onto all major carriers.    We should see it arrive on Vodafone, Three, Orange, T-Mobile and O2. Most of these carriers hope to have the handset by May 30. Vodafone UK will have an exclusive though, where they'll have the 32GB version for a limited time where the rest of the carriers will have the 16GB for starters.... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Leisure Suit Larry gets $673,000 from its Kickstarter May 07 2012 03:10:01	TweakTown
Leisure Suit Larry gets $673,000 from its Kickstarter The Kickstarter for Leisuire Suit Larry has ended, with its goal being $500,000. The fan-funded Leisuire Suit Larry remake finished just before the weekend reaching $673,602. $655,182 was raised through Kickstarter, with the remaining coming in from PayPal.    Now that the upcoming games Kickstarter is finished, it doesn't mean donations have. PayPal donations are still open, so this total will continue to grow. There is a negative here, though: the game fell short of its second fundin... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Max Payne: Valhalla - a fan film of pure quality May 07 2012 02:21:01	TweakTown
Max Payne: Valhalla - a fan film of pure quality Max Payne 3 is nearly here and what better way to get back into the game than by watching a very well made fan film dubbed 'Max Payne: Valhalla". Max Payne: Valhalla is a non-profit fan film based on the original two Max Payne games.    It's a Zapruder Pictures production. Written and directed by Guillermo Fernández de Oliveira and Javier Esteban Loring. Starring Javier Esteban and Ignacio Sáez. Filmed in Madrid (Spain). The video above goes for a shave under 8 minutes, but is defini... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Deal of the Day: Toshiba BDX2150 Wifi-Ready Blu-ray Dis... May 07 2012 01:12:55	TweakTown
Deal of the Day: Toshiba BDX2150 Wifi-Ready Blu-ray Disc Player for $49.99 with FREE Shipping! Our Deal of the Day is Toshiba BDX2150 Wifi-Ready Blu-ray Disc Player for $49.99 with FREE Shipping!    Newegg has a $30 off coupon code for this Toshiba BDX2150 blu-ray disc player, taking the price down to $49.99 with FREE shipping.  TOSHIBA BDX2150 WIFI-READY BLU-RAY DISC PLAYER DEAL  Use coupon code: EMCNENG22 for $30 off, expiring 5/9/12.    Read the full article on TweakTown »
Verizon looks to bring 'text-to-911' capabilities to it... May 04 2012 22:28:01	TweakTown
Verizon looks to bring 'text-to-911' capabilities to its network "Like, OMG, I need help NOW!!1!" In a move that the FCC chairman praised, Verizon has selected a vendor to help it implement its first-in-the-nation "text-to-911" service. The "text-to-911" service would allow people to contact emergency services (911) via text message. This opens the doors to providing better access to those with speaking or hearing disabilities.    "Verizon is at the forefront of 911 public-safety innovations, and today's announcement is another step in making SMS-to... Read the full article on TweakTown »
The legal system works: Judge rules IP addresses are no... May 04 2012 21:33:01	TweakTown
The legal system works: Judge rules IP addresses are not enough to incriminate pirates It what can only be described as the legal system actually working, a judge has used common sense and ruled that an IP address is not enough to incriminate a pirate. Judge Gary Brown, a federally-appointed magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York, delivered the ruling in a fresh round of lawsuits launched by Voltage Pictures.    The case in question is one in which Voltage Pictures has sued 2,500 BitTorrent users who have been accused of illegally... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 blows away pre-order records May 04 2012 20:28:01	TweakTown
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 blows away pre-order records The popularity of the Call of Duty franchise seemingly increases with every launch. And the announcement and launch for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 pre-orders doesn't break this trend as the pre-sales for Black Ops 2 have smashed records set by previous pre-orders. Amazon has said that pre-orders for Black Ops 2 have outsold the original 10-1.    The 10-1 number is based upon the day one take-up. Black Ops 2 is set to launch November 13. Amazon UK says the figure is up 30%. Additionally,... Read the full article on TweakTown »
First Elder Scrolls Online trailer has been released May 04 2012 19:28:01	TweakTown
First Elder Scrolls Online trailer has been released As we reported yesterday, the studio behind The Elder Scrolls is looking to create an MMO based in the Elder Scrolls world. The game, which will be unveiled in more detail this June in the magazine Game Informer, features online social components, such as dungeons and PvP, as well as solo quests.    The video doesn't reveal much, if anything, that we don't already know about the game, but it does do a good job of perking viewers' interest in the game. I'm not a massive MMO player, Blac... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Leaked NVIDIA GTX 670 pictures and benchmarks surface, ... May 04 2012 18:31:01	TweakTown
Leaked NVIDIA GTX 670 pictures and benchmarks surface, requires two 6-pin for power Some ships are more leaky than others, just like some companies are more leaky than others. NVIDIA, at least with the Kepler launch, has been one of the more leaky companies of late. Pictures and benchmarks of the GTX 680 were surfacing weeks before the product launched and it seems like the same is holding true for the GTX 670.    That picture above is claimed to be the upcoming GTX 670. Accurate specifications such as CUDA core count, frequency, etc are still unknown. Based upon the ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
RumorTT: Next gen Xbox is 'already in manufacturing sta... May 04 2012 17:31:01	TweakTown
RumorTT: Next gen Xbox is 'already in manufacturing stages' An IGN source is reporting that the next generation Xbox is already in the manufacturing stages. The source reports that assembly of the next generation of Xbox has started at the Austin, Texas branch of Flextronics. Flextronics is the manufacturer of the current Xbox 360 as well as the current Xbox.    Just because the hardware is being assembled doesn't mean that we will be seeing the next generation console anytime soon. The hardware being created is most likely development kits for... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Android lost money every quarter in 2010, $97.7m revenu... May 04 2012 16:31:01	TweakTown
Android lost money every quarter in 2010, $97.7m revenue in Q1 Google has never really released any sort of data about the financials of Android. People have been forced to take educated guesses about whether or not Android is making money for Google. Well thanks to the ongoing battle between Oracle and Google, we finally have some hard numbers to go off of, and it's a somewhat bleak picture.    Currently, the lawsuit is in jury deliberations and those deliberations are currently locked. The judge and jury are trying to work out what sort of damag... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Apple iPad 2 recieves updated 32nm SoC, improves batter... May 04 2012 15:29:01	TweakTown
Apple iPad 2 recieves updated 32nm SoC, improves battery life Apple loves to do minor, and sometimes major, tweaks under the hood and not give a consumer any way to tell which product they are buying until they have opened the box. In this case, Apple has shrunk the 45nm SoC in the original iPad 2 down to 32nm and are still calling it the iPad 2. Unfortunately, there is no marking on the box and you won't know until you open the box and turn it on.    This is a bit unfair to customers as the new iPad revision brings with it lower operating temper... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Weekly Giveaway: Xigmatek kick-ass CPU coolers up for g... May 04 2012 14:39:22	TweakTown
Weekly Giveaway: Xigmatek kick-ass CPU coolers up for grabs - Thor's Hammer and Gaia This week we have teamed up with Xigmatek who are giving away some kick-ass CPU coolers.    Up for grabs are two Thor's Hammer coolers and two Gaia coolers. In total four people will be able to take home a CPU cooler thanks to Xigmatek.  Head on over to our forum contest thread for the full details on how to enter!  Read the full article on TweakTown »
Facebook names its stock price range, nets company up t... May 04 2012 14:01:01	TweakTown
Facebook names its stock price range, nets company up to $13.6 billion With Facebook expected to go public on May 17 or 18, we have finally heard what the expected stock price range will be. Ranging between $28 and $35, the IPO could potentially bring in $13.6 billion in profit, with $1 billion going straight to Zuckerberg. Along with this profit, the IPO will value Facebook at the most valuable US technology company at the time of an IPO.    The IPO will value the company somewhere between $77 billion and $96 billion which well outpaces the current recor... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Mobile App of the Day: SwiftKey X Keyboard for Android May 04 2012 13:01:01	TweakTown
Mobile App of the Day: SwiftKey X Keyboard for Android Our Mobile App of the Day is SwiftKey X Keyboard for Android.    Android typing has never been this easy.* Global Mobile Awards Most Innovative App 2012 *SwiftKey X Keyboard makes typing much easier on your phone, replacing your touchscreen keyboard with one powered by smarter natural language technology.SwiftKey X understands how words work together, giving much more accurate corrections and predictions than other keyboards. Very sloppy typing will magically make sense, and SwiftKey X... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Download of the Day: ICQ 7.8.6800 May 04 2012 12:47:01	TweakTown
Download of the Day: ICQ 7.8.6800 Our Download of the Day is ICQ 7.8.6800.    ICQ has been updated to version 7.8.6800, and with it, brings a few changes:  # New* File Transfer- With ICQ you can send photos, videos and files to all your contacts including mobile phone, Facebook and Google Talk friends. All they have to do is click on the web link you sent them, and start downloading the file - as simple as that! * Easy Login- Use your Facebook account or mobile phone number to sign in to ICQ and start chatting wit... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Why we didn't have an NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 launch rev... May 04 2012 12:18:47	TweakTown
Why we didn't have an NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 launch review at TweakTown AnandTech described the beasty and impressive new NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 dual-GPU video card rather well with just three adjectives in its review yesterday - Expensive, Rare and Fast. They along with a bunch of other websites like ours got a review sample directly from NVIDIA. We didn't, but that was no surprise to us at all.    We have attempted for years to work with NVIDIA, but it hasn't worked. Some years ago we started breaking NVIDIA GEFORCE launch dates and posting our reviews e... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Microsoft partners up with Dolby for Windows 8 tablets,... May 04 2012 12:11:01	TweakTown
Microsoft partners up with Dolby for Windows 8 tablets, PCs Microsoft and Dolby have just inked a new deal which will see Dolby Digital Plus' audio technology introduced to Windows 8 tablets and PCs. This will allow Windows 8-based devices to play Dolby-encoded content without an issue.    Microsoft have previously used Dolby encoding since Windows Vista in 2007, but in 2008, Dolby raised the possibility that we might not see Windows 8 with Dolby technology. It's incredibly exciting as Dolby Digital Plus 5.1-channel decoding and two-channel en... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Apple and Samsung are enjoying 99% of profits amongst t... May 04 2012 11:01:01	TweakTown
Apple and Samsung are enjoying 99% of profits amongst top mobile phone vendors We all know Samsung and Apple pretty much dominate the smartphone industry, but just how much have they been dominating it in the last year or so? Quite well, it seems. Apple and Samsung secure 99-percent of the profits, according to Asymco's Horace Dediu and his recently released data.    Out of this 99-percent, Apple take 73-percent, with Samsung taking 26-percent in Q1 2012. Comparing the previous quarter, Q4 2011, Apple were enjoying a nice 75-percent, with Samsung having 16-percen... Read the full article on TweakTown »
TSMC announces a 28nm ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor... May 04 2012 10:26:01	TweakTown
TSMC announces a 28nm ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor that can run at over 3GHz If you thought the dual-core processor in your smart device was fast, I bet you thought the quad-core processors we're seeing in smart devices like the Samsung GALAXY S III which sports the Exynos 4 Quad is impressive, well, not so much.    TSMC have just announced a 28nm ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor which can run at over 3GHz. These processors are from the high performance for mobile applications (HPM) process node, but will also be made to operate at lower speeds between 1.5GHz... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Activision are promising "disruptive innovation" for CO... May 04 2012 09:21:01	TweakTown
Activision are promising "disruptive innovation" for COD: Black Ops 2 Activision aren't letting themselves get kicked down by claims by EA that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 looks like a "tired" game, where they've promised it will be "groundbreaking and visceral" and will feature "disruptive innovation".    With both companies going head-to-head for the Christmas season sales, EA with their Medal of Honor: Warfighter launching weeks before COD:BLOPS 2, Activision is putting up a fight. Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision says:  Hands down, this is the m... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Kindle Fire shipments begin to die down May 04 2012 08:29:01	TweakTown
Kindle Fire shipments begin to die down Amazon were once able to stand proud bragging that their Kindle Fire was "the #1 bestselling, most gifted, and most wished for product", but never gave out any real sales numbers. This should've been a flashing red light in our faces, really.    Kindle Fire sales have been impressive, initially, but have reportedly started to die down. According to IDC's review of worldwide tablet shipments for Q1 2012, Kindle Fire shipments dropped from 4.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011,... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Windows 8 will not include Windows Media Center, if you... May 04 2012 07:50:01	TweakTown
Windows 8 will not include Windows Media Center, if you want it, you'll have to pay for it Microsoft are really wanting to make Windows 8 stand out, bigger than most operating systems they've released before. Today, the Redmond-based company have announced that Windows Media Center is not going to be included with Windows 8.    If you'd like to have access to Windows Media Center, you'll need to pay for it. You're thinking this is bad, ridiculous, how could they? Well, Microsoft are promising that Windows 8 will "deliver a world-class video and audio entertainment experience... Read the full article on TweakTown »
PC gaming hardware market is going well, predicted to g... May 04 2012 07:01:01	TweakTown
PC gaming hardware market is going well, predicted to generate $23.6 billion in sales by the end of this year According to the latest reports and numbers from Jon Peddie Research, predictions are being made for PC gaming hardware sales, where the research group are predicting total sales of $23.6 billion and by the end of 2015, this should grow to $32 billion.    They cite strong demand which will fuel growth over the coming years, especially in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries where systems, accessories and upgrades are expected to get close to $4.7 billion this year, and ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
The Expendables 2 debut trailer, Schwarzenegger, Stallo... May 04 2012 06:24:01	TweakTown
The Expendables 2 debut trailer, Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Willis, Norris, and more in the same movie The Expendables was an all-out 90s action star lover's wet dream, it featured a bunch of muscled-up, washed-up action stars, together again, kicking ass on the big screen. The Expendables 2 amps this up by putting more stars in it, for longer, and introducing more 90s old-school action.    The Expendables 2 features Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Liam Hemsworth, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarz... Read the full article on TweakTown »
RumorTT: Next iPhone to be thinner, taller, sport 4-inc... May 04 2012 05:58:22	TweakTown
RumorTT: Next iPhone to be thinner, taller, sport 4-inch screen as well as a new dock connector iLounge are reporting they've received information for the next-generation iPhone, that it would sport a 4-inch display by increasing height of the device. In order to accomodate the tallet screen, the body of the next iPhone will also become slightly taller. We should also see a 20-percent (or so) reduction in thickness. They go on, adding:    What we've learned: the new iPhone will indeed be longer and thinner than the iPhone 4 and 4S. Approximate measurements are 125mm by 58.5mm by ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Samsung's GALAXY Note flies past 2 million sales in Sou... May 04 2012 05:11:01	TweakTown
Samsung's GALAXY Note flies past 2 million sales in South Korea Samsung have proudly announced that their tablet/smartphone mash-up, the GALAXY Note, has sold two million units since its launch five months ago. The GALAXY Note smashed past the two million mark in the shortest period of time for any Korean LTE phone to date.    Samsung's GALAXY Note is set to receive an Ice Cream Sandwich update shortly, where it'll bring a slew of new features to the 5.3-inch tablet/smartphone mash-up device. Before it was released, most people thought it was a gam... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Microsoft to drop the "Windows Live" brand when Windows... May 04 2012 04:27:01	TweakTown
Microsoft to drop the "Windows Live" brand when Windows 8 arrives Microsoft's next-generation operating system, Windows 8 is nearly here and with it will bring changes to Microsoft's "Windows Live" platform. The Redmond-based company has decided to retire the "Windows Live" brand once Windows 8 arrives.    This means that Windows Live-based services such as Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Calendar, and Windows Live Mail will be known as Messenger, Calendar and Mail, respectively. Services such as Hotmail will continue to run normally, but Micros... Read the full article on TweakTown »
The Elder Scrolls Online MMO has been announced, hits P... May 04 2012 03:24:01	TweakTown
The Elder Scrolls Online MMO has been announced, hits PC and Mac in 2013 It has been a long time coming, but we're finally hearing about The Elder Scrolls Online, which will be unveiled in the June issue of Game Informer. The Elder Scrolls Online is being developed by the team at Zenimax Online Studios, where the game merges the exploration of rich worlds that the Elder Scrolls franchise is known for, with the scale and social aspects of an MMORPG.    The Elder Scrolls Online is set 1000 years before the events in Skyrim take place, as daedric prince Molag ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Samsung GALAXY S III vs. GALAXY S II video comparison May 04 2012 02:16:01	TweakTown
Samsung GALAXY S III vs. GALAXY S II video comparison Samsung released their flagship GALAXY S III smartphone today, and while we can perve at the pics, drool over the specs, and shout "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY" at the screen, it's still nice to see how the smartphone compares to its predecessor, the GALAXY S II.    Our friends over at Netbook News have done this in the form of a video comparison of the two GALAXY-branded smartphones. Netbook News throw a GALAXY S II up against the GALAXY S III and give their quick impressions, showing ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
DICE committed on giving "12-18 months of value" for Ba... May 04 2012 01:21:04	TweakTown
DICE committed on giving "12-18 months of value" for Battlefield 3 While there's been yet another Call of Duty announced in the form of Black Ops 2, but Battlefield 3 is still pumping away. We should receive Battlefield 3's first expansion in June which will begin an entire new world of Battlefield 3 fun.    During a recent interview, DICE's Patrick Bach said that the studio is focusing on giving players between 12 and 18 months of value in Battlefield 3 through DLC and expansions. Whilst speaking to VG24/7 regarding Battlefield 3's upcoming DLC, Clo... Read the full article on TweakTown »
False Alarm: EA is not disabling Rock Band app on iOS, ... May 03 2012 23:37:01	TweakTown
False Alarm: EA is not disabling Rock Band app on iOS, blames message on error As I reported yesterday, users of the iOS Rock Band app received a message that they would no longer be able to play the game and thanked them for 'rocking out with us.' Users, of course, flipped out and started posting bad reviews on the app and demanding their money back across a plethora of online communities.    The developers of Rock Band were caught off guard by the message, so they redirected all questions to EA Mobile. Apple additionally directed questions to EA, who remained q... Read the full article on TweakTown »
K|ngp|n achieves 1442MHz with EVGA GTX 680 on air May 03 2012 22:04:21	TweakTown
K|ngp|n achieves 1442MHz with EVGA GTX 680 on air Overclocking guru K|ngp|n has managed another incredible feat. It wasn't too long ago that he managed to take an NVIDIA GTX 680 up to 1957MHz with the help of some extreme cooling. This time he has managed to push an EVGA GTX 680 up to 1442MHz on basic air cooling alone. That is quite the feat and proves just how great the Kepler architecture is.    K|ngp|n used an EVGA GTX 680 SC, which features a default frequency of 1058MHz (1124MHz at Boost). He pushed 1.212V through the core of th... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Samsung introduces the Galaxy SIII Android smartphone May 03 2012 20:00:01	TweakTown
Samsung introduces the Galaxy SIII Android smartphone The Samsung Galaxy S III comes with a load of new features, with many of them as suspected prior to launch. Several new things have also been added to the phone are extremely cool. For one, the front-facing camera tracks the user's gaze so that the screen will not lock while the user is looking at the screen.    The device features the new Exynos 4 Quad-Core 1.4GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, 16, 32, or 64GB of storage, and radios for Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, and NFC connectivity. The front side feat... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Arctic Cooling has built the first integrated liquid an... May 03 2012 19:01:01	TweakTown
Arctic Cooling has built the first integrated liquid and air graphics card cooler On May 29, Arctic Cooling will release a new product that the market has never seen. This product combines air cooling and liquid cooling for graphics cards in a self-contained system. The idea here is to lower the heat and noise that is often produced by a high-performance graphics card.    Arctic Cooling is billing the new product as a graphics card cooler for enthusiasts. Arctic Cooling says the following:   Unmatched cooling performance  Active Cooling Unit and thermal a... Read the full article on TweakTown »
NVIDIA GTX 690 launch review roundup May 03 2012 18:31:01	TweakTown
NVIDIA GTX 690 launch review roundup NVIDIA, not content with the performance of the GTX 680, has decided to bake two GK104s together in the form of the GTX 690. The GTX 690 provides near the same performance as two GTX 680s SLI'd together while reducing power consumption and noise. It comes at a hefty price, however, of $999 MSRP.    Reviewers of the new 28nm GPU were given only 3 days to review this beast of a card, so many put in long hours putting it through its paces. What they found is that this card is a beast. As... Read the full article on TweakTown »
CyberpowerPC high-end desktops will now feature GTX 690s May 03 2012 18:02:01	TweakTown
CyberpowerPC high-end desktops will now feature GTX 690s Cyberpower has announced a new option to allow customers to configure new gaming systems around the newly released GTX 690. Systems in which the card can be used include the enthusiast Fang III series, Zeus series, and Gamer Xtreme and Ultra series. The GTX 690 is based on two GTX 680 cards and provides similar performance to them in SLI.    The entry-level system based around the GTX 690 starts under $1700, which with a $1000 card inside, isn't too bad of a price. Cyberpower has also ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Google wants to change the internet, proposes SPDY as o... May 03 2012 17:27:01	TweakTown
Google wants to change the internet, proposes SPDY as opposed to HTTP Spring cleaning is in full effect over at Google. Usually during the spring, Google attempts to rid itself of dead-end projects or, you know, push to overhaul the internet's DNS system. In this case, Google would like to replace HTTP with a new protocol called SPDY. To encourage this, it's showing potential speed gains on mobile networks.    Relying on the company's benchmarks, I can say that mean page load times on a Galaxy Nexus are 23% faster with the new system. Google hypothesizes... Read the full article on TweakTown »
CloudFlare and OpenDNS team up to raise awareness of DN... May 03 2012 16:29:01	TweakTown
CloudFlare and OpenDNS team up to raise awareness of DNSChanger Malware DNS, at its roots, is somewhat complicated and complex, so when a couple of years ago a group released a piece of malware that sent people to the wrong sites, fixing it has proven difficult. You see, the piece of malware changed users' DNS settings to point to a server owned by the perpetrators which then forwarded them the wrong IP.    People that are infected with the malware still rely on these "bad" DNS servers. Obviously they aren't bad anymore, but they are being maintained by th... Read the full article on TweakTown »
ASUS Fan Xpert 2 video hands-on shows how to do PC cool... May 03 2012 15:41:45	TweakTown
ASUS Fan Xpert 2 video hands-on shows how to do PC cooling fan control right So, you might have just saw our video hands-on demonstration of the brilliant ASUS Wi-Fi GO! which is part of most new ASUS Z77 based motherboard that only just came onto the market with the Ivy bridge launch last month. Next up and right here we give you similar treatment, but this time we're looking at ASUS Fan Xpert 2 - a big improvement over previous versions of Fan Xpert.    One of the biggest single features of Fan Xpert 2 is the ability to auto tune the cooling fans inside your ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
UK court ruling that ISPs must block The Pirate Bay has... May 03 2012 15:29:01	TweakTown
UK court ruling that ISPs must block The Pirate Bay has driven traffic to the site In an interesting, yet somewhat expected, turn of events, the High Court's ruling last Friday that all of UK's ISPs must block access to The Pirate Bay has had an affect on The Pirate Bay's web traffic. But not in the direction you think. Instead of losing hits and traffic, the file sharing website has seen an increase of 12 million visitors, more than it has ever had.    I guess this proves what they say is true: "There's no such thing as bad publicity." Clearly. "Thanks to the High C... Read the full article on TweakTown »
ASUS Wi-Fi GO! video hands-on with Android tablet app v... May 03 2012 15:01:43	TweakTown
ASUS Wi-Fi GO! video hands-on with Android tablet app version V1.1.01 Earlier on today we were invited to the ASUS headquarters here in Taipei where we got a look at a couple of exclusive features that part of is range of new Intel Z77 Express based motherboards. We got a look at Fan Xpert 2 as well as Wi-Fi GO! We're going to look at the latter first.    Wi-Fi GO! is a combination of hardware and software that is included in most new ASUS Z77 motherboards. It includes a hardware Wi-Fi chip on the board and lovely and easy to use software on your PC and ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Zynga wants to advertise in DrawSomething by making you... May 03 2012 14:08:01	TweakTown
Zynga wants to advertise in DrawSomething by making you draw brands Yes, I know that money is a good thing, but when a company starts to go overboard on advertising and monetization, they start to lose users. I'm afraid that is what is going to stat happening with the hip app DrawSomething. The number of users playing the game daily is already dropping, and has dropped so much that it is back to the level it was at when Zynga acquired the app.    Zynga is adding advertising to DrawSomething, in addition to the current banner ads and paid versions. This... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Download of the Day: GPU-Z 0.6.1 May 03 2012 11:43:01	TweakTown
Download of the Day: GPU-Z 0.6.1 Our Download of the Day is GPU-Z 0.6.1.    The latest version of GPU-Z is here, version 0.6.1. With it, brings plentiful NVIDIA Kepler support, mobile 7000 Series Radeon support, and more. On top of this, there's a PowerColor giveaway which shouldn't be missed!  Added PowerColor giveawayAdded support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690, GTX 670, GT 640, GT 630, GeForce 605, Quadro 3000M, GTX 675M, GTX 670MAdded support for AMD Radeon HD 7970M, HD 7450Added full support for Intel Sandy Bri... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Microsoft to open New York research lab, hires 14 Yahoo... May 03 2012 11:00:01	TweakTown
Microsoft to open New York research lab, hires 14 Yahoo Researchers to do so Microsoft scooped up well-known social network researcher Duncan Watts over the weekend, but he wasn't the only one Microsoft had their sights on. Microsoft have scooped up 13 other Yahoo researchers to kick-start a new New York research lab.    From these 13 people Microsoft have acquired brings David Pennock who is an algorithmic economist and will over see day-to-day lab operations. Microsoft also scored machine learning expert John Langford. Microsoft aren't new to research organ... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Samsung UK unveils 15-inch Series 9 Ultrabook, sports I... May 03 2012 10:11:04	TweakTown
Samsung UK unveils 15-inch Series 9 Ultrabook, sports Ivy Bridge Samsung have done the world some good, pre-announcing their Series 9 Ultrabook. The model in question is the Samsung NP900X4C, which will be the company's first 15-inch model in the Series 9 family of notebooks.    Ivy Bridge processors destined for Ultrabooks aren't supposed to be available for another month, but this hasn't stopped Samsung's UK-based branch from teasing us with their Series 9 line of notebooks sporting the 22nm-based processor. The NP900X4C sports a mid-range Core i... Read the full article on TweakTown »
Google Docs adds 450 new fonts, 60 creative templates May 03 2012 09:23:01	TweakTown
Google Docs adds 450 new fonts, 60 creative templates Google have announced through their Google Docs Blog that the Google Docs Team have unveiled 450 new fonts and 60 creative templates. The new fonts and templates are part of an array of new features an updates announced today, which expand the range of documents users can create.    This drags Google's offering up to compete with the capabilities of its main productivity suite competitor, Microsoft Office. Template options are divided into different sections, Work, School, Home and Fun... Read the full article on TweakTown »
ASUS Padfone hits a snag, delayed due to Qualcomm Snapd... May 03 2012 08:21:01	TweakTown
ASUS Padfone hits a snag, delayed due to Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 shortage ASUS' Padfone came smashing onto the scene during February's Mobile World Congress, and was meant to be launching in Taiwan in late-April, with an Italian launch rumored for the month after. But, it seems that a tweet from ASUS Indonesia is showing that it seems that Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 shortages are delaying the Padfone's launch in some markets.    Translation is always messy, but the tweet says that Qualcomm is still experiencing Snapdragon S4 shortages and that "unfortunately" ... Read the full article on TweakTown »

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