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NASA IBEX reveals composition of space matter from outs... Jan 31 2012 23:14:27	SlashGear
NASA IBEX reveals composition of space matter from outside our solar system NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has been studying what lies outside our solar system and today researchers revealed that this space matter is quite different from what lies within. This interstellar material is considered to be what stars, planets, and people are made from and hence the importance to understand its composition. IBEX has [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
FCC Lifeline program for low-income telephone service o... Jan 31 2012 22:47:14	SlashGear
FCC Lifeline program for low-income telephone service overhauled While normally reporting on government programs that have to do with low-income families wouldn’t be within the realm of news that we report, our environment containing gadgets, technology, and the like, this particular service fits right in: telephone service. It’s never a bad time to remember that not everyone in our vast human community has [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Symantec says pcAnywhere safe again with new security p... Jan 31 2012 22:43:33	SlashGear
Symantec says pcAnywhere safe again with new security patch Symantec has released a security patch for its pcAnywhere application, declaring it now safe to use again. The patch follows Symantec’s warning last week for all users to disable the product after the company discovered that the source code had been stolen back in 2006, meaning users were at greater risk of being hacked. According [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Steam Mobile now open to all, Beta testing complete Jan 31 2012 22:03:00	SlashGear
Steam Mobile now open to all, Beta testing complete Last week we let you in on a few bits of functionality that sat inside the mobile version of the gaming giant Steam – this week the beta period for testing of that app is done and everyone is allowed to join at will. This application may have mobile-based games in the future, but for [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nokia hints at Windows Phones with NFC sans ports Jan 31 2012 21:49:27	SlashGear
Nokia hints at Windows Phones with NFC sans ports Nokia’s design chief Marko Ahtisaari discussed the direction of future Lumia Windows Phones in an interview with The Guardian, hinting at NFC and wireless charging. Ahtisaari has been at the helm of Nokia’s design team since 2009, during which the company developed the Nokia N9, Nokia Lumia 800, and the Nokia Lumia 900. Ahtisaari has [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
China Telecom to push iPhone 4S in February Jan 31 2012 21:45:51	SlashGear
China Telecom to push iPhone 4S in February Apple’s iPhone push in China continues to buoy the telecoms market, with further talk of a second carrier in the Chinese market to offer the iOS smartphone. After analysts predicted China Telecom would follow China Unicom in offering the iPhone 4S, as part of a 40m unit sales push by 2013, the China Daily now claims [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Acer on the attack with $699 Ultrabooks in 2012 Jan 31 2012 21:08:45	SlashGear
Acer on the attack with $699 Ultrabooks in 2012 Acer plans to go on the attack in 2012 with a strong push in four major product categories, whereas its strategy last year was mainly to defend its position in the market. The company’s Chairman JT Wang announced the strategy shift during the company’s Lunar New Year ceremony, revealing that it would aggressively introduce new [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung Galaxy Note S tipped, GSIII release date dropped Jan 31 2012 20:54:33	SlashGear
Samsung Galaxy Note S tipped, GSIII release date dropped This week another brand new set of Galaxy devices have been tipped, those being the Samsung Galaxy Note S, the Galaxy S II Plus, and the Galaxy S III – a device we’ve already heard quite a bit about this year. The Galaxy S III has been tipped once again to be having a spring [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Xbox 720 to go for Smart TV and Gaming separately Jan 31 2012 20:34:57	SlashGear
Xbox 720 to go for Smart TV and Gaming separately Over the past month there’s been a gushing of juicy rumors coming forth from the fountain head on the Xbox 720, most of them molding together to create one perfect machine set to dominate the gamine world come 2013. But the most interesting point is the newest: that there will be not one, but two [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Firefox 10 hits with new dev tools, full-screen apps Jan 31 2012 20:27:58	SlashGear
Firefox 10 hits with new dev tools, full-screen apps Mozilla has unleashed Firefox 10, the latest iteration of its popular open-source Web browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux machines. This update comes merely six weeks after Firefox 9 proving the company’s commitment to its new “rapid release” program. Web developers should be particularly happy with this update as it brings a host of new [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
AT&T juggles execs Jan 31 2012 20:14:25	SlashGear
AT&T juggles execs Today the folks at AT&T are doing a little flipping around of heads with several faces now reporting directly to the AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson including John Stankey, Ralph de la Vega, Andy Geisse, and John Donovan. Each of these professionals will be getting a brand new world, with Stephenson expressing his enthusiasm [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Foxconn expanding by 5 factories to bump Apple production Jan 31 2012 19:48:01	SlashGear
Foxconn expanding by 5 factories to bump Apple production The folks at Foxconn have announced plans to expand their production of Apple products by five factories soon, each of them in Brazil. These extra factories will allow them to cater to demand for both iPhones and iPads, but mostly the latter, and will be combining to up their annual run rate by 400 million [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
LG scolded by NAD, Samsung, Sony for false advertising Jan 31 2012 19:31:27	SlashGear
LG scolded by NAD, Samsung, Sony for false advertising Both Sony and Samsung have come to the National Advertising Division to raise claims that LG’s current line of advertising for their 3D televisions is based on unfair claims and should be ended immediately. The decision came down on the 26th of January from NAD that they recommend that because the advertising does not hold [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Faunhofer shows off farmer-friendly sensors for field r... Jan 31 2012 18:43:55	SlashGear
Faunhofer shows off farmer-friendly sensors for field regulation galore Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications HHI in Berlin have presented a working model set of soil sensors that will in the near future be able to feed a farmer results on moisture content, humidity, temperature, and leakage. These sensors have been shown at the Embedded World trade fair in Nuremberg Germany and showcased [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung sucker-punched by Euro set-backs Jan 31 2012 18:33:52	SlashGear
Samsung sucker-punched by Euro set-backs Samsung‘s short run of legal success against Apple has been quickly curtailed, with the past two weeks punctuated by court rejections and news that the European Commission has singled out the firm for potentially misusing patents. The Korean company’s prospects had been buoyed by a Dutch court finding against Apple in an attempt to have [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
PSA: Facebook Timeline absolutely cannot be undone, don... Jan 31 2012 18:26:40	SlashGear
PSA: Facebook Timeline absolutely cannot be undone, don’t be fooled The scammers are coming out on Facebook in force this month, right from the start, to get you Timeline haters in their web and snare not just your Facebook account, but your computer’s contents as well. This is a public service announcement for you dreamers hoping to de-authorize Timeline from your Facebook account: you can’t, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
3D printing may explode at rate incomparable to its 2D ... Jan 31 2012 18:08:14	SlashGear
3D printing may explode at rate incomparable to its 2D predecessor If 3D printing advances as fast as 2D printing advanced, we’ll be working with our own Replicators from Star Trek by the year 2080. It took just 40 years for the original printing press to turn over from the single Gutenberg press to get to a mass production scale across Europe, and much, much less [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
LG and Hitachi join forces for clean water initiative Jan 31 2012 17:31:37	SlashGear
LG and Hitachi join forces for clean water initiative Both Hitachi Plant Technologies and LG Electronics have expressed their love for the environment and have teamed up to bring a brand new water treatment company to the forefront, this company starting up operations on the first of February, 2012. This new company will be named LH-Hitachi Water Solutions Co., Ltd., and will play what [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Twitter CEO: Tweet censoring is a good thing Jan 31 2012 17:25:15	SlashGear
Twitter CEO: Tweet censoring is a good thing Twitter has renewed its denials that recent policy changes allowing the social network to censor tweets are a sign that the company is proactively looking to manage shared content, arguing that it was merely a more transparent way of handling different free speech rules around the world. Speaking at Dive Into Media, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo portrayed the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: January 31, 2012 Jan 31 2012 17:14:31	SlashGear
SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: January 31, 2012 We’re going to start seeing leaked and/or pre-released information about Mobile World Congress 2012 pretty soon, folks, and the flood does begin right here in ernest with a rather intimate look at the HTC Ville with Sense 4.0. We’ve got a report that iPhone 5 will be rolling out with NFC for the masses to [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
BlackBerry “Bold Team” cartoon caper falls flat Jan 31 2012 17:11:45	SlashGear
BlackBerry “Bold Team” cartoon caper falls flat RIM has found itself the butt of BlackBerry jokes, after a superhero infographic promotion was mistaken for a new advertising campaign. “The Bold Team” was presented as how RIM would “be bold in 2012“, a quartet of personalities – “achiever”, “adventurer” “advocate” and “authentic” – each representing an aspect of how the company hoped its [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Kuel H10 H12 stylus pens review Jan 31 2012 16:44:58	SlashGear
Kuel H10 H12 stylus pens review There are so very many stylus pens out there in this digital world of ours that it’s difficult not to get lost in the fray, finding yourself picking up a pen that’s just not going to get the job done once you’re home and painting away. What Kuel has done here is to relieve you [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Apple faces “Cost of iPhone” attention after worker mis... Jan 31 2012 16:30:53	SlashGear
Apple faces “Cost of iPhone” attention after worker mistreatment petition [Updated] Apple CEO Tim Cook’s outrage at allegations the company knowingly overlooked labor mistreatment among its suppliers may have satisfied some, but that hasn’t stopped an online petition of near 150,000 Apple fans demanding the company take further steps in protecting workers. Accruing nearly 150,000 signatures within 48 hours, the campaign was started by Mark Shields on [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Windows 8 Office 15 apps to have fake Metro skin say in... Jan 31 2012 16:03:04	SlashGear
Windows 8 Office 15 apps to have fake Metro skin say insiders Windows 8 will lack a Metro UI version of Office 15, it’s been suggested, with insufficient time blamed for what will amount to merely “interface tweaks” to better suit the pared-down menus. Although a Metro version of Office has been tipped for some time, the practicalities involved in rebuilding the software using WebRT in time for the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Toshiba 4k2k glasses-free 3D TV hits volume production ... Jan 31 2012 15:35:32	SlashGear
Toshiba 4k2k glasses-free 3D TV hits volume production ahead of Q1 US debut Mass production of Toshiba’s 55-inch glasses-free 4k2k 3D TV has already begun, according to supply chain tipsters, with the pixel-plentiful panels at the heart of the oversized sets already winging their way from display specialists AUO. The new TV is expected to launch sometime this quarter, Toshiba has said, and it’s AU Optronics supplying the panel [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google responds to US Congress privacy concerns Jan 31 2012 15:10:05	SlashGear
Google responds to US Congress privacy concerns Google has responded to US Congress demands for information on the search giants recent privacy policy changes, detailing the amendments in a 13-page letter that attempts to hammer home that Google’s “approach to privacy has not changed.” The new policy – which streamlines the majority of Google’s existing privacy policies into a single document – actually saves [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
HTC Ville caught on video with Sense 4.0 Jan 31 2012 14:32:09	SlashGear
HTC Ville caught on video with Sense 4.0 The HTC Ville has been caught on video ahead of its expected MWC 2012 debut, showing off both its slimline form-factor as well as a glimpse of HTC Sense 4.0. According to the Android 4.0 smartphone’s hardware info page, it runs a 1.5GHz dualcore processor with 1GB of RAM and a 4.3-inch qHD touchscreen. There’s also [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Targus outs HD dual-head USB 3.0 video card Jan 31 2012 14:19:27	SlashGear
Targus outs HD dual-head USB 3.0 video card If you have a notebook or desktop computer that has a USB 3.0 port, and you need something to fill that port and would like an extra display or two check out this new product from Targus. The device is called the Targus USB 3.0 Dual Video Card and it has both an HDMI output [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Final Cut Pro X upgraded: 64 angle Multicam, Thunderbol... Jan 31 2012 14:04:29	SlashGear
Final Cut Pro X upgraded: 64 angle Multicam, Thunderbolt, more Apple has pushed out a “significant” update to its Final Cut Pro X video editing app for OS X, adding multicam support for up to 64 angles, boosted chroma-keying, enhanced XML for better third-party integration, and Thunderbolt support for peripherals. Final Cut Pro X v10.0.3 – a free update for existing owners of the $299.99 software – can [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Panasonic launches the new Lumix DMC-ZS20 digital camera Jan 31 2012 13:53:45	SlashGear
Panasonic launches the new Lumix DMC-ZS20 digital camera Panasonic has unveiled its latest digital camera will called the ZS20. Panasonic claims that this is the world slimmest digital camera that sports a 20 times optical zoom lens. The camera also has full HD video recording and integrated GPS. The lens is a 24 mm wide-angle unit allows you to get more people in [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Scientists create the world’s first atomic x-ray laser Jan 31 2012 13:20:22	SlashGear
Scientists create the world’s first atomic x-ray laser Dr. Evil will really like this new development by team of scientists at the Menlo Park SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The team has created the world’s first atomic x-ray laser. The project resulted in the shortest, purest x-ray laser pulses ever achieved. These x-ray laser pulses were created when the researchers aimed the SLAC Linac [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Windows 8 Kinect leaks again: Power hungry but plenty o... Jan 31 2012 13:18:13	SlashGear
Windows 8 Kinect leaks again: Power hungry but plenty of potential Microsoft‘s experiments with Kinect-style motion tracking technology for Windows 8 laptops could streamline the login experience as well as be used for games, though battery concerns might initially see the camera system offered as a self-powered add-on rather than fully integrated. After prototypes were reportedly caught in the wild earlier this month, sources inside Microsoft [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Shuttle XPC SZ68R5 packs super-fast Core i7 into tiny f... Jan 31 2012 12:45:03	SlashGear
Shuttle XPC SZ68R5 packs super-fast Core i7 into tiny footprint Compact PC manufacturer Shuttle has outed its latest barebones computer, the Shuttle XPC SZ68R5, featuring Intel’s Z68 high-performance chipset along with SSD caching for super-fast boot times and app loading. The 33 x 21.5 x 19 cm chassis can accommodate up to 32GB of DDR3 memory, Core i3/i5/i7 processors and up to four add-on cards, since it [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
ISS orbit raised to avoid Chinese satellite fragment Jan 31 2012 12:40:59	SlashGear
ISS orbit raised to avoid Chinese satellite fragment The ISS and its international crew have been silently orbiting the Earth for many years now. Typically, the ISS maintains a consistent orbit, but at times, that orbit has to be tweaked to avoid any debris that might be in the path of the space station. The smallest chunk of space trash traveling at the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung under EC antitrust investigation over 3G patents Jan 31 2012 12:16:17	SlashGear
Samsung under EC antitrust investigation over 3G patents Samsung is the subject of a new antitrust investigation, with the European Commission confirming that it is formally looking into whether the Korean company misused essential 3G/UMTS patents it holds. Tipped back in November, the investigation will look for evidence that Samsung has refused to license its wireless telecoms patents – deemed “essential” to European [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Rovio says piracy brings in more business for Angry Birds Jan 31 2012 12:10:56	SlashGear
Rovio says piracy brings in more business for Angry Birds Somewhere, a RIAA supporter is crying right now. Rovio, the mobile developer behind the wildly popular Angry Birds game has talked a bit about piracy at the Medim conference this week. Rather than get aggressive and sue people like the RIAA did; Rovio is taking a much more laid-back and much more intelligent path to [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Court rejects Oracle’s attempt to kill Itanium processo... Jan 31 2012 11:51:21	SlashGear
Court rejects Oracle’s attempt to kill Itanium processor support agreement with HP Oracle and HP have been in court with Oracle trying to get out of an agreement it is said to have in place with HP that covers the support of Itanium processors. The legal fuss came about after Oracle announced in March of last year that it would no longer support the Intel Itanium processors [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Facebook says over 5 billion songs shared and talks fri... Jan 31 2012 11:32:29	SlashGear
Facebook says over 5 billion songs shared and talks frictionless sharing I would wager many of us have friends on Facebook listen to a lot of music, and the links to that music are shared on the social network for you and others to listen along. It hasn’t even been six months yet since Facebook launched music sharing, and already a huge number of tracks have [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Android developers get their own official Google+ page Jan 31 2012 11:06:58	SlashGear
Android developers get their own official Google+ page If you are an Android developer, you now have your own space on Google+ to visit and hang out with other developers. The Android development team now has a dedicated page on Google+ where they can meet, talk, share, and connect. Google hopes it will give the developers a place to meet and share ideas. [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung loses Galaxy Tab German Apple ban appeal Jan 31 2012 10:38:09	SlashGear
Samsung loses Galaxy Tab German Apple ban appeal Samsung‘s bad luck in German courts continues, with the company’s attempts to have Apple’s sales ban against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 overturned rejected this week. The Korean firm had protested the Android tablet’s injunction at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, which found in favor of the injunction instigated by the lower court – initially impacting the majority [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
RIM concedes no more combining BlackBerry CEO and Chair Jan 31 2012 10:24:41	SlashGear
RIM concedes no more combining BlackBerry CEO and Chair RIM‘s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie will be the last to share both the CEO and Board Chair position, after an independent review decided never again would the two roles be conflated by BlackBerry management. In fact, the committee of independent directors deemed [pdf link], the RIM Chair should from now on always be a non-BlackBerry [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Facebook Timeline Movie Maker makes a movie out of your... Jan 31 2012 10:22:50	SlashGear
Facebook Timeline Movie Maker makes a movie out of your content I think most of us would agree that the new Facebook Timeline isn’t something we want on our profiles. I don’t like the way timeline profiles look, and I’m sure I am not alone. Facebook has now launched a new app that will take all the content you put on your Timeline profile, and turn [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Morgan Stanley predicts Apple will sell 40 million iPho... Jan 31 2012 10:00:30	SlashGear
Morgan Stanley predicts Apple will sell 40 million iPhones in China by 2013 Apple has admitted that it had planned poorly for the launch of the iPhone 4S in China. Apple launched the iPhone 4S in China and didn’t have enough stock leaving many who waited in line without the device, which led to near riots with eggs thrown at windows, and employees smacked around. Despite the initial [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Apple snatches new Retail chief from Euro chain Dixons Jan 31 2012 09:48:04	SlashGear
Apple snatches new Retail chief from Euro chain Dixons Apple has revealed its new retail chief, grabbing John Browett from European tech chain Dixons as its new Senior Vice President of Retail. Browett, who has been Dixons CEO since 2007, will join Apple in April, and helm the company’s global retail strategy as well as organizing the expansion of Apple’s retail stores. “Our retail stores [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Sky reveals streaming TV plans for non-subscribers, plu... Jan 31 2012 09:27:05	SlashGear
Sky reveals streaming TV plans for non-subscribers, plus Sky Go Android app Sky has revealed a new on-demand streaming TV service, offering subscription-based and pay-per-view content to those who haven’t signed up to the network’s satellite TV option. Set to launch in the UK in the first half of this year, the new Sky internet TV service will stream content to computers, tablets, mobile phones, games consoles and smart [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
MegaUpload data reprieve: Safe until mid-February Jan 31 2012 09:12:59	SlashGear
MegaUpload data reprieve: Safe until mid-February Legitimate user data stored with seized file-sharing service MegaUpload is safe from deletion until at least mid-February, the lawyer for the piracy-accused site has confirmed, though there’s still no way for users to actually access it. Having been taken down by US federal prosecutors earlier this month, the longevity of MegaUpload’s database was in question [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Koobe Jin Yong eReader fourth to deliver Qualcomm’s mir... Jan 31 2012 08:56:55	SlashGear
Koobe Jin Yong eReader fourth to deliver Qualcomm’s mirasol Qualcomm’s mirasol color e-paper technology has found its way into another device, the Koobe Jin Yong eReader, a 5.7-inch XGA slate targeting ebooks, digital comics, animated picture books and magazines. The Koobe model is the fourth to use Qualcomm’s screen tech, and like models from Kyobo it runs a reskinned Android 2.3 on top of the chip company’s [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nokia’s 1997 game Snake authentically recreated on Wind... Jan 31 2012 04:14:10	SlashGear
Nokia’s 1997 game Snake authentically recreated on Windows Phone There aren’t many mobile phone games from the 1990s that are really worth taking a second look. In fact, the entire market of vintage cell phone games is sorely uninspiring, but there is one that has and always will stand out from its monochromatic brethren. If you had a Nokia phone back in the day, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Harmonix game in the works for Xbox Live, PSN, and Face... Jan 31 2012 03:56:13	SlashGear
Harmonix game in the works for Xbox Live, PSN, and Facebook? The guys at Harmonix are fairly occupied working on continuous downloadable content for Dance Central, but apparently there is something else in the works for the music game moguls. Brian Chan, who was the senior designer for Rock Band 3, has mentioned on his own public resume that he has begun working on a new [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet will get Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade Jan 31 2012 03:32:11	SlashGear
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet will get Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade In case you’ve been wondering what happened to Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades to Android-powered tablets, Lenovo has confirmed it will release an update to the ThinkPad Tablet in the second quarter of 2012. Asus’s Transformer Prime device has been the only upgraded tablet so far and it’s being met with problems, but hopefully those kinks [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google+ Hangout with Obama spurs SOPA discussion Jan 31 2012 03:16:30	SlashGear
Google+ Hangout with Obama spurs SOPA discussion President Obama appeared before the world tonight in a virtual town hall that took place on Google+. As could easily be expected, there were some controversial issues to discuss, one of which was the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Obama responded to a question about the piece of legislation by saying there could be other [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Star Trek apartment costs $150K, gets ruined in divorce Jan 31 2012 02:49:46	SlashGear
Star Trek apartment costs $150K, gets ruined in divorce If we told you that a man who was able to create a replica of the Star Trek Voyager starship in his apartment ended up being served divorce papers by his wife, you probably wouldn’t be that surprised. But if we told you that same amazing apartment was going to be destroyed by said wife, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Taco Bell offers PlayStation Vita in pre-release sweeps... Jan 31 2012 02:27:15	SlashGear
Taco Bell offers PlayStation Vita in pre-release sweepstakes If you can’t wait until February 22 to get your hands on Sony’s newest portable gaming device, you’ll need to set aside some extra time for the bathroom. Your shot at winning a pre-release PlayStation Vita is at the same place where you can buy Fritos-filled burritos. Sony’s new partnership with Taco Bell follows the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Apple iPhone 5 will have strong NFC support: report Jan 31 2012 02:06:13	SlashGear
Apple iPhone 5 will have strong NFC support: report There’s new life emerging for one of the big Apple rumors that came out last year but never gained much steam. We’re talking about Near Field Communication (NFC) support for the next generation of the iPhone. NFC, of course, is the standard used in contactless credit cards today and is looking to be a standard [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nintendo Zelda sequel trailer is cool but not real Jan 31 2012 01:44:42	SlashGear
Nintendo Zelda sequel trailer is cool but not real In this world, there are people who make games and there are insane, talented fans of those games who create their own amazing adaptations of famous series and franchises. Sadly, these two sides rarely intertwine. Take for example, a recently uploaded trailer for Zelda: The Lost Oracle – not an actual Zelda game, but we [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Apple iPhone 4S reservations now require government ID ... Jan 31 2012 01:24:43	SlashGear
Apple iPhone 4S reservations now require government ID in Hong Kong If you want an iPhone 4S in Hong Kong, you’ll need an Internet connection, a government-issued photo ID, and a bit of luck. Apple has amended its online lottery system after scalpers and bots created mayhem and an utter lack of fairness to normal consumers. The new system makes Hong Kong the most stringent country [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 30, 2012 Jan 31 2012 00:53:20	SlashGear
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 30, 2012 Shrug off that case of the Mondays you’ve had all day and check out what made news in the gadget world today. For starters, there are a couple new developments in mobile data plans in the US. On the Verizon side, the carrier may soon be launching family data plans, making it a bit more [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
iPhone Quaskidisk app updated for tethering, booted fro... Jan 30 2012 23:55:11	SlashGear
iPhone Quaskidisk app updated for tethering, booted from market Those of you sticking so close to the iPhone app streets that you can tell that an app is coming before its developer even develops it knew that there was an app by the name of QuasiDisk out there today, one that allowed you to take advantage of tethering from your iPhone. This functionality is [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
T-Mobile domestic data roaming limits start April 5 Jan 30 2012 23:26:57	SlashGear
T-Mobile domestic data roaming limits start April 5 T-Mobile will be making some changes to its domestic data roaming come April 5, according to a leaked internal document obtained by TmoNews. Instead of capping data speeds for domestic data roaming, T-Mobile will completely cut off your data if you exceed your allotment for the billing cycle. This means you won’t be able to [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Microsoft Office 15 released for Technical Preview Jan 30 2012 23:11:08	SlashGear
Microsoft Office 15 released for Technical Preview One of the most famous suites of software on earth, Microsoft’s Office, has been released in its 15th iteration this morning as a Technical Preview. As JP Hough, CVP of Development for Microsoft’s Office Division notes, Office 15 is the codename of the next generation of Microsoft’s Office products, and this Technical Preview is the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Apple updates AirPort Utility, Time Capsule firmware, A... Jan 30 2012 22:50:30	SlashGear
Apple updates AirPort Utility, Time Capsule firmware, AirPort Base Station Several updates to software surrounding AirPort and Time Capsule have been sent out by Apple today, each of them coming to users through Software Update. The first update is to 802.11n AirPort Express, 802.11n AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule models – in it, users get an issue fixed for wireless performance amongst other smaller issues. [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Carrier IQ controversy prompts new disclosure bill Jan 30 2012 22:41:12	SlashGear
Carrier IQ controversy prompts new disclosure bill Following the Carrier IQ controversy over its data tracking software on mobile devices, new legislation is being proposed that would require both wireless carriers and mobile device manufacturers to disclose of any monitoring software. Rep. Ed Markey drafted the new mobile privacy bill, which would place the Federal Trade Commission in charge of making sure [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Panasonic demos WiGig with tablet and in-car system Jan 30 2012 22:17:47	SlashGear
Panasonic demos WiGig with tablet and in-car system Panasonic is developing new applications that use WiGig technology, which can wirelessly transfer data at multi-gigabit speeds. Although first announced back in 2009, adoption of WiGig has taken some time. Panasonic is demoing the technology in use on prototype SD cards that work with tablets to transfer videos to in-car entertainment systems. The technology in [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Intel Sandy Bridge CPU refresh includes i5 and Celeron ... Jan 30 2012 22:16:34	SlashGear
Intel Sandy Bridge CPU refresh includes i5 and Celeron cores There’s a brand new set of no less than seven CPUs out on the market announced by Intel today, each of them with a slight modification over the last comparable version of them, with both Core i5 and Celeron units up for sale. Each of these units has been announced extremely silently for one reason [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nintendo DSi trials speech recognition for classrooms Jan 30 2012 21:47:01	SlashGear
Nintendo DSi trials speech recognition for classrooms The Nintendo DSi isn’t what you’d expect teachers to want in classrooms, but that may change as the handheld gaming device explores new uses in education. Along with Japanese telecom company NTT, Nintendo is testing speech-to-text and speech recognition technology on the DSi for students with hearing impairment or other disabilities. Trials for the technology [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Clearwire Clear Hub Express and Clear Spot Voyager WiMa... Jan 30 2012 21:46:56	SlashGear
Clearwire Clear Hub Express and Clear Spot Voyager WiMax hotspots revealed Clearwire has released information on price and release for a couple of new hotspots, both of them running on their current WiMAX 4G network. The first is a $99 wifi router mobile hotspot combination device called Clear Hub Express, it made for both your home and your mobile office. The Clear Spot Voyager, on the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Apple engineers put on false products until trust is ga... Jan 30 2012 21:30:55	SlashGear
Apple engineers put on false products until trust is gained When you’re running a company so gigantic and so very profitable that even the smallest leak of information on your upcoming product line could cost you masses of cash, you’ve got to take Apple-level precautions. That’s what its come to- when you speak about security of product names, details, and the whole lot, you compare [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Verizon family data plans may be launching soon Jan 30 2012 20:49:02	SlashGear
Verizon family data plans may be launching soon Verizon may finally be launching its long teased family data plans, according to a tip received by Engadget. The tipster sent in screenshots of Verizon’s internal account management application, which were part of employee training material on the updated system. The images reveal the addition of new “account level data plans” that appear to have [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Counter-Strike Portable coming to Android in unofficial... Jan 30 2012 20:46:04	SlashGear
Counter-Strike Portable coming to Android in unofficial build One of the most popular an addicting first person shooter games of all time has been re-built from the ground up to bring you all the classic action on your Android device. What you’re going to get is a version of the game that’s been made by fans wishing to continue the legacy of the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
iPhone 4S GLAS.t adds another layer of glass for protec... Jan 30 2012 20:15:56	SlashGear
iPhone 4S GLAS.t adds another layer of glass for protection The folks at Spigen have a brand new accessory for the iPhone 4/4S that they’d love for you to try out: the GLAS.t premium tempered glass screen protector. What makes this particular screen protector different from the hundreds of alternatives is it’s makeup: it’s not plastic, it’s Oleophobic Coated Chemically Treated Glass, their own formula! [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Xbox 720 set for two versions, 2013 release, E3 reveal Jan 30 2012 19:50:32	SlashGear
Xbox 720 set for two versions, 2013 release, E3 reveal Microsoft France has revealed that there are no plans to release a brand new Xbox inside 2012, saying that they’re not “convinced” that the device we’ve been calling the Xbox 720 will be happening this year. This information comes from the marketing director for Microsoft in France Cedrick Delmas interviewing with Lepoint and brought to [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Android Trojans highlight basic problem with a non-cura... Jan 30 2012 19:23:17	SlashGear
Android Trojans highlight basic problem with a non-curated Market There’s a whole lot of malware going down right now in the Android Marketplace, and aside from scaring the bajeesus out of new Android users everywhere, the situation has highlighted a basic mis-step on the part of both consumers and Google. What Google has fallen under fire for many more times than here and now [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Could “Unlimited” Save T-Mobile USA? Jan 30 2012 19:00:28	SlashGear
Could “Unlimited” Save T-Mobile USA? T-Mobile USA has a problem: uninterested subscribers, patchy “4G” coverage and, with the collapse of the AT&T acquisition deal, sole responsibility for digging itself out of the whole mess. The carrier – or more accurately owners Deutsche Telekom – had envisaged AT&T taking over responsibility for US operations, leaving the German parent company to handle [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Windows Tango getting C++ support, 120 languages Jan 30 2012 18:55:27	SlashGear
Windows Tango getting C++ support, 120 languages In a leaked set of key points from a developer event in India this week, codesters were given a bit of information on the upcoming hero version of Windows Phone, that being code-name Tango. This version of Windows Phone will first of all be supporting C++ code use by developers, this giving them a much [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Spark Plasma Active 7-inch tablet revealed, set to take... Jan 30 2012 18:31:05	SlashGear
Spark Plasma Active 7-inch tablet revealed, set to take on Android When you see a tablet that’s less than $350 on the market these days, you must first always figure out if it’s a “crap” tablet or not – in the case of this brand new $265 Spark tablet running Plasma Active Linux, we’re hoping for the latter. This tablet has been revealed to be running [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nintendo struggles made hilarious with Chinese 3D anima... Jan 30 2012 18:06:12	SlashGear
Nintendo struggles made hilarious with Chinese 3D animation If there’s one thing the Chinese news service NMA is good at, it’s presenting these ultra-strange 3D animation videos made to help people visualize the situations groups like Nintendo have gotten themselves into. Today’s animation takes Nintendo’s earnings presented last week and skewers them on several levels, showing Mario being smashed by an original GameBoy [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Obama post-State of Union Google+ hangout tonight Jan 30 2012 17:34:26	SlashGear
Obama post-State of Union Google+ hangout tonight Tonight the President of the United States will rely on the power of Google+ Hangouts to address the people of the internet. This address has previously been billed as a post-State of the Union talk, but now appears to be more of a question and answer session in which questions submitted via the web have [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
A week with iPhone 4S: my first 10 apps Jan 30 2012 17:03:44	SlashGear
A week with iPhone 4S: my first 10 apps For those of you just joining us for this adventure, you should know that I’m taking part in a real-life experiment in which I’m using an iPhone 4S for a week exclusively as my one and only smartphone. You should know, for context, that I generally use Android devices, having used the Samsung Galaxy Nexus [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
MegaUpload host denies data delete ultimatum: “Don’t ca... Jan 30 2012 16:53:13	SlashGear
MegaUpload host denies data delete ultimatum: “Don’t call us” Carpathia Hosting, one of MegaUpload‘s server companies, has responded to US federal investigator suggestions that user data will be deleted from Thursday February 2, pointing out it has no access to any files and denying it supplied the cut-off date. “Carpathia Hosting does not have, and has never had, access to the content on MegaUpload servers” [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: January 30, 2012 Jan 30 2012 16:38:19	SlashGear
SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: January 30, 2012 This morning we must begin with two hard-hitting columns, the first being one posted this weekend by Don Reisinger entitled Why I’d Take An Xbox 360 Over An Apple TV Any Day. Next the all-important introduction to a week-long exploration by your humble narrator called I’m Switching to iPhone 4S for a week. You’re all [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Bee deaths down to agriculture not armageddon say resea... Jan 30 2012 16:37:06	SlashGear
Bee deaths down to agriculture not armageddon say researchers Dramatically falling bee populations aren’t a sign of the impending apocalypse or even a hive-mind abandoning Earth but the side-effect of neonicotinoid insecticides discovered to be highly toxic to honeybees. Researchers at Purdue University found the insecticides – which are commonly used to coat corn and soybean seeds prior to planing, Science Daily reports – cause tremors, loss of coordination and convulsions, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Tilera TILE-Gx puts 36-core PC on a half-height PCIe card Jan 30 2012 16:14:35	SlashGear
Tilera TILE-Gx puts 36-core PC on a half-height PCIe card Multicore processor specialist Tilera has returned with a new “manycore” offering, the 36 and 16-core TILE-Gx 64-bit processors, promising grunt in line with the top-spec chips from Intel and AMD yet with power demands more akin to ultraportable notebooks. According to Tilera, just one TILE-Gx36-based server can outperform a Xeon-based system, despite using only one-fifth the power and one-eighth [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
White Nokia Lumia 800 hits Australia in March Jan 30 2012 15:49:41	SlashGear
White Nokia Lumia 800 hits Australia in March Nokia will launch its Lumia 800 Windows Phone in Australia come March, with the existing black, cyan and magenta variants joined by a white model. Offered on Australian carriers Optus, Telstra, Vodafone “and all major retailers” no pricing for the Lumia 800 has been announced, but the smartphone will come complete with Nokia Drive for turn-by-turn navigation [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
RapidShare under the microscope amid MegaUpload fallout Jan 30 2012 15:22:28	SlashGear
RapidShare under the microscope amid MegaUpload fallout With MegaUpload facing irretrievable data loss later this week and rival services locking down their file sharing options, attention has turned to well-used but clandestine rival RapidShare AG and whether it will occupy the cloud storage vacuum or be next in line for the FBI’s attentions. Worlds apart from the showy Kim Dotcom, MegaUpload’s CEO, RapidShare founder Christian Schmid [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
AT&T Galaxy Note LTE hits stores Feb 19 for $300 Jan 30 2012 15:05:28	SlashGear
AT&T Galaxy Note LTE hits stores Feb 19 for $300 AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy Note will hit stores from February 19 priced at $299.99 with a new, two year agreement, the carrier has announced, though online pre-order customers can get the LTE smartphone up to two days early. Officially launched at CES earlier this month, the AT&T Galaxy Note keeps the 5.3-inch 1280 x 800 Super AMOLED HD [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nokia Belle upgrade on Feb 8 2012 tips yanked site Jan 30 2012 14:43:27	SlashGear
Nokia Belle upgrade on Feb 8 2012 tips yanked site Nokia has apparently confirmed a February 8 2012 release date for Nokia Belle, the software update to Symbian on the Nokia N8, E7, X7, E6 and C6-01, though the announcement was seemingly premature. A news page regarding Belle was posted by Nokia Vietnam but subsequently yanked – you can see it in Google’s cache - Nokia [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
BlackBerry squeezed out of Enterprise say stats Jan 30 2012 14:25:50	SlashGear
BlackBerry squeezed out of Enterprise say stats RIM‘s new CEO faces a dual-challenge, Apple in North America and the ascendence of Samsung in Europe, according new research, though BlackBerry is a surprise hold-out in the UK. “Android and Apple together are eating BlackBerry’s lunch” Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett said of the smartphone pincer-movement, the NYTimes reports, with global stats indicating 27-percent of smartphone [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Awesome stools made from recycled computer hardware Jan 30 2012 14:15:31	SlashGear
Awesome stools made from recycled computer hardware I bet many geeks are like me, when I replaced my old computer hardware and technology products, I tend to keep the old stuff. I keep that old stuff because it’s generally not broken, I just want newer, cooler gear, and you never know when something old and slow might come in handy. If you [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Chevy to place environmental impact labels on all vehic... Jan 30 2012 13:55:38	SlashGear
Chevy to place environmental impact labels on all vehicles starting with 2013 line Chevy’s making a big push in the green segment for cars and the impact those cars have on the environment. The environmental impact includes the technologies and materials used to make the vehicles as well as the emissions that the vehicles produce. To help the average consumer be aware of the green push that Chevy [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
NASA aims for early 2014 test of Lockheed Martin Orion ... Jan 30 2012 13:41:29	SlashGear
NASA aims for early 2014 test of Lockheed Martin Orion spacecraft Lockheed Martin has been hard at work on the Orion spacecraft for a long while. The Orion spacecraft is more like the capsules used in the Apollo era than the space shuttle that has been retired from service. The first big milestone for the Orion project is coming in 2014 when NASA hopes to be [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Increased solar activity means more aurora borealis ove... Jan 30 2012 13:21:49	SlashGear
Increased solar activity means more aurora borealis over next year Many people around the world are getting quite a light show at night thanks to the massive solar flares that have been occurring on the sun and shooting radiation towards the Earth’s atmosphere. That radiation bouncing off the atmosphere means that we get an impressive display of northern lights, otherwise known as aurora borealis, in [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nintendo Pearl Pink 3DS launching for Valentine’s Jan 30 2012 13:21:46	SlashGear
Nintendo Pearl Pink 3DS launching for Valentine’s Nintendo has announced plans to release the pink 3DS – previous sold only as part of an nintendogs bundle - as a standalone color option, unsurprisingly hoping to cash in on Valentine’s Day with the $169.99 handheld. Set to go on sale on February 10, the Pearl Pink 3DS is functionally identical to the existing consoles, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Angry Birds heads to Facebook, won’t make up for Timeline Jan 30 2012 13:03:27	SlashGear
Angry Birds heads to Facebook, won’t make up for Timeline The insanely popular video game on mobile devices called Angry Birds is set to come to the Internet via Facebook. The giant social network has had some very popular video games in the past, such as the irritatingly popular game Farmville and others. You need to get ready to be hit with another onslaught of [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Sky adds BBC and ITV on-demand in Smart TV standoff Jan 30 2012 13:00:08	SlashGear
Sky adds BBC and ITV on-demand in Smart TV standoff Sky has announced plans to integrate on-demand programming into its set-top boxes, adding BBC iPlayer and ITV Player to UK Sky Anytime+ in what appears to be a challenge to smart TV strategies from Google, Apple and others. The deal with the BBC and ITV means recently screened content will join archival shows already offered [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google fired cheeky recruiter who peeved Steve Jobs wit... Jan 30 2012 12:18:42	SlashGear
Google fired cheeky recruiter who peeved Steve Jobs with poach attempt Today most of us expect litigation between technology firms for things like patent and copyright infringement. What we might not expect is litigation against tech firms over agreements not to poach employees from one another. In the past the technology world has seen companies get together and agree to set pricing and other details on [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Windows 8 on ARM stable release in February tip developers Jan 30 2012 12:17:30	SlashGear
Windows 8 on ARM stable release in February tip developers Microsoft’s stable Windows 8 on ARM release will be distributed among developers in February, sources claim, while previous suggestions the platform won’t arrive until mid-2013 could well be untrue. There’s no obvious reason that ARM-version of Windows 8 – expected to run on iPad-rivaling tablets as well as ultraportable notebooks – should be “staggered” from the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Facebook Timeline and Apps turn users off with over-sha... Jan 30 2012 11:38:40	SlashGear
Facebook Timeline and Apps turn users off with over-sharing Facebook Timeline and the Open Graphs “apps” are proving more turn-off than value-add to users, according to research by security firm Sophos and SlashGear, with many considering deleting their Facebook account after the recent profile changes. Over 51-percent of Facebook users told Sophos they were “worried” by Timeline, which lists all your activity on the site [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung Galaxy S Advance official: midrange curvy Android Jan 30 2012 11:29:14	SlashGear
Samsung Galaxy S Advance official: midrange curvy Android Samsung has revealed a new midrange Android smartphone, the Galaxy S Advance, packing a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and dual-core 1GHz processor and intended to push the company’s Hub services. Similar to – though smaller than – the bestselling Galaxy S II, the Galaxy S Advance has a 5-megapixel camera, WVGA display and 768MB of [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google’s recycled paper mill datacenter uses seawater f... Jan 30 2012 11:12:44	SlashGear
Google’s recycled paper mill datacenter uses seawater for green cooling We all know that Google is big on green. The company has huge investments in solar power, wind power, and more green sources of renewable energy. This green push isn’t something new at Google; it’s been going on for years. Way back in 2009 Google bought an abandoned paper mill located in Hamina, Finland at [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
NEC to chop 10,000 workers from payroll Jan 30 2012 10:51:47	SlashGear
NEC to chop 10,000 workers from payroll The axe is set to fall over at NEC Corp in Japan with just about one in 10 of its workers to be cut. NEC has announced that is set to lay off 10,000 workers as it attempts to claw its way out of the red and back into the black. One reason cited for [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »

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