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Megaupload CEO raid captures 18 luxurious cars and one motorcycle
When you’re the kingpin of Megaupload and your name is Kim Dotcom, it’s not hard to think that it’s a good idea to purchase a lot of fancy electronics so you can look awesome when posting yourself sitting in your basement hacking away – but when you’ve gone beyond hackerdom, there’s something else you’ll end [...]
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Casio G-Shock ultra-hardcore smartphone revealed
It should come as no surprise that this device was all but overlooked at CES 2012 as its predecessor, the Casio G’Zone hasn’t exactly seen its fair share of press or success in the market (on Verizon.) That said, this device has a few one-ups on its predecessor, including perhaps most importantly the “G-Shock” branding, [...]
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Mix nixed for 2012, event merger oncoming
The folks at Microsoft have announced today that they’ll be doing away with the yearly MIX developer conference starting this year in favor of moving it up and into a new developer conference later in the year which they will be announcing soon. What we’re perhaps looking at here is a hope that the Windows [...]
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Samsung continues the iPhone burn ad series with Voice Typing
There’s nothing like a good burn to start off your Tuesday afternoon, that being exactly what Samsung has aimed at doing today as they release their next in a long line of burns on the iPhone with the Galaxy S II. As this particular video spot shows, the Samsung Galaxy S II running Android has [...]
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Spectrum by LG hands-on
Verizon’s next LTE device is here in the Spectrum by LG, a device with the first True HD IPS display for the carrier at 4.5-inches and 392 PPI – that’s massive. This smartphone also has a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor covered with a pane of Corning Gorilla Glass, the whole monster running Android 2.3 [...]
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Steve Jobs met with Lytro CEO to discuss iPhone integration
For those of you that have no idea what the Lytro standalone camera is, know this: it allows you to take a single photo with the ability to focus on any point in its field of view. Capturing the entire light field, all the light traveling in every direction in every dimension – seemed at [...]
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Microsoft tells story of Antivirus programmer turned Kelihos botnet hacker
Several months ago there was a massive spam operation by the name of Kelihos botnet that both Microsoft and partners took offline, this menace having already sent 3.8 billion spam emails a day for some time. What you should know, and perhaps much more importantly, is the following fact: the controller and creator of that [...]
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First QWERTY BlackBerry 10 in Dec tips RIM roadmap leak
RIM’s first QWERTY BlackBerry 10 handset won’t arrive until December, according to the latest leaks from the ailing company, with a further keyboard-toting slider tipped for early 2013. After last week’s twin PlayBook tidbits as well as news on new Curves, BGR‘s sources reckon the BlackBerry London will hit in September, but will be followed in December [...]
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Solar Flare from Sun hits Earth, aurora watchers alert
As predicted earlier this week by Space officials and reported right here on SlashGear yesterday, the Sun’s newest solar storm has unleashed a lovely coronal mass ejection (CME) outward and towards the Earth, making impact throughout the day today. As was also expected, there appears to be no danger in the radiation storm, believe it [...]
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Apple biggest semiconductor consumer in 2011 as iPhone, iPad gobble chips
Apple is now the largest semiconductor customer in the world, analysts claim, the company’s appetite for smartphone, tablet and solid-state drive chips consuming 5.7-percent of the total available market. Apple grew 34.6-percent from 2010 to take the top spot in 2011, analysts Gartner reckon, with Samsung holding second place with 5.5-percent and previous number one, HP, [...]
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Verizon DROID RAZR MAXX hits Jan 26 for $300
Verizon has confirmed pricing and availability for the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX, the oversized-battery toting version of the original slimline Android smartphone revealed at CES 2012 earlier this month. The news – that the DROID RAZR MAXX will land on January 26, priced at $299 with a new, two-year agreement – comes as little surprise, [...]
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Facebook Timeline goes public: Mandatory upgrades in “next few weeks”
Facebook Timeline has begun rolling out to all users of the social network, with all members expected to be upgraded to the new layout within the “next few weeks.” The new profile style – necessary for Facebook’s new “Open Graph” Timeline Apps to work – pulls your entire Facebook history into a chronological layout; users will [...]
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Piracy goes 3D as Physibles eye your 3D printer
The next copyright controversies will be over physical replicas of digitally distributed objects, it’s suggested, using 3D printers and CNC machines to bypass stores and instead print off your own clothes, gadgets and other items. Although currently far-fetched, the “data objects that are able (and feasible) to become physical” - dubbed Physibles by The Pirate Bay - are [...]
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Linksys Powerline adapters debut; Wireless in pipeline
Linksys has outed a new line-up of HomePlug Powerline adapters, promising up to 200Mbps network connections passed over your regular home electricity wiring. Billed as ideal for consoles, streaming media adapters and the like, the new Linksys AV 1-Port (PLEK400) and AV 4-Port (PLSK400) offer one or four 10/100 sockets respectively, and will be joined by a [...]
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Vimeo redesign boosts playback size, speed & privacy
Online video site Vimeo has revamped its site, with a full redesign that boosts clip size, streamlines navigation, adds to privacy options and ensures streaming content loads quicker. The site – which has found favor among digital creatives for its support for high-quality source files – now allots twice the width for videos, but also makes [...]
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Boxee Live TV tuner now shipping; DVR support under consideration
Boxee‘s $49 Live TV adapter has begun shipping, adding OTA TV channel reception to the Boxee Box STB and pushing the idea of cable-cutting among TV addicts. Announced back in November, plugging in the USB adapter and bundled antenna adds a “Live TV” option to the Boxee UI; from that, users can browse through free-to-air [...]
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Venera 13 probe pics from 1982 show life on Venus claims Russian scientist
Back in 1982, the Russians landed a probe on the surface of Venus that was called Venera 13. A Russian scientist named Leonid Ksanfomalti has analyzed the photos. The 79-year-old scientist looked at the photos that were taken by the probe, one of which is below, and has determined for himself that the somewhat moon [...]
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178m Ultrabook shipments predicted for 2016, but tablets still ahead
MacBook Air-rivaling ultrabooks will outpace tablets in growth over the next three years, new research suggests, though slates are expected to outsell the Intel-driven ultraportables for the foreseeable future. 178m ultrabooks are expected to be shipped per year by 2016, Juniper Research predicts, compared to 253m tablets, despite ultrabook shipments growing three times faster over the next half-decade. However, despite [...]
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OnStar system helps Volt drivers recharge using renewable power
Many of the Chevrolet vehicles on the road have OnStar inside. This is the system that has been around for years that allows the driver to make phone calls and alerts emergency services in the event of an accident. That OnStar system will do other things too, and one of the other things is to [...]
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MegaUpload DIY record label plans made it a target tip conspiracists
Was MegaUpload‘s sudden fall at the hands of the US government in part pushed by Universal Media Group and fears the file sharing site was about to launch a DIY record label of its own? That’s the latest speculation in the ongoing digital download saga, with suggestions that MegaUpload was readying an upgrade to MegaBox, turning [...]
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Office Depot starts test of PayPal POS system
Office Depot is in testing with a new system that will use the PayPal point-of-sell system. The roll out of the PayPal system will be done in a limited number of locations as part of a test. Apparently, the rollout is starting small due to some “rough spots” in the experience with the system. Those [...]
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Verizon Q4 2011: $18.3bn wireless revenue, 44% using smartphones
Verizon has reported its Q4 2011 financial results, with wireless revenue up 13-percent year on year to $18.3bn, while 44-percent of postpaid consumers are now using smartphones. 1m net subscribers were added in the three month period, driving higher data use in the process; revenues from data alone were $6.3bn, up over $1bn from the year before. [...]
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US denies any link to failed Russian Phobos-grunt probe
Russia continues to look for what caused the failure of its Phobos-grunt probe. The failed propulsion system ultimately led to the massive spacecraft falling back into the atmosphere and burning up. Russia is so far looking in the wrong place according to some of its own scientists. Russian officials have been hinting that the US [...]
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Apple loses Dutch Samsung tablet ban bid
Apple‘s bid to have sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 blocked in the Netherlands has failed today, with a Dutch appeals court dismissing Apple’s claims of IP infringement by the Android tablet. The ruling – released in Dutch - found that while Apple’s tablet design patent 000181607 is still valid, prior art including HP Compaq’s tc1000 and [...]
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iPhone 4S survey shows many choose 64GB version
I always think I download a lot of apps and other material for my smartphone and when I used an iPhone, I thought it was packed with apps. I had the smallest storage version of the smartphone though and was never in danger of running out of space. Many people are now opting for the [...]
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Trafalgar Sun raises 4m lumen artificial star above London
Hoisting a 4m lumen artificial sun over dreary London for a morning seems like overkill, even when you consider how many Seasonal Affective Disorder sufferers there are out there, but it certainly makes for an eye-catching promotion. Art collective Greyworld was commissioned to put together the 2,500kg fake star for juice peddlers Tropicana, a six month construction [...]
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Nokia owns 45% of second gen Windows Phone 7 market
Nokia has bet big on Windows Phone 7 as the smartphone operating system to help pull the company back into the black. Windows Phone 7 isn’t the most popular smartphone OS by a long shot, but analysts are predicting that Windows Phone 7 has a lot of growth coming this year. Much of that growth [...]
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Half-million iPhone 4S owners flock to jailbreak hack
Almost half a million iPhone 4S users took advantage of the freshly-released jailbreak for the latest Apple smartphone in the first weekend of availability, it’s reported, with over 300,000 iPad 2 owners also hacking their device. The pent-up demand for a jailbreak for Apple A5-based gadgets expressed itself in almost one million new jailbreaks in just over [...]
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Xbox 360 fans in the UK have new downloadable titles coming
Back during CES, Microsoft outlined new game titles that were coming as downloads to the Xbox 360 Live Arcade. Some of those games sounded really cool. Gamers in the UK now have a schedule that they can look forward to for downloading the games. The games will start hitting the Xbox 360 on February 15. [...]
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MIT App Inventor software now available to all
I would be willing to bet that most of us have been looking for a specific type of app for an Android device at some point and not been able to find exactly what we wanted. This typically leads the user to the notion that if they knew how to program, they could make a [...]
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RIM CEO to deliver imminent PlayBook refresh as stock dives
New RIM CEO Thorsten Heins will jump straight into finessing the reworked BlackBerry PlayBook for a launch early this year, ex-CEO Jim Balsillie has confirmed, though the prospect of a refreshed tablet hasn’t helped the company’s diving share price. Described as “a revamp of the poorly selling PlayBook tablet expected early this year” by the WSJ, the [...]
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Microsoft to end Points virtual currency tips source
I have never been a big fan of the points system that Microsoft uses. The thing that has always annoyed me is that it seemed I always had to spend more than I really should have for things purchased on Xbox since you had to buy at least 400 points at $5. Inevitably, I would [...]
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Android gets obtrusive: KDDI tests ads in notifications
Google’s advertising ambitions with Android are well known, but carrier KDDI is hoping to get in on the promotional action too with the addition of potentially obtrusive ads popping up in the notification bar. The promotions are flagged up to Japanese users in the drop-down notification area, Asiajin spotted, complete with vibration, noise and icon alerts as [...]
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Twitter buys URL-checking anti-malware firm Dasient
Twitter has acquired web security firm Dasient, a real-time link checking system that scans URLs for malware and other online threats, in a move that will likely make clicking a link on the terse social network safer in future. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dasient’s technology scans both web addresses and sites for [...]
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Nokia Lumia 900 hits UK in June says retailer, sans LTE
UK retailer Carphone Warehouse has yanked a pre-registration page for the launch of the Nokia Lumia 900, indicating the 4.3-inch Windows Phone will go on sale in non-LTE form come June 2012. Beyond the lack of LTE, the Lumia 900 details - previously found here but now only a memory in Google’s cache - were identical to the [...]
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Intel grabs QLogic InfiniBand tech for 100x faster supercomputers
Intel has acquired QLogic’s InfiniBand business, splashing $125m on the high-speed switch company in a move that will see future Intel-powered servers bust through existing speed barriers. The deal, expected to close by the end of Q1 2012, will ”enhance Intel’s networking portfolio and provide scalable high- performance computing (HPC) fabric technology” the company says; however, in the longer-term [...]
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Twitter, Facebook and MySpace team tells Google “Don’t Be Evil”
Engineers at Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have joined the protests against Google’s search integration of Google+ results, crafting a browser add-on called “Don’t Be Evil” that adds a far broader range of social into search. The tool, distributed at a site called Focus on the User, argues that rather than just pull Google+ profiles and [...]
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Happy Year of the Dragon from SlashGear
It’s the first of the Chinese New Year today, ladies and gentlemen, and we’re glad here at SlashGear to wish you a happy and extra lucky Year of the Dragon from all of our places of work and play across the earth! The Year of the Dragon, for those of you that do not know, [...]
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Sun’s newest Radiation Storm hits Earth tomorrow
There’s not really anything to fear from the solar eruptions that are now taking place off the surface of our closest star otherwise known as The Sun, but a radiation storm literally hurling itself at the earth and millions of miles per hour does sound sinister, doesn’t it? It’ll be January 24th, tomorrow, when we [...]
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Google+ supporting nicknames and pseudonyms starting this week
Google has announced that it will begin supporting nicknames and pseudonyms for user accounts on its Google+ social network. This has been a sticky subject since the network launched seven months ago with a strict real name policy that saw violating accounts flagged and deleted. The revised Google+ name policy will begin rolling out this [...]
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Powertrekk water-powered smartphone charger priced and dated
We’ve spoken about the Powertrekk a couple of times before, but up until now we’ve seen not hide nor hair of the release date or the cost – and what more do we want than a water-powered battery charger that works via USB? We want it actually released to the public! That’s why news from [...]
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Olympus OM-D pricing and launch details leak
New details have leaked on the much anticipated Olympus next-gen Micro Four Thirds camera called the Olympus OM-D. We saw part of the camera’s build in a leaked image last week and now we get word from Wells Fargo advisors on the release time frame and approximate pricing for the camera. According to the Wells [...]
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Diablo III gets pre-release tweaks, producer change
In the world of MMORPGs, there can be no denying that the leaders in the art are currently housed at Blizzard Entertainment, and their next release, Diablo III is being set up as one of their biggest releases in the history of the environment. But when we can no longer count the amount of setbacks [...]
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AT&T and T-Mobile seek FCC approval for $1 billion spectrum transfer
According to the Wall Street Journal, AT&T and T-Mobile have filed a request with the FCC, seeking approval for the transfer of $1 billion worth of AWS spectrum. The spectrum is owed to T-Mobile as part of AT&T’s failed $39 billion merger deal. AT&T had called off the merger in December after facing several hurdles, [...]
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Canon 5D Mark III spotted in the wild
It’s always a great day when you’re out on safari in Africa, and even a greater day when you see not only a collection of fabulous animals, but a brand new camera with which a cohort of yours seems to be taking some of the most advanced photos on the trip! What we’re seeing here [...]
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Banned Android Apps store being developed by ClockworkMod maker Koush
The same fellow that brought you and continues to bring you the most famous ROM handler on the hacked Android circuit ROM Manager, Koushik Dutta, aka Koush, has been developing an app store for the relatively small number of banned Android apps out in the wild today. Included in this sort of rogue appstore will [...]
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AT&T adjusts PS Vita’s 3G data plan pricing
AT&T has made a small adjustment to its 3G data plan pricing for Sony’s PlayStation Vita portable gaming console, which is set to launch in the US on February 22. The carrier originally announced the Vita’s data plan pricing during CES earlier this month, but has now bumped up the top-tier plan. The original data [...]
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T-Mobile Nokia 710 review
In the T-Mobile Nokia 710 comes the first push by Nokia to re-enter the United States mobile market with Windows Phone in tow, and with this little gem comes a broad sweep for the middle market including those switching from other operating systems to Microsoft’s mobile OS for the first time as well as those [...]
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Anonymous invites public to hit Facebook in massive DDoS attack [UPDATE: Denied]
In a brand new video which comes along with a message bringing tidings of an oncoming storm in the face of Facebook, Anonymous has dropped their newest threat. Later in this post I’ll speak for a moment on whether or not this is actually the same Anonymous we’ve been talking about for the past few [...]
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Epson launches iProjection iOS app for wireless projection
Epson has unleashed an iOS app that will allow you to wirelessly project content from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. The app is called iProjection and works with any Espon wireless projector, making it easy for the traveling professionals and educators to present without the bulk of a laptop and cables. The iProjection app [...]
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Supreme Court rules GPS tracking now needs warrant
In a move on a ruling that very well may put Batman’s tights in a bundle, the Supreme Court voted unanimously this week that police, private investigators, and anyone else with a sweet tooth for tracking will have to get a warrant before attaching a GPS device to a vehicle they do not own. Of [...]
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LG CX2 “Optimus 3D 2″ teased in press photos
When we first reviewed the original LG Optimus 3D device last year, it was an interesting adventure to be sure, but not exactly one we expected LG to be bringing us on again – that’s the case though it does appear as the LG CX2 has appeared in press photos with the same (or improved) [...]
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Vespa Workstation encourages you to recycle your old gear
It’s a great day when you find that though your old scooter has been busted beyond repair, you’re able to turn it into a place where you can sit in the house comfortably and take a typing on your laptop without trouble. What a brilliant cut and sew artist and industrial designer has done here [...]
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FiiO E17 Alpen hardcore headphone amplifier revealed
There’s one whole heck of a lot of iPod opponents out there these days, but not exactly the same amount of contenders in the headphone amplifier world. What we’ve got here is the announcement for the FiiO E17, made to satisfy, complete with a hardcore body and all the features you audiophiles will love. This [...]
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AT&T Sony Xperia Ion LTE up for pre-order
Earlier this month we got a chance to peek at one of Sony Ericsson’s newest hero devices, the Xperia Ion, complete with AT&T LTE speeds to back up its collection of top of the line specifications in a smartphone body. What we’re seeing here is that the device will cost you something like $570 in [...]
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Evi one-ups Siri for iOS and Android
There’s a new voice assistant warrior in town, and it’s name is Evi, bringing nothing less than a Siri contender using True Knowledge tied with Nuance voice recognition for a one-two punch that will give the rest of the fighters in the ring a run for their money. As Techcrunch writer Mike Butcher notes, the [...]
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Chevrolet Volt cleared of fire defect suspicions
Chevrolet’s electric-powered Volt has been cleared by US federal safety investigators, with the plug-in car deemed to present no more significant fire risk than its gasoline-powered counterparts, and leaving Chevvy with the unenviable task of re-marketing the vehicle. “No discernible defect trend exists” the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said of the Volt, going on to highlight General Motors’ [...]
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HP Mini 1104 insists the netbook isn’t dead
The netbook isn’t dead, HP reckons, but it is getting marginalized into business and education environments, with the new HP Mini 1104 targeting schools and suits rather than home users. A 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 machine running Intel’s 1.6GHz dual-core Atom N2600 processor with GMA 3600 graphics and up to 2GB of RAM, the Mini 1104 [...]
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Star Wars Uncut Directors Cut fan-stitched masterpiece now online in its entirety
It’s been nearly 3 years in development and thousands of hours of blood, sweat, and fun had in the process, and it’s finally here: the complete re-make of Star Wars: A New Hope constructed entirely of fan-made 15 second clips. This project was originally called Star Wars Uncut, and this final product is of course [...]
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Obama using Google+ for post-State of the Union interview
President Obama will deliver a live Google+ hangout answering questions from US citizens, the White House has announced, the first entirely virtual interview staged by the government. Set to take place on Monday, January 30, the President will answer questions submitted via the government’s YouTube channel, particularly those concerning the topics Obama is set to discuss [...]
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RIM’s new CEO is a Placeholder not a Prophet
After listening to RIM’s new CEO Thursten Heins talk this morning, you could almost hear investors kicking themselves for not being specific enough in their demands for refreshed leadership at the BlackBerry company. “We shouldn’t have just asked for a new CEO” shareholders are no doubt muttering, “but made clear we wanted one with new ideas [...]
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Tablet and eReader ownership surged over 2011 holidays
Tablet and ereader market share in the US almost doubled after strong holiday 2011 sales, new research suggests, with 19-percent of adults now owning at least one of the devices. Lowered cost of dedicated ereaders contributed to the increased demand, Pew Research claims, while low-cost tablets such as the NOOK Tablet decreased the cost of entry to slates [...]
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Teenage Engineering Oplab makes music mangling easy
Synth manufacturers Teenage Engineering are best known for their OP-1, a compact instrument the sounds from which belie its toylike exterior, but the company has also revealed Oplab. Intended to make experimenting with audio more straightforward and flexible, the MIDI-enabled Musical Experimentation Board allows you to hook up both traditional and unusual sensors – including [...]
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350,000 iBooks textbooks downloaded in three days
Apple’s iBooks 2 digital textbook launch last week may not have convinced everyone that the classroom is the best place for the iPad, but over 350,000 downloads of textbooks in the first three days of availability suggests there’s big demand for learning on the iOS slate. The figures were tracked by Global Equities Research’s proprietary monitoring system, AllThingsD reports, while downloads [...]
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Anonymous deploys trickster DDoS sites to fuel online attacks
A new Anonymous tool deployed in recent days can inadvertently turn casual browsers into participants in a distributed denial-of-service attack, and is believed to have been at least partially responsible for taking Universal Music and other sites offline in MegaUpload-related protests. Although until now Anonymous has focused on the so-called LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Canon) [...]
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Star Wars: The Old Republic to get updates to fix major issues
If you are a big fan of the awesome BioWare MMORPG SWTOR, you will be glad to hear that updates to fix a couple of issues that many gamers are having are inbound. The specific issues that are being addressed in the updates include the issue with Ability Delay and an issue with a glitch [...]
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YouTube hits 4bn video views a day
YouTube has hit a whopping four billion daily video views, the company has said, with around 60 hours of footage uploaded every minute of the day. However, only around 10-percent of videos are monetized, Reuters reports, though that’s still enough for $5bn in revenue from advertising annually, owner Google reckons. The new figures suggest the video sharing [...]
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Google Sky Map goes open source
Of all the apps that Google has launched over the years the only one I use on a consistent basis is Sky Map. My kids love to lie outside and look at the stars with Sky Map telling us what we are looking at. I was sad to learn that Google has opted to end [...]
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RIM CEO: We’ll consider BlackBerry 10 licensing if approached
RIM‘s new CEO has confirmed he is open to the possibility of licensing BlackBerry 10 to other manufacturers, though says he is loath to give up the “integrated solution” of software, hardware and more without good strategic reason. “We’re strong because we have an integrated solution: network, services, enterprise service and fantastic devices and a fantastic [...]
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Sony Kumquat ST25i Xperia smartphone spied?
A new Sony smartphone has been spied in the wild for the first time. In the past, the weird Kumquat name has been tied to a new device coming to market in roadmap leaks. This is thought to be the first photo of that Kumquat device in the wild. The device is said to have [...]
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Nokia Windows Phone sales top 1.3m in 2011 tip analysts
A shortage of rival flagships and ambitious promotional work could have seen Nokia sell 1.3m Lumia Windows Phones in 2011, according to analyst averages, though the MeeGo-powered N9 could still have outsold its Microsoft-running siblings. Bloomberg took sales estimates from 22 analysts surveyed around Nokia’s Windows Phone launch, with figures ranging from as many as 2m down [...]
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Hitachi moves LCD TV production away from Japan
Hitachi and many of the other LCD TV firms in the tech world are having a hard time making the money the segment once turned. The problem is that the purchase of TVs is sagging, and the industry is still recovering in the wake of the price fixing fines that totaled hundreds of millions of [...]
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Slingshot heating mechanism helps create more power
The slingshot madman Joerg Sprave recently showed off something about a slingshot that is pretty cool. When you stretch the rubber band that propels whatever you are shooting from the slingshot, the band heats up and has more pulling force. The bands start to cool right away, and the force of the slingshot is reduced. [...]
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Scosche offers cellControl device that blocks bad habits while driving
I think most people understand that using a phone to text or email can be dangerous when behind the wheel. I think most people continue to do it because they don’t think anything will happen to them. If you have a teen that you want to stop from texting and driving or if you yourself [...]
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Sony shows off new next-gen back-illuminated CMOS sensor
Sony has announced that it has developed a next-generation back-illuminated CMOS sensor to advance the digital camera genre. The construction of the new CMOS sensor layers the pixel section with the formations of back-illuminated structure pixels onto a chip that has the circuit section that processes signals. The layered chip lacks the normal substrate support [...]
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Pantech Element lands at AT&T for $299.99 on contract
We went hands-on with the Pantech Element tablet back during CES, and it was an interesting little device. If you have been waiting for the tablet to land in your local AT&T store so you could grab one, your time is now. The tablet is officially available on AT&T on or off contract. The on-contract [...]
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Multiplayer and 6-player co-op comes to Resident Evil 6
Some cool news has surfaced about the next installment in the Resident Evil series. When Resident Evil 6 lands on store shelves it will bring with it some new multiplayer action online. It’s common for video games to support online play today and for many online is the only way to go. The game will [...]
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Sony updates VAIO line for Spring 2012 with new options
Sony has unveiled updated VAIO notebook computers for the spring of 2012. The new machines have new options for the user to choose from, and some of the notebooks get new style and colors as well. The Sony Z Series gets a new carbon fiber silver offering and can be fitted with optional LTE connectivity. [...]
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FileSonic and others cease file sharing amid MegaUpload fallout
MegaUpload shut-down fallout continues, with rival file-sharing sites FileSonic and Uploaded.to each dramatically slimming their services to avoid allegations of copyright infringement. FileSonic has ceased any new sharing functionality whatsoever, the site now saying that “our services can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally,” while Uploaded.to has blocked [...]
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RIM relents: Thorsten Heins named new CEO and President
RIM has elected a new CEO and President, Thorsten Heins, with previous co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis stepping back after investors and the company’s board demanded change. Heins – who was previously co-COO at RIM, and before that Senior VP of Handhelds – takes his new role today, where he says he will “focus [...]
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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 3 2012
Incase you’re wondering where Week 2 went, we’ve got that for you too in the form of a whole mass of CES 2012 wrap-ups, complete with videos, photos, and every bit of awesome information you could have ever hoped for in what would otherwise be a “Week in Review” post here on SlashGear. As for [...]
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HBO Go Could Be the Next Netflix
As a Time Warner Cable customer, I was one of the last cable subscribers out there to get access to HBO Go. For months now, many of you have probably been using the streaming service, and to see a column about it now might surprise you. But don’t hold it against me — I was [...]
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Notion Ink Adam II detailed: TI chipset and Ice Cream Sandwich
Notion Ink has announced the first details of its second-generation Adam II Android tablet, revealing a partnership with Texas Instruments and plans for using a customized version of Ice Cream Sandwich. The new tablet – seemingly called Adam II, though as far back as mid-2010 Notion Ink was talking about an “Eve” successor to its Adam first-attempt [...]
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iPhone 4S and iPad 2 untethered jailbreak is a success
On your mark, get set, go! A jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 has just been released by the “Dev Dream Team” just moments ago. Apparently, cracking the A5 was “Not exactly a walk in the park” according to the entire team. The jailbreak is termed GreenPois0n Absinthe and is now available for [...]
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Years record player translates tree rings into music tragically
The project known as Years is one by Bartholomaus Traubeck in which a record player has been modified to shine light and receive back signals from slices of trees. What the player receives from the bounced-back light is no less than bits of information translated from the rings made through the tree as it grew [...]
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SOPA sponsor has another Internet bill that records you 24/7
Senator Lamar Smith, lead sponsor of the currently dead SOPA bill you’ve heard so much about, has another bill in the works that uses Child Pornography as a screen to push through an amendment that’ll have your internet service provider tracking all of your financial dealings online. Each time you use a credit card, each [...]
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Metal Gear Solid gets limited edition snakeskin 3DS
Konami’s popular Metal Gear Solid gaming franchise is hitting the Nintendo 3DS with a new game called Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D. As part of promoting the game, the company has unveiled a limited edition snakeskin embossed 3DS. However, it won’t be easy to get your hands on one. The snakeskin 3DS will be [...]
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Olympus OM-D camera surfaces in first leaked image
The first image of Olympus’ upcoming OM-D Micro Four Thirds camera has leaked. The OM-D camera is expected to be Olympus’ first digital shooter to join its flagship OM series that’s turning 40 years old this year. The image only shows part of the camera, but does at least reveal a well-built high quality finish. [...]
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Photojojo Photorito Lens Wrap Hands-on
When it comes to fun, cool, and otherwise amazing camera accessories, there’s no site quite like Photojojo, and with the release they just dropped this week, the Photorito Lens Wrap, they’ve entered the camera / food crossover market in a strange, strange way. We just happen to have one of these burrito-themed lens wraps right [...]
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Asus B23E 12.5-inch high-end ultraportable revealed
When it comes to notebooks being released inside 2012, Asus isn’t holding back with its Ultrabook line, but it’s also got a high-end ultraportable ready to go for business users as well. This device is known as the B23E and will be available with Intel Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 processors under the [...]
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Sony Steampunk laptop mod revealed, made with pine, copper, brass
The modified laptop you’re about to witness is one that’s unique, but works with a device that most certainly is not – made by modder John Dunn for Sony running a Vaio F notebook under a fabulous amalgamation of wood and brass. What you’ve for here is a sort of casing for the notebook made [...]
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Acer Aspire netbook with built-in HSPA+ now available at AT&T
AT&T announced that it has begun selling the 11.6-inch Acer Aspire A0722 netbook via the carrier’s online store. The Aspire A0722 features built-in support for 4G HSPA+ connectivity and offers a full-size keyboard for a truly functional and portable solution for enterprise users and consumers on the go. The Aspire A0722 packs a 1GHz AMD [...]
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The Problem With Tech and Teaching
Let me tell you a funny story about technology in the classroom. I was teaching English at a charter school in Boston a few years ago, and my classes were working on “Macbeth.” I’m always looking for new angles of attack, especially with Shakespeare, so I decided to focus on different interpretations and stagings of [...]
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Google pushing Google+ and Gmail on new sign-ups
Google has redesigned its account sign-up page, now requiring new users to create a Gmail address and to join its Google+ social network. Previously, if you simply wanted to use Google Docs or Google Calendar you could sign up for a Google Account without having to add any additional services, but now the company has [...]
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Acer CEO speaks of massive Ultrabooks shipments for 2012
This month we’ve gotten quite a helping of awesome showings from Acer in the mobile category, but more important than that, so their CEO says, is Ultrabooks, and how many of them they’ll be shipping inside 2012. Because of how well the manufacturer did with their first Ultrabook, the Acer Aspire S3, they plan on [...]
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T-Mobile quietly launching 5GB, 10GB data plan deal on January 25
T-Mobile is preparing to launch Unlimited Premium 5GB and 10GB data plans that can have Smartphone Mobile Hotspot and MobileLife Album Plus services added on for free, according to a leaked memo obtained by TMoNews. The promotion will be launched quietly, meaning the company won’t actively promote the deal and the additional free services are [...]
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Star Wars: The Old Republic costliest game ever to produce
At nearly six years in production, hundreds of programmers, artists, contract workers, and writers, $200 million USD spent on the newest and grandest game by Electronic Arts’ BioWare, Star Wars: The Old Republic is coming up now as the most expensive game to produce of all time. The Electronics Art studio BioWare hopes that the [...]
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Costa Concordia wreck caught in HD photos underwater
Last week it was announced and subsequently blasted across the earth that a gigantic cruise ship by the name of Costa Concordia was wrecked off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy, missing persons and deaths included – this week explorers are moving through the wreck with a fine toothed comb. What you’re going to [...]
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Apple’s textbooks hinge on subsequent near-free iPad
Back before the iPhone 4S was released, I suggested that it would be a free release, having Apple allow itself to instead rely solely on the software sales that came afterward – that happened, to a degree, and it’s looking inevitable that Apple’s textbooks will make the next generation of iPad devices free as well. [...]
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TiVo Premiere software update live for all
Those of you out there in the TiVo universe can now grab an update that’ll bring you some TiVo Premiere DVR advanced action, it’s newest software update now beyond the beta stage and headed out to all peoples across the nation. This update will allow you DVR users to get a guide in “true” HD, [...]
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