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Boxee TV now offering unlimited DVR Cloud Storage
Boxee has ditched the cube and opted for a more traditional looking set top box. Additionally, Boxee (and D-Link), have done away with the hundreds of apps, and instead plans to ship their initial units with just a few apps (Netflix, VUDU, YouTube and Vimeo).
The new Boxee TV has a DVR feature that can record unlimited shows. Instead of utilizing a built-in hard drive to store content, [...]
Filed in: Media Gadgets
Sony Touch-enabled Vaio T13 Ultrabook
Keeping pace with the new generation needs, Sony is offering the touch-enabled Vaio T13 Ultrabook with touch screen, a faster Core i-7 processor and 8GB RAM. Screen resolution is tuned in at 1366 × 768 with 256GB SSD and a high quality Motherboard. The first debut of the product will be in the UK on 26th October, at a starting price of 900£
The new T13 still retains manually controlled [...]
Filed in: Computers, Gadget News
2015 Ford Mustang
Ford will give its 2015 model year Mustang a substantial renovation with very futuristic styling cues and a new powertrain engine. The next-gen Mustang will ditch its retro styling that it has had for a while in favor of a new design that’s actually inspired by the all-new Fusion sedan. The Mustang for 2015 will feature many new styling cues in order to attract younger buyers, with many already [...]
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iTunes with Siri coming to Macs
While we’ll be seeing more and more Voice control in the future, Apple wants to make it a reality now. With the launch of Siri on last year’s iPhone 4S, Apple opened up a new world of using a natural language user interface to the masses. Today, Siri is on the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and iPad, and it will land on the new iPod touch, too. And with Apple’s rumored HDTV supposedly [...]
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Steam ‘Big Picture’ PC Gaming (video)
Valve Software announced on Monday that it is bringing Steam, its popular PC gaming client, to the TV using a new TV-optimized feature called “Big Picture.” According to reports, Big Picture looks very much like the Xbox 360′s dashboard, and keeps all of a player’s games, friends, customized levels, mods and game sales all in one UI. Most of Steam’s games designed for keyboard [...]
Airlines issuing mobile boarding passes for iOS 6′s Passbook (videos)
Even though Apple’s iOS 6 and Passbook mobile wallet app haven’t been released yet, airline companies are already allowing mobile boarding passes to be saved to the developer build of Passbook for iPhone. So far, United Airlines is the only airline that’s been officially announced as a Passbook backer, but more will likely follow suit as Passbook becomes more widely available.
Check [...]
Filed in: Cell Phones, Gadget News
Intel 3GHz Core i7 Extreme Edition Mobile Processor
Intel’s quad-core Ivy Bridge processors have in the news for months, but the company continues to broaden its chip family, now adding a new high-end Core i7 mobile processor. Clocked at 3.0 GHz and priced at $1,096, the Core i7-3940XM is a quad-core 22 nm chip, packing Intel’s HD 4000 series GPU and 8MB of L3 cache. According to the recently revealed pricing list, it’ll [...]
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iPhone 5 available September 21st starting at $199, preorders start September 14th
Apple announced that the iPhone 5 will become available starting Friday, September 21st, and preorder availability begins on September 14th. The handset will start at $199 with 16GB of memory, and it will be available in both black and white. The 32GB version of the iPhone 5 will retail for $299, and the 64GB model will cost $399. Pricing aligns with Apple’s previous-generation iPhone [...]
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Apple introduces iOS 6 (video)
Apple introduced features for iOS 6 at its iPhone 5 event in San Francisco. Notable features include full-screen mode for Safari to take advantage of the iPhone 5‘s wider 4-inch display, turn-by-turn navigation for its home-grown Maps app, Passbook and a smarter Siri.
Apple revealed that Passbook will be accessible from the lockscreen, meaning all movie tickets, boarding passes [...]
Sprint Galaxy Nexus gets Jellybean Update
Three months after Google announced Jelly Bean, Sprint is finally updated the Galaxy Nexus smartphone to the latest version of Android. The update includes the normal benefits of Jelly Bean such as Google Now, offline voice dictation and the Project Butter user interface, however it will also remove Flash support.
Sprint says that Adobe will not be certifying the Adobe Flash Player [...]
Filed in: Cell Phones, Gadget News
Next Apple Earbuds sighted in Vietnam
Vietnam blog, Tinhte, is reporting that Apple might be breaking with another one of its longstanding traditions this year by redesigning their earpieces for the better. Gone are the usual buds that only vaguely aim towards your ear canals. Instead, these buds will have an oval tip and slots in at an angle to fit more directly into the canals. This design should make them significantly [...]
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HTC adds Beats Audio to Windows Phone 8 (video)
According to sources, HTC’s new Windows Phone 8 devices will come integrated with Beats Audio. The first Windows 8 device to include the technology will be the HTC Accord, which will feature a Beats Audio branding similar to HTC’s Android-based One X and One S. The smartphone will also include a special Beats Audio application that will let users control the output on the handset.
HTC [...]
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iPad Mini Exclusive October Press Event
It seems that now apple is planning two events for the new iPhone 5 and the new iPad mini. With all of the rumors and anticipation, many agree that Apple should furnish both the phone and the heavily rumored smaller tablet with individual events… and that is, apparently, what’s going to happen. Apple’s yet to confirm that September 12th event date, let alone any secondary [...]
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Jelly Bean update hits T-Mobile’s Galaxy S III
T-Mobile subscribers who have been itching to get their Samsung Galaxy S III upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean can now do so using a leaked over-the-air update file posted on the XDA-Developers forum. Android Police says that the file is an official T-Mobile OTA file that the carrier planned to use for the Galaxy S III soon, though the blog adds that this particular build still has [...]
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Apple Victorious over Samsung
A jury has found Samsung infringed on Apple’s patents in the Apple and Samsung trial. Samsung has been found in violation of 4 patents for most of the devices in question. Samsung has also been found guilty of willful infringement for most patents in question for most of the company’s devices, except for the Galaxy Tab. All of Apple’s patents were found valid as well, another [...]
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3-D Technology May Soon Ditch the Glasses
If you love the idea of three dimensional movies and entertainment attractions, hold on to your seat, it looks like you might be able to go sans-glasses and still see the 3-D effects…soon. The current sunglasses-style frames and lenses are, admittedly, a step up from the blue and red gel lenses in the paper frames of yesteryear but tech fans, and prescription glasses wearers, are looking [...]
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Samsung boasts of Galaxy S III design (video)
Samsung’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III is receiving further marketing efforts as designers are boasting of its Crown Jewel in a recently released video (below). Samsung has clearly outdone themselves with this handset because the Galaxy S III is not only the company’s most successful smartphone, it is also one of the most successful devices of all time. The handset has [...]
Filed in: Cell Phones, Gadget News
biNu Cloud-based Mobile OS (video)
While Nokia’s plans to bring smartphone functionality to developing markets at rock-bottom prices is unclear, a start-up company, BiNu, is stepping into the space with an innovative solution that could have a huge impact on the market.
Instead of working on new phones and new operating systems, Australia-based startup biNu has an even better solution: Make every phone a smartphone.
BiNu’s [...]
iPad Mini Cases Reveal Design
Apple’s iPad mini is expected to launch this fall. While information regarding the look of the smaller iPad has been scarce, Chinese blog Giz-China.com has published images of what it claims to be third-party cases that reveal the iPad mini’s design.
The images jive with iPad mini design rumors of a slim aluminum housing and a camera on the back. The iPad mini is also expected to [...]
Filed in: Computers, Gadget News
iPhone 5 Screens in Production
LG recently announced that it has started production to produce screens for the iPhone 5, and it looks as though the new screens will be longer and thinner than previous iPhone models. Sources indicate that the new LG-produced iPhone screens will measure four inches corner-to-corner, or one half-inch longer than current iPhone screens. They are also thinner and include new technology [...]
Filed in: Cell Phones, Gadget News
Kodak Selling Film Division
Kodak is selling off its film division in order to revive the rest of the company. It’ll join sales of the company’s patent portfolio, online gallery, commercial scanning, photo kiosk and theme park businesses so it can concentrate on a future with their printer enterprise. It is being reported that Kodak needs to raise more than $660 million to pay back creditors before [...]
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Facebook 5.0 for iOS, Total rebuild (video)
Facebook just announced that it rebuilt its iPhone and iPad app from the ground up for a faster and more enjoyable user experience. The company says that the Facebook 5.0 for iOS is twice as fast as the previous version when launching the app, scrolling through news feed and opening photos in feed.
While the app looks nearly identical to the previous version, the company chose to abandon [...]
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BlackBerry 10 Smartphone (video)
RIM has been a little hush-hush about the hardware of its upcoming BlackBerry 10 devices, but sources are now indicating that the company’s new devices will feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor that will easily be the most powerful processor yet installed in a BlackBerry device. This news will be comforting”for BlackBerry fans who will finally [...]
HTC Cuts Prices, Dumps Beats Audio
After HTC’s launch of their One series and their subsequent mediocre sales numbers, the company is planning to significantly reduce the prices of its Android and Windows Phone devices. The plan will affect models already on the market as well as future products. HTC will also no longer integrate Beats Audio technology into the majority of its handsets. Once a top-of-the-list [...]
Filed in: Cell Phones, Gadget News
The Next Galaxy Nexus
Following the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus, Samsung seems to be working on a new Nexus smartphone. The device will carry the model number GT-I9260, which places it above the original Galaxy Nexus (GT-I9250) and below the new Galaxy S III (GT-I9300) in Samsung’s lineup. The new Nexus device will have the same 4.65-inch display as the Galaxy Nexus, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, an upgraded [...]
Sony to launch 80-inch LED TV with 4K resolution
Sony is planning to introduce an 80-inch flagship XBR LED TV. It will be the largest XBR TV Sony has ever offered, and it will include a 4K-resolution display. The estimated retail price of Sony’s 80-inch XBR will be around a whopping $30,000, and we could see an introduction as soon as this coming holiday season. We’ll have more information on Sony’s 4K when it’s available.
iPhone 5 will be Enormous
We’re less than a month away from Apple’s iPhone 5 unveiling, and analysts and investors are pumped. Shares of Apple stock hit an all-time high on Friday thanks to iPhone 5, Apple HDTV and iPad Mini news and rumors.
FBR Capital analyst Craig Berger says, “The iPhone 5 has the potential to generate the most promising device upgrade cycle in Apple’s history. We calculate [...]
Filed in: Cell Phones, Gadget News
Amazon iPhone 5 Accessories Available
Apple’s iPhone 5 may not be here yet, but that isn’t stopping companies from getting a jump-start on the accessory business. New iPhone 5 accessories have been spotted at some online retailers like Spigen.com and Amazon. The iPhone 5 is scheduled to be announced next month. So far plastic screen protectors are the only iPhone items Spigen.com is officially selling, but [...]
OnLive is No More
The news on the gaming company, OnLive, has sprung. OnLive, Inc. is no more, having cut the bulk of its workforce loose and used an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors (ABC) to absolve itself of massive debts incurred by the expansion of its services without a corresponding increase in its customer base.
This alternative to filing for bankruptcy, ABC, is a preferred method for debtor [...]
Filed in: Gadget News, Gaming
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