Gadgets
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M3 Android NFC Communicator mixes something old, something new for prepaid subs22 February 2012, 6:16 pm
Malaysia may not be on the tip of anyone's tongue when wireless comes to mind, but that's not stopping local outfit DMD Mobile from attempting to make its mark. Set for an official unveiling at next week's Mobile World Congress, the M3 Android NFC Communicator is the outfit's clumsily titled stab at the prepaid market in South Asia and the Middle East. The touchscreen handset, to be available in both 2.6-inch portrait QWERTY and 3.2-inch candybar form factors, comes loaded up with a surprising ...
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SanDisk makes 128-gigabit flash chip, crams three bits per cell, takes afternoon off22 February 2012, 5:37 pm
SanDisk has developed a chip that earns it membership in the exclusive 128-gigabit club. Not content with simply matching the Micron / Intel effort, SanDisk and its partner Toshiba claim their new memory uses 19- rather than 20-nanometer cells in the production process. Shrinking the size is one thing, but SanDisk's new chips also use its X3 / three-bit technology. Most memory stores just two bits per cell; cramming in another means fewer cells, less silicon, more savings, cheaper memory, happi...
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Adafruit's Internet of Things Printer combines your love of information, receipts22 February 2012, 5:01 pm
Love staying connected and using excess paper? Adafruit's got your back with its latest project. The Internet of Things (IoT) printer goes online via an Ethernet jack, printing up data on 2.5 inch wide receipt paper. You can print things like Twitter feeds, news briefs or sports scores using its open source software. Putting the box together requires some soldering and an Arduino, but once you're done, you'll finally be able to live out your fantasies of becoming an old timey stock broker. Vide...
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OnLive Desktop launches 'Plus' subscriptions, puts IE in your iPad22 February 2012, 4:42 pm
OnLive has already given Microsoft loving iPad owners a hefty, gratis helping of Windows 7, but that doesn't mean they haven't been building a paywall. What's behind the freshly dried brick and mortar? OnLive Desktop Plus, an optional, subscription based upgrade that touts new features for users who are willing to pay a fee. Five dollars a month buys you a cloud-accelerated web browser (that would be Internet Explorer 9, complete with fully functioning Adobe Flash and Acrobat plug-ins) and prio...
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Malata's 2012 / 2013 roadmap reveals a very tablet-friendly future22 February 2012, 4:36 pm
Chinese manufacturer Malata is relatively unknown in the tablet universe, as it hasn't been in the spotlight since showing off its SMB-A1011 back in 2010. Now, the outfit's quietly unveiled a roadmap that's got more than a handful of noteworthy slabs in sight. The company plans on launching a variety of Tegra 3-packing slates dubbed SMB-B1023, including a 7, 9.7 and 10.1-inch version, all of which are said to be sporting ICS. Furthermore, Malata plans to rollout port-heavy variants of the afor...
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SCEA Senior VP hints Hulu may be headed to PS Vita22 February 2012, 4:13 pm
By now, we're sure you have that shiny new PlayStation Vita all unboxed and have logged several hours on the thing playing games, Tweeting and watching vids on Netflix. But, if those apps we told you about earlier weren't enough to fulfill your entertainment needs, you'll be happy to know there could be more in stock for you. SCEA Senior VP Guy Longworth may have spilled the beans when he told The Hollywood Reporter "we have a partnership with Netflix and Hulu; this is a new way for them to di...
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Chaotic Moon's Board of Awesomeness gains mind controls, becomes Board of Imagination22 February 2012, 4:11 pm
Remember the Board of Awesomeness we took for a spin back at CES? Well, the folks from Chaotic Moon went back to the lab to make it even better with a new control system, swapping out the Kinect sensor bar for an Emotiv EPOC headset and re-christened it the Board of Imagination. So, instead of using your hand to control the throttle, you simply visualize and focus on where you want to go, and the headset tells the board how fast to go to get there. The brains of the thing are still housed in a ...
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New privacy policy standards agreed to by world's major app store owners22 February 2012, 4:01 pm
The California Attorney General has struck a deal with the world's major app store opperators that will see new privacy policy standards put in place. Apple, Google, Microsoft, HP, RIM and Amazon have all agreed to require any software that uses personal information to provide a privacy policy that can be viewed in the store before an app is downloaded. The agreement will bring the various markets in line with the California Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires developers provide such ...
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Huawei Prism, HTC Ville may be heading to T-Mobile in April?22 February 2012, 3:52 pm
HTC and Huawei are both expected to bring their A-game to MWC. What exactly that entails remains a mystery, thanks to both companies keeping their lips sealed. And while we're still not completely sure as to what secrets these devices still hold -- or even their official names, for that matter -- TmoNews picked up a leaked screenshot that shows off a list of upcoming accessories on T-Mobile, some of which are for the HTC Ville and Huawei Prism in April. Does this guarantee that we'll see both ...
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YouPorn Gets Caught With Its Pants Down—Users' Email and Passwords Compromised [Security]22 February 2012, 7:40 pm
It looks like the Internet sex site, YouPorn, just took one in the eye. A years-old coding error has exposed the emails and passwords of over a million of its smut-loving chat users. More »
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How to Quickly Open Saved Email Drafts in iOS [Tips]22 February 2012, 6:40 pm
Here's a tip for you iPhone users: if you want to quickly open your last email draft in iOS, just hold down the compose email button for a few seconds. Your last email draft will open up right away. Nice. More »
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OnLive Desktop Plus Hands On: They Put Windows on My iPad [Video]22 February 2012, 6:38 pm
How impressive is the Desktop Plus version of OnLive's iPad software? For $4.99 a month it basically lets you run full Windows on your iPad, and at blazing speeds to boot. This is the cloud done right. Mostly. More »
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Stabilized Blimp Cam Provides Smooth Footage Of Everything But Hurricanes [Video]22 February 2012, 6:00 pm
Renting a tall crane to get a high-angle shot could soon be an expense filmmakers can avoid with this Balloon Camera designed to lift a remote control stabilized camera gimbal up to 985 feet in the air. More »
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First Photos of China's 298-Million-Year-Old Buried Forest [Science]22 February 2012, 5:46 pm
These are the first photos of some of the countless treasures found in the extraordinary 298-million-year-old forest discovered under coal mine in Wuda, Inner Mongolia, China. More »
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BuzzFeed's Fake Twitter Campaign Wins Birthday Lobster Feast for Drug Felon [Crime]22 February 2012, 5:25 pm
Did you hear about Robert Mills today? He's a sad, overly-bearded man who capitalizes with desperation and demands free food from the internet. Viral meme uranium ejaculator BuzzFeed seized upon poor "Robster," kicking off a social media campaign for the guy. Turns out, he's a criminal! More »
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How Much Does It Cost to Climb Mount Everest? More Than a Porsche [Factoid]22 February 2012, 5:20 pm
Alan Arnette has an excellent post on Outside detailing the costs of reaching Earth's highest summit, Mount Everest. I've never thought about it before but it totally makes sense that there are a lot of things that go on to make that climb, right? And all those things cost a lot of money! Like $83,000 a lot of money. More »
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Buzz Contacts for iPhone: A Faster and Smarter Contacts App That's Better Than Apple's [IPhone Apps]22 February 2012, 5:07 pm
I was always confused at why Apple bothered making a contacts 'app' since it was nothing more than a shortcut for what was already inside the contacts tab in phone app. There was no imagination to it! Buzz Contacts is a contacts app that's actually useful: it's faster, better and looks reaaaally good. More »
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Is Google Plotting a FiOS TV Service? [Google]22 February 2012, 5:00 pm
When Google flips the switch on its forthcoming Fiber service later this year, a WSJ report indicates Kansas City residents might have the option to use Google as their cable tv provider as well. More »
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Nokia smartphones, NFC and art mix well in Krakow’s National Museum22 February 2012, 12:54 pm
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Helmet cam an avenue of justice for road rage victims22 February 2012, 12:45 pm
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COLORCLIX mobile app helps you match colors on-the-go22 February 2012, 12:37 pm
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HTC Fireball receives Wi-Fi certification22 February 2012, 12:29 pm
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Verizon 4G LTE outage22 February 2012, 12:23 pm
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3D dinosaur bones to be printed22 February 2012, 12:07 pm
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Hitachi EMIEW 2 receives upgrades22 February 2012, 12:00 pm
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Cheaper Windows Phone smartphone from Nokia?22 February 2012, 11:55 am
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Windows 8 offers improved language support22 February 2012, 11:46 am
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