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T-Mobile Springboard Tablet Release Delayed Until November 16th
Sony Launching UMD Passport For PS Vita
Apple iOS 5.0.1 Update Not Solved Battery Issues For All Users
Iomega eGo Mac Edition Portable Storage Launched
Chrome OS Becomes Windows Friendly With NTFS Support
Voice Of Apple’s iPhone 4S UK Siri Speaks Out
Opera 11.60 Beta Released
Samsung Illusion Details Revealed
Motorola Lapdock 500 Appears At The FCC
NuForce Dia Digital Amplifier
Acer Allegro Windows Phone Smartphone Coming To The UK Next Month
Sesame Street’s Bert And Earnie Voices Headed To TomTom (Video)
Halo Anniversary Maps DLC Arriving for Reach Next Week
Toys R Us Launching Kids Friendly Nabi Android Tablet
Synology DS212j NAS Server Launches, With iOS And Android Media Streaming
Xbox.com Update Now Live, Xbox Dashboard Beta Arrives
Logitech Revue Google TV Device Cancelled
Awesome Assassin’s Creed Revelations Launch Trailer (video)
Twin Jet Engine Harley Davidson Turns Up On Ebay
Firefox 8 For Android Brings Added Security And Easier Bookmark Access (video)
Sprint To Start Locking iPhone 4S SIM Cards
Mad Catz Xbox 360, Tritton Trigger Stereo Headset
Nokia Champagne Windows Phone Tango Device Revealed?
Steam Hack Goes Deeper Than Forums, Possible Credit Card Number Theft
Corsair Performance Pro Series SSD Unveiled
Motorola Droid RAZR Lands For $111 Today Only
AT&T And Nokia To Announce 4G LTE Windows Phone AT CES 2012?
Facebook To Change Privacy Settings To Opt In After FTC Settlement
DIY Flamethrower Pistol is Supposed To Repel Wild Animals (Video)
Amazon Appstore For Android Updated Ahead Of Kindle Fire Launch
Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1 Battery Fix Update
NASA Might Open A Lending Library For Its Tools
Venerable Everquest 2 Fully Commits To Free To Play

T-Mobile Springboard Tablet Release Delayed Until November 16th

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 05:22 AM PST

If you have been waiting patiently for the arrival of your new T-Mobile Springboard Tablet you might be a little disappoint to learn that T-Mobile has now pushed back the release date until November 16th.

It was originally though that the T-Mobile Springboard would be released on the 7th of November, and no information has been released as the reason for the delay.

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Sony Launching UMD Passport For PS Vita

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 05:06 AM PST

Sony has unveiled plans to launch a UMD Passport for its PS Vita console once it officially released. Gamers with large libraries of UMD games from previous PSP consoles will be able to sign up for access to the new UMD Passport. However you wont be able to simply port your game across to play on the new PS Vita device.

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Apple iOS 5.0.1 Update Not Solved Battery Issues For All Users

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 04:53 AM PST

Apple rolled out their new iOS 5.0.1 update this morning in an attempt to help stop batteries draining quite so fast on their iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, after battery problems were reported by a number of users using iOS 5 over the last couple of weeks.

Well the iOS 5.0.1 update has been used for sometime, and even after initial trials stating that the update would fix the problem, the update doesn’t seem to have fixed the problem for everyone. With many users complaining that their battery life is still draining away just as quickly.

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Iomega eGo Mac Edition Portable Storage Launched

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 04:36 AM PST

Iomega has added a new portable storage solution to its range in the form of the Iomega eGo Mac Edition, design specifically for Apple Mac users. The new Mac version has as rugged design and is equipped with 2 x FireWire 800 ports and 1 x USB 2.0, but unfortunately no Thunderbolt connection.

Its sleek rugged design and included Iomega Drop Guard case has been created to provide a safety net if you should drop your drive giving you added protection from drops up to 7 ft.

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Chrome OS Becomes Windows Friendly With NTFS Support

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 04:26 AM PST

Google has this week rolled out a new update for its Chrome OS which now allows users to play a little more friendly with the latest Microsoft Windows Operating systems, thanks to the added NTFS support.

Chrome version 15.0.874.117, Platform version: 1011.118 now support NTFS and includes a number of other features such as a new Web user interface login, additional support for playback of key media codecs and improved video decode performance.

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Voice Of Apple’s iPhone 4S UK Siri Speaks Out

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 04:04 AM PST

When I got my iPhone 4S and started using Siri, I thought that the voice sounded familiar, it turns out that the UK voice of Siri was done by voice over artist Jon Briggs, who has done voice overs for a number of popular TV shows here in the UK.

Although Jon Briggs didn’t record the his voice for Apple, it was a company called Scansoft, which he recorded over 5,000 phrases for over a three week period, and the phrases were then used by Siri, which was taken over by Apple.

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Opera 11.60 Beta Released

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 03:46 AM PST

Opera has this week released it latest Opera 11.60 beta version for download, which includes HTML5 microdata support, ECMAScript 5.1 and further HTML5 support.

Opera 11.60 beta includes a new HTML5-compliant parser, which provides richer functionality to web developers and improved compatibility with other browsers. Opera’s address field has also been redesigned with new search suggestions, and improved results display in History and Bookmarks.

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Samsung Illusion Details Revealed

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 03:46 AM PST

We haven’t heard anything about the Samsung Illusion for a while now, the device is supposed to be headed to Verizon Wireless, and now the guys over at Android Central have found out some more details about the Samsung Illusion.

The Samsung Illusion will come with a 3.5 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels, plus Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor and 512MB of RAM.

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Other specifications on the Samsung Illusion include a 3 megapixel camera, and the device is expected to retail for around $100 and should hit Verizon some time this month.

Source Android Central

Motorola Lapdock 500 Appears At The FCC

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 03:33 AM PST

Motorola’s latest Android device, the Droid RAZR goes on sale in the US today, and it looks like there is a new Lapdock on the way for the Droid RAZR as a new one has appeared at the FCC.

The Motorola Lapdock 500 is a keyboard dock that can be used with compatible Motorola smartphones, and it comes with a laptop sized display and also a keyboard.

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NuForce Dia Digital Amplifier

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 03:24 AM PST

This week Nuforce have unveiled their latest amplifier creation in the form of the new Dia stereo amplifier which has been designed for home audio/visual and streaming devices.

The NuForce Dia digital amplifier provides a 24bit/192kHz D/A converter (DAC) and 24-watt stereo amplifier which can be used with all your latest gadgets via optical or coaxial digital inputs and used in a multitude of combinations. Details after the jump.

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Acer Allegro Windows Phone Smartphone Coming To The UK Next Month

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 03:24 AM PST

Acer’s first Windows Phone device, the Acer Allegro which lands in France this month will be available in the UK from December, as one online mobile retailer has put the device up for pre-order with a price of £259.99.

As a reminder the Acer Allegro features a 3.6 inch VGA touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, and it comes with the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.

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Sesame Street’s Bert And Earnie Voices Headed To TomTom (Video)

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 03:09 AM PST

TomTom have added another range of voice to their Sat Nav’s, the latest voices that you can have giving your directions are Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie, which should make a refreshing change from the standard Sat Nav voice’s.

The video below shows Bert and Ernie recording the voices for the TomTom Sat Nav’s, and as you can image, things didn’t go exactly as they guy from TomTom had planned.

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Halo Anniversary Maps DLC Arriving for Reach Next Week

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 03:09 AM PST

If you enjoy playing Halo you will be pleased to know that next week a Halo Anniversary map pack will be arriving for Reach which will include six revamped multiplayer maps : Battle Canyon, Breakneck, High Noon, Penance, Ridgeline, Solitary – alongside the Installation 04 Firefight map.

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Toys R Us Launching Kids Friendly Nabi Android Tablet

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 02:57 AM PST

Toys R Us has teamed up with app developers FUHU, who produce kids friendly applications to produce a kids friendly Android tablet, called the Nabi Tablet, which will go on sale in December for $200.

The Nabi Tablet features a 7 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, processing is provided by a dual core 533MHz Cortex A9 processor and there is also a PowerVR SGX530 GPU.

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Synology DS212j NAS Server Launches, With iOS And Android Media Streaming

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 02:57 AM PST

Synology have today launched their new DS212j NAS Server which has been designed specifically for the home user and features dual drive bays, allowing you to add up to 6TB of storage. Using Synology apps you can also view data or stream music and videos stored on the DS212j directly to your iOS or Android device no matter where you might be.

Synology has redesigned the cassis on their new DS212j NAS Server to offer improved cooling over previous versions. Its powered by a 1.2GHz processor supported by 256MB RAM with Gigabit LAN connectivity and 2 x USB 2.0 ports.

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Xbox.com Update Now Live, Xbox Dashboard Beta Arrives

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 02:34 AM PST

Today the new Xbox.com update has rolled out as expected and brings with it new features which include Beacons a way to your friends of games you might want to play. As well as a friends activity stream and redesigned Friends and Message centre and a simple way to cancel your autorenewal subscription from the site if required.

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Logitech Revue Google TV Device Cancelled

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 02:22 AM PST

Logitech was one of the first companies to produce a Google TV set top box, and now it looks like the company has decided to end production of the Logitech Revue and they wont be making another one.

Logitech’s CEO Guerrino De Luca spoke to investors recently and confirmed that the company would be let the inventory of its existing Revue devices run out and they wont be making any more, and he also described Google’s TV software as ‘beta’.

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Awesome Assassin’s Creed Revelations Launch Trailer (video)

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 02:19 AM PST

With the launch of Assassin’s Creed Revelations arriving next week Ubisoft have now released an awesome launch trailer which show what you can expect from the Assassin’s Creed Revelations game once its officially launched on November 15th. Enjoy!

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Twin Jet Engine Harley Davidson Turns Up On Ebay

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 02:11 AM PST

If you are looking for something a little different for your daily commute, then how about this twin pulse jet engine Harley Davidson motorcycle which has appeared on eBay.

This crazy Harley Davidson was built by Robert Maddox for one of his customers, I wonder if the customer thought it might be too powerful for them as it is now on eBay with a buy it now price of $25,000.

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Firefox 8 For Android Brings Added Security And Easier Bookmark Access (video)

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 01:58 AM PST

Earlier this week Mozilla rolled out their new Firefox 8 browser for desktop and Android devices and as with the desktop version the new Android Firefox 8 has gained some great new features.

Including a new master password feature that allows yo to stay logged in to your favourite websites, but protect access to them all with one master password. Once this has then been entered access on your Android device is granted to all sites once again.

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Sprint To Start Locking iPhone 4S SIM Cards

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 01:43 AM PST

When sprint started selling the iPhone 4S it was available with an unlocked and now it looks like Sprint has decided that any new iPhone 4S will have its SIM locked when the device is activated.

The new comes from an internal Sprint memo and it looks like this will start from today, the 11th of November, but what about customers who have already purchased the iPhone 4S from Sprint?

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Mad Catz Xbox 360, Tritton Trigger Stereo Headset

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 01:39 AM PST

If you are in the market for a new set of gaming cans for your gaming rig, the new Co-Branded Xbox 360 and Tritton Trigger Stereo headset has now started shipping and might well be worth a good look.

The trigger is the second co-branded headsets to be released for the Xbox 360 and is equipped with 40mm neodymium drivers and an in-line audio controller allowing you to separately adjust volume and in-game chat levels, to suit your needs while gaming.

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Nokia Champagne Windows Phone Tango Device Revealed?

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 01:37 AM PST

Nokia recently announced its first windows Phone smartphones the Nokia Lumia 710 and the Nokia Lumia 800, but now it would appear that Nokia has another Windows Phone device in the works.

The guys over at WPCentral have discovered references to a device called the Nokia Champagne, which is obviously a codename for the handset and it is reported to come with Windows Phone Tango.

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Steam Hack Goes Deeper Than Forums, Possible Credit Card Number Theft

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 01:21 AM PST

Over the weekend the Valve Steam forum was defaced by hackers redirecting requests for the forum to the hackers website. Now after further investigation by Valve it looks like the hack went deeper than originally thought and has compromised the main Steam database.

The main Steam database contained information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. Although Valve are still unsure whether encrypted credit card numbers or personally identifying information was taken.

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Corsair Performance Pro Series SSD Unveiled

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 01:08 AM PST

Corsair has today unveiled a new addition to their range of SSD’s with the launch of the latest Corsair Performance Pro Series SSD 6 Gb/s which is equipped with Marvell controllers, and will be available in 128GB and 256GB configurations.

The compact SSD can provide up to 515 MB/s read and 440 MB/s sequential write speeds and is equipped with a built-in advanced background garbage collection feature enabling it to preform strongly even with operating systems that don’t support TRIM.

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Motorola Droid RAZR Lands For $111 Today Only

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 12:39 AM PST

The Motorola Droid RAZR goes on sale in the US today, and it will be available from Verizon Wireless for $299 when you sign up to a new two year contract, although it looks like Amazon Wireless has decided to sell the Droid RAZR for $111 for today only when you sign up to a new two year contract.

The Droid RAZR features a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display with a qHD resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, processing is provided by a dual core 1.2 GHz processor and there is also 1GB of RAM.

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AT&T And Nokia To Announce 4G LTE Windows Phone AT CES 2012?

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 12:24 AM PST

We heard a rumor recently that Nokia and Verizon would be announcing an LTE Windows Phone smartphone at CES 2012 in January, and now according to a recent report AT&T and Nokia will be launching an LTE Windows Phone device as well.

Nokia is expected to launch its first Windows Phone smartphone in the US early next year, so CES 2012 in January would seem like a good date to launch them, and we also heard from Nokia’s CEO that the company would bring LTE enabled Windows Phone’s to the US next year.

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Facebook To Change Privacy Settings To Opt In After FTC Settlement

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 12:17 AM PST

Facebook has come under quite a bit of criticism in the last over it privacy settings, and now it looks like the worlds largest social network may change its privacy policies, which is good news for Facebook users.

According to a recent report by the WSJ, Facebook has come to an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, and the agreement would mean that Facebnook would have to obtain a users permission before making “material retroactive changes” to its privacy policies.

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DIY Flamethrower Pistol is Supposed To Repel Wild Animals (Video)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 11:30 PM PST

Seen below is a home-made flame pistol built by an enthusiast who wants to light camp fires better. It looks real nice but the ‘making’ part is rather complex. Also, it’s a very dangerous tool that no one in their right mind should use indoors. Then again, no one in their right mind would put in the time to build a flame pistol unless they live in the post-apocalyptic wastes of the Fallout universe. As a marvel of human ingenuity though, it’s real impressive.

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Amazon Appstore For Android Updated Ahead Of Kindle Fire Launch

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 11:26 PM PST

Amazon has updated its Appstore for Android, ahead of the launch of the companies first Android tablet, the Kindle Fire, which will go on sale in the US next week, and as well as a new design it also comes with some new features.

As you can see from the screen shots below, the Amazon Appstore now has a much more user friendly design, with dark colors, and Amazon has also added in support for in app purchases and parental controls.

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Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1 Battery Fix Update

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 11:04 PM PST

Apple has released the new iOS 5.0.1 software update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, the update is supposed to fix the battery problems that a number of users have reported with iOS 5 over the last few weeks.

As well as the battery fix the update adds multitasking gestures for the original iPad, plus it is also designed to fix a bug with documents in the cloud, and our Australian readers will be pleased to know that it is also designed to improve the voice recognition for Australian users.

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NASA Might Open A Lending Library For Its Tools

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 10:30 PM PST

It’s unlikely they’ll lend out ray guns, plasma rifles, and shrink rays though. The detail lef tout by the title is this proposed ‘lending library’ is exclusive to NASA, meaning the general public will never get a chance to wield some really awesome gear. Additionally, it’s a cost-cutting measure because as it turns out NASA wastes so much money providing the tools its engineers use.

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Venerable Everquest 2 Fully Commits To Free To Play

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 03:14 PM PST

Otherwise known as your grandpappy’s World of Warcraft, SOE’s long in the tooth Everquest 2 had previously dabbled in Free to Play by having two separate sets of servers. That state of affairs is coming to a close with the announcement by SOE that Everquest 2 is merging F2P and paid servers come December.

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