Nintendo will update the Nintendo 3DS firmware with 3-D video shooting capability at the end of November and to allowing users to shoot up to 10 minutes at a stretch of stereoscopic video, the feature will support stop-motion animation, so users can create their own Robot Chicken-style animations using a 3DS. Nintendo also would add the Hulu Plus streaming video subscription service to Wii and 3DS. With both Hulu and Netflix in tow, the 3DS is actually turning into quite a powerful little portable and Nintendo has been doubling down on 3D video as of late………………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Gaming
On October 22, 2011(6 months, 27 days ago.)
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Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that it has expanded its licensing agreement with PBS to let members of its Amazon Prime premium shipping program watch current and older PBS programs and Amazon said this will bring the total number of instant videos available to Prime members, who pay $79 a year for discounted shipping costs to 12,000. Naturally that means lots of episodes of NOVA and Antiques Roadshow and for the first time on digital video, 200 episodes of The French Chef with Julia Child. It still has a ways to go to match Netflix, but with a lower yearly price, sweet shipping deal and now the ability to teach you how to make an omelet……………..
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has kicked off an initiative to harvest and re-use valuable components from dead satellites in geosynchronous orbit (GEO), more than $300 billion worth of satellites are estimated to be in geosynchronous orbit 22,000 miles above the earth. This would be a boost to DARPA’s System F6- a program which is touted to be successful in next few years, probably 2015 and the features of project Phoenix involve establishing techniques for long range monitoring. In other words as you can inspect the drilling operations getting operated on the ocean floors and if you are sitting thousands of miles away, similarly you can also have robots, which can be maneuvered in space while the person responsible is present in the operating center below. DARPA is also looking into building tiny satlets, which could simply be clipped to the antennas of deactivated satellites for breathing new life into them and saving a significant chunk of cash…………………..
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Verizon officially confirmed that it will offer the Samsung Galaxy Nexus later this year and the arrier did not announce an exact release date or pricing at this time, but Samsung and Google said last week at the unveiling event that the smartphone would start shipping in the US, as well as parts of Asia and Europe, in November. The Galaxy Nexus model showed off in Hong Kong supported the technologies used by AT&T and T-Mobile and Samsung obviously designed an additional model that takes advantage of the CDMA and LTE networks used by Verizon. Samsung Galaxy Nexus sports a 4.65-inch HD sAMOLED touch-screen display with 1280-by-720 resolution and it’s 8.94 millimeters thin with a 4.29-millimeter bezel and runs a 1.2-GHz, dual-core application processor………………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Mobile
On October 22, 2011(6 months, 27 days ago.)
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Apple’s iPad 1 gets video mirroring and multiasking gestures, which was only available for iPad 2 and now you can enable the new multi-touch swipes and mirroring on your first generation iPad with iOS 5, no jailbreaking required. Apple added some slick multitasking gestures to the iPad that allow you to four-finger swipe to pull up the multitasking drawer, swipe left and right between apps and five-finger pinch to view the homescreen and also added AirPlay mirroring, which allows you to view your iPad’s screen on an Apple TV, with the release of iOS 5……………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Tablet
On October 22, 2011(6 months, 27 days ago.)
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Intel’s target release day for the new Sandy Brdige E processors and their Xeon E5 equivalents has slipped to early 2012, which will likely delay any Mac Pro updates until then and the chips were originally planned for release on November 15th. The reason for the continued fluidity in launch timing is unknown and Apple’s primary MacBook Pro and MacBook Air aluminum case supplier, Catcher Technology has been forced to temporarily shut down its factory over over pollution concerns. Apple has reportedly already ramped down production of its current MacBook Pro model and that will likely lead to increasingly tight supplies heading into the refresh………………..
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Laptop
On October 22, 2011(6 months, 27 days ago.)
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Although the iPhone 4S is already available in the United States, Canada, Australia, the UK, Germany, France, and Japan and now Apple opened up preorders for customers in 22 more countries ahead of the widespread launch. Both white and black models, in 16GB, 32GB or 64GB are on offer, though estimated shipping times are expected to be 1-2 weeks and that could put home deliveries up to a week past in-store availability, which is set to take place in the 22 new locations on October 28……………….
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Under: iPhone
On October 22, 2011(6 months, 27 days ago.)
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After many months of work Razer is now ready to show off its new Synapse 2.0 software, which allows people to customize their gaming peripherals and have those settings and macros available almost everywhere thanks to the use of cloud storage. Synapse 2.0 allow you to access your personal configuration on various PCs, need to have Razer keyboards and/or mice. This more or less lets you stash your many configurations and access them no matter where you are, at any time and Razer Synapse 2.0 can hold the entire collection of Razer peripheral settings for any next generation Razer gaming device and also the next stage will be made available at first to selected users of the Razer Naga…………………..
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Under: Gaming
On October 22, 2011(6 months, 28 days ago.)
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AT&T announced its third-quarter financials, demonstrating earnings that met analyst forecasts and exceed expectations in regards to wireless subscriptions, but also declared that as of October 18, the company had activated over 1 million iPhone 4S handsets. The iPhone 4S’ one million sales contributed AT&T’s most successful launch in the company’s history and AT&T sold 4.8 million smartphones in its third-quarter, totalling 2.7 million iPhone activations in that period – a decline from 3.6 million in its third quarter…………………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: iPhone
On October 21, 2011(6 months, 28 days ago.)
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Thinfilm, a Norwegian developer of printable memory has co-announced with California’s Xerox PARC a development that takes a big step towards the day when every manufactured object will report in to the internet and Thinfilm has been producing low-capacity read/write printable memory, which has been used in such applications as personalized toys and games. The resulting integrated circuits are essentially CMOS chips that can be printed on large rolls at extremely low cost and the most obvious application of the technology is in NFC chips, but the small price and size could find the printable circuits turning up as everything from price tags to freshness sensors on food packaging……………….
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Fisker Automotive said it has begun selling its 2012 Karma luxury plug-in hybrid car, following certification this week by the Environmental Protection Agency and the low-slung four-door sports car, which is a bit like the spawn of a Chevrolet Volt and an Aston Martin Rapide. Fisker had predicted a rating of 67 mpge and an all-electric range of 50 miles, the EPA disagreed, certifying the car with 52 mpge, a range of 32 miles and 20 mpg in gasoline mode after that. EPA certification is the final hurdle preventing Fisker from selling the Karma in the US and since the numbers are finally in, the company will start importing the cars now-ish with the first 39 arriving on our shores from Finland in about 2 weeks………………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Auto
On October 21, 2011(6 months, 28 days ago.)
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According to the official tech specs page for the iPhone 4S, Apple has added support for GLONASS in addition to GPS on its latest gadget and GLONASS stands for Globalnaya Navigazionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System when translated from Russian. GLONASS is Russia’s alternative to the United States’ Global Positioning System (GPS) and it’s network comprises of 24 satellites that achieved full global coverage as recently as the beginning of this month. GPS has a little more accuracy than GLONASS in most parts of the globe, but the latter provides better mapping of the northern areas of our planet and Qualcomm says GLONASS improves GPS accuracy in urban environments by 50 percent……………
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: iPhone
On October 21, 2011(6 months, 28 days ago.)
Sony has launched their subscription based music service for Android and their own Sony Tablet S Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablet and the new service charges you a monthly fee to access some 10 million music tracks using your Android device or any other Sony Music Unlimited approved devices. A tablet version of PlayStation Store has also been released, allowing officially certified games to be purchased and downloaded to the device, the music service was offered on its new tablets slightly after they were launched because more time was required for development……………..
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Under: Tablet
On October 21, 2011(6 months, 28 days ago.)
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It was only two weeks ago when an Xbox 720 logo was spotted in the film Real Steel, adding more fuel to the speculation that Microsoft may unveil the Xbox 360 successor next year at E3 2012 and it was further teased by some recent LinkedIn profiles of Microsoft employees that vaguely revealed specific positions in relation to next-gen Xbox development. Multiple sources across the industry, from processor chip manufacturers to middleware firms, have told Develop they expect the console to be fully unveiled at E3 2013 and the collection of data points to a 2013 launch for the system across all main regions, though early 2014 remains a possibility.Also there have been various signs that indicate that an Xbox 720 is in the works and Microsoft stating that the Xbox 360 is considered the Xbox 720 to them…………………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Gaming
On October 21, 2011(6 months, 28 days ago.)
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Sprint has just officially announced the Motorola Admiral, the first Android smartphone in their growing Direct Connect lineup and the Admiral takes a 1.2GHz processor, 4GB of internal storage, and 3G hotspot support and also wraps it all in a mil-spec 810G compliant body. The ADMIRAL runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with Motorola’s custom interface and it has the Quickoffice document editor app pre-installed If you’ve been waiting for a rough-and-tumble smartphone that lets you bark orders to your crew as well as it lets you fire off a few emails, the Admiral may be worth a second glance and Sprint will offer the Motorola ADMIRAL on October 23 for $99.99 after rebate with a new two-year agreement………………..
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Mobile
On October 21, 2011(6 months, 29 days ago.)
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