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States See Organ Donor Registry Spike after Facebook Tool Launches
Rock Band Mobile Dies May 31
300 People Working On Black Ops 2
Target to Stop Selling Amazon Kindle?
e-book sales by UK publishers grew 54 percent in 2011
Flix brings Netflix to the Blackberry PlayBook
Amazon Offering Refurbished Kindle Fire For $140 Today Only
Hulu to require cable subscription?
Incase Box Case For iPhone 4 And 4S
Google Rolls Out Gmail Translation To The Masses
Nokia Files Patent Suits Against RIM, HTC And Viewsonic In US And Germany
Diablo III Evil Is Back Commercial Trailer (video)
ViewSonic VX2460h-LED Ultra-Slim Monitor Announced
Asus Says Padfone Delayed Because Of Snapdragon S4 Shortage
RIM Offering Developers $10,000 For BlackBerry 10 Apps
Another Samsung Galaxy S III Poses For The Camera
Black Ops 2 Official Reveal Trailer (video)
LG Says It Is Not Ditching Windows Phone
Sprint Galaxy Nexus Data Bug Fix Update Released
Contour Unveils Roam Watersports Camera Case Kit And Mounts
Huawei Prism Headed To T-Mobile May 6th
Samsung Files Trademark For Galaxy Variant Smartphone
Spotify iPad App Launches
Skyrim Dawnguard DLC Unveiled For Xbox 360
Kanex ATV Pro Adds Apple Support To VGA Monitors And Projectors
Instagram Hits 50 Million Users
Olympus TG-1 iHS Tough Leaked
Nokia 808 PureView Launching This Month
Motorola Loses $86 Million In Quarter One
Intel Ivy Bridge Hackintosh Runs Latest OS X Using New Kernel Patch
Android 4.0 ICS Now On 4.9 Percent Of Devices
Motorola Windows Injunction In Germany Against Xbox 360 And More
Skyrim 1.5.26 Patch Files Reveals Hints Of New DLC With Snow Elves And Crossbows
Sony Announces Vaio T Series Ultrabooks
Razer Naga Hex Wraith Red Edition Launched (video)
Barnes & Noble Adding NFC Support To Future Nook Devices

States See Organ Donor Registry Spike after Facebook Tool Launches

Posted: 02 May 2012 10:06 AM PDT

On Monday, Facebook launched its new tool that allowed users to share the fact that they were organ donors. The Facebook tool also allows people that weren’t organ donors to sign up with their state organ donor registry directly from Facebook. I bet there are many people out there who wondered if the Facebook tool was going to make a difference.

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Rock Band Mobile Dies May 31

Posted: 02 May 2012 09:52 AM PDT

I purchased the mobile game app on my iPhone called Rock Band Mobile a long time ago. The game was the mobile version of the console game that launched long ago. The follow-up to the original is called Rock Band Reloaded.

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300 People Working On Black Ops 2

Posted: 02 May 2012 08:11 AM PDT

Last night Black ops was officially revealed and I don’t know about you, but I have been eagerly waiting for this game. Now we have a bit more information from an interview with Mark Lamia from Treyarch studio.
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Target to Stop Selling Amazon Kindle?

Posted: 02 May 2012 07:57 AM PDT

Amazon's Kindle first hit Target stores in 2010 and by all indications the sales have been very successful. In fact, the Kindle Fire became the retailer's best-selling tablet during Black Friday in 2011. Now according to an internal memo from Target and some info from an unnamed source, Target will stop carrying the Kindle line due to a "conflict of interest".
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e-book sales by UK publishers grew 54 percent in 2011

Posted: 02 May 2012 07:40 AM PDT

If you think that reading is dead, then you will be surprised by some new numbers from The Publisher’s Association, which is a group of 120 companies across the UK.
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Flix brings Netflix to the Blackberry PlayBook

Posted: 02 May 2012 07:23 AM PDT

If you own a Playbook then you know that it is missing a Netflix app. There may not be an official app available, but a new app called Flix can help, but only in certain situations. Don’t expect miracles here. It will help if you are in your home chilling, but not while you are on the move.
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Amazon Offering Refurbished Kindle Fire For $140 Today Only

Posted: 02 May 2012 07:16 AM PDT

Amazon is offering their Kindle Fire tablet for $139.99 today only, and the price is for a refurbished Kindle Fire tablet, although it does come with a full one year warranty.

The $139.99 Kindle Fire is only available for today, or until they sell out, there are no details on how many are available although we suspect they will sell out pretty quickly.

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Hulu to require cable subscription?

Posted: 02 May 2012 07:02 AM PDT

Hulu offers the latest TV shows and other programming and they have 31 million users in the United States. In fact many people use Hulu instead of their cable subscription, allowing them to cancel their cable subscription and save money. Unfortunately that may not be an option for long. It looks like Hulu will become available only to those that have cable or satellite service, according to a new rumor.
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Incase Box Case For iPhone 4 And 4S

Posted: 02 May 2012 07:01 AM PDT

We have featured quite a few different cases for the iPhone and iPhone 4S here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is called the Box Case, and it is from the guys over at Incase.

As the name suggests, the Box Case, features a square design, which according to Incase is designed to give your iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 extra protection and a unique look.

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Google Rolls Out Gmail Translation To The Masses

Posted: 02 May 2012 06:53 AM PDT

Google has today started rolling out a new Gmail translation feature, which has been designed to translate any email into your preferred language. Google has been playing with transition services within in Gmail accounts since back in 2009. But after extensive testing Google now thinks the service is ready for the masses. During its time in the testing Labs the features has proved to be one of the most popular.

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Nokia Files Patent Suits Against RIM, HTC And Viewsonic In US And Germany

Posted: 02 May 2012 06:40 AM PDT

Nokia has announced that it has filed a range of new patent lawsuits against three companies in Germany and the US, and the filings are against RIM, HTC and Viewsonic.

Nokia has said that the companies are infringing on a number of Nokia’s standard essential patents, and according to Nokia the patents in question are already licensed to over 40 different companies.

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Diablo III Evil Is Back Commercial Trailer (video)

Posted: 02 May 2012 06:30 AM PDT

The official launch of Diablo III is edging ever closers for fans, but still the May 15th Launch date seems an age away. To keep you going until the launch, or to make the waiting even worse. Blizzard have launched their first commercial which you might already seen. If you haven’t or would like to view it again, check it out after the jump.

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ViewSonic VX2460h-LED Ultra-Slim Monitor Announced

Posted: 02 May 2012 06:20 AM PDT

Viewsonic has this week taken the wraps off a new addition to its range in the form of the ViewSonic VX2460h. Which is a 24″ inch ultra-slim widescreen display that has a 6.8mm ultra-slim thickness, and is equipped with advanced imaging technologies to reduce user eye fatigue after extended viewing.

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Asus Says Padfone Delayed Because Of Snapdragon S4 Shortage

Posted: 02 May 2012 06:11 AM PDT

Asus were expected to launch their new Padfone back in April, we recently heard it had been delayed and that it was expected to launch some time in May, and now Asus has said that the delay is due to shortages of Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon S4 processor.

Asus announced the news on their Asus Indonesia Twitter account, and you can see the translated version of the tweet below, which confirms the delay.

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RIM Offering Developers $10,000 For BlackBerry 10 Apps

Posted: 02 May 2012 06:02 AM PDT

Yesterday RIM announced their new BlackBerry 10 platform, and now it looks like RIM is attempting to attract developers to the platform, with a $10,000 guarantee for apps which meet a certain criteria.

RIM will give the $10,000 guarantee to developers apps which meet a certain criteria, and the apps will be tested for this criteria by a third party, if the app is deemed as high quality then RIM will guarantee that the revenue from the app will be $10,000 in the first year.

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Another Samsung Galaxy S III Poses For The Camera

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:41 AM PDT

Samsung are expected to officially announced the new Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone at a special event in London tomorrow, May the 3rd, we have already seen quite a few photos of the Galaxy S III in dummy boxes, and now we have another one.

The photo below was obtained by the guys over at Sam Mobile, and it comes with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and has the model number GT-I9300 like the previous version we have seen.

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Black Ops 2 Official Reveal Trailer (video)

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:33 AM PDT

Black Ops gamers who are looking forward to the arrival of the new sequel, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 game, who’s launch date was leaked late last month. Will be pleased to know that Activision has now released a new trailer for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 game. Providing you with a two minute glimpse into what you can expect once its officially launches. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

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LG Says It Is Not Ditching Windows Phone

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:27 AM PDT

The other day we heard a rumor that LG would be ditching Windows Phone and instead the company would be concentrating on Android devices, the news originally came from the Korea Herald.

Now LG has spoken out, and the company has denied it is abandoning Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform, and an LG representataive had the following to say to Pocket Lint.

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Sprint Galaxy Nexus Data Bug Fix Update Released

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:15 AM PDT

The other day we heard that a number of users of the Sprint Galaxy Nexus has been having problems with data on Sprint’s network, the issue was acknowledged by Sprint and they said that they were working on a fix.

Now Sprint has confirmed that the update is ready, and it will be version IMM76D.L700FD002, as well as a fix for the data problems, the update will also come with a fix for devices not displaying the correct network time after activation and also a Google Wallet update.

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Contour Unveils Roam Watersports Camera Case Kit And Mounts

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:08 AM PDT

Anyone looking to take their Contour Sports Camera underwater, or anywhere hospitable to electric devices. Might be interested to learn that Contour have this week announced the launch of a new Contour Roam waterproof camera case, and mounts for their sports camera.

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Huawei Prism Headed To T-Mobile May 6th

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:01 AM PDT

According to the guys over at TMO News, the Huawei Prism is headed to US mobile carrier T-Mobile, and the device will be available from the 6th of May and will be called the T-Mobile Prism 3G.

The T-Mobile Prism 3G comes with a 3.5 inch HVGA touchscreen display and will come with android 2,3 Gingerbread, plus a 3.2 megapixel camera and a 2GB SD card.

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Samsung Files Trademark For Galaxy Variant Smartphone

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:49 AM PDT

Samsung has been filing quite a few trademarks for new Galaxy branded devices over the last month or so, and now another one had been revealed and it is a trademark for smartphones and mobile telephones.

The latest trademark filing is for the Samsung Galaxy Variant and it was submitted to the USPTO on the 26th of April, the filing relates to the ‘goods and services, and it covers mobile telephones and smartphones.

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Spotify iPad App Launches

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:46 AM PDT

Today Spotify has finally rolled out its dedicated iPad application for users, complete with retina graphics, for the new iPad 3, as well as gapless playback and crossfade, and AirPlay support.

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Skyrim Dawnguard DLC Unveiled For Xbox 360

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:11 AM PDT

Well it didn’t take Bethesda long to follow up on files discovered in the Skyrim 1.5.26 patch files, which indicated a new DLC was incoming. Today Bethesda has announced the new Skyrim DLC will be called Dawnguard, and will be arriving sometime this summer for the Xbox 360 and that more information would be made available at the upcoming E3 gaming exhibition.

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Kanex ATV Pro Adds Apple Support To VGA Monitors And Projectors

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:57 AM PDT

Kanex has this week unveiled a new addition to their range in the form of the Kanex ATV Pro. Which has been designed to provide older VGA monitors and projectors with support for Apple’s latest TV set top boxes. Enabling you to use AirPlay and mirroring via your iOS device if it supports it.

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Instagram Hits 50 Million Users

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:53 AM PDT

We recently heard that Instagram was getting closed to 50 million users, and now it looks like the photo sharing application has now passed the 50 million users mark.

According to the guys over at Mashable, Instagram is currently adding over 5 million new users per week, which certainly is impressive, the company hit 40 million users around the 13th of April, and was sat at 30 million users at the start of April.

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Olympus TG-1 iHS Tough Leaked

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:38 AM PDT

Best Buy will have some explaining to do to Olympus this week, after accidentally publishing details on the Best Buy website of the new Olympus TG-1 iHS Tough camera. The Olympus TG-1 iHS Tough camera once officially launched will be available to purchase for around $400, and features dual image stabilisation for clear, detailed images.

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Nokia 808 PureView Launching This Month

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:34 AM PDT

Nokia has announced that the new Nokia 808 PureView smartphone, which features a 41 megapixel camera will go on sale this month, although Nokia did not give a specific launch date.

Nokia has said the the PureView 808 will be available in Russia and India first and will then be rolled out to other countries, although they did not specify which countries will get it an when.

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Motorola Loses $86 Million In Quarter One

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:14 AM PDT

Motorola Mobility has released its latest financial report for quarter one of 2012, Motorola made a loss of $86 million in quarter one of 2012, this continues on from their loss of $80 million in quarter four of 2011.

Motorola only managed to ship a total of 8.9 million devices for the quarter, which is down for 10.5 million for the last quarter of 2011, of those 8.9 million devices 5.1 million were smartphones.

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Intel Ivy Bridge Hackintosh Runs Latest OS X Using New Kernel Patch

Posted: 02 May 2012 02:57 AM PDT

If you are considering building a new Hackintosh system powered by the Intel’s latest Ivy Bridge processor, that was launched last month, and went on sale over the weekend. You might be interested to know a new kernel patch has been created that will allow you to run the latest OS X combined with an Ivy Bridge CPU.

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Android 4.0 ICS Now On 4.9 Percent Of Devices

Posted: 02 May 2012 02:53 AM PDT

Google has released its latest Android distribution figures and Android 4.0 Ice cream Sandwich is now on 4.9 percent of devices, this is up from 2.9 percent in April.

Next up is Android Honeycomb which is on 3.3 percent of devices, and then we have Android 2.3 Gingerbread which is now on 64.4 percent of Android devices, this has actually increased from April when Gingerbread was on 63.7 percent of all devices.

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Motorola Windows Injunction In Germany Against Xbox 360 And More

Posted: 02 May 2012 02:30 AM PDT

Motorola was won an injunction in a German court against Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console, their windows 7 operating system, Microsoft’s Internet explorer and Windows Media Player.

The court ruling has yet to be enforced, but the court has decided that the Microsoft products listed have infringed on two of Motorola’s patents which are essential for the H.264 video standard.

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Skyrim 1.5.26 Patch Files Reveals Hints Of New DLC With Snow Elves And Crossbows

Posted: 02 May 2012 02:22 AM PDT

A BethSoft forum user has discovered some interesting files within the latest Skyrim 1.5.26 patch files, that reveal a number of new things are on their way in a possible DLC to be released by Bethesda. The discovered files include references to a number of new characters and items including Snow Elves, a Snow Elf Prince and Crossbows, together with new vampire feeding animations.

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Sony Announces Vaio T Series Ultrabooks

Posted: 02 May 2012 02:03 AM PDT

Sony has announced its first ultrabooks, the Sony Vaio T Series which consists of the Vaio T13 and Vaio T11, and both models will come with Intel’s Sandby Bridge Core i3-2367M processors.

Both versions will come with a hybrid drive with 32GB of SSD storage and 320GB of HDD storage, plus a 13.3 inch display with a resolution of 1366x 768 pixels, there are no details as yet on the display resolution on the 11 inch version.

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Razer Naga Hex Wraith Red Edition Launched (video)

Posted: 02 May 2012 01:59 AM PDT

Razer has this week launched a new addition to their range of gaming mice, in the form of the new Razer Naga Hex Wraith Red edition. Which is capable of allowing you to generate 250 clicks a minute.

Its been specifically designed with 6 MOBA and action-RPG thumb buttons added to the side of the mouse, and a total of 11 programmable buttons. Check out the promotional video for the Razer Naga Hex below.

Razer Naga Hex Wraith Red Edition

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Barnes & Noble Adding NFC Support To Future Nook Devices

Posted: 02 May 2012 01:43 AM PDT

In addition to the news announced earlier this week by Barnes & Noble, that they would be starting a strategic partnership with Microsoft. Who will be investing 300 million into Barnes & Noble.

In addition this week Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch has also revealed that Barnes & Noble plans to added Near Field Communication (NFC) chips to its future Nook ranges.

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