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- 38 Studios, Big Huge Games Lay Off Entire Staff
- Apple Settles Long-Running Patent Infringement Suit with Simple Air
- Capcom 25th Anniversary Street Fighter collection
- Nokia Adds Live Traffic and Geocoding Prowess to Bing Maps
- South Korea’s LTE Samsung Galaxy S3 to have a different design
- Apple iPen For iOS Devices Revealed In Patents
- Hitman: Sniper Challenge Behind the Scenes Look (video)
- Absinthe 2.0 iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak Released For iOS Devices
- Toshiba Has No Plans For New Netbooks In The US
- Flickr Adds New Features For Groups
- RIM Has No Plans To License BBM To Other Platforms
- Gamefly Announces New Android App Store To Compete With Google Play
- Samsung Opening Mobile PIN Pop-up Stores For UK Galaxy S III Launch (Video)
- Incase Book Jacket Revolution Launches For iPad (video)
- Sony Xperia Play Removed From Android 4.0 ICS Update List
- Diablo 3 Patch Incoming, In-Game Auction House Launch Delayed Again
- Apple CEO Tim Cook Turns Down $75 Million Dividend
- Arma III Gameplay Teaser (video)
- Firm Who Tricked Users With Fake Angry Birds And Cut The Rope Apps Fined £50,000
- Asus Transformer Pad TF300TL With LTE Appears At The FCC
- Dell Latitude 10 Windows 8 Tablet Specifications Leaked
- SIM Free Nokia Lumia 610 Now Available In The UK
- Toshiba AT300 Pricing Announced
- NVIDIA Says 30 Tegra 3 Smartphones Launching In 2012
- Google Adds In App Subscriptions To Google Play
- Corsair SSD Notebook Upgrade Kit Unveiled
- AT&T HTC One X Gets Unofficial Bootloader
- Skyrim Mounted Combat Arrives In 1.6 Beta Update
- Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Delayed (video)
- Samsung Galaxy S III To Land In Canada June 20th
- First Video Sample From Google’s Project Glass Eyewear (video)
- HI-RO Turns Your iPod Nano Into A Mini Boombox (Video)
- OreObject’s SPHEREglow Mouse
- Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos Dual SIM Android Headed To Europe Next Month
- Facebook Launches Facebook Camera App For iOS
| 38 Studios, Big Huge Games Lay Off Entire Staff Posted: 25 May 2012 11:17 AM PDT I’d expected 38 Studios’ death spiral to go on for a while longer, but the plug has been unceremoniously pulled on the Kingdoms of Amalur developer: 38 Studios has laid off its entire staff of 379. Whether this will result in the company defaulting on its $50 million loan, leading the state of Rhode Island to assume ownership of the Amalur IP is unclear, as is the state of the Copernicus MMO 38 was developing.
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| Apple Settles Long-Running Patent Infringement Suit with Simple Air Posted: 25 May 2012 09:08 AM PDT Apple has finally announced that it has settled a long-running patent dispute between it and a company called SimpleAir. SimpleAir filed a patent infringement suit against Apple back in 2009 in the US District Court in the Eastern District of Texas. That suit alleged Apple was infringing on four patents having to do with the transmission of data and alerts for unconnected users.
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| Capcom 25th Anniversary Street Fighter collection Posted: 25 May 2012 08:43 AM PDT Fans of Street Fighter will be thrilled to hear that Capcom has some plans to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the game. They will release a super awesome Street Fighter collection. The Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector's Set. © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Nokia Adds Live Traffic and Geocoding Prowess to Bing Maps Posted: 25 May 2012 08:40 AM PDT One of the best features you can get on maps and GPS navigation devices in my opinion is live traffic. Knowing where the traffic and the delays are can make your commute or road trip much more enjoyable. Nokia has announced that in its partnership with Microsoft it has added live traffic to Bing Maps.
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| South Korea’s LTE Samsung Galaxy S3 to have a different design Posted: 25 May 2012 08:31 AM PDT When Samsung officially announced the Galaxy S3, many disliked the design. People just felt that it wasn’t very special. And now a photo has surfaced of South Korea's LTE version of the Galaxy S3 which has a completely new design. © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| Apple iPen For iOS Devices Revealed In Patents Posted: 25 May 2012 07:01 AM PDT Apple Patents have been discovered that reveal Apple, may be looking to launch a iPen stylus for its iPad and iPhone devices. Following along the the lines of Samsung with its Galaxy Note 10.1 stylus. The Patents discovered by Patently Apple, include details of a new iPen that uses haptic feedback to help the user navigate within applications and around the tablet.
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| Hitman: Sniper Challenge Behind the Scenes Look (video) Posted: 25 May 2012 06:31 AM PDT If you are looking forward to the arrival of the Hitman: Absolution game later this year, you might already know about the Hitman: Absolution Sniper Challenge DLC. Its a sniping mission based on a Chicago rooftop that allows players to unlock items for use within the full game, when its officially launches in November. The video after the break reveals a glimpse behind the scenes and what the development team hope to accomplish. Enjoy!
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| Absinthe 2.0 iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak Released For iOS Devices Posted: 25 May 2012 06:08 AM PDT The Absinthe 2.0 jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 has been released this week, which once installed allows you to install third party applications and tweak your iOS devices setup to suit your needs. Before installing Absinthe 2.0 make sure you backup all your necessary iPhone data first, which can then be re-installed once Absinthe 2.0 has been loaded.
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| Toshiba Has No Plans For New Netbooks In The US Posted: 25 May 2012 05:54 AM PDT At one time netbooks were really popular, then along came tablets and the demand for netbooks has slowly been dying out, and now Toshiba has decided that they won’t be launching anymore new netbooks in the US. Brad from Liliputing recently spoke to an executive from Toshiba and was told that the company has no plans to launch anymore netbooks in the US.
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| Flickr Adds New Features For Groups Posted: 25 May 2012 05:51 AM PDT Flickr has today added new Group features to its photo sharing service, together with a Justified View, providing the ability to submit photos directly to Groups via the Uploadr and brand new API methods for developers. Since Justified View was launched Flickr users have been requesting that the feature be added to Groups. Flickr has now listened to the masses and from today can now browse the 1.2 billion photos in Flickr groups in their new Justified View.
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| RIM Has No Plans To License BBM To Other Platforms Posted: 25 May 2012 05:42 AM PDT there have been a number of rumors over the last few months that RIM had intended to open up its BlackBerry Messenger to other platforms which included Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platform. Now according to a recent report from the WSJ, who recently interviewed RIM’s CEO, RIM has no plans to license BBM to other platforms, or other devices.
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| Gamefly Announces New Android App Store To Compete With Google Play Posted: 25 May 2012 05:34 AM PDT GameFly the American online video game rental subscription service for game consoles and handheld game consoles. Has today announced that they will be launching a new Android App store to compete with Google Play Android App store.
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| Samsung Opening Mobile PIN Pop-up Stores For UK Galaxy S III Launch (Video) Posted: 25 May 2012 05:28 AM PDT Samsung’s latest flasgship Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S III launches here in the UK next week on Tuesday the 29th of May, and now Samsung has announced that they will also be launching some of their Mobile PIN Pop-up stores around the UK. Consumers will be able to test out the latest Samsung Galaxy device, including the new Samsung Galaxy S III at these pop-up stores, and they will also be able to buy the devices.
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| Incase Book Jacket Revolution Launches For iPad (video) Posted: 25 May 2012 05:18 AM PDT Incase has created a new case for Apple’s new iPad 3 tablet, which builds on their previous tablet case designs for the original iPad and iPad 2. The new Incase Book Jacket Revolution will also fit the older iPad 2 tablet, and is equipped with a integrated rotating mount.
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| Sony Xperia Play Removed From Android 4.0 ICS Update List Posted: 25 May 2012 04:51 AM PDT When Sony released their android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update list, one of the devices that was listed to get the Android 4.0 update was the Sony Xperia Play, well it looks like this may now have changed. The Sony Xperia Play has now been removed from Sony’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update list, although Sony has yet to confirm if anything has changed as yet.
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| Diablo 3 Patch Incoming, In-Game Auction House Launch Delayed Again Posted: 25 May 2012 04:44 AM PDT Blizzard has announced on its website that a new update is shortly being released for their recently launched Diablo III game. The new update will be arriving sometime next week and will be in the form of a patch, that will further address client issues and apply additional bug fixes to correct common issues being experienced by players, says Blizzard.
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| Apple CEO Tim Cook Turns Down $75 Million Dividend Posted: 25 May 2012 04:42 AM PDT In a recent SEC filing it has been revealed that Apple’s new CEO, Tim Cook, has turned down a dividend worth $75 million US dollars, the details were revealed in a filing which announced that Apple plans to award a $2.65 a share quarterly dividend on restricted stock which is held by Apple employees. The Apple CEO has decided that he does not want to receive the dividend on his restricted stock, which would be worth around $75 million to him.
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| Arma III Gameplay Teaser (video) Posted: 25 May 2012 04:04 AM PDT The open world tactical first person shooter and warfare simulator Arma III, is currently in development by Bohemia and uses it own Real Virtuality game engine. Bohemia is hoping to launch Arma III later this year in the fourth quarter is all goes well. But if you fancy a quick look at its latest gameplay to whet your appetite what the video after the jump.
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| Firm Who Tricked Users With Fake Angry Birds And Cut The Rope Apps Fined £50,000 Posted: 25 May 2012 03:56 AM PDT We have all seen those fake apps in the Google Play apps store, one company behind some fake Angry Birds and fake Cut the Rope apps has been fined a total of £50,000 and ordered to refund £28,000 that they conned out of people using their fake apps. What the company did was offer fake free apps through Google Play, and when a user downloaded the app the received a text, but what the users didn’t realize was they were being charged around £15 for the texts, this didn’t come to light until they got their mobile phone bill.
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| Asus Transformer Pad TF300TL With LTE Appears At The FCC Posted: 25 May 2012 03:46 AM PDT It looks like Asus may be about to launch a new version of their Asus Transformer Pad TF300 Android tablet in the US, as a version of the device, the Asus Transformer Pad TF300TL has appeared at the FCC. What is interesting about this version, as opposed to the existing model which comes with WiFi only, the TF300TL appears to come with support for 850MHz and 1,900MHz frequencies support for HSPA 3G and 700MHz and 1,700MHz support for 4G LTE.
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| Dell Latitude 10 Windows 8 Tablet Specifications Leaked Posted: 25 May 2012 03:43 AM PDT Details of Dell’s new Latitude 10 Windows 8 tablet have been leaked online today, revealing whats behind its 10.1-inch 1366 x 768 capacitive multitouch display, and giving us a little insight into what you can expect when it arrives. The leaked specifications reveal that the 10 inch Windows 8 tablet will be powered by a Intel Clover Trail Atom dual-core processor supported by 2GB of DDR2 800Mhz memory.
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| SIM Free Nokia Lumia 610 Now Available In The UK Posted: 25 May 2012 03:31 AM PDT If you have been waiting to get your hands on Nokia’s new budget Windows Phone smartphone,the Nokia Lumia 610, a SIM free version of the device is now available in the UK priced at £180 including taxes. The Nokia Lumia 610 features a 3.7 inch WVGA capacitive LCD touchscreen display which has a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels and comes with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
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| Toshiba AT300 Pricing Announced Posted: 25 May 2012 03:23 AM PDT Following on from Toshiba’s announcement yesterday, unveiling their new AT300 Tegra 3 tablet running Google’s latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system. Toshiba has now revealed that the new AT300 tablet will be arriving in the UK with prices starting from £329, and will be available in the US for around $450.
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| NVIDIA Says 30 Tegra 3 Smartphones Launching In 2012 Posted: 25 May 2012 03:21 AM PDT We have already seen a couple of new smartphones launch with NVIDIA’s new quad core Tegra 3 processor, the HTC One X and the LG Optimus 4X, but it looks like we can expect to see quite a few more before the end of the year. NVIDIA has announced that there will be around 30 Tegra 3 powered smartphones launched before the end of 2012, so that means there is another 28 to come that have yet to be announced. Yesterday we heard that NVIDIA’s Icera Modem had been certified for use with AT&T, what this means is that we can expect a range of LTE smartphones to be launched with NVIDIA’s new Tegra 3 processor.
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| Google Adds In App Subscriptions To Google Play Posted: 25 May 2012 03:11 AM PDT Google added the option for in app billing to its Google Play store last year, and now Google has added the ability for in app subscriptions, so basically you will now be able to pay a monthly or annual fee for subscriptions to things like magazines, games etc. Apple has had this option available in their iOS app store for a while, and Google Play developers will now have another way to generate revenue from their apps with in app subscriptions.
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| Corsair SSD Notebook Upgrade Kit Unveiled Posted: 25 May 2012 03:05 AM PDT Anyone who has consider upgrading their notebook hard drive to a faster solid state drive (SSD) but has been put of by the complexity of installing a new drive. Might be interested to learn that Corsair has launched a new SSD upgrade kit, designed to help anyone would is looking to added a little extra data access speed to their notebook.
The new kits contain everything you need to swap out your old clunky hard disk drive, and includes a USB-to-SATA cable and easy-to-use migration software for transferring over your operating system and personal data. Thi La, Vice President of Memory Products at Corsair explains: “Laptop owners have become more aware of the performance, power efficiency, and reliability of SSDs but many have been put off by the complexity of moving their existing data,”-”The new Force Series 3 SSD Notebook Upgrade Kits simplify the data migration process, making upgrading to an SSD easier than ever.” The Corsair SSD Notebook Upgrade Kit is ow available to purchase in two storage sizes, either a 240Gb model for $260 or a 120GB version for $140 Source: Hot Hardware © Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012 |
| AT&T HTC One X Gets Unofficial Bootloader Posted: 25 May 2012 02:55 AM PDT HTC announced recently that they would not be releasing their bootloader unlock tool for the HTC One X on US mobile carrier AT&T, we recently heard that the HTC One X had been rooted. Now the guys over at the XDA Developers have come up with their own unofficial bootloader unlock tool for the HTC One X on AT&T, you will need your device to be rooted to use the tool.
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| Skyrim Mounted Combat Arrives In 1.6 Beta Update Posted: 25 May 2012 02:54 AM PDT Bethesda has today announced the arrival of a new update for their fantastic Skyrim game. The Skyrim 1.6 update available from Valve’s Steam game network, brings with it the highly anticipated addition of mounted combat to the game. Bethesda also say they are busy at work preparing the new Skyrim Dawnguard update for release.
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| Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Delayed (video) Posted: 25 May 2012 02:32 AM PDT Guild Wars fans hoping to try their hand again at the new Guild Wars 2 beta this weekend. You will be disappointed to hear that the second planned beta weekend has has to be postponed until further notice, due to technical problems. During the last beta weekend a number of issues where uncovered that needed to be corrected. To find the cause of the problem ArenaNet ran some stress tests and discovered it needed to install new hardware before another beta weekend could commence.
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| Samsung Galaxy S III To Land In Canada June 20th Posted: 25 May 2012 02:16 AM PDT The Samsung Galaxy S III is due to go on sale in the US next month, although no specific launch date has been given, now it looks like we may have a possible launch date for the handset in Canada. The guys over at Mobile Syrup spotted the Galaxy S III in an advert for four networks in Canada, which include Bell, Telus, Rogers and Virgin Mobile with a launch date of the 20th of June.
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| First Video Sample From Google’s Project Glass Eyewear (video) Posted: 25 May 2012 02:06 AM PDT Google’s new eyewear currently known as Project Glass, is still currently under development at Google but this week Google developers took a group of people on wearing the new devices for a walk. The walk aptly named the “Google Glass Walk” allow a group of Google’s friends to try out the new eyewear and capture a few images and video which have been posted on Google+ by Chris Chabot, Google+ Developer Relations.
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| HI-RO Turns Your iPod Nano Into A Mini Boombox (Video) Posted: 25 May 2012 01:54 AM PDT HI-RO is a new accessory that is designed to turn your iPod Nano into a mini boombox, the HI-RO is a Kickstarter project and the work of the guys from Remixed In Brooklyn. As you can see from the photos below, once your iPod Nano is inserted into the HI-RO it is transformed into a mini boombox, it comes with a pair of built in speakers plus a built in re-chargeable battery that will give you up to 8 hours of music playback.
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| Posted: 25 May 2012 01:51 AM PDT OreObject’s has this week added a new mouse to their range in the form of the SPHEREglow. Which is along similar design lines as their luxury SPHERE 2 mouse, but about half the price and weight. The OreObject’s SPHEREglow mouse is constructed from aircraft grade aluminium, and is equipped with a unique rotary style scrolling wheel, four-way navigational buttons, and comes with the ability to switch between three preset sensitivity options, on the fly, between 800/1200/1600 dpi.
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| Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos Dual SIM Android Headed To Europe Next Month Posted: 24 May 2012 11:19 PM PDT The Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos, which is a dual SIM Android smartphone was launched for India a while back, and now Samsung has announced that the handset is headed to Europe next month. The Galaxy Ace Duos will be available in Russia next month, it will then be rolled out to the rest of Europe and other countries around the world at a later date.
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| Facebook Launches Facebook Camera App For iOS Posted: 24 May 2012 10:59 PM PDT Facebook recently announced that they were buying the company behind the photo sharing app Instagram in a deal which is worth $1 billion, and now Facebook has launched their own photo sharing application for Apple’s iOS devices called Facebook Camera. Facebook has made it clear that Facebook Camera and Instagram are two separate apps with different features, and the Facebook camera app is designed to work like the Facebook Messages app.
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