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- iSkin Summit Padded iPad 2 Sleeve Ships
- Alienware M17x with 3D Screen and Klipsch Speakers Coming this Month
- Amazon Unveils Exclusive Einstein Kindle Collection
- Tesla Coils Kinect Hack (Video)
- Dragon Age 2 Jumps Into Top Slot On UK Games Chart
- Subsidised iPad 2 Headed To Three UK?
- Rdio Releases API To Combat Immanent Arrival Of Spotify In The US
- Eminent To Launch Android Based HD Media Player
- WattsClever Breathes Life Into Old Alkaline Batteries
- Junkyard Jumbotron Creates Multi-Screen Display (video)
- Lego Launches First Minifig Flash Drive
- Angry Birds Rio For Android To Be Amazon Appstore Exclusive
- iPad 2 Smart Cover Gets Taken Apart
- Jaw Dropping, Unreal Engine 3 Real-time Next Generation Graphics Demo, Created By Epic Games (video)
- Fuduntu 14.9 OS Released Supporting Flash 10.2 And Chromium 9
- Cryo Octane EDP-WS Breaks Workstation Benchmark Record
- UK ISP’s To Publish Traffic Management Policies
- First HollyWood Movie Specifically Created For The Internet Now Screening On YouTube (video)
- AR Magic Mirror iPad 2 Augmented Reality App (Video)
- 70 Percent Of iPad 2 Sales Were To New Buyers, According To Analysts
- Rooted NOOKColor Tablet Receives Bluetooth And The Ability To Make Calls
- Google Maps Updated With EV Charging Stations
- Angry Birds Hits 100 Million Downloads
- Adobe Lightroom Moves To 3.4 RC, Now Available To Download
- iPad 2 Installed In A Truck (Video)
- Hulu Plus Arriving On Android Soon? Details Appear On Hulu Plus Website
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 In Action (Video)
- AT&T Introducing Capping And Overage Fees For DSL And U-Verse
- Phil Schiller Says White IPhone Coming This Spring
- iPhone 5 Will Not Come With NFC?
- Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Reaches 10,000 Apps
- Aikiou Pet Feeders Are Silly And Appealing
- iPad 2 Gets Jailbroken
- PlayStation Card Holder Is For The PS Diehards Out There
| iSkin Summit Padded iPad 2 Sleeve Ships Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:47 AM PDT If you were one of the lucky geeks that got their hands on a new iPad 2 this weekend and didn't get a case, iSkin has a new offering for you. The new case is the Summit and it looks like one of those really heavily padded jackets you would wear mountain climbing. The heavy padded and quilted design should offer lots of protection.
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| Alienware M17x with 3D Screen and Klipsch Speakers Coming this Month Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:33 AM PDT I have used a bunch of different gaming notebooks over the years including some from Alienware. The machines generally are crammed with the fastest GPUs and CPUs that the makers can get and then the integrated speakers for the audio system are apparently the cheapest they can lay hands on. Many of the gaming notebooks lack volume enough to be heard comfortably from a short distance away.
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| Amazon Unveils Exclusive Einstein Kindle Collection Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:21 AM PDT Amazon have just updated their Kindle e-Book Store with a selection of exclusive digital e-books versions by Albert Einstein. The additions have been made possible by a partnership with Amazon and the Philosophical Library and Hebrew University. The seven new eBooks include new photographs and extra bibliographical information from the boffins at the Hebrew University Einstein Archives.
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| Tesla Coils Kinect Hack (Video) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:13 AM PDT We have featured quite a few different Kinect hacks here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is definitely one of the coolest we have seen so far, the Tesla Coils Kinect hack. Have a look at the video of it in action below, it was created by the guys over at brightarcs, who build what they call the most advanced musical Tesla coils in the world.
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| Dragon Age 2 Jumps Into Top Slot On UK Games Chart Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:06 AM PDT The highly anticipated sequel to the RPG Dragons Age : Origins, Dragon Age 2 which was released last week has jumped in to the top slot of the UK game charts. Dragon Age 2 jump straight into number one position for the week of March 6th, joining three other EA games in the top 10, Fightnight Champion at number 3 and Bulletstorm positioned at number 6 and Fifa 11 at 8.
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| Subsidised iPad 2 Headed To Three UK? Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:22 AM PDT We just got an email from the guys over at mobile network Three, here in the UK letting us know that they will be offering the new iPad 2 here in the UK with their dedicated data plans. We just spoke to someone and Three and asked them if Three will be offering a subsidised iPad 2, and it looks like this may be an option, we will have more details later this week, including pricing details and information on the data plans.
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| Rdio Releases API To Combat Immanent Arrival Of Spotify In The US Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:21 AM PDT Rdio the US provider of unlimited access to music from your computer and mobile phone, even when you’re offline. Has now released developer API’s to help it get the jump on its competitor Spotify before it arrives in the US. Rdio is now allowing developers to use their new API’s to create new ways for people to discover, collect, share and play music via Rdio and in the process gain a more secure footing in the US market.
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| Eminent To Launch Android Based HD Media Player Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:01 AM PDT Eminent has announced that they are working on a new HD media play which will use Google’s Android OS, the EM7297 hdMEDIA AND, and it looks like as well as playing HD movies on your HDTV you will also be able to use Android apps. The Eminent HD android media player will come with a version of Google’s Android OS, no details on which version as yet, it will also come with USB 3.0 connectivity, support for Flash 10, plus OpenGL and Gigabit LAN.
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| WattsClever Breathes Life Into Old Alkaline Batteries Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:52 AM PDT If you are like me and expend alkaline batteries at an alarming rate, this innovative battery charging gadget by WattsClever might well be worth a look and save you a few dollars in the process, not to mention the environment a little as well. WattsClever state if your normal alkaline batteries aren't completely dead, they can then be recharged with the WattsClever Alkaline Battery Charger. Not just once but up to 10-20 times, depending on their quality and age.
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| Junkyard Jumbotron Creates Multi-Screen Display (video) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:36 AM PDT Junkyard Jumbotron project requires no specialist software and allows you to stitch together multiple displays to create an interactive display from any number of devices. Simply load a specially assigned URL to each devices screen and watch it then receive real-time updates.Allowing you to pan and zoom and even upload new images to the system.Watch a video of the new Junkyard Jumbotron in action after the jump, to see how easy it is. Junkyard Jumbotron is a new project that has been developed Rick Borovoy and has been developed as part of a larger suite of tools that he calls the ‘Brown Bag Toolkit’.
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| Lego Launches First Minifig Flash Drive Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:15 AM PDT If you are a big Lego fan and been eagerly awaiting the launch of Lego’s minifig flash drives, the wait is now over. Lego have now added te new Lego minifig flash drives to their US online store. The new minifig are equipped with a 2Gb storage capacity and are compatible with both Mac and PC systems and to reveal the USB connector simply remove the little figures legs, which double as the connector cover.
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| Angry Birds Rio For Android To Be Amazon Appstore Exclusive Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:06 AM PDT Some of our readers will remember the new Angry Birds Rio game that was announced back in January, the game is based on the new animated film RIO and Rovio mobile have just announced that the Android version will be available exclusively through Amazon’s App store. Angry Birds Rio is a collaboration between 20th Century Fox and Rovio Mobile, and as well as being available for Google Android there will also be a version available for Apple’s ios devices.
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| iPad 2 Smart Cover Gets Taken Apart Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:45 AM PDT We have already seen the new iPad 2 get taken apart by the guys over at iFixit, and it looks like they thought it would be a good idea to see what is inside the new iPad 2 Smart Cover. As we suspect there are quite a few magnets inside the iPad 2 Smart Cover, 21 in total, one of which is used to turn off the display on the iPad 2, the rest are used to attach the case to the iPad.
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| Jaw Dropping, Unreal Engine 3 Real-time Next Generation Graphics Demo, Created By Epic Games (video) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:07 AM PDT Epic Games have created a new Unreal Engine 3 real-time demo called ‘Samaritan’ that gives us a glimpse of what we can expect in games of the future, and the future of gaming is looking good. If the video after the jump is the standard we can expect to see in gameplay. The video demo was showcased at the 2011 Game Developers Conference and supports DirectX 11 and the Unreal Engine 3, utilises DirectX features such as tessellation and displacement, geometry shaders, multisampled textures and Shader Model 5.
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| Fuduntu 14.9 OS Released Supporting Flash 10.2 And Chromium 9 Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:02 AM PDT Fuduntu 14.9 stable has now been released of the stripped down Linux distribution which gets its name from being somewhere between the Fedora and Ubuntu and optimised for netbooks and portable devices. Fuduntu 14.9 integrates several new technologies unique to the distribution designed to improve the user experience including support for Adobe Flash Plugin 10.2 and Chromium 9 (Stable).
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| Cryo Octane EDP-WS Breaks Workstation Benchmark Record Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:46 AM PDT Feast your eyes on Cryo’s new Octane EDP-WS workstation pictured below, that Cryo has just tested and announced has broken the world record for performance on a common benchmark for workstation performance. The new Cryo Octane EDP-WS system is equipped with 12 physical cores and another 12 virtual HyperThreading cores, Intel Nehalem EP (Xeon 55/56 Westmere series) processors, fitted with a custom cooling system, Cryo Boost that allows them to be overclocked to a massive 4.5GHz.
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| UK ISP’s To Publish Traffic Management Policies Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:40 AM PDT If you live in the UK, and use broadband from one of the major providers, there will be a certain time of the day when you connection slows down, this happens to me on a regular basis, usually around 7pm when more people are online. Many of the ISP’s slow down connections at peak times to make sure that everyone is able to connect through their network, and this practice has come under quite a bit of criticism in the past.
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| First HollyWood Movie Specifically Created For The Internet Now Screening On YouTube (video) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:25 AM PDT The new Hollywood feature ‘Girl Walks Into A Bar’ film created specifically for the Internet produced exclusively for Internet distribution is now screening on YouTube. Directed by Sebastian Gutierrez the movie is a sharp-witted comedy that follows a group of apparent strangers in interlocking stories taking place in ten different bars during the course of one evening throughout Los Angeles. Watch the trailer after the jump. ‘Girl Walks Into A Bar’ was premiered at The ArcLight Hollywood Cinemas on March 7, 2011 in Los Angeles and is now available to view worldwide for free exclusively on YouTube with sponsorship from car manufacturer Lexus.
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| AR Magic Mirror iPad 2 Augmented Reality App (Video) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:16 AM PDT Total Immersion have released details of a new augmented reality application for Apple’s new iPad 2, which is called AR Magic Mirror, and the app will let you change your appearance and also your friends appearance using the built in cameras in the iPad 2. You can see the AR Magic Mirror app in action in the video below, it certainly does look like a lot of fun to use, and we suspect this will the first of many augmented reality applications for the new iPad 2.
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| 70 Percent Of iPad 2 Sales Were To New Buyers, According To Analysts Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:03 AM PDT According to research carried out by Piper Jaffray, the majority of the sales of the new iPad 2 were to new buyers, around 70 percent according to the report compiled by Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster. They surveyed 236 buyers of the new iPad 2, and 70 percent of those people did not own the first generation iPad, although this is a small sample of people it gives a good indication that a lot of the iPad 2 buyers are new customers.
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| Rooted NOOKColor Tablet Receives Bluetooth And The Ability To Make Calls Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:00 AM PDT If you have a rooted NOOKcolor and fancy using an external keyboard the team over at the XDA Forums have and interesting hack that uses the latest version of Cyanogen Mod, a custom ROM and comes from CM7 Developer "Kmoobs" who managed to bring bluetooth capability to the device. The Bluetooth which is turned off in the software by default can then be re-enabled. Even though support is still a little limited at the moment, it will allow you to use peripherals within close proximity to the NOOKcolour within a radius of about 13 inches, such as keyboards and even the possibility to use a Bluetooth headset in conjunction with Skype to make calls.
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| Google Maps Updated With EV Charging Stations Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:39 AM PDT In its continual quest to keep improving its services Google has now added a EV charging stations to its Google Maps with the aim to help supporting environmentally-friendly cars through initiatives such as RechargeIT. Google has now added the EV Charging Stations included in the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) GeoEVSE Forum which has been designed to help construct a database providing EV users with a network of public charging stations to give EV drivers alternatives to home charging and can extend their driving range.
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| Angry Birds Hits 100 Million Downloads Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:20 AM PDT Angry Birds is now probably the most successful mobile game of all time, back in December Rovio Mobile announced they had hit a total of 50 million downloads across all platforms. We heard lat week that Angry Birds had reached a massive 30 million downloads on Google’s Android platform, and the company recently announced on Twitter that they have now hit a massive 100 million downloads.
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| Adobe Lightroom Moves To 3.4 RC, Now Available To Download Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:09 AM PDT Adobe Labs have just released their latest update, Lightroom 3.4 RC for their Lightroom photographic software designed to be used in conjunction with Photoshop and provide an easy way to manage thousands of digital images whilst doing post production work. Lightroom is an image management application database which helps in viewing, editing, and managing digital photos, the same way photographers used to do in the non-digital world. An the release candidate copy is now available to download for free from the Adobe labs website.
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| iPad 2 Installed In A Truck (Video) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 02:59 AM PDT Last year when the original iPad was launched, the guys over at Sound Man Car audio decided to install an iPad in the dash of a Toyota Tacoma truck, and now it looks like they have got their hands on the new iPad 2, and have decided to install it in a 2010 F150. As you will see in the video below, they managed to get everything working on the iPad 2 inside the truck, including FaceTime, although it looks like it is hooked to WiFi in order to do this.
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| Hulu Plus Arriving On Android Soon? Details Appear On Hulu Plus Website Posted: 14 Mar 2011 02:55 AM PDT New details have appeared on the Hulu Plus website that may indicate the Hulu Plus service could be immanently arriving on Android smartphones running Android OS 2.2 or higher. The details on the Hulu Plus website have not yet been made official but state that selected Android smartphones running Android OS 2.2 and higher are likely to support the new Hulu application. However its also states that users interested in downloading the application will have to verify whether their phones feature on the supported list of handsets, which as yet has not been published by Hulu. But if your handset runs 2.2 you shouldn’t have to worry too much, I would have thought.
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| Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 In Action (Video) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 02:41 AM PDT If you were wondering what Samsung’s new larger Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 was actually like a video has been posted on YouTube by the guys from AndroidHD which gives us a really good look at the features on this new Android tablet from Samsung. As a reminder of the specifications, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, features a 10.1 inch display, which has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, there is also a dual core 1GHz processor, plus two cameras, and it comes with Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
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| AT&T Introducing Capping And Overage Fees For DSL And U-Verse Posted: 14 Mar 2011 02:28 AM PDT Unlimited broadband has just taken another step towards extinction on landline connections in the US. With AT&T announcing that they will soon be introducing caps on their DSL and U-Verse high speed Internet connections. The new updated to the packages will start on May 2nd and include a 150GB monthly cap on AT&T’s DSL connections and 250GB on AT&T U-Verse high speed Internet connection packages.
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| Phil Schiller Says White IPhone Coming This Spring Posted: 14 Mar 2011 02:08 AM PDT We have been waiting for quite some time for Apple to launch the White iPhone 4, the last official word we had from Apple was the white iPhone 4 would launch in the spring of 2011. Now Apple’s Phil Schiller recently announced on Twitter, that the white iPhone would be available in spring, although he didn’t actually say it was the white iPhone 4.
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| iPhone 5 Will Not Come With NFC? Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:46 AM PDT We have been hearing rumors for quite some time that the next generation iPhone, the iPhone 5 would feature NFC (Near Field Communication), there was even a job listing for Apple that hinted that the iPhone 5 would get NFC. Now according to the Independant, the iPhone 5 will not come with NFC technology built in, as they have apparently been told by a number of sources at European mobile operators.
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| Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Reaches 10,000 Apps Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:31 AM PDT Back in December we heard that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Marketplace had reached 5,000 apps, and now its looks like Microsoft’s new mobile OS has hit another milestone and the Marketplace has now reached 10,000 apps. According to Windowsphoneapplist, who monitor the number of applications available in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, there are now a total of 10,191 applications available.
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| Aikiou Pet Feeders Are Silly And Appealing Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:07 AM PDT Indeed, it would be better to label these things feeders than bowls since either model looks nothing like the bowl you feed your favorite animals with. Pictured down south is the dog variant, shaped like a giant paw where the canines can then search for their food by pawing the hollowed out toes.
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| Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:06 AM PDT The iPad 2 only went on sale on Friday in the US, and it looks like @comex has already managed to Jailbreak the new iPad 2, although there are no details on when the jailbreak will be made available to everyone as yet. The iPad 2 that was jailbroken was a Verizon Wireless model, and the 3G versions should also be able to be jailbroken, apprently it was jailbroken remotely, and the iPad 2 used belonged to @chpwn.
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| PlayStation Card Holder Is For The PS Diehards Out There Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:01 AM PDT Nothing says you’ve always got your game on than a PlayStation business card holder. In case you didn’t know, that’s the 1994 classic gaming console that made legions of PS fans go gaga back in the 90s. It also comes as no surprise knowing it’s a Japan only accessory.
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