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HTC Butterfly S: So close, yet so far (away)

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [8]

HTC’s original J Butterfly was a phone of firsts for the company, most notably the 1080p display. It may not have been the only phone to feature Full HD resolution, but it pushed HTC back into the limelight and helped us forget devices like the Sensation XL, which got the big-display part right but then dropped the ball in terms of resolution. Of course, with limited Butterfly availability outside of Asia, we had to wait several months until the HTC One to get our fix of 1080p HTC. Now, just as One supplies are finally catching up, the Butterfly S comes along to show us that yes, HTC can fit it all into a single device, it just probably won’t sell it to you.

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Megaupload loses petabytes of data as Euro host pulls plug

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [2]

Petabytes of Megaupload data trapped on one hosting company's server has been deleted without warning, outspoken founder Kim Dotcom has revealed, meaning a huge number of predominantly European users have likely seen the end of their content. Leaseweb, one of several server providers Megaupload paid to store files, wiped 690 servers Dotcom told TorrentFreak, giving no notice to Dotcom's legal team or, indeed, the US court still tussling over what should be done with user data. Read The Full Story

Apple TV HBO GO and WatchESPN apps added

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple TV has gained a number of new entertainment apps, with HBO GO and WatchESPN among five new content providers landing on the set-top box. The two apps, familiar from iPhone and iPad, join Sky News, Crunchyroll, and Qello as new arrivals on the Apple TV, owners of which are now purchasing over 800,000 TV episodes and over 350,000 movies each day, Apple says. Read The Full Story

Hollywood battles bikers over shot-stealing cycle lane

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [1]

Hollywood heavyweights are at war with a bike lane, though the movie industry isn't anti-cyclist, only at the color the path has been painted. The lane - which runs a 12-block length of Historic Core, California - was painted lurid green less than two years ago, The Hollywood Reporter writes, in the process allegedly ruining the area's potential as a convenient New York City stand-in for film crews. They want the paint changed to match the Big Apple, something cycling lobbyists say will end up being dangerous. Read The Full Story

iOS Mobile Hotspot crackable in 50s if you stick to defaults

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [1]

iPhone and iPad users who use their iOS device to share a 3G/4G connection are being advised to change the default Mobile Hotspot password, after researchers showed it was possible to crack them in under sixty seconds. Apple supplies mobile hotspot users with a preconfigured password when they enable the feature, but the default is generated from a limited number of dictionary words, researchers at the University of Erlangen in Germany discovered. With some GPU-accelerated brute-force shuffling, the team managed to break into any iOS hotspot using the default password within 50s. Read The Full Story

Samsung Facebook Phone aim tipped as Zuckerberg visits Korea

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [3]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg approached Samsung to make the next Facebook Home smartphone, sources claim, though the likelihood of Samsung following the ill-fated HTC First is seen as being low. Zuckerberg met Samsung Mobile's chief, Shin Jong-kyun, during a trip to Korea this week, where, an insider told The Korea Herald, he "asked Samsung to step up cooperation" with the social network. Read The Full Story

LG Display flexible OLED mass production in Q4 (with an LG phone to use it)

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [2]

LG will begin mass producing flexible OLED displays for smartphones in Q4 2013, the company has confirmed, though while it has teased "major clients" it won't confirm which manufacturers may offer handsets using the screen tech. LG Display expects to produce 12,000 sheets of flexible OLED every month, the company told The Korea Times, with the first device from LG itself to use the flexible screens also due later this year. Read The Full Story

2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante pushes the drop-top envelope

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Aston Martin has taken the wraps - and the roof - off its latest sportscar, the Aston Martin Vanquish Volante, dubbed the ultimate grand tourer and the first of the British marque's drop-tops to feature a fully carbon-fiber skin. Packing the same AM11 V12 565HP engine as the Vanquish Coupe - good for a hair-messing 4.1s dash from 0-62mph - the Vanquish Volante has a soft roof, unlike some hard roof rivals, which drops in 14 seconds. Read The Full Story

Mercedes Car-to-X due this year to make cars talk between themselves

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [1]

Mercedes aims to have its cars talking with each other and warning drivers of potential hazards ahead by the end of the year, with the company the first to deliver Car-to-X wireless to its range. Described as giving drivers the ability to "see around corners", Car-to-X allows vehicles to send out localized warnings and notifications about crashes, broken-down vehicles, police cars, animals in the road, and other potential perils, flashing up an alert on any other suitably-equipped car nearby. Read The Full Story

Sony PS3 v4.45 firmware yanked after bricked consoles

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [2]

Sony has been forced to hurriedly yank the latest PS3 update, v4.45, after reports that some gamers were finding their consoles had been bricked after installing the new firmware. "We're aware of reports that the recent PS3 update (4.45) has caused" Sony took to Twitter to confirm. "We have temporarily taken 4.45 offline and are investigating." Read The Full Story

Tokyoflash Intoxicated breathalyzer watch makes your wrist judgemental

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Tokyoflash is known for its unusual watches and odd displays that make you feel like you're drunk trying to decipher them, but the Tokyoflash Intoxicated is the first that actually aims to tell you how inebriated you actually are. The culmination of one of the Japanese firm's design concept rounds back in 2011, the new timepiece looks initially like just another obtuse time-telling LCD, but pop open the panel on the side and there's a tube to blow into to test your alcohol levels. Read The Full Story

HTC Butterfly S official: UltraPixel, 3,200mAh battery, more

HTC has taken the wraps off of the Butterfly S, the follow-up to its first 1080p Butterfly smartphone, and now pumped up with features like UltraPixel from the HTC One. The new Butterfly S has a 5-inch, 1080p Super LCD 3 display, using optical lamination and scratch-resistant glass to best present its 440ppi resolution, and has a 4-megapixel UltraPixel camera on the back supporting HTC Zoe.

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