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NASA scrubs Endeavour launch over power unit problems

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [6]

Looks like all that LEGO isn't going into space after all, at least not today. NASA has announced that it has scrubbed today's Space Shuttle Endeavour launch"because of an issue associated with Auxiliary Power Unit 1 heaters." Engineers will assess the issue, but NASA warns that the process will take at least 48-hours and likely more. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad S205 with AMD E350 Fusion APU on sale now

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [4]

Lenovo's IdeaPad S205 has begun shipping, offering an 11.6-inch ultraportable with AMD's dual-core 1.6GHz E350 Fusion CPU and Radeon HD 6310 graphics. Announced all the way back in January, the S205 is priced from $499 with 3GB of DDR3 memory, a 320GB 5,400rpm hard-drive and 6-cell battery. Read The Full Story

Samsung “Alex” Chrome OS netbook revealed

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [4]

The Chrome OS leaks keep coming, with the Acer ZGB netbook and Seaboard tablet being followed by details of Samsung's offering with Google's new platform. The Samsung "Alex" is a 1280 x 800 netbook powered by Intel's dual-core Atom N550 1.5GHz processor, along with a SanDisk SSD P4 and Qualcomm Gobi 2000 3G WWAN connectivity. Read The Full Story

HTC Wildfire S Review

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [38]

Expectations around the HTC Wildfire S are, a little surprisingly, high. The third of HTC’s new Android devices from MWC 2011 in February, the entry-level smartphone replaces the Wildfire, a device which managed to carve itself quite the niche among pre-pay users and the budget or bulk conscious. Now the S-variant comes to further refine the lineage: we’re a long way from the Tattoo, but has HTC done enough to keep the Wildfire S relevant today? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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iPhone sees 115% market share growth as LG dwindles

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [4]

It's a week of bad news for ZTE: not only has Huawei sued them, but Apple has snatched back its place in the IDC global phone rankings for the past quarter. Having taken fourth place in Q4 2010, ZTE now slips to fifth; Apple takes fourth with 18.7m shipments for 5-percent of the mobile phone market, behind LG in third, Samsung in second and Nokia maintaining first place. Read The Full Story

ZTE countersues Huawei over LTE patents in China

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

As night follows day, so a patent suit from one company usually spawns another in return; we've seen it happen with Apple and Samsung, and now Huawei  and ZTE are doing the same IP dance. After Huawei sued ZTE yesterday over allegations of patent theft, so ZTE has sued Huawei today "for patent infringement over its fourth-generation Long-Term Evolution, or LTE, cellular wireless technologies in China." Read The Full Story

BlackBerry 7 confirmed as renamed OS 6.1 since “such a big update”

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [1]

RIM has confirmed that BlackBerry 6.1 will be renamed BlackBerry 7, with co-CEO Jim Balsillie describing the OS as "such a big update" that it deserved a new version number. The nomenclature change had been tipped earlier this week, with Balsillie name-checking the new software during the RIM shipment forecast call yesterday. Read The Full Story

HTC Kingdom and HTC Rider leak: Euro EVO 3D?

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [3]

Two unannounced HTC Android smartphones have leaked, the HTC Kingdom (left) and HTC Rider (right). Caught in the wild by 911Sniper (here and here), the two handsets look physically similar, but the Kingdom has a qHD, 960 x 540 display; both phones appear to have a front-facing camera, and it's suggested that at least one could be the GSM version of the HTC EVO 3D. Read The Full Story

Google sued over Android location tracking

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [22]

Google's legal team will be earning their keep once more, with the search giant again in hot water over privacy concerns. Hot on the heels of the Apple iPhone tracking lawsuit comes similar charges leveled at Google, with two Michigan women suing the company for $50m and the cessation of sales of devices with software that can track user location. Read The Full Story

TS3Cine high-resolution digital camera coming this summer

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

There are so many digital cameras on the market that you can find one to suit any need or want. Some of the cameras are dirt cheap, and others can cost more than a very nice new car. The high-end offerings have more resolution and are often aimed at professionals who need to scale high-resolution images all the way up to gigantic billboard size. A new digital camera from Boston Rule Camera has surfaced that will be landing this summer. Read The Full Story

Awesome HipstaCase from Hipstamatic for iPhone

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

I know that many people out there take photos on their iPhone, and I know a few people that shoot photos on the camera more than they do anything else. The bulk of those photos end up on Facebook. I think everyone that has an iPhone needs to have it in a case to keep it from breaking if they drop it. The case will also prevent your skin from killing the signal strength too. This case called the HipstaCase makes your iPhone look like on old school camera. Read The Full Story

Flipbac Camera Grips help you to get a grip on your camera

, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

I normally shoot photos with a Nikon D80 DSLR when I want to take really good pics. I like the camera because it has a comfortable grip and high image quality, in all the years I have been shooting with the D80, I have never had it slip out of my hands. I also have a new small point and shoot that takes HD video and the little thin rectangle has slipped out of my mitts on more than one occasion only to be saved by the wrist strap. Read The Full Story
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