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ASUS announces MS-100 USB speakers and HS-W1 wireless USB headset

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

ASUS has announced two new USB audio devices, the MS-100 USB speaker and the HS-W1 Wireless USB headset. Both products feature a sleek and minimalist style that's easy to pack away for travel as well as premium audio quality with easy plug-and-play usability. Read The Full Story

Apple files for iOS face detection patent

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [48]

The US Patent and Trademark Office has just published a patent application today from Apple that reveals the company's plans for implementing face recognition and presence detection technology. Apple intends to implement the technology in iOS devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, as well as in its MacBook laptop computers. Read The Full Story

Verizon confirms $2 fee for online bill payments

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [32]

Following reports that Verizon may be unleashing a $2 convenience fee policy on its wireless customers, the carrier has responded today to Phonescoop confirming that the change will indeed go into effect starting January 15. The fee will apply to one-time credit card payments made online and via telephone. Read The Full Story

HTC Radiant and Samsung Mandel coming soon as LTE Windows Phones

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [3]

HTC and Samsung are preparing two LTE-equipped Windows Phone devices that are expected to launch in early 2012, says The Verge, citing sources familiar with Microsoft's plans. The sources also reveal that the two devices will be running an updated Mango version of Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system instead of the next-gen Tango platform. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Note headed to US, hits 1 million in sales globally

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [15]

Samsung's larger than life smartphone known as the Galaxy Note isn't a smartphone at all but actually a phoneblet. After being unveiled at IFA it apparently has been selling like hotcakes even without launching in a wide array of markets. With no US launch yet, and only being on the market a few short months Samsung has confirmed sales are strong for this unconventionally sized device and they've already sold more than 1 million worldwide. Read The Full Story

LG to show off 84-inch 3D UD TV at CES 2012

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [31]

One of the product categories that is always out in force during CES is the HDTV. Over the last few years, the normal HDTV has been joined by the 3D TV too. In the future, the resolutions that we know as HD today will look as bad as comparing SD to HD shows today. LG has a new set that will be at the show that is dubbed the largest 3D UD TV at CES 2012. Read The Full Story

Yellow slime mold may hold the key to bio-computers

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [2]

A Japanese scientist named Toshiyuki Nakagaki, a professor at the Future University Hakodate, is working with amoeboid yellow slime mold. That sounds gross, but what he is saying about the slime mold is very interesting. Nakagaki says that the simple yellow slime mold might hold the key to designing bio-computers that are capable of solving very complex problems. Read The Full Story

Anonymous hacks online military gear supplier

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [14]

Anonymous has hit an online supplier of military goods operated by a former special forces Lt. Col. named Dave Thomas. The hacker group was able to infiltrate the server of the supplier and claims to have stolen about 20,000 credit card numbers and passwords from the servers of the website. Anonymous posted to Pastebin claiming the hacking victory. Read The Full Story

Apple App Store served 5.65M free daily downloads in November

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

The App Store has hit a milestone that is very impressive. According to the latest stats from a firm called Fiksu, the Apple App Store served up 5.65 million free app downloads per day in November. That was up from 4.91 million in October. With a typical app coming in at 4MB and 5.65 million downloaded, that is a huge amount of data. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy S III tipped to surface at MWC in February

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [13]

A few days back some photos of what was thought to be the Samsung Galaxy S III surfaced. It didn't take long for Samsung to come back and say that the photos that leaked and were thought to the S III were in fact nothing more than concept devices that are not indicative of what the actual S III might look like. Those "leaked" shots were found on a Russian social networking site. Read The Full Story

Nokia Collection section on Windows Phone Marketplace surfaces

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [3]

If you are the user of a Nokia Lumia smartphone that packs Windows Phone inside, you may have noticed a new section on the Windows Phone Market that is called the Nokia Collection. Apparently, the new section is rolling out to Lumia users right now and was first spied in France. Interestingly, the section has been seen under two different names so far. Read The Full Story

Microsoft help wanted ad hints at coming cloud backups for Windows Phone

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [3]

It's always fun for geeks to peruse the ads that are placed by the big tech firms looking for help in specific areas. The ads and the sort of people that they are looking to hire hint strongly at features that are going to be added to various products. Microsoft had a new ad up a few days ago that was seeking a new worker for the windows Phone Backup, Migrate, and Restore team. Read The Full Story
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