Pentax has unveiled its latest DSLR, the K-50, which is boasted as exceeding its classification as a mid-level shooter via a variety of advanced features. Aimed at consumers, this DSLR also offers quite a few color combinations - 120, to be exact - which allows photographers to personalize their purchase and set it apart from other K-50s. The camera is available now for $699.99 (body only) and $779.95 (with lens).
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Pentax K-50 DSLR unveiled with 120 color combination options
Microsoft Points to be switched to real currency of at least equal value
Microsoft Points are something most people either hate or are indifferent to, with not many people viewing the virtual currency favorably enough to champion it as something that should stick around. As such, we've heard rumors for quite a while now that Microsoft planned to ditch the system, replacing it with real currency, but Points continued to live on. When the Xbox One was revealed, things changed, and now we're hearing that Points will be converted to local currency at least equal to Marketplace value.
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Android Key Lime Pie update tipped to expand device universe
Google’s next-generation mobile OS “Key Lime Pie” has been suggested to be coming this October with the ability to run on a much wider variety of devices than that of today’s Android (4.2 Jelly Bean). This information comes from a source that speaks on how the Project Butter updates in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean will expand in codename Key Lime Pie, this time to a degree that will move Android past its already relatively lax requirements for certain hardware speeds.
Time Warner tipped to keep TV offline with incentives to content groups
If you planned on getting your fair share of your favorite television show courtesy of the folks at Time Warner this upcoming entertainment season, you'd better guess again. According to sources speaking with Bloomberg - the anonymous type - Time Warner is offering incentives to media companies to keep their content away from the web. Strange as that might seem, they've suggested that keeping video content out of the libraries of Intel Corp and Apple are said to be just part of the equation.
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Yahoo cleaning house, will deactivate inactive accounts after a year
It's hard to get a clean username anymore when signing up for a service, especially if it's a fairly popular service, like Twitter or Yahoo. Speaking of that, though, Yahoo has announced that it'll be doing a bit of spring cleaning on all of its accounts, deactivating the ones that have been inactive for a year or longer.
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Thank you, Apple. You’ve outdone yourself on the Mac Pro 2013
I’m a complainer. I know it. My family knows it. And anyone who has read my repeated diatribes here on SlashGear knows it. I don’t like products that I feel could be better. And I can’t stand when companies seem to ignore the consumer’s plea for enhancements.
That’s precisely the way I felt everytime I even looked at the Mac Pro I’m writing this on now. I felt that Apple has ignored my pleas for a better desktop for years, and it seemed as if the company didn’t care. The Mac Pro was an afterthought, I believed, and there was not a single thing I could do about it.
T-Mobile GALAXY S 4 aims to undercut competition through July
It's not that T-Mobile will stop trying to compete with Verizon and AT&T when July comes, but here in the first few warm weeks of summer the pink carrier will make a move on one of the most popular out-the-gate Android smartphones of the year with a unique proposal. While earlier this year it was apparent that T-Mobile wasn't going to take their fourth place standing in the USA-based mobile carriers race as long as they could help it, it would appear that it didn't just end with the iPhone 5. Here T-Mobile has made the case for the Samsung GALAXY S 4 as well.
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Angry Birds Go teased as racing-themed title for summer
Angry Birds is making a return yet again, but probably not in the same fashion as the past few times. Developer Rovio has teased what they're calling Angry Birds Go!, and new title that we should be hearing more about later this summer. It looks to be a racing game of some kind, but Rovio has been short on details for the time being.
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Creative Sound Blaster EVO Zx and ZxR headsets integrate SB-Axx1 processor for audio intelligence
It's not every day a company comes around claiming they've got a pair of headphones that "intelligently" enhance the audio blasting through your eardrums in real time. That's what the team at Creative Technology Ltd have come forth with today, suggesting their two headset contributions to the fold this month, Sound Blaster EVO ZxR and Sound Blaster EVO Zx, to be bringing a new proprietary technology they've branded SBX Dialog Plus. This technology has been out in the wild before today, though only through the Creative Sound Blaster PC sound card for PCs.
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Digital Storm VIRTUE suggests mid-tower gaming systems need a steel boost
As the PC gaming rig ecosystem continues to expand, groups like Digital Storm stand to gain largely from those ladies and gentlemen aiming to do two things at once: work with a high-powered computer and keep a low, yet stylish profile. That's getting pretty darn specific when you consider the start of the gaming PC trend not too many years ago: massive builds and wacky cases galore - but here Digital Storm keeps it tight.
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Facebook hashtags go live, gives a shout-out to Twitter
Twitter is the pioneer of the hashtag, but since then, many other online services have been adopting the number sign as well, because why not? Twitter's biggest competitor, however, just now added support for hashtags. That's right, Facebook now lets you click on hashtags that your friends have long been posting to their status updates.
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Scosche smartROLL Electronic Gaming Dice aim for iPad
This week the folks at Scosche have begun a search for developers wanting to make use of a pair of gaming dice they've invented for the smartphone and tablet universe. This smartROLL Electronic Gaming Dice SDK the team speaks of will be offered to developers aiming to make use of the new little gadgets, working with games galore by late summer.
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