It's not just accidentally confirming that Apple is using Sony CMOS sensors, presumably for the iPhone 5, that CEO Howard Stringer has been doing; the outspoken exec also spent some time taking pot-shots at his rivals. On stage with the WSJ's Walt Mossberg at an event earlier this week, Stringer cautioned an iPad owner in the audience to "be careful it doesn’t burn you if you wave it around" in what was seemingly a bizarre reference to Apple devices overheating.
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Sony CEO takes potshots at “burning” iPads
LG Display livid over Samsung exec’s engineer expletive [Updated]
An unexpected slur by a Samsung exec on rivals LG Display could result in a legal case, after Kim Hyun-suk, vice president of Samsung’s digital media business, described LG's engineers as "really stupid sh*ts" at a press conference earlier this week. Asked by journalists about LG's Full HD claims for its latest 3D TV technology, the Korea Herald reports, Hyun-suk retorted "I heard that LG Display's Kwon Young-soo said its TVs are full HD, I think his engineers are really stupid sh*ts. What a lame argument with no theoretical grounds. It's just unreasonable."
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April Fools Tech Roundup
It’s April 1 2011, and that means the wags of the tech industry will by vying to see if they can con each other with April Fools’ Day pranks. There’s always some impressive schemes and this year there are some real stars, including a PLAYMOBIL Apple Store and motion-control for Gmail. Check out the SlashGear April Fools Tech Roundup after the cut!
Retailer sends staff on 3DS “mission” to snag Nintendo stock from rival
UK retailer GAME has been caught dispatching staff on a secret "mission" to buy up cheap Nintendo 3DS stock from supermarket Tesco using store money, which was then sold on as "mint" quality pre-owned stock. According to an internal GAME document, acquired by Eurogamer, staff could take £209.90 from the cash register and use it to take advantage of Tesco's 3DS launch deal, which offered the console and a game for less than the £219.99 GAME price for the 3DS alone.
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100-year-old secret underwater dome is fraudster’s amazing folly
As awesome additions to your home go, a billiard room hidden under a lake - complete with Bond villain style dome - sounds like the kind of place any self-respecting geek should covet. Turns out, the concept isn't new; J. Whitaker Wright, a trader, engineer and convicted fraudster, lavished masses of money on Witley Park back in the 19th century, a 32 bedroom mansion which extended into various labyrinthine underground passages and a beautiful underwater room.
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Duke Nukem Forever delayed. Again. [Video]
If you're responsible for one of the most delayed games of all time, and you have to announce yet another hiccup in the roadmap, you may as well try to make people laugh when you break the bad news. Gearbox Software has admitted that Duke Nukem Forever will take a little longer to arrive (again), with the release pushed back from May 3 to June 10 at the earliest, and they've used a tongue-in-cheek video to announce it.
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Royal Wedding Phone is pre-pay travesty
Ah, the Royal Wedding. Look past the romance and the opportunity for expensive dresses and horse-drawn carriages, and it's the perfect chance to cash in with some hideous themed tat. In that vein, may we present the Special Edition Royal Wedding phone, courtesy of the Carphone Warehouse.
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Shrinking Spacemen: 19.7-inch humans could take a giant leap
Space is a big place, but tiny astronauts might be better equipped to explore it. That's the suggestion of several laterally-thinking scientists, who are discussing potential ways to shrink humans down to 19.7-inches tall so that they'd consume less food, require less space and energy, and produce less waste. Florida Institute of Technology space programs director Donald Platt is looking at how genetic engineering can be used to create not only tiny "nano animals" but whether "it may even be possible to modify ourselves and make humanity smaller."
According to Dutch artist Arne Hendriks - who has put together a multi-disciplinary exhibition called The Incredible Shrinking Man - a 3.5lb human measuring 50cm would only require 2-percent of the calories we currently need. "You would only need one coffee bean for an espresso" he explains, "and one chicken could feed up to a hundred people."
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Burglar Blaster: Motion-triggered pepper spray, for when sirens aren’t enough [Video]
Generally, we advise against filling your home or office with pepper spray, but if you're particularly paranoid about burglars breaking in and vigorously ransacking your belongings then perhaps this is the gadget for you. The Burglar Blaster is a movement-triggered automatic pepper spray, which - if you don't shut it off within 40 seconds - will fill a 2,000 square feet space with eye and throat mauling gas.
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Nintendo 3DS suspicious of beards and glasses
Nintendo's 3DS isn't just a 3D portable games console, it's also apparently a style judge. According to the handheld's user guide, players with beards, bangs or even glasses could end up confusing the 3DS' facial recognition system.
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Samsung Turbo View robo-vacuum packs live video streaming
Samsung has bred a Roomba robot vacuum cleaner with a WowWee Rovio and come up with the Tango View VC-FL87W, an autonomous cleaner which can beam live video back from its onboard webcam. If you're the paranoid type and you're not going to give up your mistrust of the home help even if you've replaced them with robots, then you can log in remotely via your smartphone or tablet and see what the Samsung Tango View is up to.
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Microsoft demands Apple “App Store” trademark brief rejection over tiny text
The ongoing App Store trademark saga took a bizarre turn this week, with Microsoft demanding Apple's recent motion to dismiss the case be rejected because the company's lawyers used a tiny font. "Apple's response brief is 31 pages, including the table of contents and table of authorities, and on information and belief, is printed in less than 11 point font" the complaint suggests.
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