Mobile
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New iPhone worm steals online banking codes, builds botnet
Hackers have borrowed a tactic from the world’s first iPhone worm to build a botnet [...] -
Spotify lands on Symbian phones from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung
[Sweden] The much – perhaps justifiably – hyped music streaming service Spotify has extended its [...] -
Chinese iPhone clone looks like Apple, smells like Android
You’re stuck in quite the conundrum. You want the chic elegance of the iPhone – [...] -
Review: BlackBerry Bold 9700
The Short: I’ve always preferred functionality over looks in my gear. But the Bold 9700 [...] -
Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade for the Samsung Jack now available
Look – we’re certainly not the world’s biggest fans of Windows Mobile 6.5, but we [...] -
Original Body HTC Heros with US 3G coming soon – but you’ll have to import
If your pockets are just beggin’ to be filled with an HTC Hero, your options [...] - More from Mobile
Games
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Nintendo Wii Sport Bundle Plus Wii Zapper
Nintendo Wii Sport Bundle The Wii is the future of all gaming. The wirless control makes [...] -
Sony PSPs enlisted as study aids by the Royal Navy
Whoever it was at Sony HQ that decided to pursue “military contracts” as a revenue [...] -
Study: Nobody pays attention to video game scores (especially Metacritic ones)
I’ve never hidden my disdain for Metacritic (and GameRankings, but mostly Metacritic), the Web site [...] -
Mindflex Mental Game
Mindflex Mental Game Features: • Mindflex, the new mental acuity game from Mattel, makes that dream [...] -
The Nintendo DSi Studio Kit takes it a little too far
This post is for the few people out there that actually use the DSi’s camera. [...] -
Guild Wars 2 Beta Next Year, Launch 2011
NCsoft’s latest post-earnings conference call revealed that there will be some sort of “public event” [...] - More from Games
Tech News
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3M MPro120 pico projector
The MPro120 is 3M’s second-generation pico projector and it’s a distinct improvement over the MPro110, [...] -
Samsung Builds 3D TV Home System, Thinnest LED TV Ever
Samsung Electronics unveiled a strong line-up for the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Wednesday, [...] -
Microsoft’s Game Room: The Arcade, Reborn
With the Game Room, Microsoft’s hoping to capture the old magic of video game arcades, [...] -
Netgear’s New Routers Turn 3G and WiMax Into Wireless-N
Here’s a peek into the not-too-distant future, when you can stop paying the cable companies [...] -
Oster Electric Wine Bottle Opener
Cordless electric bottle opener removes the cork in seconds Opens up to 30 bottles on a [...] -
Barnes & Noble Will Ship Around 60,000 Nooks This Year
A lot more people have ordered the Barnes & Noble Nook, first announced on October [...] - More from Tech News
Entertainment
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Lady GaGa Dolce & Gabbana Lace Bodysuit
Despite coming from New York, which experiences colder winters than London, Lady GaGa appeared to [...] -
Diana Ross looks tired as she emerges with no make-up
The former Supremes singer abandoned make-up all together for an outing in Beverly Hills, which [...] -
Victoria Beckham on why she now exercises seven days a week
Victoria Beckham has revealed how she keeps her tiny figure in shape – she works [...] -
Patrick Swayze died after two-years battle with pancreatic cancer
Dirty Dancing: Patrick Swayze died after two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Patrick Swayze died last night [...] -
George Clooney shows new love Elisabetta Canalis
With her successful career as a pin-up and TV presenter in her native Italy, Elisabetta [...] -
Cheryl Cole releases debut solo single Fight For This Love
Not content with her successful role as an X Factor judge, Cheryl Cole became the [...] - More from Entertainment
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Twitter Acquires Mixer Labs To Step Up Geo-Location
Twitter CEO Evan Williams just announced on the company blog that they have acquired Mixer Labs, creators of GeoAPI. In a nutshell, GeoAPI provides developers with the ability to query the world through services which include a reverse geocoder; deep data about 16 million businesses and tens of thousands of points of interest; a writable [...]
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Verizon will push software updates to the Samsung Intensity and Trance beginning tomorrow
If you’re one of the 600,000 people who bought a Samsung Intensity (SCH U-490) or Samsung Trance (SCH U-450): good news! You’ve got an over-the-air update coming your way. One of our sources just came through with the patch notes for both handset’s respective updates, which are scheduled to begin as early as tomorrow.
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RED Scarlet gets specs and release window
The RED Scarlet, if you don’t know, is a compact professional camera being released by RED as a more portable alternative to the more full-featured modular system that’s been brewing for so long. Key word here is professional! Many are under the impression that this is their consumer offering, but RED is not a consumer-oriented [...]
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Nova DSLR concept reminds us that cameras need not be boring
Despite the distant memory that is film for most people, most DSLRs have plenty in common with their film-based ancestors, at least when it comes to form factor. Not this Nova DSLR concept. Conceived by Erin Fong, the idea is to allow for all sorts of hand holds thanks to the dual movable arms, and [...]
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Buffalo announces world’s first 12x Blu-ray burner (and it’s USB 3.0, too)
USB 3.0 is just around the corner (kind of), and the first computer hardware manufacturers are getting ready to deliver products supporting the new standard (even though there were some backlashes along the way). Last month, Asus announced the world’s first USB 3.0 + SATA 6.0 PCI-E card. In May, NEC said they’re going to [...]
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Google places ad explaining offensive image
Google has reserved one of its valuable ad spaces on Google Image Search to explain why an offensive image of Michelle Obama appears as the first result for searches on her name.
Search Engine Land noted that last week, Google had removed the image after claiming the site hosting it was spreading malware, but it’s back [...] -
Microsoft confirms IE6, IE7 zero-day bug
Microsoft today confirmed that exploit code published last week can compromise PCs running older versions of Internet Explorer (IE), but said its security team has not yet seen any in-the-wild attacks.
The attack code, which was posted Friday to the Bugtraq security mailing list , affects both Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) and the newer IE7, Microsoft [...] -
Textbook Rental Market Heats Up: BookRenter Raises $6M Series A
Earlier this month college textbook rental company Chegg raised $112M as part of a combined Series D and debt round, bringing the total raised by the company to a massive $144M. Competitor BookRenter will tomorrow announce a Series A round of $6M, raised from Storm Ventures and Adams Capital Management. BookRenter has only raised a [...]
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Asus TS Mini NAS Windows Home Server Backups Up to 10 PCs
Have you heard of that new service that allows you to connect to the Internet at one gigabit-per-second to access your very own two terabytes of storage space? Me neither. That’s probably why you need the Asus TS Mini NAS.
These Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz Windows Home Servers can back up to ten PCs and serve [...] -
Nissan says all-electric Leaf will compete on price
Nissan Motor will keep the price of its upcoming battery-powered Leaf competitive with similar-size cars and expects to make money on the vehicle despite the cost of its launch, said Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on Friday.
The five-passenger hatchback, which is being designed to have an all-electric range of 100 miles, would cost only 1 percent [...] -
Microsoft: Windows 7 tool used GPL code
Microsoft said Friday that its inquiry confirms that a tool aimed to make it easier to load Windows 7 on a Netbook does in fact contain open-source code.
“After looking at the code in question, we are now able to confirm this was indeed the case, although it was not intentional on our part,” Microsoft’s Peter [...] -
Twitter, Facebook come to Xbox 360 on Nov. 17
As of next Tuesday, November 17, you’ll be able to access Twitter and Facebook on your Xbox 360. The software update is free, like previous updates, and also includes Last.fm and Zune video compatibility. “What are you doing?” “Losing to 12-year-olds in Modern Warfare 2 over and over again! Not fun.”
The idea, I guess, is [...] -
Age of Conan offers special comeback and subscription deals
Eager still to show off Age of Conan’s improvements, Funcome has offered a special deal for previous players of Age of Conan.
All previous subscribers may come back for a free two-week re-evaluation period. After the period, if players choose to resubscribe, they will be eligible for the following subscription rewards. These rewards are also available [...] -
Super Talent announces first USB 3.0 Flash Drive
USB 3.0 or SuperSpeed USB offers transfer speeds of up to ten times faster than the widely used Hi-Speed USB. Super Talent has announced the forthcoming availability of the first Flash drive to take advantage of these new speeds – the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 RAID Drive will be available in three capacity sizes and be [...]
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Bettween Makes Tracking And Sharing Twitter Conversations A Breeze
With Twitter rolling out its own retweet functionality soon, people will be pointing their followers to more users they may not be engaging with yet, which will spark users to follow more people and hence increase the amount of conversations on Twitter. At least, that’s what I think.
But Twitter has never been an ideal two-way [...] -
ZooLoo Gets A Facelift With Revamped Homepage, Navigation, And Widgets
Back in July we took a look at ZooLoo, a service that looks to help users build their own websites (complete with vanity URLs) where they can manage their entire social network experience from one place — when it launched we described as an iGoogle meets Facebook, in that it’s a single hub that lets [...]
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Wii can’t ‘deliver the cinematic experience’ needed for Modern Warfare 2
Poor Wii owners (I’m one of them). There will be no Modern Warfare 2 for us. In a recent interview, Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling explained that the Wii’s relatively underpowered innards in comparison to the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 make it impossible to replicate “the cinematic experience” across all platforms.
“If we felt like we [...] -
Olympus PEN E-P1 Review
We knew it was coming but it still surprised many when Olympus threw away the last vestiges of a single lens reflex camera in a digital snapper that otherwise could have been called a DSLR.
Into the new PEN went the 4/3rds inch Micro Four Thirds Live MOS sensor. Out went the mirror box. Onto it [...] -
Canon Powershot D10 – Review
It was a touch too cold to dunk this camera — and its operator! — in the surf, so I resorted to a dip in the pool. And, to my surprise, I found that not only did the camera perform successfully but I fell upon a magic way to create stunning new pictures.
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Sony VAIO P heading to Verizon for $300 with contract?
This is still a rumor at this point, but Phone Arena is reporting that Verizon may soon be offering Sony’s 8-inch “not-a-netbook” VAIO P for $300 with a two-year data contract.
The model in question would apparently feature an 8-inch 1600×768 screen, Windows 7 Home Premium, 160GB hard drive, 2GB of RAM, and a mobile data [...] -
Lullabelly prenatal belt plays your favorite tunes to your child
There are various opinions about when a developing fetus can first hear sounds, with ages ranging from as early as 16 weeks to as late as 28 weeks. Just what they can actually hear is also a subject of debate – will it really matter if you play classical music or classic rock to your [...]
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