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30/04/2012

Liveblog : Samsung Galaxy S3 Launch Buzz

Liveblog : Samsung Galaxy S3 Launch Buzz: Liveblog : Samsung Galaxy S3 Launch Buzz
ITProPortal.com will be live-blogging the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S3 from London, covering the buzz happening over the next 72 hours and the launch on Thursday 3rd at 1800 UK time. After the event, we will publish a number of pieces from our main on the ground, Rob Kerr as well as our team o

Eurocom Unveils Netbook-sized Ivybridge Workstation

Eurocom Unveils Netbook-sized Ivybridge Workstation: Eurocom Unveils Netbook-sized Ivybridge Workstation
Laptop specialist Eurocom has unveiled a laptop that looks like a netbook but packs enough punch to make it competitive with much bigger desktop replacement workstations.

Samsung Galaxy S III to be used as the base for Samsung's first Windows Phone 8 device?

Samsung Galaxy S III to be used as the base for Samsung's first Windows Phone 8 device?: The Samsung Galaxy S III is circulating the rumor mill at a rate almost surpassing the iPhone, but one recent rumor that seems to make sense is that the S III could be used a hardware and design reference…

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 twin-Kepler official

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 twin-Kepler official:
NVIDIA has launched its latest graphics card, the GeForce GTX 690, with twin Kepler cores making it the world’s fastest, at least for the moment. The GPU company hasn’t wasted the opportunity to make the GeForce GTX 690 look the part, either, with superlatives galore: a trivalent chromium-plated aluminum frame, thixomolded magnesium alloy fan housing, and dual vapor chambers with a nickel-plated finstack.


If you’ve not been keeping up with your Journal of Exotic Materials subscription, all you really need to know is that NVIDIA says the GeForce GTX 690 runs faster and cooler than you’d expect from a twin-GPU behemoth. Inside there are 3,072 CUDA cores, capable of almost double the frame rates of the single-GPU GTX 680, while simultaneously being more power efficient and quieter than a twin GTX 680 NVIDIA SLI setup.

There’s NVIDIA Surround support, and a new 10-phase, heavy-duty power supply with a 10-layer, 2oz copper printed circuit board and a center-mounted axial fan with optimized fin pitch and air entry angles. Finally, the company has used low-profile components along with ducted baseplate channels “for unobstructed airflow, minimizing turbulence and improving acoustic quality.”
All of the usual suspects have jumped on board to offer the dual-GPU card, with limited availability from May 3, and then broader sales from May 7. NVIDIA expects the GeForce GTX 690 to be priced at around $999.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 twin-Kepler official is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Ivy Bridge desktop CPUs on sale online, discounts already available

Ivy Bridge desktop CPUs on sale online, discounts already available: ivy bridge microcenter






Intel’s next-generation Ivy Bridge processors for desktops are now available to order online in the US at Amazon, Newegg, and NCIX. Also, if you live near a Microcenter, the brick-and-mortar stores are offering great deals on the CPUs. For example, the 3.5GHz Core i7 3770K is going for $289.99 — $70 below the MSRP of $359.99.
The Ivy Bridge chips feature a new Tri-Gate 3D design that adds vertical silicon fins in order to increase performance and reduce energy leakage; allowing the maximum amount of current to flow through a transistor when its gate is "on," and as little as possible when it's "off." If you’ve been waiting to take advantage of the processing power and efficiency bump from Intel’s new 22-naonmeter CPUs in your...
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Samsung upgrades Series 7 models with Ivy Bridge processor in South Korea

Samsung upgrades Series 7 models with Ivy Bridge processor in South Korea:

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Samsung has announced upgraded models for its Series 7 notebooks in South Korea. The Series 7 Gamer and Series 7 Chronos edition notebooks now feature Intel’s 3rd Generation (Ivy Bridge) Core i7 processor as well as a one terabyte hard disk and Nvidia GeForce GPU (GTX 675M in Gamer and GT 640M in Chronos) that claims to improve graphics performance by 50 percent.
Additionally, both have 8GB of DDR3 RAM, Windows 7 OS, SuperBright LED backlit display and DVD drive.




Was RIM/Blackberry Behind The Australian “Wake Up” Protest?

Was RIM/Blackberry Behind The Australian “Wake Up” Protest?:
Last week we reported on a mysterious flash mob protest at an Apple store in Australia. With the flash mob participants all wearing black, and black buses and signs that said “wake up” people immediately looked to Samsung. We even ran this story over the weekend stating that Samsung denied any involvement in the mock protest.
Now we are hearing suggestions that RIM/Blackberry may be the culprit and not Samsung. It’s not hard to imagine that RIM/Blackberry would know that Samsung would be the scapegoat anyway. Samsung spent the entire fourth quarter of 2011 poking fun at Apple via their “Next Big Thing” campaign which even earned them a national advertising award.
In their latest marketing efforts they poked fun at Apple fans again by equating them to sheep in a teaser for the Galaxy S III. Although they haven’t had a hit smartphone in a while, we’re pretty confident that RIM/Blackberry is well aware of Samsung’s marketing tactics.
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So MacWorld did some digging into the protest campaign. The first thing they found was some source code embedded in a double-click source identifier src= 2215527, type= black 822. They reported that when you Google those numbers they point back to the official Blackberry Australia website. Hmmmm.
The second clue is that the blogger/journalist “Blunty” who posted the video that’s been circulating around the internet about the protest itself has ties to Blackberry. In fact, it’s been reported that Blunty actually worked for Blackberry.
Now here’s another rub on Blunty, in the video he states that Apple had asked him to leave the store while he was shooting video, but before he left the store he got some great shots, including a second floor shot that lasted more than 30 seconds of the protestors outside. It seems kind of suspect that he was there at the right time. He very well could have been but with being a former Blackberry employee it looks more like he was part of the event itself. The language in the video sounds a bit staged as well, but most of us brushed it off as him being Australian.
So why would RIM/Blackberry even do this? Well the Blackberry World Conference actually starts on Tuesday so it’s definitely great timing. While Blackberry doesn’t have any hot new products out right now we are expecting a re-up of the Blackberry Playbook, a 4G/LTE Blackberry Playbook and Blackberry 10 devices to be at least announced at the conference.
As phonearena suggests if it is a marketing campaign for Blackberry, they owe Samsung an apology.
Source: MacWorld via PhoneArena

Simple tweak adds an EDGE/3G/4G toggle to the Lumia 900

Simple tweak adds an EDGE/3G/4G toggle to the Lumia 900: Sometimes there are situations where it would be best to slow down your data connection in order to add some additional battery life to your device. The folks over at Mobility Digest discovered a tweak that gives you the ability to choose between EDGE, 3G, or 4G...

Nokia Lumia 800 Firmware Update 12072 Now Available

Nokia Lumia 800 Firmware Update 12072 Now Available:
Nokia has released an another firmware update for Nokia Lumia 800 device, however the update is not pushed out to end users yet. The new firmware version 12072 is a minor update that fixes audio volume bug which users reported after the 12070 update. The previous update 12070 fixed the power management issues, etc,. Mobiletechworld also reports that the new firmware contains an updated Camera app with auto detection of 50/60Hz and updated camera settings.
If you are too curious about this update, you can try it on your device by our old cab sending method.
How to update instructions from Mobiletechworld,
- Download the PR 1.2 1600.2487.8107.12072 FW here.

- Download the update from the first link above then download the WPupdate tools from here.

- Unzip the Tools in a folder then copy the firmware to the same folder as the tools.

- Plug in your device, wait until the Zune client starts and then close it.

- Run the the Updater and press S or B (depending on the size of your balls..)

- your phone will then reboot in download mode and update (don’t unplug it or do stupid things with your PC during the whole process..)
Do the above operation at your own risk. We would recommend you to wait for the official update from Nokia/Microsoft.



Nokia in 'advanced talks' to sell Vertu for €200 million

Nokia in 'advanced talks' to sell Vertu for €200 million: Vertu store (1020)






According to a report from Financial Times today, Nokia is making progress on its bid to sell its ultra-premium cellphone subsidiary, Vertu. We first heard that the Espoo-based company retained a Goldman Sachs advisor to help it strip itself of Vertu last December, but it appears that Nokia is now much closer to striking a deal. Unnamed sources say that Vertu's suitor is private equity group Permira, which is invested in companies like Hugo Boss. While $20,000 plus gold-plated phones might not be of much interest to the tech community, Financial Times quotes a €200 million (about $265 million) figure for the sale, citing value overseas in the brand itself — not the phones. Since Vertu is bundled with Nokia, the profitability of the...
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Report says that Game Stop will soon start a program to trade in Android devices

Report says that Game Stop will soon start a program to trade in Android devices: According to Gadget Experts, trading-in your old Android device will soon be as easy as heading over to your local Game Stop location; a leaked screenshot of Game Stop's internal computer system reveals that so far the program is limited to one Samsung tablet and a pair of Samsung handsets...

Cyanogenmod 9 for quad-core HTC One X released, most hardware features supported

Cyanogenmod 9 for quad-core HTC One X released, most hardware features supported: HTC One X






If you love the powerful hardware, excellent screen, and beautiful design of the HTC One X, but would prefer your smartphone have a Sense-free, stock Android experience, the hacking community has answered your call. TripNRaVeR of the TripNDroid Mobile Engineering team has just posted a version of Cyanogenmod 9 for the One X, a ROM that'll bring an experience very similar to stock Android 4.0 to HTC's flagship device. While this hasn't been officially released through the Cyanogenmod site, the ROM was built using the open-source Cyanogenmod 9 files; currently, most of the hardware features are intact. The camera and Wi-Fi hotspot aren't working properly right now, and it takes a while for the phone's 3G connection to lock in initially....
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Purported Samsung Galaxy S III Picture Unveils 4.8-Inch Screen?

Purported Samsung Galaxy S III Picture Unveils 4.8-Inch Screen?: There were mixed reports concerning the screen size of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy flagship. Some talked about a possible 4.65-inch display while others reported on a 4.8-inch screen (of course, given that there will only be one device to be unveiled on May 3 in London). According to the image above, the phone, which is allegedly the upcoming ... Read More
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Acer Outs App To Help Update the Iconia Tab A500/501 To ICS

Acer Outs App To Help Update the Iconia Tab A500/501 To ICS: The official Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Acer Iconia Tab A500 was scheduled for a release on April 27, alongside the refresh for the A100. If you have an Iconia Tab A500/A501 you might want to follow the source link below and download the application called ICONIA TAB Update Enhancement. Description says the "application software is ... Read More
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RIM Only Showing Off Software, No Devices At BlackBerry World

RIM Only Showing Off Software, No Devices At BlackBerry World: When RIM officially sent out e-mails about the upcoming BlackBerry World 2012 -- May 1-3, 2012, Orlando, Florida -- and its topics, there were a couple of questions unanswered among which the most important was whether we will see new devices or not. "We are not unveiling any BlackBerry 10 hardware", said a company spokesman. Plain and simple. ... Read More
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Apple kills Chomp for Android

Apple kills Chomp for Android: We knew it was just a matter of time after Apple acquired Chomp that the app would be removed from Android, and that day has finally come. The app discovery service had been on Android for a while, and was quite an...

29/04/2012

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 announced for May 3rd: two Kepler GPUs for $999

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 announced for May 3rd: two Kepler GPUs for $999: nvidia geforce gtx 690






NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang just introduced the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 in a keynote over in Shanghai, China. Designed "from the ground up to deliver the highest performance in history," this card is built in a pretty wild fashion: it's constructed using plated aluminum on the outside, with polycarbonate windows embedded in the front. It has a 10-phase power supply, integrated SLI technology connecting two GTX 680 GPUs onboard, and dual water-vapor champers sitting directly on top of them.
And Jen-Hsun gave away the very first GTX 690 that came off the production lines to the most enthusiastic fan in the crowd. That got him a pretty huge cheer.
In total, the GTX 690 has 3,072 CUDA cores, running at a 915MHz base clock and 1,019MHz boost...
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The 11-inch gaming laptop lives, with the new Origin Eon 11-S

The 11-inch gaming laptop lives, with the new Origin Eon 11-S:


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The 11-inch gaming laptop is the textbook definition of a niche product. In fact, up until now, there's really only been one serious entry in that category, Dell's Alienware M11x. Origin (coincidentally co-founded by some former Alienware employees) is now getting into the game, with the Eon 11-S, which the company calls a "compact high-performance laptop."

Interestingly, this new model won't actually double the number of 11-inch gaming laptops available, as the Alienware model is being quietly discontinued. That's a shame, as we liked the M11x, even if it wasn't the most practical for either serious PC gamers, or portability obsessed travellers.

Taking a bit of a shot at the current trend for slim ultrabook-style laptops, Origin CEO and co-founder Kevin Wasielewski says, "Everyone dreams of a laptop that is smaller, lighter, has a longer battery life and has the ability to play all of the latest PC games well. The EON11-S makes that dream a reality and without making any 'ultra-sacrifices.'"

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Samsung and Apple to meet on May 21st and May 22nd

Samsung and Apple to meet on May 21st and May 22nd: Judge Lucy Koh of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has put a little bit of pressure on Samsung and Apple to meet to discuss settlement talks under the watching eyes of the court; the meetings are to include both CEO's and their chief lawyers...

Outgoing Russian President presented with a Nokia Lumia 800

Outgoing Russian President presented with a Nokia Lumia 800:
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is a well-known Apple fan.

Outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is a well-known fan of Apple products, such that Steve Jobs even presented him with an iPhone when he visited Silicon Valley.
Now it seems Nokia managed to get a Nokia Windows Phone in his hands after all.
They gave journalist Ivan Zasursky the Nokia Lumia 800 and asked him if he would deliver it to the Russian politician when he met him at the last meeting of Council on Human Rights under President Dmitry.
Zasursky recounts in the Gazeta.ru:
"I today gave Medvedev an Nokia with Windows. I was recently at a Nokia party and mentioned that the next week I will be meeting with the president. They asked: "Why, he only uses Apple products, offer him this telephone, please? .." I gave it to him today. I did not know if he would take it or not, but he took it " said Zasursky.
"Medvedev said at the time: ‘And they say that I only use Apple products’ "- added the journalist.
Medvedev will be leaving office on the 4th of May, so we could only say for a few days the Russian President has a Windows Phone, but hopefully we can continue converting Apple fans one person at a time.
Via wp7forum.ru