The Icon iPhone charger is real
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Our good buddy Wayne in Singapore just picked up the Icon iPhone charger at a PC fair and reports that it’s real, it works, and it’s pretty cool.
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FTC to investigate Apple’s iPhone app rules
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The Federal Trade Commission is formally launching an investigation into Apple's ban on cross-compiling tools for making iOS apps, sources leaked out on Saturday.
New Photo fx Ultra For Apple iPad – What Photoshop may be…. soon
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Tiffen today announced that Photo fx Ultra, the anticipated version of Photo fx, its award winning photo enhancement app, is now available for the Apple iPad. With robust capabilities, Photo fx Ultra offers an elegant new user interface that takes full advantage of the increased screen size.
New Lenovo ThinkStation C20 and C20x Workstation Desktop PCs
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Lenovo announced the super-compact ThinkStation C20 redefining expectations for a small dual socket workstation. Meanwhile, the ThinkStation C20x offers an extra boost of memory and more powerful processors, making it the highest performance workstation of this form factor.
Mad Catz Announces New Range of Official Rock Band 3 Instruments and Accessories
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Mad Catz announced a new range of official Rock Band™3 instruments and accessories. Designed in conjunction with Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game developer, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, the new range of instruments and accessories are expected to ship in...
WWDC 2010: interview with Moodboard developer Chris Nurre
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Filed under: iPad I believe we've mentioned Moodboard exactly once on the site before, as one of Brett's picks back when the iPad first released.
WWDC 2010: Bartleby’s Book of Buttons
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Filed under: iPad Erica Sadun got a chance to see Bartleby's Book of Buttons a little while ago, and her writeup does a good job of explaining exactly what it is: an interactive book for children that uses the iPad's various features to entertain young users while also giving them a fun story to...
Eye Illusions app will fool you over and over again
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Filed under: iPhoneI have to admit it. I just love optical illusions. I remember buying books full of them when I was a kid, and sharing them with anyone I could find. Now, an incredibly complete collection of illusions called Eye Illusions has come to the iPhone and the iPad.
Samsung Galaxy Apollo Android Touchscreen Phone
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Samsung release a new Android phone called Samsung Galaxy Apollo which is the same as Samsung SHW-M100S Galaxy A. IT has 3.7-inch super AMOLED touchscreen display with 480×800 pixel resolution and 5M pixel camera with HD video recording (1280×720 pixel).
Protect your iDevice from theft. Sorta
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So you’re at the coffee shop, and you’ve walked over to the counter to order another half-frap-double shot raspberry no fat mocha, and left your iPad (or iPod) plugged into your laptop.
Reeder client for Google Reader now available for iPad
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Filed under: iPad It’s been a busy few weeks for iPad RSS clients. The Early Edition saw an update, Pulse got keynote love followed by a quick yank from/return to the App Store… it’s almost as if the whole Newspad idea is starting to catch on.
HTC EVO 4G display gets scratch tested, comes out looking like a champ
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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile One of the reasons why I love the Internet is because I can see and watch things that I would like to do, but would never imagine actually doing myself.
The BMW Art Car will race at 24 Hours of Le Mans… psychodellic
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Le Mans. Today at three in the afternoon the legendary the 24 Hours of Le Mans will officially begin. A highlight will surely be the participation of the Jeff Koons’ 17th BMW Art Car, which was presented in Paris just a week before.
Google explains why it shut down its background image experiment
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Section: Web, Google Despite what many believe, Google says it didn’t shut down it’s homepage background experiment because of user complaints. According to Google Search VP Marissa Mayer, a software bug was to blame.
The amazing Philips Fidelio iPod Dock… amazing
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For those who want precision and purity from their music, the new Philips Fidelio docking speaker lets you get the best quality sound from your iPhone or iPod. You can now enjoy the detailed, refined and high quality sound you want no matter how loud you play your music.
New Archos 133 Ultraslim Notebook available now
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Behind its stylish curves and its beautifully glossy top casing, the ARCHOS 133 PC offers all the power you need with a large 13.3” screen to fully enjoy high quality entertainment, browse the web and work comfortably.
Kodak ESP 7250 Printer Released In The UK
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The Kodak ESP 7250 printer is now available in the United Kingdom. This photo printer features easy-to-use wireless functions, an intuitive control panel and the lowest total ink replacement cost in the industry.
Sprint to start throttling data speeds?
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Section: Communications, Cellular Providers With the launch of the EVO 4G Sprint added an extra $10 to the data plan for 4G speeds and unlimited data. Other plans are limited to 5 GB of data which is the same as Verizon and T-Mobile. It looks like this summer Sprint may be bringing...
Mach Xtreme’s First Series Of USB 3.0 Flash Drives
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Mach Xtreme Technology has come out with its first series of USB 3.0 flash drives namely the MX-FX. Coming in both 32GB and 64GB capacities, these high performance drives are equipped with MLC NAND Flash memory chips, a USB 3.0/2.0 interface and capable of delivering read and write speeds of up to...
MSI’s Upcoming All-In-One Desktop PC
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MSI has introduced another one of its upcoming all-in-one desktop PC called the Wind Top AE2280. Measuring 555.1mm x 403.93mm x 75.42mm and weighing 9.83kg, this space-saving machine packs a 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 multi-touch display, a choice of either Intel Core i3-530/540 or i5-650 processor, an...
Thermaltake Unveils A New Mid-Tower PC Case
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Here’s a look at another upcoming mid-tower case from Thermaltake, the V9 BlacX Edition. Featuring a black color coating (inside and outside), the case boasts a built-in dual-bay docking station on top, a top mounted I/O panel with one audio, one USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0 ports, four 5.25-inch...
FBI Asks Gawker Media To Retain Documents In iPad Email Security Breach
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Yesterday we told you about the security breach on iPad email addresses, where security firm managed to obtain more that 114,000 private email addresses through a security hole in AT&T’s network.
Microsoft streams images into each eye to create 3D
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To what might seem a relief, Microsoft has come up with another innovation. This time to replace those heavily priced 3D glasses with new technology of streaming images into eyes to create 3D.
FTC To Investigate Apple For Mobile Practices In iOS4
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We have been hearing this week that Apple [AAPL] may be subject to antitrust inquiry with regards to their iOS and new mobile advertising platform, iAd.
Last Chance To Win A 2GB iPod Shuffle
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Just a quick reminder to all our readers that there are just over 24 hours left to enter this weeks Geeky Gadgets giveaway. This weeks prize is a brand new 2GB iPod Shuffle, and one lucky winner can even choose which color iPod Shuffle they would like as their prize.
Apple iPad Flash with Flash In a Pinch – Proof of Concept
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Apple [AAPL] has said it will never allow flash to land on the Apple iPad or any other iPhone OS, iOS device. This is just something iOS users have to live with...
