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Working hard on improving the Transformer Prime, Asus has just started sending out a new firmware update to its users, believed to fix some bugs and improve the overall performance of the tablet. So far, information about this new software is limited, but some owners of the Asus tablet are reporting that it fixes so... |
8 February 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Media players might not be as popular as they were just a few years ago, but this hasn’t stopped Cowon from releasing a new PMP model, the Z2 Plenue running Google’s Android OS. Behind that classy looking chassis, the company installed a 1GHz Telechips ARM Cortex-A8 processor which enables it to play bac... |
8 February 2012
15:01 GMT |
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After Panasonic, Canon and Nikon have all announced their rugged camera options for 2012, it’s now Olympus’ turn to show us their own take on the matter.
Called the Tough TG-820, the 12MP snapper comes in a variety of colors and Olympus says it’s not only waterproof to depths up to 10 meters but also sho... |
8 February 2012
13:00 GMT |
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Since being first to market with a large sensor, prime lens compact hasn’t helped Sigma all that much, the outfit has now returned with two new DP-series cameras that take things one step further.
While from the outside the DP1M and DP2M don’t look all that special, deep inside their compact bodies Sigma... |
8 February 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Olympus’ newly released OM-D E-M5 might pack all the flexibility and features that one needs, but for those of you looking for a much simpler camera, the company has also introduced the SP-620UZ.
Like all super zooms, the most important asset of the SP-620UZ is its 21x lens, enabling it to reach focal lengths ... |
8 February 2012
11:04 GMT |
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A new firmware update for the V1 and J1 interchangeable lens cameras just went live on Nikon’s website.This carries the v1.11 designation and according to Nikon’s change log it’s just a minor release meant to fix some issues that were affecting its 1-series snappers.The problems range from a miss-co... |
7 February 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Nofan has been making strange looking computer coolers for quite some time now, recently the company unveiling the CR-95C, which just went on sale in Japan at the end of last week.Measuring no less than 180mm in diameter, the CR-95C is surely a monster of a cooler, but its noteworthy feature is the so-called IcePipe ... |
7 February 2012
11:58 GMT |
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With just a few more hours left until the Olympus OM-D becomes official, more details about this camera have emerged.Just like before, these new specs were uncovered by 43 Rumors, which learned from a "super European source."According to this latest info, the OM-D could sport a "super fast" autofocus and 3D tracking ... |
7 February 2012
11:52 GMT |
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Besides all the point-and-shoots that we took a look at earlier today, Canon has another gadget that could interest some of the amateur photographers among you, the Selphy CP810 compact photo printer.
Coming as the successor of the CP800, this smallish printer brings a series of improvements over its predecessor, su... |
7 February 2012
10:44 GMT |
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Just a few hours after Nikon made the D800 official, Amazon, B&H and Jessop have all made the full-frame DSLR available for pre-order from their websites.
Amazon has actually listed the D800 not only on its US website, but also on Amazon.de and Amazon.jp, so Nikon fans all over the world seem to be covered.
In the ... |
7 February 2012
09:11 GMT |
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If that Q2 estimate was a bit to sketchy for you, Lenovo now returned with a more definitive release date for the ThinkPad Tablet Android 4.0 update.
According to the outfit, this is expected to arrive over-the-air in about three months from now, in May to be more precise.
For those of you in need of a quick refre... |
7 February 2012
04:50 GMT |
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Olympus’ retro-looking OM-D interchangeable lens camera has been pictured on our website quite a few times until now, but recently a new image of the camera showing all its details has been posted online by Amazon. The picture was uploaded on the retailer’s Japanese website, where it was spotted by 43rum... |
6 February 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Since the MotoACTV fitness watch hasn’t managed to become the success the company hoped for, Motorola has decided that a software update is required in order to make it more enticing for its clients.
The new update arrives automatically to the MotoACTV once this is connected to a wireless network and brings an... |
6 February 2012
16:11 GMT |
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The full-frame D800 may capture all the attention of Nikon fans these days, but this isn’t the only DSLR that the company works on releasing in the coming months, as the entry-level D3200 is also in the making.Coming as the successor of the popular D3100, this new Nikon camera is said to be built around a 24.2M... |
6 February 2012
12:07 GMT |
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The number of Chinese tablets updated to Android 4.0 never seems to stop growing, Zenithink being the latest such maker to announce that Ice Cream Sandwich has been ported to its devices.
According to liliputing, the Android 4.0 update will hit all of the company’s recent 7 and 10 inch tablets, including the Z... |
6 February 2012
09:22 GMT |
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Without letting anyone know about it, Amazon updated the Kindle Touch WiFi product page to make its popular eBook reader available internationally.
A wide selection of shipping destinations are included for the $139.00 (about 105 EUR) eReader, which was introduced by the company in October of last year.
For those o... |
4 February 2012
06:45 GMT |
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Jawbone’s original Jambox is already one of the nicest sounding Bluetooth speakers around, but the outfit is now working on delivering an even better version of this device.
This new speaker will be apparently called the Big Jambox and, just as its name implies will come as an oversized version of the original... |
4 February 2012
06:22 GMT |
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The Kindle Fire is already one of the cheapest Android tablets that one can buy, but those looking for an even better deal can now get Amazon’s slate for $20 less by buying a refurbished unit.
While this definitely isn’t that much of a discount, the good news is that Amazon still offers the usual 1-year ... |
4 February 2012
05:41 GMT |
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Intel’s as well as AMD’s processors have been counterfeited for a long time now, and most recently a user on the Intel forums has reported that he has received an LGA 775 processor that was marked as a Core i7-990X chip.
The provenience of this CPU was not detailed, but just looking at the processor reve... |
3 February 2012
17:31 GMT |
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If you want to buy a pair of noise-cancelling headphones, but the Bose QuietComfort line is out of your budget range, Creative might have just what you are looking for.
I’m referring here to the HN-900 and Aurvana X-Fi 2 headphones, both of which include active noise cancellation and a host of other features, ... |
3 February 2012
10:43 GMT |
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Two more months separate us from the launch of Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors, so motherboard makers are already hard at work preparing their new solutions based on Intel’s 7-series chipsets.
MSI is of course among them, and just now is putting the final touches on the Z77A-GD45, which will become one of ... |
3 February 2012
09:55 GMT |
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We all knew that Asus planned to release a new Transformer TF700 tablet this summer, but now a picture making its way from China comes to reveal that the company is also getting the TF300T ready. Apart from what we can tell from the image above, little else is known about this tablet which sports a textured rear pan... |
2 February 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Fujifilm might not have officially released the X-Pro1 yet, but this hasn’t stopped Amazon from listing the retro-looking ILC camera on its Website.Scheduled to arrive later this month, the X-Pro1 will apparently set you back a whopping $1,699.95 (about 1,290 EUR) for the body only, with the 18mm f/2.0 and 35mm... |
2 February 2012
17:31 GMT |
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If the Coolpix L810 that we presented yesterday can’t get you as close to the action as you would have liked, Nikon also has the P510 for you, which can offer a massive 42x zoom.
Equivalent in the 35mm world with a 24-1000mm lens, this VR stabilized Super Zoom also features a backlit 16MP back-lit CMOS sensor,... |
2 February 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Wanting to upgrade to an SSD, but the high prices associated with these drives keep pushing you away? Newegg has a deal on the 80GB 320 Series SSD which might be just what you’ve been waiting for.
For a limited time, the retailer will offer Intel’s drive for the low price of $69.99 (about 53 EUR) with fr... |
2 February 2012
09:29 GMT |
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Acer’s Iconia Tab A200 keeps making its way in more European countries, after Germany the tablet also being spotted in Italy.
Here, the 10.1-incher made its appearance in the Pixmania online shop, which lists both the 8GB and the 16GB versions of the slate, with prices starting at 339 Euros, including VAT (abo... |
2 February 2012
09:04 GMT |
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Just as it promised at the end of last year, Acer has now started selling the Iconia Tab A200 in Europe, Germany being one of the first countries to get it.
The 10.1-incher was launched at the beginning of December, and Netbook News now reports that the tablet is available from Amazon.de for 369 EUR (about $486 US).... |
1 February 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Android 4.0 has been running on the Kindle Fire for quite a while now, but lately the devs working on this port have made great progress with it.
While still under development, the port has now received a custom lock screen, which no longer has the camera option since the Kindle Fire doesn’t come with such an ... |
1 February 2012
15:21 GMT |
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There’s some good news for those of you living in Canada and waiting to get a Transformer Prime of your own. Best Buy has just added the 64GB model of the Asus tablet to its Wesbite, and which, according to the retailer, is shipping right from stock. As always quantities are said to be limited, but this... |
1 February 2012
11:51 GMT |
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If you feel that using the USB 2.0 interface of your Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook for connecting a GoFlex external drive to your computer is like being stuck in the stone age, Seagate has a solution for you.This comes in the form of the GoFlex Thunderbolt adapter, which the outfit has just added to its website. Whil... |
1 February 2012
10:41 GMT |
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If a new pair of speakers is what you are looking for, Emotiva just made your decision a lot tougher, as the outfit recently introduced the airmotiv 4 which is definitely worthy of more than just a quick glimpse.
What makes these speakers so special, you ask?
Well, although this pretty much looks like your ordinary... |
31 January 2012
18:11 GMT |
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If you feel the need of attaching more monitors to your notebook computer but all you have at your disposal is an USB 3.0 port, Targus has unveiled a solution that might be just what you are looking for.
Dubbed the Targus USB 3.0 Dual Video Card, this compact device adds both an HDMI and a DVI output to your compute... |
31 January 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Since Panasonic’s slew of entry-level point-and-shoots hasn’t received all that much attention during CES 201, the Japanese camera maker is now back with another announcement trying to get these into the spotlight.
This time, the press release comes packed full of pricing and availability details, since ... |
31 January 2012
13:01 GMT |
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The list of devices that are supposed to receive an Android 4.0 upgrade in the near future has just grown by one, as Lenovo has recently announced that its ThinkPad Tablet will soon get an ICS port.
According to SlashGear, this is bound to happen in the second quarter of this year, which will hopefully give Lenovo e... |
31 January 2012
03:17 GMT |
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Intel has finally started shipping the C2 revision of the Core i7-3960X and Core i7-3930K processors based on the Sandy Bridge-E architecture.The first country to get them is not so surprisingly Japan, where Akiba-PC has spotted them in the wild listed for Yen 83970 (US $1095) and Yen 48980 (US $639).For those of you... |
30 January 2012
21:41 GMT |
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If you hoped to get the Tiamat 7.1 gaming headphones at the end of this month, you are bound to be disappointed: Razer has yet again pushed back the availability of its 7.1-channel prodigy.The outfit made the news public in a post on its official blog where it said that they refused to ship a “good enough&rdquo... |
30 January 2012
14:11 GMT |
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LG has prepared something “big” for this year’s ISE 2012 fair, namely a 165-inch super narrow bezel 3D display which uses the company’s proprietary FPR 3D technology.Developed by LG, the Film-type Patterned Retarder technology, FPR for short, uses plain-old curved lenses glasses, similar to th... |
30 January 2012
12:58 GMT |
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Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors are bound to make their way in a wide series of notebooks in the not so distant future, and Sony’s VAIO line will be no exception to this rule.The Intel chips will be used by Sony in a wide range of models from Z-series ultra-thins to F-series desktop replacements.In fact, th... |
30 January 2012
12:31 GMT |
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How often did you find yourself having to recharge two USB devices from a single charger when driving around in your car?
If the response to this question is something along the lines of “quite often,” then Scosche has just the solution for you.
The rather simple device pictured above is called the reVO... |
30 January 2012
11:21 GMT |
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The cat-and-mouse game between Barnes & Noble and Android developers continues, with the latter just uncovering a method to get Android Market working once again on the Nook Tablet. This hack relies on a new rooting tool that allows Nook Tablet owners to gain superuser access by utilizing a special microSD card. Th... |
30 January 2012
08:48 GMT |
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Almost three years after it closed its business, Abit announced that its Website would stop providing service for Abit-branded products on 28th of February, 2012.
“Remind: The website will stop providing service on 28th of February, 2012,” reads a notice placed right on the www.abit.com.tw front page.
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30 January 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Wondering what will replace the recently discontinued D300S in Nikon’s DSLR lineup? So are we, but apparently Nikon Rumors has managed to figure this one out.
According to the website, there’s a strong chance that the camera will be called the D400 and some sources seem to suggest that it will be introdu... |
27 January 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Asus may ship the Transformer Prime with a locked bootloader, but this hasn’t stopped hackers from running Ubuntu Linux on the 10.1-inch tablet.
As always, this Android hack came our way via the XDA Forums, where a user going by the name of Zedomax created a video demoing Ubuntu running on the Prime, together ... |
27 January 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Bluetooth headphones are usually some of the most expensive smartphone accessories out there, but fortunately a company known as Tenqa has developed quite a nice solution for those of you not wanting to spend too much on a wireless headset.
Called the REMXD, Tenqa’s headphones are definitely not revolutionary,... |
27 January 2012
08:08 GMT |
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If you often find yourself longing for a drink in a middle of an intense gaming session, this Battlefield inspired case mod might just be the answer to your problems.
Built by Brian Carter and pictured on its Bods Mods website, the system doesn’t only feature some pretty cool Battlefield inspired art airbrushe... |
27 January 2012
07:27 GMT |
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Those of you hoping to get a Logitech Revue at the low, low price of $99 (75 EUR), are bound to get disappointed.
During its latest earning report, the Swiss company officially announced that it depleted its stock of Revue set-top boxes.
Since no more units will be produced, the Revue’s that went out of the f... |
26 January 2012
20:41 GMT |
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Those of us living in other parts of the world may have to wait until March to get our hands on the Fujifilm X-Pro1, but Japanese photo enthusiasts will be able to buy the camera as soon as February 18.
Pricing is still open, but right now Japanese retailers ask 150,000 yen (about $1,929 or 1,464 EUR) for the body, ... |
26 January 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Samsung might have no plans to release an Android 4.0 update for the original 7-inch Galaxy Tab, but the developer community has an entirely different opinion about this matter.
For the last few months a few members of the XDA-Developers forums, frustrated by Samsung’s decision, have been working on porting Cy... |
26 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Even though Asus said Transformer Prime availability would get better this month, getting a hold of the quad-core tablet still remains a problem to this day.
However, a lucky few have now the chance of getting a Prime of their own, as Best Buy and Future Shop have just received a few units in stock.
At the time of ... |
26 January 2012
10:17 GMT |
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With North America and the UK covered, Asus’ Transformer Prime has now started to go on sale in other parts of the world.
The latest country to receive Asus’ quad-core tablet is Italy, Android fans living here at the moment having the chance to get their hands on the Prime after paying 599 Euros ($775 US... |
25 January 2012
11:28 GMT |
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