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MasterCard's QkR mobile payment system enters trial in Australia
Like UnlikeMasterCard is all over the map when it comes to mobile payments. The credit company will partner with anyone, anywhere, anytime if it means getting new customers and making a buck on the deal. Its latest offering is called QkR, an Australian effort with support from the Hoyts chain of movie theaters and Commonwealth Bank. The initial trial run will be at La Premiere cinemas, where customers will be able to order and pay for food and beverages right from their seat with the QkR app. To initiate the transaction a you scan the QR code or tap the NFC tag attached to the arm rest, and a staff member delivers the trough of popcorn and kiddie pool of coke right to your seat. Now all we need is this...
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Kelihos botnet suspect 'surprised and shocked' at Microsoft accusations | The Verge
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Microsoft named former antivirus worker Andrey Sabelnikov as a suspect in its Kelihos botnet case earlier this week, leaving him surprised at the decision. Sabelnikov, a 31-year-old Russian, insisted in a blog post today that he is "absolutely not guilty," and plans to prove his innocence in court after being "surprised and shocked" at the accusation. Microsoft presented evidence on Monday, in an amended complaint with a US District Court, that Sabelnikov "wrote the code for and either created, or participated in creating, the Kelihos malware."
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Qualcomm now has its very own game studio, to launch a flagship title each year
Like UnlikeWhat mobile gamers might already be familiar with is the GameCommand video game portal. Launched by Qualcomm earlier this month, GameCommand is the place where an Android device owner can find a whole bunch of hot (and not so hot) titles optimized for Snapdragon chips and Adreno GPUs.
A lesser known fact, however, is that Qualcomm now has an in-house game developing studio, which is dedicated to creating such video games. And the Android titles, which it is going to deliver, will not only be tailor made for Qualcomm silicon, but will be considered flagship games. Or in other words, they will showcase the very best in terms of graphics and performance that the company's hardware is capable of...
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Google Music now lets you download your entire library
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Computer meltdown? No backup? Well, at least your tunes are safe. Google Music just gained a new feature that lets you to download your entire library including purchased songs. A simple click in the Music Manager is all it takes to restore your entire collection -- or just your purchased music -- from the cloud. In addition, the web interface now allows you to select and copy multiple tracks to your device of choice. While there are no limitations when using the Music Manager, purchased items are restricted to two downloads each via the web interface. So next time your system crashes go right ahead -- rev up that broadband and fill up those hard drives.
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Logitech's Q3 2012 report confirms Revue is sold out, Harmony remote refresh 'in the coming months'
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Logitech's Q3 earnings for the 2012 fiscal year don't have many surprises since the company already revealed it was dropping out of the Google TV team. In prepared remarks, company management confirmed it is completely sold out of new units, closing the door on any users still trying to nab a $99 Revue (who shouldn't be too heartbroken, since Vizio is promising a second gen unit is on the way at the same price). There is promise however, if you're looking for a new Harmony remote model, while interim CEO Guerrino De Luca says the company is late in providing a successor to the best selling Harmony One and other models, resulting in a 30 percent drop in sales, it plans to strengthen the lineu...
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Refurbished HP TouchPad back on sale at Woot: 32GB model for $219.99
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The HP TouchPad was the most sought after tablet after the company kicked off a fire sale bringing its price down to just $100, but if you didn’t act quick chances are you couldn’t find it anywhere. Now, it’s back on sale - it costs more, but the price is still very very low at just $219.99 for the 32GB HP TouchPad.
This is a one-day deal on Woot! so again, you’d better make up your mind and get it soon, as it won’t last.
The TouchPad is originally running on webOS, but if you don’t like the platform that is about to get open sourced soon, you can use the efforts of the CyanogenMod team and get ICS on it. The custom ROM got released in its early alpha version, but most of the things are wor...
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RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has a whole team examining iOS and Android devices
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Those of you who have been following the news closely probably know that Thorsten Heins is now leading the company in distress that RIM currently is. He will be the one responsible for bringing RIM back on its feet after a very disappointing in terms of financials 2011. And to accomplish that feat, the proper execution of the PlayBook 2.0 platform, as well as the timely introduction of BlackBerry 10 smartphones, will be of utmost importance.
Of course, RIM will be facing strong competition along the way, the toughest rivals being iOS and Android. However, the Canadian tech company's newly appointed CEO is more than willing to familiarize himself with the competition's offerings, the main rea...
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Bill Gates sent final, heartfelt letter to Steve Jobs
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Bill Gates revealed the details of an intimate letter this week that he sent to Steve Jobs shortly before the Apple co-founder passed away in October. In an interview with The Telegraph, Gates says he learned of Jobs' medical condition and wrote him a letter, one that Jobs later kept by his bed. "I told Steve about how he should feel great about what he had done and the company he had built," said Gates, discussing Jobs' children in the letter too. He also dismissed Jobs' critical comments about him in the recent Steve Jobs biography:
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Samsung Unveils 2012 LED HDTV Lineup
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Samsung is proud to unveil today their 2012 LED HDTV lineup. This group of TVs will include 3 new series, the ES7500, ES7000, ES6800, and ES6100. LED technology has been slowly gaining popularity due to reduced retail prices and it’s incredibly thin design. The company plans to release 11 HDTVs between these three series. They will all come with Smart TV and 3D technology and will range between 40 and 65 inches, diagonally. Other major features include Wi-Fi technology and some will even include a built in web cam for talking on Skype and other social platforms. Samsung plans to release a complete list of HDTVs for 2012 later this year.
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Nikon D700 and D300s Discontinued
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Nikon Japan has quietly added the Nikon D700 and Nikon D300s to the official list of discontinued cameras. This means that the Japanese manufacturer has ceased the production of these DSLRs, but they are still available from a number of on- and off-line vendors around the world. The cameras are being phased out without any successor in sight (although as you’d expect, rumours abound about a D800 being just around the corner).
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AOC i2353Ph - IPS for a nice, low price
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For most people seeking accurate color reproduction and wide viewing angles, IPS has been the screen technology of choice for years now. The main issues against IPS have typically been response time for gamers, a higher black level than VA technologies, and more prominently cost. More and more vendors have been introducing e-IPS displays, which is a more transparent version of IPS that allows for the use of lower powered backlights, lowering the cost to consumers. The tradeoff is that this does have a negative effect on contrast shifts in the panel when viewed at an angle, though color shifts still are not present.
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Your Next Laptop Might Have a Kinect Inside
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The thinking heads at Redmond envision laptop users shaking their rumps and gyrating in front of their notebooks in the not-too-distant future. Imagine being able to raise your hand and manipulate tiles in Windows 8 or moving around documents (insert inevitable comparison to Minority Report). That's the path we're on as Microsoft flirts with the idea of integrating Kinect motion sensors into laptops.
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Samsung Edges Apple to Take Top Spot in 2011 Smartphone Sales
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It's really a shame that the intense competition between Apple and Samsung is marred by lawsuits and counter-suits over patent portfolios, because at the end of the day, it'd be far more entertaining to see these two attack each in ad campaigns than to let their respective lawyers smack one another with legal mumbo jumbo. Even with the distractions of multiple lawsuits, it's turning out to be a pretty tight race.
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Sigma Founder Dies at 78
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Sigma has announced the passing of Sigma Corporation’s founder and CEO Michihiro Yamaki. He died of liver cancer on 18th January at the age of 78. In 1961, Yamaki developed the first-ever rear attached lens converter and founded Sigma to commercialise the product. At that time, most photo enthusiasts believed that a lens converter could only be attached to the front of a camera lens and the 27-year-old optical engineer turned conventional optical theory on its head. In the next five decades, Yamaki grew the family-owned organisation into a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of lenses, cameras and flashes. The company is now known as the largest, independent SLR ...
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Sony announces three CMOS-based compacts including 18MP DSC-TX200V
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Sony has announced three CMOS-based compact cameras - the Cyber-Shots DSC-TX200V, DSC-WX50 and DSC-WX70. The TX200V is a GPS-equipped card-style touch-screen camera with Sony's latest 18MP back-lit CMOS sensor. It also includes the company's fast AF system that aims to reduce focus times down as low as 0.1 sec and 0.2 sec in low light. It can also grab 13.5MP stills while shooting 1080p60 video. It also has an WVGA-equivalent OLED touch screen and glass front panel, spoiling the whole thing only slightly by using Micro SD cards. The WX50 meanwhile offers the older 16MP and 5x, 25-125mm zoom.
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