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TiVo Premiere update brings HD guide, multi-room streaming, more (Update: Android remote app too!)
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It's too early to know if this is the big TiVo update fans have been waiting for since the release of the Premiere, but there's no doubt it's a significant one. For starters, the guide has finally gotten the upgraded HD treatment -- no word if it is the only remaining old screen to get refreshed. Next up is official Premiere-to-Premiere streaming, which frees your recorded TV to be watched in any room of the house, even if the content is marked Copy Once. Other notable improvements include the integration of Hulu Plus content in TiVo search results, a revamped discover bar that actually discloses why the content is featured -- we assume this will make it more useful -- and hitting select whi...
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Nikon D4 offers HTTP mode, optimised for iPhone control
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Nikon's new pro DSLR camera features a HTTP mode, thanks to its inbuilt networking functionality, so you'll be able to remotely control the camera with your iPhone.
The Nikon D4 features an Ethernet port to hook up to your network, but the HTTP functions are also available via the optional WT-5 Wireless Controller.
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Samsung reports record Q4: $4.5bn profit estimated
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Samsung has announced record quarterly earnings for Q4 2011, with profit up considerably compared to last year, buoyed particularly by the company’s success in smartphones. Although full results aren’t yet available, Samsung is estimating sales of 47 trillion won with operating profit of 5.2 trillion won ($4.5bn) for the three month period; there’s 200 billion in wiggle-room either way.
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Sony PS4 and Xbox 720 to star in shock E3 2012 unveiling?
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E3 2012 is shaping up to be a show to remember, as a new source claims that both both the Xbox 720 and Sony PS4 are due to be unveiled.
The show, which will take place in June, is expected to mark the full launch of the Wii U following its first airing at last year’s show. As such, the pressure is on Microsoft and Sony to provide something in the way of competition other than peddling their now ageing wares.
“You have my personal word on this – the source is exemplary, 100% concrete, ultra high level,” says MCV Editor Ben Parfitt when explaining that both Sony and Microsoft will definitely be bringing new hardware to the table.
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Siri Doubles The Data Use of iPhone Owners
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Maybe you love Siri. Maybe you don't. Either way, you probably want to know that, if you rock an iPhone 4S, you're probably using twice the data of someone with a humble iPhone 4.
Bloomberg reports that the voice recognition software prompts users of the newer phone to use double the data of those stuck with its predecessor.
Admittedly, Siri hasn't been around all that long, so this could be a result of the software's novelty factor. Asking it if it's pro-life, using it to find hookers. You know, the usual. Or, it could be nothing to do with Siri — but there's little else to separate the two phones, so let's roll with the theory.
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HTC's growth streak is over: quarterly revenue down 2.5 per cent, profits even worse
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Difficult times for a company that had grown used to a gleaming record of growth. As predicted after that serious stutter in November sales, HTC's unaudited revenue for Q4 2011 shows a 2.49 percent fall on the same quarter in 2010. Unaudited operating income was just shy of 13 billion Taiwanese dollars (about $430 million), which represents a 22 percent decline on the year before. Prior to this, the company had seen nothing but upward movement after springing out of nowhere a few years ago and delivering us some rather nice handsets, but it looks like competition in the Android sphere is starting to make life harder for the Taiwanese manufacturer -- although none of its recent statements bet...
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LG reveals first Google TV
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LG Electronics will showcase their new TVs powered by Google TV at CES in Las Vegas next week. Running on their own L9 chipset, the LG Smart TV is a brilliant mash up between Google’s Android OS and LG’s Smart TV technologies. The Google TV will feature ARM-based chipsets, allowing for a reduction in power consumption.
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Toshiba NB510 Netbook Pictured
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Here are some of the first pictures of Toshiba's NB510 netbook, which will be released at CES, next week. The NB510 will be a middle-ground in terms of value and features, in between the NB520 and NB500 launched in late-2010, although it's driven by the latest 3rd generation Atom processors. This 10-incher sports a display resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, and is driven by Atom N2600 or N2800 processors; along with 1 GB of DDR3-800 MHz memory, 320 GB storage, and Windows 7 Starter Edition making up its feature-set. Available in three color options, its prices start at around US $400.
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Lexar touts first 1000x CompactFlash memory card
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Lexar today announced the industry’s first 1000x CompactFlash memory cards. Professional photographers and videographers will appreciate these blazing-fast cards, which offers a minimum guaranteed sustained read speed of 150MB per second of faster and a write speed of 20MB per second.
Although even certain high-end cameras can’t match the 1000x data transfer speeds, it will help with shooting bursts of photos as well as for transferring images to your computer, especially with high-speed ports such as USB 3.0. This can help accelerate your workflow.
The cards support the Video Performance Guarantee (VPG-20) specification for professional quality videos at high frame rates without dropped fra...
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Samsung Replenish stocks up Boost Mobile's collection
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We saw the environmentally conscious Samsung Replenish on Sprint just over six months ago, but Boost's liking those green credentials so much, it's decided to get the Samsung Gingerbread handset on board. 82 percent recyclable materials, there's still both a 2.8-inch touchscreen and keyboard in tow. A two megapixel camera and the usual medley of GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi round out the wallet (and Mother Earth) friendly handset. The Replenish is priced at $100 and will hit Boost Mobile's stores on January 16th. Eco warriors; the press release offers itself below.
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Kobo reports ten-fold increase in customers over the holidays
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Recent Rakuten acquisition Kobo reports a ten-fold increase in its number of e-book customers relative to the pre-holiday period. While Kobo hasn't released sales numbers, it says that it has had "hundreds of thousands" of new device activations each day since Christmas Eve, while rival Amazon is claiming over four million Kindles sold through December. Not to be left out, Barnes & Noble says that Nook unit sales (i.e., devices, not e-books) were 70 percent higher than last holiday season — culminating in the company selling "virtually its entire inventory of NookColor and E Ink devices" during the holidays.
Kobo's one of a small group of players with its own content store, and it seems this...
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45,000 Facebook passwords stolen by Ramnit worm
Like UnlikeIt’s time to change your passwords again, Facebook users, because a worm by the name of Ramnit has entered the social realm through the social network with a capital F. Don’t worry though, most of the passwords were stolen from people living in the UK and France. That said, this worm has been around since as early as April of 2010 and has been transforming ever since, coming to Facebook after running through so many computers on the way that a July 2011 Symantec report said Ramnit variants accounted for a total of 17.3 percent of all software infections TOTAL. It’s time for some social fun!
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Corning Gorilla Glass 2 coming to CES 2012
Like UnlikeOver the past handful of months, Corning has all but dominated the airwaves when it comes to must-have features on a smartphone or tablet device with their patented Gorilla Glass brand of display covering panes – today they’ve revealed that the second iteration, Gorilla Glass 2, will make its face known at CES 2012. This new version of the glass solution will bring with it increased functionality for devices with smaller form factors, improved touch technology, “connected devices in new application spaces,” and even better durable large-format design aesthetics for you curved-corner lovers out there. The big reveal happens next week, and we’re expecting some hammers to help us test it!
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Engineers arrested for selling sample CPUs on eBay
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Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested four engineers for allegedly selling sample Intel processors on eBay. The suspects, who were confirmed to be engineers at an OEM plant in Taiwan, were taken into custody in the city of Taoyuan.
According to reports, detectives had been tracking the suspects since September and conducted a raid on the individual’s homes last month. Authorities seized 178 sample CPUs with an estimated street value of $82,500. The suspects have admitted to selling more than 500 ES-branded chips since 2009.
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File sharing recognized as an official religion in Sweden
Like UnlikeFile sharing has officially been recognized as a religion by the Swedish government agency Kammarkollegiet. The Church of Kopimism reportedly applied for religious status three times over the course of more than a year before finally succeeding just before Christmas, the group said in a recent statement.
The church, which holds CTRL+C and CTRL+V (keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste) as sacred symbols, was denied religious status twice before when authorities requested they formalize the way they pray or meditate. Followers of the church, known as Kopimists, now organize religious file-sharing ceremonies called “kopyactings” where members share information with each other.
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