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RadioShack now offers up to $200 savings on Verizon Wireless smartphones
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We told ya’ RadioShack will launch a special deal on Verizon Wireless smartphones and voila – they’re doing it as we speak. But that’s not all – when we first talked about that, we told you they will offer $100 off of select devices. The deal is actually even better, allowing you to save up to $200 on your smartphone purchase.
For starters, when you activate a select Verizon smartphone at RadioShack with a 2-year contract, you’ll receive a $100 instant rebate. This includes select smartphones such as the HTC Thunderbolt, Samsung DROID CHARGE, Motorola Droid 2 and even the brand-new Motorola DROID BIONIC.
But that’s not all. Existing Verizon customers get an even better deal. The carrier is c...
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AT&T launches new global messaging plans, lets you comfortably roam
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The largest GSM carrier in the country is popular amongst travelers because you can use nearly all of its phones anywhere in the world. Messaging whilst abroad, however, has always been an expensive headache since the best option on AT&T was a bundle of 50 SMS / MMS messages for $10. That's a quaint number, to say the least, considering many of us can burn through that many messages in an hour. Beginning today, two more options are available for the more text-savvy roamers: you can get a package of 200 for $30, or 500 for $50. This number only reflects the number of messages you send, which means those received are counted against your US bucket of texts (if you're on a pay-per-use messaging...
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Gigabyte denies MSI allegations
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Earlier this month MSI's marketing department send out evidence that Gigabyte's motherboards don't truly support PCI Express 3.0(check here), but now Gigabyte defends itself with a presentation of its own.
In its short presentation with no more than 5 slides, Gigabyte tried to provide an explanation to its claim that most of its new motherboards are Gen 3-ready. The presentation begins with a diplomatic-sounding message on what is the agenda of the presentation, followed by a disclaimer that three of its recently-launched boards, Z68X-UD7-B3 & P67A-UD7/P67A-UD7-B3, lack Gen 3 readiness. This could be because those boards make use of a Gen 2 NVIDIA nForce 200 bridge chip, even the first PCI-E...
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SanDisk launches 64GB microSD card
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SanDisk has announced a massive upgrade to its microSD line-up, with the arrival of the SanDisk Mobile Ultra 64GB microSDXC card.
SanDisk isn't the first to announce this type of capacity in the microSD format – Kingmax earns that crown – but it will be the first to market for a whopping $219.99 (£139).
Thanks for the memory
The new cards use the SDXC format which was only announced back in 2009.
Because of this, there are little-to-no phone manufacturers that have come out to say their handsets support the format – most are compatible with the less capacious SDHC variant.
Given that SDXC can potentially hold up to 2TB of data and it is seen as the future for microSD, however, we should see ...
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Nvidia Reveals Secret 5th Core in Kal-El Phone Chip
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Nvidia’s new Kal-El chipset won’t be the first quad-core chip for phones and tablets: it’ll be the first quint-core.
In a white paper today, Nvidia revealed that Kal-El will include a surprise fifth core, a “companion core” built using a different process which will keep Kal-El devices running at very low power when in standby mode.
Nvidia calls its approach “variable symmetric multiprocessing” and says it lets Kal-El devices use the minimum amount of power necessary for all tasks, conserving battery life.
The trick is based on the four main cores and the “companion” core being based on different silicon processes, Nvidia says. CPUs based on low-power process technologies run very efficientl...
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Verizon adding 21 new LTE markets on October 20
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Verizon’s 4G LTE network continues to expand at breakneck speeds with the carrier announcing today that it will be lighting up at least another 21 new LTE markets on October 20. The carrier had just launched 26 new markets on September 15. At this rate, it should be a breeze to reach its goal of 175 markets by year-end.
It’s reported that there will be at least 21 markets in this next roll-out, but once again Verizon is slowly trickling out the news releases for each area, so we’ll have to update the list as we get more information. But so far, the new markets include Sioux City, Iowa; Santa Fe and Alberquerque, New Mexico; Metro Birmingham, Alabama; Bloomington, Bedford, Evansville, and Ter...
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New US wireless carrier may be launching on September 26
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A new wireless carrier is reportedly coming to the US on September 26 and it could be called Personalized Wireless. A short ad aired recently hinting at the mysterious new carrier, touting a service that will be different, that will adapt to you, quietly bringing apps, rewards, and “stuff that’s just right for you.”
The ad doesn’t provide much in the way of details, but does show a logo shaped like a “C,” which suggests it could be a new service from ClearWire or Comcast. Or, it may be another mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) like Boost Mobile, which resells wireless service under its own brand, but doesn’t actually own any spectrum.
No specific name was mentioned in the ad, but it’s b...
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Microsoft to offer discounted hardware, software to students from low-income families
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You don't need a PhD in economics to realize that times are pretty tough right now -- especially for those at the lower end of the income ladder. Fortunately, though, Microsoft has announced a new initiative aimed at providing one million students from low-income families with discounted hardware, software and broadband service. This three-year digital inclusion program is an extension of Redmond's Shape the Future campaign, which, over the course of five years, has already put computers in the hands of more than 10 million underprivileged children around the globe. Under this public-private partnership, Microsoft will work with a variety of nonprofit, corporate and governmental organization...
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Droid Bionic mod brings HDMI mirroring and Webtop to your car, please drive responsibly
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You're cruisin' in your sweet ride when all of a sudden you realize exactly what your set of wheels is missing: Webtop. While the vast majority of us may shrug off the thought, convincing ourselves that our 3.5mm jack or cassette player is plenty to keep us mindlessly entertained through the morning commute, one man with the know-how dared to be different. All of that blazing-fast LTE pumping out of his Droid Bionic was being wasted, after all, so why not outfit his car's AV setup with Webtop and HDMI mirroring capabilities to blast Netflix on his dash and multiple screens in the back for the kiddies? It's a clever mod, but we don't condone the use of Netflix whilst driving, of course; just ...
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Unreal Engine 3 UDK heads to Mac OS X this month
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If you are a computer gamer and you happen to prefer the Mac platform the lineup of games is much smaller that the PC gamers have access to. If there is a game made it generally hits the PC along with the game consoles whereas the Mac generally gets left out of the gaming party. That will be changing soon with an announcement from Epic.
Epic uses the Unreal Engine as the platform behind some of its coolest video games for the PC and more. About four years ago, Epic announced that it was bringing some of its most popular franchises to the Mac. That meant that the Unreal Engine needed to come to OS X as well. It has been four years since that promise of Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3 com...
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Skype Aware Of XSS Vulnerability In iOS Apps, “Working Hard To Fix” It
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If you’re using Skype for iOS on your iPhone or iPod touch, consider yourself warned: a cross-site scripting vulnerability looms in the “Chat Message” window in version 3.0.1 and earlier versions.
The hole allows attackers to execute malicious JavaScript code that runs when a victim views a chat message, enabling theft of information, including a user’s address book (see video below).
Skype says it is aware of the security issue, and had issued the following statement:
“We are working hard to fix this reported issue in our next planned release which we hope to roll out imminently. In the meantime we always recommend people exercise caution in only accepting friend requests from people they k...
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Google And Oracle To Continue Settlement Talks Tomorrow In Court
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In the ongoing lawsuit between Oracle and Google related to Android patent and copyright infringements, Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal last month ordered the CEO’s of both the companies to attend the settlement conference yesterday. As ordered, Larry Page from Google and Larry Ellison from Oracle had a long discussion yesterday in court and it seems they have not yet solved the disputes. So they will meet again tomorrow to continue their settlement talks. According to industry analysts, Oracle is in driver’s seat in this case and they may obtain billions from Google for the past infringements along with per device royalty for the future products. If it happens, it may be a huge blow for Googl...
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Android Ice Cream Sandwich nears release: phones will be able to install Honeycomb apps
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Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) is the upcoming major redefinition of Google’s mobile platform and while we don’t know what it will look like, we already know that ICS will run on all kinds of screen sizes - from small to large and covering everything in between. Thanks to a post on Android Developers, we also have a pretty good idea of how apps will behave in ICS with the biggest change coming to Honeycomb apps which devs are adviced to make compatible with smaller screen sizes in a single APK.
Basically, this puts an end to the confusion whether an app would or wouldn’t work on a handset. Since ICS is compatible with both phones and tablets, a developer having a Honeycomb-only app would h...
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HTC Rhyme official: 3G, 3.7-inch display, single-core CPU, headed to Verizon for $199 on contract
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Well, well. Looks like those leaked press shots (and hands-on photos and video walk-through) were on the money. HTC just officially announced the Rhyme -- that womanly handset otherwise known as the Bliss. As it happens, HTC isn't explicitly marketing this as a lady phone, though it bears all the markers of a device pandering toward those of us with XX chromosomes. Which is to say, it's petite and purple with middling specs. What you're looking at is a handset with a 3.7-inch WVGA display, a single-core 1GHz Qualcomm CPU, 768MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage space, a non-removable battery, microSD expansion slot, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS radios and dual 5MP / VGA cameras. The phone runs Andr...
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HP cutting over 500 webOS jobs, hopes to make money off webOS
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Earlier this month a pair of HP memos surfaced saying that the world’s largest PC maker is going to split the Palm team. The software folks will join the Office of Strategy and Technology under Shane Robison, while the hardware guys would join Stephen DeWitt in the Personal Systems Group that we’re all expecting to either be spun off or sold. Today HP announced that they’re going to lay off some webOS people, and “sources close to the company” have told The Wall Street Journal that the number of people who will have to find a new job will be somewhere around 525. Here’s the exact wording an HP spokesperson used:
“As communicated on August 18, HP will discontinue the development of webOs devi...
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