Archive | December, 2011

Lumus teases 720p video glasses, takes transparency to a new level

A new pair of glasses from Lumus won’t help you capture any precious moments, but it will help you get your discreet HBO fix. Unlike most video headgear, these marvels will let you peer past their lens-projected view screens, opening the door to an augmented reality that doesn’t rely on miniature displays. The lenses create an 87-inch virtual [...]

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Intel and LG deal brings WiDi streaming to HDTVs without the dongle

SEOUL, Dec. 15, 2011 –- LG Electronics (LG) and Intel entered into a strategic alliance to adopt and jointly promote Intel® Wireless Display (WiDi) technology. Intel WiDi will be embedded into next year’s LG CINEMA 3D Smart TVs, making them the first in the TV industry to feature Intel WiDi technology. Intel WiDi is a [...]

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Facebook rolls out Timeline feature worldwide, it’s time to untag some old photos

Get ready for a This Is Your Life-style recap available online, as Facebook’s Timeline feature is now out of beta and available to all users worldwide. Originally announced during the f8 conference back in September, it wraps up all the information you’ve posted, friendships you’ve made and embarrassing photos you were tagged in, in a neat, date organized package. [...]

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Samsung OWNED Apple in Australia

Now that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been cleared for sale in Australia, Samsung is taking the opportunity to publicly celebrate its courtroom victory, at Apple’s expense. Exhibit A: a local newspaper ad that flatly brands Sammy’s slate as “the tablet Apple tried to stop.” The spot, which ran in the Sun-Herald this week, came just a few days [...]

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Yo-Yo wireless mouse concept charges with the flick of a wrist, saves your back

We’ve seen plenty of round mice, including Apple’s infamous puck, and many devices that derive power from a yo-yo-like pull string mechanism. So we’re not quite sure why we’ve never seen those two concepts married before. In retrospect, a wireless mouse charged by the kinetic energy of using it as a yo-yo seems like a painfully obvious idea. As [...]

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Swisscom slip-up hints at Nokia Lumia 900 coming end of February

Is the Lumia 900 a real device or an Arctic mirage? We’ve seen clues that Espoo might be working on a bigger Windows Phone to complement the Lumia 800 and 710, to the point where the strange Twitter conversation above doesn’t strike us as totally surprising. A customer named Xavier Hahn tweeted support staff at Swiss operator Swisscom, to ask [...]

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LG Prada 3.0 peeks out from the curtain ahead of its catwalk launch

London, 14 December 2011: PRADA and LG, which have in the past, jointly developed mobile phones with maximum functionality and elegance reveal, today launched the PRADA phone by LG 3.0, the latest must-have smartphone. The highly anticipated phone is the third resulting from this collaboration, and embodies the design standards of both companies. The PRADA [...]

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Love Hulten shows off R-Kaid-6 game console, resurrects Octorok from ‘Zelda’

In a perfect world, you could have a cool, original retro gaming peripheral and impress the sort-of-snooty steampunk nerds at the same time. That day has arrived to do just that, as Love Hultén has created a new wooden video game console called the R-Kaid-6. Inspired by various retro game consoles, the R-Kaid-6 features a custom version of the Maximus Arcade [...]

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American Airlines wins FAA approval for in-cockpit iPads, will launch Friday

If you fly as an American Airlines premium passenger, you’ll get to play with a Galaxy Tab. If you actually fly the plane, though, you’ll have to make do with an iPad. According to ZDNet, the carrier has already won FAA approval to use iPads “as electronic chart and digital flight manual readers,” making it [...]

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Hitachi outs a pair of 4TB HDDs for your storing pleasure

New Family Includes a New Hard Drive Retail Kit for the DIY Upgrade Market, and the Hitachi Touro™ Desk External Drive for Easy Add-on USB 3.0 Storage SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–For many, the hard drive is the hub of a digital life. It’s a workhorse in your Mac® or PC. It’s a place where you [...]

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