Samsung Galaxy Beam jumps from Gingerbread directly to Android 4.1, leaked update shows

Remember the Samsung Galaxy Beam. No, not the original version from 2010, the sequel from last year that strangely got the exact same name. The second Android smartphone from Samsung to sport a built-in projector is in the news right now not for sales numbers or anything like that, but because it's apparently getting updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. That's nice and all, but what makes this even more interesting is that the Galaxy Beam has reportedly jumped to that version of Android straight from 2.3 Gingerbread, thus skipping 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

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MintBox 2 Announced, Powered By Linux Mint 15 Olivia

For those of you who have been harboring your curiosity all this while as to how a Linux operating system would function on a desktop, perhaps it is time to take that leap of faith and venture into something which is far more complicated than just windows. Of course, since you are going to take that maiden step into the world of Linux, why not do so in style, and what better way to achieve that than with the MintBox 2. The MintBox 2 will be powered by an Intel Core i5 processor and the Linux Mint 15 Olivia operating system.

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Xbox 360 Welcomes Time Warner Cable Live TV App Later This Summer

Video game consoles have a wide variety of options users can choose from that provide streaming video services on the fly. The Xbox 360, for example, has Netflix, Hulu and even a FiOS app that allows its users, who are subscribers to the cable provider, to be able to watch live TV from a small selection of channels. It looks like another cable provider will be throwing their app into the Xbox 360 ring as Time Warner Cable has announced it will be releasing its TWC TV app onto the console later this summer. . The TWC TV app will deliver up to 300 channels for Xbox 360 owners who also  are Xbox Live Gold members.

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Inflatable Arm Makes Anti-Bomb Robot Safer And Lighter

I am quite sure that most of us have heard about iRobot, which is the manufacturer of the automated robot vacuum cleaner Roomba, where they want to throw in an inflatable arm and affix it onto military robots so that they are lighter, cheaper, safer, and more agile. Just last week, the Massachusetts-based company did apply for a patent for a new device, in addition to a riff on another one of their robots, which is known as the PackBot. The PackBot happens to be a rugged robot which boasts of an articulated arm that was specially designed for defusing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as well as for demining purposes.

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Sharp - AQUOS DR series - Record TV programs, play back the recorded programs and write them on BD - All-in-one LCD TV with Blu-ray disc drive and 500GB HDD

Sharp is going to release the new AQUOS TV series “AQUOS DR” (32V and 40V) on July 26. It has a Blu-ray disc drive and 500GB HDD built-in so that it allows you to do all of the following actions by itself: Recording TV programs to the HDD, watching the recorded programs or BD/DVD, and writing them on Blu-ray disc. You can control all of them with one remote control.
Blu-ray disc tray is arranged at the front of the TV to make it easy for you to take out/put in blu-ray disc.





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Virgin Contract Free iPhone 5 To Be Sold By RadioShack [Rumor]

Virgin Mobile has already announced that it will being selling the iPhone 5, off contract, from June 28th. The carrier said that it will be offering the smartphone through retail partners as well, though it didn't specify which re-sellers were to become its retail partners. RadioShack is reportedly going to sell Virgin's iPhone 5, it may start doing that from Friday. No official confirmation regarding this has come in either from Virgin or RadioShack.
All three 16GB, 32GB and 64GB iPhone 5 versions are being offered by Virgin Mobile for $549.99, $649.99 and $749.99 respectively.

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Yahoo News Gets A Fresh New "Modern" Design

Yahoo announced today that Yahoo News now has a new design that's going to make the service more intuitive, personal and modern. Yahoo says that this new design will look familiar to users because it has taken elements from other services, this has been done to create a consistent design feel across Yahoo's various services. So how does Yahoo News get “personal” now. Basically they've engineered it to word around the user's interests and preferences. The news stream can now be customized, so users can select what content they want to see.

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ArenaNet To Release Guild Wars 2 Updates Every Two Weeks Now

When it comes to MMOs adding new content to the game, how often would you like to see that happen. Once a week. Once a month. One every few months. Well the good news for Guild Wars 2 players is that hoping to keep gamers interested and adding value to the game, ArenaNet has announced (via GamerZines) that they will no longer be releasing updates every three weeks.

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Famous Four Media Is Blinding Us With .Science

Famous Four Media is set to operate the .SCIENCE Top Level DomainThursday, 27  June 2013, Gibraltar: Famous Four Media, a global leader in the provision of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), today announced that dot Science Limited, a registry operator that it manages, is the only applicant left for the .SCIENCE suffix following the withdrawal of the other applicant.According to the CIA World Factbook, there are 7 billion people on planet Earth and if, in the words of Albert Einstein, “Science is a refinement of everyday thinking” – this implies that everyone on earth, in their own way, is a sci

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Sony - Low-pass filter-less Cyber-shot "RX1R" - With 35mm full size CMOS image sensor Exmor

Sony introduced the new low-pass filter-less Cyber-shot “RX1R” that has Sony's unique 35mm full size CMOS image sensor Exmor. It will be released on July 5. It has Carl Zeiss Sonnar T * 35mm F2 lens.





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Samsung Curved OLED TV Debuts In South Korea

Samsung continues to take care of their home market of South Korea by announcing the availability of the $13,000 Curved OLED TV (or at least, that is the price point that we came up with after performing some currency conversion). Something tells me that the more luxurious hotel suites around the world might want to pamper their guests with the Curved OLED TV, especially since it boasts of a whole new level in innovation which will be able to deliver immaculate true-to-life pictures regardless of the angle or vantage point, all thanks to the unique curved display.

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Thanko - High-capacity 3,200mAh battery built-in thin smartphone case for Galaxy S4

Thanko has just released a high-capacity 3,200mAh lithium polymer battery built-in smartphone case for Samsung's Galaxy S4. It's only 17mm thick and weights 90g. Using a microUSB cable, you are able to sync and charge your Galaxy S4 without taking off the battery case. When you charge your Galaxy S4 with the battery case on, the Galaxy S4 gets charged first and then the battery case starts getting charged next.

LED light on the battery case tells you the remaining battery level.

Price: ¥3,280 (including tax)
Color: black, white
Size: 74x148x17 mm
Weight: 90g
Charging time: Approx.










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Ron Howard's Rush gets new featurette

As you're likely aware by now, the classic 1976 Formula 1 season is being immortalized courtesy of the movie Rush, showcasing the rivalry between the British James Hunt, driving for McLaren, and the Austrian Niki Lauda, driving for Ferrari. In the film, the fun-loving Hunt is played by Chris Hemsworth and the super-serious Lauda by Daniel Brühl. Both of the actors can be seen front and center in the video below, a featurette on the upcoming film, with commentary from director Ron Howard.



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Official Facebook App For Windows 8 Confirmed

We are live at the Build developers conference in San Francisco, and Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer took to the stage in his usual manner, having made an announcement that the world's most popular social network, Facebook, will finally be rolling out an official application to the Windows 8 operating system, although an exact rollout date had yet to be specified, much to the chagrin and frustration of all of us who are there. While there was no concrete release date for an official Windows 8 Facebook app, the developers who were there cobbled together some applause at this announcement.

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Robert Downey Jr. joins HTC as global smartphone ambassador

In somewhat of an unexpected move, rumor has it that that Robert Downey Jr. has signed a $12 million two-year contract which positions the actor at spokesman and global smartphone ambassador for HTC. While a spokesperson for HTC claimed that the company had no new announcement regarding HTC's marketing strategy, she did finish the comment by stating that the HTC One's ”all-metal design has drawn overwhelmingly positive feedback from media and consumers alike. Anyone with a penchant for metal should be able to appreciate its appeal.”.

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Samsung Told To Remove Misleading Online And TV Ads

The Advertising Standard Agency (ASA) has dropped the hammer on South Korean conglomerate Samsung, asking them to remove a couple of its online and television adverts, terming them to be "misleading". This bit of information was made available in an adjudication which was already published, where the ASA claimed that it has been on the receiving end of complaints concerning the ads that touted customers will be able to pick up a free Samsung Galaxy Tab or money off the firm's products whenever they decide to make that upgrade to high-end Samsung models.

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Mazda3 officially unveiled

Mazda has officially pulled the sheets off of its 2014 Mazda3. The all-new compact boasts a wheelbase that's a full 2.4 inches longer than the outgoing model, yet the hatchback is a nearly two inches shorter from stem to stern. The machine is also lower and wider than before, which should give occupants plenty of space indoors. The driver gets treated to a new human-machine interface that features a new Active Driving Display for information like vehicle speed and navigation instructions conveniently in the line of sight.

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Sharp AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV Announced

Late yesterday, we read about how Foxconn has just announced their 70x4k2k LCD TV, here we are with yet another behemoth for the living room – the Sharp 70″ AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV (model number LC-70UD1U), which happens to be the Japanese company's first Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV that will arrive on the US market. We are talking about having four times the pixel resolution of high definition, and your eyes will definitely appreciate the crisp and detailed images which are sure to have you grabbing the edge of your seats every single time.

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Winegard FlatWave Amped indoor antenna review

We have three TVs in my house, but only two of them are connected to cable boxes.  I have the TV in my bedroom connected to a Roku 3 box (see related links for my review), so I can access the Time Warner Cable programming they make available through Roku's TWC channel.  Unfortunately, the TWC channel doesn't include any of the local broadcast stations in that programming. I've tried various indoor antennas with that TV with various degrees of success.  I was pleased to be selected to try out the FlatWave Amped HD Antenna when Winegard offered one to The Gadgeteer for review.  This is the first amplified indoor wall antenna I've tried.








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Automoblox adds Emergency Line of rescue, police and fire vehicles

One of our favorite toymakers is branching out its lineup of heirloom-quality toy cars into the first responder category. Automoblox has unveiled a new Emergency Line of rescue, police and fire vehicles based on three of its most popular models. The T900 truck becomes a go-anywhere rescue vehicle, the S9 sedan a patrol cruiser and the X9-X sport utility a capable transport for fire fighters.



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Survey Finds Tablet Owners Think Themselves More Knowledgeable Than Non-Tablet Owners

There are many ways one can feel good about themselves, such as working out, putting on nice clothes, having a skill that not many people possess, and etc., but owning a tablet. That's definitely not on the list, but according to a survey commissioned by the folks at Next Issue Media, the results of their survey has found that about 69% of the tablet owners they surveyed believed themselves to be more knowledgeable about current events compared to their friends, versus the 47% of non-tablet owners.

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American McGee Launches OZombie Kickstarter Campaign

20Gamers might probably be familiar with American McGee who helped create the twisted version of Alice in Wonderland, which was known as American McGee's Alice. A sequel was then released and if you have enjoyed McGee's take on a classic children's story, maybe you might be interested in helping McGee and his studio fund a new game titled OZombie.

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LG G2 leaked video stills show rear volume controls and led notification ring

@evleaks has come through again, spoiling Android manufacturer's best kept secrets. This time he's providing us with some images of what appears to be an LG promo vid showing off the upcoming LG G2. This device will be the follow up to last year's stellar LG Optimus G and while we can't tell much from the blurry video shots, it appears as if LG has repositioned the volume controls to the back of the device, making for a very interesting (and different) design. You'll also notice a rear facing LED notification ring, which would only come in handy if one were to lay the phone face down.


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Man Implants Headphones Into His Ears

As someone who travels often to various press events, meetings and conventions, I can tell you how annoying it is to have to worry about where my headphones are at all times. There's nothing worse than trying to make my way to a meeting and needing to pop out one of my earbuds because someone needs to be rescued from a burning building. That's why Rich Lee is a genius in my eyes as he went ahead and had a pair of headphones implanted in his ears. Well – technically they're not in his ears. The headphones Lee had implanted are located in his tragus, which is the that little stiff bit of cartilage that sits in front of your ear canal.

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