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HTC confirms Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for One X, One XL and One S, includes AT&T, T-Mobile and Rogers models
Posted On 19 Jul 2012 By Myriam Joire. Under: Uncategorized.
Remember yesterday's rumor from down under about Jelly Bean coming to select HTC One handsets? Well it's now fact. HTC has just confirmed that the One X, One XL and One S will be getting upgraded to Android 4.1 at some point in the (hopefully near) f...
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Leaked EOS M photo looks like Canon’s long-awaited mirrorless camera
Posted On 19 Jul 2012 By Sharif Sakr. Under: Uncategorized.
At this point, after strong hints and even patents, a Canon mirrorless camera is all but certain. The only question is what it'll look like and how it'll compete with other Micro Four Thirds and APS-C shooters like the Olympus E-M5 and Samsung's NX r...
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Teen Plays Diablo 3 for 40-Hours Straight, Dies
Posted On 19 Jul 2012 By TecheBlog Staff. Under: Uncategorized.
Diablo 3 just got a lot more dangerous, that is if...you play it for 40-hours straight, like this teen from Taiwan. That's right, an 18-year-old teen booked a private room at a local Internet cafe in southern Taiwan, proceeded to play for nearly ...
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SAMI robot has motion detection from the company behind Kinect’s 3D sensors, washboard abs (video)
Posted On 19 Jul 2012 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
PrimeSense, the Israeli company whose 3D sensors helped make the Kinect such a massive hit for gamers and hackers alike, has been dipping its feet in the robotic waters a bit as of late. The company offered up its sensors for use in iRobot's telecomm...
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From Startup To Incubator: Games Distributor HitFox Launches HitFox Game Ventures
Posted On 19 Jul 2012 By Steve O'Hear. Under: Uncategorized.
Hitfox, the Berlin and San Francisco-based games distributor founded by serial entrepreneurs Jan Beckers, Tim Koschella, Ruben Haas, Hanno Fichtner, along with Team Europe, is venturing into the incubator space with the launch of HitFox Game Ventures. The new enterprise will stick to a tight vertical brief of investing in and acquiring startups in the video game sales and marketing space.
Specifically, HitFox says it will offer seed money in the "six-figure" range, as well as applying its experience in game distribution, sharing the founders' own networks, and (presumably) resources. To that end, CEO Jan Beckers is talking up HiFox's team of 55 gaming, marketing and IT specialists that it's put together over the last 12 months. In other words, on the surface at least, it looks like a pretty hands-on and active incubator in the making, done German-style, dare I say. It aims to acquire or establish at least two businesses per year.No Comments
Bina48: The Amazing $125,000 Humanoid Robot Designed to Mimic Human Personality
Posted On 19 Jul 2012 By TecheBlog Staff. Under: Uncategorized.
Robot designer David Hanson spent $125,000 and three years building Bina48, "one of the most sophisticated humanoid robots ever built, capable of independent thought, emotion, and even being interviewed." This robot is actually based on a real pe...
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Fire Shadow missile can remain aloft for six hours before obliterating a moving target (video)
Posted On 19 Jul 2012 By Zach Honig. Under: Uncategorized.
If we were making a list of terrifying airborne war machines, this would probably rank near the top. You certainly won't want to be targeted by the Fire Shadow, but from the safety of a web browser, it's impossible not to marvel at the craft's versat...
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5 of the World’s Fastest Tetris Players
Posted On 19 Jul 2012 By TecheBlog Staff. Under: Uncategorized.
Originally released on June 6, 1984 and designed / developed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union, Tetris went on to become the world's most popular tile-matching puzzle video game to date. Over the years, there have been quite a few people who...
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If Facebook was a Real Magazine
Posted On 19 Jul 2012 By TecheBlog Staff. Under: Uncategorized.
If Facebook was a popular magazine modeled, it'd probably look something like the mockup above - random updates about friends traveling to exotic places, drama over people liking statuses, and then the Spotify playlist dude. Click here to view th...
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NASA ISERV Pathfinder to link up with ISS, keep an eye out for natural disasters
Posted On 19 Jul 2012 By Joseph Volpe. Under: Uncategorized.
It's easy to assume that the greater mysteries of the universe should require our space agency's utmost attention -- take that mission to Mars, for example. But not all of NASA's endeavors are focused on the bookends of the cosmos. In fact, the ISERV...
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