HTC One Ditches Megapixels for Ultrapixels

HTC introduced this week its latest flagship smartphone. The 4.7-inch HTC One is different in many ways from the maker's previous models. For one, this slim silver and black 4G phone is encased entirely of aluminum. Its user interface looks similar to Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 Metro design, but the phone actually runs on Android 4.1.2. This new interface, which HTC affectionately calls “Blinkfeed,” highlights updates from different apps in a grid layout.

The HTC One also features an ultrapixel camera. Yes, we are no longer counting megapixels here, but a step higher than that.

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Kopi KBar USB Charger Power Strip

People nowadays require a means to have their portable devices charged when its battery power empties. People sometimes cannot find the means to do so, especially when it comes to their portable USB devices. There are times when the charging facilities are quite occupied. It's either a USB slot may not be available or the power outlets are all used. If only the power strips can charge those USB devices. Fortunately, there's the likes of the Kopi KBar USB Charger that can.

The Kopi KBar USB Charger is actually a 3-outlet power strip that is also equipped with two 21-Watt 5-Volt USB ports capable of charging two high power mobile devices.

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Audi A3 E-Tron plug-in hybrid set to whiz into Geneva

The Audi A3 E-tron, which we drove in prototype form last year, is headed to the 2013 Geneva Motor Show next month. The plug-in hybrid will feature a total of 204 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque from the combination of a turbocharged 1.4-liter engine and a 75-kW electric motor. That motor itself is positioned between the internal combustion engine and the machine's six-speed dual-clutch transmission. The setup is good enough to scoot the A3 E-tron to 62 miles per hour in 7.6 seconds and crank out a top speed of 138 mph.

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PS4 Will Allow Used Games To Be Playable

A rumor spread like wildfire earlier this month regarding the next-generation Xbox requiring an Internet connection at all times, which would serve as a way to stop used games from being played. Because of that, many potential next-generation console consumers have been wondering if the next Xbox or PlayStation will in fact block used games from being played. Last night, the PlayStation 4 was officially announced by Sony, which not only means the next generation of consoles will soon be upon us by holiday 2013, but it also means we could finally put the blocking of used games rumor to bed now that one of the consoles has been announced.

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YouTube Video Caption Translation Available

The world is now a global village, thanks to the wonders of Internet connectivity. Well, if you happen to be tech savvy and love sharing all about your company and even your personal life over YouTube videos, perhaps you have also dabbled with YouTube video captions, too. What happens when you want to get the message across to a wider group of people. This is where translation of those YouTube video captions come in handy, where you are now able to hook up directly with translation vendors, paying them a quoted amount so that your captions end up translated quickly and in a professional manner.

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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Arriving On Mac 22nd February

Good news Mac gamers, it looks like Beamdog's Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition will be arriving for Mac computers come 22nd of February, which is basically in one day's time. It will be priced at $19.99 and will be available via Beamdog's website, although the developers are planning to make it available via the Mac App Store in the future, but no word on when that is just yet. For those wondering what's the deal with such an old game, Beamdog basically revived the Baldur's Gate series in the Enhanced Editions of the game. It features slightly revamped graphics, introduction of new features such as new characters to play with and new areas.

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Website Used To Hack Apple And Facebook Found

Yesterday we reported that Apple has been the target of Hackers. Apple claimed that the source of the hack was the same as used to hack Facebook. The malware used in both these cases came from a popular forum of iPhone developers called iPhoneDevSDK. Ian Sefferman, co-founder of the forum explained how his site was used to send out malware" What we've learned is that it appears a single administrator account was compromised. The hackers used this account to modify our theme and inject JavaScript into our site. That JavaScript appears to have used a sophisticated, previously unknown exploit to hack into certain user's computers.

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UK Bugatti saleswoman sells nearly one Veyron per month

Selling cars is difficult enough without your company's only product being a $2.2 million supercar, but that doesn't seem to have slowed down Anita Krizsan. As a sales representative for Bugatti, Krizsan sold 11 Veyron models to clients around the world last year, and her efforts have earned her the nickname "The $15 million woman." For comparison's sake, most of the company's salesmen are happy to move three of the ultra cars in a calendar year, and Krizsan's exploits mean she's the worldwide Bugatti sales leader. But getting there has been plenty of work.

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Subaru mulling three-row utility, upscale versions of existing models

Subaru was one of few automakers whose sales actually picked up during the recent recession. But now that auto sales are back on track (and expected to hit pre-recession numbers this year), Subaru is trying to come up with new products to fill voids in its current lineup. Wards Auto had a chance to talk to Subaru's director-product manager Ken Lin, who indicated that the automaker is planning to introduce new models this year that will help it attract new buyers without alienating current ones. The biggest void, of course, is a competitive three-row crossover, a role the Tribeca does not fill in one a very popular segment.

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2014 Porsche Cayman S

A Blue-Blooded Valentine. I need you to understand what it's like to drive this car. I'm not talking about your ability to comprehend the words on this page or process the figures that surround the 2014 Porsche Cayman S, but rather what it feels like to take control of a car conceived, designed, engineered and manufactured to set your prefrontal cortex alight with all the glee a Zippo typically reserves for pine needles marinated in jet fuel. From the instant you put your tail in the driver's seat, the Cayman sets about impregnating your veins with a full and varied spectrum of ludicrous emotion.










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Personalize your device cases with Snupped

At Snupped, you will find a variety pouches designed to protect your laptops, tablets, or smartphones.  You can choose from zippered horizontal or vertical laptop sleeves (top image), Socks (open sleeves) designed for tablets (bottom, left), or the Mini for phones (bottom, right; showing exterior and interior fabric selections).  Cases for laptops or tablets are available in a Spacesuit model, with a printed , waterproof tarpaulin vinyl exterior and nitrile rubber padding to protect your device.  The Cotton line of cases use lightweight, breathable cotton fabrics and foam padding.

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Toshiba - Prototype of nuclear decontamination robot (from The Japan Times)

In Japan, since the nuclear disaster that began in 2011, innovation and development has been put into the cleanup effort. Here is a video from Japan Times that shows a prototype of a decontamination robot developed by Toshiba Corporation. This could be used to take the place of humans risking their health in dangerously contaminated areas.
It is guided remotely through computers and video game controllers and uses dry ice and a vacuuming process to remove radioactive material.

This type of technology could be very effective in the current disaster and potential future situations.


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IDEA International - "aero sphere fan" - New generation circulator fan

On February 21, “aero sphere fan”, a new-generation circulator fan with a very practical yet elegant Japanese design, will be launched. Its round design keeps hands at a safe distance from the fan blade while the honeycomb-style cylindrical holes augment the reach of the wind it produces.




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Analyst: Nokia Tablet Won't Debut At MWC 2013

A few days ago, we saw a possible leak of a new Nokia tablet at an event the company held in Pakistan which we expected would be revealed at MWC, if such a device even exists. According to market research firm Strategy Anallytics, we could be wrong in thinking MWC would be the place for Nokia to debut their tablet. In a blog post published earlier today, Strategy Analytics believes Nokia will only focus on its line of Lumia smartphones at this year's MWC as channel checks made by its Tablet & Touchscreen Strategies service believes Nokia's strategy at the show will be “smartphone first.”.

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Buffalo – HD-GDU3 series – sets new Speed Limit for HDD transfer speeds

At the end of this month, February, Buffalo is set to release the new HD-GDU3 series of hard disk drives in 1, 2, and 3 terabyte sizes. Not big news until you look at the copy speed. These nifty drives with DRAM cache are set to push copy speeds over USB 3.0 to 2.3 times faster for Windows users while Mac users will see an increase of 1.6 times over the competition. At a transfer speed of 408.1mb per second, that should let you copy 1,000 digital photos in a mere 3.5 seconds.
Make sure your current machine is USB 3.0 ready.





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Facebook Lets You Pay To Promote Your Friends' Posts

You read it correctly. Facebook is all set to roll out a brand new feature for promoting posts. Users can now pay to promote posts of their friends on Facebook.  The promoted post will have greater coverage, as it will be pushed to the top of the newsfeed. To promote a post, click on the menu button on the top right corner of the post and click promote. Users can promote friends' posts without any permission requests. However the promoted post will only be made visible to the people, with whom the original post was shared with. This is done so that privacy concerns do not become a problem.

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TomTom Rider, A Motorcycle GPS Guidance System

TomTom has just launched their GPS for motorcycles named TomTom Rider. In a press release from Amsterdam, the company introduced design and features of the GPS device: “With TomTom Rider, bikers can not only choose where to go, but more importantly how they want to get there,” said Corinne Vigreux, Managing Director of TomTom Consumer. “We listened to feedback from motorbike communities to create a device that was customized for the way they want to ride.

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Microsoft CFO Hints At Smaller Tablet design

Microsoft CFO Peter Klein, while addressing a Q&A session today, informed attendees that Microsoft is ready to handle tablets of various sizes. “We've done a lot of the hard work in the developer platform,” Klein said. “We are well set up to respond to demand as we see it. I think we're really set up to deliver the most versatile set of experiences across form factors, whether that's 4-inch, 5-inch, 7-inch, 8-inch, 10-inch, 13-inch.

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J.D. Power: Vehicle dependability at all-time high, Lexus and Porsche lead

Each year, J.D. Power and Associates surveys original owners of three-year-old vehicles to find out what kinds of problems they have had experienced over the last 12 months, and then it uses this data to create its annual Vehicle Dependability Study. This means that the models in the 2013 study are 2010 model year vehicles, and J.D. Power rates each make as well as the top individual models based on how many problems were experienced per 100 vehicles (PP100).

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BMW 2 Series Convertible goes for a drive in the cold

The BMW 2 Series is the car that will eventually replace the 1 Series here in the United States (remember: the 1 Series moniker will live on to describe the hatchback models in other markets), and while we've seen the new coupe out on the prowl, we're now seeing the droptop version out on the road. We don't have much information about the new 2er models, only that they are expected to bow sometime in 2014. Dimensionally, the new 2 Series convertible looks very similar in size to its outgoing 1 Series kin, with things like the roofline and roof shape looking nearly identical.

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Toyota GT86 engineer Tada recounts how sports car came to be

Because the Toyota GT86, Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ coupes are now a reality, it's almost hard to imagine the struggle that had to happen within the large, conservative corporate structures at both automakers for the joint project to even get off of the ground. Speaking to those struggles on Toyota UK's Toyota Blog, GT86 Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada enlightens us with a recap of the sports car's earliest origins. For Tada, the first stages of the project must have seemed almost as dreamlike as the final product is to drive.

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Ronco 5-Tray Electric Food Dehydrator

For those who wish to preserve food for a long time, having them go through a dehydrator may be one of the best methods available. It removes moisture out of different types of food and makes them last longer and avoid spoilage. The Ronco 5-Tray Electric Food Dehydrator may help homemakers do this more conveniently. The Ronco 5-Tray Electric Food Dehydrator features 5 interchangeable trays to dry out different types of food. This 125-Watt dehydrator comes with electrical heating coils that produce convection air flow with up to 133 degrees Fahrenheit to dry out food evenly.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Benchmarks Reveal 1.9GHz Qualcomm Processor [Rumor]

There's been a veil of secrecy revolving around the Samsung Galaxy S4 the moment the Galaxy S3 was released as smartphone consumers are often looking for what's next rather than appreciating what they have in their pocket. We've heard rumors of the Galaxy S4 possibly featuring touchless gesture inputs, an S Pen like its Galaxy Note cousin and Samsung's 8-core Exynos 5 chipset. A new benchmark that may give us a look into the Samsung Galaxy S4 has been leaked giving the device a model number of SHV-E300S. This Samsung device features Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and may put to bed the rumors of it being equipped with a Exynos 5 Octa processor.

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Smart ForFour prototype spotted alongside next-gen ForTwo

Smart is continuing to test its upcoming ForFour (seen above) model and the replacement for the ForTwo (pictured at the right), this time doing some cold-weather work in Sweden. As we've reported previously, the ForFour is an all-new vehicle, and it will have more in common with the smaller ForTwo than the short-lived last model that was co-developed with Mitsubishi. This ForFour is instead a collaborative project with Renault, and could spawn what will ultimately become the new Renault Twingo.


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Measure the time and react to the beat with the Kisai OTO watch

This watch from Tokyoflash Japan does more than just tell the time.  Bars at the bottom and top of the face of the Kisai OTO watch flash to ambient sounds.  (Oto means sound in Japanese.)  The watch has a black-anodized aluminum case and strap with a stainless steel clasp.  The face always displays the time, and the graphic equalizer display reacts to ambient sounds when they are loud enough.  The LCD face is available in red, blue, amber, or green with matching LED backlight.  The watch also has date and alarm functions.

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eRecyclingCorps CEO David Edmondson to Speak at Mobile World Congress

Wireless device trade-in and renewal leader shortlisted for GSMA’s prestigious Global Mobile AwardsIrving, Texas and Brussels, Belgium, February 12, 2013 – eRecyclingCorps (eRC), the leading provider of operator-grade wireless device trade-in solutions, has announced that David Edmondson, eRC co-founder and CEO, will speak at Mobile World Congress taking place February 25 – 28 in Barcelona, Spain.

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Toolwire and Leeds Metropolitan University Awarded Gold Medal for Child Protection Experiential Learning Solution

Collaboration earns “External Learning Project of the Year” at The Learning Awards sponsored by the Learning and Performance Institute Pleasanton, CA and London, UK– February 12, 2013 – Toolwire and Leeds Metropolitan University today announced their receipt of the Gold Medal for “External Learning Project of the Year” at The Learning Awards sponsored by the Learning and Performance Institute, a global institute for learning and development professionals.This collaboration, originally inspired by the Munro Review of Child Protection (2011), enables students to explore the real life s

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Xbox 720 To Rely Heavily On Kinect 2.0; Able To Run Multiple Games [Rumor]

The next-generation console race started a few months ago with the Nintendo Wii U, and now it's up to Microsoft or Sony to unveil their next-generation consoles. We heard a report a few weeks back concerning all of the details of the PlayStation 4, but today, we're hearing some new reports concerning the next Xbox. The report is coming from Kotaku, who has received “white papers” from the same source who leaked PlayStation 4′s info a few weeks back. The report highlights a number of features of the next Xbox, one of which is the new Kinect, which apparently will be shipped along with the console.

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Race Recap: 2013 Griffin King of the Hammers, and notes from a dry lake bed (video)

It was a local guy from 90 miles away who beat them all. Lap one was 52 miles through the desert, lap two was 63-miles long and lap three was 69-miles long, those last circuits going through some of the toughest rock trails – known collectively as The Hammers – on the planet. Drivers from 12 countries, trophy truck champions who've come from Paris-Dakar and the Baja 1000, guys who had spent big-money sums like $250,000 on their rigs were lined up to win, or just try and make it back before the 14-hour cutoff time.












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