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Leap Motion launches ‘world’s most accurate’ 3D motion control device

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:04:44 +0000

A company called Leap Motion has launched ‘the world’s most accurate’ 3D motion control device, which it says is 200 times more sensitive than Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral.

The almost insanely cheap $69.99 (£44), 4-inch camera plugs into your computer via USB. It tracks motion in 3D space from your fingers, pencil or other [...]

Pentax announces K-30 DSLR

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:04:43 +0000

Pentax has announced a new DSLR to sit in its line-up, featuring a weatherproofed body and shake-reduction technology.

The company says that the features found in the K-30 are more commonly found in higher specced cameras, but the body shape and size is more reflective of an entry-level model.

Featuring a 16.2 million pixel CMOS [...]

Facebook’s stock continues to fall on second day since IPO

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:04:39 +0000

Facebook’s second day of public trading has seen the social networking giant’s shares continue to plummet.

Facebook went public last Friday, and though the stock opened strong around $42 (£26) ($4 (£5) over the initial price of $38 (£24)), it ended on a weak note ($38.23, only 23 cents over the IPO) by the [...]

Rumor: iPhone iOS message points to FaceTime over 3G

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:04:36 +0000

It’s hard to believe that Apple’s FaceTime found on the iPhone 4, 4S and iPad, is almost two years old already.

And, what’s more unbelievable is that the video-calling functionality still doesn’t work over 3G data networks.

But judging from a new warning message recently discovered, that may not be [...]

Motorola Android devices banned from US after Microsoft patent dispute

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:04:34 +0000

The US International Trade Commission issued a limited exclusion order banning certain Motorola Android devices from being imported to the U.S. after determining that the devices infringe on a patent held by Microsoft.

The patent involves the way the devices create and schedule meeting requests. Motorola can either remove the infringing feature, alter it so [...]

Sky Movies may escape regulation thanks to Netflix and Lovefilm

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:04:32 +0000

BSkyB will not be subjected to competition regulation over the dominance of its Sky Movies platform, thanks largely to the emergence of Netflix and Lovefilm, reports have claimed.

According to the Mail on Sunday, the satellite provider will not be asked to loosen its grip on first-run Hollywood movies, when the Competition Commission issues [...]

Comcast moves to usage based browsing and billing

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:04:30 +0000

Comcast announced it will remove its data usage cap in favor of a new pricing model based on usage.

Two pricing approaches are being considered by Comcast, though neither plan has been finalized.

The first plan offers tiered usage allotments, starting with 300GB per month for a basic package and larger monthly allotments offered for [...]

Samsung Galaxy S3 will offer faster DC-HSPA 3G connectivity

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:04:29 +0000

The new Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone will arrive capable of hitting the fastest 3G speeds currently on offer in the UK.

The 4.8-inch, quad-core device is DC-HSPA (dual channel high speed packet access) enabled meaning that some O2 customers will be able to reach download speeds of up to 42Mbps.

Samsung Galaxy S3

Opinion: Is YouTube close to becoming TheirTube?

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:04:27 +0000

YouTube celebrated its seventh birthday in the geekiest way possible this week – with a deluge of stats. Apparently there are now 72 hours of footage uploaded to the site every minute of every day which equates to a lot of Charlie Bit My Finger wannabes.

Seven years is a long time on the web [...]

Wii U controller redesign leaked

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:04:25 +0000

A revamped version of Nintendo’s tablet-esque Wii U controller was leaked to the net recently by a QA tester from LEGO series developer Traveller’s Tales.

The tweet revealing an image of the new Wii U controller design has since been removed, but not before the image itself circulated the web, offering ample room to [...]