MediaTek announces the LTE-enabled MT6732 64-bit SoC
The MT6732 is MediaTek’s first 64-bit SoC as it looks to challenge heavyweights like Qualcomm and Nvidia in the mid-tier segment. MediaTek is the latest manufacturer to launch a 64-bit SoC. After launching the octa-core MT6595 earlier this month, MediaTek has announced its first 64-bit SoC, the MT6732. The MT6732 comes with ARM’s v8 Cortex-A53 processor in [...]
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iPhone 5S battery balloons and catches fires unexpectedly
An iPhone 5S user has posted pictures online of his device that caught fire while in use and eventually exploded. Only recently it was reported that a student’s iPhone 5C caught fire when it was doing absolutely nothing in her pocket, causing her second degree burns in the process. Photos of a somewhat similar incident have [...]
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Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to direct film chronicling the Sega vs Nintendo console war
Sony Pictures will develop a film adaptation of the popular 'Console Wars' book that chronicles the interesting battle between Nintendo and Sega in the early 1990's.
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Microsoft announces nine new manufacturing partners for Windows Phone
There will likely be a deluge of new Windows Phone handsets hitting the markets as Microsoft announces nine new manufacturing partners. When Satya Nadella announced that Microsoft’s strategy going forward would be mobile first, he wasn’t kidding. Microsoft today announced nine new manufacturing partners to Windows Phone, which brings the total list of manufacturers to thirteen. [...]
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iOS 7.0.6 fixes serious SSL encryption bug on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
Said bug left millions of iOS device owners to man-in-the-middle attacks. Apple recently released iOS 7.0.6 out of the blue, its an incremental update that in no way overshadows the much awaited iOS 7.1 update. The changelog said that this security update provided a fix for SSL connection verification, it didn’t go into many details [...]
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PC version of ‘Thief’ won’t support AMD’s Mantle on launch
Eidos Montreal has revealed that Thief on PC won't have launch support for AMD's new Mantle API, and instead will add in support via updates.
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‘Star Citizen’ breaks $39 million milestone, new procedural generation stretch goal set
As Star Citizen's funding continues to climb, the developers reveal a brand new stretch goal that has the potential to change up the game as a whole.
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Nexus 8 may be in the works along with a Google smartwatch
It looks like Google will ditch the 7-inch Nexus series in favor of the Nexus 8. A Google smartwatch is also on the cards, with a launch set for June. Google might be considering ending the Nexus 7 series and instead start offering an 8-inch Nexus 8. An insider source from Google’s Dublin offices in [...]
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Tizen-based Gear refresh announced
Samsung has made good on its promise and launched two new smartwatches that run on the Tizen platform. After a set of leaks from @evleaks, Samsung officially announced the Gear 2 and Gear Neo ahead of the Mobile World Congress. The lack of the Galaxy branding is because of the fact that these devices run [...]
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Can Google Glass appeal to the mass market?
What is the full potential of Google Glass? What’s holding the wearable computer back? Google Glass was announced by Google as a Beta program back in November 2012. Since its inception close to two years ago, there have been several advancements made by Google in its efforts to improve functionality. The emergence of Google Glass [...]
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Facing threat from Chromebooks, Microsoft is cutting Windows licensing fees by 70 percent
Manufacturers will get a huge discount on Windows licensing fees as long as their devices are available for under $250. Microsoft is slashing its Windows licensing fees by as much as 70 percent. The proverbial sources in the known speaking to Bloomberg indicated that Microsoft will license Windows 8.1 for just $15 to manufacturers, provided [...]
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All MSI Intel 8 series motherboards will support next-generation Haswell processors
Any MSI Intel 8 series motherboard can be used with Intel’s refreshed Haswell line that is set to debut in the second quarter of 2014. Intel is set for a Haswell refresh in the early second quarter, followed by the launch of a new Series 9 chipset. The Haswell refresh is targeted at the desktop [...]
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A Harvard researcher gets the boot for using a 14,000 CPU cluster to mine Dogecoin
Harvard’s 14,000 core Odyssey cluster was illicitly used to mine the up and coming cryptocurrency. Harvard’s Odyssey cluster is commonly used for researching new clean energy materials and running simulations on the inner working of the human mind. However, one researcher decided to use the 14,000 core cluster to mine Dogecoin. Dogecoin is a new [...]
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Chat apps could cost carriers $33 billion in revenue this year
New report claims that third party instant messaging clients like WhatsApp will cost telecom companies a fortune in lost SMS revenue this year. The emergence of third party instant messaging clients for smartphones is not news. With the likes of Line, WeChat and WhatsApp luring in millions of users every day, it is evident that [...]
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Google may have been planning to outbid Facebook for WhatsApp
A new report claims that Google was after WhatsApp, but backed out as its excitement for the app diminished during the bidding process. Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp was perhaps one of the biggest stories of the year, whichever way you look at it, but a new report claims that Facebook wasn’t the only suitor after [...]
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Samsung confirms Galaxy S5 announcement in Unpacked trailer, two versions again rumored
It’s all but official: Samsung’s Galaxy S5 will be unveiled on Monday, February 24, during a special Unpacked press event at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress. As if it wasn’t clear enough based on the (not so subtle) use of the number 5 in Samsung’s Unpacked press invites, the Galaxy makers have just quashed any remaining [...]
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Man and machine face off in the table tennis match of the year
Professional table tennis player Timo Boll is set to compete with German robotics manufacturer Kuka’s fastest robotic arm in a table tennis match. It is one thing to showcase the capabilities of a new robot using simple demonstration. But it is an entirely different thing to pit a machine against what could be perceived as [...]
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Nadella: ‘Microsoft’s future is not about our past success’
Microsoft’s new CEO says his company needs to return to thinking like a nimble startup to thrive. Satya Nadella’s big challenge is rewriting the “Microsoft formula” to get the company out of an innovation trap, according to an interview published Thursday in the New York Times. “Culturally, I think we have operated as if we [...]
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HTC Desire 8 gets further detailed and pictured, ‘all new’ HTC One visits FCC
Two unannounced HTC handhelds have moved one step closer to their formal intros, one swinging by the FCC with AT&T-friendly LTE bands, and the other as a result of pictures and a list of features coming to light. Just because HTC recently made its forthcoming entry-level mobile focus public, it doesn’t mean their low-cost efforts [...]
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Microsoft sending out invites for the Xbox One software update beta program
Microsoft is sending out invites to a few users to test the beta version of the Xbox One system update that will go live in March. Microsoft will now let users test system updates before they are generally made available to the general public. The first beta invites will be sent out later today to [...]
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