200,000 iPhone 4S's ordered over the weekend
The new iPhone 4S that Apple unveiled on October 4th has seen a great amount of demand since it went on pre-order yesterday. The original report from Reuters says that AT T processed 200,000 iPhone 4S pre-orders in just the first 12 hours of it going on sale. This is the most successful launch for AT T yet.
Additionally, Apple has sold out of it’s initial stock of iPhone 4S’s. This happened early yesterday morning when the shipping estimates changed to “1-2 weeks”.
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HTC Radar and Titan on sale in Europe
Microsoft has been struggling to gain traction with its new Windows Phone 7 operating system and the first Windows Phone 7.5 phones have now gone on sale in Europe.
Starting with the HTC Radar, a €350 affair with a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8225 processor and Adreno 205 graphics, HTC is hoping to seize the mid range market. It features a 3.8-inch SLCD 800x480 screen, 512MB of memory, 8GB of storage and a 5MP camera, all packed in a smart aluminium body measuring 120x61x10.9mm.
The HTC Titan is a bit more serious take on Mango. It’s powered by a 1.5GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 processor with Adreno 205 graphics and it has 512MB of RAM and 16GB of storage. Titan features a spacious 4.7-inch 800x480 SLCD, 8MP camera and it measures 131x70x9.9mm. The price currently stands at €499 in Holland and it costs roughly €540 in Germany and Britain.
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Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet
It has been discovered that the cockpits of two US drone fleets – Predator and Reaper, have been infected with a virus. The virus infection was discovered two weeks ago in the Creech Air Force base in Nevada. Since then, the officials have been trying to remove the infection, but the virus keeps on coming back.
The virus consists of a Trojan payload that logs the keystrokes of the pilot controlling the drones remotely. As you might know, these drones have been used extensively in spying as well as targeting enemy territory remotely and have been a great asset to the US Army.
It isn’t apparently clear whether the infection is a result of a cyber-attack or whether it was just an accidental infection. Whatever the case may be, the virus has infected both unclassified as well as classified machines, and it is speculated that some confidential data might have gone outside of the military network.
Interestingly, this is not the first time that the Predator and Reaper fleet has come under security scrutiny. It was well known that these drones send video to their stations unencrypted. The US Army had previously found hours of drone video recording on computers seized from Iraqi insurgents.
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Nvidia giving away two Alienware M18x notebooks
Nvidia is offering community members and loyal patrons a chance to win an Alienware M18x gaming laptop. One will be given out to the Grand Prize Winner in October, and one in November. Five Second Prize Winners will receive a Swirl 3D T-Shirt from Nvidia.
link (http://www.geforce.com/Community/Rewards).
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Verbatim Secure'n'Go Executive: USB 3.0 Elegance
Verbatim has been very active lately as far as presenting new products goes. Of course, this mostly consists of new USB sticks, portable HDDs and other data storage devices. The same applies this time around as well, with a particular twist in the fact that we’re dealing with the absolute latest the market has to offer - an Executive 2.5” HDD with a capacity of an entire 750 GB, complete with USB 3.0 interface.
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Gigabyte Force K3 Gaming Keyboard
Gigabyte has unveiled their newest gaming keyboard called the Force K3. Coming in a sexy matte black finish, this wired keyboard features a one-piece rubber sheet design, blue LED indicators and a gold-plated USB 2.0 connector.
he upcoming keyboard measures 490 (L) x 263 (W) x 32.8 (H) mm, it weights about 900 grams, and has a one-piece rubber sheet design, a 1.5meter cable, a gold-plated USB connector, blue LED indicators and some clearly-marked gaming keys.
Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing and release date yet.
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AMD Releases New Preview Driver for Battlefield 3 and Rage
To provide a better gaming experience for this weekend and beyond, AMD has rolled out a second Catalyst 11.10 preview driver, a release which brings together optimizations for two of the hottest games right now, id Software's Rage and DICE's Battlefield 3 Open Beta.
- Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on single GPU configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products.
- Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on AMD CrossFire configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products.
- Improves performance in Rage on single GPU configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 6000, AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series and AMD Radeon HD 4000 series of products.
- Reduces intermittent crashing seen loading levels in Rage
- Resolves flickering of NPCs in Rage
- Enables automatic Vsync for Rage
- Enables support for AMD Eyefinity 5x1 display (portrait and landscape) configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products.
- AMD Vision Engine Control Center: User Interface enhancements have been implemented for the AMD CrossfireX, GPU AMD Overdrive and Information Center pages.
The Catalyst 11.10 v2 driver (http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU122AMDCat1110PreDriverV2.aspx) is available for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.
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LG's 3D Game Converter for Optimus 3D rolled out
As promised in late August, South Korea's LG Electronics has begun the roll-out of a software update which adds to its Optimus 3D smartphone the 3D Game Converter, an app allowing users to play OpenGL-based 2D games in 3D.
LG Korea has announced that its exclusive 3D Game Converter is now available for download for LG Optimus 3D smartphones. Included in the first Maintenance Release (MR), the software will be available in Europe beginning this month and rolled-out to other regions over the next several weeks. The 3D Game Converter is the first software engine that allows smartphone users to transform OpenGL-based 2D games into 3D and vice versa anytime.
After installation, users simply need to activate the 3D Game Converter application. The only requirement is that the 2D game is based on OpenGL and runs in landscape mode. Users can also manually adjust 3D depth and vision settings for the optimum experience. Changing between 3D and 2D is as simple as flicking the 3D Hot Key switch at any time.
The 3D Game Converter can be automatically installed via Wi-Fi by checking for software updates directly on the phone’s settings menu. The update is also available by connecting the device to a PC and running the LG Mobile Support Tool Software. Users are advised to check their carriers’ websites for dates of availability.
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Samsung and Google delay "Something BIG"
Google and Samsung have postponed their planned product launch at next week’s CTIA Fall event in San Diego. Though the company hasn't shared specifics of what they'll be unveiling, most analysts expect the duo to launch their next Nexus device, the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus Prime running Android's Ice Cream Sandwich release.
Apparently October 11th wasn't 'the right time to announce a new product', or at least that's what Samsung and Google have said before promising to provide a new launch date 'shortly'.
The long-awaited ICS operating system will debut on the 9mm thin device. Additional features include a 4.65-inch curved glass Super AMOLED HD display running at 1280x720 resolution, a TI OMAP 4460 dual-core Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz, 1GB of RAM, 32GB of on-board storage, a 5MP rear camera and a front 1.3MP shooter, 1080p video capture, LTE / HSPA support depending on carrier, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, NFC and a 1,750 mAh battery.
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Cooler Master Hyper 612S: Quiet Performance
Cooler Master has designed Hyper 612S as a CPU cooler with very good performance, but not at the expense of noise, or better yet silence. The cooler arrived in the recognisable packaging, containing the usual mounting clips for all CPU sockets, as well as a detailed manual, which is something that we always salute. Besides that, there was also room for a decent thermal paste, rubber buffers used when mounting the cooler to an AMD socket, and an extra set of plastic fan holders and the accompanying rubber buffers, so that the amount of vibrations is reduced to the minimum.
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