DICE and EA are offering a trip to Stockholm, Sweden, to meet the Battlefield 3 team at DICE studios and stay in a five-star hotel for three days — all you have to do is prove how awesome you are at Battlefield 3. The “Only in Battlefield 3” competition asks players to upload videos of […]
Sony has successfully demonstrated a battery that is powered by paper. The new bio-battery is uses a mixture of water and enzymes to break down the paper into cellulose. After being shaken up, the power produced from glucose was enough to get a small fan to run. This is the same mechanism with which termites […]
Late last week, Seagate cut the warranty period for many of its popular hard drives. Western Digital (WD) has now followed suit. In some cases, the length of time has been cut from five years to one. The actions for both vendors is focused on home products. Premium consumer drives or enterprise drives, such as […]
Blur recently announced they had reunited and are in the midst of recording a new studio album, but no concrete details about a tour or live performances were mentioned—until now. In a report by XFM, Blur bassist Alex James confirmed the band will perform live at the upcoming Brit Awards on Feb. 21 at London’s […]
Barnes & Noble may have doubled its tablet shipments in the fall. Having shipped over 800,000 Nook Color devices in the summer, the company was said by part suppliers speaking to Digitimes late Thursday to be delivering a combination of 1.5 million Android-based devices during the fall. About 1.1 million of those would be the […]
One of the first practical uses of the new low-power Bluetooth 4.0 spec on the iPhone 4S has emerged through a Kickstarter project. Find My Car Smart combines a mini USB Smart Device that broadcasts Bluetooth with an 99 cent iOS app to help locate the car in a crowded city or large parking lot. […]
RIM’s hinted-at BlackBerry 7.1 update started rolling out to Sprint owners. Owners told CrackBerry that their Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 phones were getting the upgrade over-the-air. Among other changes, it’s expected to add 3G hotspot support for those willing to pay the premium. Some users warn that some apps might not be expecting 7.1 […]
A new smartphone from China’s Pantech has just shown up at the FCC, and is significant as Pantech’s second US phone with a 4G LTE radio. It has support for AT&T’s 700, 850, and 1700MHz LTE bands. The handset is thus far known only as the P9070, but that’s likely to change when and if […]
Following the huge Japanese launch of the PS Vita this week, it was inevitable that teardowns would follow. The first has come from Tech-On, which has gutted the innards of the ARM-based quad-core handheld gaming powerhouse. In addition to the silicon, the pictures (embedded below) also highlight the complexity of the device also apparent in […]
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has bought a just under four percent interest in social networking pioneer Twitter. Prince Alwaleed, 26th on Forbes’ list of billionaires, is the nephew of Saudi King Abdullah. The Prince paid out $300 million for his investment. During social unrest in Saudi Arabia earlier this year, the twitter was used […]
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