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- Call of Duty: Black Ops update aimed at user requests
- LG unveils its thinnest LED display at just 7.3mm thick
- Apple openly allowing iPhone jailbreaks after API is removed
- What's on the editor's desk competition returns tomorrow
- Twitter European HQ aimed at London following PM meeting?
- Call of Duty: Black Ops retains UK gaming chart top spot
- Free Google Nexus S on Twitter
- PS3 to get 4oD and ITV Player streaming services this week
- Gran Turismo 5 global sales top 5.5 million in two weeks
- Microsoft Kinect air guitar hack lets you shred thin air
- Kinect bundles battering Move
- Free apps: Win a Desire HD and Lightup today!
- News@10: Google Nexus S free and Phone 7 update
- Samsung Galaxy Tab Luxury Edition unveiled
- MLB beats Angry Birds as top grossing Apple iPhone app
- HP ups iOS AirPrint support
- Motorola Android Honeycomb tablet poses for new pics
| Call of Duty: Black Ops update aimed at user requests Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:50 AM PST Black Ops updates inbound for all platforms The production studio behind the recently released Call of Duty: Black Ops game, Treyarch, has announced it is to closely follow gamer feedback when creating updates and patches for the hugely successful title.
Having once again claimed top spot in the UK All Format Gaming Charts, Black Ops’ creators are focussed on continuing to expand the record breaking release with studio head Mark Lamia stating: "Right now we are just focused on the PC and console skus that were just launched.”
Eager to cement Treyarch as more than a bit-player in Activision’s rolling selection of Call of Duty developers Lamia said: "We've just got to stay focused on what we want, what we're making and our own creative, and that's really the best way to do your best work."
New title updates are reportedly being prepared for PS3, Xbox and PC rendition of the latest addition to the Call of Duty franchise. What would you most like to see included in the imminent updates? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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| LG unveils its thinnest LED display at just 7.3mm thick Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:06 AM PST LG hits the diet books ahead of New Year LG has unveiled what will be its slimmest LED display to date measuring in at a meager 7.3mm thanks to an internal component filled base.
The 21.5-inch LG E2290V display with 1920 x 1080p full HD video playback features a super fast 2 milliseconds response rate, staggering 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio and the company’s Super LED technology that reduces the display’s power consumption by up to 40 per cent over other CCFL-backlit models.
Announced for launch in Asia this month for $435 (£277), the super slim line LG E2290V is expected to hit European and US markets early in the New Year.
What home technology would you like to see given the Atkins treatment? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Apple openly allowing iPhone jailbreaks after API is removed Posted: 13 Dec 2010 07:16 AM PST Cupertino company waves white flag to jailbreakers Apple appears to have conceded defeat in the battle with iPhone jailbreakers removing a key API (Application Programming Interface) that allowed the company to remotely check for jailbroken devices.
Whilst it has yet to be confirmed whether Apple has completely removed or simply disabled this section of monitoring code from the most recent iOS update, iOS 4.2, the apparent lack of the API follows confirmation from the US government that jailbreaking an iPhone is entirely legal.
As well as posing threats to users’ handsets, the lack of Apple’s API in the current iOS offering is also potentially damaging to IT managers who currently use the API as a useful tool for monitoring iOS files corrupted by external security threats.
With the battle between Apple and handset jailbreakers having been a fiercely fought one for such a long time, we can’t see Apple simply holding up a white flag and backing down this easily and expect an API patch update to arrive shortly in iOS 4.2.1.
Stay tuned to T3.com for all the latest on the omitted API and let us know via T3’s Twitter and Facebook feeds if you have fancy problems after jailbreaking your iPhone.
Via: TechRadar This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| What's on the editor's desk competition returns tomorrow Posted: 13 Dec 2010 06:48 AM PST Can you work out what's on the editor's desk? Returning once again, your favourite technology magazine and website T3 will tomorrow be giving you the chance to win a feast of mystery tech prizes in our weekly competition ‘What’s on the editor’s desk?’.
Running across the T3 Facebook and Twitter pages we will be presenting you, the loyal T3 readers with three riddled clues to see if you can guess ‘What’s on the editor’s desk’ and claim yourself some tasty tech treats. From handsets to headphones, games to general gadgetry, each and every Tuesday we will be giving it all away as long as you can solve the puzzle and work out what’s in our mystery box.
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Last week we had just two correct entries to choose from with Su Armitage of T3's Facebook following getting the final nod to bag herself a SEGA branded bag. To liven the prize up a little we were kind enough to throw in a few mobile handset accessories including a portable charger and screen cover.
Kicking off with the opening clue at 10am sharp you will be able to pit your wits against the T3 riddlers and bag yourself some booty. The second clue will follow at 11am before the final hint lands on our social streams at midday. From there you will have until 3pm to get your answers in before we pick the lucky winner.
Entries can be made by either commenting on the Facebook post or by messaging us on Twitter @T3dotcom with the hashtag #edsdesk. A winner will be picked at random from all the correct answers and if no correct answers are received by the 3pm closing the week’s prize will be rolled over until the next edition of 'What's on the editor's desk'.
To be in with a chance of winning today’s great and exclusive prize, sign up to the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds today so you are primed and ready to follow the clues to the T3 treasure tomorrow.
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| Twitter European HQ aimed at London following PM meeting? Posted: 13 Dec 2010 06:21 AM PST European Twitter HQ to hit Silicon Roundabout Twitter executives have met with Prime Minister David Cameron and Mayor of London Boris Johnson recently as the micro blogging site considers London and the Silicon Roundabout for its upcoming European base.
The two leading politicians were joined by a range of Number 10 delegates for the personal meeting with Twitter executives that included the company’s Head of International Strategy Katie Jacobs Stanton. The government contingent was reportedly tasked with charming Twitter into setting up its planned European HQ within the city. A Number 10 source was quoted as saying: "All that matters is that they come to London."
With an official Twitter statement declaring: "We are considering London and other European locations to create an initial and small presence in 2011," PM David Camera appears to have changed his opinion of the social networking base after last year declaring he didn’t use the site though fear of slipping up. He said: "The trouble with Twitter, the instantness of it – too many twits might make a twat.”
Avid Twitter user, why not follow the T3 Twitter feed for all the latest tech news highlights? More fond of Facebook than Twitter? Fret not, you can follow T3 on Facebook too.
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| Call of Duty: Black Ops retains UK gaming chart top spot Posted: 13 Dec 2010 03:59 AM PST Black Ops takes fourth title in five weeks Call of Duty: Black Ops has retained its UK gaming chart crown as the phenomenally popular first person shooter takes the sales top spot for the fourth time in its five weeks since launch.
Dislodged for just one week by the arrival of the long overdue Gran Turismo 5, Black Ops has become a regular fixture atop the UKIE All Format Top 40 this week followed by the ever-present FIFA 11 in second and the week’s highest new entry World of Warcraft: Cataclysm rounding out the podium positions.
The PC exclusive World of Warcraft: Cataclysm marks the first occasion that an expansion for the hugely successful role-playing game has been launched in solid state and digital download forms simultaneously.
Focus now shifts to which gaming release will top next week’s UKIE charts and ultimately take the title of Christmas Number One 2010. Which game do you think will be this year’s festive chart topper? Share your thoughts and predictions with us via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Free Google Nexus S on Twitter Posted: 13 Dec 2010 03:00 AM PST Enter comp and nab yourself a Nexus S early. Google is giving away its all-new Nexus S handset to mobile fanatics on Twitter, by making punters answer questions on the social network.
The most recent saw the Big G ask for haikus about the Samsung-made cell, with winners being picked for showing ‘creativity, originality and humour’. The next question, based on the Android 2.3 SDK, will be released at 5pm UK time today.
The Nexus S isn’t due out until 16 December. But if you want the full lowdown on the all-new Android effort, take a peek at our special hands-on and first impressions.
Remember, throughout advent you can lay your hands on free Android apps right here at T3.com. For more gadget news and gossip, stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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| PS3 to get 4oD and ITV Player streaming services this week Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:43 AM PST Deal will 'improve traffic by around 10 per cent' Sony is set to bring online streaming services from Channel 4 and ITV to the PS3 this week, in a move that it hopes will prove mutually beneficial over the Christmas period. The deal will see 4oD and the ITV Player granted dedicated portals on the PS3’s dashboard, just as the BBC iPlayer has now. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gran Turismo 5 global sales top 5.5 million in two weeks Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:41 AM PST GT5 opening fortnight sales top 5.5 million More than 5.5 million copies of the ultra realistic PlayStation 3 title Gran Turismo 5 have been sold in the game’s opening two weeks, Sony Computer Entertainment has revealed.
Having been plagued by delays and repeated postponements prior to launch, the long awaited Gran Turismo 5 finally hit stores on November 24th to a mixture of praise a disappointment.
With 5.5 million sales reportedly already in the bag, Sony and Polyphony Digital will now target the sales figures of previous Gran Turismo incarnations that, as a franchise, now top 60 million units. Leading GT sales is Gran Turismo 3 A-spec which has shifted 14.6 million units to date ahead of Gran Turismo 4 and the original Gran Turismo release with 10.86 and 10.81 million unit sales respectively.
Whilst these opening fortnight sales will be an encouragement to Sony following the issues faced getting Gran Turismo 5 to stores, it leaves the flagship PS3 releases eclipsed by Call of Duty: Black Ops which recorded 5.6 million global sales on its opening day before going on to break numerous global and national sales records.
Have you already splashed out on the long overdue Gran Turismo 5? Share your thoughts on the slick racing sim with us via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Microsoft Kinect air guitar hack lets you shred thin air Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:37 AM PST It's the next generation of music gaming Not only is it outselling the PlayStation Move five to one, but the Microsoft Kinect has just added air guitar to its skills. Via Gizmodo. Air Guitar prototype with Kinect from Chris O'Shea on Vimeo. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:14 AM PST Analyst claims Xbox 360 with Kinect outdoing PS3 with Move. The battle for motion control supremacy this Christmas is reaching its climax. And with Sony and Microsoft trading blows when it comes to sales figures, the Big M appears to have received a boost from analyst extraordinaire Michael Pachter.
See, he claims that Xbox 360 console plus Kinect bundles are outselling PS3 plus Move bundles by a massive five to one. That suggests more people are buying an Xbox 360 specifically with Kinect in mind, helping the Big M become top dog in the casual games market.
Pachter also claimed that while a half of all Xbox 360 sales were as part of Kinect bundles, only a third of PS3 sales had a Move controller included in the box.
These are no doubt interesting stats. But we won’t know the full story until both players unveil their Christmas sales figures. Anecdotally it looks like Microsoft has it, but Sony’s clearly doing swift business too.
Via Eurogamer This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Free apps: Win a Desire HD and Lightup today! Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:00 AM PST Free Android apps site launches to bring some Christmas cheer to Android phone owners. The free app craze that's sweeping the UK has come to T3.com with the launch of a brand new App Vent Calendar Android app giveaway.
The soaring sales of Android handsets, driven by phones like the HTC Desire HD, has seen an increase in the quality and range of Android apps available to download from the Martketplace, leading many of the top developers to produce apps not just for the iPhone but also for the burgeoning Android community.
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With Android apps at their most desirable since the arrival of the operating system, T3.com is giving away over £3,000 worth of the best Android apps. From the 1 Dec you'll be able to enter to win top paid apps like Spotify, CoPilot, LogMeIn and We7.
The AppVent Calendar, sister site to the ever-growing App Chart, will run for the 25 days of Advent. Twenty five of the best and most exciting Android developers have joined us to give away a taste of Android love for the festive period. An amazing 800+ apps, valued at more than £3,000 will be given away for nothing, gratis, free.
Each day you’ll all be able to enter a twitter draw to win the day’s app – just follow T3, then hit the button. Re-tweet as many times as you like – winners will be drawn at random at the end of each day.
Additionally, our friends at Three have provided three brand new HTC Desire HD Android phones. These are hidden within the calendar, and a separate draw will chose the lucky winner on these days.
Simply stay tuned, like us on Facebook/t3mag, or follow #t3appvent on Twitter/t3dotcom to take part – good luck, and a very happy Xmas to you from all at T3! This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| News@10: Google Nexus S free and Phone 7 update Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:00 AM PST T3 scans the Twitterverse to bring you a handy daily round-up of gadget news, tech rumours and randomness from the WWW. Kick back with your morning cuppa and catch up. MondayMOBILE NEWS @ITProPortal - Google giving away free Nexus S smartphones on Twitter
GAMING NEWS @TechRadar - PS3 starts streaming ITV and Channel 4
GAMING NEWS @Reuters - Sony ships 5.5 million copies of GT5 video game
INTERNET NEWS @TechRadar - Bierber is most watched on YouTube
MOBILE NEWS @Gaj-it - Windows Phone 7 to receive second update in February
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| Samsung Galaxy Tab Luxury Edition unveiled Posted: 13 Dec 2010 01:15 AM PST Nab one before end of January or you'll miss out. Samsung has pulled the wrappers off of a new Luxury Edition of its Galaxy Tab at the Millionaire Fair in Amsterdam. But what exactly’s different when it comes to this newly-minted version of the undisputed number one Android slate?
Well, not much sadly. The package includes your standard Galaxy Tab, but with a special leather case and swanky Bluetooth headset. It’s on shelves now for €749 (£626). If you want one, you’d better hurry as Sammy’s killing off this luxury bundle on 31 January.
The Galaxy Tab has already smashed the million mark, with Samsung now hoping to flog 1.5 million of the iPad-rival before the end of 2010. This will doubtless convince monied types to help them reach that goal.
Worth it? Or just a needless cash-in? Tell us what you think on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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| MLB beats Angry Birds as top grossing Apple iPhone app Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST Take me out to the ballgame, buy me an iPhone app... The MLB At Bat baseball app for iPhone and iPod touch has been named as the highest grossing application of the year in the annual iTunes Rewind section.
At Bat provides some fantastic covereage of America's national sport including live video and audio streaming of games and comprehensive news and highlights package.
The new At The Ballpark section included interactive features for those actually attending the game with fans able to 'Check-In' at the stadium and watch video highlights, access social media, as well as view the menus from the concession stand.
The app, which commands a yearly subscription fee of $14.99 for the entire baseball season, beat Angry Birds into second place, which at 59p a pop was the most downloaded paid app on the App Store this year.
Next up in the money-making category was was the Call of Duty: Zombies game, while Bejeweled 2, Plants vs Zombies, Tetris and TomTom also featured highly on the list.
Apple says the At Bat (which, in English, means batting) app was accessed a whopping 37 million times during the post season period and throughout the World Series. There's no news on exactly how much the app raked in for Major League Baseball and Apple though.
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| Posted: 12 Dec 2010 11:58 PM PST Killer feature had been expected to work on shared printers via Mac or PC. HP has added six new printers to its AirPrint line-up, courtesy of a spanking new firmware update. The feature, one iOS 4.2’s headline grabbers, was initially only supported by 12 ink spitters.
The new machines able to handle wireless AirPrint skills are all in the Officejet series: the 6500A e-Ai05, 6500A Plus e-AiO5, 7500A Wide Format e-AiO5, Pro 8500A e-AiO5, Pro 8500A Plus e-AiO5, Pro 8500A Premium e-AiO5.
This is welcome news for iOS 4.2 users, who had been hoping AirPrint would be a much bigger deal on launch. Apple said when it was unveiled that AirPrint would work with shared printers via Mac or PC. However, this was scrapped when iOS 4.2 finally went live.
Enough to make you buy a new printer? Or are you holding out for AirPrint to play nice via your home machine? Tell us now on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Via MacRumors This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Motorola Android Honeycomb tablet poses for new pics Posted: 12 Dec 2010 11:39 PM PST Latest snaps show Verizon logo and epic screen on forthcoming Android effort. Motorola’s much-mooted Android tablet has already been paraded in public by Google’s Andy Rubin. But now a slew of new spy pics have landed online, showing the Android 3.0 Honeycomb effort in all its glory.
As expected, it comes with a massive 10-inch screen, along with a Verizon logo, suggesting it’s being primed for the giant US mobile network.
Specs-wise, the tipster who handed over the snaps says this rocks a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip, 32GB of storage, a 1280x800 pixel panel and a gyroscope. HDMI Mini and USB ports complete the set.
There’s still no news on an exact release date, but with Motorola planning to be on hand at CES in the first week of January, you can bet that this will be sitting pretty on its stand, just waiting for us to paw it.
Via Engadget This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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