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- News@8pm: 64GB iPhone 4 leak video and 3DS UK release
- Online porn industry to boycott .XXX domain plans
- Charlie Sheen Tigerblood-loving Twitter intern needed
- Facebook movie rentals begin with The Dark Knight
- MSI Windpad 100A video shows off Honeycomb tablet
- 64GB Apple iPhone 4 appears in hands-on video
- Zite personalised magazine app lands on iPad
- Call of Duty helps trauma of former frontline soldiers
- Apple founder Steve Wozniak speaks out on Jobs' illness
- Nintendo 3DS UK launch plans detailed with midnight release
- Opera Mobile Store opens its virtual doors
- HTC Desire S landing this month
- News@10: Nintendo 3DS launch details and CES plans
- BlackBerry PlayBook getting 7Digital Music Store
- Apple iOS 5 and MobileMe event set for April
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 teased
| News@8pm: 64GB iPhone 4 leak video and 3DS UK release Posted: 09 Mar 2011 12:00 PM PST Welcome to your nightly round-up of the day's news and goings on courtesy of T3.com. Apple woes continue as the gorgeous gadget maker suffers a number of set backs. After a 64GB iPhone 4 prototype leaked yesterday the handset has now appeared in a full hands-on video. Elsewhere Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has spoken out on Steve Jobs' illness claiming "Apple will go on pretty well" without the talismanic turtleneck-wearing front man.
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Social network giants Twitter and Facebook have both made headlines today for movie-themed happenings. Whilst Facebook has begun offering Hollywood movie streaming rentals direct from an in-platform system, Twitter's most notable user of the moment, former Hollywood star Charlie Sheen has announced he is looking for a Twitter intern to handle all his social media happenings.
Big gaming news emerged this morning from the land of Nintendo as official UK launch details for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS were revealed with a bevy of free and exclusive content to be dished out to those gamers keen enough to queue up from midnight. Other gaming news today saw the startling revelation that playing war-based games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops can help former soldiers tackle post war trauma in real life.
Android iPad rivals have been making waves as of late with new devices making news today. Whilst the MSI Windpad has been shown off running Android Honeycomb, Samsung has teased the imminent arrival of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 which, as the name suggests, will tout an 8.9-inch form factor. Having already unveiled the Galaxy Tab 10.1, why not take a look at our hands-on video with the larger Sammy Tab below. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Online porn industry to boycott .XXX domain plans Posted: 09 Mar 2011 09:03 AM PST Adult industry to boycott planned XX domain suffix Adult industry lobbying group, The Free Speech Coalition, is to hold protests at an upcoming Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting over the proposed plans to introduce a .XXX domain.
Announcing the plans via the group’s blog Free Speech Coalition Executive Director, Diane Duke, said, in slightly suggestive terms considering the nature of the protests, "There are two ways to defeat .XXX. One, with a BANG, and the other, with a trickle."
Adding intensity to the upcoming protests Duke’s comments go on to conclude: "Remember, more of these domain names have failed than succeeded, and without the support of the industry it is purported to serve .XXX is history!"
Do you approve or shun the potential introduction of a .XXX adult domain suffix? Let us know your thoughts on the plans via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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| Charlie Sheen Tigerblood-loving Twitter intern needed Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:20 AM PST Twitter intern to be tasked with "developing the social media network of Hollywood's most trending celebrity." Famed actor come media quote dream Charlie Sheen is looking for a Twitter intern to supply content for his more than 2.3 million Twitter followers.
Having set a Guinness World Record as the fastest Twitter user to 1 million followers, a milestone Sheen’s erratic comments took him too in just 25 hours and 17 minutes, the former Two and a Half Men actor is now advertising for an intern to take over responsibility of his Twitter feed.
With applications for the eight week paid position closing this Friday, March 11th, Sheen’s listing states: “This unique internship opportunity will allow a hard-working, self-motivated, creative, resourceful and social media savvy individual to work closely with Charlie Sheen in leveraging his social network. The internship will focus on executing a social media strategy that will build on the success Charlie Sheen has attained in setting the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to reach one million followers on Twitter.”
The seemingly unshakeable successful applicant will also need to “prepare for exciting online projects and increase Charlie’s base of followers.” The internship post concludes: “You will learn how to promote and develop the social media network of Hollywood’s most trending celebrity.”
With just 75 characters available to express why applicants should be chosen as Charlie Sheen’s intern we want to know what you would say to seel yourself to the Tigerblood drinking, 7 gram rock taking bitchin’ rock star from Mars that is Charlie Sheen? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Facebook movie rentals begin with The Dark Knight Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:30 AM PST Facebook Credits used to pay for in-platform movie rentals Social media giant Facebook has begun its first tests into in-site film rentals as it looks to expand revenues through cross-media integration.
With more than 500 million global users already acting as a very targetable base for advertisers, Facebook has teamed up with Hollywood studio Warner Bros to trial full-length film rentals from within the Facebook service as The Dark Night, latest installment to the Batman franchise, is now available for rent direct from the social network.
Speaking on the new joint venture Thomas Gewecke, President of Digital Distribution at Warner Bros, said: "Facebook has become a daily destination for hundreds of millions of people. Making our films available through Facebook is a natural extension of our digital distribution efforts."
Would you use Facebook as a movie rental platform? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MSI Windpad 100A video shows off Honeycomb tablet Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:45 AM PST Demonstration video of MSI Windpad tablet emerges MSI is set to make its foray into the tablet market with the Windpad 100A after it was demonstrated at CeBit in Germany last week.
The Android tablet which is shown running Android 2.2, will run on the more tablet-friendly Honeycomb OS when it launches according to the Inquirer who caught some video time with the Windpad.
Set to feature a 10.1-inch multi-touch display, the Windpad is expected to host a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, thumbpad controls, a 5-megapixel camera and support for 1080p HD video amongst its most notable specs.
Pricing for the MSI Windpad tablet is expected to start at 399 Euros (£258), with a shipping date pencilled in for the middle of the year.
You can see the MSI Windpad 100A video demo here, and see a video of a prototype Windpad in action below.
Link: The Inquirer
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| 64GB Apple iPhone 4 appears in hands-on video Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:35 AM PST Larger capacity iPhone 4 lands in video The 64GB iPhone 4 prototype which emerged yesterday has now appeared in a hands-on strip down video with the leaked device given the unofficial Apple advert treatment.
Appearing on tech blog BGR, the leaked device, which unlike consumer available iPhone 4 handsets touts 64GB of internal storage, double the highest storage purchasable Apple blower, can be spotted claiming 58.8GB of free space in the hands-on video.
Whilst Apple’s evident work on a 64GB iPhone failed to produce a commercially available end product, the leak gives an exciting insight into a possible upped specs of the upcoming iPhone 5. Tipped to touchdown in June or July of this year, the iPhone 5 is believed to come touting a dual-core A5 processor and a new metallic back with the antenna built in to the Apple logo.
Would increased storage space tempt you into splashing out on the mooted iPhone 5? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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| Zite personalised magazine app lands on iPad Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:24 AM PST Could this be a better alternative to The Daily? A new iPad app which learns which web content you like to access and loads it all into personalised magazine has gone live on the App Store today.
The new start-up Zite claims to automatically bring you personalised news, videos, blogs from the mainstream and niche sites you access regularly based on your browsing habits and the content you access from your Twitter and Google Reader feeds.
The free app will get smarter the longer you use it as it learns your viewing habits as you go along. If you're not happy with the selections you can also personalise the app to the subjects you're looking to read about.
Zite will face competition from new apps like the New York Times' News.Me iPad newspaper which pulls in stories that your friends are reading on Twitter.
Zite is free to download from the App Store now.
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| Call of Duty helps trauma of former frontline soldiers Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:55 AM PST War sims help those who have faced the real thing War-themed games such as the hugely popular Call of Duty franchise can help former soldiers cope with mental trauma caused by serving on the frontline, a new study has found.
The study, carried out by the New Scientist, found that a group of 98 former military personnel suffered less violent and aggressively themed games when exposed to war-based video game titles prior to sleep. Soldiers who did not play war-themed games reported more violent dreams and a sense of helplessness.
Gackenbach added on the soldiers: “They’re taking PlayStation 3s, Xbox 360s and other consoles into the field and playing them all the time. And it turns out, there may be a good reason to let them do that.”
Do aggressive video games get an unnecessarily hard rep? Share your thoughts via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Via: Gaj-it
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| Apple founder Steve Wozniak speaks out on Jobs' illness Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:50 AM PST Jobs medical leave fears covered by Wozniak Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has spoken out on the fruity tech company and the absence of CEO and former partner Steve Jobs claiming Apple will continue to function fine without the turtleneck-loving head.
Wozniak, who parted ways with Apple back in the ‘80s, remains a major shareholder in the company he helped found with Jobs and has today spoken out on the current medically-induced leave of absence Jobs is undertaking.
Arguably the most recognisable tech CEO, Jobs is currently undertaking his third medical leave of absence since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer back in 2004. Having taken time off for a liver transplant in recent years Jobs’ most recent illness related absence is currently shrouded in mystery having announced back in January: "At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company.”
Jobs made a surprise appearance at the recent iPad 2 unveiling where he took to the San Francisco stage to officially announce the slimmed-down second-generation tablet that will come boasting a dual-core processor and dual cameras.
Will Jobs’ absence from Apple affect the company’s product output? Let us know your thoughts via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds and check out our hands-on with the latest Apple product, the iPad 2, below.
Apple iPad 2 hands-on video
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| Nintendo 3DS UK launch plans detailed with midnight release Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:15 AM PST Nintendo to partner with HMV for March 25th 3DS launch Nintendo has announced it will partner with retailer HMV for the official UK launch of the Nintendo 3DS as the gaming giant attempts to take focus away from the iPad 2 which is to launch on the same day.
Revealed via an official press release Nintendo has declared HMV’s flagship London Oxford Street store will play host to the portable 3D console’s main UK launch with the eagerly awaited device to go on sale at one minute past midnight on March 25th.
Adding further incentive to lining up for a midnight launch just hours before doors open for sales of the Apple iPad 2, Nintendo has declared: "Games enthusiasts attending the midnight launch at HMV Oxford Street will not only be among the first in the UK to get their hands on their very own Nintendo 3DS, but the first 500 to purchase the console will each be able to claim a free 3DS game of their choice."
The release went on to add: "Fans attending the official launch will receive a special commemorative launch-night pack containing numerous Nintendo rewards, including a space blanket to keep them warm whilst queuing, a limited edition launch t-shirt and an exclusive Nintendo 3DS launch edition of Official Nintendo Magazine (whilst stocks last)."
Will the much hyped launch of the Nintendo 3DS be overshadowed by the arrival of the eagerly awaited Apple iPad 2? Share your thoughts via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds and check out our hands-on videos with the two devices below. Nintendo 3DS video
Source: T3 Tech videos
Apple iPad 2 hands-on video
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| Opera Mobile Store opens its virtual doors Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:01 AM PST Easy access to thousands for apps for stacks of different phones. Fancy another app store to add to your list of virtual mobile shopping destinations? Course you do. Mobile browser type Opera is the latest to reveal its own effort. Dubbed the Opera Mobile Store, it’s available for millions of phones and stocks apps for a slew of operating systems.
BlackBerry, Android, Symbian and Java are all supported. To gain access, all you need to do is fire up Opera, hit the ‘speed dial’ link to the store from the home screen, and away you go.
The Opera Mobile Store is customised for each phone too, which means things won’t look buggy and out of sorts while you browse. Opera says it’ll be immediately available to 100 million mobile users worldwide.
Used the Opera Mobile Store? Tell us what you think of it on our Facebook and Twitter pages now. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| HTC Desire S landing this month Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:17 AM PST New top-end handset will be unleashed in just a few weeks. Gagging to get hold of a HTC Desire S? Well, there’s good news this morning from online retailer Clove.co.uk, which says it’ll be flogging the new HTC flagship phone from the last week of March.
The Desire S, revealed at Mobile World Congress in February, has initially been expected to land in April, with Three saying it would have the phone up for grabs then. Amazon has pegged the blower for release on 18 April.
In an official blog post, Clove said, “We are expecting stock of the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) handset to be here in the last week of March, which is a bit earlier than initially expected.” The phone packs in a 1GHz processor, 3.7-inch touchscreen and HTC Sense.
The phone is set to cost £406.80 SIM-free, with deals from the major networks yet to be outlined. Stay tuned here and to our Facebook and Twitter pages for more as we get it.
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| News@10: Nintendo 3DS launch details and CES plans Posted: 09 Mar 2011 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. WednesdaySATNAV NEWS @TechWatch - UK's sat-nav addiction could prove dangerous
GAMING NEWS @GamesIndustry - Latest Pokemon breaks 1m US sales in 24 hours
GAMING NEWS @TechRadar - Nintendo 3DS UK launch detailed
INDUSTRY NEWS @PocketLint - CES to stay in Las Vegas until 2022
WEIRD NEWS @GeekyGadgets - Mark Zuckerberg action figure released
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| BlackBerry PlayBook getting 7Digital Music Store Posted: 09 Mar 2011 01:11 AM PST Move follows tie-up between two companies on BlackBerry phones. We’re still awaiting the BlackBerry PlayBook’s release, almost six months after RIM first showed off the iPad-botherer. But if ever there was another reason to nab one when it finally hits shelves, this is it. The 7Digital Music Store will come preloaded on the PlayBook from launch.
The move means punters will have access to 13 million 320kbps MP3s, all flogged at the same price as tunes found on 7Digital’s regular web portal. The PlayBook version of the store will also pack a recommendation engine, so music lovers can snag more of the tunes they want (and make 7Digital and BlackBerry a pretty penny in the process).
The store will only be available in the US and Canada at launch, with further rollouts planned for later this year. That’s a bit of a surprise seeing as 7Digital’s a British company.
Expect to see plenty more about this hook-up, as the two companies show off extacly how the app works at this year’s South by South West event in Austin, Texas.
Enough to make you shell out for a BlackBerry PlayBook? Let us know what you think on our Facebook and Twitter pages. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Apple iOS 5 and MobileMe event set for April Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:49 PM PST Details on next-gen OS and updated cloud storage service expected. Apple will officially show off its plans for iOS 5 and its rejigged MobileMe service at an event in April. That’s according to a “trusted source” who has spoken with the German Apple fanatics at Macerkopf.de.
Word is the bash will take place in the first two weeks of next month. The timing ties in with similar event in 2009 and 2010 which touted iOS 3 and iOS 4 respectively.
The updated MobileMe, which is said to include digital locker skills, music and video streaming over the cloud and a new personal web space for each user, had been rumoured to take a bow at last week’s iPad 2 event.
iOS 5 will likely be released in the summer, at the same time as the iPhone 5. That means we can expect to see it some time in June, when Apple holds its annual WWDC event in San Francisco.
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| Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:36 PM PST No specs or deets as Sammy keeps everyone guessing. Samsung’s 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab has been talked up no end already. But we’ve not had any official snaps or word from Sammy to go on. Until now.
See, it’s just released a teaser pic, showing the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and promising to reveal all at a special event in Orlando, Florida on 22 March. What’s more, the pic suggests this device could be as slim, or even slimmer, than the 8.8mm iPad 2.
The width of a headphone jack is clearly about as thick as this thing gets, which means we could be looking at some serious design smarts when the Galaxy Tab 8.9 is detailed.
We’ll be bringing you all the official news on the Galaxy Tab 8.9 as it happens on 22 March, so stay tuned here and to our Facebook and Twitter pages. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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