Archive for May, 2011

WHO Says Mobile Phones Are a Cancer Risk

Health Authorities Say Using Cellphones Is Akin to Placing a Low-Powered Microwave Oven Against Your Head
By on Tuesday, 31. May 2011

It’s an oft-debated topic. Are mobile phones a health hazard? The World Health Organization has recently published a study that finds mobile phones to be a possible source of cancer risk.

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ECS Tablet Shell Dock Turns Your Smartphone Into a Tablet

ECS Tablet Shell Provides a Universal PadFone-Like Tablet Interface For Your iPhone, Windows Phone or Android Smartphone; Smart Idea?
By on Tuesday, 31. May 2011

The Asus PadFone concept might not exactly be unique, as ECS plans to sell a $200 dock for converting your iPhone or Android smartphone into a tablet.

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Computex 2011: Intel Atom Powered Android Tablets Make an Appearance

Intel Showcases Tablets Running on Power-Saving Medfield Platform; Devices Can Run Both Android & MeeGo
By on Tuesday, 31. May 2011

Intel promised to debut at least 10 Android tablets at Computex, and they’ve made good on that promise, with devices running the Medfield platform.

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Google Maps to Be Used In iOS 5 Maps Application

Eric Schmidt Confirms Speculation That Apple & Google Will Stay Partners On Maps & Mapping Data, No New Map Application For iOS 5?
By on Tuesday, 31. May 2011

A few weeks ago, we reported on a rumor that that Maps application in iOS 5 would still use mapping data from Google Maps, despite the increasing competition and animosity between Apple and Google. Dr. Eric Schmidt, at the AllThingsD D9 conference announced today in a fireside chat that Apple [...]

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Computex 2011: Acer TravelMate 8481 Announced

Acer TravelMate 8481 Features Super-Slim LCD Screen With Thin Bezel from LG
By on Tuesday, 31. May 2011

Acer has introduced a new series of notebook computers at Computex. While it’s not as thin as your MacBook Air, it has a thin screen with slim bezel from LG.

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HTC Sensation Release Date Gets Official

T-Mobile's Next Android Superphone Coming June 15th, Possibly Sooner At A Walmart Near You
By on Tuesday, 31. May 2011

In a press release dated “June 1”, T-Mobile US has announced the release information for their upcoming, hotly anticipated Android superphone HTC Sensation. Turns out this ‘sensational’ phone will be coming out June 15th, with it coming to Walmart ‘as early as June 12th’.

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Computex 2011: MSI Wind Box DC100 & DC450 Nettop Computers Announced

MSI Introduces 2 New Space-Saving Wind Box Nettop Computers With Either AMD or Intel Processors
By on Tuesday, 31. May 2011

Tablets, smartphones, netbooks and hybrids are not the only stars of the show at Computex 2011. MSI has introduced two products that are not necessarily portable, but are space-savers.

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Buy One, Get One Half Off on Select DS & 3DS Games at Amazon

Pick Up Titles Like Pokemon Black & White, Super Street Fighter IV 3D During Amazon's Buy One Get One Half Off Sale
By on Tuesday, 31. May 2011

I don’t know about you, but today the temperature made it up to 90 degrees where I’m at. Yep, summer’s here at last, and that means two things: more hot weather and the summer game drought (July is looking particularly desolate). With such a shortage just on the horizon, it’s [...]

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CMIT TransPhone Is a Smartphone-In-Tablet Hybrid

Looks Familiar? The CMIT TransPhone Works Just Like The Asus PadFone Smartphone-Tablet Hybrid
By on Tuesday, 31. May 2011

Hybrid gadgets seem to be the rage in portable devices these days. Asus just announced its PadFone at Computex, but apparently they were not the first.

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Age of Empires Online Given A Release Date

Freemium MMO Age of Empires Online Releasing This August, Premium Content Packs & Booster Packs Detailed
By on Tuesday, 31. May 2011

It’s been almost a year since Gas Powered Games announced Age of Empires Online, the MMO version of the awesome real-time strategy series (well, excluding AoE 3), and today Microsoft finally dropped a release date for the freemium game in our laps. You won’t have to wait too much longer [...]

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