Windows Phone 8X, Galaxy S III Mini and Xperia J available on Three UK today

Three customers in the UK have three new options when deciding how to spend their smartphone dollar (or pound, as it were). Starting today the carrier will now be be home to HTC's Windows Phone 8X, the Galaxy S III Mini and the Xperia J. Prices for the devices are all over the map, with the 8X starting at £350 with a pay-as-you-go plan, while the GS III and Xperia J are £270 and £150 respectively with the same deal. If you're looking to save a bit up front, the 8X can be had for just £29, so long as you're willing to commit to a £30 a month plan.

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Recycle Plastic Bags into Trash Bags with Nubagg

Plastic bags are handed out for free when you shop in grocery stores, pharmacies, convenience stores, and gas stations among others. Most of the time you put them all in a drawer for future use, such as storing old toys or disposing baby diapers. At that rate, however, it would take a lot of time before you would be able to utilize every single bag, not to mention putting in more plastic bags.

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A week with the iPhone 5 on EE, the UK's first 4G network

Last week, EE publicly flipped the switch on its 4G network. Launching LTE in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield and (parts of) Southampton. EE also plans for an additional five cities before the new year. The new phone network, composed of equal parts T-Mobile and Orange, has other plans - and they start from £21 SIM-only (starting November 9th) while phone packages begin at £36 per month. For that, the new network offers its customers 500MB of data, plus unlimited calls and texts.







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Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 Wii U Japanese Release Date Revealed

The Japanese release date for Wii U version of Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 has finally been revealed. The game will hit Wii U on January 31, 2013 in Japan for 8,190 Yen / $103 (tax included).

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Foxconn's Head Honcho Offers to School America on Manufacturing

Foxconn, the often-maligned manufacturing giant that produces iDevices, Nokias, and probably the gadget in your pocket, employs over 1 million people in manufacturing in China. I know at least one country that would love to have a million new manufacturing jobs. Taiwanese reports say that Terry Gou, the chairman of Foxconn, told a business meeting that he didn't think that production lines could be moved back the United States (agreeing with Steve Jobs) but he offered an olive branch: he invited dozens of American engineers to China so Americans can learn how a modern precision factory is operated.

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AT&T Allows Apple's Facetime over Cellular

So the last carrier to prohibit Apple's Facetime videoconferencing software over its network has fallen: Yes, if you're an AT&T subscriber with a iDevice, you can finally Facetime over your cellular connection, provided you're not on a grandfathered data plan. AT&T's Jim Cicconi posted on the official public policy blog explaining why AT&T finally made the decision, and why they've left people not on shared data plans off:. We decided to take this cautious approach for important reasons.  AT&T has by far more iPhones on our network than any other carrier. We're proud of this fact and the confidence our customers have in us.

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Cray unleashes 100 petaflop XC30 supercomputer with up to a million Intel Xeon cores

Cray has just fired a nuclear salvo in the supercomputer wars with the launch of its XC30, a 100 petaflop-capable brute that can scale up to one million cores. Developed in conjunction with DARPA, the Cascade-codenamed system uses a new type of architecture called Aries interconnect and Intel Xeon E5-2600 processors to easily leapfrog its recent Titan sibling, the previous speed champ. That puts Cray well ahead of rivals like China's Tianhe-2, and the company will aim to keep that edge by supercharging future versions with Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors and NVIDIA Tesla GPUs.

Engadget , Cray unleashes 100 petaflop XC30 supercomputer with up to a million Intel Xeon cores, Cray unleashes 100 petaflop XC30 supercomputer with up to a million Intel Xeon cores

Compario adopts new IaaS version of Windows Azure

Compario is the first connected commerce software vendor to offer its e-commerce customers a solution based on Windows Azure from Microsoft.  Online retailers will benefit from easier and more flexible resources and IT infrastructure management, allowing marketing operations and seasonal peaks to be handled more effectively.

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Timbuk2 Power Commute carries your gadgets, keeps 'em charged for $199 (hands-on)

If you're like us, every one of your mobile devices could use a performance boost in one crucial area: battery life. Timbuk2 saw the exigency to keep phones, tablets, PMPs and cameras in the juice, and aims to meet that need with the Power Commute messenger bag announced earlier this year. And now you, dear reader can pick one up starting today for $199 from REI or through Timbuk2's website. Before you rush off to part with a pair of Benjamins for the bag and its waterproof Joey T1 portable power source, however, read on for our hands-on impressions.










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Sprint Acquires Spectrum, Customers from US Cellular for $480 Million

Sprint has forged a deal with US Cellular to acquire its PCS spectrum and about 585,000 subscribers across the Midwest. The $480-million deal would enable Sprint, which itself was recently acquired by Japanese carrier SoftBank, to gain 30MHz within the 1900MHz band across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio. This extra spectrum would augment Sprint's coverage as it continues to roll out the 4G.
Meanwhile, US Cellular will apparently have to continue its business elsewhere once the deal gets regulation approval some time this year.

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ICOO K11T Touchscreen PMP

The K11T is another affordable touchscreen PMP from ICOO. This compact player has a 4.3-inch touchscreen display, a 4GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 8GB), a voice recorder, an e-book reader, a USB 2.0 port, a TV-out and supports up to 1080p Full HD video playback. The K11T will set you back just $39.99.

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Sony Network Entertainment prez Tim Schaaff retires, will remain on board of directors

Tim Schaaff came over to Sony from Apple back in 2005 with a mission of aligning its vast consumer electronics and entertainment interests, and today the company has announced he's retiring from his post as Sony Network Entertainment President at the end of the year. Schaaf's responsibilities will be taken over by current Sony Computer Entertainment president Andrew House to start 2013, although Schaaf will retain his seat on Sony Network's board of directors. In place and SNEI prez since 2010, he was around for the infamous PSN hack and subsequent outage in 2011, calling it a "great experience".

Engadget , Sony Network Entertainment prez Tim Schaaff retires, will remain on board of directors, Sony Network Entertainment prez Tim Schaaff retires, will remain on board of directors

Samsung 840 Pro Series SSD comes with Assassin's Creed 3

Are you a huge fan of the Assassin's Creed video game series, and have been hankering after the historically inspired Assassin's Creed 3. Well, you will be pleasantly surprised to hear that each purchase of the Samsung 840 Pro Series SSD will come with a copy of Assassin's Creed 3. It does not matter whether you settle for the 128GB, 256GB or the 512GB 840 Pro models, any one of them will be accompanied by a code which you can later redeem for a downloadable copy of Assassin's Creed 3.

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Nintendo Wii U will need an update on day one to install some of it services and features

Back in the good old days, consoles used to be machines that we would just play our games on. Insert the device, load it up and we're good to go. However consoles these days offer more than just gaming, they provide interaction, news, and other forms of entertainment and for Nintendo's latest console, the Wii U, this comes in the form of the Miiverse, Wii U Chat, TVii and the eShop. Now it seems that if you are planning on being an early adopter of the Wii U, it should be noted that these features will not be available on your console the minute you plug it in.

Ubergizmo , Nintendo Wii U will need an update on day one to install some of it services and features, Nintendo Wii U will need an update on day one to install some of it services and features

Nikon D5200 for the US market might only make an appearance in January 2013

A couple of days ago the Nikon D5200 was officially announced, and while this might be good news for those living in Europe, Asia and Australia, oddly enough there was no mention as to when this newly announced DSLR camera would be making its way stateside. Well according to the folks at Nikon Rumors, it seems that according to their sources, the Nikon D5200 for the US market will not be available at least until January 2013. Their intel has suggested that Nikon will be showing off the camera at CES 2013 which will be taking place from the 8th to the 11th of January in Las Vegas.

Ubergizmo , Nikon D5200 for the US market might only make an appearance in January 2013, Nikon D5200 for the US market might only make an appearance in January 2013

T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 920 spotted?

What you see on the right could very well be the Nokia Lumia 920 that runs on T-Mobile's network, putting to bed concerns that an unlocked international Lumia 920 is unable to run on the T-Mobile network. We do know that the Lumia 920 on AT&T will not feature AWS bands courtesy of a device breakdown from the FCC. However, international models of the Nokia Lumia 920 are not similar to the ones found on AT&T, where it will play nice with T-Mobile's 1700MHz AWS spectrum right from the get go. Developer units of the Lumia 920, too, have allegedly been touted to run on T-Mobile, at least according to some folks on the Internet.

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Lenovo P770 Android smartphone has a 3500mAh battery

As smartphones start to incorporate more and more functions into each iteration down the road, it goes without saying that battery life would be one of the first to suffer. Well, we have seen some monster batteries for smartphones recently, such as the RAZR Maxx and the RAZR Maxx HD which tops out at 3,300mAh – but here is a new king of the hill, with the soon-to-come Lenovo P770 Android-powered smartphone which will carry a 3,500mAh battery. No idea on what kind of functions the Lenovo P770 will offer, but we do hope that it will be a power packed device considering how it has such a long lasting battery.

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Chrome for Windows gets updated with battery saving capabilities and “do not track” feature

The latest Google Chrome update for Windows is focus on saving battery life and easier website permissions. Google has recently enabled GPU-accelerated video decoding on its browser for Windows. Using GPU-accelerated video decoding especially when watching videos can increase battery life, says Ami Fischman, a Software Engineer at Google. In a series of tests conducted, it was confirmed that the batteries lasted 25 percent longer when GPU-accelerated video decoding was enabled on Chrome.

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CSR outs new Coach16 processor for high-end cameras, aims to kill video jaggies, noise

If you've ever cussed out your DSLR because your still shots or video had excessive aliasing, jello and noise, you might be happy to hear about the new Coach16 imaging chip from CSR. The new addition to the ex-Zoran line of imaging processors is aimed at DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, and for the cinema set brings 1080x60p HD video with 'super-resolution' RGB downscaling to eliminate aliasing caused by line-skipping. Still shooters would get "endless sustained burst" high frame-rate capability, multi-frame noise reduction for improved low-light shooting, USB 3.0 support, high resolution EVF capability and smart flash.

Engadget , CSR outs new Coach16 processor for high-end cameras, aims to kill video jaggies, noise, CSR outs new Coach16 processor for high-end cameras, aims to kill video jaggies, noise

AT&T offers Nokia Lumia 920 bundle for $99.99 with 2-year contract

We all jolly well know that AT&T will offer the Nokia Lumia 920 as an exclusive device, and the mobile carrier has just announced that Christmas has come early for folks who want to pick up this nifty smartphone that runs off Windows Phone 8 – where it will be bundled with the Nokia Wireless Charging Plate, setting you back by a relatively affordable $99.99, coupled with a two-year agreement, of course. This offer sounds too good to be true, and you would have to act fast if you want it as it remains in place while stocks last.

Ubergizmo , AT&T offers Nokia Lumia 920 bundle for $99.99 with 2-year contract, AT&T offers Nokia Lumia 920 bundle for $99.99 with 2-year contract

Microsoft Working on Gaming-Focused Xbox Surface Tablet

While Microsoft remain mum about rumors about the Xbox Surface, a spec list supposedly of the gaming tablet has been leaked online. If this information is to be believed, the Xbox Surface tablet would run on a custom Windows OS and will be focused on gaming. The processor is a battle between a custom ARM chip and a new Intel SoC, but it will likely be the former if Intel cannot please Microsoft enough.
The tablet will also accommodate messaging along with “other tablet functions,” most likely to include web browsing using Internet Explorer 10.

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Posting Your Vote Photo On Social Networks May Be A Felony (Seriously)

This was posted on Instagram. On this election day, many feel “liberated” that they have finally been able to cast their vote, but also that the campaign is over.  In the excitation of the moment, many people snap a shot of their vote and post it on social networks. There are many motivations for doing so, but you should know that in certain places, this is actually illegal. For example some states prohibit the usage of photographic equipment in polling places.

Ubergizmo , Posting Your Vote Photo On Social Networks May Be A Felony (Seriously), Posting Your Vote Photo On Social Networks May Be A Felony (Seriously)

Sky and NBC Universal extend content deal with exclusive movie rental window

Sky's war against its VOD rivals could be won before a single shot is fired in anger, thanks to the company's practice of signing exclusive contracts with major Hollywood players. Today, it's extended its contract with NBC Universal, giving Sky exclusive distribution rights to the studio's movies and access to Universal Network's TV offerings such as E!, Movies24, SyFy and Universal UK.

Engadget , Sky and NBC Universal extend content deal with exclusive movie rental window, Sky and NBC Universal extend content deal with exclusive movie rental window

Block Launches Dedicated Healthcare IT Transformation Website

A dedicated website for Healthcare clinicians & IT Healthcare managersObjective assessment of the current healthcare challengesPractical advice and solutions to well-known Healthcare issuesWritten for healthcare people by health sector peopleLONDON, UK, 6 November 2012 - Today Block, a technology and service consultancy, has launched a specialist website solely focusing on the issues and needs that IT Healthcare people and organisations are confronted with.

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Searchmetrics wins Best SEO Software Award

Searchmetrics Suite is a winner at UK Search AwardsLondon, 6 November, 2012 - The Searchmetrics Suite from search and social analytics software company, Searchmetrics, has won the Best SEO Software award in the UK Search Awards 2012.The Searchmetrics Suite gives SEOs the data and tools to plan, analyse, measure and enhance their search and social campaigns.

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Amazon Prime now offering a monthly subscription plan of $7.99? [Rumor]

Amazon Prime offers free two-day shipping on millions of Amazon items, no minimum order size, unlimited instant streaming of movies and TV shows, and a Kindle book to borrow every month for free. For $79 a year, it's a pretty good offer. But the deal could get even better. That's because a few Amazon users are now beginning to see a new pricing scheme for an Amazon Prime subscription. Instead of $79 per year, some Amazon customers are seeing a $7.99 monthly subscription pricing scheme that offers the same perks.

If the reports are true, then Amazon must be reconsidering its strategy in order to compete against Netflix and Hulu.

Ubergizmo , Amazon Prime now offering a monthly subscription plan of $7.99? [Rumor], Amazon Prime now offering a monthly subscription plan of $7.99? [Rumor]

Monster unveils camo-version of their DNA headphones

If you're planning on picking up a new pair of headphones, how about buying a pair of headphones that will contribute to a good cause as well. If that sounds like something you might be interested in, come November 12th, Veterans Day, Monster will be teaming up with Viacom to help support veterans as part of their Hire a Vet campaign. For those wondering what the campaign is about, it basically involves helping veterans in job seeking and training, using Viacom's media ties to gain more exposure, leverage and funding.

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House of Fraser selects Stibo Systems to assist in product management

House of Fraser announces plan to implement Stibo Systems’ STEP product information management solution across its operationsReading, UK – 6th November 2012 – Stibo Systems, the Strategic Information Management Technology and Solutions CompanyTM today announces a partnership with leading retailer House of Fraser to implement its proprietary STEP data management solution to help manage the retailer’s product information.House of Fraser has 60 department stores throughout the UK with over 1 million products available online and in store and recently won Multi-Channel Retailer of the Year at the Retail Sys

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Matrix One gets delayed at customs, manufacturer suspends new orders of $90 tablet

In early August, we reported that the Matrix One $90 tablet was finally available for sale, but it now seems that the celebration was a bit pre-mature. Anyone who might've ordered the bargain bin slate must now wait for the company to move through a mess of red tape, as Matrix One has revealed that all of its shipments have been delayed at customs. While the company hasn't given any specific reason for the holdup, it's since suspended the ordering process as it waits for the current shipments to clear.

Engadget , Matrix One gets delayed at customs, manufacturer suspends new orders of $90 tablet, Matrix One gets delayed at customs, manufacturer suspends new orders of $90 tablet

Why Would You Want To Emulate x86 on ARM?

Russian startup Elbrus Technologies announced today that they've developed an x86 emulator that runs on ARM systems. Your phone, tablet, and potential Windows RT system (like Surface) runs on ARM, so this emulator opens a door for massive amounts of legacy software to be run on modern computers. However, there's a catch: the emulator apparently only offers 40% native ARM performance for x86 applications, and if you ever wanted to get this emulator on a Windows RT device (the most likely use-case) you'd have to patch the OS, and that's probably not happening.

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Instagram rolling out web profiles, sepia toning the world's browsers one account at a time

Instagram is getting ready to open up its collection of filtered images to the web. The photosharing service announced via blog post that it's going to be rolling out web profiles over the next few days, bringing profile photos, bios and shared images to easily navigable URLs at instagram.com/[username]. If you have photos set to private, you'll still get a profile, but those images won't be shared with the web at large. The site also notes that web uploading isn't currently enabled, seeing as how it's always been focused on mobile devices. If you don't have a page yet, you should be good to go within the week.

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Belkin fills the void with first third-party Lightning accessories for Apple devices

When Apple dropped the 30-pin connector in favor of Lightning for the iPhone 5, new iPods and new iPads, it also dropped much of the current accessory market: short of an expensive adapter, years of collecting docks and more exotic peripherals were for nought. Belkin is stepping into that vacuum with what it says are the first officially sanctioned third-party Lightning accessories.

Engadget , Belkin fills the void with first third-party Lightning accessories for Apple devices, Belkin fills the void with first third-party Lightning accessories for Apple devices

Samsung Galaxy Camera arriving in the U.K. on November 8th

The Samsung Galaxy Camera's major debut in U.K. has just been confirmed. Our beloved readers in the U.K. will be happy to hear that the Samsung Galaxy Camera will be available across the land beginning November 8th. However, eager customers can get the Android-based camera earlier on the 7th from 5pm onwards on all Samsung stores. Among the retailers included are Carphone Warehouse, Phones 4u and Jessops.

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HP becomes a platinum member of the Linux Foundation

Snagging a first-class upgrade might empty out the contents of your wallet, but be glad you're not trying to buy your way to the Linux Foundation's top table. With a strategic investment of $500,000, Hewlett Packard has just become a platinum member of the body, alongside companies like Intel, Qualcomm and Samsung.

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Woman writes an entire book on her Blackberry smartphone, lands a publishing deal in the process

While the keyboard's responsiveness and predictability on an on-screen keyboard is extremely important on our smartphones, safe to say that they cannot be compared to actual physical keyboards for comfort. That's probably why there are keyboard cases out there to cater for smartphone/tablet owners who need to type a lot and need the comfort, speed and accuracy of a physical keyboard. That being said, we it seems that a mother of three from South London has managed to land herself a publishing deal after writing up an entire book using only her Blackberry smartphone.

Ubergizmo , Woman writes an entire book on her Blackberry smartphone, lands a publishing deal in the process, Woman writes an entire book on her Blackberry smartphone, lands a publishing deal in the process

Barnes & Noble reduces NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color pricing

Most folks would say that the iPad mini has been priced out of range from its target competitors – namely the Google Nexus 7 which was manufactured by Asus and the Amazon Kindle Fire HD.

Ubergizmo , Barnes & Noble reduces NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color pricing, Barnes & Noble reduces NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color pricing

Panasonic launches tweaked AG-AF105A MFT pro camcorder with 10-bit HD video

Panasonic has just launched the AG-AF105A pro camcorder, an updated version of the AG-AF105 model, and for lovers of fine color gamut, there's good news. You can now output 10-bit HD video through the live view SDI port to an external recorder, boosting the color range to a billion hues and 1024 shades of grey. That addresses one of the main gripes with the previous $10k, 8-bit camcorder: it had to live in a world of cheaper Red Scarlets and Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera MFTs, which already have deep color.

Engadget , Panasonic launches tweaked AG-AF105A MFT pro camcorder with 10-bit HD video, Panasonic launches tweaked AG-AF105A MFT pro camcorder with 10-bit HD video

IRL: iPhoneTrip, PDP Afterglow headset and Western Digital's My Net Wi-Fi Range Extender

iPhoneTrip Have you ever crossed a border without swapping out your SIM. It's a rookie mistake or, for the deep-pocked, a convenient solution. Tracking down a local data plan can be time-consuming and sometimes even impossible, leaving travelers to surf the web using a foreign SIM card, at agronomical rates. Want to load a webpage or tweet a picture. That'll be 50 bucks, please. Sure, roaming is an option, but it's far from the best. There is a way to get the best of both worlds, though. A new service called iPhoneTrip brings the convenience of roaming with tolerable pricing tiers.




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