What we expect to see from next week's E3 2013

Another year of the world famous Electronics Entertainment Expo — better known as E3 — is kicking off next week in LA. There, gaming big wigs from all around the world are gathering to show off their latest wares and yours truly will be in attendance, scouring the showroom floor in search of anything Android related. As an Android fanatic first, and “gamer” second, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jazzed at the prospect of playing the latest from Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo's next-gen offerings.







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HTC's 5.9 inch One Max (T6) could look like this

The rumored 5.9 inch HTC T6 phablet may be called HTC One Max when it hits shelves later this year. Such a name certainly makes sense, since we're also going to have an HTC One Mini. It also makes sense if the T6 / One Max looks like just like a bigger HTC One. And, according to Dutch website MobiLeaks, it does.
The website has a sketch of the One Max, implying that it's going to be 140.4mm tall, and 9.4mm thin. This would make it only slightly larger than the regular One, which measures 137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3 mm.

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2015 Subaru WRX caught testing in US on Mulholland

In April, we got our first glimpse at the 2015 2015 Subaru WRX – the car was caught in STI form in photos and in motion running around Germany's infamous Nürburgring. That's all well and good, but obviously Subaru will sell a good number of the hotter Impreza models here in the United States, and thus, it's nice to now see a video of the next WRX testing out in California, albeit in what looks to be non-STI form. Originally posted on the Subaru Owners Club website, this video comes from YouTube user 31200MulhollandHwy.



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Nokia Lumia 928 Review

It was back in September 2012 when Nokia announced its newest flagship smartphone, the Lumia 920, which ran on the Windows Phone 8 OS and featured a 4.5-inch display with a resolution of 768 x 1280 and a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor. Several months later, Nokia announced a slightly upgraded version of the Lumia 920, the Lumia 928, which had many of the original device's internal specs, but was lighter, features a Xenon flash and doesn't come in as many colors as the Lumia 920. The Lumia 928 is also available on Verizon Wireless, while the Lumia 920 is currently only available on AT&T.






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Can Google Play Music All Access compete with Apple's iRadio?

Monday is Apple's yearly WWDC show, and with news that Sony Music has inked a deal with the company behind iTunes, one of the big reveals is expected to be a new streaming music service. Dubbed iRadio by media and fans, the platform, which has been the topic of rumor and speculation for quite some time now, will enter a market full of competition, including Pandora, Spotify, and Google's recently unveiled Play Music All Access. It's a rare instance that Google actually beat Apple to the punch with a media service.

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Deal of the Day - 27″ Dell UltraSharp U2713H 2560 X 1440 IPS-panel LCD monitor

Friday's LogicBUY Deal is the 27″ Dell UltraSharp U2713H 2560 X 1440 IPS-panel, LED-backlit LCD monitor for $764.99.  Features:. AH In-plane switching, anti glare screen with hard coat 3H, 1000:1 typical contrast ratio (2,000,000:1 dynamic), 350nit brightness, 6ms grey-to-grey response time, 99% Adobe RGB color gamut, and 178-degree viewing angleConnections: USB 3.0 hub (1 USB upstream port, 4 USB downstream ports), DisplayPort 1.2, mini-DisplayPort, DVI-DL (HDCP), HDMIHeight-adjustable, tilting, pivoting stand with cord management.

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Apple Reportedly Signs Deal With Sony For iRadio Ahead Of WWDC

We've been hearing some rumors regarding Apple's iRadio service for the past couple of days, and it looks like they're on track to make their major announcement at next week's WWDC now that Sony Music has reportedly signed on to the service. The report of Sony Music signing on to Apple's iRadio service is coming from AllThingsD, who is sourcing a person familiar with negotiations between the two companies. As a result, Apple has reportedly signed agreements with all three major music labels, which means we may hear an official announcement during next week's WWDC, although we don't expect iRadio to actually launch during the show.

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Studio Ghibli - Kaze Tachinu - new Hayao Miyazaki movie, "Kaze Tachinu", to be out in 1.5 months - Voice actors have been determined, including Evangelion series Director, Hideaki Anno

We know there are many fans of Ghibli movies out there who have had a long, patient wait for a new movie from Director Hayao Miyazaki. His new movie, “Kaze Tachinu”, will be released on July 20 in Japan. It's an animation movie about the life of Jiro Horikoshi. He had dreamed of becoming a designer of airplanes and finally made his dream come true. However, the time was around World War II and what he created was a famous fighter aircraft A6M “Zero” to kill people.







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HTC One Developer Edition stock RUU (1.29.1540.16) now available for download via HTCDev

HTC hasn't exactly been slacking when it comes to posting kernels and RUU's for their many HTC One variants currently on the market. Today, HTC developer relations unit — better known as HTCDev — has just uploaded the latest full stock RUU for the HTC One Developer Edition (software version 1.29.1540.16). This probably wont mean much to you unless you like to tinker around with your device's software, flashing custom ROMs and the like. For flashing addicts, the stock RUU is little more than a safety net, ensuring that no matter what we flash, we can always quickly and easily return our devices to a purely stock state.

Android Phone , HTC One Developer Edition stock RUU (1.29.1540.16) now available for download via HTCDev, HTC One Developer Edition stock RUU (1.29.1540.16) now available for download via HTCDev

Stock Miata beats bunch of high-powered cars in wet 1x4-mile drag race

When is a stock, 167-horsepower Mazda MX-5 Miata quicker than a Chevrolet Corvette, Ford Mustang, Lamborghini Gallardo, Lotus Elise and a Porsche 911. When it's raining. Sort of. Mazda Canada arranged a unique drag race to show off the fact that the Miata's optional power retractable folding hardtop can go from top-down to top-up in just 12 seconds flat. In this video, all six cars line up for a drag race, and it starts to rain (well, sort of – but you'll have to watch the video all the way to the end to see what we mean). The green flag is waved, and the timer starts as soon as the convertibles begin to put their tops up.



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Samsung Galaxy S III with LTE support finally gets released by T-Mobile

After having been rumored for more than five months, the LTE-enabled version of the Samsung Galaxy S III is now finally available for purchase over at T-Mobile. The magenta carrier is selling this device because it's recently decided to invest in LTE like its competitors, instead of resorting to perpetually calling HSPA+ “4G”. The Galaxy S III that T-Mobile released last year did not have LTE connectivity built-in, because at the time the carrier didn't need it, hence the necessity for a new launch.

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Technology in hospitality is an underused driver for sales

6 June 2013 – Almost 9 in 10 (86%) hospitality businesses believe they lag behind others when it comes to consumer research and almost as many feel the same about customer insight (83%).  Yet only one in three (29%) see technology as an important way to gain this knowledge of their customer.

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ASUS X550VC 15.6-Inch Notebook

ASUS will release a new 15.6-inch notebook namely the X550VC. The system will feature a 15.6-inch 1366 x 768 display, a 2.60GHz Intel Core i5-3230M processor, a GeForce GT 720M 2GB graphics card, an Intel HM76 Express Chipset, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 1TB hard drive, a webcam, a DVD Super Multi Drive, an SD card slot, WiFi and run on Windows 8 64-bit OS. The X550VC will go on sale from June 8th for 89,800 Yen (about $905).

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Alleged BlackBerry Z5 Leaked

There has been whispers that BlackBerry is going to roll out half a dozen models later this year, so those of you who are BlackBerry fans should find this bit of news to be encouraging if you are thinking of changing your BlackBerry device to a newer model. Sure, the all-touch BlackBerry Z10 has already rolled out, and so too, is the QWERTY enabled BlackBerry Q10, but it seems that BlackBerry could very well be working on a new model that targets emerging markets by dumbing down the Z10, hence calling it the BlackBerry Z5.

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NHTSA may greatly expand GM airbag recall

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is pondering whether to dramatically upscale a pair of airbag recalls on General Motors vehicles. The two existing campaigns, one launched in the fall of 2012 and the other in January of this year covered just 6,845 vehicles, but the government agency is considering whether to boost the recall to around 400,000 units. The existing recalls involve the the closely related 2012 Buick Verano (shown) and Chevrolet Cruze sedans, along with Sonic and Camaro models.

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European ISPs Might Be Prevented From Throttling Traffic Soon

The European Commission's vice president and digital chief Neelie Kroes is currently working on a campaign which might very well alter the way Europeans hook up to the Internet. It is said that there is approximately 100 million people living in Europe who face connectivity restrictions, where among them include throttled Internet speeds and blocked content, all from their service providers. The Netherlands and Slovenia are right now the only two countries in Europe which offer net neutrality laws so that ISPs would not be able to block competing services.

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Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded delayed until later this month; get the soundtrack in the meantime

Well, folks, we've been hit with some unfortunate news. Those who have an… emotional attachment to Mr. Larry Laffer were looking forward to reliving their past with the iconic video game character in a remake of his adventures — dubbed Leisure Suit Larry –May 31st. Well, as you know by now, that date has come and gone, and there is no entry in the Google Play Store.

Android Phone , Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded delayed until later this month; get the soundtrack in the meantime, Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded delayed until later this month; get the soundtrack in the meantime

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Review

Since we were the first media to have the Galaxy Mega 6.3 in hand, it's time to come back for a complete review of this device. As you may know, it is a huge 6.3" device that has been built to provide a “tablet experience”, while still remaining a smartphone. This is not an easy goal, and others like the Huawei Mate have tried before (and kind of flopped). This is a new smartphone category and just like the Note before it, the Galaxy Mega faces many questions, has some staunch critics, but also some die-hard admirers.










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HTC One Mini (M4) spotted in lives photos

Now that Samsung announced its Galaxy S4 Mini (it happened last week), HTC is seemingly almost ready to unveil a mini version of its One flagship, too. Codenamed HTC M4, the upcoming handset simply looks like a smaller One, and Estonian website Forte has a set of photos to prove that. These are live photos, unlike the M4 renders we've seen in early May.
The mini One has the same aluminum construction as its bigger brother. But since it's smaller, its display is only a 4.3 inch HD (1280 x 720) one. Other features reportedly include Android 4.2.2.



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Sprint Vital by ZTE gets leaked specs, images: 5″ dual-core Android with 13 MP camera

Sprint seems to be quite happy with the way its partnership with ZTE is going. That's because it's set to announce yet another ZTE-made Android smartphone that it will sell under its own brand. This will be called Sprint Vital, and it's the highest-end product to ever come out of this partnership.


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Swiss company M3AT wins ACA "Look Good Feel Good" award 2013 for URINEX™

At the May 2013 ACA conference held at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow, M3AT were awarded the ACA/Promocon "Look Good Feel Good Award" for URINEX™.

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Gigabyte reveals prices, availability for NVIDIA-equipped U-Series Haswell notebooks

The power entry in the trio is the 15.6-inch U35F, with a 1,920 x 1,080 LED screen, Intel core i5-4200U / i7-4500U 4th-gen CPU, 8GB RAM (upgradeable to 16GB), NVIDIA GeForce GT750M 4GB graphics, support for two 512GB SSDs and two 1TB HDDs, a 21mm profile and five pound curb weight. You'll be paying between $1,100 and $1,700 depending on your choice of processor and drive configuration. Next up is the Gigabyte U24F, which fits the Ultrabook form factor but doesn't get the name since it has a non-capacitive, 14-inch 1,600 x 900 display.


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Sprint Vital Leaked

The good people over at Engadget do have a spanking new smartphone that they have spotted, where it comes in the form of the Sprint Vital, which so happens to share more than just a passing resemblance to the ZTE Quantum which is also headed towards the direction of Sprint, as was leaked and covered by us at the end of the first quarter of the year.

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Tesla loses fight to set up its own dealers in Texas

For a while there, it seemed like Tesla could do no wrong.

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ASUS' ET2702 all-in-one is its first with a 2,560 x 1,440 screen

Zach Honig contributed to this report.

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Audi Volkswagen Middle East speeds up email performance with KEMP load balancing

4 June 2013: Audi Volkswagen Middle East has installed a KEMP LM 2200 load balancer at its offices in Dubai to ensure maximum network uptime for its Microsoft Exchange email users and remove congestion problems during peak times of the day.

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Verizon HTC One officially launching this summer

Well, folks, it's finally official. You've been clamoring for an HTC One on Big Red's airwaves, and so it shall be — Verizon has confirmed that the HTC One would be headed to store shelves at some point later this summer. We're not given much more than that as the news was broken in a Tweet on the VZWNews Twitter account. It looks like those of you on Verizon won't have to look enviously at AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint customers after all.

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Sanwa Direct - Lightning connector USB cable with elastic cord that looks like an old-school telephone cord

Sanwa Direct just released a USB cable with an elastic cord for Lightning connecter compliant devices.  It expands and contracts and can extend from 22cm to 45cm. It looks like an old-school telephone cord and uses the same coiled-line principal to allow for expansion and contraction.  The elastic cord is not easy to get entangled in your bag and looks neat on your desk. There are 2 colors available: white and black.







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