Genius SP-900BT Wireless Bluetooth Audio Speakers, True Wireless Speakers Officially Available

Well-known PC multimedia, peripherals and accessories company Genius has just announced a new set of wireless speakers that are really true to the definition of the “wireless” concept. The new gadgets come with integrated rechargeable batteries that will power the speaker. Genius’ new speakers have an output power of just 2 watts and impedance of 4 Ohms. The audio signal will be transmitted using Bluetooth 3.0 and the 700 mAh battery will be able to power the speakers for up to ten whole hours. The lithium-ion integrated battery can be charged using a simple USB cable. Here are the official specifications for the Genius SP-900BT wireless speakers: Output Power - 2 watts; Impedance - 4 ohms ± 10%; Frequency range...

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Thomson X-View 2: Dual-SIM, 5.3-Inch Display with Android ICS

It’s not every day that we learn about companies that enter the smartphone market. Thomson, manufacturer of modems and specific infrastructure, has decided to launch its first handset, the X-View 2. This is a bold move coming from a company that has no experience in this domain whatsoever. Even though the newly announced device may seem appealing at first glance, it does come with a pretty awkward combination of features. For example, the X-View 2 boasts a huge 5.3-inch capacitive touchscreen display, which only supports 480 x 800 pixels resolution. We would have expected Thomson to include a higher quality screen for their first smartphone. When it comes to hardware, the X View 2 is clearly not aimed at the high-end smartphone...

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Counters App Call Management for Nokia Lumia Phones

A new application is now available for download for the owners of a Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia device, namely Counters. Released with support for Lumia 610, Lumia 710, Lumia 800, and Lumia 900, the new application was meant to provide owners with the option to easily manage their calls, messaging and data use each month. Moreover, the new software comes with a simple and friendly design, allowing people not only to see how intensively they use the phone, but also to reset the counters on their monthly billing dates. With the new application, users will be able to easily set usage limits for their calls, messaging, and mobile data. Moreover, they will have the option to see who the top contacts they interact with are,...

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Yeston Powerful Custom Designed AMD Radeon HD 7750 Video Card

Less-known video card company called Yeston has just launched a custom designed AMD Radeon HD 7750 video card, but there is something very strange regarding the new product. The PCB is really short, which makes us think this is built for small cases, but the cooling system is quite large and occupies two adjacent slots. The new card is powered by AMD’s “Cape Verde” graphics processing unit that comes with a very small 123-square millimeter die size, containing 1.5 billion transistors. The default GPU speed is 800 MHz when working in full load 3D mode. In 2D mode, the frequency of the GPU will drop to a low 300 MHz. The 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory is clocked at 4500 MHz default when in 3D mode, but it drops to 600 MHz when...

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Microsoft Surface for Windows RT Confirmed for October 26th

Microsoft’s Windows RT-based Surface tablet PC is expected to arrive on shelves on October 26th, the same day when the Windows 8 operating system becomes available for purchase. Of course, Microsoft has said before that the new slate is meant to hit shelves the very same day as Windows 8, but that was the only mention it made regarding the product’s availability. However, it appears that official confirmation that October 26th will mark the commercial launch of Microsoft’s Surface for Windows RT has already emerged. Paul Thurrott of WinSupersite notes that Microsoft did mention the release date in a filing with the US Security and Exchange Commission. "The next version of our operating system, Windows 8, will be generally...

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Two New Intel 7-Series Motherboards for Q3 Release

Intel really likes to name its products weird things, so we are only half-bemused by the names of the two 7-Series, socket LGA 1155 motherboards that VR-Zone unearthed. Intel already has a number of 7-Series motherboards out. The line was launched all the way back in March after all (2012). The ones we are looking at here are based on the Z77 chipset, making them qualify as high-end desktop platforms. The one bearing the name "Gasper Light" is really called Extreme Series DZ77GAL-70K and will start shipping this quarter (Q3 2012). Overall, it has the same specifications as the DZ77GA-70K, detailed in full here. The only real difference is that the Gasper Light doesn't come with a WiDi-capable WLAN add-on card, an...

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Samsung Galaxy S DUOS Photo and Full Specs

With Galaxy S III out of the way, Samsung can focus on future Android devices. In this regard, the company has already confirmed it will launch a new Galaxy device on August 15. According to the latest hearsay, Samsung plans to announce a sequel to the highly acclaimed Galaxy Note. The new smartphone is expected to come with improved hardware and a slightly larger 5.5-inch display. However, until the South Korean company decides to go live with the Galaxy Note 2, we have another device to talk about. The folks over at GSMArena have just published the photo of an unannounced Samsung Galaxy S DUOS, which will probably be launched in the following weeks. The device strongly resembles Samsung’s Android flagship smartphone,...

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RIM 10’’ BlackBerry PlayBook Emerge

Next year, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is expected to unveil to the world a new, bigger flavor of its PlayBook tablet PC. Packing a 10-inch touchscreen display, the device can be seen in the allegedly leaked photos that emerged over at Tinhte. Overall, the upcoming 10-inch tablet PC appears to sport the same looks as the smaller 7-inch slate, though it would pack some hardware modifications inside, it appears. The news site claims that it will have a 7,250 mAh battery inside, along with 4G connectivity (3G HSPA+ should also be included inside), and a SIM slot to go with wireless networks. RIM is also expected to launch a 4G flavor of the 7-inch PlayBook in the coming months, but the 10-inch device...

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Microsoft Windows 8-Optimized Mice and Keyboards

With Windows 8’s official release drawing near each day, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft started to announce new devices specifically designed for the platform. Today, the company made a first step on this road, with the launch of new mice and keyboards that have been specifically designed to fit the new operating system. The first of these is the Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse, which features a compact, artful and minimalist design, BlueTrack Technology, a Backpack Mode that puts it to sleep, and an estimated retail price of around US$69.95. The mouse is accompanied by the slim Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard, specifically designed to fit the needs of tablet users. It comes with hot keys and media keys,...

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EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti Video Card

We reported here about Nvidia’s possible decision to launch two versions of the GeForce GTX 660 video card and here we uncovered more detailed information about the two models. Now, we can finally see how a rather plain reference GeForce GTX 660 Ti video card will look like. Traditional Nvidia video card manufacturing partner EVGA is apparently ready to launch its own GeForce GTX 660 Ti graphics adapter, and the first piece to be pictured looks very similar to the GTX 670 cards. The card comes with a single 6-pin power connector and has a TDP of only 120 watts, VideoCardz reports. The memory is clocked at the same 6 GHz and the GPU works at a default frequency of 980 MHz with a Boost option greater than 1 GHz. The GPU...

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AMD Sempron X2 198 and AMD Athlon II X2 221 CPUs

This time around, we aren't bringing you information about some new or upcoming chip, but of a pair of processors that escaped the public eye for a long time. Truth be told, we aren't all that shocked that a couple of APUs with disabled GPUs managed to slip the attention of the world for so long. After all, when Advanced Micro Devices released the FM1 socket and accompanying chips, everyone kept tabs on the Llano accelerated processing units. Nevertheless, there were chips with their GPUs disabled, marketed as part of the Athlon II and Sempron series. What we are looking at today are the dual-core Athlon II 221 and Sempron 198. They first surfaced in CPU lists in mid-2011 but have only now been spotted. The Sempron...

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Samsung Two Windows Phone 8 Devices, “Odyssey” and “Marco”

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is one of the handset vendors set to launch Windows Phone 8 devices when the new platform becomes available, and it seems that the company has at least two such smartphones ready. As part of an ongoing lawsuit with Apple, Samsung brought as evidence said two Windows Phone 8 smartphones, codenamed "Odyssey" and "Marco." According to the company, both these smartphones will come to the market with dual-core application processors inside. To be more precise, the documents that Samsung showed to the court unveiled that these handsets are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon MSM8960 dual-core 1.5GHz chip, The Verge reports. This is the same SoC that Microsoft has been previously said...

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Alleged Photos of a Fully Assembled iPhone 5

The next iPhone model might become available for purchase as soon as next month, if the latest reports on the matter are accurate, yet we still don’t have an official confirmation on what the device might look like. However, we can now have a look at what allegedly are photos of a fully assembled iPhone 5 model, complemented by images of its internal circuitry. Coming from repair shop iLab, these photos are not limited to showing us only parts of the new iPhone, as some of the previous leaks on the matter did. Instead, they unveil what might prove to be the final look of the device, with all the purported changes from the current-generation iPhone in tow. At the bottom of the new handset model, you can see the smaller,...

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BlackBerry 10 BBM with New User Interface and More Features

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is gearing up for the release of its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, and some more info on what the platform will include is now available. A new set of leaked documents from RIM provide us with a glimpse at what the BlackBerry Messenger in the upcoming OS will look like. According to the guys over at N4BB, who published the aforementioned leaked docs, BBM on BlackBerry 10 will land on shelves with a new user interface with TAT Cascades. The messenger will arrive with a series of features hidden from the users’ view, but that will emerge through simple swipe gestures. On N-Series devices, for example, BBM will come with support for keyboard shortcuts (including C for new...

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Assembly Work at HP Chinese Manufacturing Facility

All those individual and mass suicides at Foxcon's Chinese plant, whether carried out or not, have painted a grim picture of what work is like on the assembly lines. The video above, depicting a random scene in the lives of employees responsible for quality control, might lay some misgivings to rest. Sure, it's not a Foxconn plant that we're looking at, but the HP contract manufacturer, Quanta, is still every bit a Chinese plant. All in all, there doesn't seem to be much to worry about, except the repetitiveness of the job maybe, but that's hardly something to frown at. Almost all jobs involve a certain routine, and we know of many that are much more physically demanding but just as, if not more, dull. The only potential gripe left is the payment: $2 / 1.62 Euro an...

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Intel Core i3-3120ME and i3-3217UE CPUs Details

CPU-World reported: Two new Intel CPUs have been exposed, but they aren't the sort that most of us consumers are ever going to see or use. Called Core i3-3120ME and i3-3217UE, they are aimed at the embedded market, making them best suited for transportation, fire safety, safety and security, medical applications and life critical systems. Consumer electronics like PDAs and home-automation systems might use them too though. That said, the Core i3 CPUs have two cores each, 3 MB L2 cache memory, HD 4000 graphics, Hyper-Threading and DDR3-1600 memory support. The Core i3-3120ME, being the faster one, operates at 2.4 GHz and boasts a GPU clock of 650 / 900 MHz. Its TDP is 35W. Meanwhile, the Core i3-3217UE is slower,...

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AMD Yangtze Brings Supportt of xHCI 1.0 and SD/SDIO 3.0

AMD is in no hurry to upgrade its Brazos 2.0 nettop and netbook platform, as Intel’s own Atom is very much behind in performance and manufacturing technology. The A68 chipset has brought USB 3.0 support, but the company is working hard on the new Jaguar APU and the Yangtze FCH. The company is taking the tablet market very seriously, and considering that the tablet sales in the following years will be much more than all the global PC sales from 2012, all the work for the Jaguar APU and the supporting platform is very important for AMD’s future. For energy-efficient platforms, low power consumption and features integration are probably the most important aspects. Therefore, the Yangtze FCH doesn’t bring extraordinary performance...

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Nokia City Scene for MeeGo Gets Minor Update

Nokia City Scene for MeeGo has just been updated with a few bug fixes meant to improve the overall experience of the users, as well as the performance of the application. Aimed at Nokia N9 and N950 owners, the application allows users to explore cities in 3D. Nokia City Scene currently features a slew of US ones, but also quite a high number of European cities. However, developers are constantly adding new ones, so expect Nokia City Scene to feature dozens of new cities in the following months. The latest version of Nokia City fixes issues related to installing on N950, but also includes improved panorama problem reporting. Although the application is compatible with all Nokia N9 and N950 smartphones, keep in mind that it requires device firmware PR1.1. In order...

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and GTX 660 Ti Full Specifications Confirmed

Californian fabless GPU and ARM CPU designer is apparently dead-set on launching a GeForce GTX 660 Ti video card that will be able to use the GTX 670 PCB. This means that the Ti suffix will come together with a 256-Bit memory interface. The lesser GeForce GTX 660 version will come with the same GK104 GPU, but it will feature a 25% narrower memory BUS that will also allow the card to fit into a more modest 130-watt TDP. There are various sources that talk about a GK106 GPU that will likely power the GTX 660 in the future once it tapes out from TSMC. The full specifications show a well-known GK104 Kepler GPU that will have only 1152 CUDA cores active clocked at a default 980 MHz frequency, with a 1033 MHz Boost option and...

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