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Biometrics and laptop security go together like business meetings and boardrooms, but this Microsoft patent hints that gaming could be the next frontier for fingerprint recognition.
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Microsoft patent details pressure-sensitive Xbox controller for storing players’ profiles
Microsoft’s “Smoked by Windows Phone” challenge has been long on claims that Windows Phone can outrace your smartphone platform of choice in day-to-day tasks, but it’s been short on hard numbers. Until now, that is
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Microsoft touts 98-percent ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ success rate, a few beg to differ
HTC One X’s American version is now available via AT&T. The device should be shipped right now and stored in AT&T’s retail stores.
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HTC One X Now Available Via AT&T
It’s the first night of action at CTIA Wireless 2012 , and we’re not wasting any time finding the best of what New Orleans has to offer.
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Samsung Focus 2 for AT&T hands-on at CTIA 2012 (update: video)
Whoa, Nelly! As rumored , Microsoft is indeed shattering the home console pricing paradigm by trying something that US wireless carriers have been doing for years. As of now, the official Microsoft Store is hosting up a coupon that’ll enable prospective Xbox buyers to snag a 4GB console bundle for just $99…
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Microsoft officially offering Xbox 360 4GB console for $99, two-year Live Gold subscription required
Smartphones crossed an important milestone in March, based on Nielsen’s estimates. Just over half of cellphone owners in the US — 50.4 percent, to be exact — had a smartphone of some kind, making dumbphones the minority for the first time. The smartphone tale of the tape shows that the OS split has largely tapered off since February
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Nielsen: Over 50 percent of US mobile users own smartphones, Android and iPhone sitting pretty
Ask in any kid, playing in the sandbox is fun enough on its own, but too much moisture will turn your grainy playground into a lumpy mess. Researchers at UC Davis have cooked up one solution: an augmented reality sandbox.
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Augmented reality sandbox lets you change the course of rivers, won’t get you wet
Some AT&T customers has begin to received their pre-order on HTC One X. According to AndroidCommunity, a small number of users at Android Forum has reported to received their devices.
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HTC One X Shipped Earlier To Some AT&T Customers
Would it be ironic if Android developers did an end-run around Microsoft patents by using Microsoft’s own C#? Or if Google kiboshed its Oracle brouhaha with the aid of none other than Redmond? We’re asking because Xamarin, the wacky open source implementer of .NET, has ported Android to Microsoft’s C# with its XobotOS project.
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Xamarin’s XobotOS opens prospect of Android port to C#, can of worms
Similar to last year’s airing of Microsoft’s E3 keynote , Spike TV’s once again offering gamers who won’t be making the trip to Los Angeles a quick way to enjoy a little bit of the show. The famed Major Nelson revealed the news that Spike TV will be showing the entire 90-minute Xbox: Entertainment Evolved event live on its network, which takes place on June 4th at 12:30PM Eastern time — of course, we’ll be there covering it. Unlike in 2011, though, now you’ll also be able to check out whatever Redmond has in store for us straight from your console via Xbox Live.
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Spike TV airing Microsoft’s ‘Xbox: Entertainment Evolved’ from E3, also coming to Xbox Live
Super Diet Genius plans your meals based on super-healthy superfoods. (Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET) Diet apps are a dime a dozen
With E3 2012 right around the corner, Reggie and co. want to make sure your oft-distracted eyes catch every drip drop of the impending Wii U news flood.
Sufficiently enamored with Samsung’s Galaxy S III that you’ve got to have one in the US before anyone else, and you don’t want it sullied by carrier customizations in the trip across the Pacific?
We can’t be certain as to how many units of the HTC EVO 4G LTE have made it out of customs thus far, but it appears the number is high enough for Sprint to officially set a date for shipping the device out to those who pre-ordered it online. A Sprint representative reached out to us to share the company’s statement from this afternoon that customers should expect to receive their valuable treasure “on or around” May 24th. We’re not in love with the “around” terminology, but this could simply be due to a high amount of demand.
The digital gTar never needs tuning. (Credit: Incident Technologies) At first glance, a digital guitar with the brains of a super-powered smartphone and illuminated fretboard seems like a product that could change everything about guitar instrumentation
(Credit: Pentax) I have to admit: the $900 Pentax K-30 dSLR sounds like a pretty promising replacement for the K-r. Rugged on the outside with the potential for the same excellent photo quality as the K-01 mirrorless ILC, claimed faster autofocus performance than the already fast K-5, and a 100 percent coverage viewfinder that you usually only see in more expensive models all add up to a possibly great start to the Pentax-Ricoh era. Though it’s not “durable” in the same sense as bodies like the Nikon D4 or Canon EOS-1D X , with parts designed to withstand heavy photographic abuse, the K-30 offers weather-and-dust resistance, with claims of usability down to 14 degrees (most cameras only guarantee down to 32 degrees); that said, Pentax makes no claims about battery life at those temperatures.
House After eight seasons, the run of Gregory House MD comes to an end on Fox tonight with a double episode. While we’ll miss Hugh Laurie fumbling around on our American TV screens every week, it definitely felt like time for the series to come to an end. We’ll see how Wilson’s cancer diagnosis wraps up and if any other old characters stop by after Thirteen popped up last week, although we will avoid throwing back a Vicodin just for old time’s sake.
You wait for one Thunderbolt-compatible motherboard and then two decide to arrive on the same day.
Never one to focus exclusively on the very latest hardware , a new mod has brought an 6502 microprocessor to a Minecraft world near you. The system is made from three separate cubes, representing the CPU, monitor and disk drive, respectively, all connected by ribbon cables. Part of pre-release 5 of the RedPower 2 mod, programmer Eloraam has also thrown in pumps and solar panels to keep crafters busy — you’re no longer limited to light switches
Come summer, the 4G LTE-ready Motorola Droid Maxx will also be global-ready. Wondering when you can take your Verizon Android phone overseas without hassle?
