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Published 18/01/2012 10:48:36 by ANDYW
 The user-edited encyclopaedia website Wikipedia has been taken down for the next twenty-four hours in protest against America’s intended anti-piracy laws. Only the English language versions of the sites have been taken down as Wikipedia join a host of other websites in going offline.
Sue Gardner released the following statement about Wikipedia going offline: "Today, the Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18."
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Published 17/01/2012 09:49:20 by ANDYW
 At this year’s CES 2012, a new waterproof treatment for mobile devices was showcased called HzO. The manufacturers showed audience members how it works by placing mobile phones into a fish task to see how this technology repelled water damage. The testing processing involved using a number of phones from Samsung, Motorola and the Apple iPhone.
Compared with other waterproof treatment, HzO is not only used to waterproof the outside of the phone but during the manufacture, the internal components are coated with the treatment as well.
If this waterproof treatment does what it claims, then in the future there will be no need to buy waterproof cases as this will protect the mobile phone in case it is accidentally dropped into water or from sweat damage from exercising.
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Published 13/01/2012 10:52:11 by ADMIN
 Box.co.uk has been offering the amazing new Tablo on their site for a bargain price for the last few months, because of this Tablo has almost sold out. After the introductory offer has just expired, Tablo is now priced at under £130. So make sure that you get your hands on this amazing tablet before their all gone.
This tablet has some amazing features including; a 7-inch capacitive multi-touch screen, an ARM Cortex A8 1GHz multi-core processor and 512MB of RAM to help it run all of the functions you require of it, plus 4GB of in-built memory. Tablo currently runs the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system but in the future, it may be running the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It is also fully able to showcase smooth 3D and have a 1080p HD output.
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Published 12/01/2012 10:21:46 by ANDYW
Here is a roundup of the latest news that been happening on Day Three at CES 2012.
 Windows 8 to be released in October 2012
It has been revealed to the website Pocket Lint that Microsoft is likely to release Windows 8 in October 2012. Janelle Poole, director of public relations of the Windows Business Group said during a demo session of next OS that, "We haven't talked about the release date and we generally don't. We are talking milestone to milestone, so for us right now we're talking about the next milestone being the consumer preview happening in late February.”
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Published 11/01/2012 11:04:37 by ANDYW
Here is a roundup of the latest news that been happening on Day Two at CES 2012.
Panasonic launches VT50 plasma television
Panasonic has announced a new range of plasma televisions as they are promoting VT50 at CES 2012. The VT50 is available in two models with either a 55-inch or 65-inch version and will be designed with the “infinite black ultra panel.” It will contain a specially-designed filter from stopping any external lighting from getting inside the TV and causing damage to the image.
The VT50 will come with its own “touch pad controller” and has been integrated with the television in order to make it easier to navigate your way round online content such as Netflix and Skype.
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Published 10/01/2012 10:35:07 by ANDYW
Here is a roundup of the latest news that been happening on Day One at CES 2012.
 Samsung unveils Series 5 Ultrabook
Samsung has taken the covers off its new Ultrabook at CES 2012. The Series 5 Ultrabook will be available in 13 and 14 inches models and is lightweight in its design. The 13-inch is designed to be portable as it weighs 1.38kg and is 14.9mm thick. The screen comes with anti-reflective display that offers a resolution of 1366 by 768 with 300nit brightness.
An Intel core i5 processor powers this Ultrabook with up to 8GB of RAM inside the laptop. In terms of graphics, it is powered by an Intel HD Graphic 3000 card.
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Published 09/01/2012 12:01:26 by ADMIN
 The new USB 3.0 port will be added to the new smartphones and tablets by the end of the year, says USB standards agencies.
Smartphones will likely be the first to receive one of the new MicroUSB ports, which are drawn from the USB 3.0 technology; These ports will be perfect for the small size of the smartphone devices, stated by Rahman Ismail the chief technology officer for the USB implementers Forum.
These ports have the capabilities to transfer data at faster speeds between the phones and host devices such as; laptops or PCs some of which already have the new ports. The transfer rate will be around 100 megabytes per second mark. Most mobiles use the outdated USB 2.0 tech, which can be considerably slower.
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Published 06/01/2012 14:14:59 by ANDYW
 There is much speculation going round the gaming world that at this years’ E3 event is where Microsoft and Sony will announce new versions of their gaming consoles. Well-known industry magazine MCV have revealed that the Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 will be announced this summer and thus stealing the limelight from Nintendo as they launch the Wii U console.
The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 were launched in 2005 and 2006 respectively with both companies saying that these consoles would have at least a 10-year life cycle. Both companies have since added motion sensors with the Kinect and PlayStation Move as they try to extend the capabilities of both consoles.
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Published 06/01/2012 13:03:48 by ANDYW
 Samsung has revealed its second generation of 27-inch Series 9 monitors with the S27A970 to be officially showcased at CES 2012 next week. This sleek monitor is taking over from Samsung T27A950 and will have Natural Colour Expert technology and boasts a resolution of 2560 by 1440. The Natural Colour Expert technology will showcase colours as they were intended to be seen with each monitor configured for colour balance.
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Published 03/01/2012 10:46:09 by ANDYW
 In the final week of 2011 (between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve), an astonishing 1.2 billion apps were downloaded onto iOS and Android devices. The year 2011 had seen a surge in app usage as an average of 1 billion apps a month was being downloaded from the Apple App Store.
These stats are provided by analytics company Flurry who also estimated that over twenty million new devices were activated in the final week of 2011, which contributed to the large amount of downloads. On Christmas Day alone, they estimate there was 6.8 million iOS and Android activated with over 242 million apps being downloaded.
The country that had the most app downloads was the US with 509 million, with China in second place and the UK coming in third place. Contributing factors to the amount of downloads may have been the 12 days of Christmas free iTunes give-away and the affordable Android devices available on pay-as-you-go deals.
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