LG Optimus 3D – glasses-free 3D smartphone launches

aaaaaLG has been selling its 3D Tablets and now now they have launched their smartphone which features flicker free glasses-free 3D too. LG Optimus 3D features a tri-dual architecture: dual-core, dual-channel and dual-memory. It has 4.3-inch WVGA display capable of showing off brilliant 1080p HD content in 2D or 3D content in 720p. Using special software, the phone can convert both 2D photo and video content into 3D on the fly. There’s also free software that’ll covert 2D games into 3D coming later this year. But best of all you can film your own 3D videos using the dual cameras on the back then watch them on your 3D set via HDMI. aaaaaVideo courtesy of Mobileburn aaaaaAnother feature to look forward in LG Optimus 3D is Wikitude 3D Augmented Reality browser. The browser...

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Google autocomplete could be spy source for hidden messages

By Suzanne ChoneyIt's being suggested that Google's "Suggest," also known as autocomplete, could be used to let spies send hidden messages.aWojciech Mazurczyk, of the Warsaw University of Technology in Poland, and a specialist in steganography — the art of hiding one message within another — believes that spies or terrorists could use the Google search feature to sneak communiques to one another.aMazurczyk and his team of researchers tested it out. Most of us know how autocomplete works. Type in a few letters, and Google offers up some suggested words or phrases that might be the ones you want, using an algorithm that predicts and displays search queries based on other users' searches.aFor example, I started to type in the word "test," as shown in the photo above. By the time I got...

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Comcast's next TV interface gets help from Facebook friends

Comcast Corp.a aBy Todd BishopGeekwireaThe rise of free online alternatives to traditional cable television means the big cable operators will need to roll out user-experience innovations to keep those users in the fold. Cable giant Comcast this week showed where it’s headed — demonstrating a next-generation Xfinity TV interface that incorporates and tries to improve upon approaches from the traditional online world.aOne of them: Facebook integration, including a feature called "Friend Trends," showing the content most popular among the viewer's Facebook friends on Hulu, Netflix, the web and television. It’s part of a broader trend in the tech industry toward using Facebook "likes" to improve search results. (See also Microsoft Bing.)a"The guide becomes what your friends tell you...

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Apple Broadens Legal Complaint Against Samsung

With more than $70 billion in cash, Apple could buy out struggling Research In Motion, Nokia, Motorola and HTC. But for now the iPhone maker is setting its sights on putting the kibosh on Samsung's mobile -phone designs. Apple on Thursday amended the complaint it filed against Samsung in April. Apple still maintains that the mobile-device maker is using too many Apple ideas in its products. But Apple has found something more to beef about. In April, Apple flat-out accused Samsung of stealing ideas from the iPad and the iPhone. Apple filed suit in U.S. District Court in Northern California alleging Samsung trespassed...

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LulzSec Posts Stolen E-Mail Addresses, Passwords

The band of hackers that claims it is trying to make cybersecurity more fun released on Thursday a database of what it said was 62,000 e-mail addresses and stolen passwords. But hosting service MediaFire quickly removed the data for violating its terms of service. LulzSec, whose name suggests the hackers are laughing at the cybersecurity of their victims, has been on a month-long binge attacking game sites, government agencies -- including the CIA -- media outlets, and others and posting what it says is stolen data. Dial a Hack On Wednesday the group offered to take requests. Inviting calls to a 614 area-code number...

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Apple tries to patent matchmaking app

By Rosa GolijanApple recently filed a patent application for an app which would in theory help you find new friends — or a hot date. Will our iPhones soon turn into matchmakers?aFastCompany suggests that Apple has realized just how much information about your personality is contained within your iPhone — from shared photos to downloaded songs — and that this data could be used to pair people up:a Apple imagines that this data could be automatically scanned, or curated by a user intending to portray a particular public image, and then used as a wireless "beacon" to generate an ad-hoc social network of similar-minded folk.a So exactly how would Apple's matchmaking app work? Based on what we're able to gather from the patent application, it would use your current location...

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Win a date with WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

OKCupidaPhoto from Julian Assange's forgotton OKCupid profile.aBy Helen A.S. PopkinWe know he's a terrible house guest, isn't afraid to own the dance floor, and that he can't keep a secret to save Bradley Manning's life, but how is WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a lunch date?aNow, for more than $3,000 you could find out. That's how much you'll have to outbid in the current eBay auction that offers lunch with Assange and Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Žižek.aEight lucky winners of the auction — which ends in three days and currently has 30 bids — can look forward to this, according to the auction discription:a The lunch will be from 12 - 3pm on Saturday 2nd July at one of London's finest restaurants. The meal will be followed by a Frontline Club event. from 4pm - 6pm at The Troxy in...

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Free Kinect SDK for Academics and Gamers Released

Microsoft Research unleashed a Kinect for Windows software development kit beta Thursday that will enable academics and gaming enthusiasts to explore new ideas and create rich PC software applications that include human motion tracking, voice recognition, and depth sensing. The goal of the SDK is to move one step closer to realizing the software giant's long-term vision for how people in the future will be able to interact with technology more naturally and intuitively. This is a really fun project and one that can generate tons of money, goodwill and innovation that Microsoft can lay claim to inspiring, noted Al Hilwa,...

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Adults Dominate as U.S. Social Networking Rises

Forty-seven percent of all social-networking users in the U.S. are adults over age 35, while just 16 percent are ages 16 to 22, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The research center reported that social-networking activities have nearly doubled since 2008 by attracting older users. What's more, the amount of time users devote to social networking has grown dramatically. Users spend an average of 16.6 percent of their online time at social-networking sites, up from 8.3 percent in 2007, noted Andrew Lipsman, senior director of marketing and industry analysis at comScore. Though the increase in time...

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Duke Nukem is so bad it is almost funny

By Todd Kenreck"Duke Nukem: Forever" took 12 years to come out and it might have been better if it had never seen the light of day. In-Game's Todd Kenreck reports.a...

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V rated top camera by photography blog

aaaaa aaaaaCyber-shot DSC-HX9V point-and-shoot camera has been rated as top camera over at Photography Blog. It is a 16.2 megapixel camera with a 16x wide-angle zoom lens and a 921K-dot 3-inch LCD. It supports 1080p video recording. Its image quality is amazing. It supports Superzoom feature, a 10 fps full resolution burst mode, manual control and wide angle aperture lens. The camera does host a lot of features and quality but also costs a $350 price tag. So, if you are looking for a really good camera then look no more as this is one of the best around....

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Facebook users big on trust, close relationships: study

By Suzanne ChoneyWe've heard that Facebook can make teens depressed, wreck marriages, even kill couples' sex lives. But a new study finds the users of the social networking site are more trusting in general, have closer relationships and are more "politically engaged" than those who aren't busy friending others and sharing the activities and emotions of day-to-day life.aThe "use of social networking sites is growing" and "those who use these sites, especially Facebook users, have higher measures of social well-being," said the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project in a report, "Social networking sites and our lives."aPew also found that "the average Facebook user has 229 Facebook friends, with many of them being high school acquaintances and pals that they've either...

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Hacking group LulzSec says it takes out CIA website

By Winda BenedettiHacking collective LulzSec has struck its biggest target yet – the Central Intelligence Agency.aThe loose-knit organization has claimed via its Twitter feed that it is responsible for the outage of the CIA.gov website.aA visit to the site of the CIA's public website confirms that it is, indeed, offline for the time being.a"We are looking into these reports," a CIA spokeswoman told Reuters.aLulzSec announced what is likely a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack shortly before 6 p.m. East Coast time.a"Tango down," the group Tweeted, pointing to www.cia.gov.aThis follows weeks of attacks by the group that have taken out multiple gaming websites as well as an FBI website, a porn site and a Senate website as well.aFor more LulzSec news, please see:a Hackers...

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LulzSec Offers To Hack Web Sites by Request

The band of merry hackers known as LulzSec, fresh from causing mayhem with breaches of corporate, government and game sites, is now going where no hacker has gone before by opening a request line. The group, whose name is a derivative of the online shorthand for laugh out loud (LOL) and security (as in laugh at your security) posted a tweet Tuesday brazenly offering a number where fans can request a hack of their least favorite web site. "Now accepting calls from true lulz fans -- let's all laugh together at butthurt gamers. 614-LULZSEC, accepting as many as we can, let's roll," read the tweet. Security Is 'Drab'...

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Android remains market leader in mobile OS

aaaaaAs per stats of Millennial Media’s mobile ad network, Android is still the top smartphone OS on for the sixth consecutive month. In second place, Apple’s iOS as expected. BlackBerry Curve demand has increased share of Research In Motion to 17 percent. Nokia’s Symbian and Microsoft’s Windows Phone trailed with 2 percent and 1 percent of all ad impressions, respectively. aaaaa (Credit: Millennial Media) aaaaaThis shows a significant trend in market where Apple market is finally broken but other than smartphones, iPads own a big share in net connected devices also. Secondly Android devices are from various manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson etc. while Apple is sole distributor of its handset making it still the largest earning company in smartphones....

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Heavy Patch Tuesday Highlights IE9 Vulnerabilities

Microsoft on Tuesday issued 16 security bulletins that address 34 vulnerabilities. Fifteen are rated critical, with 11 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer alone. Other patches address Excel and Windows. "The slew of Internet Explorer vulnerabilities presents a significant attack surface for cybercriminals to poke at," said Joshua Talbot, security intelligence manager at Symantec Security Response. "None of these are being exploited in the wild yet, but you can bet they will be in the near future. Given that at least one of the recent high-profile data breaches exploited a similar previously patched vulnerability,...

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Apple bans passcode-collecting app

By Rosa GolijanWe recently told you about how a developer used information gathered from his app's users to reveal the 10 most frequently used iPhone passcodes. Unfortunately for him, it seems that as soon as Apple got wind of his "research," it decided to ban his app.aBGR reports that despite the fact that Daniel Amitay's app Big Brother Camera Security was not collecting users' actual iPhone lockscreen passcodes or information which could be traced back to individual users, Apple's security conscious side felt the need to ban the app. Amitay elaborated on his blog:a Big Brother has been removed from the App Store. I’m certainly not happy about it, but considering the concerns a few people have expressed regarding the transfer of data from app to my server, it is understandable.not...

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Sony Qriocity cloud music service comes to Android

aaaaa aaaaaSony’s cloud streaming service titled “Qriocity” has launched its music app ‘Music unlimited’ on Android market. Like Amazon or Google’s cloud music service, this app allows you to stream your bought music anywhere via your android phone or PC. There are two service plans for this giving you different level of features to discover, share, create channels and what not. The app has a really good looking user interface which is clean and slick. The app size is quite big though.  You can try out the trial version of premium service before you make your mind to use this service for your music needs. aaaaaDownload the app @ Android Market...

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Rumor: New Macbook Air hitting retail this month

aaaaaAccording to a report from Reuters, Apple is all set to release its refreshed Macbook Air lineup this month. aaaaaThe news outlet cites a report from Taiwan’s Economic Daily, which says that Apple’s first shipment of the new Air notebooks will total up to about 380,000 units. The new Airs are expected to feature Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors, Thuderbolt I/O ports, and better Intel graphics engine. aaaaaAdditionally, the Economic Daily also reported the iPad 3 is scheduled to release in the fourth quarter, and will have resolutions 5-6 times higher than iPad 2′s. That’s a new one....

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AViiQ releases new slim laptop portable stand

aaaaaAccessory makers AViiQ have released their new portable laptop stand, an easy “stash and dash” solution for PC users on the go. The stand weighs just 5.5 ounces and comes in a slender Hylite skin which is a mixture of aluminum bonded to a polypropylene core. aaaaa aaaaaFeatures: • Hylite Material: The AViiQ Portable Laptop Stand is made from Hylite, a german-made patented composite material made from an aluminum skin bonded to a polypropylene core. It provides a flexible, lightweight solution that is also extremely durable. • Ultra Thin and Lightweight: Measuring in at 1mm thin when open and a quarter of an inch thin when folded, the AViiQ Portable Laptop Stand weighs a mere 5.5 ounces. • 12 Degree Ergonomic Benefit: Provides an optimal ergonomic angle that reduces...

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Google announces new Image search, Voice search and Instant Pages

aaaaaYesterday Google announced a host of new and updated features for their search engine on both mobile platforms and good old desktop search. First off, with the success of the Voice search on mobiles, Google will be adding voice search to their search engine soon. One can already see the benefits of this in terms of faster search results as well as easier data entry since you won’t have to worry about spelling. aaaaaNext up is the Google’s Search by Image feature where you can literally drag and drop any image from your desktop by going to Google images and clicking the camera icon. Keep in mind that this search is optimized for famous landmarks, people, art, etc. So don’t expect to be able to stalk people with this. aaaaa aaaaaLastly there’s the new Instant Pages, a...

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Unlocked GSM iPhone 4 Offered Online at a Stiff Price

Apple on Tuesday began selling a GSM version of the iPhone 4 that doesn't require a contract with AT&T, making the handset available for the first time to T-Mobile users or those who travel internationally, where GSM is more common. The phone is currently available only on Apple's online store. The unlocked device cannot easily be used on Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel or other CDMA-based carriers, since that requires a different chipset. Hacking the phone to use those networks, known as jailbreaking, voids Apple's warranty. Steep Price Without a subsidy from AT&T -- worthwhile for the carrier since voice...

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Will we meet the next Xbox next year?

MicrosoftaBy Winda BenedettiMicrosoft was unusually quiet at last week's annual video game extravaganza known as the Electronic Entertainment Expo. But if the rumor mill is to be believed, that won't be the case at next year's E3 when Microsoft will reportedly announce the successor to the Xbox 360.aThis rumor comes courtesy of game site VideoGamer.com. According to the site, "a high-ranking industry source at Crytek" who has worked with the machine, told them Microsoft wants to make its new console announcement ahead of rival Sony and will do so in the next 12 months and likely at next year's E3.aThe unnamed source also told VideoGamer that Crytek is already developing a new "TimeSplitters" game for the next generation of consoles. According to Videogamer.com...a The source reports...

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LTE Coverage Coming To 19 Cities Served by Verizon

Verizon Wireless said Tuesday that it will activate its Long Term Evolution wireless network in 19 more metropolitan areas on Thursday, including Dayton, Fresno, Hartford, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, and Spokane. The network operator also said it will expand its existing 4G LTE network in San Francisco and Detroit this week. So Verizon will soon be offering data -download speeds of five to 12 megabits per second in 74 metropolitan areas across the United States, and speeds of two to five Mbps for uplinks, noted Verizon Wireless Chief Technology Officer David Small. "We are aggressively expanding...

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Garmin sets route to acquire Navigon

aaaaaGarmin today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the award-winning Germany-based navigation company Navigon. Not many specifics on the agreement were released, however Garmin said it hopes to drive more revenue by utilizing Navigon’s excellent iPhone app. Financial details will be released. aaaaa“This acquisition is a great complement to Garmin’s existing automotive and mobile business.  Navigon has invested significantly in the European automotive OEM business, and we feel that we can rapidly expand our automotive OEM footprint and capabilities through this transaction,” said Cliff Pemble, Garmin’s president and COO.  “With Navigon, we are also acquiring one of the top-selling navigation applications for the iPhone and Android...

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New Galaxy Tab To Be Promoted on Long Airline Flights

Samsung Mobile has struck a deal with American Airlines for premium passengers on selected transcontinental and transoceanic flights to use Samsung's newest Galaxy Tab as their in-flight entertainment hub. American plans to deploy 6,000 of the Samsung tablets on selected international flights and domestic U.S transcontinental flights beginning later this year. The deal will help American enhance the in-flight experience for premium passengers. For Samsung, the agreement will boost its quest to familiarize traveling business executives with the entertainment and enterprise -ready capabilities of the new Galaxy Tab, which...

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Next for Google Docs: offline support, better presentations

Imgur/GoogleaL to R - Jeff, DJ, Scott, and Teresa, with Ronald on video cameraaBy Athima ChansanchaiRather than get weighed down by the usual rigmarole of a big Q&A to-do, five members of the Google Docs team went on Reddit recently and did an "Ask Me Anything" with users, who bombarded them with questions about the app, but also about working at Google, the company's master plan and how being Google employees makes them very date-able.aBut first, the news about what's coming down the pike for Google Docs, the Word-friendly suite of programs in the cloud that have been increasingly tailored to be more collaborative-friendly, more mobile-friendly and more lithe as it evolves. Here are the highlights:a Introducing offline support so you can continue to work without having to be online Making...

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Sonic.net ISP to provide 1Gbps broadband speed for cheap

aaaaaWhile we, UAE residents, twiddle our thumbs, hoping day and night for our beloved telecoms to reduce price of their high-speed internet packages, others in the field are already testing speeds that are not only twice as fast, but thrice as cheap as well (the math could be wrong). aaaaaAccording to a report from Ars Technica, an ISP called Sonic.net in California is looking to offer 1Gbps broadband package to its customers after it completes a series of tests. Currently, a trial program will be made available in 700 homes in the town of Sebastopol when the infrastructure is laid out. Once completed, and if the pilot program works, Sonic plans to expand its package to other parts of the region as well. The package will cost just $70, and will throw in telephone services...

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PhoneIt: Change your iPad 3G into iPhone

aaaaa aaaaaiPhoneIslam, the group that brought FaceTime video calling to iPhone 3GS have now brought a brand new app to iPad, which enabled regular phone features via your iPad 3G. Thus aptly called the PhoneIt app. Apple doesn’t support this app so you will need to use Jailbreak your iPad to use it then you can purchase PhoneIt app from Cydia for $20 and thus convert your iPad 3G into a giant iPhone, enabling cellular calling and texting (SMS). aaaaaEven though iOS5′s iMessaging will enable texting but only from iOS to iOS. But this app will enable call and messaging across regular mobile network. aaaaaGet the app @ Official site...

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Nokia N8 to rival DSLR with next update

aaaaa aaaaaNokia N8 is already vouched as the best camera phone, and Nokia intends to keep that crown by focusing its marketing and research on the camera. Their next update will bring two features to the N8 camera: Video recording will now be done at 30 fps as compared to 25 fps. Second and more interesting feature will be the continuous auto-focus while video recording. This is something that only DSLR HD video recording cameras do. But now Nokia owners will be able to capture high quality video using their phone. aaaaaAccording to Nokia mobile camera guru Damien Dinning, the Nokia N8 will be landing the aforementioned update very soon. But this update will require the updated version of Symbian^3: Symbian Anna for N8....

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How Twitter found 'up to 30 dismembered bodies'

By Helen A.S. PopkinIt was a bad week for news outlets, Internet users and especially 44-year-old Texas trucker Joe Bankson, who told the Houston Chronicle "I ain't killed nobody," after news quickly spread from Reuters, The New York Times, CNN, msnbc.com's Twitter account Breaking News, that 30 dismembered bodies (some of them children) were found on his property near Houston. "We've had the cops out at our house, but never for nothing like that. Somebody called the police on my dogs one time."aOn last Thursday's visit, cops did come upon the smell of rotten meat (from a broken freezer), and blood on the door (from Bankson's daughter's boyfriend, who cut his wrist). They showed up after receiving a tip from a psychic (now under investigation). By that time however, even International...

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MacBook Air Refresh May Advance Apple's iCloud Plans

Industry observers are predicting that Apple plans to refresh its MacBook Air offerings by releasing new models based on the latest chip technologies from Intel. According to media reports, Concord Adams has been advising clients that Apple has already placed orders with its Asia-based component suppliers for 380,000 units to prime the pipeline. If Apple does refresh its MacBook Air lineup anytime soon, it won't be because of slipping notebook sales. Apple's mobile PC growth in the first quarter was 52 percent, compared with the same quarter last year, and the MacBook Air has been shipping very well since its last refresh,...

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