Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 getting Gingerbread in August, can finally show face in public (video)
June 20, 2011 No Comment
It’s no big surprise that Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 has some Android 2.3-filled days to look forward to — heck, we’ve known that the smartphone would eventually be treated to Gingerbread before it actually got 2.1 . At long last, the handset maker is finally offering up a few extra details about the inevitable upgrade, now set for early-August. The company has addressed some user concerns regarding changes to functionality that will come with the upgrade, assuring users that new version of the software will keep the phone’s camera UI intact and will feature newer functionality like the company’s Facebook Inside Xperia feature. Catch the Gingerbready video below, which unfortunately makes surviving the summer on a lesser build no less painless. Continue reading Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 getting Gingerbread in August, can finally show face in public (video) Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 getting Gingerbread in August, can finally show face in public (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The Xoom may finally be getting LTE support, after a mysterious issue prompted Motorola to delay adding access to Verizon’s 4G network to the popular tablet. The Moto Xoom recently appeared on Verizon’s Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) system, which means the device will likely become available later this summer. Unfortunately, MAP doesn’t include any pricing information for the tablet, and there’s no official word regarding availability, but current 3G Xoom owners should still be able to upgrade free of charge with a one-week turnaround via FedEx. We’ll be curious to see how LTE affects battery life, considering some of VZW’s other high-speed devices haven’t fared so well , but we are willing to compromise ever so slightly in exchange for that lightening-fast 4G data. Motorola Xoom appears on Verizon MAP, finally heading to LTE? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Towards the end of our recent trip to Taiwan for Computex , just as the hustle and bustle was winding down and we’d settled on a bit of sightseeing, we stumbled upon a rare beast — a smartphone unicorn of sorts — the Sharp Aquos SH-12C . This 3D-capable Android handset for NTT’s Docomo network was imported from its native Japan by a Hong Kong resident who was also attending the epic trade show. Like the HTC EVO 3D , this device features twin cameras and a glasses-free stereoscopic qHD display, so we decided to combine work and play by getting some hands-on time with this mysterious phone right on the observation deck of Taipei 101. Take a look a our gallery below — complete with foggy views from the 89th floor at dusk — and hit the break for our hands-on video, first impressions and some camera samples. Gallery: Sharp Aquos SH-12C 3D smartphone hands-on Continue reading Sharp Aquos SH-12C 3D smartphone hands-on (video) Sharp Aquos SH-12C 3D smartphone hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Fujitsu K supercomputer now ranked fastest in the world, dethrones China’s Tianhe-1A
June 20, 2011 No Comment
Remember the K — the Fujitsu supercomputer that promised to do a whopping ten petaflops by the year 2012? Well, it hasn’t reached that threshold just yet, but according to the latest Top 500 supercomputer list, it’s still faster than any other machine on Earth. In fact, the top-ranked beast is more powerful than the next five supercomputers combined, consumes enough electricity to power about 10,000 homes for a full year, and is capable of churning out about 8.2 quadrillion calculations per second — three times as many as what runner-up (and former number-one) Tianhe-1A can process. Today’s announcement marks the first time since 2004 that a Japanese creation sits atop Top500.org’s rankings, but Fujitsu isn’t exactly resting on its laurels. Before deploying it next year, engineers at the Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science are aiming to add about 100,000 cores to the K’s collection of 548,352, which would provide it with even more computational muscle, and likely spell doom for all of humanity. Find out more in the PR after the break. Continue reading Fujitsu K supercomputer now ranked fastest in the world, dethrones China’s Tianhe-1A Fujitsu K supercomputer now ranked fastest in the world, dethrones China’s Tianhe-1A originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Looks like ASUS isn’t the only popular netbook maker finally releasing more of its tablets into the wild. We’ve had various encounters with MSI’s 10-inch WindPad 110w this year, but pricing and availability details on the Windows 7 tablet — and its Android slate-mates — had remained secret. That’s now slightly changed courtesy of J&R’s website, where a pre-order listing for the 110w has surfaced displaying a $600 street price and a full specification rundown. Highlights from under the hood include a dual-core AMD Brazo (as expected), a 32GB SSD, and 4GB of DDR3 RAM along with WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity; around the outside are two cameras, a plethora of ports including mini HDMI, USB 2.0 and an SD card slot. Not too shabby, although it appears you’ll have to settle for brown (and loss of all dignity at checkout). MSI WindPad 110w listed for $599 pre-order, is brown originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Let’s bid a bitter welcome to Sega, the latest entrant to the newly founded club of hacked online communities . Sega Pass, the company’s web portal, suffered a breach of its defenses on Thursday, which has now been identified to have affected a whopping 1.29 million users. Usernames, real names, birth dates, passwords, email addresses, pretty much everything has been snatched up by the malicious data thieves, with the important exception of credit / debit card numbers. We’d still advise anyone affected to keep a watchful eye on his or her banking transactions — immediately after changing that compromised password, of course. In the meantime, Sega’s keeping the Pass service offline while it rectifies the vulnerability; it’ll be able to call on an unexpected ally in its search for the perpetrators in the form of LulzSec, a hacker group that boasted proudly about infiltrating Sony’s network, but which has much more benevolent intentions with respect to Sega. What a topsy-turvy world we live in! Sega’s online Pass hacked, 1.3 million user passwords stolen originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Jack Eisenmann’s DUO Adept: a homebrew 8-bit computer built by a high-schooler (video)
June 20, 2011 No Comment
We’ve seen some impressive case mods and some wildly inventive DIY projects , but rarely have we seen a homemade, 8-bit computer housed in what looks like a Tupperware container. Meet the DUO Adept: a project begun last summer by programmer, hardware hacker, and recent high-school graduate Jack Eisenmann. Lovingly crafted from a television, an old keyboard, 100 chips (not a single one more), and lots of wire, the system has 64K of memory and outputs a 240
Continue reading …Orange Sound Charge T-shirt will juice up your phone while you listen to the bass go boom
June 20, 2011 No Comment
Orange UK has a long-running tradition of coming up with quirky ways to recharge your phone while enjoying the Glastonbury Festival every year, and 2011 is proving no different. This time around, it’s a T-shirt that generates an electric charge from the sound around it — rendering it ideal for front-row crowd-surfing types — though the provided tech details go no further than to tell us that piezoelectrics and the absorption of vibration are involved. We find ourselves overcome by the suspicion that you’ll never be able to get much meaningful utility out of this rather unstylish garment, but then it does give you a plausible excuse for pushing your way nearer to the stage, and if anyone objects, you can consider it a great conversation starter. So whatever happens, you win, fashion loses. Orange Sound Charge T-shirt will juice up your phone while you listen to the bass go boom originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …DARPA setting up a $130 million ‘virtual firing range’ to help battle cyber attacks
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The US government is serious about online security, just ask any one of its cyber commandos . Adding to its arsenal for battling the big bad hackers, Reuters reports that DARPA is working on a National Cyber Range, which would act a standalone internet simulation engine where digital warriors can be trained and experimental ideas tested out. Lockheed Martin and Johns Hopkins University are competing to provide the final system, with one of them expected to soon get the go-ahead for a one-year trial, which, if all goes well, will be followed by DARPA unleashing its techies upon the virtual firing range in earnest next year. The cost of the project is said to run somewhere near $130 million, which might have sounded a bit expensive before the recent spate of successful hacking attacks on high profile private companies, but now seems like a rational expenditure to ensure the nuclear missile codes and the people crazy enough to use them are kept at a safe distance from one another. DARPA has a pair of other cleverly titled cybersecurity schemes up its sleeve, called CRASH and CINDER, but you’ll have to hit the source link to learn more about them. DARPA setting up a $130 million ‘virtual firing range’ to help battle cyber attacks originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …DARPA setting up a $130 million ‘virtual firing range’ to help battle cyber attacks
June 20, 2011 No Comment
The US government is serious about online security, just ask any one of its cyber commandos . Adding to its arsenal for battling the big bad hackers, Reuters reports that DARPA is working on a National Cyber Range, which would act a standalone internet simulation engine where digital warriors can be trained and experimental ideas tested out. Lockheed Martin and Johns Hopkins University are competing to provide the final system, with one of them expected to soon get the go-ahead for a one-year trial, which, if all goes well, will be followed by DARPA unleashing its techies upon the virtual firing range in earnest next year. The cost of the project is said to run somewhere near $130 million, which might have sounded a bit expensive before the recent spate of successful hacking attacks on high profile private companies, but now seems like a rational expenditure to ensure the nuclear missile codes and the people crazy enough to use them are kept at a safe distance from one another. DARPA has a pair of other cleverly titled cybersecurity schemes up its sleeve, called CRASH and CINDER, but you’ll have to hit the source link to learn more about them. DARPA setting up a $130 million ‘virtual firing range’ to help battle cyber attacks originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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