Dospara Critea VH-AE Pro SSD 15.6-Inch Notebook

Dospara is set to drop another 15.6-inch notebook for the mass market, the Critea VH-AE Pro SSD. This business-friendly notebook is packed with a 15.6-inch 1366 x 768 LCD display, a 2.40GHz Intel Core i3-4000M processor, an Intel HM86 Express Chipset, an Intel HD Graphics 4600, a 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 120GB SSD, an HD webcam, a DVD Super Multi Drive, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 + HS and runs on Windows 8 Pro 64-bit OS. The Critea VH-AE Pro SSD will be available from September 30th for 72,980 Yen (about $746).

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Google Earth helps sheriff's department find stolen car (video)

A stolen-vehicle case opened back in March was recently solved with the help of a property owner using Google Earth, a virtual globe and mapping service similar to Google Maps, ABC News reports. The man, who remains anonymous, found the stolen GMC Yukon while he was surveying his property in George County, Mississippi, using the map service and, judging by the top-down satellite image, thought he found a "shooting house" on his hunting grounds. When he drove out to the suspicious structure, he realized it actually was a sport utility vehicle wedged in thick brush about 70 yards from the nearest road, so he called the police.

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Samsung Makes $4 Million Investment In Wireless Charging Company

Samsung Ventures America has made a $4 million funding in a wireless charging startup called PowerbyProxi. The system that this company has developed allows multiple devices to be placed on a single charger for wireless charging. The system also allows more flexibility on how the devices are positioned on the single charger.

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PSA: Cyanogen Inc looking for CM Installer Beta Testers

One of Cyanogen Inc.'s tasks to tackle as a new company is to make CyanogenMod easy to install. In fact, they want it to be easy enough that your mom or grandmother could do it with just the click of a button. The team hopes that with Cyanogen Installer, you'll be able to get up and running with CyanogenMod with little to no learning curve at all. To help them reach this harmony between well designed software and a great user experience, Cyanogen Inc.


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GM files patent for 7-speed DCT, is it headed for Corvette?

Although a report last year indicated that the seventh-gen Chevrolet Corvette could be getting an eight-speed automatic transmission, it looks like General Motors might have some other plans in mind.

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LG Drops OLED TV Price To $10k, Introduces New TVs Stateside

Over at CEDIA 2013, the folks at LG have dropped some announcements concerning their Ultra HD TV range. Firstly, there will be a couple of new edge LED lit LCD TVs that will be part of the LG make up, where the more affordable models which were introduced in South Korea back in August are finally about to arrive Stateside later this month. There is the 65-inch LG LA9650 which will feature a $5,000 price tag, and for those who are feeling the pinch when it comes to their pockets and yet still want something worthy to reside in their respective living rooms, the 55-inch model will retail for a mere $3,500, now how about that.

Ubergizmo , LG Drops OLED TV Price To $10k, Introduces New TVs Stateside, LG Drops OLED TV Price To $10k, Introduces New TVs Stateside

Sony Not Concerned By Xbox One's 7-day Head Start In Europe

As gamers are probably acutely aware by now, the Xbox One is expected to see a release on the 22nd of November. The PlayStation 4, on the other hand, will see a release on the 29th of November in Europe, but a 15th of November release in North America. Essentially what this means is that over n Europe, the Xbox One will have a 7 day head start. This might seem like a big deal to some, but to Sony they don't appear to be too concerned about that fact.

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Surface Mini Allegedly Delayed Until Spring 2014

There's been a lot of talk these days about a Surface Mini tablet from Microsoft. The company recently unveiled its next generation Surface tablets but did not mention a toned down version at all, so at this point in time it can't be said for sure if Redmond really does intend to releasing a “mini” variant of its tablet. The latest rumor suggests that the tablet has been delayed until Spring 2014 as it will come with a Windows 8.1 update, called “Spring 2014 GDR,” pre-installed.

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How To Preorder Kindle Fire HDX Tablets Right Now!

If you are, by some plausible chance, interested to avail your Kindle Fire HDX preorder irrespective of which screen size you would advocate for, here's the simplest way to do it now. Depending on whether you choose the 7-inch beauty or the 8.9 inch version, your Kindle Fire HDX shipping should take place anytime from October 18th or 7th November respectively. Kindle Fire HDX pricing and preorder links included at the end of this post for your convenience.
Visit the Amazon Kindle HDX product page (click here to preorder Kindle Fire HDX).

1. Click on a 7-inch or 8.9" Kindle Fire HDX image

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BMW M3 and M4 will rock 430 hp from twin-turbo six with standard manual (video)

We're not sure which spec we're most intrigued by for the new BMW M3 and M4: the twin-turbo six-cylinder with 430 horsepower and "far beyond" 369 pound-feet of torque, the 3,300-pound curb weight or the standard six-speed manual transmission with automatic throttle blipping on downshifts. That engine is fitted with both Valvetronic and Double-Vanos, twin-wire arc-spray coating in the cylinders instead of liners to save weight, a track-ready cooling system with additional radiators, a forged crankshaft, dry-sump lubrication and a magnesium oil sump. BMW says its "high revving concept" has a redline beyond 7,500 rpm.

Autoblog , BMW M3 and M4 will rock 430 hp from twin-turbo six with standard manual (video), BMW M3 and M4 will rock 430 hp from twin-turbo six with standard manual (video)

RealNetworks Launches RealPlayer Cloud

Remember how popular RealNetworks was with its RealPlayer media player back in the late 90s and early 2000s. It seems there were a high number of videos online that were transcoded into the RealPlayer format, making it nearly impossible to not have a version of the media player on your computer during its peak in popularity. It looks like RealNetworks is attempting to rather big comeback with a new piece of video software as well as storage solutions that will make it possible for its customers to share videos across different devices.

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CIRE comes to Yorkshire for the first time

KCOM Group co-hosts CIRE roundtable event25 September 2013: Communications provider KCOM Group co-hosted the latest Centre for In-House Recruiting Excellence (CIRE) round table event at its Wakefield office to discuss how the world of work is changing at an unprecedented speed. KCOM was joined by 11 CIRE members and in-house recruitment professionals from businesses including Arla Foods, Yorkshire Water and Next to talk about the current hot topics in recruitment and human resources.

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Amazon debuts Kindle Fire HDX 7- and 8.9-inch tablets, we go hands-on

The slate, like its predecessor, comes in 7- and 8.9-inch configurations - this time out sporting much higher resolutions, at 323 ppi (1,920 x 1,200) and 339 ppi (2,560 x 1,600), respectively. Compare that to 221 and 254 ppi for their predecessors and 264 ppi on the iPad 3; quite brilliant in conference room lighting. For by-the-pool readers, there's also a dynamic image contrast feature, which one exec pulled out a flashlight to demo. The feature works by shifting the display's contrast, rather than brightness, to compensate for external changes in lighting.






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Hyundai, Mazda and Ford offering support to victims of Colorado flooding

Hyundai, Mazda and Ford have initiated programs to aid victims of the recent floods across Colorado. Hyundai is stepping in to give help directly to drivers, offering those with flood-damaged vehicles a $750 credit on a new Hyundai. "At this stressful time, the last thing flood victims should be concerned with is how they are going to replace their water-damaged or destroyed vehicles," Dave Zuchowski, executive vice president of Hyundai's American sales, said. The Hyundai program will run from September 18 through the end of October, and will cover all citizens in counties declared disaster areas by FEMA.

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BMW stripes up X6 M Design Edition

There's something that makes red, dark blue and light blue stripes running up the fenders and down the flanks of a white car just that much more eye-catching. Whether it's a Martini Racing liveried racecar or something from the BMW skunkworks, they just draw long looks nothing else can. And here's the latest.

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Nexus 7 2013 WiFi JSS15R factory images now available, binaries too

Over the past two days, we've been receiving reports that users have been getting a new OTA update on their Nexus 7 2013 WiFi edition tablet. Being a Google Nexus device means you're privy to a number of perks such as factory restoration images and binaries for compiling your own ROM. While most of us won't need to download binaries for our Nexus 7, it is a good idea to have a local backup copy of your Nexus factory images if you're into flashing custom ROMs, just in case something goes wrong.


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Jeep idles second shift it hired a month ago for 2014 Cherokee

In an unusual move, Chrysler is idling its recently hired second shift of 2014 Jeep Cherokee builders because, Chrysler spokeswoman Jodi Tinson said in a statement, it already has built the "critical number of vehicles we need to stock dealerships once containment is released," Automotive News reports. After the "critical" 9,430 Cherokees were built, the layoff was enacted so as not to strain the automaker's logistics partners before the Cherokee is actually released.

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Are you still rocking an HTC HD2? You can now put Sense 5 on it!

Android phones come and go, but only one phone has survived for almost 4 years. Funny thing is, it wasn't even designed to run Android (was meant to be a Windows Mobile device), yet it is one of the most supported devices of all times. It keeps getting the latest ROMs, sometimes before flagship smartphones. Yes, we are talking about the legendary HTC HD2 .
If you still have your hands on one, congrats… and you can now test Sense 5 on it! A new ROM brings a Sense 5 port to the HD2, courtesy of senior XDA developer gilbert32. It's important to note that this ROM is nowhere close to being finished.


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Nokia Lumia 1020 now available in Europe, costs £600 in the UK

The Nokia Lumia 1020 has been available in the US for some time now, and has even had its on-contract price slashed already. In China, the phone has been available for over a month now with a price of $980 for an unlocked device. In Europe, however, Nokia fans haven't been so lucky with the availability of the Lumia 1020. Thankfully, these last couple of days we've been getting reports about its availability from all over the place, including the UK, Poland, Italy and Bulgaria.

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Apple's Touch ID Sensor Can Register Nipples And Toes As Well

Apple's Touch ID sensor for the iPhone 5s was designed to be used with fingerprints, but it seems that it can also be used with other body parts as the folks at Japanese website, Rocket News, have found out when they attempted to lock and unlock the iPhone 5s using  their nipples. One person locked and registered his nipple with the Touch ID, and successfully managed to unlock it by putting it against his chest. When another person attempted something similar with his phone, it did not work, proving that nipples can be one way to lock your iPhone 5s if fingerprints are a little too obvious.

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII TGS 2013 Trailer

Check out the TGS 2013 trailer for the upcoming Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII title. Developed and published by Square Enix, the Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is a direct sequel to Final Fantasy XIII-2, continuing the storyline of Final Fantasy XIII, and forms part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis subseries. This console action role-playing video game will hit PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 21st in Japan and February 11th in North America.

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Microsoft Dives Into Chinese Console Venture With 'Bestpad' (Rumor)

What is this that we hear. Is Microsoft not content with their Xbox video game console business alone, that they want to expand their horizons. It seems that Microsoft themselves has formed a joint venture with a Shanghai media giant known as BesTV, and this partnership's main aim is to roll out a new games device that will deliver streaming entertainment services. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, this joint venture looks set to be limited within the shores of China itself.

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Offsidegaming Chooses Push Technology to Expand In-Play Betting Business

Market-leading solution selected for its scalability, resilience and proven performance London, UK – 24 September, 2013 – Data distribution specialists Push Technology today announced that leading sports betting provider for the gaming industry, Offsidegaming has selected its high-performance, scalable and real-time data distribution solution, Diffusion to expand its in-play betting proposition. Offsidegaming is abandoning its current polling architecture in favour of a push-based infrastructure to ensure its gaming platform can grow dynamically with user demand.

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2014 Chevy Silverado High Country loads up with $45,100* starting price

Chevrolet has released pricing information on its most luxurious Silverado ever, the High Country. Priced at $45,100, it undercuts its top-of-the-line competitors from Ford (F-150 Limited, $50,025), Ram (1500 Laramie Limited, $47,780) and Toyota (Tundra 1794 Edition, $48,785) - much less higher-priced offerings like the Ford King Ranch, Ram Longhorn and GMC Sierra Denali. Available in both two- and four-wheel drive, the High Country's standard engine is a 355-horsepower, 5.3-liter EcoTec V8. Those that need additional grunt can also opt for the 6.2-liter, 420-horsepower V8.

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Android 4.4 makes appearance in Korean Google keyboard screenshot

It was in the video of the Nexus 5 left unattended in a bar that we got our first glimpse of Android 4.4 KitKat. The video seemingly confirmed rumors that Google would finally do away with Android's famous cyan blue Holo theme in favor of a standard white/grey color scheme. Android 4.4′s more more neutral theme is making another appearance, this time in Google's Play Store listing for their official Korean keyboard app (it's since been removed).


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Imaging Solutions & BridgeHead expand healthcare data management in Australia & New Zealand

Specialist healthcare reseller widens product portfolio with BridgeHead’s Healthcare Data Management (HDM) SolutionASHTEAD, UK and WOBURN, MA – September 24, 2013 – BridgeHead Software, the Healthcare Data Management company, today announced its partnership with Imaging Solutions, the leading single-source supplier of healthcare imaging products and consumables in Australia and New Zealand.

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BMW shuffles chairs in its design department

BMW Group has made some changes to its design team since August 1, and has shuffled top personnel to different positions at BMW Design, Mini Design and Rolls-Royce. The BMW Design team led by Karim Habib (middle, right) gains a new head of Exterior Design in Domagoj Dukec (right), who has worked for the exterior design team since 2010 and shaped the Concept Active Tourer. Oliver Heilmer (left), who has worked for BMW's interior design unit since 2000 and designed the 5 Series interior, replaces Marc Girard as head of Interior Design BMW Automobiles.

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DukePad Is Powered By The Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi, when it first hit the market, definitely made a case for itself as being an inexpensive piece of computing that hobbyists would definitely find it to be fun tinkering around with. After all, $35 will not net you much these days, but with the Raspberry Pi, you end up with a processor, memory, input and output, and a memory card slot, now how about that. Here we are with DukePad, touted to be a rather interesting invention in the form of a Raspberry Pi-powered tablet.

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Microsoft Touch Cover 2 Announced

At this morning's Microsoft Surface event, we have already managed to bring you a hands on of the Microsoft Surface Pro 2. Well, tablets were not the only devices to be introduced at the particular event, as a slew of other accessories were given a similar treatment, too, and among them include the Microsoft Touch Cover 2. The Microsoft Touch Cover 2 happens to be thinner as well as lighter compared to the original Touch Cover at just 2.75 mm thin, where it will boast of backlit keys that deliver an even better level of readability.

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LG Vu 3 Announced

We have been hearing rumors that LG is looking to launch a new phablet device called the Vu 3. It is expected to be the successor to the LG Vu 2, and sure enough the Korean company has announced the handset, corroborating the rumors that the device could be announced this month. Interestingly enough LG has decided to stick to the 4:3 aspect ratio which gives the handset a boxy kind of look, versus a more rectangular feel compared to devices like the LG G2 and the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, but we guess there must be a reason behind it.

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Fits.me converts investment to global

Austin Reed, Crew Clothing, M&Co, Musto, Savile Row Company and others sign deals23 Fits.me Virtual Fitting Rooms now operating in 9 countriesVirtual fitting rooms have gone from nice-to-have to vital tool during 2013September 19th 2013, London, UK – The London-headquartered virtual fitting room provider Fits.me continues to catch the eye of ecommerce directors at many UK fashion retailers – and, increasingly, in multiple countries.

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Save the date for the digital gold rush debate

Montpellier (FRANCE), September 19th - The DigiWorld Summit on 19th-21st November 2013 will focus on “The digital gold mines” and  be an opportunity to discuss the sources of value that are energizing the digital markets. Building on the "Game changers" (Mobility, Cloud, Big Data) prospective framework debated during the last DigiWorld Summit, IDATE’s teams invite you to Montpellier to discuss "The digital gold mines". Key topics include: Where will the sources of value be in the digital sectors.

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Nikon AW1 Waterproof Interchangeable Lens Camera Announced

When it comes to waterproof cameras, they tend to be rather bulky and while some are able to capture decent photos, we guess the main highlight would be the fact that it can withstand submersion under water, allowing photographers to snap underwater photos of themselves, fishes, corals, and etc. Well if you're in the market for a waterproof camera that is also an interchangeable lens camera, Nikon might have the answer for you in the form of the AW1.

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Pad & Quill updates their site and adds new iPhone cases

The husband and wife team at Minneapolis based Pad & Quill have been busy updating their online store front and their line of quality handmade leather and wooden cases for the iPhone, iPad, Macbook and Kindle. They are offering 3 new wallet cases for the iPhone 5x5S along with 2 cases for the 5C. Their new Luxury Pocket Book ($79.95) uses full grain bag leathers, intricate french hemmed seams and hand finished wood. The Bella Fino for 5x5S and 5C ($49.99) is a slim case minus the wooden phone holder. P&Q utilize a custom manufactured adhesive from 3M to hold the iPhone in place.

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Hackers Want To Hack iPhone 5S Fingerprint Scanner

We do know that Apple will not be making available the fingerprint sensor to developers, and that could have a role to play in a bunch of hackers pooling their resources together to launch istouchidhackedyet.com. Basically, all the incentives are listed there if you think that you have what it takes to hack into the iPhone 5S' fingerprint scanner. The list remains open to anyone with the technical capability as well as cojones, and the total booty will obviously grow with time as more and more people pledge some money.

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Facebook Tested Their New iOS 7 Look Right Under Everyone's Noses

With iOS 7 finally making its way onto iOS devices, there have been a couple of apps that have since updated itself to keep in theme with the new iOS 7 look, and Facebook was one of them. Admittedly for some, the new design of the Facebook app could prove a little jarring, especially with the navigation having been changed, and access to the News Feed, Messages, and Notifications making its way to the bottom of the app instead of the top, but for some, such as myself, this was not a complete surprise as it turns out that my version of Facebook had always been like this, and little did I know it was in preparation for iOS 7.

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Nexus 5 Launch Date Tipped For October Again [Rumor]

We have been hearing a fair bit about the next-gen Nexus, which has been tipped to be known as the Nexus 5. In fact it was just the other day benchmarks of the device have been spotted which was followed by a press rendering of the handset. Now the question we're sure many are wondering when will the device be announced. According to a previous rumor, the handset could be due for a 14th of October announcement (which if true would make it a day before Apple allegedly unveils their new iPads), and now a report from DigiTimes has "confirmed" the October timeframe as well.

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BlackBerry Messenger coming to Android this Saturday, Sept. 21st! (Do you still care?)

It has been a long story with BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). The messaging service has been rumored and expected to come to Android for a very long time. BBM's expansion to other mobile operating systems became official about 4 months ago, though, and the wait is almost over. BlackBerry has just announced the app will be available for Android (and iOS) this weekend! Android will be getting some BBM love starting Saturday, Sept. 21st at 7 AM EDT, a day before iOS gets to access the legendary messaging service.

What is BBM?

Many knew BBM since its very beginnings, but BlackBerry has been going downhill for a while.


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