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Autonomous micro UAV planned for $49US

Have you always wanted an unmanned aerial vehicle that could follow you around, obey voice commands and shoot video? Your dreams may be answered as company Always Innovating are promising a quadrotor device for only $49. The MeCam is a cool little gadget, but it is still under development, with …

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BB10 launches tomorrow: a return to form for RIM?

For many people Blackberry smartphones have dropped off the radar. Research In Motion are hoping that their launch of Blackberry 10 tomorrow will change everything. They are promising a faster series of devices which will offer a great typing experience and the ability to keep personal and work identities separate …

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Amazon sitting on $9 billion after record Christmas

amazon

Amazon is expected to to announce after its best Christmas takings in years, that its coffers have swollen to an impressive $9 (£5.7) billion, which represents an impressive increase since September, when Amazon was sitting on a more modest total around $5.2 (£3.3) billion. It's thought that this uptake in …

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AMD launches FX-4130 – gives 200MHz extra for free

Sometimes an upgrade is really simple to understand. Other times you need a mini-computer, advanced maths degree and several hours of umm-ing and arr-ing to see if the new products is, in fact, better. KitGuru scans the spec sheet for the brand new FX-4130 and ponders motives and machinations. With …

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Ultra HD broadcasts to start in 2014

Brazil

If you're one of the few people in the world that has dropped the £20k plus that you'd need in order to get hold of an ultra high definition TV and you happen to live in Japan, then you're in luck, as you'll actually be able to do more than …

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Mega resellers disallow Paypal payments

Mega Resellers

Mega got off to a flying start just over a week ago, but it's run into a few problems. One was keeping the site operational during busy periods and another has proved to be resellers of premium accounts being forced to drop the Paypal payment option. Out of the ten …

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Google+ takes second place in social network race

Stats

While Facebook is still far and beyond the world's most used social website, Google's own + service has now taken the second place medal, beating out both Youtube and Twitter by a few per cent of the world's population. According to new data from GlobalWebIndex, Facebook currently has over 50 …

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China may lift a decade long ban on consoles

China are considering removing a decade long ban on the sale of consoles on home territory. The official China Daily newspaper has published an article today which has sent shares of the major console players soaring. We reported back in November last year that the Playstation 3 had received a …

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Scientists create scifi Tractor Beam

Star Trek fans will rejoice, because Scientists have invented a real life Tractor Beam which uses light to attract objects. Star Trek may have used a tractor beam to drag along another space craft, however Scientists in the real world are hoping that it could have an impact in medical …

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Twitter ‘Vine’ app turned into porn hub already

We all knew it might happen, but not maybe as quickly as it did. The new Twitter app, called Vine – allows users to publish 6 second videos. People are complaining that the level of ‘explicit' content is already much too high. The terms of service of Vine states that …

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Apple rumoured to be releasing 128GB iPad

According to 9to5Mac Apple may be releasing a new super high capacity iPad with 128GB of onboard flash memory. My sources in Taipei were unable to confirm the rumor, although they had heard it. Increasing the memory to 128GB would double the current capacity. We can only guesstimate a pricing …

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HTC announces a small phone for a big phone

There is no doubt that as we enter the year where smartphones with 5 inch, 1080p displays will dominate the marketplace; the point where devices are just too large is about to be tested even further. With the Butterfly, HTC will sell the HTC Mini alongside it in China. The …

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Samsung announces Galaxy Xcover 2

Samsung has today announced the successor to the rugged Galaxy xCover Android smartphone that we reviewed last year. The Xcover 2 is better in just about every area over its predecessor and given our impressions of the original this can only be a good thing. The Xcover 2's primary appeal is to those …

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German court rules: internet essential to modern life

Uptime

A German court has ruled that its citizens have the right to ask for compensation from their internet service provider should their broadband be disrupted for any length of time, judging internet access to be an essential part of modern life. This decision was made by the Federal Court of …

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Antiguan government to sell pirated movies, music

Antigua

The government of Antigua is planning to launch a rather unique form of protest, by offering pirated movies, music and software for sale from a new website without paying anything to US copyright holders. The reasoning? The US won't lift a blockade that prevents the country from offering internet gambling …

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Nokia confirms the death of Symbian

The end of Symbian has been coming for a while now and in Nokia's Q4 2012 earnings report that Finnish company has finally confirmed it. Nokia says that the 808 PureView, which was announced nearly a year ago, will be the last Symbian device from them. “During our transition to …

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Adobe Max in May – Powered by CS7

While creative types across the globe are still working with various versions of CS5, Adobe has moved passed CS6 and is ready to unload CS7. The Adobe Max Conference will be a hotbed of graphic lust. KitGuru casts an eye over the proposed content. Starting Saturday 4th May, Adobe's mega …

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Paper-Kit turn 2D portraits into 3D models

Paper-Kit have developed a system to use a 2D printout to turn yourself into a full 3D model. The first process is to upload some photos taken from left, right and front sides of your head. The software automatically maps that into a 3D polygonal model which can be tuned …

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Microsoft Windows division up 24% on year

Microsoft are proudly reported their revenue for the second quarter of their 2013 financial year. Company performance is strong in all areas however the Windows division is the big talking point, showing 24 percent year on year growth. Revenue was £13,580 billion, an increase of 3 percent on the same …

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Samsung winning the battle of smartphones

While many other companies are struggling, Samsung are experiencing huge profit increases of 76%, thanks to the Galaxy smartphone range. Their net income rose to a record 7.04tn won (£4.2 billion), up from 4.01tn won in the same period a year previously. Analyst expectations have been beaten. The Korean organisation …

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PS4 specs leaked

It was only a few days ago that we heard what the guts of the Xbox 720 will be like and now we're getting a taste of its main competitor the PS4, with a purported leak that gives us a run down of what we can expect inside Sony's next-gen …

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