A long time in the future, in a cinema near you, you’ll finally find out what happened to Luke, Han and Leia after they defeated the evil Emperor. Star Wars: Episode VII will open on 18 December 2015, its makers Disney announced via the StarWars.com website. That’s a delay of six months or so, as …
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The Xbox One is ready to be the hub of your living room. That’s been the pitch since Day 1 for Microsoft’s next-gen console, but it wasn’t until this Wednesday that the CNET crew had a chance to check out many of the Xbox One’s home entertainment features in person. We already knew that the Xbox One would include Blu-ray …
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On 3 December, Sony Japan will be launching the DPT-S1: a 13.3-inch E Ink reader for PDFs, aimed at the student market. (Credit: Sony) Sony Japan will launch the largest E Ink reader to date on 3 December, the 13.3-inch A4-sized DPT-S1 announced earlier this year. (Credit: Sony) The large format is designed to display what you would normally see …
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Apple It doesn’t take long to get used to iOS 7’s new look. Jason Parker’s review of iOS 7 describes the update’s interface as “elegant.” Many of iOS 7’s best new features aren’t so obvious, however. Here are four tweaks that make an iOS 7 device easier to use. Prevent Control Center opening when you swipe up from the bottom …
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Not content to just battle it out with T-Mobile for LTE coverage, Sprint on Thursday announced it is still going after the home phone business. The Sprint Phone Connect System 1, which is available starting Friday, uses the company’s cellular network rather than traditional landlines to provide phone service to homes and small businesses. The new system bundles Sprint’s system …
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Samsung is throwing its formidable weight behind AMOLED display tech — which could be seen as a challenge to Apple. The South Korean electronics giant, maker of the Galaxy line of smartphones, made it clear Wednesday that active-matrix organic LED (AMOLED) displays are its future. “We were the first to commercialize AMOLED back in 2007. This year we successfully produced …
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Samsung has given financial analysts a peek into the future of mobile phones. At its analyst day on Wednesday, the smartphone maker showed off prototypes of foldable phones and devices that could reach consumers within the next few years, the Wall Street Journal has reported. Reporters were not allowed in on the fun, and even the analysts in attendance were …
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Good news if you’re desperate for a matte black slice of cutting-edge Android in your life — the black Nexus 5 with 32GB of storage is back on sale. The bad news is you’ll be waiting up to 5 weeks for it to arrive. The in-demand mobile sold out two days ago, but this morning the Google Play Store will …
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Shutterstock Vodafone has just gone 4G, but watchdogs say it’s fallen short on 3G. Ofcom has singled out Vodafone as the only network failing to live up to its 3G coverage obligations, but the network is working to make things right. EE, Three and O2 have all met the government’s target of reaching 90 per cent of the population. But …
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Nvidia’s Shield gaming device is no one-off project for the company. When asked about whether Nvidia would work on a follow-up to the Android-gaming device, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang would only say that he intends to continue investing in Shield. Related stories Best Gaming PC Deals: Save $1,600 on an ABS Desktop With RTX 3080 Ti Graphics EVGA Won’t Make Next-Gen …
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Now playing: Watch this: Nokia Lumia 1520: the first Full HD, quad-core Windows… 2:18 Nokia’s Lumia 1520 smartphoneand 2520 tablet will reportedly reach US consumers on November 22. This latest tidbit comes from blog site Windows Phone Central, which provided a peak at an inventory list reportedly revealing the launch date for the new devices. The entries for the large-screened …
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Panasonic’s 20-inch 4K tablet, which shown off at CES in January, could be landing the US at the beginning of next year. Panasonic’s Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 will go on sale in the US in January for a whopping $6,000, according to Engadget. The Japanese company had already announced that the ultra HD slate would be available in Europe in November. …
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EE has unveiled its latest 4G deals: including a petabyte of data for £8m. Guess we’ll have to update our 4G price comparison… Just kidding: these are serious business deals for serious business people, as EE touts the advantages of 4G for big companies. EE has created super bundles netting a firm 50TB, 100TB, 200TB, 500TB or 1PB of data. …
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HTC could be working on a new handset code-named M8, according to recently leaked images. TechRadar published on Thursday photos first uncovered on Taiwan-based site ePrice showing what the leaker says is the case for the HTC M8. The images show a design that’s similar to that of the HTC One. However, unlike the HTC One, the M8’s metal body …
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Android 4.4, aka KitKat, comes with an experimental technology called ART designed to speed up Android apps. ART is a replacement for Dalvik, the “runtime” software that has the job of executing Android apps. Dalvik is a virtual machine — essentially a software version of a computer that lets Android apps run on a variety of hardware — that’s closely …
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