Think Apple’s A6 chip packs a punch? It appears to have some stiff competition from Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa, slated for commercial production in the second quarter, the company announced today. Featured in Samsung’s Galaxy S4, Octa means it integrates a whopping eight CPU cores. Apple’s A6 has two, by comparison. While a raw core …
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LG this week announced that Smart Video eye recognition will be coming to the LG Optimus G Pro. As part of an upcoming “Value Pack” software update, the feature will be made available for select future LG premium smartphones. Related stories LG Optimus G Pro review SmartPause demonstrated on Galaxy S4 LG phablet redux: Optimus G Pro The Smart Video …
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 is here! The year’s most hotly anticipated phone has been officially unveiled, with all the monster specs you could hope for and packed to the gunwhales with features. But is there enough revolution with the S4’s evolution? Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S4 hands-on 3:02 At first glance, the S4 is identical to the smash …
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There’s no firm arrival date for the Galaxy S4 yet, but telcos are already taking your “expressions of interest” for the new Samsung phone. The Galaxy S4. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Samsung is planning to release the Galaxy S4 in Q2 of this year, with Gregory Lee, CEO of Samsung’s operations in Southeast Asia, Oceania and Taiwan, telling CNET today that …
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The new Galaxy S4 features cutting edge hardware. Too bad its operating system will be out of date about four weeks after the phone hits store shelves. Samsung Electronics’ latest phone, which will debut in April at the earliest, will run Android 4.2.2, also known as Jelly Bean. It’s also the latest version of Android — for now. The problem …
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(Credit: Vlambeer) If you’re looking for a new app to fill your interstitial time, Ridiculous Fishing is almost impossible to put down. There are some activities that you wouldn’t think would make a fun game. Waiting for a bus in the rain. Painting a house. We would have added fishing to that list, but years of fishing in Japanese video …
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Samsung Electronics is set to unveil its next big thing, the Galaxy S4, and you can get all the details right here. The company is holding its launch event at 4 p.m PT/7 p.m. ET today at Radio City Music Hall in midtown Manhattan. CNET’s Jessica Dolcourt, Brian Bennett, Shara Tibken, Sarah Tew, and I will be bringing you all …
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The best pics yet of the Samsung Galaxy S4 have appeared online, just as the Korean company is rolling out the red carpet and firing up the arc lights for tonight’s massive New York launch. The 19 images posted at Chinese blog Mobile.it168.com — if genuine — leave nothing to the imagination. They convey the new smart phone’s design in …
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A new report by TV industry tracker NPD DisplaySearch says Ultra HD resolution LCD TV panels, the principal component in new UHD/4K TVs, will increase significantly in 2013. The firm says the number will top out at 2.6 million by the end of the year, up from a paltry 63 thousand in 2012. A summary of findings in its “Quarterly …
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The HTC One won’t be hitting UK shop shelves on Friday as expected — instead the 4.7-inch smart phone will be arriving at the end of this month, or the beginning of April. When the One, which plays host to HTC’s Sense 5 interface and risky 4-megapixel camera was revealed in February, HTC said it would be on sale in …
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Sundar Pichai, a Google veteran fond of fast browsers and computers, will have to move quickly himself as the newly named head of Android. CEO Larry Page announced Pichai’s new role in a surprise blog post today. Pichai assumes the responsibilities of Andy Rubin, who is stepping down as head of Android to “start a new chapter at Google.” As …
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Twitter acquired the music discovery service We Are Hunted last year and is using its technology to build a standalone music app, CNET has learned. The app, to be called Twitter Music, could be released on iOS by the end of this month, according to a person familiar with the matter. Twitter Music suggests artists and songs to listen to …
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Now playing: Watch this: Unboxing the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablet 4:10 Amazon is launching its Kindle Fire HD 8.9 in Europe and Japan today, which means a lower price for the tablet in the U.S., the company announced. In the U.S., the Wi-Fi version now starts at $269 and the 4G device starts at $399. Customers in the …
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Samsung tried to conjure up a bit of Fred Astaire for its latest Galaxy S4 promotion. As the new Galaxy phone gets ready for its big debut tomorrow, the smartphone maker took to Times Square to try to wow the crowds with a dance number. Outfitted with bowler hats and black suits with the number 4 on the back, the …
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Everyone knows the dangers of drinking and driving. An unfortunate few choose to ignore them, often with tragic results. A good friend recently lost his nephew to a drunk driver. A member of my temple congregation lost his wife and children to a drunk driver. That same temple later lost its rabbi to a drunk driver. Shall I go on? …
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