Keep Your Laptop Safe with TechSafe

If you use your laptop in public a lot, you'd probably benefit from having a means to secure it against theft.  Griffin offers the universal TechSafe Cable Lock System that uses the laptop's hinge as the attachment point, so it will work equally well with all laptops.  You slide the patented hardened steel LockBlade through the hinge – which Griffin says is the strongest part of the laptop, then you attach the TechSafe Cable Lock to the LockBlade and a table leg.  If there's not an easy way to attach the cable to a piece of furniture, you can use the optional Anchor Clamp.

The Gadgeteer, Keep Your Laptop Safe with TechSafe

Next iPhone coming to US on September 5th?

Is the iPhone arriving in September 5th. According to the latest rumors published by iPhoneItalia, it received news from a “very reliable source” who claims that the next iPhone will be launched on Swisscom's network in October 5th. Now that's not the whole story. Apparently the October 5th date is the “rest of the world” date: one month after the US release date which is said to be September 5th. The source of this news? A senior executive at Swisscom (a Swedish carrier).

It's hard to separate truth from fiction here, but if it's true, this is the first time we have a definite date for the next iPhone's release.

Ubergizmo, Next iPhone coming to US on September 5th?

AndyPad tech specs confirmed, “Pro” model to cost £179

AndyPad has just got a little more REAL, thanks to the maker finally nailing down the full tech spec of both hardware versions of its forthcoming 7″ Android 2.3 tablet. There's nothing new that hasn't already been well foreshadowed by the company and the many leaks, but it's still good to have a proper list. This is it:.
AndyPad also says the Pro model features “SensaTouch” screen technology, which we've just tried Googling with no luck.

Eurodroid, AndyPad tech specs confirmed, “Pro” model to cost £179

Tablet Rentals Coming to a Major League Baseball Stadium Near You

If you're the sort of person who doesn't find a rousing game of baseball, copious amounts of beer and food, and the company of a few good friends enough to occupy over the course of nine innings, then T-Mobile has you covered. The carrier is launching a tablet rental program in conjunction with the Los Angeles Angels that will provide you with a T-Mobile G Slate or Samsung Galaxy Tab for your entertainment as you take in a game at Angel Stadium.

Android Phone, Tablet Rentals Coming to a Major League Baseball Stadium Near You

Samsung to unveil a mini Galaxy Tab soon?

Samsung's Galaxy Tab line of tablets is already a success. With 7-, 10.1- and 8.9-inch iterations, the company has all its bases covered and caters to those looking for larger and smaller tablets, as well as somewhere in between. However, it seems seven inches is not small enough for Samsung, as the company is rumored to be launching a 5-inch Galaxy at IFA in September. Yahoo! News Korea reports that Samsung will show off a 5.3-inch tablet at IFA 2011 in Berlin this September. Codenamed ‘Galaxy Q,' the device is said to represent a ‘stepping stone' between the smartphone and the tablet.

2DayBlog.com, Samsung to unveil a mini Galaxy Tab soon?

Docomo Sold 20 Millions of Raku-Raku phone since 1999

20 Million phones sold, 18 different models here you are the Raku-Raku Series from Docomo, a unique Phone made to be "simple" and help elderly to get around with Hi-tech in style while avoiding any cultural shock. While the fundamental features of the Raku-Raku PHONE series have remained the same over the years - three one-touch command buttons; large, easy-to-read characters on displays; and large, easy-to-operate buttons - DOCOMO has added additional features to meet customer needs, such as Deco-mail™, which allows users to decorate mails with pictograms and pictures, and dust and water- proof designs.

Akihabara News, Docomo Sold 20 Millions of Raku-Raku phone since 1999

Nokia N9 lands at FCC, bares all for the camera

You must have seen enough pictures of the N9Â's beautiful exterior but now thanks to the FCC you can get a peek inside that unibody shell as well. The Federal Trade Commission skillfully took apart the handset on one of their routine tests and took plenty of photographs of the internals. You will notice the pop-out SIM tray on the top of the device that thankfully does not require the assistance of a pointed tool to be taken out because of a lever mechanism. The non-user-replaceable 1450mAh Li-Ion battery uses a cable to connect to the phone, unlike the N8, which used a standard Nokia battery and was hence, to some extent, user-replaceable.









GSM Arena, Nokia N9 lands at FCC, bares all for the camera

Motorola Droid Bionic viral campaign underway?

Viral campaigns aren't new, if anything they've been quite popular of recent, but like most advertising campaigns, it's hard to pull of perfectly. There needs to be the right element of mystery and tinge of annoyance when it comes to these sorts of things - most of them just end up being annoying or something I don't care about. But recently there've been a couple of viral campaigns that have got me interested. First up it's none other than the TabCo viral marketing campaign that popped up a couple of weeks ago.

Ubergizmo, Motorola Droid Bionic viral campaign underway?

Facebook comments can now display rich content

One thing great about Facebook is the way it constantly innovates and updates itself. While not everybody may agree with the new features it implements and forces its users to use, Facebook has come a long way since its inception about 7 years ago. From photo tagging, facial recognition, the “Like” button, and native video calling, the service is really a one-stop for all your social internet needs. Yesterday Facebook announced a new feature that will be rolled out globally: comments now support rich content.

Ubergizmo, Facebook comments can now display rich content

Google Nexus S for AT&T launching on July 24 via Best Buy

While the world is waiting for the third-generation Nexus smartphone to be announced, Google keeps on releasing its current Nexus model – the Samsung Nexus S – via more carriers. This week, it's AT&T's turn to launch the Nexus S. Well, in fact it won't launch it the same way it normally launches phones, because the handset will only be sold through Best Buy locations – starting Sunday, July 24.

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MacBook Pros, Hit the Bench: The Air Is Gaining Muscle

The new MacBook Airs' i5 processor and backlit keyboard make it a speedy, slick machine. If you bought a MacBook Pro last year, it just got outflanked by its slimmer, smaller cousin, the MacBook Air. According to benchmark tests, the 2011 MacBook Air outperforms every 2010 MacBook Pro.

Laptop magazine reports that the 13-inch Air had a performance boost of 100 percent over last year's Air, scoring 5,860 on the Geekbench test. It boots in 17 seconds, and has a 6.25-hour battery life. The 11-inch Air jumped 149 percent, for a Geekbench score of 5,040, compared to 2,024 for last year's model.

Gadget Lab, MacBook Pros, Hit the Bench: The Air Is Gaining Muscle

Battle Realms game coming to iOS and Android in 2012

Does anyone remember playing the RTS game Battle Realms, created by Liquid Entertainment some ten years ago. If you do, it seems that the company will be taking the Battle Realms game and bringing it to iOS and Android devices sometime in 2012. The bad news is that it will not be the same RTS game that we remember, but rather a collectible card game version of it instead.

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itcrowd, Battle Realms game coming to iOS and Android in 2012

[TEASER - TOYOTA] We tested the World Largest Car Simulator and more!

Sorry if today was rather limited in terms of news on AkihabaraNews, but to tell the truth Benoa-San and I tested, among some other crazy things, the world largest Car Simulator, yep the very same one that you may have seen lately in Lexus TV commercials, wrecked a bunch of cars for fun. Oh and we also had a lot of fun on Snowy/Icy simulated road driving a car with all Safety Features off.





Akihabara News, [TEASER - TOYOTA] We tested the World Largest Car Simulator and more!

Acer looking to launch their own cloud system

With cloud services that are starting to pop up everywhere, it's really no surprise to see that Taiwanese hardware vendor, Acer, has decided to hop aboard the bandwagon as well. This was probably brought on by Acer's latest acquisition of iGware this week, a company who offered cloud software and infrastructure tools that are said to support more than 100 million consumer devices worldwide, among them being Nintendo gaming consoles.

Ubergizmo, Acer looking to launch their own cloud system

SOUL headphones by Ludacris have started shipping

When it comes to celebrities endorsing audio products, or perhaps lending their name to said audio products, it's really not that uncommon. Take a look at Dr. Dre who lent his name to Monster to create the Beats By Dre headphones, or even Lady Gaga who has her own set of headphones, and let's not forget Earth, Wind & Fire who also released their own set of headphones. So when Ludacris announced his own set of headphones called SOUL back at CES earlier this year, we can't say we weren't surprised.

Ubergizmo, SOUL headphones by Ludacris have started shipping

Music body wants to introduce a traffic light system to identify illegal websites on search engines

If you're resourceful enough and you don't like the idea of downloading torrents, chances are you should be able to search your way directly to an MP3 file of the song that you are looking for. However there are some people out there who may not know that downloading MP3 files are illegal, because whoever taught them to probably just told them that this was a way to get free music. Ignorance, however, is not an excuse in the eyes of the law, which is why a music body, the Performing Rights Society (PRS) for Music wants search engines to show which sites offer content illegally.

Ubergizmo, Music body wants to introduce a traffic light system to identify illegal websites on search engines

Chromium OS running on a MacBook Air, the perfect notebook with the perfect OS? Not quite.

I've to admit, the Apple MacBook Air is indeed a perfect ultraportable notebook, but what about Mac OS X. Some may, but some won't agree. Anyway, does it hurt your brain to look at the picture above. That'd be Chromium OS — running on a MacBook Air. Pretty much the definition of “worlds colliding,” this feat is brought to you by Hexxeh, whose most recent mind-warping project put Chrome on an iPad. The platform-mixing maestro says in this case everything works except Bluetooth, owing to a lack of support.

2DayBlog.com, Chromium OS running on a MacBook Air, the perfect notebook with the perfect OS? Not quite.

Stadium provides Wi-Fi connectivity for 18,000 fans

Just how many Wi-Fi connections does your local Starbucks offer. Let us expand that a bit more and take roadshows and exhibitions like CES for example, surely at least a few hundred people are connected at any one time. Expand that vision further and what do you get. For starters, Kansas City's Major League Soccer team, Sporting Kansas City, who recently moved into their new home stadium that has an 18,000 seating capacity will offer Wi-Fi connectivity to everyone there – simultaneously, of course.

Ubergizmo, Stadium provides Wi-Fi connectivity for 18,000 fans

Aluminum-Celmet May Boost EV Ranges 200%

One of the biggest concerns of prospective electric vehicle owners is a fear of limited driving ranges. Although modern electric vehicles have no problems making daily local trips, some owners may decide to pass on purchasing an EV knowing that it can only go so far before needing another charge. Luckily for prospective owners, a brand new metal on the way could lead to a huge increase in EV capabilities. Manufacturer of optical fiber cable and electric wire, Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) has recently developed an aluminum that could lead to a 150-300% increase in electric vehicle battery capacity.

2DayBlog.com, Aluminum-Celmet May Boost EV Ranges 200%

2011 Apple MacBook Air

Apple today released the new 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air. Both models now feature the latest generation of Intel processors, the Core i5 and i7. With speeds up to 1.8GHz and faster memory, the new MacBook Air gains up to 2.5x the processing performance over its predecessor. The 2011 MacBook Air has the Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor that includes an on-chip engine for video encoding and decoding. The new model supports the Thunderbolt I/O port, which is capable of transferring data up to 12 times faster than FireWire 800 and up to 20 times faster than USB 2.0.




TechFresh, 2011 Apple MacBook Air

TabCo Tablet launch might have Nokia connection

Heard of the TabCo name before. Many people speculate that this is a viral marketing stunt from ailing Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia, and they might be right. While the "WeAreMaemo" account has been deleted from Twitter, a different account name that does bear plenty of similarities has appeared – being referred to as "WeAreTabCo" now. A conversation over on Twitter by WeAreTabCo has fueled further speculation that a new tablet launch that is happening next month might actually belong to Nokia, but until something far more concrete arises, we will just have to adopt a wait and see attitude.

Ubergizmo, TabCo Tablet launch might have Nokia connection

Dead Rising 2: Off The Record Gets New Trailer

Check out the latest trailer ‘Electric Crusher' from Capcom's upcoming Dead Rising 2: Off The Record title. To remind you, this action-adventure video game is scheduled to hit North America and European shelves on October 11th and 14th.



TechFresh, Dead Rising 2: Off The Record Gets New Trailer

GE develops discs that store 500GB of data

Just when you thought that the 50GB storage you get from dual layer Blu-ray discs were overkill, wait until you get your hands on GE's (General Electric) latest holographic discs. Two years ago, GE announced that it was developing a prototype form of storage that could store up to 500GB of data. And it looks like the company has managed to accomplish what it started. Here's an explanation of how the disc works:

The disc is a polycarbonate material with millions of the micro-holograms stamped onto the disc.

Ubergizmo, GE develops discs that store 500GB of data

Samsung Galaxy S II will be launched next month in the US, says Samsung exec

We already know that the new Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 will be available in the US soon. But when exactly. Well, according to Shin Jong-kyun, president of Samsung's mobile business, the new Android Gingerbread handset should hit the US market “sometime in August.”.

Unwired View, Samsung Galaxy S II will be launched next month in the US, says Samsung exec

Specs of the Mac Mini refresh revealed? (Updated)

A couple of hours ago we reported on what appeared to be the new specs of the upcoming refresh of Apple's MacBook Air line of laptops. For those who have been following the tech news and also the progress of OS X Lion and the new hardware refreshes, you guys are probably aware that apart from the refreshes of the MacBook Air, there has been word that the Apple Cinema Display, the Mac Mini along with the Mac Pro might be seeing hardware refreshes too. As it turns out, 9to5 Mac later revealed that the Mac Mini's specs have also been leaked by the same source of the MacBook Air leaks, Mr. X.

Ubergizmo, Specs of the Mac Mini refresh revealed? (Updated)

Asus Eee Pad Transformer goes to India, priced at Rs. 32,999

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer has so far been one of the best selling Android Honeycomb tablets, if not the best selling, and that's thanks in no small part to its price, which is more affordable than the competition. After becoming available in the US, the UK, and in many other territories, the Eee Pad Transformer was finally officially unveiled in India yesterday. The tablet is the same device that we know and love from elsewhere, and the recommended retail price is Rs. 32,999.

Unwired View, Asus Eee Pad Transformer goes to India, priced at Rs. 32,999

Beat Thang is a music machine that lets you record on the go

Sometimes when you're out running errands, inspiration and even a melody for a song might hit you out of nowhere. By the time you get home the mood is lost and what could have been a Billboard #1 hit has been relegated to just a distant memory. If that sounds like a familiar scenario, then have you ever considered bring with you a portable music machine. If you have, then perhaps Dallas Austin's Beat Thang rhythm generator (among many others) is something worth considering.
Unfortunately to take your consideration and turn it into a decision may very well cost you $1,500.

Ubergizmo, Beat Thang is a music machine that lets you record on the go

AMEX Digital MP-G7 Android TV Media Player

AMEX Digital rolls yet another Android-powered device onto the already cluttered scene in the form of the MP-G7 Android TV Media Player, but as you can tell by the name of the device itself, this is going to be very, very different from yet another Android smartphone or tablet. First of all, let us set the record straight – the MP-G7, even though it is powered by Android, would feel far more comfortable huddling in front of your TV at home instead of being brought out wherever you go.

Ubergizmo, AMEX Digital MP-G7 Android TV Media Player

Autodesk launches SketchBook Pro for Android tablets

Autodesk's latest drawing tool for Android has arrived, with the company translating its iPad SketchBook Pro drawing tool for use exclusively on Honeycomb-powered Android tablets. SketchBook Pro is a paid app that costs $4.99, offering advanced illustration tools on a par to those found in many desktop applications. The company has also released SketchBook Express for Android 3.X tablets, a feature-limited free version. Here's what it looks like.




Eurodroid, Autodesk launches SketchBook Pro for Android tablets

Robot band does a pretty cover of Marilyn Manson's “The Beautiful People”

It never ceases to amaze us how fast robot technology is progressing, and also how much robots can accomplish and are able to do for us. But a robot band that can play a perfect rendition of Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People". Do we really want to rob ourselves of the joy of performing and jamming as a band. Well in some cases, especially with such an excellent cover and precise timing, we find it hard to say no.
Named End of Life, or EOL for short, it seems like a pretty fitting name considering at the rate we're progressing with robot technology, it's only a matter of time before they take over the world as we know it.



Ubergizmo, Robot band does a pretty cover of Marilyn Manson's “The Beautiful People”

AT&T Releases Pantech Breeze III Clamshell Phone

AT&T has released another clamshell phone from Pantech namely the Pantech Breeze III. Specs-wise, the handset is packed with a 2.2-inch 240 x 320 internal display, a 1.3-megapixel camera, an 80MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, 1000-entry phonebook, an MP3 player, 3G (3.6Mbps HSDPA), Bluetooth and a 920mAh battery. The Pantech Breeze III sells for $49.99 with a new two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate.

TechFresh, AT&T Releases Pantech Breeze III Clamshell Phone

Saints Row: The Third – Professor Genki Trailer

Saints Row: The Third is a sandbox-style action-adventure video game being developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. The game will be released on November 15, 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. As in Saints Row 2, the player controls the leader of the Third Street Saints. The game world is the fictional city of Steelport, and the story centers around the gang war between the Saints and The Syndicate, a rival criminal group.

TechFresh, Saints Row: The Third â€" Professor Genki Trailer

Your own social network in a set-top box?

Social networking has been on everyone's lips for some time already, what with Facebook vanquishing their foes for quite some time already – although they might be getting a new competitor in the form of Google+. Well, how about going about on a new social network known as the Freedom Box, where you can add it to any home network in the form of a small $100 server. Of course, some folks feel might just be more cumbersome than ever before, but do take some time to know more about the Freedom Box. The brainchild of James Vasille of the Software Freedom Law Center, the Freedom Box will do away with corporately controlled networks.

Ubergizmo, Your own social network in a set-top box?

Col. Littleton No. 42 Courier Bag for Laptop and iPad Review

After reading Julie's (very favorable) reviews of the Col. Littleton wallets, iPhone wallet (No. 50), and pocket for the iPad (No. 5) and Janet's announcement that they would be creating a new bag to carry not only your laptop but your iPad as well, I knew I wanted to see it in person. I don't want to say Julie was gushing, but she did have very positive commentary on Col. Littleton's outstanding craftsmanship and thick, rich leather; definitely weaknesses of mine. So, when the folks at Col. Littleton agreed to create me a monogrammed No.










The Gadgeteer, Col. Littleton No. 42 Courier Bag for Laptop and iPad Review