April, 2011

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A sneak peak inside the Nikon D5100 [photos]Nikon’s latest dSLR, the D5100, has only been available in the US for a little over a week, but that’s not stopping the team at ifixit.com from doing a complete disassembly. If you wanted to see the nuts and bolts behind this entry-level dSLR, we hope you’ve worked up an appetite because we have a full serving of images.

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LG secures Cortex-A9 and A15 processors for smartphones and tabletsThe days of using third party SoCs are coming to an end for LG. The company announced this morning it has reached a licensing agreement for ARM’s Cortex processors and Mali GPU families, including but not limited to the Cortex-A15 MPCore and Cortex-A9 MPCore.

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Sony: your PlayStation Network Account have been compromisedBy way of Sony’s official Playstation Blog, the company confirmed its April 17 network breach has compromised nearly 77 million PSN accounts. Packed within the accounts is hoards of personal information, most importantly credit cards. As a courtesy, Sony is recommending we review our account statements and monitor our credit reports.

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Android lands a new QWERTY slider: HTC DoubleshotHardware keyboards on Android smartphones are hard to come by these days. The rumored HTC Doubleshot will help fill this void, complete with Google’s latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a speedy 1.2 GHz processor. Much of the phone is a mystery for now, but we’ve confirmed at least one carrier will have the Doubleshot on tap this Summer.

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An iPad may not cope all that well in a blender, but in the right iPad sleeve, it can survive a trip at near terminal velocity out of an airborne vehicle. Don’t believe us? Watch it survive here in this video.

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Sony announced two tablets this morning, the S1 and the S2, but how do they stack up against what’s already available? They’re not out until the autumn, so is Sony too late to the tablet party? And can these two really compete with the iPad 2? We’ve been weighing up the specs, read on to see our findings.

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What do Ben Fogle, Guy Ritchie and Elton John all have in common? Answer: they’re all on Twitter, and they’re all going to be sitting in Westminster Abbey on Friday morning for the royal wedding, which could make for some interesting first hand reporting if Nicholas Witchell’s cutting edge insight into all the hats on show isn’t doing it for you. O2′s blog has the full list of Twittering/blithering attendees, and has even compiled a handy list on Twitter so you can track them all with one click. Should one turn one’s phone off in the halls of power?

(Via O2 blog)

Ahoy there, shipmates! The best Android apps of the week are on the horizon, and we’ve got all hands on deck to ensure that our dearest readers receive their fair share of the bounty. This time around we’ve got intense FPS action, old-school emulation, a new-fangled 3D home screen replacement and even a way to share your treasured photos with others. What a loot!

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