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If you enjoyed playing the Monster Hunter franchise on your PSP, you might have heard that Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will be headed onto both the Nintendo Wii U and the 3DS handheld console, providing gamers with a gaming experience that can be picked off from where they left off on either console. Well if you’re curious as to how the game might look like on the Nintendo 3DS (minus the 3D effects, of course), you’re in luck as Capcom has released a bunch of screenshots from the game. These screenshots are from the 3DS but apparently we should be able to expect to see the Wii U versions soon, so if you love Monster Hunter and would love to get it for the Nintendo Wii U or the 3DS, head on over to Capcom’s blog in the source link below for the rest of the screenshots! In the meantime we have to admit that the game looks pretty amazing and can’t wait to get our hands on it.

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So Canon has both the 1D, 5D, 6D and 7D as part of its higher-end DSLR lineup, but have you ever wondered by they skipped the 2D, 3D and 4D? Well the 2D and 3D have different sorts of implications that we guess Canon did not want which could confuse their customers (Canon EOS 3D sounds like it could take 3D photos or videos), but what about the 4D? Culturally they do not like the number because much like the Chinese, the number 4 when pronounced could also refer to “death” which we guess might explain why they have avoided naming their cameras the 2D, 3D and 4D, at least until now.

In a promo video for the Canon EOS 6Don Amazon’s website, it seems that in one of the apps a Canon EOS 4D reference was spotted. Granted it is kind of blurry but it almost looks like it says 4D if you squint hard enough. It certainly does not look like 6D or 7D, let alone the 1D or 5D, so what are we looking at here? Is there a 4D in the works, or was this merely a placeholder or are we reading too much into things? In any case if you’re curious, you can head on over to Amazon and check out the video yourself around the 19 second mark. So, what do you guys think?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Canon PowerShot G15 revealed, Canon’s “fastest and brightest” compact camera to date, Canon EOS 6D makes its official debut,

MLB Advanced Media has announced that new Major league baseball teams are now supporting ticketing using Passbook on iOS 6.0. I mentioned about a week ago that rumors were pointing to more airlines supporting Passbook. Passbook is Apple’s digital ticketing application that allows you to store all sorts of tickets for events, airlines, and more in one digital location.

MLB announced that 40 baseball teams are now supporting mobile ticketing using Passbook. The four teams include the San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, and Kansas City Royals. The teams will begin offering digital tickets right away and the service will be used for the remainder of team regular-season home dates in 2012.

MLB says that Passbook allows the fans to receive and store digital tickets after completing a purchase via MLB.com or the official team website. The tickets will also be available digitally for mobile web purchases. Digital tickets will also be offered on purchases using The MLB.com At Bat or At The Ballpark mobile apps.

The digital Passbook tickets offered by the baseball teams will automatically display the digital ticket from Passbook on the device’s lock screen as a day of game reminder. Tickets issued via Passbook will include customer information such as game date, opponent, time, section, row, and seat. The only downside I see is that you won’t have ticket stubs to keep as mementos of watching the game.

Four Major League Baseball teams now support Passbook for ticketing is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Giving a Raspberry Pi extra voltage is a quick way to squeeze out additional processing power and void its warranty, but the folks behind the tinker-friendly board have devised a turbo mode that boosts performance by roughly 50 percent while keeping warranties intact. After studying the effects of temperature and voltage on the hardware’s lifespan, the team found that dynamic overclocking and overvolting doesn’t affect the Pi’s health appreciably. As a result, speeds can be pushed from 700MHz to 1GHz only when additional horsepower is needed, and things are reined back in when the CPU grazes 185 degrees Fahrenheit (85 degrees Celsius). Benchmarks show the extra computing oomph makes the Pi 52 percent faster on integer, 64 percent speedier on floating point and 55 percent snappier on memory tasks. The new mode is available in the latest firmware update, which also includes temperature and frequency widgets, better analog audio, improved USB performance and support for WiFi dongles out of the box. For the technical nitty-gritty and more details on the upgrade, hit the source link below.

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Almost exactly two years ago, we first talked about the Jorno foldable mobile Bluetooth keyboard. At the time, the keyboard was expected to hit the market in 2011. The little keyboard was even supposed to be up for pre-order, but for whatever reason it never shipped. The guys behind the folding Bluetooth keyboard have taken to Kickstarter to raise the money needed to bring the product to market after all this time.

The keyboard looks identical to the one we saw back in 2010 and measures 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.2 inches when folded. When unfolded it measures 8.5 x 3.5 x 0.3 inches. The keyboard weighs 8.8 ounces and gets power from a rechargeable lithium-ion battery good for up to a month of use per charge.

The keyboard has Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR connectivity and has indicator lights for on/off and low battery. The Bluetooth keyboard is compatible with the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac computers, Windows computers, Android, Symbian, and WebOS. If you’ve been looking for a keyboard to use with your tablet or smartphone that folds up into a compact little package, this may be perfect for you.

The keyboard is seeking $100,000 to come to market and has 26 days remaining. So far, it has raised $26,775 from 297 backers. The project has a long way to go and so far; it is moving rather slowly. Through the Kickstarter project page, you can pre-order one of the keyboards for $79 for black version, or you can spend $99 and get a special edition white keyboard.

Jorno foldable Bluetooth keyboard turns up on Kickstarter is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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