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If you are an avid fan of Call of Duty: Black Ops II, then surely you would have seen the MQ-27 Dragonfire drone that is surely one of the more interesting vehicles in the game itself. This is an unmanned flying drone that makes an appearance when you participate in mission Protect P.O.T.U.S., where it will also see action in Strike Force missions and Multiplayer matches. Truth is stranger than fiction, and this time around, we have a remote controlled version of the MQ-27 Dragonfire drone making an appearance on the FCC after picking up collective nods of approval for it riding on the 2.4GHz wireless band. (more…)

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Between powered gear shifters, electric motors and BMX-mounted mixers, bicycles just keep getting better — but no amount of technological augmentation can sidestep the old adage: safety first. Yes, the helmet is a classic and necessary accessory for cyclists, snowboarders and more. ICEdot and SenseTech hope to take the traditional brain bucket to new heights next year with a Bluetooth equipped crash sensor. Take a spill? The ICEdot sensor will take note of the impact and start a countdown on its companion app. If the rider doesn’t stop the timer before it reaches zero, ICEdot will notify emergency contacts with the user’s last known GPS location and data on the severity of the accident. The accessory doesn’t have a firm release date just yet, but it will make an appearance at the Interbike trade show later this month. Smartphone augmented safety will set you back about $200 when it launches next year. Check out the sensor’s teaser video after the break.

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ICEdot crash sensor notifies your loved ones after you eat it, tells them where to find you originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Who do you turn to when it comes to obtaining the latest in the world of business news, as well as finances? Well, Bloomberg has come up with an exclusive working partnership with Nokia Lumia, being the exclusive Windows Phone Bloomberg Hub as part of a one-stop app where you are able to obtain the slew of your business and finance information in a single place. This means market watchers who want to remain abreast with personalized business and finance news, global market data and portfolio tracking tools are able to do so using this simple app.

Some of the features include portfolio tracking and breaking news alerts, and the ability to customize your watchlists for stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and ETF’s amongst others. Not only that, you are able to download your favorite Bloomberg TV and Radio shows so that you can enjoy them at a later period. There are 35 news categories to choose from, including but not limited to Economy, Politics, and Technology.

Bloomberg Radio offers a non-visual alternative, letting your ears bear majority of the information processing burden. Do bear in mind that there might be a publishing delay of one to two days on the Windows Phone Store, so panic not if you have yet to see it there.

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Microsoft has strongly encouraged Windows users earlier this morning to install a free piece of security software which is said to be able to offer protection for PCs from a newly discovered bug that is making its rounds on those using the Internet Explorer browser. According to Microsoft, this particular security flaw is said to be able to enable hackers to take remote control of an infected computer. Since there are millions of Internet Explorer users out there, it would do well for IT administrators to do something about the situation in their respective office just to walk on the safe side.

This will be an interim measure, and make no mistake about it, Microsoft will definitely be working on fixing the bug in conjunction with a newer and more secure version of Internet Explorer. This security tool is a free download, where it is known as the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, or EMET for short, and you can download it from Microsoft’s website.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Microsoft warns about Internet Explorer security flaw, New Attack On Internet Explorer Via F1 Key,

Custom ROM fans will know AOKP (Android Open Kang Project), but the first build derived from Jelly Bean was knowingly rough around the edges. What a difference a month makes: along with the usual round of bug fixes, the team’s second build has added options to force screen rotation and the tablet interface on any device. Not-quite-so-early adopters also get fine-grained control over the interface DPI, LEDs, theming and vibration, and the device list has grown to include the Verizon Galaxy S III, the Galaxy Note and multiple variants of both the original Galaxy S and the Galaxy Tab family. If you were waiting to stay just short of the bleeding edge before trying AOKP, your version is ready.

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AOKP team posts giant update to its Jelly Bean build, allows rotation and tablet UI anywhere originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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