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While Resident Evil 6 has yet to be released, the folks at Capcom have unveiled the game’s first DLC which are the Predator, Siege and Survivors modes and will be online multiplayer modes. These DLCs will not be on the disc as pointed out on the Capcom blog, but they did state that there will be one DLC that is on the disc but the details of that were not revealed. More information on the three modes can be found after the break. (more…)

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One of the most interesting NASA missions to Mars ever conducted saw a giant Rover dubbed Curiosity land on the surface of the red planet not long ago. So far, Curiosity has driven around the landscape a bit and conducted a few minor experiments and tests getting prepared for its main mission. The Curiosity team has been testing the rover’s robotic arm to get ready for the first examination of Martian rock.

The team has been testing the seven-foot long robotic arm and so far has gained the confidence needed in the arm’s ability to precisely maneuver on Mars with the planet’s temperature and gravity conditions. During our tests, Curiosity has remained at a Martian location that it reached during a short drive on September 5. NASA says that this week the Curiosity team will resume driving the rover and will use its cameras to seek out the first rock to touch with instruments on the arm.

The seven-foot-long robotic arm is festooned with scientific measurement instruments and is one of the main tools the robot will use during its mission on Mars. The robotic arm has two scientific instruments attached including the Mars Hand Lens Imager able to take close-up, color images of rocks and other material. The robotic arm also has a tool called the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer.

That spectrometer tool is able to determine the elemental composition of the target rock. Both robotic arm tools have passed preparatory tests. The scientific instruments are mounted on a turret at the end of the robotic arm and can be placed in contact with target rocks. The Curiosity team has also been testing out other instruments on the rover including the adjustable focus MAHLI camera which has been use this week to take images of objects close to the rover and far away. That camera is also helping the scientists to evaluate the robotic arms ability to position its tools and instruments.

Curiosity Rover robotic arm tests are nearly complete is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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While Verizon has been upfront about the fact that it won’t let you keep grandfathered unlimited data plans with a new iPhone 5, it is softening on one point: the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the carrier will let you use FaceTime for no extra charge, regardless of what data plan you’re on. More »

Apple’s trio of Lightning adapters aren’t the only connections offered for the iPhone 5, 5th-gen iPod touch and 7th-gen iPod nano; there’s also a new microUSB adapter, though you’ll need to be in Europe to get it. The fourth dongle basically connects a regular microUSB charger – or a microUSB cable for sync & charge – to the smaller Lightning port on the new devices, Apple’s workaround to EC legislation about standardized ports.

That decision by the European Community – that all phones must be chargeable via microUSB – has been a thorn in Apple’s side, given the company prefers to stick with its own, proprietary connections. This new Lightning to microUSB adapter, then, is the workaround.

It’s certainly not as convenient as having an actual microUSB port on the iPhone 5, and nor – frustratingly – will it come in the box. The UK store is currently listing the dongle at £15 with availability in three days, with the French and German stores giving the same ship estimate and a price of €19.

There’s no sign of it in the US store, however, and so it seems those outside of the EC’s regulatory clutches won’t be able to get their hands on the dinky dongle, at least not officially.

More on the iPhone 5 in our full hands-on, and all the latest Apple news in our hub!

[via Engadget]

Apple reveals Lightning to microUSB adapter to pacify Europe is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Nikon has revealed its latest DSLR, the 24.3-megapixel D600, its smallest and lightest full-frame camera to-date, with Full HD video recording and a new 39-point AF system. Tipped as the perfect trio-completion with the D4 and D800, the FX-format camera supports ISO 100-6400 (extendable to 50 and 25,600) and has a scene and face recognition system that analyzes 2,016 pixels for brightness, colors, and other information, to help set autofocus and auto exposure.

The same technology is used for 3D subject tracking, which Nikon says is also improved for smaller subjects. The Multi-CAM4800 AF system – borrowed from Nikon’s D4, just like the D600′s EXPEED 3 image processing engine – can be set to 9-, 21-, or 39-point coverage, and can handle a combined aperture up to f/8 with detection down to -1 EV. Meanwhile the 100-percent coverage viewfinder adds selection of different AF modes, so that you can keep the camera to your face but still see which you’ve selected.

Scale-wise, the 700 comes in at 760g (sans-battery, mind) and has magnesium alloy top/rear covers with weather-seals like the D800. It can shoot around 900 shots on a full charge, and takes twin SD cards (supporting SDXC and UHS-I), while there’s USB and HDMI outputs along with an optional WU-1b Mobile Adapter for shuttling off images wirelessly and remotely-controlling the D600 from your phone or tablet.

On the back there’s a 3.2-inch 921k-dot LCD with automatic brightness control, handy for using the D600′s integrated HDR photo mode and other in-camera editing tools. Full HD 1080p video can be recorded in 24p, 25p, and 30p, with the option of 60p, 50p, and 25p in 720p mode; clips are capped at 29 minutes 59 seconds, and there’s a stereo microphone input for audio.

The Nikon D600 DSLR goes on sale later this month, priced at $2,099.95 in the US and £1,955.99 in the UK body-only; it will also be offered as a kit with the AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR lens for $2,699.95 in the US and £2,443.99 in the UK. The WU-1b, meanwhile, will be $59.95 in the US and £64.99 in the UK.

Nikon D600 24.3MP DSLR official with remote phone/tablet control is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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