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If you’re gung-ho on upgrading to the iPhone 5 and have a mountain of old accessories from previous generations of the iPhone and iPod, this is the ugly adapter you’ll need to buy for all of your deprecated gear. The iPhone 5 introduces a new, and considerably smaller, Lightning connector that’s incompatible with every single Dock Connector accessory ever released. More »

It’s finally here, the iPhone 5! That isn’t all either as 4G LTE has officially been confirmed for the all new iPhone 5, as if we weren’t already expecting it. Apple has unveiled that their new flagship smartphone will indeed be powered by 4G LTE on multiple carriers here in the US, as well as many others across Canada and more. Check out the details below.

4G LTE for the US will include Verizon, AT&T, and of course Sprint, with T-Mobile no where to be seen. Canada will include folks from Rogers, Telus, Bell, Fido, and Virgin Mobile. They are going fast here guys so stay with us. For Asia we can expect KDDI, KT, SmartTone and more. Then of course for Europe we’ll get EE which made tons of announcements yesterday (just in time) as well as DT. We’ll continue to update with addition details as they are made available.

Obviously we’ll have tons of additional details once things slow down here in Appleland but they’ve touted 8 hours of 4G LTE web browsing in terms of battery life. Sounds great right? More details can be found in the images below. Continue our coverage at live.slashgear.com

Apple confirms iPhone 5 4G LTE carriers is written by Cory Gunther & originally posted on SlashGear.
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We have seen our fair share of Minecraft mods in the past that recreated different worlds, including the World of Warcraft, and it did somewhat revive a love for blocky graphics. Well, here we are with a game known as GunCraft that is not a mod for Minecraft, but rather, it is a full-fledged FPS offering that has its fair share of multiplayer maps that will incorporate the kind of aesthetics that can be found in Mojang’s Minecraft.

Right now, the Beta version of Guncraft remains as a free download, although the final game will cost you some dough. Folks who have faith and $10 to spare can place a pre-order, where they will also be treated to additional bonuses when creators John Getty and Alex Schlee are done working on the game. What do you think of GunCraft for those of you who have given the Beta a go? Do you think it will be able to make it in this cut-throat world of video gaming?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Guncraft inspired by Minecraft, Blizzard releases patch 5.0.5 for World of Warcraft, patch notes available,

We have seen smart homes, smart cars, and smart windows; and many of us use smartphones these days, but what about a smart rubbish bin? The Netherlands will host a bunch of intelligent bins which will require you to present your ID before it accepts rubbish. Not only that, this intelligent robot bin will also inform municipal trucks that they need to be emptied. Just how many of these intelligent bins will be scattered across the Netherlands? We are looking at a cool 6,000 or so units, where green think tank Environmental Resource Management claimed that Gronigen, one of the cities involved in this project, will save £72,000 within the first year of operation while reducing its carbon footprint by 18%.

Just how do these intelligent bins work? An RFID reader is embedded in the lid, where it will open only when one presents a form of ID. The amount of rubbish will then be added to your final bill, although stuff disposed in the recycling pile would be free. I wonder whether some folks are willing to risk dropping non-recyclable stuff into the recycling pile to save on some money.

This is definitely a step up from the LCD-equipped bins in London and Kinect-powered trash can that catches rubbish as you throw it.

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Everyone may be waiting for Apple to reveal the iPhone 5 during today’s highly anticipated event, but before the reveals happen, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage to boast the latest numbers for the company’s products. Needless to say, if Tim Cook is bragging about them in front of a packed house, you can bet they’re pretty good.

Cook started with OS X Mountain Lion, saying that since its release, 7 million people have downloaded a copy. That makes Mountain Lion the fastest selling Apple release of all time, definitely something worth bragging about. The new MacBook Pro with Retina Display – which Apple says is the best Mac it has ever made – and the MacBook Air have been doing quite well too.

So well, in fact, that Apple says its notebooks are now in first place as far as US market share is concerned. To get specific, that’s a 27% market share for its notebooks, and Cook says that for the past 6 years straight, Mac has grown “significantly faster” than PC has. That definitely isn’t bad, and you can bet that Apple will look to keep that growth up with future Mac releases. Be sure to tune into our liveblog for up-to-the minute updates straight from Apple’s press event, and have a look at our Apple portal for more in-depth coverage!

Tim Cook boasts Mountain Lion numbers at iPhone 5 event is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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