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When a heavyweight like the US Air Force picks up the Samsung Series 7 Slate in bulk for action across worldwide bases, you know for sure that this is serious business that we are talking about here. This is the first network slate tablet blanket purchase agreement, where it will help deliver to the USAF standard desktop configuration implementation of Windows 7 Professional, in addition to supporting a slew of similar programs as though you were using a full-size PC, albeit enjoying working on a slim, light tablet form-factor.

Measuring just 0.5” thin while sporting a responsive 11.6” touchscreen display, the Series 7 Slate will pave the way for convenient mobile use, but you can also dock it or hook it up to an optional Bluetooth keyboard for a far more portable and comfortable PC functionality. Each Samsung Slate for the USAF will be delivered with a Trusted Computing Group certified, Trusted Platform Module 1.2 chip, adding to the network administrator’s peace of mind when it comes to security detail. [Press Release]

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As much as MediaTek is known for powering budget smartphones, the company is keen to make a fast track into the big leagues. Or bigger, at any rate. General manager Xie Qingjiang explains to China Times that MediaTek should have a quad-core, 28-nanometer mobile processor in production between the fall and the very start of 2013 — not bad for a firm that just introduced a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 design this summer. Smartphones built around the new part should arrive before the first quarter of 2013 is over. Details aren’t available for the processor in question, although it’s reasonable to say that MediaTek is more likely to serve a cost-conscious crowd than to compete in the lofty realms of the similarly 28nm Snapdragon S4 Pro. The move to quad-core could nonetheless be a welcome spike in performance for an audience that often has to settle for old technology.

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Kenya has confirmed that they will be turning off counterfeit mobile phones by the time October rolls around, and mobile networks there will also be prevented from activating new “fake” devices that are purchased after October 1st. Government officials claim that this particular move was done so that consumers will be protected from hazardous materials, while safeguarding mobile payment systems in the process. Not only that, this move should also be able to help them track users and limit the possibility of violence before the general election is due to happen sometime next March.

Officially, the statistics claim that up to three million users were talking and texting using counterfeit handsets as of June this year, which is quite a number considering Kenya had 29 million mobile phone subscribers at the end of March 2012. The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) say that fake handsets are “copies of popular brands and models made from sub-standard materials” which have yet to pick up any kind of licensing from the organisation. While this model be adopted by governments throughout Africa? Only time will tell.

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Most of the time, we would think that leftovers from our food could actually be “shared” with other “members” of the household such as your pooch or cat (although I personally think that this is not too healthy for our furkids), but who would have thought that regular unfinished food could actually be turned into “food” for your plants? This is what the Re-Feed device concept does, liquefying your leftovers while pumping the result of that process straight into your flowerpots, while looking like some sort of dehumidifier on your desk.

All you need to do is drop in organic scraps, where the battery-powered blade will chop up the mix, leaving that to compost. Once done, just add some water and your plants should be on the receiving end of a balance diet. Heck, the Re-Feed can even be programmed to perform the feeding process just in case your forgetfulness kicks in. There might be issues with the smell though, but thankfully this is still a concept as at press time, so we should be able to see future iterations of this concept solve that particular issue.

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LaCie has come out with a new line of USB 3.0 portable hard drives namely the LaCie Mobile Porsche USB 3.0. Designed by the Porsche Design Studio 911, these simple yet elegant 2.5-inch hard drives (500GB & 1TB Models) feature a durable aluminum exterior, a USB 3.0 connection interface and a built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption. The LaCie Mobile Porsche USB 3.0 series will become available from mid-October for unannounced price yet. [Product Page]