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Last week Rovio released a trailer for their upcoming game, Angry Birds Star Wars. It seems like the developer is really pushing the marketing on this upcoming variation really hard as they have since released a new trailer for the game. Unfortunately this trailer still does not give us any idea of what to expect in terms of gameplay, but it does show off an Angry Bird decked out in a Stormtrooper costume, which we have to admit looked more like a pig rather than a Stormtrooper. Either way we’re not sure what is the significance of this – perhaps we might have Angry Birds slingshotting themselves as Stormtroopers? Either way the game is set for a release on the 8^th of November so we guess more details will be revealed then. In the meantime we guess you can check out the teaser trailer in the video above just to whet your appetite for what’s to come.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Rovio releases new Angry Birds Star Wars teaser trailer, Rovio releases their first book app, “Bad Piggies’ Best Egg Recipes”,

With shows like Battlestar Galactica, all of the Stargates and even Eureka on ice, where will Syfy go when it runs out of places and/or marginal celebrities to tell ghost stories about? One answer may be a show slated to debut next spring called Defiance, which will depict an Earth populated by humans and aliens alike trying to pick up the pieces after years of war between the two have left the planet in pieces. The twist here is that the show will run along concurrently with a massively multiplayer shooter being developed for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 from the makers of RIFT that takes place in the same world. The team behind it has been posting content about the making of both sides of the project recently (check out Massively by Joystiq’s coverage for more info), as well as a trailer for the TV show, which you can check out after the break. We’re not sure if this will go over with any more of a splash than Syfy’s usual Saturday night monster-of-the-week flicks, but at least they’re trying. We’ll be keeping an eye out for this one in April one way or another because really what else would we do, watch Revolution?

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Highlights of Google’s incoming October 29 event, including both a new Android phone and a tablet, have leaked ahead of time, with an updated version of Android itself also expected to debut. The line-up has been previewed in an internal video, a source tells The Next Web, including the LG Nexus 4 seen in various leaks over the past few weeks, and a 10-inch Samsung-made tablet with an iPad 3-besting screen resolution.

The Nexus 4, based on LG’s Optimus G, will feature a 1.5GHz quadcore processor – Qualcomm’s APQ8064 Snapdragon, paired with 2GB of RAM – and have a 4.7-inch 1280 x 768 display, slightly larger than the 4.65-inch panel of the current Galaxy Nexus. However, while Samsung’s Nexus uses a Super AMOLED display, LG’s will almost certainly use LG’s LCD-based True HD IPS+ panel.

Check out our full LG Optimus G review for more details

It will also be the first to use Android 4.2, previously believed to be called Key Lime Pie, but now tipped to continue the Jelly Bean branding until a more significant OS refresh arrives later on. Among the new features will be “Content in the center” which will put media from the Google Play store in a widget on the homescreen, as indeed the Nexus 7 focused on, along with “Tablet Sharing” that will allow multiple user accounts on each slate.

That will turn Android 4.2 tablets into more communal devices ideal to be shared by a household of users, with each getting their own email and applications. It’s something that has long been requested from Android (and iOS for that matter) and which individual vendors, such as Barnes & Noble with the customized NOOK HD/HD+, had begun to cook up independently.

Android 4.2 will also include an updated panorama mode in the camera, supporting horizontal and vertical panning, a feature that will likely look particularly good on the new Samsung tablet. That slate, which we’ve heard whispers of for some time now, is expected to use a 2560 x 1600 display, and is currently codenamed “Manta” though may well launch as the Nexus 10 so as to fit in with existing nomenclature.

Finally, the video also confirms two new versions of the Nexus 7, including the well-leaked 32GB model, and version with 3G HSPA+ integrated for getting online on the move. It’s unclear at this stage whether Google will attempt to do anything special with data pricing for the 3G tablet.

SlashGear will be with Google on October 29 to bring back all the details.

Google’s Oct 29 Android details leak: LG Nexus 4, Jelly Bean v4.2, Nexus 7 3G & Nexus 10 is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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If you were planning on picking up the LG Optimus G on Sprint’s network, which should be available for pre-order 1^st of November and should arrive 11^th November, you might be interested to learn that a root method has already been discovered for the handset. This is thanks to Jerry Hildenbrand over at Android Central who decided to try rooting the handset after their review of it. Apparently the method used to root the Sprint version of the Optimus G is based on the Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean adb exploit discovered by XDA forum member, Bin4ry.

For those wondering about the significance of this, well what this means is that for those who aren’t satisfied with stock Android or the UI that manufacturers ship with their phones, gaining root access is bring the user one step closer to flashing custom ROMs and installing tweaks that might require a higher level of access. Either way if you’d like to bookmark the instructions, head on over to the Android Central forums for the details, and in the meantime you can always check out our review of the LG Optimus G and decide if this is the phone for you.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: LG Optimus G pricing announced by Sprint, LG Optimus G headed for AT&T and Sprint with different cameras,

Sony has announced that a new system update is coming to PS3 owners on October 23. The update will bring the PS3 console to version 4.30 and will make a number changes to the system. One of the key changes in the update is a modification of how Trophies are displayed on the PS3.

Sony says that the trophy collection will now reside under the PlayStation Network on the XMB. One significant change for gamers who own both the PS3, and the PlayStation Vita is that Vita trophies are now displayed on your PS3. Players will be able see their trophy level and progress towards the next level while viewing the trophy collection as well.

Sony has also announced that by the beginning of November, it will retire services currently available through the Life with PlayStation application. That means that the Life with PlayStation application will be offered new users starting with the 4.30 update. The discontinuation of the life with PlayStation application means that Sony has ended its participation with Stanford University’s Folding@home project.

Sony says that more than 15 million users have participated in the program since the start of the PS3 in 2007. PS3 users donated more than 100 million computation hours to the Folding@home project since it launched. The project used various computer and game console devices and project aimed at understanding protein folding, misfolding, and studying the causes of all sorts of diseases, including various cancers and Alzheimer’s.

PS3 software v4.30 coming October 23: Folding@home folds is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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