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We hope you didn’t want Apple’s little event next week to be a complete surprise. After promises of extra details for a prior leak, a WeiPhone forum goer has returned with photos of what’s supposed to be the active screen and ports of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display that might be on stage come October 23rd. If this is what we get alongside the similarly unofficial miniature iPad, we’ll take it. The possible leak shows a 2,560 x 1,600 LCD (four times higher in resolution than the existing MacBook Pro) and, importantly, no sacrifices in expansion versus the 15-inch Retina model — there’s still the dual Thunderbolt ports and HDMI video that shipped with this system’s bigger brother. Vital details like the performance and price are left out, so there’s a few cards left off Apple’s table, but the images hint at what could be a tempting balance between the 15-inch MacBook Pro’s grunt and the MacBook Air’s grace.
13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display reportedly seen with 2,560 x 1,600 LCD, dual Thunderbolt ports originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If you have a HTPC in your living room or spend a lot of time using a tablet or smartphone and wish you had a small keyboard, check this out. A company called FAVI Entertainment has released a palm-sized keyboard that supports just about any portable device on the market including Android tablets and just about anything else with Bluetooth connectivity. The keyboard features a trackpad for pointer control as well.
Looking an awful lot like another keyboard we’ve previously featured, this on is called the FAVI Mini Bluetooth Keyboard and is designed for thumb typing. It has a full QWERTY keyboard and the keys are backlit for use in dark environments. The trackpad is on the right side of the keyboard and on the left side are buttons to control left and right mouse clicks. The trackpad also supports tap to click. The keyboard has a full assortment of media playback control hotkeys, as well as PowerPoint slide control keys. It’s even got a laser pointer built into the end.
Any device that has Bluetooth built in will be able to connect to the keyboard and computers or other devices with a USB port, but lacking integrated Bluetooth can use the included receiver. The wireless range for the keyboard is 50 feet, and it is available now for $49.99 over at Staples.
Say this for the Optimus G: it doesn’t skimp. LG went for broke to shake off its mid-range reputation, cramming its latest flagship Android phone full of goodies. But specs don’t always equal performance. More »
Outdoor cinemas were all the rage in the past, and it looks like they’re making a grand comeback. I’m not talking about drive-in theaters though. Rather, I’m talking about the Hot Tub Cinema.
Yeah, the pictures don’t lie. The Hot Tub Cinema is a traveling screening event that’s currently making the rounds in East London, and it looks like it’s been a huge hit so far. I mean, who doesn’t want to watch a movie while taking a bath with hundreds of other strangers, right?
This particular one was held on the rooftop of Netil360, where classics like Top Gun and Anchorman were screened against London’s grand skyline.
Hot Tub Cinema began privately about seven years ago. Since then it has grown in increments, reaching the stage of a handful of hot tubs in a garden in Stoke Newington about 18 months ago at which point we realised it was time to find some new & exciting venues for our expanding endeavors.
The Hot Tub Cinema has a couple of events scheduled for the Halloween season, which you can check out here. They’re all going to be held in London though, so if you happen to be there, drop by for a truly one-of-a-kind movie-watching experience.
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The smartphone fanboy wars seem both ridiculous and eternal. It’s like everywhere you go on the Internet, a simple statement of preference—even one that isn’t pig-head and disparaging—can serve as the flash point for a fanboy skirmish. Isn’t it about time we signed a peace treaty? More »
Eagle-eyed gamers may have already noticed that the Xbox 360’s dedicated Twitter and Facebook apps have gone missing after the latest Dashboard update, and now Redmond has confirmed it’s put the applications out to pasture. According to a Microsoft representative that spoke to IGN, the firm is “retiring the Facebook and Twitter apps” as it works to streamline functionality. When asked if the pair of apps will ever make a comeback, Ballmer and Co. didn’t comment. Still crave to update your friends on your latest gaming exploits through the console? Spreading the news on the digital grapevine is still possible, but you’ll have to access the social networks through the freshly added Internet Explorer app — an experience we hope Xbox SmartGlass will improve.
Microsoft ‘retiring’ Facebook and Twitter Xbox 360 Dashboard apps originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Have you played the game Portal and its sequel? I would strongly recommend you set up a gaming rig to give it a go if you haven’t done so already, considering how both titles in the series have already shaped up to be classics in their own right. Well, for folks who love collecting all sorts of items that have to do with the Portal series itself, here is the $59.99 Portal 2 Miniature Replica Portal Gun that you can have resting on top of your bookshelf or in your display cabinet that will certainly get other geeks who drop by your place to drool over in lust.
Of course, this is not just any static replica, as it is capable of lighting up as well as sounding just like the Portal gun found in the game itself, except that it comes in a shrunken form factor, as though the science lab had accidentally found a way to miniaturize the Portal gun. A three way switch allows you to choose between the orange of blue LED, which will in turn correspond with the actual sound effects whenever your finger gets heavy and pulls the trigger. Just make sure there are three AA batteries hanging around somewhere just in case you run out of “pew pew” moments.
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Now ain’t this a classic – seeing Pac-Man chase down all four ghosts while they literally turn pale and blue (alternately, of course) and scurry away from this monster of a pie chart. Well, just in case you have spent far more quarters at a dinghy arcade when you were a kid, trying to figure out a way to achieve the top score in the local Pac-Man arcade cabinet, here is one way to turn the tables on those pesky ghosts with the £27.99 Pac-Man IR Racers. Do bear in mind that this is an officially licensed Pac-Man IR remote controlled racer set, so you will not find it fall short of the standards as expected by an officially licensed product.
You can also opt to chase down imaginary cherries and other kinds of assorted fruits, while enjoying all the authentic sound effects that the original game offers. It takes but a simple flick of the joystick controller to change directions in the Pac-Man IR Racer set. Ideal for vintage video gamers, others who are out for a spot of retro recreation can also settle for one of these. Each racer will need a trio of AAA batteries, while the controller itself runs on a quartet of AAA batteries. Best to make sure you have rechargeables handy!
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Words With Friends is a multi-player word game developed by Zynga. It’s
popularity got a boost from Alex Baldwin’s infamous riff with a
stewardess when he refused to turn off the game during take-off. Similar
to the rules of Scrabble, players can choose to play with a friend or a
random player found online. President Obama has chosen to play the game
with undecided voters using a new word he coined this past week. . .
called "Romnesia"
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