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As some of you guys are aware, both T-Mobile and MetroPCS have agreed to a merger, and assuming Sprint does not attempt to outbid T-Mobile, it seems that both parties have revealed a tentative date in which the deal is expected to be complete. In spite of the rumors that Sprint might be looking to crash the party, T-Mobile and MetroPCS have pegged June 2013 as the date they expect the deal to finalize. However as is the case with deals of this magnitude, there needs to be approval by regulatory bodies although until then, we expect that both carriers will continue to operate as they are for the moment. Either way this should be interesting for both T-Mobile and MetroPCS subscribers should the deal go through, and in the meantime you can watch the video above where T-Mobile’s CEO gives us the rundown on the merger.

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A group of researchers from the United States has announced that they have discovered the moon is covered with soil containing a water substructure. The water substructure packed soil is created by a constant stream of charged particles coming from the sun according to the researchers. The water substructure that the soil contains is called hydroxyl.

Hydroxyl has one atom of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen making it OH rather than H20. The researchers who made the announcement are from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, the University of Michigan, and the California Institute of Technology. The discovery has led scientists to say that the moon is not is bone dry as many believe.

Observations conducted on the moon previously, and new analysis of lunar samples returned to Earth by the Apollo missions have discovered that icy drops of water can be found on the moon’s surface. In 2009, NASA crashed the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite into a southern lunar crater that is always in shadow at 6200 mph.

The purposeful crash of the satellite was the equivalent of detonating two tons of dynamite inside the crater and sent a plume of material into the sky. Observations of that ejected plume discovered that the material was rich in water ice. The scientists believe that the stream of subatomic hydrogen proton particles ejected from the sun’s upper atmosphere combined with oxygen on the moon’s surface to form the OH hydroxyls.

“Our work shows that the ‘water’ component, the hydroxyl, is widespread in lunar materials, although not in the form of ice or liquid water that can easily be used in a future manned lunar base,” Michigan geological sciences Professor Youxue Zhang said.

[via UPI]

Scientists discover the moon is covered in soil containing a water substructure is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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If you’re gamer who likes RPGs or shooters, you probably checked out the games in the Mass Effect franchise in the past. These are some the best video games out there for combining shooters with role-playing, all rolled up with a compelling and interesting storyline. One of the best things about the Mass Effect games is that the developers release lots of DLC content to expand the game and keep players interested.

The latest game in the franchise, Mass Effect 3, has already received one DLC update this year, and another is coming. A video was making the rounds late last week that was shot at the New York Comic-Con. The video has reportedly now been taken off-line, but the person in the interview was from BioWare and gave out a few details on the DLC content.

The new download pack is said to be the largest the developers have ever made for the game at nearly twice the size of the previous download content. The DLC content is called Omega and will have players playing as the blue-skinned alien Aria along with a new character. Aria and her cohort will be trying to regain control of the Omega space station.

The original video tipped the release date as being November 27 for the Xbox 360. The content was said to cost 1200 MS Points, or about $14.99. MCV is reporting that the content will be coming on that same date for PC and PS3 owners. I watched the video interview in question late last week and noted no indication of a launch date for PC or PS3 users.

[via MCV]

Mass Effect 3 to get new Omega DLC next month is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The iPad mini launch event is scheduled for the 23^rd of October – at least that’s what the reports are claiming (formal invitations have yet to be sent). Specs of the device are still unknown, but speculated, and thanks to the folks at Mac Rumors, they have received a set of photos that claim to be the iPad mini’s battery. It’s hard to tell if it’s the real deal, but we guess we can speculate for now. So what sort of battery life are we looking at for the iPad mini? The third-gen iPad features a pretty impressive battery life but will the iPad mini be able to pack that much battery into its smaller frame?

Well according to the labels, the alleged iPad mini battery runs at 3.72 volts and offers 16.7 Whr or energy on a 4,490mAh battery. This places the iPad mini’s battery life between the iPhone 5’s 5.45 Whr and the third-gen iPad’s at a whopping 42.5 Whr. This isn’t too surprising as many had speculated that the iPad mini would resemble the iPad 2 more than the new iPad. Either way with rumors suggesting that it will be WiFi only and without a Retina display, we expect that the 16.7 Whr battery will last you a good while, but we will need to test it out for ourselves before coming to a proper conclusion. Either way hopefully all will be revealed at Apple’s rumored 23^rd of October event, so stay tuned!

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Personally I’d take a desktop over a laptop for gaming any day, but there are those who are constantly on the move and require the mobility, and for those gamers custom computer gaming manufacturer, CyberPower PC has debuted a new gaming laptop dubbed the Fang Taipan, a device which the company is proudly boasting to be the “most powerful customizable dual Nvidia GPU gaming laptop.” Whether it lives up to that claim remains to be seen, although with a base price of $1,819, we certainly hope that it will be able to deliver as it promises.

So what sort of specs are we looking at here? Well for starters, one of its highlights is its dual SLI GPU setup which uses two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680Ms in SLI mode. It will be powered by Intel’s Ivy Bridge CPUs that users can choose from, which includes the rather speedy i7-3940XM 3.0GHz Extreme Edition Ivy Bridge Mobile Processor, support for up to 32GB of dual-channel DDR3 RAM, two detachable SATA-3 hard drives with hardware RAID 0/1 support, an illuminated keyboard where the colors can be changed depending on preference, an a 17.3” 16:9 LED-backlit 1080p display with an Onkyo sound system that features a built-in subwoofer. More details and the different configurations can be found at CyberPower PC’s website, where you can also place your order and expect it to ship on the 26^th of October.

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