Dec 27

Asus ME172V Images Leaked

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asus me172v Asus ME172V Images LeakedAnother day, another tablet hits the news wires, and here we are with the Asus ME172V which has seen some images of it being published by a retailer over at Russia. No idea on whether what you see here is the real deal or not in this age of Photoshop, but it would be nice to know that it is, of course. Accompanying benchmarks of the Asus ME172V are also available, and the specifications of the Asus ME172V listed do seem to match up.

Priced at around $225 after conversion, the Asus ME172V tablet comes with 16GB of internal memory, a 7-inch 1024×600 display, 1GB RAM, and a 1GHz processor coupled with a Mali 400 GPU. Nothing earth shattering here, other than it screaming of mid-range functionality. Somehow, it would reassure us greatly if we could see the Asus ME172V announced officially at CES 2013 that is happening in less than two weeks’ time. What do you think of other tablets in a similar price range – would you settle for the Asus ME172V then?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Christmas Day 2012 Becomes Record-Breaking For Tablet, Smartphone Activations, Toshiba Excite 10 Gets Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean Update,

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Dec 27

‘Mob Wives’ Season 3: Hurricane Sandy, Love Majewski Spotlighted In New Trailer (VIDEO)

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“Mob Wives” is back with a third season of drama, bleeps and threats. In the extended trailer below, the ladies welcome newcomer Love Majewski, deal with Hurricane Sandy and yell at each other … a lot.

A collection of some lines from the new trailer:

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Dec 27

Pokemon marathon aims to hit $100,000 for charity this weekend

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Gaming marathons for charity’s sake isn’t anything new. There’s the Super Mario Marathon for the Child’s Play charity, as well as the Zelda marathon for GameToAid. This time around, ExtraLives.org is hosting a Pokethon, a Pokemon marathon that will take place all weekend long and into the new year.

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The good folks at ExtraLives.org have raised almost $92,000 since opening their doors in 2009, and they’re hoping this Pokemon marathon will help put them over the $100,000 mark this coming weekend. Starting on Saturday, December 29, the team will be playing three different Pokemon sessions at the same time, each session involving three different Pokemon games.

They’ll start with the old Game Boy titles, and then make their way up into the DS era, campaigning the whole time to try and raise money for charity. In total, the team will try to complete 11 Pokemon games, and they even have some extra games on the list for stretch goals throughout the weekend, including Pokemon spin-offs like Hey You Pikachu.

The event will be live-streamed online, and each of the three streamed screens will be running a different version of Pokemon, and the infamous Pokemon bootlegs will also be making an appearance. All the money that’s raised will be going to Free the Children, so if you have time this weekend, and money to spare, be sure to check it out.


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Dec 27

Sony Xperia X Is Odin?

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sony xperia x2 Sony Xperia X Is Odin?Don’t you think that it is rather cute to name your smartphone after mythological deities? Well, the long talked about and much rumored Sony C650X smartphone has also been said to go around by its codename “Odin”, where it could very well arrive on store shelves with the designation of Sony Xperia X. Which would make it sound really cool, of course, considering how the Sony C660X “Yuga” has been touted to being called the Xperia Z. While these rumors have not been confirmed just yet, we do know that in this day and age, rumors tend to pan out to be true in the end when the official announcement is made. In fact, some are even saying that the Yuga and Odin are one and the same handset, although one of them has been tailored to cater to the US market, with the other arriving in other markets.

You can find a 5-inch 1080p display on the Xperia X, alongside a quad-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 2GB RAM, and 32GB of internal memory, alongside Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in tow.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Samsung To Ship 500 Million Phones In 2013, ZTE Grand S Is One Thin Handset,

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Dec 27

Samsung Reportedly Targeting 510M Phone Sales In 2013, Including 390M Smartphones

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Samsung is looking to move around 20 percent more mobile phones in 2013 than it did in 2012, according to a new report from The Korea Times. The Korean electronics firm wants to ship 510 million phones in the New Year, which exceeds the 420 million it projected for 2012. The 2013 increase adds anticipated holiday sales to its existing 288 million total devices sold through September. Around 76 percent, or 390 million, of that 510 million will be smartphones, according to a key Samsung supplier speaking to the Korea Times.

These figures are very optimistic compared to earlier projections from Gartner, which pegged Samsung at around 300 million smartphone sales next year at the upper limit. Samsung has since shown itself as a very strong competitor in the latter half of the year, thanks to devices like the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note 2, which have helped the smartphone maker become the top global cellphone brand in 2012, finally overtaking Nokia to win that honor, according to iHS iSuppli projections.

While Samsung execs see a possible slowdown overall for smartphone demand, the company will offer Windows 8 devices and smartphones shipping with TIZEN – a joint project with Intel — in addition to its existing stable of Android-based handsets. It also claims in the report to be considering “better pricing” in developing markets to drive growth, and provide LTE-capable handsets at lower costs in more established markets like North America.

Put in perspective, Apple’s iPhone sales for 2012 totaled just over 125 million, so Samsung’s plan would see it outselling its strongest smartphone market rival by a considerable amount and outpacing its other Android handset maker rivals by even more of a gap. Given how strong the Korean electronics maker has come on in both the Android OEM race and overall smartphone market, that’s not too surprising or unrealistic an expectation for 2013.

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Dec 27

Donald Blood III Gets DUI After Allegedly Driving On AA Co-founder’s Lawn

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DORSET, Vt. — Vermont State Police say a man faces a drunken driving charge after driving onto the lawn of a historic home once owned by the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Police say 55-year-old Donald Blood III of Marlborough, Mass., was ordered to appear in court in Bennington on Jan. 14.

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Dec 27

Gun Control Support Soars In New Polls

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Support for tighter gun control laws continues to rise in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll, and another new poll finds that support for stricter gun laws is at its highest point in years.

In the new HuffPost/YouGov survey of 1,000 adults conducted Dec. 21-22, 55 percent of Americans said that gun control laws should be made more strict, 13 percent said they should be made less strict, and 27 percent said there should be no change. Support for stricter laws in the new poll is even higher than it was in another HuffPost/YouGov poll conducted immediately after the shooting took place, when 50 percent of respondents said that that gun control laws should be made stricter.

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Dec 27

Sony Xperia Z (Yuga) To Debut At CES 2013

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xperia z1 Sony Xperia Z (Yuga) To Debut At CES 2013The first 1080p smartphone from Sony Mobile is known as the Sony Xperia Z, which was first spotted in tech circles as the Xperia Yuga, is said to be lined up for an official announcement in a fortnight’s time – at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is what we have gathered from ePrice, and after the Xperia Z’s official announcement at CES 2013, the smartphone should then roll out in China a week after that, where it will retail for approximately $690 after conversion.

From what we have gathered, the Xperia Z (Yuga) is powered by the Android Jelly Bean operating system, accompanied a 1920 x 1080 resolution 5” display, run on a quad-core 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, boasts of LTE and NFC connectivity, carries 2GB RAM, a 12-megapixel camera at the back with flash, and a microSD memory card slot. Not only that, it is also dust and water resistant, but not idiot proof. Image courtesy of ePrice.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Samsung To Ship 500 Million Phones In 2013, ZTE Grand S Is One Thin Handset,

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Dec 27

Tech Deals of the Day: 12/27/2012

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Our friends over at TechBargains.com compiled a list of daily deals and we wanted to share them to help you save money.

Keep in mind that as with any true deal, the products are limited quantity and can sell out quickly – so don’t hesitate to check them out now. If you’re looking to buy a product from a specific store, save money with updated and verified coupon codes here.

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Dec 27

Georgia Welfare Cuts Leave Poor Citizens On Their Own

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When the economy crashed in 2008, millions of Americans lost their jobs. Applications for food stamps soared. So did attendance at emergency food providers—soup kitchens and food pantries—that help the estimated 50 million people, working and non-working, who can’t afford enough groceries to get through the month.

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