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A recent change in Microsoft’s hardware requirements for Windows 8 is creating a lot of speculation on what Microsoft has planned in the future. Previously, Windows 8 could only run on displays with a resolution of at least 1366×768. However, that requirement has been lowered to only 1024×768, which means that we could see smaller form factors of Windows tablets in the future.

Of course, Windows 8 has supported 1024×768 for a while now, but hardware requirements from Microsoft as far as tablets are concerned requires at least a widescreen 1366×768 resolution, which is rather odd, but Microsoft has quietly updated its tablet requirements with the new spec, meaning that smaller Windows tablets could be in our future.

This seems fairly obvious, though, as small form factors are rather popular as of now, with Google’s Nexus 7, Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD, and Apple’s iPad mini leading the charge in the 7- to 8-inch tablet race. As for when we might see smaller Windows tablets, it’s not entirely certain, but they could come during Microsoft’s BUILD developers conference in June.

If a 7- or 8-inch Windows tablet does, indeed, step into the limelight, it’ll be interesting to see if they catch on. Currently, Microsoft’s Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets haven’t been selling well, so if manufacturers get the price right with the smaller variants, they could squeeze their way in with the other Android and iOS offerings.

[via ZDNet]

Windows 8 hardware requirement update hints at 7-inch tablet is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Up until Wednesday evening, I was playing the heck out of Gears of War: Judgment , but once BioShock Infinite has come into my life, I’ve been spending all of my time with the new hotness, but after hearing about today’s update, I might be splitting my time with both games this weekend.

Epic Games is partnering up with everyone’s favorite magazine geared towards men and their girlfriends, MAXIM, to deliver the game’s first add-on to include the return of one of the franchise’s most popular multiplayer modes, Execution, as well as a new multiplayer map called Haven. The add-on will be free to a limited time, so those of you who currently own Gears of War: Judgment need to jump on this add-on ASAP by downloading it directly from the dashboard or through Xbox.com as the in-game function is currently out-of-order. (more…)

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“Hacker” is one of the most loaded Internet words getting thrown around these days. To many (hi cable news), the label is inherently malicious, and goes hand in hand with threats to blow up the interwebs. Others who self-identify as such, will never ever stop whining about how it means just the opposite. But are hackers of either flavor heroes? Can they be? More »

Remember the shorts that used to run on Nickelodeon featuring talking bellies? They basically drew faces onto people’s bellies and moved the belly faces by sucking in their stomachs or puffing it out. Now you can do the same, minus having to draw faces on your belly, because you can just stick them on with these temporary tummy tattoos.

The Talking Bellies Temporary Tattoos come with various shapes and styles for eyebrows, eyes, noses, and even mustaches. That way, you can create custom faces and have tummy conversations that will make you double up with laughter with others who have the same type of humor as you.

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With an iOS 6 jailbreak now out and about, developers are starting to think ahead to iOS 7. We’ve already heard from Evad3rs team member David Wang (a.k.a. Planetbeing) about the chances of jailbreaking iOS 7, and according to him, it’ll most likely be a slow battle to find the exploits in iOS 7. However, another well-known jailbreaker has stepped up and pointed out that he has a solution.

Joshua Hill (a.k.a. p0sixninja, who’s a member of the Greenpois0n dev team) took to Twitter and said that, from the looks it, “the next jailbreak might be created entirely by [him].” He followed up with that statement saying that “Evad3rs haven’t gone anywhere,” and he claims he “just discovered all the needed exploits…over the past few months.”

The latest version to be jailbroken is iOS 6.1.2, which means that iOS 6.1.3 still has to be exploited, as Apple as specifically called out the Evad3rs dev team and patched up the exploits needed to jailbreak. At that point, Wang says he doesn’t know if a jailbreak will be released for iOS 6.1.3, and iOS 7 may be just as hard to break into.

Of course, we’re not sure if Hill is simply pulling our leg or if he’s actually being quite serious, but considering that he’s a reputable dev team member, it’s very likely that he’s telling the truth. Either way, iOS 7 hasn’t even been announced yet, so it’s too early to tell exactly how easy or hard it will be to break into iOS 7.

iOS 7 jailbreak supposedly already in the works is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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