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We’re not sure just how popular gamerpics are these days for the Xbox 360 as avatars have taken over the need for a topical or cool gamerpic. When the Xbox 360 first launched, Microsoft launched a rather small number of gamerpics, which they eventually expanded on in the coming years. It looks as though Microsoft isn’t entirely giving up on its gamerpics as they will be making a total of 300 different gamerpics available at the launch of the Xbox One. (more…)

Xbox One Will Launch With 300 Gamerpics original content from Ubergizmo.

Most laptops have to maintain a careful balance between power as well as portability, and normally, something that is powerful would need plenty of juice, which in the end it would be heavy to tote around. Toshiba has unveiled its 17.3-inch Qosmio X75 that is touted to deliver the latest technologies for maximum performance. Sporting a refined and yet aggressive styling, the Toshiba Qosmio X75 will appeal to professionals as well as gamers.

You will find the fourth generation Intel Core i7 processor underneath the hood, four memory slots, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M discrete graphics chipset with Optimus technology and 3GB of DDR5 video memory, a 1TB hybrid hard drive, an SSD Drive, a full HD display, a Blu-ray disc rewritable drive, quad Harman Kardon speakers as well as UltraHD output via HDMI. Not only that, professional video editors will be pleased to hear that there are Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 and Adobe Premiere Elements 11 software which have been pre-loaded to help you get up and running right out of the box. The starting price for the Toshiba Qosmio X75 stands at $1,399.99 a pop. Would you consider getting one of these puppies if you tend to game while you are on the go?

Toshiba Qosmio X75 Gaming Laptop Announced original content from Ubergizmo.

Twitter is quite the medium. An endless source of looping GIFs, “viral” videos, and, sadly, bad advertising. Most of the latter category is quickly dismissed by the block and report spam features of Twitter, but the occasional spambot elevates its “craft” to a level of surreal bliss which begs attention. “horse_ebooks” is perhaps Twitter’s best example of that phenomenon, offering indecipherable (and delightful) missives that are heavily retweeted and always nonsensical. “How to get the best bargains in satellite,” for instance. Sadly, it looks like we’ve all been had.

What many (ourselves included) thought to be an accidentally hilarious spam account for a low-rent eBook publishing firm is actually a long-running art installation by Jacon Bakkila (a 29-year-old Buzzfeed employee). Bakkila outed the ruse this morning in an exhibit at New York City’s FitzRoy Gallery named “Horse_ebooks 2,” where Bakkila himself and two friends are answering phones all day (from 10AM to 9PM ET) and giving users a verbal taste of the content you’d normally read on…well, the horse_ebooks Twitter account (the phone number is 213-444-0102 if you’d like to call).

It’s unclear if the account will continue from here. It sounds like a no, though, as Bakkila tells The New York Times that, “The goal was not to appropriate the account but to become the account,” referencing the account’s previous Russian owner and its original use (to sell eBooks). Gawker‘s got a walkthrough of the art gallery installation right here, should you wish to dive even deeper into this madness.

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Source: Twitter, Synydyne

The LG G2 has been slowly making its way across U.S. wireless carriers over the past few weeks with the device also being released all over the world. It was rumored back in July LG had set an ambitious goal of 10 million units sold for its LG G2, but today, the head of LG Taiwan officially confirmed the company plans on selling at least 10 million of its new flagship smartphone globally. (more…)

LG G2 Sales Goal Set For 10 Million Units original content from Ubergizmo.

HTC just can’t catch a break, it seems: Reuters claims that the company now faces a One mini shortage due to both “design difficulties” with the casing as well as other, unnamed factors. The site’s sources didn’t explain the shortfall in detail, although we likely can’t chalk it up to popularity. Analysts weren’t expecting HTC to ship more than 200,000 One minis per month, which suggests that any supply problems would hurt the firm’s bottom line. We’ve reached out to HTC for comment, and we’ll let you know if it can confirm or deny its manufacturing woes. In the meantime, we’d suggest buying the full-sized One if you can’t find its tiny counterpart in stores.

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Source: Reuters