Dec 26
LG Display has confirmed to Ubergizmo that it will showcase its latest innovations in display technology resolution and design at CES 2013. The company, touted as the world’s largest LCD panel maker, says that it will first showcase what is believed to be the world’s highest resolution 4K2K monitor, together with its line-up of Ultra High Definition TV displays during the said event. Specifically, LG Display is expected to reveal three UHD panels – a 55-inch, a 65-inch, and an 84-inch Ultra High Definition panel. (more…)
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Nintendo has finally gotten their hands on what seems to be one of the more advanced implementations of dual-display gaming, calling it the Panorama View Feature which basically allows you to move the Wii U controller around in order to check out a different perspective compared to what is seen on the TV screen that the Wii U is hooked up to. This technology was recently granted a patent, and the patent document itself has rambled on and on about the kind of gyrosensors that saw action within which helped determine the controller’s change in position. I guess you can somewhat say that it is simpler in practice compared to in theory. Well, kudos to the folks over at Nintendo for picking up this patent, it would surely go some way in helping them maintain an edge in the dog-eat-dog world of video game consoles.
Do you think that we are a nation who is obsessed with counting calories? After all, simple mathematics are supposed to follow, where one should burn more calories than one takes in order to lose weight. Well, we have long seen calories listed for the meal that we are about to partake, especially in the fast food realm, and it seems that the battle of the bulge is taking on a more prominent role, as additional restaurants and vending machines, in this case, will display calorie counts.
After opening 51 retail stores both in the U.S. and in the international market, Microsoft is announcing today that it will be opening up new store locations next year. Microsoft says that the first six store locations will include The Shops at La Cantera, San Antonio, Texas; Dadeland Mall, Miami, Fla.; Beachwood Place, Beachwood, Ohio; Westfield San Francisco Centre, San Francisco; City Creek Center, Salt Lake City; and St. Louis Galleria, St. Louis. Microsoft did not reveal when these stores will open. All of the aforementioned locations are in the U.S. 
Receiving an iPhone as a Christmas present is probably at the top of everyone’s wishlist. But, what if it is a stolen iPhone? Will it still be that special? Unfortunately, this happened to Ben Dreyfuss, who bought an iPhone for his mom this Christmas. When Ben’s mom called Verizon to activate her shiny iPhone, she was shocked to hear that the unit was stolen. “Son, you gave me a stolen iPhone?” Ben’s mom asked. 
Governments have always tried their hand at controlling the internet and the information that users posted. Some claim it is due to national security, while others approach it from an intellectual property angle, although in the case of China, word has it that due to the number of its citizens posting exposés about the country’s government and the alleged corruption underlying it, senior members of China’s National People’s Congress have begun to consider a bill in which users are required to report their real names to internet and telecom companies.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Following 
Location data has been used by companies to help generate relevant ads and direct you to websites that are suited for your region, but interestingly Staples seems to have taken it one step further and now uses your location to help determine what kind of prices you will see on their website. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, they have found that depending on where you live, and how close you are to a Staples competitor, the price reflected on its website will vary for a product viewed by someone else living in a different state or different suburb. The report from the Wall Street Journal has also found that areas in which the average household income is higher have prices which are more discounted versus areas in which average household income is lower, whereby prices are actually higher.
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Scientists are trying to prove that the recent rise in earthquakes are linked to wastewater disposal from shale gas hydrofracking. Evidence shows that the significant rise in seismic activity over the last few years in the U.S. coincide with the rise of hydraulic fracturing, a method for extracting oil and natural gas which usually involves injecting water and chemicals into shale rock. 