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Monday, September 26, 2011

drag2share: T-Mobile makes Galaxy S II official at Mobilize: ships on October 12th for $230

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/t-mobile-makes-galaxy-s-ii-official-at-mobilize-ships-on-octobe/

Samsung might have already announced T-Mobile's variant of the Galaxy S II, but here at Mobilize the carrier's gone and revealed all the nitty-gritty details. We can now confirm that the 4.52-inch smartphone wields a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 processor clocked at 1.5GHz, eschewing Sammy's 1.2GHz Exynos found on its other stateside brethren. And much like the just announced Amaze 4G, it'll be one of the first phones to take advantage of the carrier's 42Mbps HSPA+ and T-Mobile TV functionality. The TouchWiz-covered, Gingerbread 2.3.5-sportin' superphone can be yours on October 10th for $229.99 (after a $50 mail in rebate) from Deutsche Telekom's website, or in stores and select dealers on the 12th. Stay tuned for an impending hands-on -- you can bide time by eying the PR after the break, or having a look at the gallery below.

Keep up with our Mobilize 2011 coverage here!

Gallery: T-Mobile announces Galaxy S II at Mobilize 2011

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T-Mobile makes Galaxy S II official at Mobilize: ships on October 12th for $230 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: T-Mobile Sonic 4G Mobile HotSpot bringing OLED display, HSPA+ connectivity this October

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/t-mobile-sonic-4g-mobile-hotspot-bringing-oled-display-hspa-co/

It feels like just yesterday that we saw T-Mobile's original 4G Mobile HotSpot at CTIA (our review is here), and already the purgatory-presiding US carrier is ushering out a successor. Alongside the Galaxy S II and Amaze 4G, the Sonic 4G Mobile HotSpot is being revealed at Mobilize, and it's hailed as the carrier's fastest ever in the category. Predictably, it'll enable five WiFi devices to hop onto T-Mob's HSPA+ 42 network, and there's a microSD card slot for handling file transfers. The wow factor comes courtesy of the embedded OLED indicator display, which shows signal strength, number of devices connected, number of unread text messages, connectivity to the internet, battery level and network connection type. Lips are zipped on pricing, but it'll be available at your nearest Magenta retailer next month.

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T-Mobile Sonic 4G Mobile HotSpot bringing OLED display, HSPA+ connectivity this October originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: ASUS announces trio of new E Series all-in-one PCs

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/asus-announces-trio-of-new-e-series-all-in-one-pcs/

It's already been a fairly busy month for ASUS, but it's not done just yet -- the company has now announced three new E- Series all-in-one PCs, one of which is available starting today. That would be the 23.6-inch ET2410, which starts at $899 and packs your choice of second-gen Intel Core processors, up to a 1TB hard drive, a max 8GB of DDR3 memory, a Blu-ray drive and an HDMI input that'll let you use it as a display for your game console or other devices (it's also conveniently wall-mountable). Those same basic specs also extend to the 21.5-inch ET2210 and 27-inch ET2700, which are set to roll out in October and November, respectively, although there's no word on pricing for those just yet. Check out the gallery below for a closer look at the ET2410.

Gallery: ASUS ET2410 all-in-one

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ASUS announces trio of new E Series all-in-one PCs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: CHART OF THE DAY: Facebook's Dominance Of Social Networks

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/time-on-facebook-2011-9

To show how thoroughly Facebook dominates the social networking landscape, comScore passed along this chart of time spent on various social networks. 90% of all time on social networks is spent on Facebook, with other social networks comprised of Myspace, Tumblr, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others, according to comScore.

chart of the day, minutes spent on social networks, september 2011

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@dneely40 #OMMAGlobal - "platform of information" via social actions enables more real time and actionable insights across channels

#OMMAGlobal - great question to ask "what old advertising tactic has died already or would you kill off in 2012 in your own company?"

drag2share: The Google-Powered, Digital Dead Sea Scrolls are a History Buff's Dream [Google]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5843790/the-google-powered-digital-dead-sea-scrolls-are-a-history-buffs-dream

Five of the Dead Sea Scrolls—the world's oldest biblical documents—are now viewable online as searchable, high-resolution images thanks to Google. Talk about some priceless Google Docs.

The scrolls are available in the Israel Museum's online collections just a year after the project started. Developed in partnership with Google the website allows users to dive into the 2,000 year old documents—literally. The images are 1,200 megapixes, which is huge enough to zoom until you can see minuscule cracks in the parchment. Thanks to Google's technology, the scrolls are also easy to navigate. The images load crazy fast and navigate with a smooth slider. Phrases from the documents even turn up in Google search results that will take you to directly to your favorite passage from the early-Christian era. Rejoice! [The Telegraph]

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drag2share: Leaked AMD roadmap reveals Q1 2012 launch for Trinity APU

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/leaked-amd-roadmap-reveals-q1-2012-launch-for-trinity-apu/

Some leaked AMD presentation slides are doing the rounds and they look just about arcane enough to be genuine. Assuming they are, and bearing in mind that they're already a few months old, then the key news is that the Trinity APU could swing into full production as early as January. This successor to the immensely successful Llano range of mobile APUs will be based on "Piledriver" CPU cores, which themselves are variants of the Bulldozer cores in AMD's imminent desktop refresh. Suddenly that Llano-powered laptop you've been ogling doesn't look like such an obvious purchase. Check out the gallery below for more slides, including intriguing references to post-Trinity "Kaveri" and "Kabini" APUs planned for 2013.

Gallery: Leaked AMD slides

[Thanks, Alexandre]

Leaked AMD roadmap reveals Q1 2012 launch for Trinity APU originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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@faithpopcorn - advertising as we know it is over; privacy is over; what do people choose to engage with? #OMMAGlobal

@fredwilson "native monetization systems" paid search, promoted tweets, foursquare specials - native and relevant to users #ommaglobal

RT @jimmy_wales #OMMAGlobal - mobile usage of the Wikia site grew 10x in the last 2 yrs, now representing 10% of traffic to site

drag2share: Another alleged HTC Vigor leak: HD display, 1.5GHz dual-core, Beats Audio

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/another-alleged-htc-vigor-leak-hd-display-1-5ghz-dual-core-be/

We know the high-end HTC Vigor exists, but we're still in the dark about its precise specs -- not least because a previous 'leak' turned out to be double Dutch. Now an Italian dude by the name of Fabio Mele reckons he's gotten hold of Verizon's ROM for the Vigor and extracted a ton of information, including tutorial videos (which yielded the render above) and key hardware credentials. And they're some credentials: a 4.3-inch screen with 720 lines of LG-rivalling HD craziness, a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB RAM and an 8MP rear camera. The reported ROM also contains HTC's much-hyped Beats Audio software, which we've experimented with on the Un-American Sensation XE. We're taking all this with a pinch of salt if you don't mind, Signor Mele, but we want to believe you, we really do.

[Thanks, Giuseppe]

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Another alleged HTC Vigor leak: HD display, 1.5GHz dual-core, Beats Audio originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Broadcom unveils smaller, more power efficient 40nm NFC chips

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/broadcom-unveils-smaller-more-power-efficient-40nm-nfc-chips/

NFC

Broadcom is really throwing its weight behind this whole NFC thing. Its new family of BCM2079x chips have moved to a 40nm manufacturing process which cuts power use by 90-percent and board size by 40-percent. Broadcom claims they're the smallest and most power efficient NFC chips on the market -- and we're not in any position to refute that assertion. The company's Maestro tools have also been upgraded to let their NFC chips speak to a device's Bluetooth and WiFi radios. This could be used to quickly pair with other gadgets using Bluetooth or stream media to a connected television. For more details check out the PR after the break.

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Broadcom unveils smaller, more power efficient 40nm NFC chips originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: San Diego Supercomputer Center launches world's largest academic cloud storage system

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/san-diego-supercomputer-center-launches-worlds-largest-academic/

A new cloud storage system may not exactly be big news these days, but it is certainly a bit more noteworthy when it's the San Diego Supercomputer Center (or SDSC) behind it. That new service, simply dubbed the SDSC Cloud, also isn't your ordinary cloud storage system -- it's designed specifically for academic and research use, and it's said to be the largest of its kind in the world. That title comes from an initial raw capacity of 5.5 petabytes, which the SDSC notes is scalable by "orders of magnitude to hundreds of petabytes," and which is accessible at sustained read speeds from 8 to 10 gigabytes per second (also promised to be improved over time). Those interested in signing up can do so right now through an application process, with rates starting at $3.25 a month for 100GB of storage. Additional details are in the press release after the break.

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San Diego Supercomputer Center launches world's largest academic cloud storage system originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NFLX signs Dreamworks; AMZN signs Fox - another OTT streaming video nail in cable TV's coffin - http://bit.ly/riqZtk

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