World's Tallest Building Shows Off World's Awesomest Fireworks Display [Video]

As if being the tallest building in the world isn't already impressive enough, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai put on one of the most amazing fireworks displays I've ever seen to ring in the new year. More »


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iPad 3 Rumor Roundup: New Display Tech, Lots of Contradictions

Next year, Apple will unveil its iPad 3. History tells us we can expect iPad 3 sometime in the first quarter -- but exactly when? And will it include a retina display? And will there be two different models? Let the rumor round-up begin!

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/ipad-3-rumor-roundup/

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BattlePaint is an addictive geometric shooter game

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In BattlePaint, you play a cube. In fact, you're not even a cube -- just a square. But boy, are you fast! And you can shoot in all directions. That's important, because there are baddies coming in from all over the place.

The "baddies" are swarms of other squares, in all sorts of pretty colors. They track you all over the screen, and you run around very quickly and just shoot, shoot, and shoot some more. If that doesn't sound very emotionally deep, it's because it isn't. But it's fun!

After you shoot a baddy, it splashes paint as it disappears. You need to skate across this blob of paint and "eat it up" to get points. This game is fast. It clocked in at around 60-70 FPS on my system, and was loads of fun to play. It does tend to insult you when you die, though, but don't be offended -- I don't think it's personal.

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Stay As Warm As a Wookiee In This Hoodie [Star Wars]

Given he only ever wore a sash, I'm assuming Chewbacca's coat of fur keeps him plenty warm. So it stands to reason that a hoodie made from Wookiee fur would do the same, even if you don't live on Hoth. More »


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Sony cuts Tablet S price by $100, now starts at $400 for 16GB

New year, new pricing strategy? We just got word that Sony's cut the price of its 9.4-inch Tablet S by $100, so that it now starts at $400 for the 16GB model, and $500 for the 32GB flavor. The move follows a temporary $50 price cut, which Sony announced on December 15th and said would last through the end of the year. So, the fact that the outfit has lowered the price by another fifty bucks, and permanently, can't bode well for sell-through figures. In any case, that takes the Tablet S out of Transformer Prime and iPad 2 territory, though it now finds itself in an increasingly crowded field of mid-range slates, a category populated by the likes of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, the original ASUS Transformer and both Toshiba Thrive tablets.

Sony cuts Tablet S price by $100, now starts at $400 for 16GB originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Razor that Oprah Uses to Shave her Legs

Ok, I don’t know if this is really the razor that Oprah uses, but if I had eleventy trillion dollars like she does, I might just buy one. The Zafirro Iridium razor has a handle that is made from very rare 99.95% pure iridium, which is the strongest and densest metal on the planet. Hexagonal [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/12/30/the-razor-that-oprah-uses-to-shave-her-legs/

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Power and data cables, Prime availability [From the Forums]

From the Forums

One more day and then 2011 is all said and done. The real question after that though will be 'What's your new years resolution?' and will you actually keep it? My new years resolution will be to help out some more in the Android Central forums and give back to the community. If you're looking to help out some folks as well, check out some of the threads below:

If you're not already a member of the Android Central forums, you can register your account today.

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2011 Year in review: A timeline


In an industry that changes minute by minute, a year's worth of news is a lot to digest. We combed our archives in an attempt to drown out the noise and came up with a short list of the stories that made 2011. Consider this an abridged look back at the year that was. Head past the break to check it out.

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Anonymous Implicated in 'Robin Hood' Hack on Christmas Day

Hackers claiming to belong to the Anonymous hacking community broke into the servers of private think tank Stratfor over the holiday weekend. They stole thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information, and also claim to have stolen the company's list of confidential clients. This includes organizations such as the United States Air Force and the Miami Police Department.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/74058.html

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Meizu MX launches today, lines dotted all over China as usual

This time last year we witnessed the Meizu M9 madness in Shenzhen, so we decided to pay our favorite gadget city another visit for the MX launch today (still the 1.4GHz dual-core model, of course). Surprisingly, the lines in Huaqiangbei this time were significantly shorter, but we were told that this was due to tighter security measures as requested by the local authorities -- if you've seen last year's photos you'll know why. Instead, this year the customers are told to line up only when they get a phone call; but a few keen beans still arrived last night, and the first guy in Shenzhen even turned down hotel accommodation offered by Meizu. Yep, that's how you do a "first" properly, folks. Other big cities in China also saw a similar phenomenon, including Beijing, Guangzhou and even Hong Kong -- it's hard to miss the long line formed along the south end of Sai Yeung Choi Street outside the new Mongkok store.

Meizu also informed us that the MX's final hardware benefits from an improved camera (tweaked white balance and the lens now benefits from an oleophobic coating), while the software's been giving many enhancements since our review -- these are mostly the weird default settings we mentioned previously, such as the max clock speed out of the box (now at 1.4GHz instead of 1GHz) and the default video recording resolution (now 1080p instead of the weird 1,080 x 720 setting). Oh, and if you're still rocking the older M9, Meizu has confirmed that it'll also get the Ice Cream Sandwich update later this year, so stay tuned. More in the press release after the break.


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