Hallucinates with these Jetmen flying next to a superjumbo A380

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQN9QXszE09kESDpfBso3w_BgHUxbilT8MGAL2NumaPdNoWetsh43c6PbpSRtO7D8d_I_SsF-Pvj0FoINzMDD6bcXpctmt6WArAOS6P2RrvOCQZttArb2-2DRDYtCGLCdWrXV55FgNJwI/s1600/vlcsnap-2015-11-05-08h49m31s270-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQN9QXszE09kESDpfBso3w_BgHUxbilT8MGAL2NumaPdNoWetsh43c6PbpSRtO7D8d_I_SsF-Pvj0FoINzMDD6bcXpctmt6WArAOS6P2RrvOCQZttArb2-2DRDYtCGLCdWrXV55FgNJwI/s640/vlcsnap-2015-11-05-08h49m31s270-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span class=""><br /></span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span class="">Imagine for a moment that you are in an Airbus A380 quietly sitting on the side of the window and enjoying the ride. </span>Suddenly, you look out and ... <em>boom!</em> two men go flying with you.That's just what could have happened to anyone who was in the superjumbo you see on these lines along which have been flying the famous Yves Rossy (aka Jetman) and his sidekick Vince Reffet. The flight, once more, on the impressive construction Palm Jumeirah and the beautiful Dubai background, an ideal setting for these two "Jetmen" make the rounds that we give away such an impressive video as you have after jump.</div> <div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> Take these catches it was not easy and everything was perfectly timed. Both the plane and the two <em>flying men</em> had an established circuit to move while a fourth "presence" (a helicopter with a team responsible for recording) kept a certain distance above them. The task of coordinating speeds of each of the appliances seems so difficult, however, as you can see below, the result shows an almost idyllic picture of overcoming difficult. Take a look for yourself and enjoy the journey.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper" style="padding: 354px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 630px;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" id="fitvid706344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_VPvKl6ezyc" style="height: 354px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 630px;"></iframe></div> </div>

Hallucinates with these Jetmen flying next to a superjumbo A380

Imagine for a moment that you are in an Airbus A380 quietly sitting on the side of the window and enjoying the ride.  Suddenly, you lo...

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Lenovo boasts 4K and Xeon processor in their new notebooks

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6000003814697px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://es.engadget.com/2015/08/11/lenovo-4k-procesador-xeon-p50-p70/" style="color: #3399cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" data-credit="lenovo" data-mep="914085" height="360" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/21b4a4c81a1ead5f307e4f6b5ea77b36/202452918/lenovo-thinkpad-p70.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; max-width: none;" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> Lenovo has two new proposals to us in the professional segment and performance rather than fall short of what we're possibly looking at a team. This is the new ThinkPad P50 and P70, two brothers who boast screens with resolution 4K (optional), powerful NVIDIA Quadro and be the first models on the market to bring the recently announced Intel Xeon processor for laptops, E3 -1500M. You'll find support for up to 64GB of memory and Thunderbolt ports, among other connectors.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> As're probably imagining the difference between the two laptops is virtually determined by its size, 15.6 inches, in the case of P50, and 17 ", if we refer to P70. The smallest weighs 2 -Photo in portada- 5 kg and has only one Thunderbolt port 3, and three storage bays. The big man of the couple, meanwhile, has an approximate weight of 3.4 kilos, offers two Thunderbolt ports and four bays -you an image of model under these lines.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" data-credit="lenovo" data-mep="914435" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/c320a3cd73cec3be9c4b98dcb2ec0b8c/202455007/thinkpad-p70.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto !important; max-width: 100%;" /></div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span class="">If you do not see the time to work with some of these new teams, we must warn you that you still have to be somewhat patient. </span>Lenovo has no plans to remove them until the last quarter of the year, at which time we see them in windows Americans from $ 1,500 in the case of P50 (version would be talking to 1080p) and $ 1,999, if we We refer to P70. Its distribution in other countries is for the moment a mystery.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> [ <strong>Update:</strong> We have price and date for the Spanish market. As in the US, they will be in stores in the fourth quarter, from 1,599 euros for the ThinkPad P50 and from 2,099 euros for the ThinkPad P70.]</div> </div>

Lenovo boasts 4K and Xeon processor in their new notebooks

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The warning radars TomTom comes to Android

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://es.engadget.com/2014/12/10/avisador-de-radares-tomtom-android/&usg=ALkJrhiqnVpG2bT-QCu4Q0CpyrDh6-_Bfw"><img alt="The warning radars TomTom comes to Android" data-credit="Tomtom" data-credit-link-back="undefined" data-mep="607287" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/ac0e680e3cfdfc04cdeb2f934aaaa6bd/201223609/tomtom-radares-android.jpg" /></a></span> </div> <span style="font-size: small;"><span class="notranslate"> The catalog browsers <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://es.engadget.com/tag/TomTom/&usg=ALkJrhgGM9ORuSiKb-7xK5xFM6c1cEzrJQ">TomTom</a> also has space for a dedicated especially to provide information on radar, however, this solution is only available for iOS devices.</span> <span class="notranslate"> Until now.</span> <span class="notranslate"> The manufacturer has just published in the Android Play Store Speed ​​Cameras, a utility that will launch alerts when approaching a speed camera when we're on the road version.</span> <span class="notranslate"> Provides alerts in 28 different countries, with coverage of 95% in each of them, and is able to be updated twice a week to keep your list up to date radar.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span class="notranslate"> </span> </span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> <span class="notranslate"> The application is completely free, but to use it you will have to subscribe to alerts service for a price of 29.95 euros per year, but do not know if the same offer include 12 months free for signing offering in iOS.</span> <span class="notranslate"> For now, all we have seen is that the Android application includes 3 months completely free test, so you could use them to start testing the application.</span> <span class="notranslate"> Watch your speed!</span></span></div>

The warning radars TomTom comes to Android

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Logitech Harmony Touch remote officially announced, brings swipe, scroll and tap LCD for $249

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/03/logitech-harmony-touch-remote-249/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="368" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FFC4Ex8PG8A?wmode=opaque" width="600"></iframe></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">The cat is already <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/29/logitech-harmony-touch-best-buy-leak/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">well out of the bag</a>, but we finally have some official information about the new Logitech Harmony Touch universal remote. Its first addition to the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/logitech,remote" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">line</a> in a while, Logitech is pushing its center-mounted 2.4-inch color touchscreen with support for control by tapping, swiping or scrolling through up to 50 channel icons as a way to "unprecedented control" of your home entertainment system. We're still not entirely sure about the transport controls being placed so far up top or the usefulness of a screen focused on direct live channel access in the DVR and streaming age, but it does bring the usual control of up to 15 devices and backlit keys. Just as we saw in the stores, the price is set at $249 and it controls only via IR, not RF like the pricier <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/logitechs-harmony-900-remote-controls-components-behind-closed/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Harmony 900</a>. Check out more info in the press release after the break (along with quick demo and how-to setup videos) or on Logitech's blog, fans of the new device should be able to find them released widely in the US and Europe this month.<br /><img 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/></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://adf.ly/DIqs1">More tech details here</a></span></div></div>

Logitech Harmony Touch remote officially announced, brings swipe, scroll and tap LCD for $249

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AT&T adds HTC One X+ and One VX to its future lineup, will arrive in the 'coming months'

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="image-container" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/02/att-htc-one/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none;"><img alt="AT&T plans to carry HTC One X, introduces One VX " data-src-height="450" data-src-width="460" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/10/attonemain.jpg" style="border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 15px 12px;" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">HTC decided to reveal the oft-rumored <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/02/htc-one-x-plus-tegra-3-android-jelly-bean-sense-4-plus/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">One X+</a> earlier this morning, and it didn't take long for AT&T to announce its intent to carry <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/02/htc-one-x-plus-hands-on/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">the device</a> in the "coming months." Fans acquainted with the original <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/01/htc-one-x-for-att-review/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">AT&T One X</a> won't find much different on the outside -- we're still looking at a 4.7-inch Super LCD2 720p display, 8MP BSI f/2.0 rear camera with ImageSense and gorgeous polycarbonate build. Indeed, it's what's inside the LTE-capable phone that counts: a 1.7GHz quad-core Tegra 3 chipset, an impressive 64GB internal memory (nice, given the device still lacks microSD support), Jelly Bean with Sense 4+ and a nicely improved 2,100mAh battery.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">That's not all, folks: AT&T's also introducing another HTC handset for its mid-range lineup known as the One VX (pictured above on the right). The device, which utilizes a 4.5-inch qHD Super LCD2 display, is packing Android 4.0 (upgradeable to Jelly Bean after launch), a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 MSM 8930 with 1GB RAM, LTE, a 5MP BSI f/2.0 ImageSense camera capable of shooting 1080p video, a VGA front-facing cam, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio and 8GB internal storage. How about dimensions? It measures in at 9.19mm (0.36 inch) thick and weighs 4.4 ounces (124.7g), so it's slightly thicker and lighter than the One X+. We're quite curious to hear details on pricing and availability, but we haven't heard anything aside from the coming months (we'd like to believe, however, that AT&T wouldn't wait until after the holidays to push this out). Hopefully we'll get to play with the new device soon, but feel free to check out our galleries of picture-perfect press images below.</div></div>

AT&T adds HTC One X+ and One VX to its future lineup, will arrive in the 'coming months'

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Nokia launches Belle Feature Pack 2 firmware OTA, Pureview 808 gets extra imaging goodies

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="post_body" style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="image-container" style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/02/nokia-belle-feature-pack-2-OTA/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Image" data-src-height="412" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/10/nokia-belle-feature-pack-2-10-02-12-01.jpg" style="border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 15px 12px;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Like the proverbial groundhog, Nokia's Feature Pack 2 for Symbian Belle peeked out <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/07/symbian-belle-fp2-for-nokia-808-pureview-spotted-early-pulled/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">a bit too early</a> last month and had to withdraw back into its burrow. Now the new firmware upgrade for the Nokia 701, 700, 602 and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/26/nokia-808-pureview-review/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Pureview 808</a> is out for realsies, with the latter star of the lineup getting the lion's share of new trinkets. Specifically, the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/24/nokia-808-pureview-impressions-camera-showdown/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">big-sensored phone</a> will now have a Gallery Grid view option, which will enable faster and easier zooming, editing and sharing of images; more picture info like ISO value, white balance and location; and a reset button to get back to the default image setting in one touch. All the above Symbian Belle phones will get an updated browser with better HTML5 support, a (much) faster keyboard, the Video Pro editing application and Car Mode -- which gives "easy access to your phone's key features when you're driving," according to Nokia. If that makes you feel better about your legacy Nokia OS investment after all the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/nokia,windows%20phone%208" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">company's</a> Windows Phone 8 <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/05/nokia-lumia-920-official-dual-core-1-5ghz-snapdragon-s4-cpu-wi/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">hoopla</a>, check the source to see how to get it.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">[Thanks, Fakhre]</div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"></div></div><div class="post_footer" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 650px;"><div class="post_footer_left" style="background-color: white; display: inline; float: left; height: 36px; margin: 8px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><table class="spanks" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tbody><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" valign="bottom"><div class="post_via " style="float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="img_label" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_VIA.gif" style="border: 0px; margin-right: 5px;" /><span class="caption" style="color: #111111; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 30px;"><a href="http://www.symbiantweet.com/nokia-belle-feature-pack-2-firmware-update-now-rolling-out-for-nokia-808-700-701-and-603" style="color: #00bdf6; font-family: georgia, serif !important; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Symbian Tweet</a></span></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"></div><div class="post_source img_label" style="float: left; margin: -4px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="source" class="img_label" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_source.gif" style="border: 0px; margin-right: 5px;" /><span class="caption" style="color: #111111; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 30px;"><a href="http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/10/02/update-makes-the-nokia-808-pureview-even-better/?" style="color: #00bdf6; font-family: georgia, serif !important; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Nokia</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="clear" style="background-color: white; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"></div></div></div>

Nokia launches Belle Feature Pack 2 firmware OTA, Pureview 808 gets extra imaging goodies

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Shocking photos: Poachers dehorn rhinos

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Shocking Photos: Poachers chop Rhinos’ horns" src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JuiEvwW.8Yg8pDtKfqWBsQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MjA7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/156/2012/10/01/000-Del6153311-jpg_070850.jpg" /><br /><br /><h2 class="desc" style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Rattled by the slaughter of six rhinos in a week, Dispur has decided to constitute a state wildlife crime control bureau to protect the state's fauna. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi made the announcement today while expressing concern over the recent spate of rhino poaching in and around Kaziranga National Park. He said the proposed bureau would track criminals, manage databases, carry out thorough investigation and break the network of poachers. (telegraphindia.com)</h2><div><img alt="Shocking Photos: Poachers chop Rhinos’ horns" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xjoeseI6Y80VHdZQEPGRrw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MjA7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/156/2012/10/01/000-Del6153710-jpg_070850.jpg" /></div><br /><br /></div>

Shocking photos: Poachers dehorn rhinos

Rattled by the slaughter of six rhinos in a week, Dispur has decided to constitute a state wildlife crime control bureau to protect the stat...

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Nominet proposes more secure .UK domain for British websites

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="post_body" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="image-container" style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/01/nominet-uk-domain/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none;"><img alt="Nominet proposes more secure, UK domain for British websites" data-src-height="284" data-src-width="625" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/10/nominet-hq.jpg" style="border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 15px 12px;" /></a></div><div style="padding: 0px;">Nominet is considering a .uk internet domain for users who can't bear to type the extra three characters necessary for .co.uk. The body is lobbying for the new domain in time for ICANN's next <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/13/icann-shows-the-full-generic-tld-application-list/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">TLD expansion</a>, which includes new entries like .shop, .play and .home. <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/03/itunes-uk-overcharging/" style="color: #00bdf6; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Nominet</a> has promised tough entry requirements for the system, with only businesses (or persons) that can prove a UK presence being eligible to register. It'll also be around four times more expensive, with the extra charges going to pay for daily malware scanning to prevent domain spoofing and a donation to a trust to improve web security. If you're an interested party, you can offer your tuppence-worth at the body's official public consultation which runs until January 7th 2013.</div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"></div></div><div class="post_footer" style="background-color: white; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 650px;"><div class="post_footer_left" style="display: inline; float: left; height: 36px; margin: 8px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><table class="spanks" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tbody><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" valign="bottom"><div class="post_via " style="float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="img_label" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_VIA.gif" style="border: 0px; margin-right: 5px;" /><span class="caption" style="color: #111111; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 30px;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19767014" style="color: #00bdf6; font-family: georgia, serif !important; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">BBC News</a></span></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"></div><div class="post_source img_label" style="float: left; margin: -4px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="source" class="img_label" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_source.gif" style="border: 0px; margin-right: 5px;" /><span class="caption" style="color: #111111; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 30px;"><a href="http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/consultation-new-uk-domain-name-service" style="color: #00bdf6; font-family: georgia, serif !important; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Nominet</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br /><br /><a href="http://adf.ly/publisher/" target="_blank">More details</a></div>

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That iPhone 5 appeal (or, confessions of a swayed Galaxy S III owner)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m an Android user. I love my <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/samsung-galaxy-s-iii" style="border: 0px; color: #ff3079; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Samsung Galaxy S III</a>. So why am I punching my details into the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/iphone-5" style="border: 0px; color: #ff3079; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">iPhone 5</a>reservation site every day? For the past week or so I’ve been using a borrowed iPhone 5, tracking how it holds up – and where it falls short – to the Android experience I’ve grown accustomed to. During that time I’ve been frustrated by Maps, impressed by the camera, and generally had my expectations of iOS shaken up some. It’s always good to mix up the status-quo every so often, too, and along the way remember that there’s more than one way to skin a metaphorical cellular cat.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-249697" height="428" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/iphone_5_box_0-580x428.jpg" style="border: 7px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); display: block; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 580px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" title="iphone_5_box_0" width="580" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="more-249696" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vincent’s already <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-5-review-18247708/" style="border: 0px; color: #ff3079; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">comprehensively reviewed the iPhone 5</a>, so I won’t retread old ground where it’s not necessary. Suffice to say, the general reviewer consensus is that it’s the best iPhone to-date, and Apple’s announced sales figures certainly suggest that the buying public agrees.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As I’ve said before, I split my geek life mainly between Android and Apple. I use a MacBook and I have a new iPad, but I also use a Nexus 7 and my regular phone is a Galaxy S III. I love OS X for its simplicity (and I love the new Retina MacBook Pro for its build quality, excellent display, and design) but I’ve had mixed results with iOS. The limits on things like inter-app sharing are a frustration in comparison to Android, and Apple’s comparatively locked down ecosystem overall – though making for a very consistent user-experience – have left me feeling more at home with Google’s platform.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-249698" height="442" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/iphone_5_galaxy_s_iii_1-580x442.jpg" style="border: 7px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); display: block; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 580px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" title="iphone_5_galaxy_s_iii_1" width="580" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The iPhone 5 is the first Apple handset that has made me consider switching, however. Part of that is the industrial design; while there are many people disappointed that Apple has ditched the glass back panel of the 4/4S, I much prefer the crisp metal of the newest model. It’s a device which you simply must hold in order to appreciate: the perfect alignment and slick finish (assuming yours didn’t get scratched up in transit), and the balance of lightweight feel yet a phone which still feels solid in your hand.</div><span style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #868686; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 200px;">"The 4-inch screen instantly feels correct"</span><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Even though it’s been stretched out in comparison to its predecessors, the 4-inch screen and the longer form-factor instantly feel correct. The old iPhone looks squat and blunted in comparison now. It’s not just an aesthetic boon, though, and flipping between the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S III, I was struck by just how large and, occasionally, unwieldy the Samsung’s sizable screen is. Conversely, there were times where I was browsing, and the iPhone 5 still felt cramped when viewing full sites where the same content looked bright, readable, and bold on the Galaxy S III.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nothing prepares you for how tactile the iPhone 5 is, however. I found myself picking it up and toying with it – automatically reaching for it when I was in-between writing articles, for instance, or just while watching TV. Not even necessarily turning it on, though the quality of the display and the smoothness of iOS 6 makes flicking through apps a somewhat mesmerizing experience. The simple cohesiveness and immediacy of the UI animations is enough to convince you that there’s a lot to be said for perfectly matching homegrown software with homegrown silicon, as Apple has done with iOS and the A6 chipset.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Still, iOS 6 isn’t all good. The “over 200 new features” Apple has touted of the latest release is an eye-catching figure, certainly, but in practice it’s tough to identify more than a couple of changes over previous versions. Some of those, like the switch from Google Maps to Apple’s version, are effectively a step backwards, too. The learning curve for existing users is small, then, for the iPhone 5, but the platform is also beginning to feel tired and maybe even stagnant. Why can I share photos via email or Twitter from the gallery, but not Google+? Why is there no “new email” notification when the phone is locked, despite most other apps getting the opportunity to slot alerts onto the lockscreen? Why, if even Apple admits that Maps isn’t ideal, can I not set a third-party alternative as the default for opening addresses?</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">iOS helped pave the way for a more user-friendly breed of mobile devices, but in many ways Android and Windows Phone have surpassed it in imagination. Part of that might be Apple’s reluctance to leave anybody behind along the way: as Jony Ive said of the iPhone 5 design changes, Apple didn’t want to evolve the appearance of the smartphone simply for the sake of doing so. There’s certainly something to be said for familiarity and sticking with what works, but there’s a faint whiff of laziness around Apple’s approach: a sense of “why do too much when people will buy it in droves anyway.”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Maybe that’s unduly cynical, and what new features do stand-out are generally solid. The panoramic photo system may not be the first such example in a smartphone, but the quality of the final shots is highly impressive. Put Siri – finally becoming of some use outside of the US with the recent functional additions – next to Samsung’s S Voice and the clunkiness of the Galaxy S III’s system is obvious. I’ve not had a chance to try LTE – I was using <a href="http://www.vodafone.co.uk/iphone" style="border: 0px; color: #ff3079; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Vodafone</a>‘s network, still on 3G here in the UK as there’s no commercial 4G service to be had – but battery life proved impressively lengthy.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-249700" height="435" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/iphone_5_galaxy_s_iii_2-580x435.jpg" style="border: 7px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); display: block; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 580px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" title="iphone_5_galaxy_s_iii_2" width="580" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Maps, then, is the fly in the ointment, and though US-based reviewers have had less of a struggle, outside of the US the situation seems considerably worse. Dodgy data is only part of it, though; Apple may have added turn-by-turn navigation, and I can do without Street View, but the absence of public transport directions is, for a city-dweller without a car like myself, a deal-breaker. I’m not the only one, either. Over the past week I’ve spoken to confused tourists and frustrated cab drivers, none of whom have been particularly impressed with Apple’s own mapping tool.</div><span style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #868686; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 200px;">"Apple has the opportunity to do something interesting in the location space"</span><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Maps will undoubtedly improve – and I do believe that Apple has the opportunity to do something genuinely interesting in the location space, though <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/the-iphone-5-crowd-could-help-apple-maps-find-its-way-24248984/" style="border: 0px; color: #ff3079; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">a combination of gamification and crowdsourcing</a>, and in the process refine its data considerably – but it will have left a lot of users with burnt fingers and lingering suspicions of the native app. Those days I didn’t double up and bring the Samsung with me too, I relied on the excellent Nokia Maps in the browser (with a homescreen shortcut so as to pretend as much as possible that it was a native app).</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So why am I considering buying an iPhone 5? Put simply, it’s faults can be addressed with software tweaks – invisibly on the server-side, in the case of Maps, so that for users the experience simply gets better – and its strengths, such as build quality, design, camera capabilities, and battery life, are all undeniable. Plus there’s a whole lot to be said for phones with top-spec components but with more mid-scale displays: 4-inches is a sweet spot that’s overlooked by rival flagships, and usually if you want a handset of a similar size, you have to make do with lower resolution screen hardware, underwhelming specifications, or mediocre aesthetics. Huge displays are eye-catching, certainly, and they do make things like browsing far more immersive, but they come with compromises too.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23.383333206176758px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Question is, will I be carrying the iPhone 5 alone, or will it have to share my attentions with the Galaxy S III? The likelihood is that I’ll be relying on two devices; I’m also considering pairing iPhone 5 and the Nexus 7, though even at 7-inches the Google tablet is less than ideal for bag-less travel. So, two phones it is; that makes me an outlier, yes, but that I’d even consider it having been so satisfied with Android until now is evidence of the step forward the iPhone 5 has taken. It’s not perfect, but it does enough – and well enough – to finally earn a place in my pocket. <a href="http://adf.ly/DIqs1">read more</a></div></div>

That iPhone 5 appeal (or, confessions of a swayed Galaxy S III owner)

I’m an Android user. I love my  Samsung Galaxy S III . So why am I punching my details into the  iPhone 5 reservation site every day? For th...

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Sony starts delivering Ice Cream Sandwich update to Xperia go, Xperia U and Xperia sola

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="post_body" style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="image-container" style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/29/sony-ics-update-xperia-go-xperia-u-xperia-sola/" style="color: #ed008c; outline: none;"><img alt="Sony starts delivering Ice Cream Sandwich update to Xperia go, Xperia U and Xperia sola" data-src-height="412" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/09/xperiaics928-1348835014.jpg" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 12px;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Well, it looks like <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Sony/" style="color: #ed008c; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Sony's</a> in-house software developers have decided this is<em> </em><em>the</em> perfect week to deliver delicious treats to a large portion of the company's mobile lineup. Not long after outing updates for the<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/28/sony-xperia-tablet-s-gets-chunky-update-better-multi-tasking-an/" style="color: #ed008c; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Tablet S</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/26/att-sony-xperia-ion-ice-cream-sandwich-update/" style="color: #ed008c; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Xperia Ion</a> (in the US), the electronics giant is now bringing <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-review/" style="color: #ed008c; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Ice Cream Sandwich</a> to handsets such as the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/xperia-go-xperia-advance-hands-on/" style="color: #ed008c; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Xperia go</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/06/sony-xperia-u-review-a-little-slice-of-android-that-punches-abo/" style="color: #ed008c; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Xperia U</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/31/sony-xperia-sola-a-pint-sized-android-handset-with-floating-tou/" style="color: #ed008c; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Xperia sola</a>. The refresh itself brings a slew of novel traits to the trio of Xperia slabs, including a "new way to experience" music, photos and video, improvements to the lockscreen, the ability to resize widgets and the addition of a "multitasking" button. While the standout features remain the same across the board, the Xperia sola does get an added bonus in the form of a so-called, self-explanatory glove mode -- which is made possible by the device's "floating touch" technology. Sony does note that availability of the 4.0 upgrade will vary by market and, not surprisingly, carrier requirements. Let's just hope you get to enjoy the changes soon.</div><br /><div class="image-container" style="padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7AgnO6Vvcos?wmode=opaque" width="620"></iframe></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"></div></div><div class="post_footer" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 650px;"><div class="post_footer_right" style="background-color: white; bottom: 5px; display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: auto;"><div class="post_comment sprite post_footer_right_div" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; float: right; height: 9px; margin: 6px 0px 0px 7px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: 48px;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/29/sony-ics-update-xperia-go-xperia-u-xperia-sola/#comments" style="background-image: url(http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/post_sprite_discuss.gif); background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; height: 9px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 48px;"><div><br /></div></a></div></div><div class="clear" style="background-color: white; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"></div></div></div>

Sony starts delivering Ice Cream Sandwich update to Xperia go, Xperia U and Xperia sola

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