Microchip monitors cancer growth

Boffins over at Germany have come up with a new microchip sensor which is said to be able to monitor the growth of a tumor when implanted close to one. How does this microchip do what it has been touted to. Simple – it will be able to track oxygen levels in nearby tissue, capable of detecting whether a tumour is expanding or not. All results will be transmitted wirelessly over to the patient's doctor, which hopefully will result in fewer trips to the hospitals for scans.

Ubergizmo, Microchip monitors cancer growth

AT&T Responds to Department of Justice Complaint

AT&T’s back seems to be up against the ropes here. They’ve responded to news earlier today that the Department of Justice would seek to block the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, citing anti-trust and anti-competition concerns as reasons why AT&T should not be allowed to gobble up T-Mobile. "We are surprised and disappointed by today’s action, particularly since we have met repeatedly with the Department of Justice and there was no indication from the DOJ that this action was being contemplated.
We plan to ask for an expedited hearing so the enormous benefits of this merger can be fully reviewed.

Android Phone

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techblog, AT&T Responds to Department of Justice Complaint

Honda teases next-gen Euro Civic

While we've been, um, enjoying the latest take on the Honda Civic for a few good months now, our cousins across the pond have yet to be able to sink their teeth into the new European version of the Japanese compact. That's all about to change as Honda prepares to unveil the 2012 Euro Civic at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. The Japanese automaker has been so kind as to slide the web a little teaser ahead of the vehicle's debut complete with a photo of the hatchback's rear and a few scant details. The shot shows a new integrated spoiler and third brake light that Honda says helps manage the vehicle's aerodynamics at speed.

Autoblog, Honda teases next-gen Euro Civic

LG Univa E510 with Android Gingerbread caught in the wild

One of LG's unannounced Android smartphones – the Univa E510, of which we've first heard back in July – has been showcased by the South Korean company at a Qualcomm event in India just recently. The real Univa looks better than I expected (the previously seen mock-up wasn't exactly attractive). The handset runs Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread, and features a 3.5 inch HVGA display, Wi-Fi, DLNA, 5MP camera, and an 800MHz processor.
According to the Bluetooth SIG, the Univa E510 will also be known as LG E510F and E510G. Unfortunately, we still don't know when exactly LG will launch the handset.



Unwired View, LG Univa E510 with Android Gingerbread caught in the wild

Leaked slide shows Nokia 703 Windows Phone 7 handset

So, is this finally it - Nokia's first Windows Phone 7 handset. Could be - it's allegedly from a presentation for a carrier and shows a device very much like the Sea Ray (it showed up on video too). It's called Nokia 703. The slide even lists some specs, which are unfortunately unreadable. Well, almost unreadable - you can clearly make out the categories and if you stare at it long enough, you start seeing even the fine print.

Take this with a pinch, or better yet a handful of salt, but we think it says "LCD 480x800 pixels 3.7 inches" next to the "DISPLAY" label. And that looks an awful lot like "5MP" and "720p@30fps" next to the camera.

GSM Arena, Leaked slide shows Nokia 703 Windows Phone 7 handset

Specs for New 4.7-inch HTC Runnymede Revealed – How Big Is Too Big?

If you thought HTC was being a bit “overly ambitious” with the 4.5-inch HTC Holiday (Raider) you ain’t seen nothing yet. Looks like HTC is working on a monster device they’re calling the Runnymede. Apparently, this device showed up like so many devices do, in some EXIF data on a photo site but that didn’t provide any more info than a name. Well, now they boys at Pocketnow have gotten the low down on a more complete list of specs and exactly what to expect from the HTC Runnymede.

Android Phone, Specs for New 4.7-inch HTC Runnymede Revealed â€" How Big Is Too Big?

Woman purchases dirt cheap iPad, finds out it is wooden

Scam artists have been around for the longest time in human history, and it does not look as though this particularly cunning nature of humans is going to be bred out anytime soon. A 22-year old lady from South Carolina would probably learn a lesson she would never forget this week after she forked out $180 for an “iPad” that was sold by a man with a gold tooth, with his car trunk as the storage space of choice for his wares. Said lady was making her way out of a McDonald's restaurant in Spartansburg, South Carolina, when she crossed paths with a couple of gentlemen who touted new iPads from the back of white Chevy Impala.

Ubergizmo, Woman purchases dirt cheap iPad, finds out it is wooden

Firefox for Honeycomb UI shown off, inching closer to a tablet near you

The Mozilla team has been quietly toiling to bring Firefox to a mid-sized screen near you. It's already a perpetual favorite on the desktop and has made a bit of a splash on Android phones, now the group has Honeycomb tablets squarely in its crosshairs. It's still very much in the early stages of development but a few UI decisions have been made, including the choice to adhere pretty strictly to Android 3.0's minimalist appearance. In landscape mode tabs will be represented as a persistent thumbnail bar on the left, but in portrait they'll revert to the top with a more familiar appearance.





Engadget, Firefox for Honeycomb UI shown off, inching closer to a tablet near you

Fiat previews updated Panda ahead of Frankfurt

Fiat has prepped an all-new Panda, and the high-riding city car is set to make its world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. The 2012 Panda represents the current zenith of the four-wheel-drive compact's evolution. This third-generation Panda features a restyled exterior paired with an updated interior design and a handful of engine choices. Two new engines join the Panda powerplant family, which brings the total number of available mills to six. The new units are both two-cylinder 900-cc engines equipped with Fiat's Start&Stop system to help cut down on emissions while raising fuel economy.

Autoblog, Fiat previews updated Panda ahead of Frankfurt

HP's exit from webOS devices left suppliers with piles of TouchPad parts

Hewlett-Packard's component suppliers are none too happy right now according to a report from DigiTimes. Following the company's decision to discontinue all webOS device efforts, which ostensibly kills off the platform itself, HP's component suppliers in the East are now sitting on a pile of TouchPad parts that had reportedly been on order for the company's second webOS tablet, the 7-inch HP TouchPad Go.

Boy Genius Report, HP's exit from webOS devices left suppliers with piles of TouchPad parts

Motorola Defy+ will be available in the UK in September

The Motorola Defy+ is, as its name clearly implies, the successor to the original Defy. It comes with improved hardware and software and aims to fill the exact same niche. Speaking of which, this is a rather unique offering in the Android space. Sure, there are also the recently unveiled Samsung Galaxy Xcover and Sony Ericsson Xperia Active, so the space is crowding up a bit, but both of those devices are a bit lower-end than the Defy+. In fact, we're wondering why no manufacturer has put out a truly high-end (for this day and age) ruggedized Android smartphone.



Unwired View, Motorola Defy+ will be available in the UK in September

Canada: BlackBerry Torch 9860 now available at Telus, Bold 9900 and Torch 9810 get discounted

The recently-announced successor to the not so successful BlackBerry Storm series, the BlackBerry Torch 9860, is now finally available in Canada via Telus, just as previous info indicated it would be. So if you're interested in a full-touchscreen BlackBerry, here are the details. Telus asks $99.99 for the Torch 9860 if you get it with a new three-year contract, $449.99 with a two-year term, $499.99 with a one-year commitment, and $549.99 without a contract. Grab yours at Telus here.

Also at Telus, two other recently unveiled handsets are now cheaper if you have nothing against long-term contracts.


Unwired View, Canada: BlackBerry Torch 9860 now available at Telus, Bold 9900 and Torch 9810 get discounted

Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi look to join LCD manufacturing forces

There have been rumors circulating that Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi were going to combine their LCD making efforts. Now, according to Yomiuri Shimbun, that plan seems to be moving forward. The deal doesn't cover big-screen manufacturing, only small and medium sizes that find their way into phones and tablets. The joint venture will command roughly 20-percent of the market according to TechCrunch when it finally becomes official, with a hefty investment from the semi-public Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, which will own a significant stake in the new company.

Engadget, Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi look to join LCD manufacturing forces

Deal of the Day - Timbuk2 Swig Laptop Backpack for up to 15' Laptops

Today's LogicBUY Deal is a Timbuk2 Swig laptop backpack for $34.99.  This laptop bag fits up to a 15" laptop.  This is the best deal currently available for this product found by LogicBUY. $59.99 – $25 coupon code = $34.99 plus free shipping. This deal expires September 2, 2011 or sooner.

The Gadgeteer, Deal of the Day - Timbuk2 Swig Laptop Backpack for up to 15' Laptops

Wacom Inkling takes sketching to a whole new level

Love sketching but you're unsatisfied with the quality sketches you get from a regular tablet. While this. isn't a problem for a lot of artists (just pay a visit to Deviant Art to have a look at all the fantastic images. done digitally), for some people, the feel of sketching on paper makes a big difference and they can't. seem to work on the surface of a graphic tablet. Hence, we have the Wacom Inkling.

Designed for people who need the feel of real paper and need to see their drawings on paper instead of
just on-screen, the Inkling is a specially designed pen that gives users just that.



Ubergizmo, Wacom Inkling takes sketching to a whole new level

Toshiba Ships Qosmio F755-3D290 Glasses-Free 3D Laptop

The Toshiba Qosmio F755-3D290, the only available glasses-free 3D laptop on the market today, can be purchased now. Another interesting thing is that the new Qosmio can run both 2D and 3D content on its screen at the same time, and this is the first laptop ever to have that capability. Also supported is 2D-to-3D video content conversion.




Laptoping.com, Toshiba Ships Qosmio F755-3D290 Glasses-Free 3D Laptop

Intel Outs Pentium B950 Laptop Processor

Besides the B940 launched in June, Intel has made available this month the “Sandy Bridge”-based Pentium B950 laptop CPU, which is now available in some notebooks on the US market.

Laptoping.com, Intel Outs Pentium B950 Laptop Processor

Razer Launches Blade Thin Gaming Notebook with Secondary Display

Gaming hardware maker Razer has announced the Razer Blade, a 17.3″ laptop with an innovative user interface, slim design, Intel CPU, and Nvidia graphics. The minimalistic designed chassis is made of black aluminum and is 0.88 inches thin. The laptop weighs slightly less than 7 pounds with its 60Wh battery.


Laptoping.com, Razer Launches Blade Thin Gaming Notebook with Secondary Display

HTC Omega emerges again, this time in live shots

It was only three days ago when the press shot of the HTC Omega leaked. Today, we have several live shots of the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango device, along with a price tag (sort of). The pictures of the device which you are seeing below are taken from an Algerian website, where the HTC Omega is being sold of the equivalent of approximately €400.
It is important to note the Orange logo on one of the shots.




GSM Arena, HTC Omega emerges again, this time in live shots

NEC To Release Medias N-04C In The US Market

NEC will release the Medias N-04C in the US market. The smartphone comes jam packed with a 4-inch LCD touchscreen display at 480 x 854 resolution, the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, a 5.1-megapixel CMOS camera, a microSDHC memory card slot for storage expansion, and Wi-Fi connectivity. The NEC Medias N-04C measures at only 7.7mm thin and weights at 105 grams.

TechFresh, NEC To Release Medias N-04C In The US Market

AT&T Quietly Flips On 4G LTE Switch In Chicago

Just in time for that rumored late September/early October launch date for the HTC Jetstream (Puccini) AT&T has already begun flipping on their 4G LTE switch in some lucky cities. According to BGR, some AT&T customers in Chicago are reporting that their 4G LTE mobile hotspots devices have lit up with AT&T's trademarked “4G LTE” symbol. After a few speedtests, users are experiencing download speeds of around 13Mbps and 2Mbps upload. AT&T has yet to formally announce the availability of their new 4G LTE in any market but this new development lets us know it's coming right around the corner.

Android Phone, AT&T Quietly Flips On 4G LTE Switch In Chicago

HTC Holiday 4G LTE phone spotted for AT&T

We already brought you details on the Samsung Impulse 4G, which is expected to be one of AT&T's first 4G LTE devices, and now new information is available on another 4G LTE phone dubbed the HTC Holday. Engadget recently published specs and photos of the Holiday, which is said to sport a 4.5-inch qHD display and a 1.2GHz dual-core processor. It is also equipped with an 8-megapixel camera, a 1.3-megapixel forward-facing camera for video chat, 1GB of memory, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0.



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techcrunch, HTC Holiday 4G LTE phone spotted for AT&T

Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T invest $100 million in Isis; prepare mobile payment battle with Google

Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile have made a $100 million investment in ISIS, a joint venture created by the three carriers to fuel the growth of mobile payments. The investment has been largely viewed as an attempt to bolster ISIS' business to better compete against Google and its own mobile payment system, Google Wallet. “Over the long haul, operators have to create new businesses that derive value from more than access,” wireless analyst Chetan Sharma told Bloomberg. “It's a given that people are going to be transacting more over cell phones.

Boy Genius Report, Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T invest $100 million in Isis; prepare mobile payment battle with Google

Touchpad Tops Android Share in Advertising [Ad Agency]

Jumptap, a mobile advertising agency has released statistics which shows that the HP TouchPad apps have already gathered 8% of the tablet mobile advertising share, which is comparable to Android's 9.4%. This is a surprising number as Android tablets have been on sale for some time, while the HP Touchpad has been on the market for a mere couple of weeks. That said, the $99 has probably helped, but still, these numbers make us wonder…1/ How many Android tablets have been sold. It's hard to get an accurate number because few Android tablet makers brags about their sales, but there are at least 2 million of Samsung galaxy tab in the wild.

Ubergizmo, Touchpad Tops Android Share in Advertising [Ad Agency]

Confirmed: AT&T LG Thrill 4G will be available on September 4 for $99.99

About five months after officially announcing its first 3D-capable smartphone, the LG Thrill 4G, AT&T has finally decided to let us in on the release date for this device (via Twitter, no less). It turns out that the Thrill 4G will be out on September 4. That's exactly in line with what we've previously heard courtesy of a leak originating at RadioShack.
The price that AT&T will ask for the LG Thrill 4G will be a very cool $99.99 with a new two-year contract. That's half of the normal going price for high-end smartphones, and let's not forget that the Thrill 4G has high-end specs as well as a glasses-less 3D screen.

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gadgetsdaily, Confirmed: AT&T LG Thrill 4G will be available on September 4 for $99.99

Quickoffice update brings document editing to the TouchPad

Well, we knew it was coming, and folks, it's finally here - the promised update to Quickoffice HD that finally brings document editing to HP's webOS slate. Available gratis for TouchPad owners, the overhaul enables text formatting in Word docs, in addition to enabling cell and function editing in Excel spreadsheets.

Engadget, Quickoffice update brings document editing to the TouchPad

The Trooper ClamCase for the iPad 2 now available

A few months ago we wrote about The Trooper - a sleek-looking Star Wars Stormtrooper-inspired external wireless keyboard case for your iPad 2 that turns it into a “laptop”. The case was slated for a summer release, and just as promised - it is now on sale. Other than the aesthetics of The Trooper, it appears to be an updated version of the ClamCase. For users who want to improve their (typing) productivity on their iPad tablet, and need a case to keep their tablet protected - they can't really go wrong. Plus the Star Wars-inspired design will definitely be pleasing to a lot of folks out there.

Ubergizmo, The Trooper ClamCase for the iPad 2 now available

General Motors introduces a Chevy Sonic to a wall

Allow us a moment to revisit a video game classic. Sonic, boom. Our Guile moment is inspired by General Motors, which has released video of the compact Chevrolet Sonic undergoing crash testing. The diminutive hatchback is loaded up with a healthy heaping of safety technology that ranges from a plethora of sensors to high-strength steel. The body of the Sonic utilizes the heavy-duty steel in the frame rails, around the door openings and roof supports. In fact, high-strength steel is used throughout 60 percent of the body structure.

Autoblog, General Motors introduces a Chevy Sonic to a wall

Linux spotted running on an iPad

Everybody loves introducing operating systems to where they don't belong. Case in point. The countless Android iPhones, Android TouchPad and even the Android HTC HD2. Well, now we've got one more device to add to the list: an iPad running Linux. Some developers have managed to get the open source operating system running on Apple's A4-equippsde iOS devices, which means the iPad, iPhone 4, and the 4th generation iPod Touch.

It wasn't explained how they managed to pull it off, but they plan to reveal more details in the future.

Ubergizmo, Linux spotted running on an iPad

Samsung Delays Australian Launch of Galaxy Tab 10.1

After promising to release the Galaxy Tab 10.1 on time despite current litigation with Apple, Samsung has wised up and delayed the launch of their Android slate in Australia pending the result of a court ruling to be handed down the week of September 26th. The Australian case is just one of many in which Samsung is defending their right to sell tablet and smartphone products in the face of Apple's allegations of blatant patent and design infringement.

Android Phone, Samsung Delays Australian Launch of Galaxy Tab 10.1

Jay Leno checks out some strange and beautiful American things at Pebble

Jay Leno always gets to take his turn behind the wheels of lots of big, fast, beautiful things that make the enthusiast get all choked up with high-horsepower emotion and exhaust gasses. But he can also check out things that are just weird and beautiful without actually driving – and in these two cases, those things are American. There are two videos after the jump from last week's Pebble Beach festivities in Monterey, California – one of the 1960 Plymouth XNR Concept designed by Karim Eddie but named for powerhouse designer Virgil Exner.

Autoblog, Jay Leno checks out some strange and beautiful American things at Pebble

Samsung announces LTE capable Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 8.9

This is hardly a surprise, given the fact that it was confirmed a couple of days ago, but today it is official. Samsung just announced LTE versions of its popular Galaxy S II droid and the Galaxy Tab 8.9 slate. Both devices feature updated 1.5GHz dual-core processors along with the ultra fast network connectivity. In addition to the faster CPU and the LTE connectivity, the Samsung Galaxy S II has received a larger, 4.5" Super AMOLED Plus screen with WVGA resolution. The droid's design has also been slightly altered. As you will see in the press shots below, the device's home screen button shape has changed.




GSM Arena, Samsung announces LTE capable Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 8.9