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Phishing Malware Found on Several China Brand Phones
Malware dubbed "DeathRing" has recently been found pre-installed in several China brands. At a thread on Chinaphonearena, some users are discussing this situation. (more…)
New 2015 Regulations Regarding Lithium Electronics
Starting just a few years back, as the number of consumer electronics with high energy density lithium batteries began to skyrocket, a serious and growing concern regarding spontaneous combustion causing…
DARPA Bridging the Terahertz Gap
In 2012, the Guinness World Record for the fastest circuit was awarded to the 850 GHz Vacuum Amplifier. Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems have taken things a step further…
Eta Devices Gearing Up To Prolong Your Phone’s Battery
Eta Devices, a fresh chipset manufacturer, is aiming to solve the high battery-drain problems of smartphones and save the environment while they're at it. (more…)
Torment: Tides of Numenera Review, inXile Entertainment Raises $4.7 Million
inXile Entertainment who rebooted Bard's Tale and Wasteland is now working on a new Torment reboot. A bit of game legend history For those of you born after 1990, let…
72 Moments In This Millenium That Will Define Us
How will we be remembered? Here are 72 of the most memorable moments of our millennium so far. Markiyan Matsekh plays piano for police during the Ukranian revoloution. Source: Markiyan…
Action-Cam Battle: GoPro Hero 4 Review Specs, Contour Review Specs, and Polaroid Cube Review Specs
A battle of action cameras is heating up. GoPro is about to release a few new models, HTC is rumored to be sneaking in to the arena with a 16MP…
Clone iNew V8 On The Market – Is My SoC/CPU Fake?
Unfortunately in the China phone market there are quite a few fakes. Often phones that have MT6572 SoC will be cleverly disguised to look like MT6582 or MT6592. Recently there…
Biggest Camera Sensor in a Mobile in the World – Panasonic DMC-CM1 Review Specifications
Panasonic recently announced their LX100, a camera made to go head to head with Sony's RX100. I think it would have been smarter to release a 1" sensor camera that…
Panasonic LX100 Review Specifications – Ground Breaking Compact Micro 4/3-inch
Quality aside, there is something special about holding a standalone camera in your hands to take pictures as opposed to a smartphone. The buttons, rings and dials are damn fun…
KitKat 4.4.2 for China Phones Has Arrived
There was a lot of complaining a couple of months back about KitKat not arriving to China brand phones. Many accused them of being 'behind the times' (more…)
Google’s Camera App & KitKat On The iNew V8
Just this month Google released their Google Camera on the play store. The good news is that we will no longer have to wait for OS changes to get the…