May 20, 2012

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The future of Wi-Fi is here

Belkin has announced that it is pressing ahead with plans to be one of the first technology solutions to tackle the 802.11ac Wireless Networking Market.?

Its wireless dual-band router will mean Wi-Fi speeds three times faster than existing 802.11n technology thanks to Broadcom’s fifth generation or 5G Wi-Fi chips.

Still very much in its infancy, the 802.11ac?technology is set to revolutionise the Wi-Fi world with faster streaming, downloads and file synching while ensuring there’s less drainage on battery life – particularly relevant to smartphone and tablet devices.

Of course it’s far more complex than that, and you can read more about what 802.11ac will mean by reading Pocket-lint’s feature on the technology here, but Belkin’s strides make for existing times.?

As Michael Hurlston, Broadcom’s SVP of Wireless Combo Connectivity, beams:?”By incorporating Broadcom’s 5G Wi-Fi chips, Belkin’s new products will improve home wireless performance, provide faster video streaming, enable simultaneous connection of multiple devices to the network, and deliver broader coverage-all with a longer battery life.”

Belkin’s ac router range will begin rolling out through Europe in August 2012. Expect other technology outfits to follow suit.

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Belkin gearing up for 802.11ac debut meaning three times faster Wi-Fi speeds originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 16 May 2012 13:28:00 +0100

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13-incher fondled

The updated Sony Vaio S series ushers new Intel hardware into a body that’s constructed from premium materials giving you a slim and portable powerhouse.

The starting price sets it close to the asking price of the Sony Vaio T13 Ultrabook, but the S series offers a lot more potential for customisation and configuration. For starters there is a wide range of colour options and 15 and 13-inch screen sizes. We looked at a black 13-incher.

Rather than presenting the slick lines of the Vaio T13, the S Series models offer more connections and more buttons. That might only really amount to an additional USB (along with the optical drive, of course), but it also means you get things like a fingerprint scanner and a switch to change power modes.

Importantly you’ll be able to get up to an Intel Core i7 under the skin, along with an optical drive, a Blu-ray even, as well as the option of a higher resolution display and Nvidia graphics display if you pick the right model.

The finish is very good, with the backlit keyboard offering a nice action, even if there appears to be a fair amount of flex there. The wide trackpad makes it easy to get around the display and the palm rest feel luxurious when you get down to serious typing.

The display is bright and vibrant and offered great viewing angles from the time we spent peering at it.

Starting at about ?600, there are 15 and 13-inch versions of the Sony Vaio S Series available, with a choice of processors, as well as plenty of other options to choose from.?

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Sony Vaio S Series pictures and hands-on originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Thu, 17 May 2012 17:38:00 +0100

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Remake of 2008 French film finds Cyrus seeking revenge on a cheating ex-boyfriend.
By Fallon Prinzivalli

<P>It's been a long time coming for <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/cyrus__miley/artist.jhtml">Miley Cyrus'</a> remake of the 2008 French film <a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/493415/moviemain.jhtml">"LOL."</A> Since the announcement back in 2010 that the film is being <a href="/news/articles/1651097/miley-cyrus-movie-lol-picked-up-by-distributor.jhtml">distributed by Lionsgate</a>, news on the movie has been lacking. Well, not anymore, Cyrus fans.</P><P>On Tuesday, the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P6mXZzY9nc&feature=related" target="_blank">official trailer</a> for the film dropped, which gives fans a preview of what the movie has in store. In a generation that spends more time updating the world about their problems than their families, 17-year-old Lola's (Cyrus) status is constantly changing. As an attempt to get back at her &#8212; now ex &#8212; boyfriend Chad for cheating on her with Ashley (<a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/1014864/personmain.jhtml">Ashley Greene</A>), Lola starts seeing his best friend, Kyle (<a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/1153160/personmain.jhtml">Douglas Booth</a>).</P><P>Her life begins to spiral downward as her grades drop while she experiments with drugs and sex, and a divorce has her mom completely oblivious to it all. Soon she starts to fall for Kyle and things get even more complicated. The trailer is a great peek at the teen drama, and we have the five key scenes from it.</P><P><center><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:702404/cp~vid%3D702404%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A702404" width="460" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed></center></P><P><big><b><i>EX</i>-Boyfriend</b></big><br> The trailer begins with Lola's voice over: "Every year it's weird going back to school, but here we are just going with the flow, trying to love and laugh out loud." She abruptly stops laughing when she calls out Chad on not texting her throughout the summer and he admits he hooked up with Lola's rival Ashley. She acts like she doesn't care, but as soon as she enters her room she begins crying on her bed. This emotional scene sets up the rest of the trailer.</P><P><big><b>A New Beginning</b></big><br> Lola quickly gets over her failed romance as she begins hanging out with Chad's best friend Kyle. A montage begins of their new friendship as they share a lollipop, rock out on an air guitar and come <i>this</i> close to kissing by his car. Everything is even more wonderful when he tells her, "You're amazing." We imagine audiences will quickly become fans of Booth.</P><P><big><b>"I can't believe I ever dated you!"</b></big><br> But the puppy love comes to a halt when Lola begins her sexual awakening. It seems rumors begin circulating when Chad says to Lola in the school courtyard, "Now that you're giving it up I figured maybe I could get some." The next scene shows Lola lashing out and pushing him into a gate screaming, "I can't believe I ever dated you!" The trailer isn't clear on what exactly causes the outburst, but we're betting it's pretty bad judging by Lola's reaction.</P><P><big><b>Trouble In Paradise?</b></big><br> As it turns out, Chad's comment is just the beginning of situations that spiral out of Lola's control. The next few scenes show a fight with her mom about her grades dropping and a drunken make-out session with Kyle. Her life gets even worse as she witnesses Kyle walking with his arm around Ashley. When she confronts him about it, he denies it and she spits out, "You're disgusting." But we already knew Greene's character would cause a stir when <a href="/news/articles/1672737/ashley-greene-lol-demi-moore.jhtml">Demi Moore told MTV News</a> "she's <i>really</i> saucy."</P><P><big><b>"Status can change, but true love remains the same."</b></big><br> Throughout the next montage of scenes, we see "status can change, but true love remains the same" typed out across the screen as Kyle dedicates a song to Lola and she makes up with her mom. Finally, as a smiling Kyle rests his head on an equally happy Lola, the trailer leaves us with the feeling that despite the craziness of high school, everything will work out for Lola in the end. After all, she did say she just goes with the flow and high school is only the beginning.</P><P><i>Are you planning on seeing "LOL" in theaters? Leave your comment below!</i></P><P><b>Check out everything we've got on <a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/493415/moviemain.jhtml">"LOL."</A></P><P>For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more &#8212; updated around the clock &#8212; visit <a href="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/">MTVMoviesBlog.com</a>.</b></p>

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Sleekbook time

AMD has given its processor line up a significant refresh with the newly launched Trinity APU. The new processors, just like Intel’s recently announced Ivy Bridge, do a lot to extend battery life, boost speed and increase graphics capabilities.

Without getting bogged down in technical details, the real juicy facts about Trinity are what it means for ultra-thin laptop fans. Not being Intel, these sleekbooks, as HP calls them, boast quad-core chips, a touted 50 per cent graphics performance boost on competition and up to 12 hours battery life when in resting state.?

AMD is claiming up to 8 hours of straight web browsing with the new Trinity APUs, a particularly impressive figure and one we will definitely be testing once we have some Trinity-toting hardware to play with. So far the only two pieces of kit Pocket-lint has seen with Trinity inside have been a Toshiba Portege Z835 laptop – which was an empty demo shell at the time – and the HP Envy sleekbook, which appeared last week in Shanghai.?

On top of the performance boost, Trinity also adds a few clever software tweaks only possible with the new processor grunt. First up is automatic image stabilisation and the ability to have multi-person HD video chat. AMD is also claiming a clever piece of tech called Quick Stream, which will divert the majority of network bandwith to video streaming, so you get smoother playback on low-speed connections.?

Something to look forward to in the future is AMD’s hardware acceleration of Windows 8′s Metro UI and Metro style apps. There is also out of the box Direct X 11 compatibility and instant readiness for Windows 8 on its arrival.?

Photoshop CS6 gets itself another 30+ hardware accelerated features on Trinity, as does Winzip, which allegedly performs better using the APUs. AMD is saying that Trinity will be appearing in the hardware of “leading manufacturers”. So far we know HP, Samsung, Toshiba, Acer, Asus and Sony?are on the cards, but expect plenty more to be joining the party. The Trinity desktop chip will be arriving in June with ultra-thins and laptops carrying it appearing in July.?

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AMD rolls out Trinity APUs for laptops and desktops originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Tue, 15 May 2012 05:01:00 +0100

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Eva Longoria was on a boat last night to party the evening away at Cannes. Her boyfriend of over a year, Eduardo Cruz, jetted to France to get in on the film festival fun. Eva’s been making the rounds in the south of France as one of L’Oréal’s brand ambassadors. Yesterday was a busy one for Eva, since she recorded an interview for France’s Le Grand Journal and a pretaped spot for Today. For the latter chat, Eva donned a dress designed by her “dear friend” Victoria Beckham. Eduardo’s been in town with her since the start of the festival. On Wednesday night, he tweeted a picture of fireworks with the caption “love it!”

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Baring her belly while doing a little dance, Miranda Kerr was in fine form during a week-ending photo shoot in New South Wales, Australia on Friday (May 18).

The Victoria’s Secret model mommy looked hot to trot as she was tended to by wardrobe and makeup staffers while swapping in and out of various ensembles for the new David Jones summer 2012 campaign.

A few days prior to the New South Wales shoot, Miss Kerr was presented with the Readers’ Choice Award at the Instyle and Audi Women of Style Awards in Sydney.

The 29-year-old was also honored with an award in the Beauty category for her line, Kora Organics by Miranda Kerr, which she shared with beauty entrepreneur Rebecca Morrice Williams.

Clearly pleased with the accolade, Miranda told press covering the event, “I have really put my heart and soul into (it), … so to be recognized for that is really special for me.”

She also shared her thoughts on what comprises a woman of style in her mind, saying, “I feel that means a woman is confident in who she is and she expresses herself through the clothes she wears.”

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Eva Longoria was on a boat last night to party the evening away at Cannes. Her boyfriend of over a year, Eduardo Cruz, jetted to France to get in on the film festival fun. Eva’s been making the rounds in the south of France as one of L’Oréal’s brand ambassadors. Yesterday was a busy one for Eva, since she recorded an interview for France’s Le Grand Journal and a pretaped spot for Today. For the latter chat, Eva donned a dress designed by her “dear friend” Victoria Beckham. Eduardo’s been in town with her since the start of the festival. On Wednesday night, he tweeted a picture of fireworks with the caption “love it!”

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For snorkelling or diving

GoPro has announced a Dive Housing for its HD Hero line of action cameras. The new accessory will enable you to get the best possible results at depths down to 60m.

If that depth sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the existing rating of the GoPro waterproof housing that comes with the camera.

The new accessory is really an enhancement on the existing housing, offering a large flat-glass lens, rather than the domed lens on the regular waterproof housing, designed to offer you the best-quality results from your camera.?

The new accessory is compatible with all models of the HD Hero, as well as existing mounts and accessories.

It will set you back ?49.99 and you get the Dive Housing, lens cap (with string) and mounting accessories in the pack.

It is available now.

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GoPro Dive Housing will maximise your HD Hero performance underwater originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Tue, 15 May 2012 15:45:00 +0100

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In Japan, where else?

Toyota has launched a piece of software that turns the humble Nintendo DS games console into a remote control for its Smart Navi satnav system.

Called?Kuruma de DS (“DS in the car”) the game card contains Bluetooth connectivity that hooks up to the company’s proprietary in-car kit, allowing the DS to set and store destinations, view maps and get tourist information along the journey.

Designed for a passenger, in front or back, Kuruma de DS talks aloud through an on-screen Mii and even has quizzes about the immediate surroundings to keep kids and adults alike entertained during the journey. Its sound can be piped through the car’s own speakers too.

As with standard DS games and software, the interface is cute and cuddly,?so, as Toyota Marketing Japan told 4Gamer.net, it’s really been designed for families who want to keep their kids away from just staring at an in-car TV screen when travelling.

Currently planned just for Japan, Toyota’s Kuruma de DS will cost?7,329 Yen (?57) on its release on 1 June. It will work only with the company’s own system,?Smart Navi NSZT-W62G, which will be launched at the same time.

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Toyota releases car navigation remote system for Nintendo DS originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Thu, 17 May 2012 09:24:00 +0100

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Boxing clever for a good cause

If you’re in the UK this summer, you’re going to see lots of things.

You’re going to see the pomp and ceremony as we celebrate a massive royal occasion. (We do those rather well.)

You’re going to see the eyes of the world focused on our capital city as the greatest sporting occasion on the planet comes to these shores. (Remains to see how we’ll do with that one.)

You’ll see all that our green and pleasant land has to offer, which is a real treat when the weather holds. (We offer no guarantees whatsoever on that one I’m afraid.)

What you won’t see so much of any more, and more’s the pity, is some of the iconic and classic designs that have adorned our streets for generations,

Our beloved Routemaster buses are only seen ferrying wedding guests around these days and the humble red telephone box is now a treasured collectible.

One group probably quite glad of that is Childline, the charity set up 25 years ago to help children with nowhere else to turn. For a quarter of a century, kids in trouble have been able pick up a phone and get straight through to somebody who would listen, no matter what.

At btartbox.com they’re celebrating that 25 years of support for the vulnerable by getting artists to decorate the old BT phone boxes.

They’re design classics in their original state, but these are now true works of art. They’ll be auctioned off to raise funds for Childline and they’ll be dotted around the city during the busy summer ahead.?

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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: BT Art Box originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Thu, 17 May 2012 01:00:00 +0100

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Sources say the sparkler she’s wearing isn’t engagement bling.
By Jocelyn Vena

<P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/1086152/personmain.jhtml">Liam Hemsworth</a> currently has the #1 movie in the country with <a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/422817/moviemain.jhtml">"The Hunger Games,"</a> but could he also be celebrating an engagement to his longtime lady love, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/cyrus__miley/artist.jhtml">Miley Cyrus</a>?</P><P>The rumor mill is in full effect after Miley was spotted wearing what looked like a sparkling diamond ring on her ring finger at several events (including one over the weekend) as well as in a photo she <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/MileyCyrus/status/182945477547933696/photo/1" target="_blank">tweeted</a> out showing a manicure she recently got.</P><P>While the actress and her beau haven't commented on an engagement or whether the ring actually symbolizes anything, sources tell <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/miley-cyrus-liam-hemsworth-engaged-see-her-huge-ring-2012253" target="_blank">Usmagazine.com</a> and <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20581671,00.html" target="_blank">People.com</a> that the couple is <i>not</i> engaged.</P><P>The couple met in 2009 on the set of "The Last Song," when they took their onscreen love affair offscreen. They <a href="/news/articles/1646500/miley-cyrus-liam-hemsworth-split.jhtml">broke up</a> for a short time in August 2010 and reportedly got <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/04/01/mile-cyrus-liam-hemsworth-dating-again/">back together</a> in April 2011 and have been going strong ever since. The pair haven't appeared on the big screen together since "The Last Song," and Hemsworth recently kept the possibility of a Miley cameo in <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2012/03/23/hunger-games-liam-hemsworth-miley-cyrus/#more-76500">"Catching Fire"</a> open-ended, simply telling MTV News, "Who knows?"</P><P>Cyrus was also on hand at the "Hunger Games" premiere, and she seemed to have a different answer: "I don't think so. I don't think so!" Whatever the status of their relationship, Hemsworth made it clear in a recent <a href="/news/articles/1679310/miley-cyrus-liam-hemsworth-details.jhtml"><i>Details</i> magazine interview</a> that things are great between them. "What happened happened, and we've been together two and a half years," the Aussie star said. "She makes me really happy. When you start, you want to be professional, but when you're filming those scenes with someone and pretending to love them, you're not human if you don't feel something."</P><P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/photos/?fid=1617615"><img src="http://www.mtv.com/news/photos/s/spotted/banner/spotted.jpg"></a></p>

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Unsuccessful in her attempt to avoid being noticed, Cheryl Cole covered up as she arrived with her entourage and a group of security guards at the Nice Côte d’Azur Airport in Nice, France on Saturday (May 19).

The British songstress looked chic in skinny black leather pants and a grey and black sweatshirt as she skirted by the shutterbugs under a black wrap scarf and sunglasses.

Just as Miss Cole was arriving in France for the Cannes Film Festival, more exciting career news has been confirmed – as the pop star, along with Kylie Minogue, will be performing on “The Voice” UK stage on May 27th to mark the semi-final weekend.

Cheryl will be performing her new single “Call My Name” off of her forthcoming third studio album “A Million Lights” – with the disc due out on June 18th.

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This weekend, there will be something at the box office for everyone — just as long as you like action, action, action.

The thriller “Man on a Ledge” is causing Yahoo! searches on the movie to jump 82% in the last week. Sam Worthington is the ex-cop now fugitive on said ledge. Elizabeth Banks plays the police negotiator who tries to talk him down. “Ledge” may serve as a bridge builder for both men and women have about equal interest in the flick.

Men ages 30-34 are warming up to the chilly adventure movie, “The Grey.” Liam Neeson stars as an oil rig roughneck who leads a group of plane-crash survivors through a sub-arctic stretch of Alaska wilderness, pursued by a ravenous pack of rogue wolves, ‘natch.

“One for the Money” is one for the women: The chick flick, based on the bestselling novel, is a winner with female viewers who are looking up the Katherine Heigl vehicle — men, not so much. The movie stars the actress who decides to become a bounty hunter, even though she knows nothing of the job. Her first big task: to nab an ex-boyfriend for a big payday. Hi-jinks ensue. The movie seems to be catching on, rising in Yahoo! search 43% in the last 7 days.

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