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Saturday, July 28, 2012

iPhone 5 Release Date, Price, Specs, News & Rumours

Apple iPhone 5 News & Rumours: Release date, specs, price & features. Read on for all the latest on Apple's next-gen smartphone, constantly updated
Update: Latest iPhone 5 rumours have suggested that the eagerly awaited Apple iPhone 5 release date will be confirmed during a special launch event on August 7th.
Rumours surrounding the iPhone 5’s release date, potential specs and features, and price have fuelled reports that Apple is gearing up to launch its next-gen smartphone around summer time.

The handset, which is rumoured to be named the new iPhone, is reportedly under construction – and the rumour mill has been busy speculating about what we can expect to see from the device, if and when it lands.


While none of the below have been confirmed by Apple – the company is notoriously good at keeping secrets – we’ve rounded up all the speculation dished out by sources, experts & fanboys to get some clue on what to expect from the iPhone 5.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Live Action Trailer Released


With anticipation building for the latest in the multi-billion dollar series this new mini-series hopes to shed more light on both the Master Chief and Halo 4
Microsoft and 343 Industries have unveiled a trailer for their live action series Halo: Forward Unto Dawn, a series of live action webisodes that will help shed more light on the background story of Halo 4.
Unveiled at Comic con 2012, the series is set before the Covenant invasion and follows a group of young UNSC recruits training to become elite soldiers in the war Earth is fighting with the outer colonies.
The lead character Thomas Lasky finds that although he is struggling, his superiors feel there is a spark of leadership in him, something that is soon put to the test when their training base is attacked by the Covenant.
With the Master Chief leading the way the series will follow the recruits as they fight their way out and get to safety with the story helping to explain more about the Master Chief and the events leading up to Halo 4.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Canon EOS 650D/Rebel T4i Verdict & Spesifications


Quality: top level, accurate colour, excellent sharpness.
Why you’d buy the 650D/T4i: easy to use; reasonable price; powerful camera with excellent video capture (but see below).
Why you wouldn’t: stabiliser not very effective in video shooting with similar bumps to those found while walking with the EOS 5D Mark III.
A very price effective camera. Well set up, easy to use.
Canon EOS 650D Specifications
Image Sensor: 18 million effective pixels.
Metering: multi zone, centre-weighted, spot, partial.
Lens Mount: Canon EF/EF-S.
Exposure Modes: Program AE, shutter and aperture priority, manual.
Effective Sensor Size: 22.3×14.9mm CMOS.
35 SLR Lens Factor: 1.6x.
Shutter Speed (stills): 30 to 1/4000 second and Bulb; X-sync at 1/200 sec.
Continuous Shooting: 5 fps.
Memory: SD/SDHC/SDXC cards.
Image Sizes (pixels): Stills: 5184×3456 to 480×480.
Movies: 1920×1080 (30p/25p/24p), 1280×720 (60p/50p), 640×480 (30p/25p).
Viewfinder: Optical plus 7.6cm LCD screen (1,040.000 pixels).
File Formats: JPEG, RAW, JPEG+RAW, MPEG4.
Colour Space: sRGB, Adobe RGB.
ISO Sensitivity: Auto, 100 to 25,600.
Interface: USB 2.0, HDMI mini, EyeFi, mic, remote.
Power: Rechargeable lithium ion battery, DC input.
Dimensions: 133x100x79 WHDmm.
Weight: 575 g (inc battery).
Price: Get a price on the CanonEOS 650D/Rebel T4i

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Canon EOS 650D/Rebel T4i Features


Having had a slew of point and shoot digicams through my hands recently, I was at first surprised at how immediately user-friendly the 650D appeared.

The mode dial carried all the usual settings — auto, Program AE, shutter and aperture priority plus manual; then there are positions for intelligent and creative auto actions as well as direct commands for landscape, close up, sports etc on the same dial …plus handheld HDR shooting. As you can see, the camera is operable for many situations without any need to access the finder menu

The rear of the camera has a few more buttons, taking you to AF settings, aperture compensation, replay, live view etc. There’s not a forest of controls to bewilder the newcomer so the camera could be quickly grabbed and deployed without a lot of fuss or preparation. There is of course an extensive menu system to open the doors to more sophisticated picture making.


Handling? The camera sits well in the hand and is not a bulky monster. A comparison: the EOS 5D Mark III is roughly one fifths larger overall and weighs more than 50 per cent more. Quite a difference!
It’s only when you know that the body construction employs stainless steel and polycarbonate resin with glass fibre in its makeup that you realise how the weight saving was achieved. Having said that, when the 18-135mm lens was strapped on, the camera became quite noticeably forward-heavy.
The camera can pull 18 megapixels of still image, so that means the maximum image size of 5184×3456 pixels can lead to a 41x29cm print — or a mess of image cropping! Don’t knock it!
Movies? 1920×1080 Full HD is on board, captured in MPEG4 and written to an SD card of at least Class 6 rating. A 4GB card will hold 11 minutes of full res video; the camera can record a video sequence of 29 minutes and 59 seconds maximum length at a lower res.
In movie mode you can adjust AF by a gentle squeeze on the shutter button or the camera’s system will do it for you; in reality, it is possibly better to leave focus as it is. No, you can’t shoot stills while shooting video.
I normally shoot video with a DSLR by holding the camera at waist level, tilting the vari-angle finder upwards to view. You may notice some shots in my test are off level. Why? To tilt the LCD upwards it has to be swung off to the side; this was enough to give me a mistaken impression of level. Watch out for the same effect!
The touch screen vari-angle LCD screen will please many as it swings 175 degrees laterally and rotates 180 degrees in a vertical arc. With the touch screen, you can touch the face of a person and the camera will remain focused on them while they remain in the picture. Touch focus can also be used in video mode, however the effects of continuous AF will only be achieved with the use of an STM lens. The STM lenses offer another benefit in video shooting with reduced noise when AF is operating.
The AF system uses a nine point cross-type array for focusing, along with a dual-cross point in the centre allows for faster, precise focusing when using f/2.8 lenses. Two different focusing systems — phase detection and contrast detection — have been used to to deliver rapid focusing performance, a big help in stills shooting and, even more noticeably, in movie capture.
If you need continuous shooting the maximum rate is a useful 5fps.


Canon EOS 650D/Rebel T4i Review

There was a lot of excitement recently as Canon launched its EOS 5D Mark III, which answered many ‘wants’ that arose from the previous Mark II model and, while not replacing the earlier camera, the newcomer still kept the excitement going


Similarly, I feel, with the Canon EOS 650D/Rebel T4i: evolution not revolution!
The review camera appeared to be spanking new and not grubbed up by a previous reviewer’s greasy mitts. Sorry fellers! But thanks!
The camera was dressed to kill with the f3.5/18-135mm IS STM lens: a useful zoom range.


Friday, July 13, 2012

Samsung Plans to Unveil the Galaxy Note 2 on August 30


According to the Korean Digital Daily website Samsung is planning to have an Unpacked event for the Galaxy Note 2. It should happen on August 30 - a day before the IFA expo kicks off in Berlin, Germany.
According to the information the event will start at 19:00 (local time, CET) and will be all about the Galaxy Note 2. As the latest rumors have it, the Note’s successor will be powered by a quad-core Exynos chipset, will feature a 13MP camera and will actually be narrower despite the larger, 5.5" screen. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean should be powering the whole thing.
With the original Galaxy Note going official at last year's IFA, it was only logical for its successor to arrive at the same event a year later. Yet, Samsung decided not to bring the Galaxy S III to the MWC earlier this year, so there was always the chance that the Koreans will have a separate event for their other key device as well. It's good this isn't the case, though.
Naturally, we'll be onsite covering the Sasmung Galaxy Note 2 announcement live for you, so make sure to keep an eye on our homepage when the time comes.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Changes in James Bond Posters

Here are 22 choice of James Bond posters of all time.





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Friday, July 6, 2012

Independence Day plans hit by US power cuts and heat

Nearly one million people went without power on Independence Day as utilities worked to restore service five days after severe storms hit the eastern US.

Residents without air-conditioning or working refrigerators faced searing heat in the storm's wake.

Some towns cancelled firework displays marking the national holiday, saying police and firefighters could not be spared as repair work continued.

Some customers were expected be without power until the weekend.

However, Washington and Maryland electricity provider Pepco brought some cheer to its stricken customers on Thursday, predicting 90% restoration by the end of the 4 July holiday - two days ahead of its initial estimate.

Man in Afghan Army Uniform Wounds Five Nato Soldiers


An individual wearing Afghan army uniform shot and wounded five Nato soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the alliance says.

The five, believed to be American, are receiving medical treatment. The extent of their injuries is not known.

The attack took place at a Nato base in Wardak province, east of Kabul.

It is the latest in a series of so-called "green-on-blue" attacks, where Afghans in the police or army attack international forces.

More than 20 foreign personnel have been killed in rogue shootings in Afghanistan this year.

On Sunday, three British soldiers were shot and killed by an Afghan policeman as they left a checkpoint in Helmand province, in the south.

International forces are gradually handing over responsibility for security to their Afghan counterparts.

Most of the 130,000 Nato-led troops will leave at the end of 2014.

On Tuesday, the US and Pakistan announced that Nato supply routes into Afghanistan would re-open after Washington apologised for killing 24 Pakistani soldiers last November.

The BBC's Kim Ghattas, in Washington, says the US had resisted saying sorry as there is deep anger among Americans about the death of US soldiers in Afghanistan from attacks by militant groups with alleged connections to Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency.

The decision on supply lines will save the US hundreds of millions of dollars in the run-up to withdrawal.