New Wireless Standard 802.11ac Arriving In 2012, Bringing 3 Times More Speed
A new wireless standard is set to be launched next year that will bring 3 times the speed more speed when compared to the current fastest Wifi standard 802.11n. The new 802.11ac will transmit wireless signals on the 5Ghz band, providing a larger range, and faster throughput for multiple HD video streams and more. It will also come with a much more power for transmission through walls.
Verizon Xperia Play LTE Revealed?
It would appear that Verizon are getting ready to launch a new version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play on their network in the US, the Xperia Play LTE, as some internal documents relating to the device have been discovered by the guys from Android Central.
As a reminder, the Xperia Play features a FWVGA display with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels, there is also a 1GHz Qualcomm QSD8225 processor, plus 512MB of RAM and 512MB of ROM.
Cavium Powered N4100 EVO NAS Storage Introduced By Thecus
Thecus have this week introduced a new ultra low powered NAS storage system to their range, which is powered by a new lower-power dual-core SoC from Cavium. Thecus’s new N4100EVO NAS has been designed to offer a broad range of advanced features and provide low-energy hardware to cut electricity costs and carbon footprint within homes and businesses.
Apple Releases iTunes 10.5.2, Including iTunes Match Fixes
Apple has released a new version of iTunes, the latest version is iTunes 10.5.2 and it comes with a number of bug fixes relating to an audio distortion issue experienced with certain CD’s.
EZ-Robot Launches DIY Robot Kit (video)
You might remember the toy Wall-E robot we featured here on Geeky Gadgets, that was transformed in to a fully functional robot back in July of this year. Since then the creators of the robot have been busy transforming their modifications in a DIY robot kit, that now provides you with everything you need to create your very own personal robot.
The great thing about the new EZ-Robot kit is that it can be applied to practically any toy or custom robot you like. Giving any toy you wish to modify, vision tracking, speech recognition and more. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.
Verizon And AT&T Testing Nokia Lumia LTE Windows Phone Smartphone?
We are expecting to see the first Nokia Windows Phone smartphone announced for the US this week at a joint event with Nokia and T-Mobile, and Nokia said previously that we would see LTE enabled Windows Phone devices from them next year.
Now according to a recent report from Cnet, both AT&T and Verizon are testing out LTE versions of Nokia’s Lumia 800 Windows Phone Device, although Windows Phone Mango doesn’t officially support LTE as yet.
Xbox YouTube App Rolls Out To Preview Program
Last night Microsoft rolled out their new YouTube app designed specifically for their new Xbox 360 dashboard redesign. The new YouTube app is not available to all Xbox users at the moment, just those that are preview program participants.
However from first reports the new app seems a great addition to the Xbox 360 dashboard. If you are a member of the Xbox preview program you can install the new Xbox YouTube app from the Apps Marketplace, to give it a try.
Windows Phone SMS Security Flaw Discovered (Video)
According to a recent report by Win Rumors, a new security flaw has been discovered in Microsoft’s Windows Phone devices, and the flaw lets an attacker disable the messaging functions of your Windows Phone device.
The attacker sends an SMS to the Windows Phone device, the device then reboots and the messaging hub is disabled, and it would appear that the security flaw is not device specific and happens to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango devices.
Apple’s Mac App Store Hits 100 Million Downloads
Apple has announced that the Mac App Store has now reached over 100 million downloads, pretty impressive considering that the Mac App Store was launched less than a year ago.
Apple did not release any specific information about how many applications are available in the Mac App Store, although they did say there were over 500,000 applications available in their overall app store, which includes iOS apps and Mac apps.
Nook Color Gets Software Update
If you are an owner of the Barnes & Noble Nook Color eReader, you will want to be looking at for the coming software update. The update is rolling out sometime in the coming week and will be free. The update is bringing a bunch of different things to the Nook Color. The Nook Color is getting new streaming content with movies and TV.
Nikon D4 Spec Leak Shows 102,400 Native ISO
The last time we talked about the Nikon D4 camera was when the rumor surfaced that the camera would be coming with a Thunderbolt port. Today some new specs have leaked that were rounded up from a number of sources by Nikonrumors. The specs, if accurate, show a very impressive DSLR.
Piezo App By Rogue Amoeba Allows you To Record Audio From Any App On Mac
Rogue Amoeba has launched a new application called Piezo this week which has been designed to allow you to record audio from any Mac application you like, or from connected audio devices and microphones. Piezo requires hardly any configuration to start recording, and has been created by the developers of the popular Audio Hijack Pro application.
