If you fancy add ing a little extra ambient light to your HDTV, PC or mac you might be interested in an awesome new open source concept called the Lightpack.

Lightpack has been designed to make it easy to add ambient light to almost any display, and connected to a PC, Mac or HTPC via a simply USB connection, and can even be controlled via your mobile device. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Lightpack project and see it in action.

"Lightpack is an open-source device, which lightens your computer or TV screen to strengthen the presence effect. The device needs to be mounted on your TV or computer screen and to be connected to your PC, Mac or HTPC via U ... Read more »

If you are looking for a way to record footage and take photographs with your smartphone through your binoculars or scope, a new concept called the Snapzoom might be worth more investigation.

The Snapzoom universal smartphone scope adapter has been designed to make it easy for you to attach your smartphone to the eye piece of your scope. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Snapzoom project and see it in action.

"the device simply connects and aligns a smartphone camera with the eyepiece of an optical scope. The scope then becomes an accessory lens, and the smartphone camera’s image is magnified by the power of the scope. For example, the iPhone 5’s camera is equivalent to a 33mm lens field of view. Adding a Snapzoom and ... Read more »

Vertus Audio has launched a new pair of wireless Bluetooth stereo adapters over on the Kickstarter crowd funding website, which have been designed to send audio to two Bluetooth or portable speakers at the same time, using CSR’s TrueWireless Stereo technology.

Vertus is a system consisting of two specialised Bluetooth receivers, one for each speaker left and right. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action, and learn more.

"Despite to its thin design, Vertus has an exceptional battery which lasts for at least 10 hours. Vertus is smart. It doesn’t need any buttons. Tap it twice, it will tell you how much battery is left by blinking the LED, and tap it three times ... Read more »

Fans of the XCOM series of games which were first released back in 1993 and more recently with the XCOM Enemy Unknown game which launched last year and finally arrived on Mac systems yesterday.

Will be pleased to learn that the 2K has finally officially announced the mysterious XCOM first-person shooter, called The Bureau XCOM Declassified that was first announced way back in 2010. Watch the trailer after the jump to learn a little more.

"The Bureau XCOM Declassified tells the story of XCOM’s mysterious beginnings,” said Morgan Gray, creative director at 2K Marin. "We’re expanding the universe with a declassified tale of government conspiracy and heroic cover-ups told through third- ... Read more »

Sony’s expected earnings have doubled, to £261m. Those expecting heartening news about the company’s amazing sales being responsible for this turnaround will be disappointed. Sony earned more due to a strong yen. The company’s bottom line was also bolstered by a series of real estate sell-offs, including a former Madison Avenue HQ that went for over $1 billion.

 
Ultimately, this is just a song and dance for investors until the PS4 hits, or the Vita can gain enough traction. With a slew of high profile indie titles and slowly recovering sales, the handheld’s first price drop might see a turn in its fortunes. but with an ailing electronics division as well as gaming, Sony will need a lot more than that or selling off real estate to keep profitable.

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Indie dev Ambient is closing its doors after failing to secure enough cash to keep things going. The studio is best known for its Death Inc. project, which is in paid alpha at the time of its closure. The studio was coming off a Kickstarter failure that saw Death Inc. miss its funding goal, but it seemed to be doing well after the paid alpha. All money will be refunded as the studio bids players a find farewell.

"It’s been an amazing ride and we’ve produced some amazing products like Monster Meltdown and Death Inc,” according to the statement posted on the site. "We’re super proud of what we achieved, but ultimately we didn’t manage to make enough money to keep the wolves from the door. And so we had to make the difficult decision that it is no longer feasible for Ambient to continue operating.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 has already started appearing in a number of smartphones, like the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4, and now Qualcomm has announced that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 will go into mass production in May.

The Snapdragon 600 can deliver up to 40 percent more performance than the Snapdragon S4, and the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 is capable of delivering up to 75 percent more performance than the Snapdragon 4.

The Snapdragon 800 features a more powerful Krait 400 architecture, and it is capable or running on clock speed up to 2.3GHz, it also features Adreno 330 graphics, there are no details as yet on what the first devices to get the Snapdragon 800 will be as soon as we get some more details we will let you guys know.

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t’s always nice when our gadgets get an update that makes life just a tad easier. And today, Amazon is finally relieving our long wait for a Kindle for Android update, with version 4.0.


It brings a major UI redesign. The library view looks different now: instead of a basic grid, recently read items are presented in a rotating carousel at the top of the home screen. The navigation panel has been expanded to provide quicker access to books, documents and periodicals as well.

The reading pane remains the same, so all of your books will look the same. It’s a welcome update and we have certainly been waiting for a long time.

Source Engadget

Toshiba has unveiled a new hybrid notebook tablet its created in the form of the Toshiba Portege Z10t, which has been designed to run Microsoft’s latest Windows 8 operating system, and easily transform from a tablet into a notebook when needed, using a keyboard dock.

The Toshiba Portege Z10t is fitted with a 11.6 inch, 1920 x 1080 resolution display, and can be powered by a choice of Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 processors.

Other features of the Toshiba Portege Z10t include 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, a micorSD card slot, USB 3.0 port, and HDMI connection.

Optional extras for the Toshiba Portege Z10t include a UMTS modem, active digitiser, and o ... Read more »

LG launched their LG Cloud service in the US, South Korea and Russia last year, and now the company has announced that LG Cloud will be rolled out to 40 more countries around the world.

LG will start rolling out LG Cloud to additional countries in May, and Europe, Asia, Central Asia and Latin America will get the service by the end of May.

"LG Cloud eliminates the time-consuming process of having to download or manually transfer content between devices,” said Richard Choi, senior vice president of the Smart Business Center at LG Electronics "Today’s consumers are no longer loyal to only one type of screen. They move seamlessly from TVs to PCs to smartphones and it’s up to us to help them get the content they want whenever and wherever they want it. LG is one of very few companies tha ... Read more »