Google+ Receives More Flexible Address Book Import Feature (video)

The new Google+ social network currently under invitation only membership field trials at the moment, has now started rolling out a more flexible address book uploader which it will start to roll out to users over the next few weeks.

The new contact import feature within Google+ has been designed not to mix your imported contacts up with all of your other Google Contacts and will only store the ones that you put into your Circles. Watch a quick video after the jump to see how it can help you find friends on the new Google+ social network.

The new feature has been added by Google after feedback from users who requested that there was a more users friendly and flexible way to import contacts.

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LG Optimus Pro In Action (Video)

The other day LG announced the Optimus Pro, which is another budget Android smartphone from LG that will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and features a 2.8 inch QVGA display and a Qwerty Keyboard.

LG has now released a video which gives us our first look at the new LG Optimus Pro, have a look at the video (Italian) below, to see LG’s latest Android smartphone in action.

Other features on the LG Optimus Pro include a 3 megapixel camera, it will go on sale in Europe shortly for 179 Euros.

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Sony S2 Tablet Will Be AT&T Exclusive In The US

Sony’s new S2 tablet will be arriving as an exclusive with AT&T in the US its been announced today. The new S2 tablet is Sony’s new dual screen, foldable tablet which will be arriving later this year, and was first showcased back in April this year.

The Sony S2 tablet is equipped with a dual 5.5-inches displays with a resolution of 1024 × 480 which then unfold to combine and create one large screen and will be powered by a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and run Android 3.0 Honeycomb.

AT&T will be offering monthly data plans that will support AT&T’s HSPA+ 4G network, while providing access to AT&T’s 20,000+ hot spots nationwide, more information on distribution and pricing will be revealed on the S2 launch.

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Nokia Releases New Symbian Anna Demo (Video)

Nokia has released a new promo video which shows off some of the new features in the latest version of Symbian, Symbian Anna, which is expected to be released to existing Nokia Symbian devices in August.

Nokia Symbian Ann is already shipping on new Nokia Symbian devices like the Nokia X7, have a look at the video of it in action below.

As you can see from the video, Symbian Anna brings a range of new features to Symbian which include a new range of icons, a portrait QWERTY keyboard an many more.

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RIM Prepares To Launch 7 New Smartphones This Year

In an attempt to turn the tide on RIM’s current dwindling business and recover from the failed launch of their Blackberry Playbook which has now been shelved. RIM is now focusing on redesigning their Blackberry smartphone handsets with the announcement at an annual RIM meeting yesterday that RIM will be launching seven new smartphones this year.

The seven new phones will be rolling out over the next few months and will come equipped with a totally brand new operating system according to RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie.

Lets hope the new range of phones and RIM’s new operating system is innovative and something fresh and not just includes features that Android and iOS devices have had from day one.

If RIM are looking to stop the rot within their business they really need to pull out all the stops with these smartphones as their chances are running out quickly for a come back. RIM’s share price is currently at its lowest since August 2006 falling 50 percent this year alone.

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BlackBerry App World Reaches 1 Billion Downloads

RIM has announced that their BlackBerry App World platform has now reached a total of 1 billion downloads, and that BlackBerry owners are now downloading over 3 million apps per day.

BlackBerry launched their App World just over two years ago, and users in 100 countries around the world can download applications from the platform.

In comparison Apple’s iOS App store recently reached 15 billion downloads, whilst Google’s Android Marketplace hit 4.5 billion downloads a while back.

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Why The SKA Radio Telescope Is The Most Awesome On Earth

When it’s constructed , of course. It’s all a matter of infrastructure. Physical infrastructure that adds to the total cost of $2.1 billion. The money’s about ready, but construction is schedule to begin at an undisclosed date. Though the deadline is 2020. By 2020, the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope will be operational and processing 1.5 petabytes of data. That’s no joke as it’s bigger than the internet. So what’s the SKA for? Searching for alien life and other great quests like dark matter, etc.

All this according to a professor named Peter Quinn, who shares that the SKA is going to be a “software and IT telescope.” The SKA is a joint project between Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa with additional participation from either NASA or Europe, both of whom will be interested in playing a major role in the SKA’s operation.

Of course, such ridiculous amounts of data requires data centres. There’s already one scheduled for construction in Perth plus a few others in Europe and North America to handle the exaflop capacity of the supercomputer running SKA. (Please don’t start thinking Skynet will be the end result of the SKA program—that’s just tragic.)

The sheer scale of the SKA radio telescope, which we think is going to work in conjunction with China’s answer to SETI, ranks it as a new age wonder. Of course, for this to happen, it needs to be built first

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Xbox 360 Automatic Disk Changer Holds 100 Games (video)

en Heck has been been busy again in his workshop and has created a fantastic automatic disk changer for the Xbox 360 that will hold up to 100 games and allow you to stay seated while you change your Xbox 360 game.

Heck has taken a multi-disc CD player and modified it to now allow Xbox 360 game to be played, the project in nearly finished and most of the wiring and programming are done. But Heck would like a user on his site to win the creation and finish it as they see fit. Watch the video after the jump to see how the new device in its current state performs.

If you fancy winning the 100 disk auto changer for your Xbox 360 head over to the Ben Heck websiteElement 14 to enter in the prize draw.

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LG DX2000 Glasses Free 3D 20 Inch Monitor

LG has today released details of its latest glassess free 3D monitor in the form of the LG DX2000 a 20 inch backlight monitor with a 1600 x 900 resolution and a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, together with a 5ms refresh rate.

The new LG DX2000 is equipped with a integral web camera and uses LG’s Eye Tracking technology to provide the optimal 3D experience when viewing 3D images from any angle to help reduce user fatigue and also provide the best 3D experience possible.

The LG DX2000 also comes with 2D to 3D conversion software allowing you to convert already existing 2D movies and photographs to 3D. The LG DX2000 will soon be available in the Korean market for around $1210.

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Windows 8 Will Feature Support For Xbox 360 Games On Your PC

We are expecting Microsoft to launch Windows 8 before the end of next year, and have already seen many of the features in Windows 8, now there is a rumor that Windows 8 will offer support for Xbox 360 games on your PC.

The news comes from Insideris, who are citing anonymous sources, and the rumor suggests that you will be able to play Xbox 360 games on your PC, to do this you will apparently need a subscription to Xbox Live.

The service is also reported to run on a different network to Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, and wont allow cross platform play between the Xbox 360 and the PC.

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