Refresh Roundup: week of January 30, 2012

05 February 2012

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a...

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Ex-FCC Chair: Spectrum Plan "Single Worst Telecom Bill I’ve Seen"

05 February 2012

alphadogg writes "Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt made waves when he called the House spectrum auction legislation 'the single worst telecom bill' he's seen. The legislation, which would severely restrict the FCC's ability to place conditions on spectr...

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Sony PS Vita demo hardware drops in at US GameStop locations, lets you go hands-on

05 February 2012

Live within the United State's borders? Fingers itching to spend some quality with Sony's latest portable gaming sensation before the First Edition Bundle lands on February 15th? Good news is here then, since GameStop has equipped "over 3,300" of its...

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iOS Vs. Android: Which Has the Crashiest Apps?

05 February 2012

First time accepted submitter creativeHavoc writes "Forbes author Tomio Geron takes a look at data accrued by mobile app monitoring startup Crittercism. After looking at normalized data of crashes over the various mobile operating system versions he c...

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First Downloaded and 3D Printed Pirate Bay Ship Arrives

05 February 2012

For The Pirate Bay team simply copying bits and bytes is not enough. They want you to 'download a car', literally, so with that goal in mind they added a 3D-printing section to their website last month. A Gimmick? Not really. Canadian Charles Randall is one of the first to show off his new 'physible' Pirate Bay ship, downloaded off BitTorrent and printed in three dimensions. The auto industry is shaking in its boots.Source: First Downloaded and 3D Printed Pirate Bay Ship Arrives

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Simulators Take the Humans Out of Hiring

05 February 2012

Hugh Pickens writes "Ken Gaebler discusses a new way of hiring called 'employment simulations,' which are gaining popularity among high-tech firms that are seeking data from prospective employees that you can't get from sit-down interviews. In a typic...

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Engadget Mobile Podcast 124 – 02.05.2012

05 February 2012

There are Samsung phones, there are Motorola phones. There are BlackBerry Phones, there are Nokia phones. But you know what really gets us excited? KDDI phones with ten keys and heart of Japanese Gold. It's the Engadget Mobile Podcast.Hosts: Myriam Jo...

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PlayStation Network moniker sacked, falls under Sony Entertainment Network umbrella on Feb. 7

05 February 2012

Listen up, those of you with PlayStation Network IDs. Sony Computer Entertainment International has announced that, as of February 7th, the PSN will fold into its existing Sony Entertainment Network. The company has aimed the move at clearly unifying ...

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Google Pulls Support For CDMA Devices

05 February 2012

An anonymous reader writes "Google has just made some interesting changes to their developer pages. As of today, all of the documentation, source code, and firmware images pertaining to CDMA Android devices (including the Verizon Galaxy Nexus) have be...

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Spark Linux tablet specs updated, going up for pre-order next week

05 February 2012

We already got a brief introduction to the Spark Linux-based tablet, but details were a little sparse. Since then, a few more key bits of info have been added to its Q&A page, which might help sway your purchasing decision. That KDE Plasma Active ...

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