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  • Samsung Galaxy S II Overclocked To 1.5 GHz, Decimates Quadrant And Linpack Benchmarks

    Yeah we all know that the Samsung Galaxy S II is the world’s fastest phone but how much faster can it get? coolbho3000 from XDA has decided to find out. He has overclocked the Galaxy’s dual-core Exynos 4210 to 1.5 GHz! A whole 300 MHz faster than the stock Galaxy S II and 500 MHz faster than the stock chip. You can find the source code and a fool proof instruction guide at the source below, do note you will need the SetCPU app for this to work. There’s also a video of the overclocked behemoth obliterating other phones in Quadrant and Linpack after the break.

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VZ2oFpzzjqg

    Source: XDA-Developers

     

     

  • L.A Noire Official Launch trailer is finally here

    L.A Noire is the latest title from Rockstar Games, the developer of “Red Dead Redemption” and “Grand Theft Auto” series. Players will be able to play as a detective, solve crime cases, catch criminal, all this in an open sandbox style game. It’s story is set in 1940, in Los Angeles. This game employs the latest motion capturing technique which provides a great deal of realism on the characters face.

    Rockstar have always released quality titles which are a strong “Game of the Year” contender. Last year’s Red Dead Redemption was one of the best Wild West video game. It featured a great story and it’s open world was full of rich details and beautiful environments. It was a Game of the Year Contender last year. Will Rockstar be able to capture the core gamers heart again with this release?

    L.A Noire is releasing soon on Xbox 360 and PS3. The official release date is 17th May, 2011.

  • Jak And Daxter HD Collection Coming Sometime In 2011

    Looks like Naughty Dog’s highly successful PS3 exclusive Jak And Dexter might be getting a HD collection. According to Norwegian site PlaystationSpill Justin Richmond of Naughty Dog was asked about Jak And Dexter at an Uncharted 3 Press Conference in Oslo.

    He confirmed that an HD collection will be hitting stores sometime in 2012 and will include all three games from the series in their full HD glory. I guess it’s only time that one of the best PS2 franchises gets a remake since developers like Konami and Square Enix have started bringing back their old gems. We do recommend you take this news with a bit of salt until NG confirms this themselves.

    Source: PlaystationSpill

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  • Top 10 Most Popular Female Singers in 2011

    2011, yet another year full of dance/trance/techno/pop songs with a few slow heart touching tracks as well, has been a year of women. They’ve been prominent in the music industry throughout with one hit replacing the other in the charts and the war’s been on ever since. New records have been made by these 10 women who have been everywhere this year. Let’s get down to our top 10 list of the most popular female singers in 2011.

    10. Nicki Minaj

    the Young Money artist, Nicki, has been in the charts the whole year with one hit after another from her latest album Pink Friday. She started recording in 2004 and later signed a deal with Young Money in 2009. And Young Money is winning, so Nicki is winning since. Most of her singles are in the top Billboard Hot 100 Chart with hits like Your Love, Super Bass, etc.

    9. Beyoncé

    Beyoncé Knowles born in September 1981, is a well-known female artist who’s been in the business since 1997. She’s been making hits ever since she went Solo, and made hits like Single Ladies last year. And this year her songs Run the World (Girls) and Best Thing I Never Had have been a huge success making her our Number nine. She is currently pregnant with Jay-Z’s kid.

    8. Shakira

    Shakira started off in 1990 as a singer, songwriter, dancer and philanthropist. She learned singing and belly dancing at School and then sold millions of records worldwide with her first two albums in 1995 and 1998. Then in 2002, her hit Whenever Wherever was a huge hit. Then Hips Don’t Lie and Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) were also big hits. Rabiosa is one of the latest tracks from her.

    7. Kesha

    Kesha is not only a singer, she’s also a very talented songwriter and a rapper. She started her career in 2005 signing to Dr. Luke’s label. Making hits like Right Round with Flo Rida and Tik Tok, she became our number seven. We R Who We R is a track that’s also been in the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

    6. Taylor Swift

    Taylor Swift started off her career in 2006 with a single called Tim McGraw. Then she released her second album Fearless which won her four Grammys. She released her album Speak Now in 2010 which sold over a million copies in the first week. She’s gained such huge success and now has millions of fans in just five years.

    5. Britney Spears

    Britney Spears has been one of the most popular female artists of the decade. She’s been in the music career since 1992. She’s made hits in the late 90s such as Baby One More Time and Oops!… I Did It Again. She kept releasing hits in the 21st century and made hits like Gimme More, Piece of Me, etc in the recent years. She recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the MTV VMAs.

    4. Rihanna

    Rihanna is singer, songwriter and philanthropist, who started her career in 2005 and has been a huge success. Hits like Unfaithful, Umbrella etc never get old. Her most recent album Loud has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. She just released a new single We Found Love which is also in the top 10 Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

    3. Katy Perry

    Katy Perry, being one of the top 3 most popular artists, has been in the business since 2001. Releasing various internet singles like Ur So Gay etc. She released her hit single in 2008 I Kissed a Girl. Her songs like Teenage Dream, California Gurls, Firework, E.T, and Last Friday Night are among her hits.

    2. Adele

    Adele is a British-singer who started her career in 2006 and in such a small amount of time made hits and won Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Her hits are Rolling in the Deep, Someone Like You and Set Fire to the Rain. She has a magical voice which is pretty rare in these years of techno stuff.

    1. Lady Gaga

    Lady Gaga, being the number one, has been the most popular artist since 2008. She started her career in 2005. She released hits like Just Dance and Poker Face in 2008. And then released two more albums which sold millions of copies worldwide. Her recent singles like Born This Way, The Edge of Glory, Judas and ‘You and I’ have been a huge success all over the world.

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  • iPhone Firmware Files Download Links

    The following is a complete directory containing direct download links for ALL the iPhone firmware files released to date, be it any model , for all your jailbreaking needs.

    Note: Safari Auto-extracts these firmwares  or downloads them as a zip file so either turn auto-extract off in Safari OR use firefox to download these files instead.

    This list is up-to-date and will be updated as soon as any new firmware comes out.

    iPhone 2G

    iOS1

    1.0.0: iPhone1,1_1.0_1A543a_Restore.ipsw

    1.0.1: iPhone1,1_1.0.1_1C25_Restore.ipsw

    1.0.2: iPhone1,1_1.0.2_1C28_Restore.ipsw

    1.1.1: iPhone1,1_1.1.1_3A109a_Restore.ipsw

    1.1.2: iPhone1,1_1.1.2_3B48b_Restore.ipsw

    1.1.3: iPhone1,1_1.1.3_4A93_Restore.ipsw

    1.1.4: iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw

    iOS2

    2.0.0: iPhone1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw

    2.0.1: iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw

    2.0.2: iPhone1,1_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw

    2.1.0: iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw

    2.2.0: iPhone1,1_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw

    2.2.1: iPhone1,1_2.2.1_5H1_Restore.ipsw

    iOS3

    3.0.0: iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw

    3.0.1: iPhone1,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw

    3.1.0: iPhone1,1_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw

    3.1.2: iPhone1,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw

    3.1.3: iPhone1,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw

    Firmware Updates Discontinued

    iPhone 3G

    iOS2

    2.0.0: iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw

    2.0.1: iPhone1,2_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw

    2.0.2: iPhone1,2_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw

    2.1.0: iPhone1,2_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw

    2.2.0: iPhone1,2_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw

    2.2.1: iPhone1,2_2.2.1_5H1_Restore.ipsw

    iOS3

    3.0.0: iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw

    3.0.1: iPhone1,2_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw

    3.1.0: iPhone1,2_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw

    3.1.2: iPhone1,2_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw

    3.1.3: iPhone1,2_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw

    iOS4

    4.0.0: iPhone1,2_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw

    4.0.1: iPhone1,2_4.0.1_8A306_Restore.ipsw

    4.0.2: iPhone1,2_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw

    4.1.0: iPhone1,2_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw

    4.2.1: iPhone1,2_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw

    Firmware Updates Discontinued

    iPhone 3GS

    iOS3

    3.0.0: iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw

    3.0.1: iPhone2,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw

    3.1.0: iPhone2,1_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw

    3.1.2: iPhone2,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw

    3.1.3: iPhone2,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw

    iOS4

    4.0.0: iPhone2,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw

    4.0.1: iPhone2,1_4.0.1_8A306_Restore.ipsw

    4.0.2: iPhone2,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw

    4.1.0: iPhone2,1_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw

    4.2.1: iPhone2,1_4.2.1_8C148a_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.0: iPhone2,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.1: iPhone2,1_4.3.1_8G4_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.2: iPhone2,1_4.3.2_8H7_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.3: iPhone2,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.4: iPhone2,1_4.3.4_8K2_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.5: iPhone2,1_4.3.5_8L1_Restore.ipsw

    iPhone 4

    GSM

    iOS4

    4.0.0: iPhone3,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw

    4.0.1: iPhone3,1_4.0.1_8A306_Restore.ipsw

    4.0.2: iPhone3,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw

    4.1.0: iPhone3,1_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw

    4.2.1: iPhone3,1_4.2.1_8C148a_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.0: iPhone3,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.1: iPhone3,1_4.3.1_8G4_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.2: iPhone3,1_4.3.2_8H7_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.3: iPhone3,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.4: iPhone3,1_4.3.4_8K2_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.5: iPhone3,1_4.3.5_8L1_Restore.ipsw

    CDMA(Verizon)

    iOS4

    4.2.6: iPhone3,3_4.2.6_8E200_Restore.ipsw

    4.2.7: iPhone3,3_4.2.7_8E303_Restore.ipsw

    4.2.8: iPhone3,3_4.2.8_8E401_Restore.ipsw

    4.3.9: iPhone3,3_4.2.9_8E501_Restore.ipsw

    4.2.10: iPhone3,3_4.2.10_8E600_Restore.ipsw

  • ZTE Reveals The Windows Phone Mango Powered ‘Tania’

    ZTE is one of the three new Windows Phone OEM’s along with Acer and Fujitsu. The Chinese hardware manufacturer revealed their first Windows Phone Mango handset at the China International Communications Exhibition 2011 named the ‘Tania’.

    As you can see above the ZTE Tania looks a lot like the HTC Radar but with a bigger camera, since it’s ZTE we can expect the phone to be pretty cheap and in the same price range as the Radar.

    The ZTE Tania has decent specs: a 4.3-inch WVGA display, 1GHz single core processor, 512MB of RAM along with 4GB of on-board storage, 5 Megapixel back camera with a single LED flash but surprisingly no front facing camera and runs on yes, you guessed it Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Other features include WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth and GPS.

    Source: XDA.cn

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  • HTC Sense UI 3.0 Won’t Be Supporting PRE EVO 3D Devices

    -insertsadsmileyhere- Yes we know this is sad, HTC just announced from their Twitter that older devices like your HTC Desire HD and Incredible S won’t be getting HTC Sense UI 3.0. HTC said that Sense UI 3.0 is only supported by newer devices like the EVO 3D, Flyer tablet and the recently announced Sensation. All three of these devices have dual core processors leading us to belive that this new Sense must be really hardware intensive.

    This is new since I didn’t expect manufacturers themselves to fragmentise their own devices, but our bet is those geniuses over at XDA-Developers would probably sort this out it’s only a matter of time now.

    Source: HTC’s Twitter

  • Top 10 FPS (First Person Shooter) Games Of 2011

    2011 has been what I believe to be the year of FPS games, the year is not even over yet and we have such brilliant games to play. Do note this list only includes the game which have been released at the time of posting. This post will be updated at the end of this year.

    10. Brink – PC, Xbox 360 And PS3

    Brink is sort of an updated Team Fortress 2, the game focuses mainly on team based combat. Unlike TF2 Brink has an average story mode which is nice to see on a game which was made from the ground up for multiplayer. In Brink you choose one of the 4 classes and aim to help out your team in fulfilling the objective.

    9. Section 8: Prejudice – PC, Xbox 360 And PS3

    A direct sequel to the original Section 8, Prejudice is a download only title developed by TimeGate studios. You take the role of Alex Corde who must brave his way through eight missions which take place in four different types of environments.

    8. F.E.A.R 3 – PC, Xbox 360 And PS3

    F.E.A.R 3 is the highly awaited paranormal shooter from Day 1 studios. In F.E.A.R 3 Alma is back and it’s up to Point Man and Paxton Fettel to stop her from unleashing havoc.

    7. Bulletstorm – PC, Xbox 360 And PS3

    Bulletstorm is the love child of the creators of the Gears Of War and Unreal engine; Epic Games and EA. In Bulletstorm you play the role of the hardened mercenary Grayson Hunt as he fights to escape from an alien planet he crash-landed on.

    6. Resistance 3 – PS3

    Resistance 3 is the third iteration of the popular Playstation exclusive IP, they say it’s the best Resistance yet! In Resistance 3 the earth has been taken over by the dreaded Chimeras and you playing Joseph Capelli must journey across the United States as you are humanity’s last hope.

    5. Rage – PC, Xbox 360 And PS3

    ID Software’s highly anticipated post apocalyptic shooter Rage lands at the number 5 spot on our list. The game runs on the studio’s new ID Tech 5 engine which looks absolutely gorgeous.

    4. Killzone 3 – PS3

    Impressive storyline, great graphics, awesome campaign, balanced multiplayer, what else could you possibly want? Easily one of the best games released this year.

    3. Crysis 2 – PC, Xbox 360 And PS3

    Sequel to the game which coined the term “But can it run Crysis” which was considered a gaming benchmark of sorts. Crysis 2 improves on most of the things fans demanded in the sequel.

    2. Deus Ex: Human Revolution – PC, Xbox 360 And PS3

    Prequel to the original Deus Ex which came out in early 2000. Human Revolution puts you in the shoes of Adam Jenson the security head of one of the biggest Biotechnology firms in the world. All hell breaks lose when a team of mercenaries attack the people Adam was suppose to protect while severely injuring him as well. Adam after being brought to life with the help of Augmentations must hunt down the mercenaries and find out what they want.

    1. Portal 2 – PC, Xbox 360 And PS3

    Portal 2, one of the many gems made by Valve has landed at the top spot on our list. Portal 2 is one of the games which appeals to almost everybody.

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  • Firefox 7 So Soon? Is Mozilla On A Version Spree?

    It was just a month ago that I upgraded my already upgraded Firefox to version 6. I found not many new features in the new browser and it felt almost identical to the 5th version. Now about 5 days ago Mozilla released Firefox 7! I thought it was some sort of a practical joke and Firefox was just messing around. BUT NO, it was a new release of their most awesome browser.

    So what does Mozilla Firefox 7 have that the previous version didn’t? Well Mozilla’s official statement promises a whole new world of browsing but I still see the same old browser that was originally Firefox 4! In every new version, they add a couple more tweaks here and there and come out with a brand new version altogether! Meanwhile, their competitor, Google is still testing a beta for Chrome with a stable release out for the public.

    I think Mozilla should either start using more decimals in their new releases or just stay with one number, but If I see Firefox 8 in a few days, I’m going to expect at least a new interface! Oh speaking of a new version, If you’d like to test out the Firefox Aurora (fancy name for Firefox 9 Beta) or any other imminent release, check out the link below.

    Firefox Betas: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/

  • Breaking Bad Season 4 Finale – “Face Off”

    Breaking Bad Season 4 Finale is merely three days away. The last episode titled “Face Off” is going to continue from where we left off, Gustavo has gotten more clever about his safety and he won’t let Walter or Jesse outsmart his wit. Gustavo Fring is the most amazing drug lord I’ve seen who could possibly be called better than Scarface. Gus has a very clever personality, he’s always ten steps ahead of his foes and always outsmarts them in their own game.

    Breaking Bad Season 4 Finale



    I am extremely excited for the Breaking Bad Season 4 Finale! Walter and Jesse try hard enough to get him in the previous episode “End Times”, but he sees right through their idea. This last episode will finally show something happen to Gus, either that or we’ll see Gus’ past from Chile which hasn’t been exposed even now. It’s either going to be Gus or Walter as Jesse picks his side and works on it. A fifth and final season has also been confirmed for the show which makes me wonder If they’ll show Gus’ demise in the Breaking Bad Season 4 Finale or just continue his role in the next season. I seriously doubt two men could take out the kingpin who single-handedly destroyed the entire Mexican Cartel!

    Gustavo Fring - The Baddest Boss Ever!

    Gustavo Fring – The Baddest Boss Ever!

    I myself think Gus should not be killed this season, I think he has a strong enough personality to not be wasted like this. With another season been greenlit by AMC, I find no reason to make one of the strongest role of the series gone. I think Brock took the poisoned cigarette from Jesse’s pocket himself and he wasn’t poisoned by Gus. I think Breaking Bad Season 4 Finale is going to show the three men settling their disputes and continuing their work like good businessmen, instead of being revolted by Gus. Walter should thank Gus for making him a millionaire over night rather than making bombs to fit in his car.

    Walter White (right) & Jesse Pinkman (left)

    Be sure to catch the Breaking Bad Season 4 Finale this Sunday on AMC. We are going to be reviewing the episode as soon as its out, so stick to this space.

    Official Website: Breaking Bad Season 4 Finale