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Nexus 4 vs iPhone 5 vs Lumia 920

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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">We would like to share this comparison of three smartphones.We are thankful to <i>remondpie.com</i> for the information.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Although the tech coverage was dominated by <b>Microsoft</b> and <b>Windows Phone 8</b>,<b>Google</b> also announced some significant new releases of its own, and among them was the LG-manufactured <b>Nexus 4</b> smartphone. While it’s perhaps lacking in one or two key departments, it still has enough about it to qualify as high-end, and as such, what bigger test for a top-drawer smartphone than to compare it with the<b> iPhone 5</b> on<b> iOS</b> and the <b>Lumia 920</b> on Windows Phone 8?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The Nexus 4 finds a niche in offering consumers some of the features of a flagship without the sky-high price, and your inclination towards buying the device will depend largely on how important the omitted features are. The Nexus 4 is strikingly similar to the Galaxy Nexus in terms of appearance, and if you’re in the market for a new smartphone, its $299-$329 off-contract price might just reel you in.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Aside from the price, though, the Nexus 4 is actually a pretty useful handset.  The 4.7-inch display packs in a screen resolution of 1280×768, and while it’s not quite as sharp as the iPhone 5′s Retina display, the 318 ppi will look undoubtedly offer great detail when playing games or watching HD movies. Meanwhile, the Lumia 920 offers a 4.5-inch PureMotionHD+ IPS TFT display with 1280 x 768 resolution at 332 ppi.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Running on Android Jelly Bean 4.2, it offers a  Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core 1.5GHz processor, and considering the "buttery" smooth reputation of Google’s mobile OS these days, expect very smooth operation whenever you’re using your Nexus 4. The iPhone 5, as we know, runs Apple’s new A6 processor, and although iOS 6′s Maps app has left much to be desired, the general response to the updated firmware has been positive, so whether you opt for the Nexus 4 or iPhone 5, you’re going to be treated to a smooth experience. If you were to consider the Lumia 920, you’d be getting a dual-core processor, and given that the old WP7.x devices ran smoothly on a single core, it’s fair to say the Nokia’s flagship is more than adept to any task you could throw at it.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The perks of the Nexus 4 include wireless charging, 2GB of RAM (versus 1GB on the iPhone 5), a larger battery capacity, and NFC. That said, Apple’s prized asset does hold quite a few trump cards over the Google-branded offering, notably 4G LTE, more storage space, and a thinner form factor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ultimately, there are many factors determining which device you should choose. If you have a little disposable cash, I’d advise you opt for the iPhone 5, but if you’re looking for value for money, the Nexus 4 looks to be, well, on the money. The Lumia 920 is, in many respects, the happy median – offering essentially everything you could possibly need for a price less than the iPhone, but more than the Nexus 4.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The choice is most certainly yours, and if you’re really deliberating, here’s our extensive comparison between three of the latest entries to the smartphone market:</span></span></div>
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We would like to share this comparison of three smartphones.We are thankful to remondpie.com for the information. Although the tech coverage was dominated by Microsoft and Windows Phone 8,Google also…

CRYSIS 3 XBOX TO BE RELEASED

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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is an upcoming game for Xbox-the one awaited by all:<b>CRYSIS 3</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fresh multiplayer details from Crysis 3’s urban jungle, including one brand new mode: Hunter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The hunted becomes the hunter in the CryEngine-powered open-world shooter Crysis 3! Players take on the role of 'Prophet' as he returns to New York in the year in 2047, only to discover that the city has been encased in a Nanodome created by the corrupt Cell Corporation. The New York City Liberty Dome is a veritable urban rainforest teeming with overgrown trees, dense swamplands and raging rivers. Within the Liberty Dome, seven distinct and treacherous environments become known as the Seven Wonders. This dangerous new world demands advanced weapons and tactics. Prophet will utilize a lethal composite bow, an enhanced Nanosuit and devastating alien tech to become the deadliest hunter on the planet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prophet is on a revenge mission after uncovering the truth behind Cell Corporation's motives for building the quarantined Nanodomes. The citizens were told that the giant citywide structures were resurrected to protect the population and to cleanse these metropolises of the remnants of Ceph forces. In reality, the Nanodomes are CELL's covert attempt at a land and technology grab in their quest for global domination. With Alien Ceph lurking around every corner and human enemies on the attack, nobody is safe in the path of vengeance. Everyone is a target in Prophet's quest for retribution.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Release Date: Q2 2013</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Genre: First-Person Shooter</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Publisher: Electronic Arts</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Developer: Crytek Studios</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are thankful to <i>ign.com</i> for providing information about the upcoming game-Crysis 3.</span></span><br />
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CRYSIS 3 XBOX TO BE RELEASED

There is an upcoming game for Xbox-the one awaited by all:CRYSIS 3 Fresh multiplayer details from Crysis 3’s urban jungle, including one brand new mode: Hunter. About This Game The hunted becomes the…

Set Fully Transparent Panel

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">When you set the panel to be transparent in the default Mint-X theme, you will find that some panel items' backgrounds are not transparent, but you can opt for one of the other themes which come with the transparent background for the panel items. If you prefer the default theme with the items' backgrounds transparent, some tweaks are needed with the steps below:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 2px 0px;"><img align="right" alt="Set Full Transparent Panel" height="150" hspace="8" src="http://www.techsupportalert.com/files/images/pc_freeware/linux/Transparent-Panel-200-150.png" style="border: 0px currentColor; float: right; margin: 2px 0px 5px 20px;" title="Set Full Transparent Panel" width="200" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click Menu and select Terminal.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 2px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Enter</span><span style="color: red;"> sudo cp -R /usr/share/themes/Mint-X ~/.themes/</span></span></li>
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<li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 2px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Save the file.</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 2px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Go to Menu > Applications > Preferences > Appearance, switch to the other theme and then back to the Mint-X theme.</span></li>
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XBox 720 Release Date, News, Rumours(by Techradar)

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The people at<b> Techradar </b>is always updating us with new news about Technology.. Heres a Great news by them..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While gossip surrounding Microsoft's next Xbox console has been churning around inside the rumour mill for a good few years now, there's no doubt that we're getting closer to learning some cold, hard facts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We fully expect the Xbox 720 - if it is indeed to be called that – to launch in time for Christmas 2013. And with the increasing frequency of new rumours, reports and leaks, an official reveal from Microsoft cannot be too far away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what can we expect from the Xbox 720 when it is finally revealed by Microsoft, and when will it finally hit the shelves?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've pulled all the rumours together in this video, which we strongly suggest you take a look at:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xbox 720 to be called Xbox Infinity?</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Microsoft recently went on a domain name shopping spree, snapping up a whole bunch of <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/microsoft-wins-xbox8-com-domain-but-what-does-it-mean-1087886">Xbox-related URLs</a>. One of them, and the one that immediately catches the eye, is Xbox8.com. Could this mean that the next Xbox could be called the Xbox Infinity? It's just speculation at the moment, but it's possible!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's also entirely possible that Microsoft could call it the Xbox 720, but we reckon it'll have something a bit more exciting up its sleeve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Noted Microsoft blogger MS Nerd outed the name Xbox Loop, claiming that the long-awaited console will be "far smaller", cheaper and quite Kinect-focused when it finally lands on our shelves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rrecent reports indicate that Microsoft's internal codename for the new Xbox is 'Durango'. Sean Tracy, a technical designer at games developer Crytek, said on Twitter: "Enjoying the Durango developers summit in London. So far, great swag and interesting talks". The tweet was very quickly taken down but the codename was out of the bag by then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many rumours suggest that the second version of Kinect will sit at the heart of the Xbox 720 experience, and we reckon it's a no brainer. A console built around motion detection has lots of promise and it seems highly likely that this is the direction Microsoft is taking, given the way it's currently pushing Kinect hardware and software.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, you can be sure that the trusty control pad will remain a core component for hardcore gaming. The 360 control pad is wildly popular amongst both console and PC gamers so we can't see the design changing too radically, either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Microsoft recently filed a patent relating to projecting augmented reality 3D images onto the walls of the room you're gaming in, in an effort to more fully immerse you in the experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The codename for this project is 'Fortaleza' and has Kinect at its heart. It is all supposed to work with wi-fi enabled Fortaleza glasses much like Google's Project Glass glasses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the next Xbox is to be as popular and last as long as the Xbox 360 – without the frankly appalling hardware failures which blighted its early days – it's going to need some reliable and powerful components.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Latest rumours suggest that the console will contain a revision of AMD's 7000 series graphics, which is based on its 28nm Graphics Core Next (GCN) Southern Islands tech.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anonymous sources are being quoted on VG247 as saying that the graphics setup in the Xbox 720 will be "like two PCs taped together" which sounds like waffle to us. What does that even mean?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The same sources say that the two GPUs in the Xbox 720 "aren't structured as they are in a normal dual PC set-up," with each chip working separately to draw different items simultaneously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, this sounds rather wooly to us, so let's try and make some sense of it...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps it depends what the source is referring to as different 'items'. The traditional usage of multi-GPU tech is Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR) where each GPU renders a frame in turn; if the source is saying that is not the case in the Xbox 720 then it will be a whole new usage of twin graphics chips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's possible this simultaneous rendering of different items could be referring to using the twin GPUs to display 3D outputs – where each chip is rendering a different angle of a scene to generate the 3D effect. This would then minimise the stress that 3D gaming puts on graphics chips.Still, if that secondary GPU is lying dormant during non-3D gaming it would be rather wasteful, so the GPUs must surely still be used concurrently to render the games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's also possible the confusion here could be arising from the difference between AMD's old GPU architecture, used in the Xbox 360, and the new Graphics Core Next technology. The old Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) architecture of AMD's last gen GPUs essentially batched up instructions before outputting them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But GCN is made up of more independent microprocessors capable of carrying out more instructions concurrently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Either way, the inclusion of AMD 7000 series graphics would put the new Xbox on a par with the current rumoured specs of the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/ps4-release-date-news-and-rumours-937822">Sony PS4</a> which is in turn expected to also contain AMD Southern Islands graphics as well as an AMD x86 CPU.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It would put the two consoles on level footing in terms of performance as they will essentially contain the same hardware, though by the time they actually go on sale they would to be hopelessly out of date compared to modern PCs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are we really to believe that the 'next generation' of games consoles would essentially be out of date mini AMD PCs, with just the operating systems and scale of fun-sucking DRM the only levels of differentiation? We can't see that being the case, and a report in April 2012 suggests that Microsoft does indeed have something more exciting up its sleeve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xbox World reported that the Xbox 720 will pack a 16-core CPU, which would certainly add some much needed muscle to the maybe-possibly underpowered graphics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It now seems highly likely that the new Xbox will arrive packing a Blu-ray drive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Microsoft was, if you remember, a staunch member of the HD DVD Promotion Group and went so far as to launch an external HD DVD drive for the 360. So it represents a bit turn-around for Microsoft to embrace Blu-ray, but it also makes perfect sense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read speeds from DVDs are still faster than from Blu-ray discs, but BDs can hold vastly more data. A standard dual-layer BD can contain 50GB of data compared to the Xbox 360's dual-layer DVDs which contain between 8 and 9GB.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many current Xbox 360 titles come on two or three discs, and with the size of Xbox 720 games destined to dwarf current titles, that extra capacity is a fundamental requirement.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Latest</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A document that leaked in June 2012 indicates that the Xbox 720 will come packing 1080p 3D support, Blu-ray player and DVR functionality. This would indicate that Microsoft is trying to position the Xbox 720 as the single does-it-all set-top box in your living room.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xbox 720 Games</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It looks as though games developers are already playing with Xbox 720 hardware - a recent job advert from Peter Molyneux's Lionhead studio asks for developers with a background in DirectX 11 - a platform not used by any of the current consoles but is rumoured to be used in the AMD-powered Xbox 720.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a bit of a no-brainer that titles are in development from all the big studios if you ask us.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will Microsoft kill the second-hand games market?</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There have been rumours cicrulating that the new Xbox console will feature a system aimed at preventing owners playing used games. That would mean no trading-in of old titles in order to fund the purchase of new ones - a move that would not be warmly received by gamers or highstreet store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rumours centre around the concept of the new Xbox demanding an always-on internet connection. That sounds like a horrifying idea to us – say it ain't so!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xbox 720 Release Date</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All indications are that the next Xbox will arrive in time for Christmas 2013. Microsoft briefly stated that the new Xbox is imminent in an interview with the Verge before swiftly backtracking and issuing a moderately embarrassing denial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is further backed up by a Microsoft job advert which confirms a new Xbox launch is imminent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That leaked document we mentioned earlier mentions a $299 (£190) price point which sounds gloriously ambitious to us. Expect the Xbox 720 price to be a bit more than that but assuming the PS4 launches around the same time, expect some competitive pricing.</span></div>
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XBox 720 Release Date, News, Rumours(by Techradar)

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CM10 Jellybean For Xperia Miro/Tipo

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many New Devices Are Coming to Market Every Day But all are Not Getting Updates in Beginning but as time passes they start getting Updates. Xperia Miro And Tipo are among those devices. They have got a CM10 Update by<a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=359497"><b> FXP</b></a>, a Recognized Developer on XDA which is working flawlessly on<b> Xperia Miro</b> but currently <b>Xperia Tipo</b> is getting Some problems with the update. But it is the beginning and these devices are sure to go far...</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222225;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Switch off your phone:</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222225;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hold vol+ Button and plug usb to boot into fastboot (blue led)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222225;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fastboot flash boot boot.img (from cm10 zip)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222225;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fastboot reboot</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222225; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enter recovery, on boot led will be violet for 3 secs, During this period press vol+ F</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222225; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lash rom zip</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222225;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flash Gapps zip</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222225;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wipe</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222225;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reboot</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #222225; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Download<a href="http://uploaded.net/file/egmmmb8q/from/2mmvby"> here</a> For Xperia Miro and <a href="http://uploaded.net/file/m00igs9d/from/pdczq8">Here</a> For Xperia Tipo</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #222225; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mirrors on RapidGator- Xperia Miro <a href="http://rapidgator.net/file/59699569/FXP148-cm-10-20121124-UNOFFICIAL-mesona.zip.html">here</a> and Xperia Tipo <a href="http://rapidgator.net/file/58307000/FXP147-cm-10-20121119-UNOFFICIAL-tapioca.zip.html">Here</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222225; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>For Xperia Miro FXP148 Is working Fine but For Xperia Tipo FXP147 is good..</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222225; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Changelog</b> For FXP148:</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WIFI</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lights</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two Stage Boot, physical recovery split</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">audio routing fix</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camera</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can report Bugs<a href="http://code.google.com/p/freexperia/issues/list"> Here</a>.</span></div>
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CM10 Jellybean For Xperia Miro/Tipo

Many New Devices Are Coming to Market Every Day But all are Not Getting Updates in Beginning but as time passes they start getting Updates. Xperia Miro And Tipo are among those devices. They have got…

How to Enable Missing Hibernate Option in Windows 8 Power Menu?(from Askvg.com)

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Vishal Gupta at askvg.com is giving new Updates about Windows 8 every Day and Heres an awesome guide to Enable Missing Hibernate Option In Windows 8. In all <strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.askvg.com/windows-8-review-whats-new-in-windows-8-developer-preview/" href="http://www.askvg.com/windows-8-review-whats-new-in-windows-8-developer-preview/" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Windows 8</a></strong> computer systems that I have installed recently, I noticed one common issue! The "<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Hibernate</strong>" option is not available in power <a data-mce-href="http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-missing-hibernate-option-in-windows-8-power-menu/#" href="http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-missing-hibernate-option-in-windows-8-power-menu/#" id="KonaLink0" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;"><span data-mce-style="color: #db7100;" style="color: #db7100; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">menu</span></a>. We know that Microsoft has removed Start Menu from Windows 8 and now you need to access the power options from new Charms Bar</div>
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But the new power menu doesn't show hibernate option. It contains sleep, restart and shut down options only as shown in following screenshot:</div>
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In fact if you try to access the classic shut down <a data-mce-href="http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-missing-hibernate-option-in-windows-8-power-menu/#" href="http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-missing-hibernate-option-in-windows-8-power-menu/#" id="KonaLink1" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;"><span data-mce-style="color: #db7100;" style="color: #db7100; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">dialog box</span></a> by pressing "Alt+F4" keys together, it'll also not show hibernate option in the drop-down list of power options.</div>
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The reason behind this move might be the new <a data-mce-href="http://www.askvg.com/fix-windows-8-restart-and-shutdown-problems-by-disabling-hybrid-shutdown-feature/" href="http://www.askvg.com/fix-windows-8-restart-and-shutdown-problems-by-disabling-hybrid-shutdown-feature/" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">hybrid shutdown</a> feature. Microsoft has introduced new hybrid shutdown feature in Windows 8 which is actually a combination of hibernate and shut down and makes Windows 8 shut down process faster. It might be a possible reason behind removing hibernate option from Windows 8 power menu.</div>
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But hibernate option can be added back to power menu. If you want to get the missing hibernate option back in Windows 8, just follow these simple steps:</div>
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<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">1.</strong> Press "<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">WIN+R</strong>" key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type <strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">powercfg.cpl</strong> and <a data-mce-href="http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-missing-hibernate-option-in-windows-8-power-menu/#" href="http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-missing-hibernate-option-in-windows-8-power-menu/#" id="KonaLink2" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;"><span data-mce-style="color: #db7100;" style="color: #db7100; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">press Enter</span></a>. It'll open <strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Power Options</strong> window.</div>
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Alternatively you can open it using Start Screen or Desktop as mentioned <a data-mce-href="http://www.askvg.com/fix-windows-8-restart-and-shutdown-problems-by-disabling-hybrid-shutdown-feature/" href="http://www.askvg.com/fix-windows-8-restart-and-shutdown-problems-by-disabling-hybrid-shutdown-feature/" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">here</a>.</div>
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<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">2.</strong> Now click on "<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Choose what the power buttons do</strong>" link given in left sidebar.</div>
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<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">3.</strong> Then click on "<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Change settings that are currently unavailable</strong>" link given at the top and scroll down to bottom.</div>
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<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">4.</strong> You'll notice that "<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Hibernate</strong>" option is unchecked. Enable the option and apply the changes.</div>
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<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">5.</strong> That's it. It'll immediately add missing hibernate option in power menu of Windows 8 as shown in following screenshot:</div>
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<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">A Bonus Tip:</strong> As you can see in the screenshot given in step 4, using the same screen you can remove "<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Lock</strong>" option which is shown when you click on your account picture at <a data-mce-href="http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-missing-hibernate-option-in-windows-8-power-menu/#" href="http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-missing-hibernate-option-in-windows-8-power-menu/#" id="KonaLink3" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;"><span data-mce-style="color: #db7100;" style="color: #db7100; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Start Screen</span></a> or you can remove "<strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Sleep</strong>" option from power menu.</div>
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How to Enable Missing Hibernate Option in Windows 8 Power Menu?(from Askvg.com)

Vishal Gupta at askvg.com is giving new Updates about Windows 8 every Day and Heres an awesome guide to Enable Missing Hibernate Option In Windows 8. In all Windows 8 computer systems that I have ins…