Hello Gizmoteers,

Today marked the opening of the King Of The Web competition, I have entered my name into the pile. If you like what you see on GizmoRay, please feel free to vote at your leisure, the tournament shall last two weeks from today. One can vote ten times per day, so hopefully we can start getting some supporters One can sign-up via Facebook or by using the built in services.

Click Here to Vote!

Thank you all very much,

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GizmoRay (Elijah Rotholtz)

As I recently said, the United States Congress was going to be voting on both the Stop Online Piracy Act, and Protect Intellectual Properties Act on January 24th. Majority Leader, Harry Reid, said on Friday that he had decided to postpone the vote for an undisclosed amount of time. In general, this is a very good sign for us, the fact that Google received over eight million signatures on their online petition just adds to this “goodness”. However, as I’m sure one might surmise, this does not guarantee the dismissal of the act, it merely makes it likely that it will be changed to more properly fit the wishes of the general public.

Here are the links to the various articles and petitions where one can find more information about the acts, as well as petitions one can sign:

• Google
• Wikipedia
• GizmoRay
• Stop American Censorship
• Info-graphic

In the past, those of us in the United States, looked at countries like China or Egypt and laughed maniacally at the thought of such censorship. Now, the US is facing a horrible problem of online censorship dictated by the United States government, on January 24th the US Congress will vote whether to pass the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA, for short). If passed, this will effect you in a variety of ways. Popular websites such as Facebook, YouTube, and other social media websites, will be under constant scrutiny of the government. Said government will be keeping a keen eye out for copyrighted material. For example, if I were to post a YouTube video of me doing a dance video to music (not saying I would), and if, by happenstance the music in the aforementioned video was copyrighted, two of three possible outcomes could occur. One, I could face five years in jail, and two, YouTube could be taken down for a temporary duration. Today, as you may have noticed various websites all across the internet have been protesting this act (list below). Those outside of the United States may feel safe and sound; however, consider this, our universally beloved YouTube could be taken down at the whim of the US government, all because a five year old posted a cat video with Justin Beiber playing in the background.

What can you do? Well, I’m glad you asked! You can contact your congress-person and tell them you want this madness stopped (Click Here!)! They consider everyone’s opinion when they vote on the 24th. You can also sign Google’s petition (Click here!).

Watch the Anti-SOPA video:

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

List of websites protesting SOPA:

• Google
• Wikipedia
• GizmoRay (Click here!)

Thanks for reading!

First off, let me apologize for the delay in posts over the last month or so. I’ve been very busy designing a new website layout and various other upcoming features of the website. The aforementioned updates should be out within a few weeks if nothing goes wrong. Now on with technological news!

Nikon, as you may or may not know, is one of the more respected companies in the camera world. Professional photographers around the globe use their cameras to capture the most stunning of photographs. On January 6th Nikon announced their latest and greatest camera to the world: the Nikon D4. Nikon’s D4 is a 16.2 megapixel, 10fps, 204,800 ISO beast of a camera.The list of new features can found below, in the neat list form. However, one of the more interesting features of the camera is the fact that it includes a new XQD memory card slot. The new memory card handles 1Gbps transfer speeds (125MBps), and has the potential to reach fives times that speed with upcoming cards. The D4 should be coming out sometime in February, hopefully along with the announcement of the Nikon D800 on February 7th.

List of Nikon D4′s features (in epic list form):

1. The 16.2MP CMOS sensor
2. ISO range of 100-12,800, expandable to 50-204,800
3. 10FPS with full auto-focus, 11FPS max
4. XQD memory card slot (1Gbps transfer speeds)
5. 100% viewfinder coverage
6. New 91,000-pixel RGB metering system
7. 1080p video at 30fps, 25fps, and 24fps (720p video at 60fps)

Hello Gizmoteers! I will be hosting a Minecraft server. If you want to join please feel free to do so. The address, at this point, is 24.16.155.62:25565. I will be setting up  a more powerful/permanent server shortly. Hope to see you there!

Congrats to Notch on releasing the game!

Update: Can anyone connect to the server? If not try using an application called Hamachi (created by LogMeIn). The username is GizmoRay and the password is P@$$.

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GizmoRay

Apple has officially released iOS 5.0.1, it supposedly fixes issues with iCloud syncing, and battery life; however, people with have reported that the aforementioned fix is not working. Apple’s support page is being inundated with reports of worsening battery issues, some even saying that it’s decreasing about 45% after two hours off the charger with no use.

What have your experience been? Tell us in the comments section below.

Einstein’s theory of relativity has been a long standing foundation for modern physics. About a month ago, CERN researchers reportedly found neutrinos moving faster than the speed of light. The world went into uproar; however, a group of more rational minded people remained unfazed by this discovery, convinced that it was merely an error in the calculations. As of October 17th, the aforementioned group has had their beliefs confirmed. Researchers at University Groningen (don’t ask how to pronounce that… I don’t know) have discovered an error in the GPS that was used to track the neutrinos, said error can be proven to exist with an Einsteinian effect. Thusly, the mistake was essentially resolved by Einstein himself. The timing of the satellite was 64 nano-seconds off, the precise difference the neutrinos had when compared to light.

If such literature interests you, you can read the paper published by the Cornell University, which explains the issue in depth (Click here for science).

What do you think? Do you think that Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity will ever be disproven? Tell us in the comments section below.

Source: Cornell University.

The long awaited Samsung Galaxy Nexus has been announced! It brings with it a wealth of updates, it is also the first Ice Cream Sandwich enabled phone. It has included a 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, a curved 4.65″ screen, LTE, HSPA+, Near Field Communications, and an HD display (720p resolution)!

In development… More coming soon!

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And that’s a wrap! See you at the next live event!

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The SDK is available now through developer.android.com!

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There’s a new data usage pane. It allows you to kill processes and applications, and measure your overall data consumption.

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They’re going over new Gmail features now.

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Ice Cream Sandwich includes a face-unlock feature. “It literally knows your face”.

And the demo failed… *sigh*. Face recognition never works.

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Google has implemented some new voice features. The presenter just sent a text message… it didn’t get everything right, but it wasn’t bad.

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A new task-manager, no more complicated menus, now it’s just flicking an app to the side.

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No buttons in the new Android. Google thinks it’s more dynamic and useful.

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New typefaces and lockscreens in Ice Cream Sandwich!

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It’s launching in November…. in Japan. No word on when it will come to the US, nor what carriers will support it.

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The GN spots a flashy new NFC sensor.

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The camera is 5MP, it will also do 1080P video. According to Samsung there is “no” shutter-lag.

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The back of the device is covered in what is called “hyperskin”.

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Design time! HSPA+ model is 8.94mm thick (thicker than the iPhone 4S). The LTE model is most likely thicker.

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16:9 aspect ratio!

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It’s a 4.65″ display, it is also now an HD Super AMOLED display… 720p resolution!

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Samsung is now talking about the screen. It is a curved design, it’s also a Super AMOLED display. With a contrast ratio of 100,000:1.

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It is, of course, an LTE enabled device!

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Samsung is talking about the new devices speed, etc…

The phones appars to made out of plastic, similar to the Samsung Galaxy S2.

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No word yet on a release date.

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Video of the new phone is playing!

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Also, LTE for the Galaxy Nexus.

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Andy Rubin is up to talk about Ice Cream sandwich!

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Curved display, Ice Cream Sandwich, HSPA+, Super AMOLED display, dual-core processor, and more!

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And just like that the cat is out of the bag! Samsung’s communications has outed the new phone!

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Samsung’s head of Mobile Communications is up on stage!

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The director of PR is on stage! Any pre-announcement guesses?

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And the show is starting!

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4 minutes!

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The event starts in 7 minutes! Pull up your chairs, get your popcorn, and get ready!
As a note, if the site experiences any downtime, head over to Youtube.com/android for Google’s livestream of the event!

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Tune in at 7:00PM PST*!
Hawai’i: 4:00PM.
Mountain: 8:00PM.
Central: 9:00PM.
Eastern: 10:00PM.
London: 3:00AM (Sorry).
Paris: 4:00AM.

*All on October 18th!

Samsung’s event is today, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is on its way. Google is also scheduled to release Ice Cream Sandwich (AKA. Android 4.0).

The glorious release of the iPhone 4S has come, and gone. However, many people (those who pre-ordered) have yet to receive their iPhone 4S. I pre-ordered my iPhone 4S on October 7th at about 5pm. The “expected” delivery date was October 14th; however, they said that it was possible that it would arrive earlier… or later. I subsequently ignored the latter part of that statement, and set-up camp in front of my door, waiting for the FedEx dude to arrive. I’m still waiting. I’m single-handedly bombarding AT&T’s order status page, in hope of finding that my iPhone 4S is no longer on back-order, but instead making its way to me. Alas, it is not. Instead, it is stuck in purgatory.

Words of wisdom (yes, I have wisdom): Do not pre-order! I realize at this time, that if I were to have waited in line at a local AT&T store, I would now be happily skipping along with an iPhone 4S.

What about you? Have you had any issues in regards to receiving your iPhone 4S? Did you receive your iPhone 4S, but subsequently found that it would not activate? Tell us in the comments section below.