Just a day after being papped in Portugal , the HTC Desire C has turned up in this official video. There’s not much new info to take away, bar a quick glimpse of the Sense interface

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HTC Desire C gets official ‘First Look’ video and UK pricing

While pre-release benchmarks have a very hit or miss record for clues as to what future devices will bring, they almost always raise eyebrows . Nowhere is that more true than in a round of NenaMark2 testing uncovered this weekend: a previously unknown Samsung SCH-i535 for Verizon has tipped up sporting a 1.5GHz, dual-core Snapdragon S4 instead of one of Samsung’s own chips, like the Exynos 4 Quad . Given that the SCH-i515 is the model badge for Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus , it’s not a great leap in logic to speculate that this is a custom version of the Galaxy S III .

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Mystery Samsung phone with Snapdragon S4 pops up in benchmarks, may or may not be Verizon’s Galaxy S III

Nokia may be serving up polycarbonate slabs of smartphone with one hand, but the other is still dishing out candy bars for the masses. The new 110 and 112 models, announced today, are perfect examples of this. Once again , these phones are dual sim, which should appeal to the Asian / Indian market, and offer money-saving features like cloud-crunching of websites — which Nokia claims reduces data consumption by up to 90 percent.

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Nokia’s new 110 and 112 dual-sim phones are cheap and chatty

There’s been significant progress in bringing sight to the blind in recent years, and this looks set to continue that miraculous trend. Scientists at Stanford University have invented a subretinal photodiode implant for people who have lost their vision due to degenerative retinal diseases

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Subretinal implant uses light instead of batteries, shows promise in initial testing

Folks still rocking Apple’s Leopard may have been feeling left out after Lion and Snow Leopard both got an update for addressing that Flashback malware . If you’re one of them, you’ll be glad to know that Apple has finally issued a Leopard fix that comes with a removal tool for the virus afflicting its big cats

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Apple issues Leopard update with Flashback removal tool

This is the same European version we’ve already spent so much time with, just stopping by the FCC to get its wireless paperwork in order. There’s no LTE onboard, but the phone would handle HSPA+ on AT&T or just EDGE on T-Mo if it was (now legally) carried into the States

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Samsung Galaxy S III gets permission to enter US, still only with HSPA+

As intrigued as we were by the Netgear R6300′s high-bandwidth chops, it won’t be the one to claim the early 802.11ac WiFi crown with a shipping product. That distinction is instead going to a Buffalo AirStation router and a matching bridge, both of which should be on shelves now. Either can hit the eye-watering 1.3Gbps peak speed of the standard if you get cozy on the 5GHz band — and if you have a computer or mobile device that recognizes the spec, for that matter

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Buffalo beats others to the 802.11ac WiFi punch, ships 1.3Gbps router and bridge

Finally, a contest where everybody gets something for free! The Van Buren Boys, the folks behind addictive iPhone / iPad puzzle app Triple Entendre, is offering up a sparkling new Apple tablet for you to win, alongside eight free titles. If you aren’t the lucky winner, don’t despair: the company has made the game completely free for a limited time to spread the word about its latest update, so head here to download your copy. And as always, good luck! Continue reading Engadget Giveaway: win a new iPad, courtesy of puzzle app Triple Entendre! Engadget Giveaway: win a new iPad, courtesy of puzzle app Triple Entendre! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 May 2012 11:01:00 EDT.

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Engadget Giveaway: win a new iPad, courtesy of puzzle app Triple Entendre!

Let’s say you’re embroiled in an international tale of espionage and intrigue, and you’ve got hard drives filled with incriminating evidence and top secret information.

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Data Killer tuns hard drives into blank slates with the push of a button (video)

NTT DoCoMo’s high-speed over-the-phone translation service has hit its second wider trial, aiming to test its skills with 10 languages and 10,000 subscribers — up from 1,000 during its initial tests in 2011.

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NTT DoCoMo expands its instant translation trials to 10 languages and 10,000 users