Alien abduction lamp – I want to believe

Credit: Funky Company/The Gadgeteer

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/10/07/the-alien-abduction-lamp-i-want-to-believe/ / lamp lamps Alien Abduction Lamp Daisy Clara-belle Clarabelle Bossie cow abducted tractor tractor-beam wielding aliens aboard flying saucer LED lights high-quality Perspex beam space ship stainless steel black-pearl finish glow in the dark glow-in-the-dark aliens alien antenna toggle power switch toggles lights off on sets pulse mode lamp comes real fake grass cow additional cows purchase purchased separately itself is about $94.00 Funky Company located Australia ship to other countries including USA US offer power adaptors your location little green men LGM /

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review

Credit: Boy Genius Report

Great new phone:

http://www.cnet.com/au/products/samsung-galaxy-note-3/

But, it appears to be cheating on benchmarks:

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/galaxy-note-3s-benchmarking-adjustments-inflate-scores-by-up-to-20/ / Android noticed odd thing while testing Samsung Galaxy Note 3 scores really really well benchmark tests quick comparison scores similarly-specced similarly specced specification LG G2 something fishy going on Samsung's 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 blows the doors off LG's 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 Snapdragon different sleuthing Samsung artificially boosting US Note 3's benchmark scores special high-power high power CPU mode kicks when device runs large number popular benchmarking apps Samsung international Galaxy S 4's S4 GPU boost US device disable special CPU mode Samsung's benchmark optimizations scores smoking gun CPU idle speeds system monitor app picture shows how differently the CPU treats a benchmarking app different differently normal app normally Note 3 idling three four cores shut off conserve power battery remaining core drops down low power low-power 300MHz mode load up popular CPU benchmarking app Note 3 CPU locks into 2.3GHz mode fastest speed possible cores ever shut off idle idling affect benchmark scores benchmarks measure performance device Geekbench disassembling benchmarking app package name assemble assembling re-assembling reassembling Android Samsung Galaxy Note 3 OS operating system performance screen size phablet recent flagship devices device feature positively gorgeous displays display plastic hardware typically feels cheap flimsy hype launch rack huge sales numbers BGR boy genius report feature spam features feature focus focusing truly innovative useful hero features offering services lock customers ecosystem new Galaxy Note 3 Samsung gimmick gimmicky features approach /