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Google Dashboard brings all your Google app data under one roof, PS3 Netflix discs arrive Friday, T-Mobile HSPA 7.2 service rolling out now
Google just launched a new site called Google Dashboard. It puts all the basic information about your usage of various Google apps like Gmail and Docs in one place, and you can jump from there into any app.
T-Mobile has started rolling out its HSPA 7.2 Mbps 3G cellular data network. It's twice as fast as the previous infrastructure. Only some areas have gotten the upgrade so far, but Android and Me reports that New Jersey, Chicago, Minnesota, Virginia, Arizon, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Michigan, and New York are among them.
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New York Times editor Bill Keller says Apple tablet is "impending," Sony PlayStation 3 gets Netflix streaming, Facebook Share adds counter and other new features
Bill Keller is the Executive Editor of The New York Times, so he ought to have some inside information about what the company is up to. And when speaking to an audience of fellow insiders, he named "the impending Apple slate" as one of the devices The New York Times plans to bring its digital content to.Streaming movies and TV episodes from Netflix have been a source of bragging rights for Xbox 360 advocates, but Microsoft's exclusivity deal seems to have ended, as Netflix and Sony just announced that within a few weeks the PlayStation 3 will offer Watch Instantly content as well.
Facebook has revamped its "Share" feature, which folks with websites use to embed a button that helps readers share content with their Facebook friends. Like competing services, Facebook Share now shows a total share count so you can see how popular an item is on Facebook, along with a few back-end improvements.
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Steve Ballmer says Xbox 360 Blu-ray add-on is coming, Bing Facebook search to go live within two months, Microsoft stores open in Scottsdale and Paris
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Gizmodo in an interview today that the Xbox 360 gaming console will finally get a Blu-ray add-on, though he didn't say when it will arrive or how much it will cost. He backtracked a bit to a "no comment" when Gizmodo pried for more information.Yesterday we found out that Bing will offer live search of public Facebook status updates. Now we have a vague time frame: the feature will go live sometime within the next two months.
Coinciding with the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft has finally opened the doors to its retail store in Scottsdale, Arizona (the Phoenix area) and its "Windows cafe" in Paris.
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Researcher: YouTube has no bandwidth traffic costs, Microsoft store grand opening rumored to be October 22, Google Street View taking suggestions for off-road trike project
Google spends almost nothing on bandwidth from ISPs, the chief scientist at Arbor Networks says. The company uses up 10% of all bandwidth on the internet — 6% is used by YouTube specifically — and traditional pricing models don't apply. Instead, the company uses something called "dark fiber" and trades bandwidth with providers.
Tipsters have told Engadget that the first Microsoft retail stores will open on October 22nd to coincide with the Windows 7 launch, and that they'll have everything from a Genius Bar-esque help desk to 94-inch displays with attached, playable Xbox 360s.
Google is now using a trike to snap Street View photos of places where the good ol' Street View van can't reach. It's accepting submissions of recommendations as to where it should send that trike next.
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NVIDIA Tegra chosen for new Nintendo DS, Wi-Fi tech upgrade would enable P2P Wi-Fi on any device, Finland declares broadband internet a legal right
NVIDIA's Tegra platform, which includes both a CPU and a GPU, has been selected as the basis for the hardware of the successor to the wildly popular Nintendo DS handheld gaming console.The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced that upgrades to the standard Wi-Fi technology will enable direct connections between Wi-Fi enabled devices without a WLAN router in between, with a maximum radius of 300 feet. The technology is expected to debut in the middle of 2010.
The Finnish government has passed a law that guarantees broadband internet access to all 5.5 million residents of the country. It's the first country to guarantee its citizens broadband — an impressive feat, considering that many other countries are struggling to guarantee much more basic needs.
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FCC details new net neutrality plan, Netflix hands out $1 million prize and starts new contest, Square Enix prez predicts new Nintendo Wii in 2011
FCC chairman Julius Genachowski gave a speech detailing his plans for enforcing network neutrality. The full text of the speech is available at the new website openinternet.gov, and GigaOM has written up a good bullet point summary.Netflix awarded a $1 million prize to a group of people who managed to make a sort of "if you liked this, then you might like this" movie recommendation algorithm that beat the one that Netflix has been using up to this point. The company then announced a new prize, this time for whichever team can come up with the best algorithm that makes recommendations based on demographics.
Yoichi Wada — president of the illustrious video game developer and publisher Square Enix — said that he believes Nintendo will release a new Wii console with HD graphics in 2011, leveling the technical playing field with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, which will each get their own motion control solutions to match the Wiimote soon enough. He said he's skeptical that motion control will make waves on the 360 and PS3, though.
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Rumor: Nintendo Wii will drop to $199 on September 27th
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Best Buy, Toys R Us, and Walmart have all put together lists or ads that name a new Nintendo Wii price point: $199.99. That's $50 down from the original $249.99 price. And Nintendojo claims it heard a Nintendo rep confirm the price drop on a retailer conference call. The date given in the Toys R Us ad and the conference call is September 27th.
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All PS3 games to support 3D TVs in 2010, video of Wipeout HD 3D gameplay hits the web
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Sony revealed at IFA 2009 that sometime next year it will update all existing PlayStation 3's with free, new software that will support stereoscopic 3D TV technology, regardless of the brand of the TV. The benefit: you'll be able to play all existing and upcoming PS3 games in 3D without buying additional Sony hardware. You'll just need a TV that has the technology; admittedly that won't be cheap.
Engadget got some hands-on time with the tech. Check out their video below.
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Sony plans to bring 3D to BRAVIA TVs, VAIO laptops, PS3 games, and Blu-ray movies
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Financial Times reports that Sony exec Howard Stringer will soon announce that the company will release a line of 3D BRAVIA-family HDTVs before the end of 2010, and that 3D tech will also reach VAIO laptops, Blu-ray players, and PlayStation 3 games at some point too.
We played around with Sony's 3D tech at CES 2009, and while it was better than we expected based on past 3D experiences, we're still not fully convinced this will take on, but we'll see how it goes next year.
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Apple may intro new iPods at September 9 event, PlayOn for Wii beta costs $39.99, Mininova ordered to remove links to illegal torrents
Sources told AppleInsider that the upcoming September 9th Apple event will bring with it a new iPod lineup. Apple hasn't made any official announcements about the event at all, but multiple insiders have named the day as a red letter one.
MediaMall's PlayOn — software that allows you to watch online video from sites like Hulu on gaming consoles and other living room devices with internet connections — has arrived on Nintendo's Wii console. You'll have to pay $39.99 to use it in the long run even though it's a beta test version, but you can take advantage of a 14-day free trial.
Officials have slammed BitTorrent website Mininova with an ultimatum: it must remove all links to torrents that violate copyright law or face a $15,000 fine per link. Mininova hasn't said how it plans to deal with the situation yet, but an appeal could be in the works.
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