PS3 Becomes 70% Cheaper To Make says Sony, Price Drop Soon?

We all know that the PS3 is a powerful machine, but it’s also a pocket burner. Sony’s pricing on the console has fluctuated since it’s release, along with it’s hardware specs. Some had built-in Wi-Fi, some didn’t, some had backwards compatibility, and then they cut that too. But the one thing that didn’t move (and [...]

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iPhone 3.0.1 – SMS Flaw Fixed (Available Now)

At the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, and iPhone SMS security flaw was revealed, yet Apple has released iPhone OS 3.0.1 to fix the problem. A spokesperson for UK iPhone carrier O2 claimed earlier today that a fix for the issue would be coming from Apple on Saturday.

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Chinese iPhone Official: (中国取得iPhone手机)

Well, China has finally gotten a true iPhone (from Apple) to use in it’s borders.
The pictures were posted on Chinese portal Sina.com.cn on Friday morning and showed an iPhone with simplified Chinese characters in its display and inscribed on the back of the handset. Simplified characters are used in mainland China and Singapore, but Singaporean [...]

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The Microsoft Store (Guess What It Looks Like)

Gizmodo seems to have found the official Powerpoint slides of “The Microsoft Store”, which will be launched to combat the uber-famous Apple Store. The store actually looks quite nice, almost like something I’ve seen before. Does this look familiar?
[See all 54 slides over @ GIZMODO]

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Sprint Settles on “Better Losses”

We all know Sprint hasn’t been doing fantastic lately. With the iPhone and Blackberry Storm looming over it’s head, it’s hard to believe that they could make it out alive even with help from the Palm Pre (which is to appear later on Verizon’s network). Sprint, who is #3 in the carrier battle in the [...]

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Google Can’t Catch a Break!

Phil Schiller himself seems to have no power over the App Store now, seeing as in how Google’s many apps have been pulled from it. Sean Kovacs, Google’s Mobile developer says that Google Voice has been pulled due to “duplicating the iPhone’s feature”, which was an app originally supported by Schiller. If that’s not bad [...]

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Tron Legacy – ComicCon 2009

Tron’s upcoming refresh, named Tron Legacy, was officially shown off at ComicCon recently. Take a look, and try to hold yourself back from seeing it.

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Palm Kicks and Screams, Reports Apple to USB Compliance Organization

Well, it seems like Palm is pouting over the fact that they didn’t invent iTunes, and now can’t use it. Today they released Web OS 1.1, and with it, a new mechanism to sync the Pre with iTunes, which was previously broken by Apple.
“Palm has released webOS 1.1, which, along with offering more robust EAS [...]

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Gaming Update: July 23rd ‘09

Here the interesting stories from the gaming world that you may have missed.
-Microsoft announces “Halo” anime miniseries [Joystiq]
-Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS see growth, Sony falls 30% [Read]
-Guitar Hero and Rock band sales down significantly, similar to DDR’s [Read]
-Mirrors Edge could have been on PSP, DS, and Wii. [Read]Sam Raimi is set to direct an [...]

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Apple Claims 91% of $1000+ PC Market

While Apple’s overall share of the PC market remains below %10, their standing in the $1000 or more market is extremely high, enabling them to be the leaders of the “premium” market.
“According to NPD, in June, average selling prices for all PCs sold at US retail was $701, or $690 for desktops and $703 for [...]

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Apple Field Day for Power Users (Updates That Matter)

Apple has released a new Final Cut Studio (with over 100 new features), Final Cut Server 1.5, and a new Logic Studio.

Final Cut Studio New Price: $999
“Apple today announced a significant update to Final Cut Studio with more than 100 new features and new versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color and Compressor. [...]

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Barnes & Noble Challenges the Kindle & Amazon

Barnes & Noble has done it now. The big book/media seller has announced that it plans to release its OWN ebook reader. And really, I hope they win against the Kindle 2 & Amazon. Not only is the Kindle way to much, but they give the customer so few rights, like not being able to [...]

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Toyota’s Green Flowers Make the Techies Happy

In effort to promote the 2010 Prius, Toyota has built 18 foot tall green flowers right in the middle of Boston’s Prudential Plaza. The flowers offer up free Wi-Fi, partially powered by their solar panels, and a charging station for gadgets. The greenery just left Boston, but is now headed for New York.

This is a [...]

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