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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Microsoft announces “Project Natal” motion controller for Xbox 360! — Yes, it's real. Now you'll be able to change a tire... virtually. At E3 today, Microsoft finally took the wraps off the that rumored motion controller we'd been hearing about. Apparently the small, black device …
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Xbox Live gets 1080p Zune video store, Netflix browsing, Twitter and Facebook integration — Microsoft is busy announcing a slew of upgrades to Xbox Live, and the biggest news so far is relaunch of the video service, now Zune-branded with 1080p instant-on streaming content in 18 countries.
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Microsoft:
Xbox Unveils Entertainment Experiences That Put Everyone Center Stage — Microsoft rewrites the rules on fun with controller-free entertainment, Facebook for your TV, plus instant on 1080p HD streaming video. — The future of home entertainment has a new name: Xbox 360.
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
New iPhones approved in capacities from 4GB up to 32GB? — 4GB to 32GB — that's one hell of a range, but we're hearing from a trusted source that new iPhones in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB capacities just garnered approval by the PCS Type Review Certification Board, the standards body responsible …
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Anil Sabharwal / Docs Blog:
The file formats keep on coming! Announcing .xlsx and .docx support — I still remember the first time I was introduced to Google Docs by a friend. I had one of those “aha” moments. Here was a product where I could easily share documents with people all over the world …
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Peter Cohen / Macworld:
In preparation for iPhone 3.0, Apple posts iTunes 8.2 — Apple on Monday released iTunes 8.2, an update to its music jukebox software and online store interface for the Mac and Windows. It's available for download through the Software Update system preference.
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: A Verizon Deal Could Double iPhone Sales — Apple (AAPL) has a big decision to make: whether or not to extend its exclusive relationship with AT&T (T) for U.S. distribution of the iPhone. (The current deal reportedly expires sometime in 2010.) Verizon (VZ) would certainly …
Business Wire:
Prime View International Reaches Agreement to Acquire E Ink — Combination will Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Reading for Savings and Convenience — TAIPEI, Taiwan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Prime View International ("PVI") (8069.TW), a leading small and medium display provider …
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Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Study: Young adults haven't warmed up to Twitter — While 99 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds have profiles on social networks, only 22 percent use Twitter, according to a new survey from Pace University and the Participatory Media Network. — This is consistent with what some observers …
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Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
BBC and Google in talks to launch international iPlayer site — Internet users may soon be able to watch full-length BBC television shows on a global version of its iPlayer catch-up TV service. — Sources close to the negotiations say that Mark Thompson, the BBC director general …
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Best Buy issues memo warning of iPhone constraints — Best Buy over the weekend became the latest Apple partner to warn staffers of dwindling iPhone supply that could leave some of its stores without product to sell for a few weeks later this month. — In a memo from its corporate division …
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
The One Fiber Optic Cable No One on the Dig for Tysons Rail Wants to Hit — This part happens all the time: A construction crew putting up an office building in the heart of Tysons Corner a few years ago hit a fiber optic cable no one knew was there. — This part doesn't: Within moments …
Scott Stein / Crave: The gadget blog:
Toshiba's NB250 Netbooks start at $350, have sleep-and-charge port — The Netbook arena keeps growing, but it's a good thing new features sprout up once in a while to keep our attention going. Toshiba's NB250 line of Netbooks are on their way to the U.S., in two different form-factor flavors …
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Harry McCracken / Technologizer:Toshiba (Finally) Does Netbooks
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Jason Wilk / tinyComb:
Spotted: First In Line for The Pre — Damn, I'm impressed. One of our readers just sent over some photos showing what is now being confirmed as the first person in line for the Palm Pre (and no, it's not Greg Packer). The linesitter, who did not provide a name, said …
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PR Newswire:
EMC Proposes to Acquire Data Domain for $30.00 Per Share in Cash — Data Domain, Inc. - , EMC Corporation … EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC - News), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today proposed to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Data Domain, Inc. …
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Michael Bush / AdAge:
Showtime Taps Amazon's Kindle for Advertising — Cable Network Uses E-Reader to Promote ‘Nurse Jackie’ — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Showtime may have finally cracked the code on using Kindle as an ad medium. Starting today the cable network is offering Kindle users a free …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Cloudera, a Hadoop-focused Startup, Gets $6M In New Funding — Cloudera, a Burlingame, Calif.-based startup that is building commercial services around open-source software framework Hadoop, has closed $6 million in Series B funding, bringing the total raised by the company to $11 million.
Brian Morrissey / Adweek:
Carl's Jr. Makes New Kind of Network Buy — Burger promo leans on vast reach of YouTube content creators — NEW YORK Justine Ezarik might not be a household name, but the 25-year-old has a cable TV-size audience. The only difference: Ezarik's audience is on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Now You Also Can Call Bing 411. — Lost in all the excitement around today's public preview launch of Bing, Microsoft's new search engine, was the subsequent launch of Bing 411. This is a direct swipe at another Google product, GOOG-411. — Both are free and both use speech-to-text technology …
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Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:
Sun shoots its final Open Solaris arrows — This may be the last CommunityOne event for Sun as an independent company, and if it is the company is going out with an open source bang. — Sun is putting everything it has into the new version of Open Solaris, dubbed 2009.06 …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Sugar Media Say Buh-Bye to NBC Universal-Raises $16 Million From Sequoia Capital, Buys Shopflick and More — San Francisco-based Sugar Media, which specializes in Web sites aimed at women, cut its ties with NBC Universal by buying back its shares and got a Series C funding of $16 million from Sequoia Capitol.
The Star Online:
Bill to lure Apple heads to the governor — RALEIGH — The bill authorizing incentives in hopes of landing Apple Inc. in North Carolina is on its way to Gov. Bev Perdue. — The Senate on Monday night, by a 40-8 vote, gave its final approval to the bill. While two counties …
Michael Orey / Business Week:
Supreme Court to Review ‘Business Method’ Patents — The high court will decide if such things as financial products and Internet commerce systems deserve intellectual-property protection — The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday, June 1, that it would take up a major issue …
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David Meyer / CNET News:
Psion, Intel settle ‘Netbook’ trademark dispute — Psion and Intel have settled their legal battle over the use of the word “Netbook.” — Since early 2008, chipmaker Intel has been using the term to refer to small, cheap, low-powered sub-notebooks, and its Atom chipset has become by far the most popular engine for such machines.
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