Today’s the day–Microsoft set June 30th as the deadline when PC makers will no longer be able to offer Windows XP except for low-cost UMPC’s like the Asus Eee PC and MSI Wind.
Support for XP is a different story–Microsoft announced several days ago that they would be support XP through at least 2014 so you [...]
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This morning at a press conference with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tesla Motors announced plans to build a new five passenger sports sedan that will be built at a new manufacturing plant it will be opening in California.
The new model, called the Model S, will sell for around $60,000 and be able to travel up [...]
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According to Phone Arena, they’ve managed to get their hands on Verizon’s release schedule for phones they’ll be offering this year.
If this info is accurate, here’s what you can expect to see from them:
CDMA versions of the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro will be coming, possibly under the Verizon name (no date mentioned)
Motorola Blaze should [...]
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Dash has released the first update for their Dash Express Wi-Fi enabled GPS to add a few new goodies.
Included in the update are:
MyRoute™ – With the new MyRoute feature, as you travel from one point to another, Dash Express will automatically learn your preferred route in the background. The next time that you drive between [...]
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European PlayStation 3 gamers eager to get their hands on Sony’s DualShock 3 controller (the one that brings back the rumble feature that was missing from the original PS3 controllers) will finally be able to do that on July 2nd without having to resort to importing one.
The DualShock 3 controller will be compatible with many [...]
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On the heels of the first Rock Band being released for the Nintendo Wii, Harmonix has announced Rock Band 2.
Coming in the second game will be:
Higher quality instruments that will be quieter, more realistic and more reliable
Support for third party hardware
Backwards compatibility–songs purchased for Rock Band 1 will also work with Rock Band [...]
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Sony has released more info about the upcoming 2.40 firmware update for their PlayStation 3 console.
The update, scheduled to hit on July 2nd, will include these features which will all be available without having to quit our game and return to the home screen:
In-game XMB
View game-specific trophies
See the time and date
Send text messages to other [...]
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More good news for the Amazon Kindle ebook reader: Princeton University is preparing to publish electronic textbooks designed for the Kindle.
In addition to being able to carry around 200 or so books/textbooks, students using the Kindle version of textbooks will also be able to search the books for words as well as highlight important [...]
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According to some leaked info obtained by epiZENter, Creative is getting ready to release their first Wi-Fi enabled portable media player, the ZEN X-Fi.
In addition to some basic control buttons like play/pause, next, and previous on the face, the X-Fi will have a nine-point directional pad and using it’s built-in Wi-Fi users will be able [...]
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