tweetleaks @ 11:00 PM on July 31, 2009
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/playstation/PlayStation_3_slim_listing_pops_up_on_Amazon_Germany’; Here’s something fun to start your weekend with. Amazon’s German site now has a listing for “PlayStation 3 Konsole slim” from Sony Computer Entertainment, and really, it doesn’t take years of foreign language class to figure out that English translation. It’s listed as “platform independent” (har) and has its own Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN), but on the flip side, we’re lacking a picture, release date, or any other tangible details. Can’t say we’ve got a feel for the site’s track record on random listings, but after all the rumors and possible sightings as of late, it really makes ya wonder.
Update: In case you’re wondering about that picture that now appears in the listing, it looks like a fan render that a customer has uploaded to Amazon.
[Thanks, Mitchell B]
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PlayStation 3 slim listing pops up on Amazon Germany originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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tweetleaks @ 10:12 PM on July 31, 2009
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iPhone OS 3.0.1 update released, fixes SMS vulnerability
Looks like Apple pulled the trigger on patching that nasty iPhone SMS vulnerability a little earlier than we expected. It’s not some lightweight, either: you’re looking at 280MB of love here, so get downloading, friends. |
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Take Back the Beep: how to disable voicemail instructions
Thanks to some helpful comments we’ve got instructions for Sprint, AT&T and Verizon for lopping off bits of the message, and, in Verizon’s case, speeding up the talking. |
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TASER X3 video hands-on: watch out, baddies
the appeal of a “non-lethal” deterrent is understandable (and certainly preferable to the alternative variety). |
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Netflix Watch Instantly coming to Windows 7 Media Center
No hard release date yet or big surprises here as Vista owners got this access some time ago and Extenders still don’t support Silverlight. |
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Nokia Surge review
Some might say that this is the most un-Nokia-like Nokia device produced in quite some time (if not ever), but remember, this one was custom made for US consumers and AT&T’s audience
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The Daily Roundup: here’s what you might’ve missed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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tweetleaks @ 8:41 PM on July 31, 2009
Researchers at the University of Utah have developed a new, more precise way of placing microelectrodes on the surface of the brain to enable patients to turn thoughts into action. Led by Bradley Greger, a professor of bioengineering, the “Brain Carpet” as it’s called, represents a “modest advance” in techniques already in use. The Brain Carpet makes use of smaller microelectrodes, and also employs many more than are usually used. The method involves sawing off the skull of the patient, then placing 32 electrodes about 2mm apart on the surface of the brain. Though they’ve conducted tests on just a handful of patients — all epileptics — the technique, they believe could also be used to help people control their prosthetic limbs much more effectively. The electrodes allow detection of the electric signals in the brain which control arm and hand movements. In the tests, patients have successfully controlled a cursor on a computer screen following the operation, and they see applications for brain-machine interface devices in the future. There’s no word on when the Brain Carpet will move from the research to reality phase, but the group’s findings have just recently appeared in the journal Neurosurgical Focus.
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Brain Carpet microelectrodes could help translate thoughts into actions more effectively originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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tweetleaks @ 7:32 PM on July 31, 2009
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/FCC_queries_AT_T_Apple_on_Google_Voice_iPhone_app_rejection’; Yeah, we’re pretty much all peeved by Apple suddenly
ejecting all traces of Google Voice from the app store, but now it looks to have drawn the ire of the Federal Communications Commission, as well. According to a report from
The Wall Street Journal, the agency has sent out three letters, one each to Apple, AT&T, and Google. To the latter company, it asked for a description of the Google Voice app and whether previous Google apps have been approved for the store (it has, but that’s
another interesting story). To Cupertino, it’s asking the phone manufacturer to explain itself over the sudden exorcism and what involvement, if any, AT&T had in this decision. The report doesn’t make a direct indication of what the letter to the carrier said, but we can imagine it’s similar to what Apple got, plus some doodles at the end of a stick figure letting out an exasperated sigh. In a statement today, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said it “has a mission to foster a competitive wireless marketplace, protect and empower consumers, and promote innovation and investment.” Hey Julius, while you’re at it, can you see about
Skype and
Slingbox for us, too? Thanks.
Update: TechCrunch has published the three letters sent out, all very interesting reads. The FCC asks Apple specifically if any approved VoIP apps are allowed to be used over AT&T’s 3G network, and more generally what are the “standards for considering and approving iPhone applications” and more details into the approval process. It also asks for the contact information of all developers of rejected Google Voice apps, presumably for further investigation. In the Google letter, it seems to be asking if Voice will be able to be utilized in any capacity over the web, without inclusion in the iTunes store. Unsurprisingly, a number of questions to Apple and AT&T concern the carrier’s involvement in which apps or types of apps get rejected. All companies have until August 21st to respond and can request confidentiality on all or portions of their response.
Update 2: AT&T spokesman Brad Mays has sent us a statement denying any involvement in the app store process: “AT&T does not manage or approve applications for the App Store. We have received the letter and will, of course, respond to it,” he says. That said, its involvement in Slingbox’s rejection certainly does raise some eyebrows here.
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FCC queries AT&T, Apple on Google Voice iPhone app rejection originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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tweetleaks @ 6:55 PM on July 31, 2009
We’ll be straight with you: it was pretty much love at first sight for us and
dinosaur bones, and while we’ve always harbored a secret desire to someday acquire a real T-Rex fossil for our private collection, the LEDSAUR is probably our best shot at anything even close to that. Besides taking on that famous shape we love, this carnivorous piece of lighting is pretty stylish, with each of its vertebrae represented with an LED. The lamp is made of stainless steel, it’s bendable, and it comes with a remote control. It’s sadly only available in Japan for the time being, and runs between $115 and $270.
[Via CrunchGear]
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LEDSAUR Tyrannosaurus Rex desk lamp makes chewing through paperwork less monotonous originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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