Sep 23

PS3 Motion Controller confirmed for next spring, finally ready for its close-ups

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We’ve heard plenty about Sony’s PS3 Motion Controller, but we hadn’t actually seen a press shot of it until now. Looks pretty PlayStation-ey, wouldn’t you say? Sony has also confirmed that spring 2010 is the launch window (with those rumors of a March date in Japan floating around). It can’t come soon enough! At the TGS announcement Kaz Hirai reiterated that the controller will meet the “stringent” requirements of hardcore gamers — which is always a comfort, no matter how much of that gamer-pleasing will have to come from the actual games themselves. Hit up the read link for Joystiq‘s live coverage of the Sony keynote from TGS!

Update: Press release!

Gallery: PS3 Motion Controller finally ready for its close-ups

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Sep 23

Instinct HD spotted with box, looking chubbier than ever

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Look, we enjoy a bit of excessive caloric intake now and again ourselves, but the much-leaked Instinct HD really seems to have let itself go. We just got pics of the device up against a box, and the word is it “feels like a bloated s30 in your hand… and that is not meant as a compliment.” Ouch. The instructions apparently say that you can plug an HDMI cable into the phone somehow, but so far all that’s been discovered is the standard proprietary power jack — so that’s odd, but at least we have our first hint at some sort of “HD” functionality.

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Sep 23

Intel Will Likely Add Electronic Fence Tech to vPro Chipsets

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single-brick.jpgIf a notebook wanders outside the periphery of a corporation, it usually is no big deal. But if a desktop walks away? Well, it’s most likely theft.

Intel’s vPro chipset technology for businesses currently includes a “poison pill” technology, which remotely disables a laptop that has been lost or stolen. Intel also said this week that the company will tweak the feature to kill the notebook’s data, leaving the other applications and operating system untouched.

Intel also said that it would build in so-called KVM (keyboard video mouse) technology, allowing a remote IT person to manipulate the user’s system for the purpose of fixing it. (The screen’s border will flash red and a special icon will appear to alert the user, who will also have the option of canceling the remote support if the tech takes an unhealthy interest in a user’s private photos, for example.

In an interview with Rick Echevarria, vice president of Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group, I asked about the future of vPro, which is predicated on security and manageability.

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Sep 23

Nintendo drops Wii price to $199

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Nintendo has officially announced that the price of the Wii will drop to $199.99, effective on Sunday. The long-rumored $50 price cut comes in the wake of recent price drops for the PlayStation 3 ($299, with built-in Blu-ray player) and Xbox 360 ($299 for the 120GB version …

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Sep 23

Sony plans to keep PSP downloads at ‘pricing parity,’ whatever that means

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Here’s a great scenario for you, if you happen to be Sony’s wallet: charge $250 for a handheld console without a physical game media option, and then charge on average $5 more for downloaded titles than they go for at retail, since you have zero competition in the download space. That seems to be SCEA’s definition of “price parity” right now for the PSP, though in Japan downloadable titles have been on average slightly cheaper than their physical counterparts. Sure, it’s rough on retailers if they have to compete with a lower-than-MSRP price coming straight Sony, but the likes of Amazon are already at below MSRP on plenty of titles, and we’re not so sure consumers are going to take kindly to paying more for less (in the physical sense, anyway) after they already splurged hard on the PSP Go… not that they’ll have much choice in the matter, outside of trying their luck at the old swap-a-roo.

[Via Joystiq]

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Sep 23

Daily Downloads: iTunes, 7-Zip, Skype, and More

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This article was written on July 31, 2008 by CyberNet.

itunes skype mandriva vmware logos icons.pngWelcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you software updates for widely used programs, and it’s safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we’ll try to note the paid-only programs).

As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in the comments below so that we can include them the following day!

–Stable Releases–

The software listed here have all been officially released by the developers.

  • iTunes 7.7.1 [Homepage] [Mirror] [Review]
    Operating System: Windows Windows; Mac Mac
    Type of Application: Media player
    Changes: Bug fixes

–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–

The software listed here are pre-releases that may not be ready for everyday usage.

  • 7-Zip 4.59 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror]
    Operating System: Windows Windows only
    Release: Alpha 6
    Type of Application: File extraction and compression
    Changes: Bug fixes
  • Mandriva Linux 2009.0 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror]
    Operating System: Linux Linux only
    Release: Beta 1
    Type of Application: Linux operating system
    Changes: KDE 4.1, Firefox 3, and more
  • Skype 4.0.0.155 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
    Operating System: Windows Windows only
    Release: Beta
    Type of Application: Messenger
    Changes: Bug fixes
  • VMWare Fusion 2.0 [Homepage] [Changelog]
    Operating System: Mac Mac only
    Cost: $79.99
    Release: Beta 2
    Type of Application: Virtual machine manager
    Changes: Multiple snapshots, updated interface, and more

–Release Calendar–

  • August – Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 [Review]
  • September 2 – OpenOffice.org 3.0 [Review]
  • October 30 – Ubuntu 8.10
  • December 18 – openSUSE 11.1 [Review]
  • Late 2008 – Firefox 3.1 [Review]
  • Late 2008 – Internet Explorer 8 [Review]
  • 2009 – Windows Mobile 7 [Review]
  • 2009 – Paint.NET 4.00 [Review]
  • January 2010 – Windows 7 [Review]

Thanks for the tip Omar!

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Sep 23

Bayer introduces Contour USB glucose meter

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We may not yet have nanosensors or high-tech contact lenses to monitor glucose levels, but there are still plenty of gadgets out there to help diabetics, and Bayer has now introduced another first with its new Contour USB glucose meter. While it doesn’t go quite so far as to provide continuous, wireless monitoring like some similar concepts we’ve seen, it will accept test strips like any other glucose meter, and do plenty of things those others can’t — like store up to 2,000 readings on the stick itself, display the results right on the stick’s color display, and sync up with your Mac or PC for more detailed logs and additional information. No firm word on an actual release date just yet, but Bayer says it will be available in the U.S. “soon.”

[Via Everything USB]

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Sep 23

Microsoft’s Pink phones revealed?

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It looks likes someone at Microsoft is terribly sloppy with where they leave their important files sitting around. Gizmodo has gotten its hands on two images allegedly of the Pink smartphones that we’ve been hearing about lately. If you believe your orbs, these represent two distinct iterations of devices which the big M is looking at. Taking a glance at the renders, it’s clear that at least one model is that Pre-like phone we spied the other day, supposedly (and creatively) codenamed “Turtle.” The other device is dubbed the “Pure,” and unfortunately for Microsoft, looks like the G1 having a bad hair day… in 1988. Both devices bear a kind of child-like, simplistic look, which actually makes us wonder if these aren’t some concept pieces geared toward the youth market. As Giz says, “Project Pink is Microsoft’s new phone for regular people,” and “Pink will be primarily aimed at the same market as the Sidekick.” Much of that info jibes almost exactly with the news Mary-Jo Foley recently speculated on. Then again, with all the heat the company has been getting about this top secret project, these could very well be reference designs (as opposed to proper models) for a forthcoming lineup of devices. Whatever the case may be, we’re definitely underwhelmed from an industrial design standpoint. If this is Microsoft’s play for the mainstream consumer smartphone buyer, they’ve got a pretty big boulder to push uphill.

Microsoft’s Pink phones revealed? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 23

Video: Intel Tru2way server streams cable all over your house

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Look, Moblin and MIDs and USB 3.0 are all well and good, but the real highlight of IDF is hiding in plain sight: it’s Intel’s CE 3100 Media Processor-based Tru2way DVR server, which has three digital cable tuners that can be streamed over a regular gigabit Ethernet or MoCA to any number of clients, ranging from other 3100-based set-top boxes to DLNA devices like laptops and even the PS3. It’s seriously cool — the clients all see the server’s tuners as their own, so the experience is seamless, and since it all runs on the Tru2way stack, it doesn’t matter what kind of client you plug in — the three clients on the show floor were running interfaces from Intel, Comcast (Rovi), and Digeo. Of course, since it’s a DVR, you can actually add more clients than tuners and have them play back recorded content while your other boxes use the tuners — Intel was demoing XBMC on a Sony laptop connecting over DLNA and streaming a recorded program while a PS3 nearby ran a photo slideshow, all while the three cable clients streamed uncompressed HD video from the tuners. Intel says a number of cable companies are interested in deploying this stuff and that we should see things on the market in the next year — we honestly can’t wait. Check a video after the break.

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Sep 23

Leaked Microsoft Phone is Ugly in Pink

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Microsoft is reportedly working on two new smartphones of its own codenamed ‘Project Pink’ and the first pictures of the device have been leaked.

But brace yourself. It isn’t a pretty sight. The two phones, called Turtle and Pure, are chunky little monsters whose design seems  inspired by the  Helio phone.

Microsoft ‘Project Pink’ phones will be made by Sharp, says Gizmodo, which first published the photos. Sharp has manufactured Sidekick phones for Danger, a company that Microsoft acquired last year.

Microsoft’s phones will be slider-style with physical keyboards. And, not surprisingly, they seem to be updated versions of the Sidekick with their rounded edges. The latest photos of the top-secret phones also look like software renderings rather than snap shots of real devices.

Rumors about Project Pink, Microsoft’s attempt at creating its own smartphone hardware, have been kicking around for more than a year. Previously nicknamed the ‘Zunephone,’ the device widely expected to offer Zune as a services and probably an app store of its own.

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