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In case you missed the recent excitement, a “feature” of HTC’s Droid Incredible was found whereby the Sense UI bookmarking widget would take random screenshots of your web browsing experience and put them in a folder that’s nigh impossible to delete, even after resetting to factory settings. Looks like the company knows about the issue, acknowledging it in a statement and promising a fix “in the near future.” It also suggests a different reset to fix the mess, which apparently is to select “Format Phone Storage” from the “SD Card and Phone Storage” settings menu. Let us know if you have any luck with this and please, be careful about your browsing habits if you’re worried what might be hanging around.

HTC promises fix for Droid Incredible’s ne’er-to-forget browser originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Now that OnLive’s beta is (kind of) out the door — a “bumpy takeoff” as coined by founder Steve Perlman — the company is talking about its future plans. One of those happens to be a piece of hardware dubbed the MicroConsole that’ll serve as the link from the service to your TV. Talking with Joystiq at E3, Perlman said it expects to push the device out “by the end of 2010” and that beta users are already using it. So, when can we get in on that beta?

OnLive’s MicroConsole coming by end of 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Forget the Wiimote, PlayStation Move and Kinect; here’s a controller that actually makes you feel the games. At E3 earlier this week, startup firm ForceTek was seen demoing its XIO Virtual Gaming System — a rather fancy name for a force-feedback arm exoskeleton that “provides a controlled resistance” to your arm and wrist movement. The rig sure looks like a great addition for action games — imagine feeling a virtual basketball bouncing, or your virtual machine gun recoiling, or even the reaction force from a virtual punch. Want it now? Try next year, when the XIO will apparently ship at a “competitive” price comparable to that of a guitar for Guitar Hero. See the controller in action after the break, and try not to wince.

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ForceTek XIO: the gaming controller that hurts you, not the TV (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Mac mini has long been the oddball child of the Mac family: it’s the only consumer-level machine from Apple that isn’t a fully-integrated experience, and it’s the only Mac to have had a sub-$1,000 sticker price in some time. But people love this little weirdo, and they love to do weirdly awesome things with it — we’ve seen Mac minis stuffed into everything from old G4 Cube shells to volleyball-playing robots to pianos to… DeLoreans. Yes, DeLoreans. And, of course, people have longed been connecting Mac minis to HDTVs and using ’em as a media players — it’s small, quiet, relatively powerful, and it’s a real computer, so it can play virtually any video file you throw at it. And now it’s gotten even more attractive as a home theater PC, since Apple’s given the newest Mac mini a striking unibody makeover, NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics, and — a first for any Mac — an HDMI port, making it a dead-simple addition to your HDTV. On the flip side, the base price of the only stock consumer configuration has gone up to $699, and to be blunt, much cheaper PCs have had HDMI ports forever. So is the mini worth the premium? Is it the ultimate small PC for the living room — and beyond? Read on to find out.

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Mac mini (mid 2010) review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While we’re sure everyone has something they wish came to fruition at E3, we’ve collectively come up with 15 items that for one reason or another didn’t come together this year. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-21539_7-20008218-10391702.html” class=”origPostedBlog”E3 2010/a/p