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What happens when a giant media company owns both a wireless carrier and a television network? Shenanigans — or at least that’s what now seems to be going on in la belle province of Quebec, where the parent company of cable and wireless provider Videotron and television network TVA has seemingly decided to throw its weight around a bit. Apparently, some folks from Quebecor Inc. recently realized that a number of television shows produced for TVA featured iPhones somewhat prominently, which just so happens to be a phone that isn’t offered by its Videotron subsidiary. Their solution? Ask the shows’ producers to feature phones that are available on Videotron instead, like the Nexus One — provided free of charge, of course. There doesn’t seem to be an outright iPhone ban, however, and at least one show has apparently been given specific permission to let its characters continue using their iPhones — although another show’s producer says he “wouldn’t be surprised” if such a ban was eventually put in place.

Videotron parent company tries to push iPhones off its TV network in Quebec originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nintendo’s 3DS, which launched in the U.S. on Sunday, has become the bestselling handheld launch the company has ever measured. However, it didn’t release sales figures.

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There’s unfortunately still no Android version, but Coulomb has now rolled out a fairly significant update to its ChargePoint app for iOS and BlackBerry. In addition to helping you locate EV charging stations in the United States, Europe and Australia, the app will now also provide realtime charging status information, including things like the total cost to charge and the current charging station configuration. Other improvements include a new landscape mode, the ability to view your home ChargePoint station, and the ability to just search for nearby ChargePoint stations (within a thousand foot radius). Full press release is after the break.

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Coulomb’s ChargePoint app now provides EV charging station status originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on February 13, 2007 by CyberNet.

Those of you who feel the need to splurge and buy Windows Vista Ultimate will finally get the Extra that you have been waiting for. What is it? DreamScene! When Microsoft released the Ultimate Extras two weeks ago without DreamScene a lot of users were disappointed, but the time has finally come to unleash your desktop with some video action!

If you’re not running Windows Vista Ultimate edition then you won’t be able to access the Extras that are being offered, such as Bitlocker, Texas Hold’em, and now DreamScene. One thing that I should caution you on is that the current version of DreamScene is in the pre-release stage so Microsoft is just offering users an early chance to see what all of the hype is about.

To install DreamScene it is as simple as going to the Windows Update section in the Control Panel and having it search for updates. As seen in the screenshot at the top it will notify you that there are some Ultimate Extras available for you to download. After the updates install you have to restart your computer and then go to the Control Panel -> Personalize -> Desktop Background. In the drop-down menu you should see an option for DreamScene. The download only comes with one movie clip right now and it is of the Windows Vista background (more movie clips will be included in the final DreamScene release).

I started searching around for more backgrounds and found this blog that has uploaded several quick clips that should be perfect since you can use your own movies. I looked at a few that the site offers and they are okay, but the big pain is that the person uploaded them via RapidShare so it isn’t very easy to download them all to see what they’re like. The Bliss was probably my favorite out of the ones that I saw, but even that wasn’t very remarkable…I’m holding out for a waterfall. I hope Microsoft bundles some really great movies with DreamScene when it ships in full form. 

The other thing that came to my mind was CPU usage when using an animated desktop. I actually didn’t notice a change from before and after so however they setup the background to play the movies must be really efficient, and kudos to Microsoft for coding it to run efficiently!

Here are two videos that I came across today that demonstrate what DreamScene can do:

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How many Nintendo 3DS handhelds got sold stateside after Triforce Johnson got one? Enough for Nintendo to boast: “U.S. day-one sales numbers for Nintendo 3DS were the highest of any Nintendo hand-held system in our history,” the company claimed today, adding that the volume of tech support calls it received was also “well below the rate experienced during past hardware launches,” and that there are no widespread issues with the handheld. That may sound a bit premature, considering Nintendo won’t provide actual sales figures until April 14th, but we’re willing to consider the possibility that the Virtual Boy’s legacy is done: perhaps this time, the only major headaches Nintendo’s handheld will create are for the likes of Sony and Microsoft.

Nintendo says 3DS sets day-one handheld sales record, doesn’t quantify it originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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