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Sony’s just announced in Tokyo that the PlayStation Vita will debut in Japan on December 17th, and it’ll partner with NTT DoCoMo for the console’s prepaid 3G service. Customers will have two choices of connection here: 980 yen ($13) for 20 hours, and 4,980 yen ($65) for 100 hours — see press release after the break. Alas, the rest of the world will still have to wait until 2012, but you’ll know more concrete dates as soon as we do. For now, head over to our sister site Joystiq for the SCEJ press conference liveblog.

Update: Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono came on stage to mention that Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 would launch simultaneously with the console. Square Enix also announced that the PS2’s Final Fantasy X will be remastered for the PS Vita, and it’ll be in PS3-like quality; sadly, there was no date nor demonstration.

Update 2: The first 500 units sold will come with 100 hours of prepaid 3G connectivity. Want in? Pre-orders open on October 15th.

Update 3: We now have a video demonstration of the Vita’s interface. Enjoy!

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Kensington already came out and admitted that employees don’t actually use the locks handed to them on their first day of work. And yet, it’s betting folks will want to swaddle their iPads in a thick layer of plastic and chain them to their desks. That, in a nutshell, is the idea behind the SecureBack, an iPad 2 case that allows you to lock down the tablet, armor and all, just as you would a laptop. That beaut you see up there is a three-part affair, with two pieces of plastic that come together to cover the back and are held together by a sliding slat. That’s just the case, mind, you — to lock it down you’ll also need one of Kensington’s ClickSafe locks, which the company already makes for laptops. It’s up for pre-order now, with a standard version fetching $50 and a souped-up one with a kickstand going for $70. If you don’t already have a compatible lock, you can also buy one bundled with the case, with that extra hardware adding thirty bucks to the cost. Full PR and a demo video after the break because really, what’s more hypnotic than watching a set of hands dissemble a case?

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Kensington’s SecureBack case is like The Club for iPads (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IDF’s certainly delivered a few bombshells thus far, but sometimes it’s the simpler things that can brighten up your day, like DisplayLink’s announcement of its snappily-titled Winstars USB 3.0-to-HDMI adapter. Making use of all that extra bandwidth means using TVs as monitors no longer results in battling with a bad case of the jaggies. Running on its DL-3500 chip, the plug-in device will deliver resolutions up to 2560 x 1600, promising ultra-low latency and less of the jittery window and cursor movement which has troubled older products. Gamers will be pleased to hear that there is support for full-screen 3D, as well as both 2.1 and 5.1 channel audio. No word on a release date as of yet, but we’re guessing that the estimate of “soon” means that Yanks will see it by Christmastime. Full PR after the break.

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If this hodgepodge of sorta, kinda official confirmation is to be believed, Windows Phone users can look forward to deeper integration of voice command functionality built-in to the Apollo update. Nokia US’ CEO, Chris Weber, first spilled the speech recognition beans in an interview with VentureBeat back in early August, referring to the tech as a killer WP feature. Now, a report over on ZDNet backs up that leaked info with resume tidbits from former MS Windows Phone / Mobile Communications team members that had a hand in creating the so-called “Voice-Compose” and “Read-Aloud” features for native email clients– even tipping us off to a possible Windows 8 and WP 8 convergence. There’s also mention (gleaned from a company job listing) of MS’ lower-end mobile OS splitting into two separate versions — Tango1 and Tango2. We know what you’re thinking. It’s hard to get excited about far-off OS updates when we’re still waiting on Mango’s release. Still, it’s good to know Ballmer and co. aren’t just resting on their Windows laurels.

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This article was written on October 24, 2007 by CyberNet.

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows 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.

• Damn Small Linux 4.0 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror]
  Type of Application: Linux Operating System
  Changes: Upgraded kernel and a few new features
• FastStone Image Viewer 3.3 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror] [Review]
  Type of Application: Photo manager
  Changes: New enhance colors option, better sharpening/blurring, and more
• GIMP 2.4 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Review]
  Type of Application: Image editor
  Changes: New look, scalable brushes, rewritten selection tools, fullscreen editing, and more
• MediaCoder 0.6.0.3930 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror] [Review]
  Type of Application: Media converter
  Changes: FAAC 1.26, MEncoder r24845, and more
• Portable Firefox 2.0.0.8 [Homepage] [Mirror]
  Type of Application: Portable web browser
  Changes: Security and bug fixes
• Vista Reliability Update [32-bit] [64-bit] [Review]
  Type of Application: Windows update providing reliability and stability (see our review for details)
  Changes: Increases battery life, makes wireless networks more stable, and more

–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–

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

• 7-Zip 4.56 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror] [Review]
  Release: Beta
  Type of Application: File archive manager
  Changes: N/A
• Skype 3.6.0.159 [Homepage] [Mirror] [Review]
  Release: Beta
  Type of Application: Voice, video, and text messenger
  Changes: N/A
• Songbird 0.3 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror] [Review]
  Release: Release Candidate 2
  Type of Application: Media player
  Changes: Lots of bug fixes
• WordPress 2.3.1 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Review]
  Release: Beta 1
  Type of Application: Content management system
  Changes: Tagging support for Windows Live writer, speed improvements, and bug fixes

–Release Calendar–

This is a great way to keep up on the upcoming software releases.

• October 25 – Opera 9.5 Beta 1 [Review]
• October 25 – Opera Mini 4 Beta 3 [Review]
• October 26 – Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard [Review]
• November – Firefox 3 Milestone 9 [Review]
• November – Comodo 3 Firewall [Review]
• November – Vista Transformation Pack 8
• November 8 – Fedora 8
• November 13 – Zune 2 [Review]
• December 4 – OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 [Review]
• December 15 – Paint.NET 3.20 [Review]
• January, 2008 – Mac Office 2008 [Review]
• January 15, 2008 – WordPress 2.4
• February, 2008 – iPhone SDK [Review]
• March 4, 2008 – OpenOffice.org 2.4
• April 24, 2008 – Ubuntu 8.04
• September 2, 2008 – OpenOffice.org 3.0 [Review]

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