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We’ve already heard that Dish Network was in the mix for a possible Hulu acquisition (which still isn’t off the table), but it looks like the company could also setting its sights even higher. Speaking with Bloomberg, Dish CEO Joseph Clayton talked a bit about the possibility of getting involved with a wireless carrier, noting that it will “look at partnerships, acquisitions, all of the above.” When asked if that could include an acquisition or partnership with Sprint or Clearwire, Clayton reportedly said, “could be,” and added a “stay tuned” when asked more generally about the possibility of a Dish wireless network (which could benefit from some of the company’s existing spectrum holdings). Head on past the break for a video of the interview.

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Go on, Fusion Garage — get down with your bad self. While we’d previously heard that the outfit’s $399 Grid 4 smartphone wouldn’t hit shelves until “closer to Q4,” a surprise stop by the FCC this morning makes us cautiously optimistic that it’ll happen — at least in the US — sooner rather than later. For those who’ve forgotten, this guy’s packing a 4-inch 800 x 480 LCD, dual-core Qualcomm CPU, 16GB of storage and dual cameras to boot. Moreover, the included user manual sheds a ton of light on how Grid OS will act, and it’s the first real in-depth look at how it’ll differ from what’s already out there.

We’re told that there’s a built-in web browser, Grid Launcher, support for Yahoo / Google data importing, a contacts app that’ll suck names in from just about anywhere, full integration with email / Facebook / Twitter and a “GridDesktop” application that’s used to load media from your PC or Mac onto the device. The guide also talks up the status bar, which is located at the top of the Grid 4 screen in order to show “indicators and widget controls for wireless networks, notifications, music playback and volume control.” The oddly-named TaoBar is described as a “unique feature that shows details on your current notifications, events and ongoing sensor information, while also offering suggestions that might be of interest.” Examples? Things like similar artists whilst listening to music, or pinging you with lunch recommendations when noon rolls around. Eager to see what else the feds put your future unlocked phone through? Give that source link a poke.

Update: We’ve added a gallery of the FCC’s teardown images below.

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This article was written on June 26, 2006 by CyberNet.

There were many people anxiously awaiting Digg version 3 that was just released today. This morning they had to take the site down in order to prepare the new version to go live. While the site was down they placed a temporary page that showed some of the sites that the Digg team finds enjoyable. That is nothing new, but the unusual thing was the music that they had playing to help build excitement for the release.

Go ahead and view a copy of the page, complete with music, that someone has put together.

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This article was written on October 02, 2007 by CyberNet.

There have been tools in the past that monitor programs on your computer for updates, but none is like the new UpdateStar. This free app claims to check for updates on upwards of 80,000 titles including freeware, shareware and commercial software products. That’s quite a database it has got built up!

Here’s a quick list of some features it offers:

• Once program updates are available, UpdateStar lets you know and offers you information and download options as well as licensing links in the case of a commercial product or update.
• Acts as a replacement for the well known “Add or Remove Programs” within your Windows Control Panel.
• You can let it deliver information regarding your complete software setup, or you may also choose to just let UpdateStar look for available update information regarding pre-selected programs you consider important.
• The database is maintained by the users, for the users. Thousands of voluntary users help us to keep our database with tens of thousand of software products up-to-date. If you find an update that UpdateStar does not recognize, you can help updating the database by using the “Send Update” link in the product’s details section within the program.
• Informs you about available upgrades for your installed programs. By default an icon will appear in your system tray and inform you, when an update for you is available. Simply click on the icon to learn more about the available update(s). To change the settings, please open the “Preferences” tab in your UpdateStar.

I would undoubtedly say that this is the best application available for providing update information, but there was still a large majority of my applications that it couldn’t retrieve info for. Here are some of the more prominent ones that I was shocked to not see included:

• It didn’t have version information for some common programs like Live Writer, GIMP, Notepad++, and 7-Zip.
• Reported DriverMax 2.5 as the most current version, but as we already know DriverMax 3 has been released.

The screenshot at the beginning of the article is what it looks like when you first run UpdateStar. It gives you an overview of how many programs you have installed on your computer (not how many it is able to actually track), and how many program updates are available. There is also a more detailed product list available where you can see what the current version is for each of the applications it does have info for. The ones that can’t be tracked will say “Unknown” in the current version column:

Another great way to stay up-to-date on your programs is to follow our Daily Downloads that are posted each weekday. Did you not expect us to do any shameless self promotion?

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Thanks for the tip Radu!

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