Amazon press conference set for September 28th, could this be its long-awaited tablet?

Amazon’s been cooking something in a supposed Android-based oven for quite some rumored time. Now, an invite has gone out from the Bezos-backed company for an event on the 28th of this month at 10AM. Will the e-retailer officially announce a pair of 7- and 10-inch Kindle refreshes we’ve seen so much digital ink spilled over, or is this the heavily-skinned Android tab that TechCrunch got its hands-on earlier this month? We’ll be there to let you know what the company’s got up its e-reading sleeve.

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Dish Network, Blockbuster unveil Blockbuster Movie Pass all-inclusive entertainment service

At its “a stream come true” event today, Dish Network finally revealed its plans for a subscription video service called Blockbuster Movie Pass, due to launch October 1st. That includes access to discs (movies and games) by mail, streaming video to the TV and PC, and linear TV service from Dish, all in one package. Blockbuster Movie Pass is clearly being pitched a Netflix / Qwikster competitor, however it’s currently only available to Dish Network subscribers for $10 / month. That tie to pay-TV makes it a TV Everywhere play pulling Dish’s various properties under one umbrella, but doesn’t significantly shift the online video landscape. New subscribers to the America’s Best 200 package will get free access to a year, while those schlubs stuck on cable or without pay-TV service can simply look on with envy. The last slide shown does invite non-Dish subscribers to “stay tuned,” so if you’re really looking for a Netflix alternative… stay tuned. Check the gallery to see the slides for yourself, well update with more press materials once they’re available — now included with all the details after the break.

Update: The new page is accessible right now (Thanks Alex!) as seen in the screenshot above. It features all you can eat access to streaming movies and a few TV shows culled from Starz (as rumored), Epix, Sony Movie Channel, Hallmark and Blockbuster’s own VOD library. We’re sure the folks at Netflix are absolutely crying their eyes out over losing access to some of Cuba Gooding Jr.’s finest flicks like Ticking Clock and The Hit List (Toy Story 3 however, could be a real loss). Check below for the link, as well as another one to sign up for the service now.

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LG Esteem leaked, delivers more LTE respect to MetroPCS

The LG Esteem has been spotted hanging out in several official-looking press shots accompanied by several pages of specification juice at LG’s partner portal site. Previously seen under the guise Bryce, and seemingly identical to Verizon’s LG Revolution, this metroPCS interpretation looks set to arrive very soon. A welcome upgrade to the network’s previous LTE offering, the Esteem runs Gingerbread on a 4.3 inch screen and has some respectable mid-range crendentials under the hood including a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512MB of RAM and 8GB of storage expandable by microSD. There’s also a five megapixel snapper on the back, embedded in a stylish metal strip similar to the dual-core T-Mobile G2x. Unlike LG’s powerful flagship, though, MetroPCS will reportedly be offering up the Esteem off-contract for $349 — a reasonable way to increase your LTE-connected self-worth

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Samsung asks Dutch courts to block iPad, iPhone sales

This whole thing is starting to play out like a giant game of patent Risk. As it did in Australia, Samsung is hitting back against Apple in the Netherlands, asking for a preliminary injunction aimed at Apple’s mobile line, including the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad and iPad 2, claiming that the products infringe on 3G patents held by the Korean electronics giant. The proposed ban would prohibit importing the products into the country and would recall them from Dutch retail stores.

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Intel’s Skoool software brings study materials to healthcare workers in developing countries

When we consider Intel’s contributions to developing nations, it’s hard not to hone in on the 5 million-plus Classmate PCs it’s shipped over the past four years. This time, at least, Intel is leaving the hardware part of the equation to the Lenovos and HPs of the world and focusing on the software instead. The company just announced the Skoool Healthcare Education platform, a collection of online and offline educational materials designed to help healthcare workers in developing countries better treat women and children, tackling malnutrition, vaccination, communicable diseases and childbirth safety. To be clear, Intel isn’t getting into the medical content business — it didn’t write these resources but instead culled them from various third-party sources. The idea is that the company will provide the platform to governments and healthcare workers for free, forgoing what might otherwise be an opportunity to collect licensing fees. (It’ll be up to local governments to work with companies like Dell to secure low-cost PCs to run the software.) For now, Intel’s launching the program in Sri Lanka, where it already has a working history with the President and Minister of Health, but a rep tells us the outfit hopes to expand the program to sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Central Eastern Europe and parts of Asia, reaching 1 million healthcare workers by the end of 2015.

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Splashtop will bring remote desktopping to your TouchPad

There’s a burgeoning population of users who can’t live without Splashtop’s remote Windows app for Mac, iOS and Android. Now there’s a new version in the works that’ll let you telecompute from your TouchPad too. The official blog says the launch is “getting close” and it’s offering the app free if you manage to persuade a bunch of other TouchPad users to register their interest. In fact, we can’t help but notice that some guy called Tim has already signed up 2,508 of his mates. We don’t know who Tim is, but we want to be just like him when we grow up.

Update: Tim, the man with a commanding lead in the chart above, contacted us to say he asked Splashtop to remove him from the contest. He initially used the referral link in a post on PreCentral, not realizing that the company would be giving out the software to the top referrers. So, Tim is out, and now rawonthego is the man with the target on his back.

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Why Is Carbon Fiber So Expensive?

When carbon fiber was first trotted out in solid rocket motor cases and tanks in the 1960s, it was poised to not only take on fiberglass, but also a whole host of other materials. More »

CyberNotes: Friday Fun with Ripley’s Believe it or Not

This article was written on September 21, 2007 by CyberNet.

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Fun Friday

Another Fun Friday is here again, and this week we’re taking some help from the Ripley’s Believe it or Not website where all of these pictures come from.

— The World’s Largest Pot of Soup–

The world’s largest pot of soup could feed 60-70 thousand people! The pot contained 3,960 gallons of soup.

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– Snakes are the new security guards–

People are worried about jobs getting outsourced to foreign countries, but what about jobs being outsourced to animals? The snake pictured below protects a $120,000 pair of sandals at a store in London.

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– Take a Bubble Bath in the Ocean–

A natural phenomenon resulted in the picture taken below.  Apparently in New South Wales, this phenomenon covered the beach in foam.

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– Oldest Chewing Gum… Ever!–

How’d you like to come across a 5,000 year old piece of gum? It looks like a rock to me, but it’s an already chewed piece of gum!

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– Get bit by a snake… with its head cut-off?–

How’d you like to get bit by a snake that has had its head cut off? One man experienced just that, and the pain and swelling was intense! Next time you come across a rattlesnake, remember, it can bite you – even with its head cut off.

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– A Cat That can predict death–

If you live in the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island, this pet cat should scare you.  Apparently Oscar has predicted the death of over 25 patients. When he goes and sits by a person, they usually end up dying within a few hours.

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– The World’sLargest Snake–

An electric fence was installed after a farmer wanted to solve the mystery of what was happening to all of his animals that went missing. This is what he found – the World’s largest snake:

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– Climb the stairs of the Empire State Building–

Taking the stairs at the Empire State Building sounds exhausting enough, so imagine what it was like for this guy to climb all the flights of stairs on his hands!

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SatelliteAR Android app now tracks falling UARS, helps you avoid being smooshed

You may have a better chance of winning the lottery or running into Captain Kirk at the mall, but when it comes to being impaled with pieces of the now defunct Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite as it plummets towards Earth, it’s better to be safe than sorry. The SatelliteAR Android app has added a temporary feature that gives stargazers the ability to monitor this space junk’s trajectory to avoid impact when it re-enters the atmosphere sometime later today. NASA has assured us that the bus-sized satellite won’t land anywhere in North America, but if it touches down at night, people on the ground could witness a pretty sweet light show wherever it does land. Android users determined to avoid a Wicked Witch of the East-like fate can download the app at the source link below and check out the video demo after the break.

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Kobo Vox eReader Tablet hits the FCC, shrouded in bookish mystery

What’s this mystery e-reader? It’s the Kobo Vox, and it just made its debut on the FCC’s site. Is it a reworked version of the relatively recently released Touch Edition? Is it a brand new reader from the company? The device is listed as being an “eReader Tablet,” so perhaps it’s something more akin to Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color or the Kindle tablet reportedly in the works from Amazon. And will Kobo’s recent appearance at f8 play into the equation? It’s hard to say, but there are a few things worth noting here. First, if the above rough image is to be believed, the device is touchscreen, as with the company’s current product. The design, however, looks a lot more like the latest version of the Nook than the new Kobo. A side shot reveals what appears to be a microUSB slot (no shocker there) and a headphone jack, something missing on both the latest Kobo and Nook (though both the latest Kindle and the Nook Color rock one), while a “multimedia headset” was used in the testing. Also listed among the testing materials is a microSD card, so there seems a pretty good chance that this thing has expandable memory — again, not a surprise, nor is the fact that the reader is listed as being WiFi-enabled.

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