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Nintendo’s new Wii Mini has been made official, a compact refresh to the original Wii with a few drawbacks – such as no internet connectivity – to keep the price down. The new console, prematurely leaked in the past weeks, is Canada-only – at least initially – where it will be sold at CA$99.99 from December 7. Nintendo has trimmed out all online functionality among other things.

In addition to no online playback – or, indeed, streaming media services like Netflix – there’ll be no GameCube backward compatibility in the new Wii Mini. Your hundred (Canadian) bucks gets you the new black and red Wii Mini console and a matching red Wii Remote Plus and nunchuck, together with a sensor bar, power adapter, and composite cable.

If you want the HDTV component cable you’ll need to shell out separately; Nintendo claims there’s compatibility with “most” of the existing Wii accessories. “It’s a great value for first-time Wii owners who just want to jump in and experience all the great Wii games that helped usher in a revolution in motion-controlled gaming” the company suggests.

Nintendo says the Wii Mini will work with over 1,400 disc-based Wii games, and that no further information about broader availability outside of Canada is available. Still, if the smaller, cheaper console is a hit, we can see Nintendo being eager to expand sales and help shore up its middling bottom line.

[via Engadget]

Wii Mini official: $99.99 Canada exclusive sheds internet is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Nokia seems to be preparing for a mysterious party or event on Wednesday, the 28th of November. The event is reportedly happening in London and popular DJ and producer deadmau5 is expected to rock the house with his signature style and groove. Judging from the advert above, it says that “something exciting is on the way.” Interestingly, there’s also a “This Is Nokia Lumia #Switch 28.11.12″ caption under it which sort of gives a clue that Nokia will be launching a new product during the even, another Lumia perhaps.

Even more interesting is the “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” sentence near the end of video. Could it be the grey Lumia 920? We’ll leave you hanging for now, rest assured that we’ll update you as soon as we hear any updates to the mysterious event. It looks like we’ll be having two exciting events tomorrow. It was only yesterday when we said that Microsoft could officially launch Windows Phone 7.8 tomorrow, Wednesday.

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Apple today clarified when it will make the new iMacs available finally, after keeping customers waiting about specific shipping timelines since their unveiling. The 21.5-inch iMac will ship on November 30, Apple said in a press release, with the 27-inch model coming in the more general time frame of “December,” with no more specific date attached.

When Apple announced the new iMacs in October at a special press event, the company said the 21-inch model would be available in November, with the 27-inch model following on in December. The new information puts a specific date for availability on the smaller version, which Apple says will be available to purchase in stores, through retail partners and through its official online store beginning November 30, which is this upcoming Friday.

The new iMacs feature refreshed internals, including Core i5 processors, s well as NVIDIA discrete graphics. They also feature a $1299 price-of-entry, as well as a significant case redesign that sheds a lot of weight and bulk from previous versions.

Any child of the 80s will have fond memories of standing in the arcade playing Pac-Man or gobbling up little power pellets on their Atari at home. Astronomers have now discovered infrared Pac-Man on two of Saturn’s moons. I particularly like the infrared Pac-Man discovered on Mimas.

As you can see in the image, the IR Pac-Man appears to be getting ready to gobble up a giant crater power pellet. These infrared images were captured using NASA’s Cassini infrared spectrometer. The second moon showing a Pac-Man-like infrared signature is Tethys.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory workers first saw the Pac-Man image on the moon Mimas in 2010, but only recently discovered a similar infrared image on Tethys. The scientists believe the phenomenon that creates the Pac-Man images on the surface of the moon has to do with high-energy electrons that strike the moons at low latitudes on the side of the moon facing forward as it orbits around Saturn. The scientists believe that this phenomenon creates compacted ice that resists heat more effectively than on other areas of the moon’s surface.

The scientists also report that discovery of a Pac-Man image on Tethys has proven that the processes that create the images are more widespread than they previously believed. The scientists believe that more Pac-Man infrared images can be discovered on moons orbiting Saturn and possibly on the moons orbiting other planets in the solar system.

Lead author of the study Carly Howett states, “Finding a second Pac-Man in the Saturn system tells us that the processes creating these Pac-Men are more widespread than previously thought. The Saturn system – and even the Jupiter system – could turn out to be a veritable arcade of these characters.”

[via Latinospost]

Astronomers Discover Pac-Man on two of Saturn’s moons is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Nannies, caregivers and housecleaners earn a median wage of about $10 an hour, and few receive benefits like health insurance or paid sick days, according to the first-ever national statistical study of domestic workers, which is being released on Tuesday.

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