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Dell has just dropped a new all-in-one desktop PC namely the Inspiron One 2330 Platinum Touch Panel. This space-saving system sports a 23-inch 1920 x 1080 Full HD non-glossy touchscreen display, an Intel Core i7-3770S processor, an AMD Radeon HD 7650A 1GB graphics card, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 1TB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a media card reader, Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 & Premiere Elements 11 pre-installed, WiFi and runs on Windows 8 OS. The Inspiron One 2330 Platinum Touch Panel is available now for 129,980 Yen (about $1,307). [Dell]

We knew the Google Play Games app would be arriving in the Play Store some time today, and now it is officially available for download. The same app will come pre-loaded on the newly announced Nexus 7 tablet, and will serve as a central hub of sorts for viewing game achievements, leaderboards, checking out what friends are playing, and all that good stuff.

Word surfaced about the Google Play Games app from Google at its event earlier today, with the news perhaps being drowned out by the excitement surrounding the new Nexus 7 and Android 4.3. As its name suggest, this is a dedicated gaming app, and makes it easier to stay on top of one’s Android gaming habit, and makes it a bit easier for friends to check out what you’re up to.

The app is only 2MB in size, and is available for devices running Android 2.2 and higher. Google is hailing its biggest features as a unified system of sorts that brings all the aspects of Android gaming together. With the app, users can discover new games by seeing what their friends are playing, and vice versa.

Players can play games with their friends, and see all the pertinent details related to that. The Google Play Games app can also be used to jump into multiplayer games, and to compare scores with other gamers playing the same app. There’s also achievement tracking, letting gamers see, for example, what they’ve unlocked for a particular game, and what achievements are left to earn.

In case you missed it, the Google Play store was also in news today for adding a textbook category, giving it a further push into the educational market. The category allows students to either rent or purchase textbooks, depending on need and availability.

SOURCE: Android Community

Google Play Games app now available is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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WASHINGTON — Leading Democrats are struggling with the idea that President Barack Obama may actually nominate economist Larry Summers to head the Federal Reserve. If he does, he’d pass over Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen, who saw the warning signs of the 2008 financial collapse, for Summers, whose deregulatory advocacy as treasury secretary contributed to it.

Summers’ critics typically cite his role in the 1999 repeal of Glass-Steagall financial regulations and the 2000 deregulation of the derivatives market as key contributors to the financial collapse of 2008. But Yellen accurately read signs of bank trouble before the crash, when she served as president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve.

“She’s steady, she’s been right and she hasn’t ignored the real economy and the role of employment,” former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.), now president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, said Wednesday. “The reputation she has is as someone who has certainly been more interested in the full employment side of the mission than just the anti-inflationary side.” Yellen pushed for transparency at the Fed before it was popular and ate with fellow workers in the cafeteria, Perriello noted.

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Here comes a new 3-port USB 3.0 hub ‘USB303HE’ from Diamond Multimedia that comes with a built-in Gigabit Ethernet port. This plug and play hub is equipped with 3 USB 3.0 ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port and supports for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and Mac OS X operating systems. The USB303HE will set you back just $39.99. [Product Page]

Asustor is proud to announce their latest 4-bay NAS server, the AS-304T. Designed for home office users, this compact NAS server is packed with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom dual-core processor, a 1GB DDR3 RAM, four 2.5-/3.5-inch SATA HDD/SSD bays, a built-in HD multimedia player, 2x USB 3.0 ports, 2x USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 1x HDMI output port and a built-in 120mm cooling fan. The AS-304T will begin shipping from late July for 60,000 Yen (about $603). [Asustor]