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- Another Windows 7 launch party in Japan, another touchscreen failure
- Another Windows 7 launch party in Japan, another touchscreen failure
- Google starts testing Social Search. "Creepy," naysayers mutter.
- Netflix for PlayStation 3 requires a disc, software solution coming late 2010
- Netflix for PlayStation 3 requires a disc, software solution coming late 2010
- How much would you pay for this mouse? $1200? No? Okay, don’t read this then
- How much would you pay for this mouse? $1200? No? Okay, don’t read this then
- Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review? [BlackBerry]
- Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review? [BlackBerry]
- HTC confirms it has Android 2.0 handsets in the works
| Another Windows 7 launch party in Japan, another touchscreen failure Posted: 26 Oct 2009 06:00 PM PDT
Judging from this video, the Windows 7 launch in Japan was certainly more, shall we say, flamboyant then the launch here in the US. But the really amusing part is the fact that the host couldn’t get the touchscreen to work. The video is strangely disturbing, and I’m not sure exactly who the costumed heroes are (Ballmer? Gates?) but that’s not the really funny part. You’d think that someone being on stage demo’ing a technology would have looked at the thing first. Had he done that, he would have learned that using your fingernail doesn’t work, and not looked like an chump. To be fair, crashes happen during demos. It happens to everyone, you’re showing off your shiny new thing and oops, there it goes. This was user error and shouldn’t be blamed on Win7. Read more here:
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| Another Windows 7 launch party in Japan, another touchscreen failure Posted: 26 Oct 2009 06:00 PM PDT
Judging from this video, the Windows 7 launch in Japan was certainly more, shall we say, flamboyant then the launch here in the US. But the really amusing part is the fact that the host couldn’t get the touchscreen to work. The video is strangely disturbing, and I’m not sure exactly who the costumed heroes are (Ballmer? Gates?) but that’s not the really funny part. You’d think that someone being on stage demo’ing a technology would have looked at the thing first. Had he done that, he would have learned that using your fingernail doesn’t work, and not looked like an chump. To be fair, crashes happen during demos. It happens to everyone, you’re showing off your shiny new thing and oops, there it goes. This was user error and shouldn’t be blamed on Win7. Here is the original post:
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| Google starts testing Social Search. "Creepy," naysayers mutter. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:41 PM PDT
Just about any social-networking-focused product that Google rolls out brings a group of naysayers pointing fingers and calling it creepy. Right on cue, those folks are welcoming Google's new real-time search feature with less than open arms: “Google Social Search is creepy…. Just perfect for child preditors [sic] to use,” wrote Greg House on Twitter. OK, let's turn it down a notch.
Microsoft announced a similar deal and promptly rolled out BingTweets. Neither company has disclosed financial terms. Google's Social Search works much like its standard search, but instead of sifting through the Web at large, it culls links from friends' pages on the user's social networks.
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| Netflix for PlayStation 3 requires a disc, software solution coming late 2010 Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:34 PM PDT
 It can’t all be sweet, right? So Netflix is indeed coming to PlayStation 3, but there’s a catch, and that is a disc (badly photoshopped into the picture above) will be required for use — not just for a one-time install, but every time you want to stream. Joystiq shot some questions off to the company, who justified this as being “fastest and easiest way to let PS3 enthusiasts get Netflix on the PS3″ and that an embedded software solution through XMB will be coming late next year. It denies this has anything to do with Microsoft’s exclusivity agreement, but frankly we’re a bit bummed by this perplexing hurdle in convenience. At any rate, be sure to go reserve your disc now if you want to start streaming — assuming, of course, PlayOn hasn’t already satisfied your Netflix needs. Read – Netflix interview Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment Netflix for PlayStation 3 requires a disc, software solution coming late 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Netflix for PlayStation 3 requires a disc, software solution coming late 2010 Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:34 PM PDT
It can’t all be sweet, right? So Netflix is indeed coming to PlayStation 3, but there’s a catch, and that is a disc (badly photoshopped into the picture above) will be required for use — not just for a one-time install, but every time you want to stream. Joystiq shot some questions off to the company, who justified this as being “fastest and easiest way to let PS3 enthusiasts get Netflix on the PS3″ and that an embedded software solution through XMB will be coming late next year. It denies this has anything to do with Microsoft’s exclusivity agreement, but frankly we’re a bit bummed by this perplexing hurdle in convenience. At any rate, be sure to go reserve your disc now if you want to start streaming — assuming, of course, PlayOn hasn’t already satisfied your Netflix needs. Read – Netflix interview Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment Netflix for PlayStation 3 requires a disc, software solution coming late 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| How much would you pay for this mouse? $1200? No? Okay, don’t read this then Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:30 PM PDT
But of course, this mouse isn’t meant to be a good mouse. It’s meant to be a piece of art. In that case — well, still not worth $1200. Besides, it’ll get all smudgy. Lastly… you called your design house Intelligent Design? Come on now. [via The Design Blog and HardOCP] Read more here:
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| How much would you pay for this mouse? $1200? No? Okay, don’t read this then Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:30 PM PDT
But of course, this mouse isn’t meant to be a good mouse. It’s meant to be a piece of art. In that case — well, still not worth $1200. Besides, it’ll get all smudgy. Lastly… you called your design house Intelligent Design? Come on now. [via The Design Blog and HardOCP] See the original post here:
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| Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review? [BlackBerry] Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:20 PM PDT
Apparently, midway through pre-briefing reporters and handing out review units, there was a disagreement between Verizon Wireless and RIM over the readiness of the phone (which Verizon has yet to “announce”). We can’t discuss details, but the communication breakdown—which involved a few days of unanswered emails—had nothing to do with dissing you readers. The phone, Matt Buchanan says, is far better than the Storm 1, which makes me think its still worth a review despite it being very late, but you get the final say. What do you think? Do you still want us to review the Blackberry Storm 2?(opinion)
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| Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review? [BlackBerry] Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:20 PM PDT
Apparently, midway through pre-briefing reporters and handing out review units, there was a disagreement between Verizon Wireless and RIM over the readiness of the phone (which Verizon has yet to “announce”). We can’t discuss details, but the communication breakdown—which involved a few days of unanswered emails—had nothing to do with dissing you readers. The phone, Matt Buchanan says, is far better than the Storm 1, which makes me think its still worth a review despite it being very late, but you get the final say. What do you think? Do you still want us to review the Blackberry Storm 2?(opinion)
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| HTC confirms it has Android 2.0 handsets in the works Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:18 PM PDT  Of course nobody expects Motorola and Verizon to be the sole benefactors of Android 2.0’s Donut-ey goodness in the long run, but in an age of increasing Android ubiquity it seemed odd to see them as the only ones with a more-or-less-confirmed Android 2.0 handset on the way. Well, Sascha Segan over at Gearlog did some digging and while Samsung wouldn’t confirm any Android 2.0 work, HTC was forthcoming in saying that it’s had Android 2.0 around for a while, and is working on it for future phones. Perhaps the HTC Desire (dubbed Droid Eris) or the Passion will be one of those phones? It would be odd to see Verizon introduce a 2.0 handset from Motorola and only 1.5 or 1.6 handsets from HTC, but we’ll just have to see how it all goes down next month — Motorola sure seems buddy buddy with Google on this one. But if Dell could track down a copy, we don’t see how far behind HTC could be on this one. [Via SlashGear] Filed under: Cellphones HTC confirms it has Android 2.0 handsets in the works originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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