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Entries for August, 2010

Happy Epic 4G day!

If you are up bright and early, trying to score yourself a Samsung Epic 4G, your friends here at BGR want to wish you good luck. We’ve already posted some initial impressions, a full review, and a way for new customers to save $50 on Sprint’s latest 4G handset… now we want to hear from [...]

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Xbox Live Subscription Price Increases Confirmed

Major Nelson has confirmed that “as of Nov. 1, Microsoft will raise the U.S. price of a one-month subscription to $9.99 (from $7.99), a three-month subscription to $24.99 (from $19.99) and a 12-month subscription to $59.99 (from $49.99).” This means consumers will be paying 20% – 25% more for the subscriptions, depending on length. Here [...]

Official T-Mobile G2 Pictures Leaked

Finally, we get the first official look at the T-Mobile G2 — also known as the HTC Desire Z. It boasts Qualcomm’s MSM7x30 chipset, 3.7-inch OLED display, 1.0-GHz Snapdragon processor, 5.0-megapixel camera, and HSPA+ data connectivity. Click here for more pictures. …silver (pictured) will be the only color offered, and considering that we haven’t seen [...]

iFixit Moves Into Console Repair

sk8pmp writes with news that iFixit, a website known for Apple gadget teardowns and repair guides, is expanding into the game console market, launching a series of troubleshooting and repair guides to help gamers fix their own machines. They’re also starting to sell replacement parts and the tools necessary to work on them. “Right now [...]

New Xbox 360 Controller Unveiled, Features Improved D-Pad

Microsoft has unveiled a new and improved Xbox 360 controller, which will be priced at $65 (Play & Charge Kit included) when it’s released on November 9th. Featuring an updated D-pad that’s “a disc in the normal configuration, but a quick twist raises the crossbars about a quarter-inch, making it eminently more usable.” Video after [...]

Priority Inbox Launched by Google

Set to be rolled out next wee, Google’s Priority Inbox “automatically identifies your important email and separates it out from everything else, so you can focus on what really matters.” More information. Video infomercial after the break. Original post by TecheBlog Staff

Building Prisons Without Walls Using GPS Devices

Hugh Pickens writes “Graeme Wood writes in the Atlantic that increasingly GPS devices are looking like an appealing alternative to conventional incarceration, as it becomes ever clearer that traditional prison has become more or less synonymous with failed prison. ‘By almost any metric, our practice of locking large numbers of people behind bars has proved [...]

Yale’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Picks Up a Can of Beer

Researchers at Yale University have built a UAV called Aerial Manipulator that can “autonomously grab objects that weigh up to two kilograms while in flight, and the helicopter itself is able to reach a top speed of 120 kilometers per hour.” Video after the break. That, the researchers say, could let the UAV pick up [...]

ONYX Graphics Production RIP Software Supports the New PANTONE PLUS SERIES and PANTONE FASHION + HOME Color Libraries

ONYX Graphics Production RIP Software Supports the New PANTONE PLUS SERIES and PANTONE FASHION + HOME Color Libraries ONYX X10 RIP Software Users Will Experience Streamlined Processes and Timelines and Improved Color Accuracy PR Newswire SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 31 SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ — With the recent release of version X10 of [...]