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Western Digital ’s decent WD TV was a moderately priced 1080p-pumping media player at $130. WD, apparently content to not mess with success, is preparing a slight feature update in the upcoming TV-2. Topping the list of new features are network playback over Ethernet, DTS audio encoding and a component plug (for better picture quality on SD displays).

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Being a bird? That’s not so crazy. But free falling with nothing but an elastic tether?

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In case you were still interested in Tony Hawk : RIDE , the upcoming Tony Hawk game that will use the new skateboard controller ( Matt’s impressions here ), it will go on sale November 17th for $120. Amazon is still showing the release for mid October

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That would be Assassin’s Creed II , the upcoming action-adventure game from Ubisoft.

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Cellpassion found the UA Profile (kind of a spec list for phones) for the upcoming HTC Fiesta, an Android-based smartphone we know very little about . But an internal link indicates that this could very well be AT&T’s first Android phone

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And the award for the most long winded piece of dribble goes to AppleInsider! Thanks for the informative article on purported new features for Apple’s upcoming iMac refresh in which Kasper Jade says absolutely nothing about those new features. Why not just say, “Apple will unleash a “ bag of hurt ” on the upcoming iMac refresh,” rather than knocking out 577 words about nothing?

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Tangled cords are absolutely the bane of my existence and yet I’m not quite anal enough to wrap twist ties and rubber bands around excess slack, so I enthusiastically applaud the shortest version possible of any proprietary cable (or any cable, for that matter). Applause, then, to the unfortunately-named iStubz iPod cable

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Didja hear that RadioShack is rebranding ? The hoopla will of course include some sales to drive traffic. Apparently the Pre will be part of this upcoming sale and will be only $150 for new customers

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If you haven’t been lucky enough to preview the upcoming Xbox Live dashboard update like we did , there’s a good chance you’re eagerly awaiting its August 11 release so that you can finally modify your Netflix queue straight from the box. If so, prepare to be disappointed..

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So Capcom just revealed the box art for their upcoming Wii RE title, but there’s a mystery character in the shadows that won’t be revealed until the game comes out. Any guesses as to who it is? That’s Steve Burnside hanging tough in the back with the mystery guy and I hope you know who the two in the front are

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