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- News@8pm: Beatles land on iTunes and Black Ops patch
- BlackBerry PlayBook vs iPad video shows BB web power
- Beatles iTunes library arrival confirmed by Apple
- Editor's desk competition: This week's winner revealed
- The Beatles appear in iTunes ahead of Apple announcement
- LG Optimus Star leaks with 8-meg camera and Android OS
- Gran Turismo 5 release to be year's "biggest PS3 game"
- Pulse News reader app now free on Android, iPhone
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit launch trailer released
- Google Nexus S touted by Eric Schmidt
- Call of Duty: Black Ops patch coming for PS3
- HTC Legend and Dell Streak get Android 2.2 update
- Gears of War Kinect on the way
- Olympus E-PL1S unveiled
- News@10: Facebook messages and Sony Move
- iTunes announcement: The Beatles are coming
- Microsoft Xbox Kinect: one million sold
- Facebook Messages update detailed
| News@8pm: Beatles land on iTunes and Black Ops patch Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PST Welcome to your nightly round-up of the day's news and goings on courtesy of T3.com. Apple's iTunes announcement was teased yesterday prompting a flurry of rumours and speculation. Top of the expected list was the imminent arrival of The Beatles on iTunes and for once the Apple rumours were spot on as The Beatles back catalogue appeared on iTunes ahead of the 3pm announcement. Apple eventually caught up with itself to officially announce the Beatles' iTunes arrival and end a decade-long rollercoaster ride of when will it happen.
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Gaming sales success has been all the rage as of late with the top games releases showing off their weighty sums. Atop today's bragging rights list was Microsoft Kinect which has shifted 1 million units since launch. That's a lot of flailing arms. Topping Kinect, however, was Call of Duty: Black Ops which has reported 2 million UK sales in its opening five days as it announces upcoming Black Ops patch for PS3 users.
Upcoming product launches like to poke their heads out early in the tech industry with BlackBerry and Facebook both outing future product info today. Whilst RIM pitted the BlackBerry PlayBook against the Apple iPad in a war of web rendering, elsewhere Facebook has outlined its messages update with email integration toping headlines across the world.
Racing games galore in today's news as two of the game industry's biggest car titles make the headlines. Whilst this Friday's arrival of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit has been teased by a real life racing trailer featuring The Stig, next week's Gran Turismo 5 arrival has been dubbed the "biggest PS3 game of the year" by online retailer ShopTo.net. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| BlackBerry PlayBook vs iPad video shows BB web power Posted: 16 Nov 2010 08:47 AM PST Web rendering test shows power of RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook Despite having yet to announce an official launch date for its upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, Canadian tech giant RIM has had a pop at Apple as it pits its 7-inch tablet against the market leading iPad.
In an on-video head-to-head test, RIM has showcased the website rendering capabilities of its PlayBook device compared to the Apple iPad with positive results in favour of the BlackBerry branded unit.
Announced last week to be prepping for launch with a sub $500 price tag, the BlackBerry PlayBook will sport a rear 5-megapixel camera with additional 3-megapixel front-facing snapper alongside a 7-inch multi-touch LCD display, 1GH dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM.
Are you tempted away from the dominant Apple iPad based on the specs and expectations of RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook? Share your tablet thoughts with us via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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| Beatles iTunes library arrival confirmed by Apple Posted: 16 Nov 2010 07:22 AM PST Beatles land on iTunes at last Having set The Beatle’s iTunes page live 20 minutes ahead of today’s 3pm announcement, Apple has confirmed that it will be adding the entire Fab Four collection to the Apple iTunes Store ending a decade long feud with record label EMI.
Offering all 13 remastered studio albums from the band that changed the world like no other, iPod owning Beatles fans will be able to get hold of copies of the band’s music from iTunes for the first time with single albums to cost £10.99 each, double albums £17.99 each and individual songs available for 99p a pop.
McCartney’s words were echoed, albeit with less sincerity and enthusiasm, by fellow surviving Beatle member Ringo Star: “I am particularly glad to no longer be asked when the Beatles are coming to iTunes. At last, if you want it—you can get it now—The Beatles from Liverpool to now! Peace and Love, Ringo.”
John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono Lennon has also spoken out on the partnership that will see legendary albums such as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles [The White Album], and Abbey Road land in the iTunes store and no doubt, back in the music charts: ““In the joyful spirit of Give Peace A Chance, I think it is so appropriate that we are doing this on John’s 70th birthday year.”
“We love the Beatles and are honoured and thrilled to welcome them to iTunes,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “It has been a long and winding road to get here. Thanks to the Beatles and EMI, we are now realising a dream we’ve had since we launched iTunes ten years ago.”
Will the new digital availability of The Beatles catalogue encourage the continued success of the most influential band in history? Let us know your thoughts of the Beatles, iTunes partnership via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Editor's desk competition: This week's winner revealed Posted: 16 Nov 2010 07:13 AM PST Find out what this week's mystery prize was and past editor's desk giveaways Tuesday’s are often a day of dread, the buoyant energy recovered from the weekend is gone and the following weekend’s recuperation is nothing more than a mere spot on the ever distant horizon. Fear not though for your trusted T3 brings you the unique opportunity to claim some tasty tech swag each and every Tuesday through our competition: ‘What’s on the Editor’s desk?’
This week we were seemingly too kind with our clues and were inundated with correct answers across Facebook and Twitter as dozens of T3's social followers correctly guessed we were giving away a copy of Super Scribblenauts for the Nintendo DS. After multiple complicated algorithms and computer generated codes, a winner was picked at random with Lynsey Rogers taking top honours and a new DS title.
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To be in with a chance of winning next week’s mystery editor’s desk prize simply follow T3 on Twitter and Facebook and await the first clue next Tuesday at 10am. Still not quaking with excitement? Then take a look at the prizes we have already given away to our Facebook fans and Twitter followers:
- True Utility Smart Things for Keyrings
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| The Beatles appear in iTunes ahead of Apple announcement Posted: 16 Nov 2010 06:49 AM PST Beatles back catalogue added to iTunes library After seven year’s of wondering when it will happen, Apple has finally added the full Beatles back catalogue to iTunes.
The Fab Four, arguably the biggest and most influential band in history have seen their full collection of albums made available through the Apple iTunes store for the first time with the long awaited arrival appearing ahead of Apple’s 3pm iTunes announcement.
Whilst many predicted the arrival of the Beatles back catalogue, many iTunes users and industry experts will still be turning their heads to the Apple event in the hope of the announcement of live streaming or a Mac App Store, two of the other hotly rumoured inbound iTunes updates.
The Beatles albums are available to download from iTunes now with prices starting at £10.99. The full Beatles Box set collection will set wannabe downloaders back £125.
With The Beatles catalogue landing in the iTunes Store will that see John, George, Paul and Ringo shooting back to the top of the charts as a new era of music fans discover the magical delights of the infamous band from Liverpool? Let us know what you think via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| LG Optimus Star leaks with 8-meg camera and Android OS Posted: 16 Nov 2010 06:20 AM PST LG Optimus Star takes one step closer to launch LG’s upcoming flagship Android Optimus handset has leaked with a series of telltale spyshots under the codename the LG Star.
Outed by gadget blog Engadget, the mooted LG Optimus Star is reported to pack a dual core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor behind a 4-inch display with a hefty 8-megapixel snapper with full HD 1080p video recording capabilities completing the tantalising mix.
A front-facing camera is included on the device for video calling possibilities with a microSD slot and a microUSB port supply connectivity options.
As you might expect from such an early and unconfirmed leak, UK release dates and pricings for the LG Star have yet to be announced. Stay tuned to T3.com and the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds for all the latest on the upcoming arrival of the latest Android powered LG handset.
Via: Engadget This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gran Turismo 5 release to be year's "biggest PS3 game" Posted: 16 Nov 2010 06:00 AM PST GT5 in race to be biggest PS3 launch of the year The upcoming release of Gran Turismo 5 will be the biggest selling PlayStation 3 title of the year surpassing the likes of Call of Duty: Black Ops and FIFA 11, new reports suggest.
“We’ve never seen anything like this before,” declared Philip Driver, Marketing Manager of Online games retailer ShopTo.net. “As soon as the new release date was announced the sales just went through the roof. This is a game that most PS3 owners have been waiting a long time for.”
The long awaited racing sim will allow users to get behind the wheel of more than 1,000 cars ranging from the standard production models up to the ultimate high-end supercars further enhanced my the ground-breaking graphical quality and stereoscopic 3D compatibility.
"Our objective with GT5 was to create another great revolution which would not only satisfy our own high expectations, but would meet or even exceed the anticipation of the fans." said Kazunori Yamauchi, president of Polyphony Digital Inc on the latest addition to the Gran Turismo franchise.
ShopTo.net is offering pre-orders of GT5 at a current market low of just £34.85 with all pre-orders being automatically entered into a competition to win a cupercar experience race day worth £900.
Have the repeated delays to Gran Turismo 5 put you off the long awaited racing sim or are you already waiting on your pre-order to arrive? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Pulse News reader app now free on Android, iPhone Posted: 16 Nov 2010 05:48 AM PST Steve Jobs' reader of choice available for nowt. Good news. The Pulse News reader app, which has a legitimate claim to being the best in the business, is now free to download for Android, iPhone and iPad.
The app, which manages your RSS feeds in an innovative, picture-filled, horizontal and vertical interface, dropped its price tag yesterday, which had ranged up to £2.39 for the iPad iteration.
The reader made a stunning debut back in January when Steve Jobs used the app as part of the iPad launch and has been a massive hit since.
The reader allows users to pick 20 of their favourite feeds, share links on Facebook and Twitter and even integrates with Google Reader. Stories automatically update in the horizontal columns and its easy to view the articles in the browser with one click.
If you haven't downloaded the Pulse News app already then there's never been a better time.
Link: PC World
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| Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit launch trailer released Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:52 AM PST NFS: Hot Pursuit set to do battle with Gran Turismo 5 A video trailer for the upcoming Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit has been unveiled ahead of the game’s Friday launch featuring a real-life recreation of the police vs. street racer battles seen in the game with Top Gear’s The Stig taking the wheel.
Due to hit UK shelves later this week, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit will allow gamers to: “Experience the intensity of Cops versus Racers for the connected generation” as users are given the chance to compete on either side of the racer vs. cop dual for the first time.
Set to face fierce competition from the upcoming release of Gran Turismo 5, Need for Speed publishers EA will be hoping the Hot Pursuit title’s cross platform availability and earlier launch will help it race into first position.
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit or Gran Turismo 5? Let us know which racing title takes your fancy via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Google Nexus S touted by Eric Schmidt Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:00 AM PST Unofficial airing for much-rumoured successor to Nexus One. Still not sure whether the Google Nexus S is the real deal? Well how about the Big G’s Eric Schmidt busting one out in public for all to see? Because that’s exactly what the main did last night, touting the Gingerbread-packing phone at the Web 2.0 summit across the pond.
Word is the new phone has a concave design, actually getting thinner in the middle. There’s an AMOLED panel slapped on the front, with volume controls down the side and a black plastic back.
Schmidt said that Android Gingerbread would be out “in the coming weeks”, but refused to say when the Nexus S would be making an official appearance. The manufacturer’s label was covered on his prototype, although it’s an open secret that Samsung has made this Nexus One successor.
Can’t wait for the Nexus S? Tell us what you want from the Gingerbread-loaded cell now on our Facebook and Twitter pages now.
Via Engadget This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops patch coming for PS3 Posted: 16 Nov 2010 02:53 AM PST Black Ops patch coming as sales top 2 million units in the UK Call of Duty: Black Ops might have broken all UK and global launch day records when it landed last week but many gamers have reported faults with the first person shooter, errors that developer Treyarch is set to rectify with a downloadable patch.
Sony’s PlayStation 3 edition of the Call of Duty title appears to be worst affected by the gaming glitches with a number of improvements having already been issued for the PS3 edition of the game. Latest incoming patches, however, are set to correct issues with the online leaderboard stats that were incorrectly reporting kills, deaths and assists, as well as improvements to the matchmaking and match and host selection features.
Internal Activision estimates put opening day Call of Duty: BlackOps sales in the UK and US at roughly 5.6 million units, eclipsing initial Modern Warfare 2 sales of 4.7 million copies.
What do you think of the Call of Duty’s ‘Game of the Year’ Black Ops? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| HTC Legend and Dell Streak get Android 2.2 update Posted: 16 Nov 2010 02:45 AM PST Vodafone and Dell bring things up to speed There’s nothing worse than signing a fat, two year contract for a phone and then watching it get neglected by either the network or the manufacturer when newer devices land. Thankfully for Dell Streak and HTC Legend owners, that pain will soon be over, as Android 2.2 will be coming to the devices imminently.
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| Gears of War Kinect on the way Posted: 16 Nov 2010 02:38 AM PST Hardcore Kinect games on the Microsoft agenda? A Gears of War game compatible with Kinect is rumoured to be in the works, which would support Microsoft's intentions that the motion-sensing controller will appeal to more than just casual gamers.
IGN have been tipped off by an unnamed but 'realiable' source who claims that a Kinect-friendly Gears of War title will be unveiled at the Spike TV Video Games Awards next month, amongst other notable game announcements. There was no indication whether this would be an entirely new game or a previous title given Kinect support.
Since the tip off was revealed, Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski tweeted,"No Kinect in Gears of War 3", which could suggest if the rumours are true that it will be a brand new GOW title.
The Xbox 360 add-on, which has sold one million units in ten days, has faced some criticism over the fact that Kinect launch games have been more family-orientated.
Giving the multiplayer shooter its place amongst Kinectimals and Joyride would clearly help to ensure that Kinect has genuine hardcore gaming credentials.
Microsoft and Gears of War developers Epic Games have yet to comment on whether the game is set for release.
Link: IGN
Which games would you like to see get the Kinect treatment? Lets us know via Twitter or Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 16 Nov 2010 02:21 AM PST E-PL1S is world's lightest interchangeable lens camera says Olympus. Still not jumped on the Olympus PEN bandwagon? Holding out for something even lighter? Then how about the new E-PL1S, which has just taken a bow over in Japan.
The new effort is really just a minor tweak to the already brilliant E-PL1. ISO has been pushed up to 6400 from 3200, and the battery has been changed from the E-P2 and E-PL1.
The big draw though is the fact that both frame and the new M.ZUIKO lens tip the scales at a mere 454g, making this the world’s lightest interchangeable lens camera. We’re sure the likes of Sony and Panasonic will have something to say about that in the coming months.
The E-PL1S is due to land in Japan in April next year, with no word yet on when us Brits will get a slice of the action. Stay tuned to T3.com for more news as we get it.
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| News@10: Facebook messages and Sony Move Posted: 16 Nov 2010 02:00 AM PST T3 scans the Twitterverse to bring you a handy daily round-up of gadget news, tech rumours and randomness from the WWW. Kick back with your morning cuppa and catch up. TuesdaySOCIAL NEWS @TheTelegraph - Facebook says new messaging service will make email addresses obsolete
ONLINE NEWS @DailyMail - One in 10 Brits sleep with someone they met on the internet
GAMING NEWS @TechRadar - Sony: Move has greatly exceeded expectations
GOOGLE NEWS @PocketLint - Google: Chrome OS coming in "next few months"
IPHONE NEWS @ElectricPig - iPhone boxer shorts: calls too close to balls
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| iTunes announcement: The Beatles are coming Posted: 16 Nov 2010 01:11 AM PST Beatles albums finally on way to iTunes today according to Wall Street Journal. Cloud-based storage? A new streaming service? Today’s iTunes announcement has caused a flurry of new rumours, but it seems all are wide of the mark. Because new reports are suggesting that The Beatles’ back catalogue will finally make its way to Apple’s virtual music store.
The Wall Street Journal has spoken to “people familiar with the situation”, who say that execs from Apple met with The Beatles’ representatives and suits from EMI last week and thrashed out a deal.
Likewise, Billboard reckons the Fabs will be landing on iTunes today, citing similarities between Apple’s announcement teaser on its website and the cover of The Beatles’ album Help. The clocks on Apple’s announcement mirror the arm positions of John, Paul, George and Ringo, while the red ring can also be seen on the album artwork. Tenuous? Or great detective work? You decide.
Either way, it seems a streaming service is unlikely, with insiders claiming they’ve heard no chatter about the major deals Apple would require to get such an offering off of the ground.
If it is The Beatles, are you disappointed? Or is it about time the biggest band ever went digital? Let us know what you think on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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| Microsoft Xbox Kinect: one million sold Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:02 AM PST Redmond reckons it's on track to smash 5 million mark by year's end. Got Kinect yet? If so, you’re not alone. Microsoft has just come over all boastful and confirmed that it sold one million of the motion sensing cameras in just ten days. What’s more, it reckons it’s bang on track to meet its much-mooted target of five million by the end of 2010.
The announcement comes as the price for a Kinect bundle here has fallen to just £235, with Tesco leading the race to the bottom. And with the post-Thanksgiving Black Friday event set to kick off Stateside next week, expect more price cuts to push Microsoft’s effort ahead of PlayStation Move.
"This is a great start to the holiday season,” said the Big M’s Don Mattrick. “We will continue to work with our retailer partners to keep pace with high demand and deliver against our plan to sell more than 5 million Kinect sensors worldwide by the end of this year."
It seems nothing can stop the controller-free package. Sony’s Move managed 1.5 million in its first month in Europe and a million in the States. The question is, can it go toe-to-toe with Kinect and come out on top? All will be revealed after Christmas.
Got Kinect? Tell us how you’re getting on with it on our Facebook and Twitter pages now. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Facebook Messages update detailed Posted: 15 Nov 2010 11:48 PM PST Text, Chat and Email all set to land in one unified Facebook inbox. Facebook’s much-hyped email service is here. But it’s most definitely not the epic Gmail rival that some tech fanatics were hoping for. In fact, it’s more of a reboot of the entire Messages offering on the social network, allowing you to access Chat, Email and text messages all in one place.
At the heart of the changes is what Facebook calls ‘The Social Inbox’. This means only messages from your friends, and their friends, will show in your main mailbox. Spam, or mail from people who aren’t on Facebook, will land in the ‘other’ mailbox. However, these can easily be moved to your main folder and you can tweak settings to allow as many or as few important messages through into your central inbox.
There’ll be full conversation history access, so you can see all of your messages with one friend, or a group, in one place, whether they’re emails, texts and IMs. And best of all, messages don’t just have to come from the Facebook service, so your pals who aren’t on board can still get hold of you easily.
And while all Facebook users will be able to get an @facebook.com email address, Zuckerberg and co are keen to emphasise this isn’t your standard email offering. There’ll be no cc or bcc functions and you’ll be able to send messages by simply hitting enter. Rather, this is a way of bringing together all types of messaging in one place and not prioritising one over the other.
The service is due to begin rolling out ‘in the next few months’, and while you won’t be able to plugin mail clients owing to a lack of IMAP support, Facebook says it will eventually play nice with the likes of Mail and Outlook.
Excited? Disappointed? Let us know what you think of Facebook’s new email package on Twitter and, of course, on Facebook now. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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