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7-inch iPad tattle churns through Taiwanese rumor mills

7-inch iPad rumors are suddenly hot and heavy. In the last few weeks, we've seen a series of reports claiming that Apple was working on a smaller iPad (or bigger iPod touch?) set for release between the end of 2010 or early 2011. A DigiTimes piece, sourcing its own "analyst," claimed that the device would be making a jump to the Cortex A9 processor core, 512MB of RAM like the iPhone 4, and a 1,024 x 768 pixel IPS panel -- the same resolution as the 9.7-inch iPad giving the new model a better

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Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 launching on November 10 in Europe

While Microsoft's new controller-free Kinect for Xbox 360 will be hitting US shores on November 4th, we've just learned that it'll officially land in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa on November 10th. Sure, that's a bit of a wait, but take heart in knowing that Microsoft's targeting an October launch of its Xbox Live lovin' Windows Phone 7 handsets in Europe compared to a November release in the US. Otherwise, we're looking at the same 15 exclusive Kinect game titles already announced at E3

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Xbox Live launch titles for Windows Phone 7 finally revealed, we've got the full preview

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Hey, go check out our Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7 gaming preview!

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Mobile 'Halo,' 'Crackdown' Highlight Windows Phone 7 Launch

Pint-size versions of some of Xbox's hottest properties are coming to smartphones when Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 this fall ...

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MadCatz NFL Controller Faceplates for Xbox 360 or PS3 for $5 + free shipping

newegg.com offers the MadCatz NFL Controller Faceplates for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 for $4.99 each. With free shipping , that's the lowest total price we could find by at least $9. Choose from Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, and more ...

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Lenovo side project to launch Xbox 360 / Kinect knockoff in China: hello, eBox

Well ... this is interesting. Prior to Kinect hitting the masses in November, one Eedoo looks to be doing the world one better (or worse) with the eBox. In what can only be described as a bizarre tale of mystery, a Lenovo co-founded company has decided to produce what amounts to an Xbox 360 knockoff as well as a motion sensing peripheral that unquestionably takes inspiration from Kinect. In fact, we don't even know if conventional controllers are a part of the deal, but word on the street has

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Carmack blows minds with id Software's Rage, running on iPhone at 60fps with 'megatextured' graphics (video)

We're sorry, but the Palm Pixi's rendition of Need for Speed no longer impresses us -- we've just seen John Carmack show off Rage for iPhone. While of course it looks nothing like the PC graphical monstrosity that swept the E3 Games Critics Awards, it's safe to say the 60 frame-per-second tech demo at QuakeCon 2010 shoves the cell phone gaming envelope through a Juggernaut-class brick wall. Where Carmack originally called the iPhone "more powerful than a Nintendo DS and PSP combined," the id

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Microsoft to open mobile games studio, develop and incubate Windows Phone 7 titles

Microsoft employees may eat their own dog food, but they won't have to code cross-platform Windows Phone 7 games in their spare time -- Redmond job postings recently revealed that there's a studio for that, which will develop and publish first- and second-party titles on the company's dime. According to job descriptions, the newly-christened "MGS Mobile" will develop "showcase" Windows Phone 7 titles with an emphasis on connected play, and also incubate titles from indie devs and partners like

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Telus turns Canadian Xbox 360s into IPTV boxes starting today

After years (and years) of waiting it's no surprise to see the Xbox 360 finally sliding into the role of IPTV set-top box, but we couldn't have seen Canada's Telus being the first in North America to offer the option. It only switched customers over to the Microsoft Mediaroom platform (also used by AT&T's U-Verse, where the feature should appear soon) powering its Optik TV package -- currently only available in Alberta and B.C. -- earlier this year, enabling this new multiroom setup. Of course,

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