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Leaked Documents: Microsoft’s Secret Phones Coming to Verizon
1:40AM John Herrman | After the Windows Phone 7 launched passed without so much as a mention, Project Pink, Microsoft’s other new phone project, started to fade into memory. Today, we can confirm: Pink is coming, and Verizon’s the carrier. More »
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Project Pink Lives, Or Why Windows Phone 7 Is Only Half The Story
1:44AM John Herrman | OK, OK, OK, rewind a few weeks. Before WinPho 7 trundled into the daylight, the strongest evidence we had for a new product from Microsoft actually centred around something else: The long-rumoured, utterly mysterious Project Pink. So, err, what happened? More »
Screens
11:30AM Nick Broughall | I tried to explain Mark Pesce’s arguments against 3D TVs last week after his Byteside appearance, but he’s gone and written a much more eloquent version on the ABC Unleashed website. I thoroughly recommend reading it – whether or not you were considering purchasing a 3D television later this year.
[ABC Unleashed]
Read This Article On 3D TV Before You Consider Buying One
11:30AM Nick Broughall | I tried to explain Mark Pesce’s arguments against 3D TVs last week after his Byteside appearance, but he’s gone and written a much more eloquent version on the ABC Unleashed website. I thoroughly recommend reading it – whether or not you were considering purchasing a 3D television later this year.
[ABC Unleashed]
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Unconfirmed: T-Mobile Phasing Out Sidekick Following Intro Of MyTouch Slide
6:30AM Jack Loftus | BGR is reporting that the Sidekick’s days at T-Mobile are numbered. While it’s speculation for now, evidence from a “briefing” indicates that the myTouch Slide will spell the eventual doom of the flippy, text-heavy (but troubled) handset. More »
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Next Gen Microsoft Phones Make Cameos On Twitter
3:19AM John Herrman | Rumours about Microsoft’s mobile plan are evolving, weirdly! Today, we’ve got duelling speculation: from Twitter, evidence of new “Danger” hardware; from Microsoft, mention of “the next generation of Windows Phone”. It’s mystery meat, this stuff, but at least it’s juicy. More »
Gadgets
Toddler Sucks On A USB Cable, Ends Up In The Hospital
2:00PM Adam Frucci | Here’s a sad reminder that USB cables belong plugged into peripherals, not children. Toddler Trinity Anderson was playing with a USB cable plugged into a laptop and put it in her mouth, which shocked her and knocked her out. More »
Random Stuff
6:20AM Adam Frucci | Here is a photo of a videographer getting taken down by an eagle. This is basically the plot of Avatar completely summed up, made for considerably less than $US250 million. [Reddit via The Daily What]
You Mess With Nature, Nature Will Mess With You
6:20AM Adam Frucci | Here is a photo of a videographer getting taken down by an eagle. This is basically the plot of Avatar completely summed up, made for considerably less than $US250 million. [Reddit via The Daily What]
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Mobile Phone-Using Pedestrians At Higher Risk Of “Getting Run Over”
2:40PM Dan Nosowitz | First driving, now even walking: The combination of mobile phone use and motion seems to be the most dangerous threat facing Americans today. More »
Phones
Hurray, Sidekick Owners, You Can Get Your Contacts Back Now
1:02AM Matt Buchanan | In today’s edition of the “steady progress” being made in recovering the data lost in the Great Sidekick Out(r)age of 2009, contacts—and just contacts—are back, after you run a retrieval tool. The rest’s coming! Eventually? [Yahoo] More »
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