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Sony Says So-Called Leaked TV Lineup Is Total BS
5:59AM Wilson Rothman | Here’s the official word from Sony, who is not even playing coy here — they’re just flat-out calling the so-called leak a fake: More »
Gadgets
B&N Won’t Be Getting A Colour Reader Anytime Soon
4:49AM John Herrman | When a (claimed) Barnes & Noble rep said that the company’s imminent eBook reader would be colour, some folks over at Plastic Logic, B&N’s hardware partner, were listening intently. Mainly because they had no idea what he was talking about. More »
Online
President Obama Isn’t Actually Trying To Hijack The Entire Internet
12:20AM John Herrman | It was pretty much the perfect story: The Senate introduced a bill that would let the President take over the entire internet during a crisis. Our online Weimar Republic is crumbling beneath our digital Führer! Minor catch: It wasn’t true. More »
Phones
Is Apple Releasing An 8GB iPhone 3GS? (Probably Not)
12:33AM John Herrman | Would Apple really ship something so weirdly regressive and line-mudding as that? Yes, according to Canadian carrier Rogers’ website. Also, no, according to Canadian carrier Rogers’ website, and salespeople. Let’s take a gander at the evidence! More »
Gadgets
WWDC 2009 Rumour Smash: Some Were Right, Most Were SUCK!
12:20PM Wilson Rothman | Though Jesus debunked a number of the more fun WWDC rumors—what’s a “unibody” iPhone?—in his sober-light-of-day roundup last Friday, it’s nice to run through them all, to see how many rumours were true, and how many were smashable. More »
Phones
Rumour Smash: iPhone Videoconference Shots Are Fake
5:03AM Jesus Diaz | In case you still had any doubts, here’s the definitive proof: The screenshot of the videoconferencing iPhone is just a doctored screen which uses the bottom menu of the Skype application (Skype icon conveniently obscured by the lamesite’s watermark). More »
Phones
ZOMG Phone Rumour Update: Zune Team Denies, Denies and Denies
3:12AM Brian Lam | Just talked to Brian Seitz, Group Marketing Manager of Zune, who says he just dropped a line to the Office team, and that they have no control or involvement with the twitter account that published the rumours. So, the entire thing is kind of bullshit. Just like we figured. Not quite a denial, but a good ruse for attention, for sure. [Did Microsoft Just Announce a Zune Phone on Twitter?] More »
Phones
Did Microsoft Just Announce a Zune Phone on Twitter?
6:35PM John Herrman | The blogs are buzzing over some tweets from a Twitter account run by the Office 2010 team, noting what looks like the outright announcement of a Zune phone. Something doesn’t feel right.
Computers
‘New’ 17-inch iMac Is Actually The ‘Old’ 17-inch iMac
4:41AM Sean Fallon | Not surprisingly, the “new” 17-inch iMac that turned up on Apple’s education site is actually the old polycarbonate 17-inch iMac. New, old…what’s the difference? [Apple via Techtree via Wired Gadget Lab] More »
Computers
