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Microsoft confirms: $199 new Xbox 360 and Kinect bundles coming soon
Well, none of this will come as a big surprise here, but it’s always nice to hear it straight from an official source. Microsoft has confirmed that a $199 version of new Xbox 360 will be coming in the fall to replace the now-$149 Arcade , which is no longer in production
IBM’s Watson is really smart, will try to prove it on Jeopardy! this fall (video)
As much as we love our Google homepage , computer search remains a pretty rudimentary affair. You punch in keywords and you get only indirect answers in the form of relevant web results. IBM doesn’t seem to be too happy with this situation and has been working for the past three years on perfecting its Watson supercomputer : an array of server racks that’s been endowed with linguistic algorithms allowing it to not only recognize oddly phrased or implicative questions, but to answer them in kind, with direct and accurate responses.
Microsoft Kinect gets official, Video Chat announced
You knew it was coming, right? Hot on the heels of getting leaked a wee bit early Microsoft has made official the rebadging of a device desperately seeking a new name: “Project Natal” is no more, replaced by Microsoft Kinect
Insignia reveals 8-inch Infocast Internet Media Display, Sony Dash is like ‘brother?’
Maybe we’re just seeing things, but darn if Insignia ‘s new Infocast Internet Media Display isn’t a dead ringer for the Sony Dash . Out of seemingly nowhere, Best Buy’s own in-house electronics brand has outed an 8-inch connected display meant to bring glanceable information as well as a slew of web-based widgets to your bedroom / office / den / underground cavern.
Packard Bell Dot S4 netbook spied in Italy
Packard Bell ‘s launched a refresh of its Dot line — at least internationally — with the 10.1-inch S4. The company’s thinned it down considerably here, and stuffed an Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail CPU, GMA 3150 graphics, up to 2GB of RAM, and an up to 250GB hard drive
Motorola Droid X stars in its clearest off-the-cuff preview yet
Let’s be honest, we’ve seen more Droid X / Xtreme / Shadow spy shots than we can keep track of at this point, but for the latest batch, Mr. Blurrycam must’ve forgot his trademark blur filter and delivered us the cleanest images yet — for shame, we know.
