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Fall Xbox 360 update now available, the pirates keep away

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The new Xbox 360 update is rolling out throughout all Live-enabled regions. It adds support for the upcoming Kinect controller, brings some new Dashboard looks and features Zune integration, better Avatars, improved music, better parental controls, improved voice chat quality and easier gamertag creation process.

Sounds good, right? Not if you are a game pirate.

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Gameloft launches five HD games for the Nokia N8, C7, E7 and C6-01

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Don’t give up on the Symbian gaming just yet. Gameloft just launched five games for the latest Symbian^3 platform – Asphalt 5 HD, Avatar HD, Hero of Sparta HD, Guitar Rock Tour 2 HD and GT: Racing Motor Academy HD.

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Everest gets 3G connection, you can make video calls from the top of the world

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Mount Everest in Nepal now has 3G coverage, allowing hikers and tourists to use mobile internet and make cheaper cellular calls. The only possible connection until now was via expensive satellite phones.

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HTC HD7 reveals a hidden microSD slot occupied by an 8GB card

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I thought the only Windows Phone 7 device going to offer a microSD slot is the Samsung Focus. But there is a real possibility many of the currently announced WP7 smartphones sport an expansion slot, it just may be hidden.

As it turns out, the HTC HD7 has a sealed microSD slot right next to its SIM bed. And it’s not empty at all – there is an 8GB microSD card in it.

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Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type pays us a visit, here’s what the first touch S40 UI looks like

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It’s not every day we give a special attention to an S40 handset, but Nokia X3-02 really deserves it. Besides being Nokia’s first touch-enabled phone from the S40 series, X3-02 is perhaps among the most beautiful ones too.

Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type is available in White Silver, Dark Metal, Petrol Blue, Pink and Lilac. We have the White Silver version and it’s been great so far.

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Samsung GT-P1010 is a 3G-less Galaxy Tab

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Would you sacrifice the Galaxy Tab 3G connectivity if that would get you a better deal? Well if you would, Samsung will give you that opportunity with the GT-P1010 – a Wi-Fi only version of the Galaxy Tab. We first told you about the new device yesterday but only now we can confirm its product code.

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RIM offers BlackBerry Tables OS simulator and SDK, gets the devs ready for the PlayBook

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It’s all about Adobe MAX conference now, but RIM managed to push an announcement, which caught my attention. I’m talking about the availability of Adobe AIR SDK for the BlackBerry Tables OS and the PlayBook Simulator.

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VLC Media Player lands on iPhone/iPod Touch, handles various codecs

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The new 1.1.0 version of VLC Media Player for iOS breaks the iPad-only chains and adds support for iPhone and iPod Touch.

Now VLC Media Player is available for iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and the latest iPod Touches for free.

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Android 2.3 is the next major release, but is this Gingerbread?

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According to anonymous Google engineer the next major Android OS release is 2.3. But could this really be the long rumored Gingerbread?

Update: Google has already set up its Gingerbread man statue.

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The first Samsung Galaxy Player 50 goes on sale in France

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The YP-G50 Galaxy Player was announced back at IFA 2010, but there was no release date mentioned. It seems Samsung is ready to rival the iPods Touch because it’s shipping the first batch of YP-G50 Android-based players as we speak (at least in France, that is).

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Opera 11 Alpha out now, finally brings extension support

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The reason why many people still prefer Mozzila’s Firefox over Chrome or Opera is the huge variety of add-ons that ad or change features on the browser. Google has already launched the Chrome’s extensions, but it’s just today that Opera adopts the long awaited in-browser apps.

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Swype for Symbian available on C7, others to follow in a few weeks

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Swype for Symbian is graduating from beta and is making its way to Ovi Store clients as we speak. The Nokia C7 is the first device to get it, but support for Nokia N8, 5800, N97, C6 and others is just around the corner.

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PlayStation Move Shooting Attachment premieres along with the dedicated The Shoot game

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All fans that miss 8-bit Nintendo (NES) gun will have the wonderful opportunity to experience the feeling once again. Thanks to the PlayStation Move Shooting Attachment you can turn your Move controller into a gun and go hunting ducks…erhhh zombies.

The Move has already been on the move for some time, but it’s just today when the shooting attachment becomes available for 20 US dollars.

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Western Digital launches 3TB Caviar Green internal SATA hard drive

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Western Digital already released 3TB external drives two weeks ago and now it’s time for the 3.5-inches internal units. The 3TB Caviar Green has four 750GB platters, 64MB buffer and uses 3Gb/s SATA interface. It can be yours for 239 US dollars.

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Vertu Constallation Quest new pics and first screenshots surface

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Remember that classy and smart Vertu announced last week? We have some new photos and first screenshots of its Vertu-ish Symbian OS to show you.

Here are the new pictures, this time on a white background. Thankfully!

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