Archive for September 11th, 2008
Om Malik / GigaOM : Video: Interview With Skype CEO — Where is Skype for the iPhone? — Do You Want Skype on Your iPhone? — Oh god yes… I can’t wait. — Not Really. — In this era of flat rate plans from mobile companies, does anyone need Skype? — That’s exactly the question …

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Video: Interview With Skype CEO – Where is Skype for the iPhone? (Om Malik/GigaOM)
Filed under: Gaming According to our main homeboys / homegirls at GameDaily, Microsoft has confirmed that it’s dropping the price of that big, delicious Xbox 360 hard drive from the dizzingly high $179 to a totally thrifty $149. According to a Redmond rep: “We reduced the price of the Xbox 360 120 GB Hard Drive to $149 in conjunction with the recent Xbox 360 console price drop. We believe this offers consumers even greater value when selecting accessories that meet their individual gaming and entertainment needs.” Hey, no need to explain — we like things to be cheaper.

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Microsoft votes ‘yes’ on Xbox 360 120GB hard drive price cut
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat : TC50: Twitter-for-business startup Yammer wins TechCrunch50, I may eat my hat — When Yammer presented at TechCrunch50, I wasn’t so sure about it. The company offers a service that’s the business version of micro-messaging company Twitter. You leave short messages about what you’re doing …

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TC50: Twitter-for-business startup Yammer wins TechCrunch50, I may eat my hat (Eric Eldon/VentureBeat)
Filed under: Desktops , Laptops The second installment of the Bill Gates / Jerry Seinfeld saga has been released, and we’ll level with you: if they keep making them this good, we don’t really care what they’re about.

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Seinfeld and Gates get in touch with regular folks
Nothing brightens up a tech geek’s room like an awesome LED cube, and Hack n’ Mod has got a couple of do-it-yourself instructions for building your own glowy box thing. You can get started with a small, less ambitious 3×3x3 cube design , maybe step it up to a 4×4x4 design if you’re more confident , and ultimately build your own 8×8x8 cube (like the one after the jump)! Of course, you could always just buy one from LED Cube manufacturers like Seekway , but where’s the fun in that
![Build Your Own LED Light Cube [DIY] 8x8x8ledcube 300x202 Build Your Own LED Light Cube [DIY]](http://www.focusoft.biz/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/8x8x8ledcube-300x202.jpg)
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Build Your Own LED Light Cube [DIY]
Filed under: Displays , HDTV , Home Entertainment While we were just able to take a look at Sony’s BRAVIA VPL-VW70 SXRD at CEDIA , it appears that the company is showing Europe a little love with the awfully similar VPL-VW80. The Full HD beamer includes High Frame Rate SXRD panels, a 100Hz Motionflow Dark Frame Insertion system, the BRAVIA ENGINE 2 processing tech and a 2.5-millisecond response time

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Sony brings 1080p BRAVIA VPL-VW80 SXRD projector to Europe
Is Photoshop CS4 coming earlier than predicted ? A screengrab of NAPP Newswire shows that something is about to hit on Sept
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Photoshop CS4 Dropping On Sept. 23? [Rumor]
TrueCar joins GoodGuide in helping consumers obtain more information about the products they buy – information that sellers don’t necessarily want them to have. In TrueCar’s case, that information is simple yet elusive: just how much you should pay for a new car. TrueCar aggregates data from a variety of (mostly unnamed) sources to determine how much money other people have paid for new cars around the country

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TC50: TrueCar May Keep Car Dealers More Honest
In a recent interview, Zune PR head Adam Sohn told the New York Times that “babies are born every day without an iPod. We will get there.” There being, presumably, more than the measly 2% market share the player holds now. But babies?
![Zune PR Head Says Babies Will Choose Zune [Baby Talk] zunebaby 300x222 Zune PR Head Says Babies Will Choose Zune [Baby Talk]](http://www.focusoft.biz/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/zunebaby-300x222.jpg)
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Zune PR Head Says Babies Will Choose Zune [Baby Talk]
Kara Swisher / BoomTown : Liveblogging From Yahoo’s “Open House”: Sexy Email and Barbara Mandrell! — Okay, BoomTown arrived late to Yahoo’s media event this morning to show off its “open” strategies across its properties (I had a most excellent excuse in that it was my youngest son’s very first day of school).

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Liveblogging From Yahoo’s "Open House": Sexy Email and Barbara Mandrell! (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)
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