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Unlike Sony, Microsoft isn’t exactly keen on the idea of selling tons of consoles to the US military. Wired magazine is reporting that in 2006, the US Army contacted Microsoft about purchasing a large number of Xbox 360s and licensing the XNA game creation tech to create training programs.

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Microsoft Declined To Sell Xboxes To US Military [US Army Was Turned Away From Buying Xbox 360s For Training Purposes In 2006]

If you were as excited as some of us were about Panasonic’s offering of 3DTVs that were shown off this year at CES, this little news update might give you pause.  The Panasonic Viera TH-P54VT is the first to get official pricing from Panasonic, which comes to $5,900 after conversion …

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Panasonic's First 3DTV Gets Priced [Panasonic Viera TH-P54VT To Sell For $5,900]

Every now and again a major vendor will hit with a product that causes a raised eyebrow at TFTS central and, this month, that vendor happens to be Samsung thanks to their soon to be released Samsung S2 Michael Jackson: This Is It Limited Edition Gold Portable External HDD.

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Michael Jackson Samsung S2 Portable Hard Drive [S2 'This Is It' Limited Edition Gold External HDD Proves Samsung Have Their ‘Off Days’ Too]

Laptops, as popular they might be, come with a few flaws. First of all battery life is not what we’d like it to be. Sure Apple has figured out a way to squeeze up to 7 hours of life from its built-in batteries but not everyone else can do that …

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NVIDIA Optimus Technology Gets Official [NVIDIA Optimus Is a Graphic Performance Switch for Laptops]

The storage experts at Buffalo have shown off their latest creation, the new TeraStation III network-attached-storage unit. The device will ship with up to 4TB of storage, and it’ll have support for all the major network application protocols. Needless to say, it’s being aimed at the enterprise market.

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Buffalo Reveals TeraStation III WSS NAS [New TeraStation NAS To Bring 4TB of Storage, SMB Support]

Earlier today Andrew showed you the LG Mini GD880 but that’s not the only LG-crafted handset to be officially unveiled today. The company thought it was time for its previous KS360 model to get a successor and thus the GT350 was conceived. The phone is said to “let you social …

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LG GT350 Gets Official [LG GT350, Successor of the LG KS360 “Lets You Social Network Like a Pro”]

Texas Instruments has made a brand new product official today, the WiLink 7.0 chip that comes with unusual, but very interesting, capabilities. The chip can do a lot more than many of its competitors. It will deliver Wi-Fi n, Bluetooth, GPS & FM radio as all these radios are neatly …

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WiLink 7.0 Does Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS & FM Radio on a Chip [Texas Instruments Unveils WiLink 7.0 Chip with Four Radios into One; Cell Phone Future Looks Bright]

Professional photographers will be happy to know that Apple has released today Aperture 3. In case they don’t use Macs for editing their precious photos then they won’t care about the new software versions. As for the rest of us waiting for the much expected MacBook Pro refresh, we’ll have …

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Aperture 3 Now Official, MacBook Pro Refresh Nowhere to be Seen Yet [Apple Updates Store for Valentine’s Day; Launches Aperture 3]

We have talked for a while now about the upcoming MacBook Pro refresh. The main feature of the next-gen MacBook Pro laptops will be Intel’s 2010 processors. Since the Apple online store is down worldwide right now and most Apple competitors already have plenty of laptops sporting Intel Core i5 …

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MacBook Pro Featuring Intel Core i5 & i7 to be Unveiled Today? [Apple Online Store Is Currently Down Suggesting a Pending Product Refresh]

You may have seem numerous reports stating that Netflix are due to launch a 1080p HD online video streaming service complete with 5.1 channel surround sound later this year but now it’s been confirmed that a Full HD watch instantly service is not scheduled to hit this year – regardless …

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Netflix Full HD Video Streaming NOT Set For 2010 [Netflix Deny 1080p HD Video Streaming Reports, But Do Confirm 5.1 Surround Sound on the Cards]

Just ahead of this year’s MWC, set to commence next week, Samsung have opted to get official concerning their new TouchWiz 2.0 Plus touting phone, namely the Samsung Monte S5620.

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Samsung Monte S5620 Specifications & Features Confirmed [Monte S5620 TouchWiz 2.0 Plus Phone Details Made Official Prior to MWC Launch]