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Xbox 360 Project Natal: Body Motion Control

Although Microsoft's marketing department likes to keep its execs on a short leash, you really should listen to its CEOs when they espouse launch schedules. They are, after all, CEOs and tend to have the big picture (like dates) related to major projects that drive revenue. Recall 2008, when Bill Gates told the world that Windows 7 would arrive in 2009 causing Microsoft marketing to scramble-out a redaction attempting to reset expectations for a 2010 launch. Project Natal Xbox 360 Natal Painting Demo With Windows 7 now officially launching in October, well, guess who was right? Fast forward to last month when Steve Ballmer made a similar slip saying Project Natal would arrive in 2010 causing Microsoft to issue a statement that a launch date had not been confirmed. Now DigiTimes is reporting that Aptina has won the exclusive rights to equip Natal with a 1.3 megapixel CMOS image sensor required for Natal's camera. More importantly, the Taiwanese rumor rag says th...

How to improve the reception on a mobile broadband modem

Here’s a funny video on how to improve the connection / reception on a mobile broadband modem. Check it out after the break…

Spårar din skateing!

Cool video där de bygger på en modd som spårar hur du skatar. Snacka om nördar..

Interview : Mozilla Firefox Mobile Team

Meet some of the members of the Mozilla Mobile Team as they give you a quick tour of the user interface and features of Firefox for mobile devices, including the Awesome Bar, Weave Sync, add-ons and tabbed browsing, to name a few.

Off Topic: New Twitters office In San Francisco

Here’s an inside look of the new Twitter office in San Francisco. Looks nice eh? [Via]

with Sony Music

Sony Music with partner Azuki Systems has gone mobile to offer web information for artists. The King of Pop Michael Jackson’s official website is the first to launch. You can find it at m.michaeljackson.com which features tracks, videos, news and photo’s of the artist. More artists will be added in due course. [via]

Off Topic: Modern Warfare 2 video

Couldn’t miss the opportunity to share this! If you haven’t been living under a rock the past few months then you will know that Modern Warfare 2 has hit the shelves. Modern Warfare 2 has probably caused you to live under a rock now because of how addictive it is. Many users of DM are MW2 fans so check out this off topic video that I had to share! Maybe a random knife thrown may be this lucky for you…

Google to Acquire AdMob for $750 million

Google today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AdMob, a mobile display ad technology provider, for $750 million in stock. This acquisition will enhance Google’s existing expertise and technology in mobile advertising, while also giving advertisers and publishers more choice in this growing new area. “Mobile advertising has enormous potential as a marketing medium and while this industry is still in the early stages of development, AdMob has already made exceptional progress in a very short time,” said Susan Wojcicki, Vice President of Product Management at Google. “AdMob is the quintessential Silicon Valley startup – generating impressive year on year revenue growth – and we’re excited to welcome this talented team to Google.” “I think people underestimate how important ads have been to funding the development of innovative content on the Internet. Our goal all along at AdMob has been to make it possible for developers and publishers to bring their products...

Off Topic: Android Vs iPhone

Android Vs. iPhone – let the dark side choose for ya Click on the image to view the full sized image.

Off Topic: TV ads Windows 7 Vs. MAC

This probably the funniest Windows vs MAC commercial i ever seen, TRUST ME . Two more videos after the break

How to kill the Palm Pre

This was a coworker’s third Pre in three months as the screen kept cracking. Once while charging and once in his front pocket. The bossman offered to get him an iphone if he killed his Pre. So, there ya go. Note: No beer was harmed in the making of this video, as the ‘beer’ was Miller Light. [Via] -- [Via]

Off Topic: Why The Ipod Touch 3G didnt get a camera

A little off topic but this picture was just too hilarious and I had to show it to you.

Guy sends 662.000 SMS in one month from his iPhone 3GS

This guy managed to send 662.000 sms in 30 days from his iPhone 3GS, and the fun part is the 12.000 page bill that he got from AT&T. Check out the video after the break. I have successfully broken the world record of the most text messages used in one month……totaling 662,258 text messages. I also received my detailed AT&T bill that was 12.000 pages long.