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Nullriver’s short-lived iPhone application NetShare, which turns your iPhone into a wireless modem for your laptop, might not be returning to the App Store after all. Earlier in the week, Nullriver received a response from Apple saying the removal of NetShare was a mistake that required "technical review." It turns out that was a blanket term, because in a phone interview today Nullriver’s CEO Adam Dan said Apple was reviewing user contracts with providers, including AT&T. Though Apple is continuing to make Nullriver sit and wait, we’ve already received confirmation from AT&T spokesperson Brad Mays that tethering with iPhone is not allowed. (Read the full post about ‘NetShare’s Return Is Unlikely; Apple Reviews Provider Contracts’…)

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Dell will be holding a press event sometime next week, and this is the platform that could see new products being announced, including the much talked-about Inspiron Mini. Instead of letting you scour all over the Internet and find out just what the Inspiron Mini is all about, here’s a quick recap. Prices will start from $299 upwards, and you will get pretty much the same specs as other netbooks including :- 8.9″ display at 1,024 x 600 resolution 512MB RAM 4GB SSD Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor Do you think this is the press conference where the Inspiron Mini will be revealed? Tags: games, amps, CD, pvr (Read the full post about ‘Dell Could Announce Netbooks Next Week’…)

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According to a recent report from Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry, HTC’s first phone for Google’s upcoming mobile OS, Android might be delayed until next year.  The problems seem to stem from from “structural problems” for adding features that Google wants in the phone.  Chowdry seems to think HTC is nervous about the overall possibilities of success for Android. The phone is suspected to be the HTC Dream, which many believed would be released in October first for T-Moblie USA, though the date may be slipping into next year. (Read the full post about ‘Problems with Androind may push HTC’s “GPhone” to next year’…)

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by Paul Miller, posted Aug 8th 2008 at 3:07PM
Ad Astra’s VASIMR plasma rocket is about ready for testing, only problem is it requires the vacuum of space to do it in. NASA is now considering taking the rocket up to the International Space Station, clipping it on and firing her up — perhaps even using it to reposition the station. Formerly of NASA, Franklin Chang Diaz left to form Ad Astra and perfect his plasma rocket, which he hopes will be able to take space vehicles from low-earth orbit to the moon. The rocket draws its own power from solar cells, and then uses radio waves to heat argon into plasma, and directs that plasma using magnets. (Read the full post about ‘NASA might bring plasma rocket to ISS for testing’…)

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by Joshua Topolsky, posted Aug 8th 2008 at 3:29PM Been having a tough time figuring out just what CERN’s Large Hadron Collider does? Worried that it will create a Möbius strip (a rip in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop)? Just love to jam? Watch this CERN-sponsored rap after the break, and have your universe totally destroyed. Er, but not for real.[Via Protein Feed] Read PermalinkEmail this74 CommentsFiled under: Misc. (Read the full post about ‘CERN rap video about the Large Hadron Collider creates a black hole of awesomeness’…)

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The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing are, first and foremost, a celebration of human endurance, strength and ability. But they’re also a massive display of technological effort, from the Chinese government’s laudable (but largely ineffective) efforts to clean up the air to athletes’ performance-enhancing gadgetry. While Wired.com is not known for our coverage of sports, Olympic or otherwise, we’re more than happy to dive deeply into the science and technology of the games. And so we have — here’s a quick overview of Wired.com’s Olympic coverage. Photo: Jason Lee/Reuters Olympic Events and Online Coverage It’s a wired Olympics: Don’t miss our guide to watching the Games online, see Google’s cell-friendly Olympic event calendar, and check out the issues journalists are facing in covering the Olympics in China. (Read the full post about ‘Science and Tech Go to the Olympics: Wired.com’s Coverage’…)

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by Paul Miller, posted Aug 8th 2008 at 4:32PM D-Link’s been sipping power of late with its newish DWA-643 and DWA-556 desktop “Green Ethernet” switches, and now it’s shipping those power savings upstream to its DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit router and DIR-855 dual channel routers with freely downloadable firmware updates. We’d scoff, but that’s a power savings of 32 percent and 41 percent, respectively. (Read the full post about ‘D-Link busts out “Green Ethernet” energy-saving firmware for existing routers’…)

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The Eee Box PC from Asus has just begun shipping from Amazon for US based customers. The mighty little PC will be running Windows XP and is available in Pure Black or Pure White. As we have previously learned, the Eee Box will feature a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor with 1GB of RAM, an 80GB hard drive, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Ethernet, built-in card reader, four USB 2.0 ports, a microphone-in and DVI-out. The Eee Box PC is retailing for $349.99. Product [Amazon] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! (Read the full post about ‘Amazon now shipping the Asus Eee Box PC’…)

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Game developers and publishers must be used to seeing their games appear in pirated form. If they are lucky, they get a few days lead time before someone uploads it, but they almost never get to take action against the person pirating the game because they don’t know who it is.

In the case of Assassin’s Creed for PC, Ubisoft have actually found out where the leak came from that apparently lead to more than 700,000 downloads. The disc-replication firm Optical Experts Manufacturing is to blame, as it allowed a member of staff to take home the game 6 weeks before the official release.

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The ECS G10IL netbook comes with less curves than a Formula 1 track, but it has more than enough to keep everyone happy with its appearance. It will be powered by an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, 1GB RAM and comes with a 10″ display. You won’t find any SSD inside though, as it will use a 120GB hard drive instead. The ECS G10IL has been attractively priced at approximately $499, making it more than a worthy opponent to the Asus Eee PC 1000H. Tags: hdtv, gprs, mobiles, wi-fi (Read the full post about ‘ECS G10IL Is Curvy’…)

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