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The good news: read the headline again. The bad news: You’ll need to use a disc like in the PS3 and the Wii cannot output video over 480p. [via NYT ]

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Netflix streaming to hit the Wii this Spring

There’s a reason why Panasonic paid $4.4 billion in this economic downturn to acquire former rival Sanyo, and the reason is that Panasonic wants to go as “green” as possible in the future. Sanyo isn’t only the world’s leading maker of lithium ion batteries, but also the (now former) company behind the eneloop brand, which consists of a range of eco-friendly solar products . But buying Sanyo wasn’t enough for Panasonic’s solar ambitions, as the company says it’s now ready to invest another $1.1 billion by fiscal 2015 in its solar business segment.

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Panasonic ready to pump $1.1 billion into solar energy business

What Japanese toy maker Megahouse is offering here is truly disgusting: A toy kit that you can use to form edible insects made of juice and other liquids. The so-called GUMMI-X [JP] is geared towards teenage boys, but it has the potential to seriously freak out certain adults, too

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Disgusting: The GUMMI-X toy kit is an edible insect maker

If you’re one of the 600,000 people who bought a Samsung Intensity (SCH U-490) or Samsung Trance (SCH U-450): good news! You’ve got an over-the-air update coming your way. One of our sources just came through with the patch notes for both handset’s respective updates, which are scheduled to begin as early as tomorrow.

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Verizon will push software updates to the Samsung Intensity and Trance beginning tomorrow

In financial news, HP delivered something positive today. The fourth quarter has been a good one, with HP reporting a net income of $2.4 billion, in comparison to the $2.1 billion they reported last year. It’s nice to see some good news for a change

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HP announces 4Q profits, and the news is good

World of Warcraft turns 5-years-old today. Back on November 23, 2004, a year before the current generation of video game systems even began (with the launch of the Xbox 360), Blizzard released the massively multi-player online game at a time when massively multi-player online games were still largely the haunt of hardcore gamers, people with fast Internet connections who were willing to pay $15 per month for access to a game that they already bought. Who can forget the message board threads: Why do I have to pay for a game that I already paid for at the store

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Celebrating 5 years of World of Warcraft

This photoset is a fantastic use of 10 minutes of your time.

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Life goes behind-the-scenes of the 1954 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

The iPhone 3G S launched a few months ago, but AT&T users haven’t been able to take advantage of a few much vaunted (and much needed) features as yet: MMS, Bluetooth file-sharing, and tethering are the Big Three. This, of course, despite the fact that AT&T is the “flagship” carrier! But never mind all that, because today we have some good news in the way of this latest bit of gossip: starting with iPhone OS 3.1, AT&T users will, in fact, be able to use MMS and Bluetooth file-sharing. Welcome to 2006, iPhone owners!

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Exciting rumor: iPhone 3G S may finally get MMS next week

Love the Earth? Love plastic bags?

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DIY laptop case made out of bags

This dainty-hoofed droid has the gait of an octogenarian jogger, the face of Asimo , and the recovery ability of BigDog . Yeah, that’s not a scary combination. The good news is that it isn’t stable at more than 7 km/h

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Running robot recovers from roughhousing, recalls Robocalypse