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This morning, HP upped the ante with an offer worth $33 per share or $2.4 billion. 3PAR accepted HP’s bid and Dell withdrew.

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Done Deal: HP Gets 3PAR For $2.35 Billion In Cash

Done Deal: HP Gets 3PAR For $2.35 Billion In Cash

Looking for a very, very small USB drive? Well, LaCie has got you covered. The new MosKeyto is about as small as I can picture these things getting. It comes with a little cap and a way to attach it to a keyring, but other than that it’s just your standard tiny USB 2.0 drive.

It comes in 4GB ($18), 8GB ($28), and (soon) 16GB ($38 maybe?) flavors and also includes online storage at Wuala, in case you couldn’t find a way to store things online at the five billion free storage sites out there.

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Good news if you’re a Comcast subscriber and you’ve been looking into their High-Speed 2go product. Comcast just announced that they’ve picked Novatel as the provider for the USB modems used in their mobile broadband service.

Comcast will offer both the MiFi 2200 mobile hotspot, and the Ovation MC760 USB model for individual use. Novatel claims that the Ovation is the world’s smallest EV-DO broadband modem, ideal if you prefer not to have a giant USB device hanging out the side of your laptop. The MiFi device acts as a wireless hotspot, allowing multiple users to connect to the device wirelessly. The MiFi has about 40 hours of standby time, and goes for about 4 hours of active use before you’ll have to recharge it. Pricing varies depending on location, so you’ll have to hit up Comcast’s website for the details.

[via Into Mobile]

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It was only a matter of time before this app came out. The folks over at Hot or Not have launched a location-based free iPhone app that will show you the hottest ladies and gents that are close to you.

If you aren’t familiar with Hot or Not, the site allows you to rate pictures of girls or a guys (depending on your taste) on a scale of 1 to 10. It’s a mindless site and game which has managed to gather a fairly massive user base.

The app is fairly simple in what it does: it uses the iPhone’s built-in GPS technology to map out the hottest guys or girls registered on HotOrNot.com that are close to your location. Currently the site draws from a database of 4.8 million members.

Hot or Not says that the app received more than 2,000 sign-ups its first day in the App Store. Last year, the startup also launched Hot Or Not War, which we covered here. Hot Or Not was bought by Avid Life Media in 2008.

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Hot Or Not’s App Answers The Next Question: Close By Or Not?

Hot Or Not’s App Answers The Next Question: Close By Or Not?

This is pure rumor and speculation, but it’s too awesome to pass up. A number of small coincidences are suggesting that Duke Nukem Forever might be showing its face at PAX. Duke’s voice actor, Jon St. John, is doing a Q&A there, and 3D Realms and Take Two executives are behaving suspiciously. We’ll find out soon.

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These prices are in no way substantiated, but in case they’re correct, we’ll have wanted to have posted them as soon as they appeared. Several sites are reporting that the highly-anticipated Galaxy Tab, with which we’ve just recently posted a hands-on, is going to be sold for a mind-blowing €699 for 16GB, and €799 for 32GB – or more. That’s around $900 and $1000 respectively. If this is true… well, nice knowing you, Galaxy Tab.

It’s also possible that this is just a random price someone thought they heard, and is now racing around the internet like wildfire. We’ll know as soon as Samsung clarifies things.

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As we pointed out earlier, today is Google Chrome’s second birthday. Since it launched in beta on September 2, 2008, it has come a long way (it’s already 6 versions deep). Back then, it was Windows-only, with official Mac and Linux support only coming late last year. But now it’s on the verge of another milestone: becoming the top browser coming to this site.

I’ve checked out our logs over the past few years to see how well Chrome has been doing compared to its rival browsers. The numbers are shockingly strong for such a new entry — particularly in the past year. Obviously, TechCrunch has a tech-centric audience, but I don’t think it’s

It’s not clear to me exactly what exactly people like Quincy Jones and Dr Dre do to make their particular brands of audio gear better. I mean, they put their name on them, probably because they are satisfied with how they sound, but is that the extent of their involvement? Well, whatever the case, Quincy Jones (a Garfield High School alumni like myself) has seen fit to put his stamp on a new set of AKG headphones.

The new line is definitely premium: the Q350 in-ears are $150, the Q701 reference headphones are $480, and the more compact Q460 is somewhere in between. They left the price out of the press release and it’s not at AKG’s site. I’m going to say $250.

The new headphones should be available in October.

Here’s the full press release:

Music Legend Quincy Jones Partners with HARMAN, Unveils New Signature Line of AKG Headphones

Three New Styles of Headphones Celebrate Unparalleled Sound Quality in Distinct Style

For more information: http://www.akg.com/Quincy

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – HARMAN International Industries Incorporated (NYSE: HAR), today announced the arrival of the Quincy Jones Signature Line by AKG. The premium headphone collection represents a momentous partnership between AKG and one of the most accomplished musicians of the 20th century – Quincy Jones.

Musician, artist, humanitarian – Quincy Jones is an American icon. His productions, which include the best-selling album (Thriller) and single (“We Are the World”) of all time, have garnered him an unprecedented 79 GRAMMY® nominations and 27 GRAMMY awards, more than any other living artist. His list of notable achievements is unrivaled in the music industry. The list of legendary and contemporary artists with whom he has worked includes Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Michael Jackson, Ludacris, Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra and Usher, among many others.

“Music is so much more than notes on a sheet of paper,” Jones said. “When it’s created with passion, with soul, we get something that is greater than ourselves – and it can move us deeply. Throughout my entire career, I have trusted only AKG to deliver the highest standard of sound – the same standard I hold myself to when I make my music.”

The Quincy Jones Signature Line includes three models: the Q701 reference-class premium over-ears, the Q460 high-performance portable on-ear mini headphones and the Q350 in-ear headphones that will boast distinctive AKG®-built quality and unrivaled audio engineering in an elegant, portable design, so music lovers everywhere can experience sound the way every artist intended for their music to be heard.

“Quincy Jones and AKG have shared a long-running passion for quality sound and the infinite power music has to connect people and touch lives,” said Dinesh C. Paliwal, chairman, president and CEO, HARMAN International. “We have partnered to introduce products into the marketplace that shine a light on how important sound quality is when you’re experiencing music in all aspects of your life.”

A share of the proceeds from every set of headphones sold in the Quincy Jones Signature Line by AKG will go toward the Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium, a foundation dedicated to making music education an ongoing part of the lives of American children.

Pricing and Availability

The Q701, Q460 and Q350 headphones will be available in October 2010, in time for the holiday season, at prices ranging from $149.99 to $479.99. To experience the Quincy Jones Signature Line by AKG yourself or for more specific product information, please visit http://www.akg.com/Quincy. An additional backgrounder with product specifications will also be available upon request.

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Prepare to get hit by a ton of Sammy marketing. The commercial embedded here is likely just the first wave of Samsung’s assault on the iPad. And it seems that they’re going about it the right way, too.

The commercial simply shows off the Galaxy Tab‘s capabilities in an Apple-ish sort of way. We’ve said all along that if any Android tablet has a chance to steal marketshare away from the iPad, it’s the Samsung Galaxy Tab and this commercial, along with our extensive hands-on, seems to confirm our thought. Now all we need is to know is its price tag and when it will hit stores.

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The First Samsung Galaxy Tab Commercial Shows Off Swype, Augmented Reality & Video Calling

The First Samsung Galaxy Tab Commercial Shows Off Swype, Augmented Reality & Video Calling

We got an email today from Zachary at Stupid Inventor. He’s come up with a.. unique idea for taking your gaming experience outside. Apparently Zach took an old lawn chair that his mom had lying around, and attached a computer and monitor to it. He then sits in the chair, and leans back and plays Pac-Man while working on his tan. I like it, but it seems like the glare might be a little much for that monitor.

Zach, I think the next thing you need to invent is a way to get the grass stains out of those socks. Or just ask your mom.

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Take Your Gaming Outside: The Arcade Lounge Chair

I can’t say the Folio 100 tablet, which we saw leaked a week back, is really making much of an impression on me: a customized Android 2.2 tablet running on a Tegra 2 with a 10.1″ screen — sure, not bad, but it’s not exactly original, and the price (€399, or around $500) isn’t sweetening the deal. We’ll have to get a hands-on to be sure, but I’m afraid this one might have to be relegated to the pile of Android tablets no one will remember a year from now.

One thing it is doing right is including Opera right out of the box, which will run Flash (though probably not particularly well). And actually, the interface looks pretty snappy. Good for them.

This poor thing can’t get stuff out of the Marketplace, though, so you’re limited to what Toshiba installs and makes available. To be honest, that’s a dealbreaker for most of the Android tablets out there, for me anyway.

Here’s the full press release:

Toshiba introduces its first Android based tablet computer

FOLIO 100 media tablet offers rich multimedia experience including Flash 10.1 support and features WLAN and Bluetooth
Neuss, Germany, 2nd September 2010 – Toshiba Europe GmbH today introduced its new media tablet FOLIO 100. The 25.7cm / 10.1” personal media tablet is targeted at people looking for a 100% portable and versatile device that is always at hand for making the most of their digital life. The FOLIO 100 comes with a wide selection of apps and services dedicated to media consumption, web browsing and social networking, and offers a rich multimedia experience. Easy and enjoyable to use, the FOLIO 100 has a highly intuitive graphical interface developed by Toshiba to run on top of Android 2.2 (Froyo). The FOLIO 100 will be available during the fourth quarter of 2010 throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Enjoy your digital life with your personal media tablet
“Our FOLIO 100 media tablet offers a seamless, easy-to-use experience across entertainment, social networking and mobile internet – anytime and anywhere”, said Marco Perino, General Manager Digital Life Products and Services. Offering a wide range of connectivity options, the FOLIO 100 is equipped with an SD card slot, an HDMI® connector, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth®, while a Mobile Broadband (3G) ready version will follow soon.

Versatile multi-talent with a selection of useful applications
The FOLIO 100 ships with a wide selection of applications pre- installed: amongst them Opera Mobile (web browser), FBReader (e- book reader), Document To Go® (office suite), Evernote® (notes), Adobe® Flash 10.1 and Fring®, an app that in combination with the embedded webcam allows video calls with friends and family.

Let the music play… – downloads from Toshiba Market Place
The media tablet also features Toshiba Market Place, a service that offers easy access to various download choices for multimedia content, services and apps. Music Place, powered by 7Digital offers easy access to one of the widest catalogues of music and allows easy syncing to a choice of devices. Radio Place gives access to a wide selection of IP radio services. Through the App Place, users are able to download applications compatible to the Folio 100.

A powerful personal device with endurance
Although it is only 14mm slim and weighs only 760g, the FOLIO 100 still packs a powerful Nvidia® TegraTM 2 processor that offers a perfect balance between high performance and low battery consumption. A battery life of up to seven hours1 lets the tablet work for almost a full working day without the need of a power outlet. The instant-on functionality lets the tablet be operational within less than 30 seconds. A 16GB on-board storage hosts music, videos, photos, e- mails and other data and is even expandable via SD card.

Developer portal provides support for app optimisation
“We encourage users and developers to join our Folio 100 eco system to create and offer apps, games and other content for FOLIO 100″, said Marco Perino. Toshiba already established a one-stop destination (www.toshibatouch.eu) for developers where they can get support to optimise their apps for the FOLIO100. “We also invite users to participate in the FOLIO community by suggesting ideas to developers to pursue,” said Marco Perino.

Facts & Figures*
CPU: Nvidia Tegra 2
25.7cm (10.1”) capacitive multitouch display with 1,024 x 600 pixels
Based on Android 2.2  On-board storage capacity: 16 GB
Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, WLAN (802.11 b/g/n), Mobile Broadband (soon available in certain models and countries)
DLNA® compatible
1xminiHDMI®,1xUSB 2.0 (client and hub), SD/MMC Card Reader
Supports Adobe® Flash 10.1
Rotation of displayed content on the screen by accelerometer
Webcam with 1.3 MPixel
Battery life: 7 hours (65% web browsing, 10% video playback, 25% standby)
Weight: 760g
Size: 281mm x 181mm x 14mm
Software (excerpt): Opera Mobile, Toshiba Media Player, FBReader, Fring, Document to Go, Evernote
* depending on configuration and local availability

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We actually saw an earlier version of this snakebot do this same trick a couple years back, but its skills seem to have been improved somewhat, and this video is much better anyway. If you’re interested in terrifying biomimetic robots, the BioRobotics program’s webpage is probably going to be fun for you.

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Carnegie Mellon’s Snakebot Does Its Tree-Climbing Trick Again

Señor Paulo Laserna Phillips.
Presidente Canal Caracol
La Ciudad.

Estimado Paulo:

Te mando mis saludos y parabienes desde la Avenida de las Américas.

La presente para agradecerte por el lanzamiento de Secretos de familia, el cual nos ha permitido catapultar hasta el cielo nuestra novela Amor en custodia… ¡ayer nos marcó 36.2 en personas!! Realmente nos la estás poniendo muy fácil y hasta las groseras caricaturas costumbristas como Chepe Fortuna tienen audiencias de novela grande (sí, es una porquería, lo admito, pero la escribió una pariente política del C.A.L., me tocó producirla y pegó… jajaja muy de buenas)

Espero que por allá por La Floresta se sigan descachando por mucho tiempo más, no sé qué vas a hacer después de que se te acabe el Desafío (la has alargado berracamente, no picarón? pero el público es bruto y ahí sigue pegado)

Un gran saludo y te adjunto los ratings del miércoles, por si no te llegaron, o no los quisiste abrir.

Gabriel.

PD. Para el terreno en el que somos amigos, lo de torpedear el Tercer Canal, recuerda tenemos que seguir protegiéndonos mutuamente. la estrategia ha funcionado a la perfección, te mando la factura de Lombana para que me gires la mitad.

***

Ranking LaF

1. A corazón abierto (RCN)
2. Amor sincero (RCN)
3. Chepe Fortuna (RCN)
4. Amor en custodia (RCN)
5. Desafío (Caracol)
6. Tierra de cantores (Caracol)
7. Secretos de familia (Caracol)
8. Bella calamidades (Caracol)
9. El cartel 2 (Caracol)

Rating Colombia septiembre 1, 2010:

12:30 NOTICIAS RCN 1230 15.1 5.1
14:25 ESTILO RCN 12.0 4.1
14:52 INOCENTE DE TI 14.3 5.2
16:00 BICHOS LUZ CLARITA 15.3 5.6
17:04 LA ROSA DE GUADALUPE 14.3 5.8
17:48 SOY TU DUENA 16.8 6.7
18:58 MINUTO DE DIOS 21.4 8.3
18:59 NOTICIAS RCN 1900 24.9 9.8
20:02 AMOR EN CUSTODIA 36.2 15.5
20:47 CHEPE FORTUNA 35.0 15.8
21:28 A CORAZON ABIERTO 39.5 18.4
22:13 AMOR SINCERO 36.7 16.8
22:44 NOTICIAS RCN 2230 20.7 8.1
23:19 LA NOCHE RCN 8.4 2.9
23:54 EL FANTASMA DEL GRAN HOTEL 5.1 1.7

12:29 NOTICIAS CARACOL 12:30 PM 13.1 4.9
14:48 MAS SABE EL DIABLO 10.0 3.7
16:07 LA MAGIA DE SOFIA 9.5 3.9
16:58 MUJERES AL LIMITE 12.4 4.7
17:54 TU VOZ ESTEREO 14.5 5.5
18:58 MINUTO DE DIOS 18.2 7.0
19:00 NOTICIAS CARACOL 7:00 PM 19.7 7.6
19:58 SECRETOS DE FAMILIA 20.7 8.2
20:47 DESAFIO LA LUCHA 33.6 14.8
21:41 TIERRA DE CANTORES 21.3 9.5
22:19 BELLA CALAMIDADES 18.0 8.1
22:33 EL CARTEL 2 13.5 5.8
22:44 NOTICIAS CARACOL 10:30 PM 10.2 4.3
23:15 EL RADAR 5.4 1.9
23:56 CINCO X 5 1.8 0.5

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Querido Paulo… [ratings]

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So your local camera store doesn’t have what you are looking for, you don’t want to visit a big box store, and you’re concerned about the shady practices of some online retailers? Well worry no longer – Nikon has launched their own online store, with (most) of their products available for purchase direct. There’s even an outlet store if you want pick something up at a discount.

They’ve got all kinds of other product in the store as well, from a Nikon branded beanie to a $10,000 600mm f/4G lens, and all those other pain in the difficult to find items like body caps, replacement lens covers, and all the other goodies that you can never find at the local camera shoppe. That being said, I always recommend you make your camera purchases from your local camera store – the sales people are more knowledgeable, and the after purchase support can’t be beat.

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The phenomenon of tilting the lens in your camera or camcorder is simply not something I understand. Is there a nationwide crisis because of people not pointing their camcorder properly? Are home movies being ruined because it’s all shots of people’s knees? It seems to me that camera manufacturers have invented a problem to solve, and their solution is weird-looking.

Samsung has been doing this for a year at least, so the PR description of the HMX-T10 as “pioneering and innovative” is hilarious to me. At $300, it’s your basic, traditional form-factor camcorder; it has a 2.7″ touchscreen LCD, a nice 10x F/1.8 zoom with optical stabilization, and… unfortunately, shoots at 1080/60i. Oops, well, that’s it.

I won’t recommend any camcorders that shoot interlaced, so my advice is to go with any of the very similar and capable cameras at or below this price, like the Toshiba H30 I recently reviewed, or one of the many pocket cams that can be had for peanuts these days. No one should pay for interlacing in the year 2010.

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Samsung Introduces A Rather Strange-Looking Camcorder With A Tilted Lens

There seems to be some confusion out there right now about iTunes Ping, Apple’s new music social network, and Facebook. Some people seem to think it was never a part of iTunes, that Apple decided against connecting; while other reports say they think it was at one point integrated, but that it wasn’t working and has since been removed. I can tell you for sure that yesterday Facebook Connect was a part of Ping — because I used it.

When I first loaded iTunes 10 yesterday and started up Ping, connecting with Facebook was the first thing I did to find friends. At first, I will say that it didn’t work. I hit the Connect button, entered my credentials, and nothing happened. But I tried again and it worked perfectly. I found a handful of Facebook friends who had just started using Ping as well and connected with them.

Further, looking at my Facebook account, I’m still connected to Apple’s Ping app there. And so are 27 of my Facebook friends, currently. Apple has removed the implementation from iTunes for right now, but the app is still live and connected on Facebook.

I also spoke with some Apple representatives at the event yesterday, and they confirmed that the Facebook Connect implementation was only for pulling your friends in to Ping. No other data was being transferred, I was told.

The app page on Facebook seems to confirm this:

This application makes it easy to find and follow any of your Facebook friends who also use iTunes Ping.

So why did Apple remove it? Who knows. It could have been buggy (as I said, it was yesterday), or maybe Facebook didn’t like some aspect of the implementation and asked iTunes to rework it. So far, neither side is talking.

I do think that Ping has a nice and simple social model which lets users follow, friend, or lurk. Compare that to Facebook, which is a mess or privacy settings.

But again, the connection between the two was definitely working yesterday. But it only about finding friends, no other data was being transfered over.

Update — Here’s Facebook canned statement on the matter:

Facebook believes in connecting people with their interests and we’ve partnered with innovative developers around the world who share this vision. Facebook and Apple have cooperated successfully in the past to offer people great social experiences and look forward to doing so in the future.

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iTunes Ping And Facebook Were Friends Yesterday. And I’m Still Connected.

iTunes Ping And Facebook Were Friends Yesterday. And I’m Still Connected.

Fora.TV has always been playing a dangerous game—trying to sell long-form online video about intellectual ideas. That’s like trying to sell sunblock to the cast of Jersey Shore. Fora calls itself Hulu for “the Thinking Man’s Web.” (There’s a Thinking Man’s Web?)

Eighteen months after closing its $6 million series A round and long time magazine editor Blaise Zerega took over as CEO, Fora seems to be grinding it out. The traffic has tripled and it’s now streaming about three million videos per month, mostly captured from conferences and high-level events. Those aren’t close to YouTube numbers, but considering the intellectually demanding content– think Timothy Geithner talking for an hour about the best ways to stimulate the economy—it’s impressive.

Despite its limited size, Fora has a few high-brow sponsors like Mercedes Benz who want to reach its rarefied audience. Conferences love it, because it gives them a sophisticated way to broadcast content to people who can’t attend. Anything they make is money that would have been left on the table otherwise. For instance, 150 people attended a talk by Stanford’s director of design earlier this year, but 500 people watched it live over Fora. Thirty days later more than 325,000 watched it. And this was just a talk about how some students set up an incubator at Stanford. It may not be a YouTube-sized business, but there’s clearly something there.

And, as of today, Fora has a new $5/month subscription to watch and download most of the videos without ads. The site still offers pay-per-view pricing for specific talks, too. Think of the business model like cable TV, Zerega says. There are basic packages and premium packages and stuff you pay for individually ala On Demand. Think of their content like the Discovery Channel. No doubt when it launched, media executives were saying, “People aren’t going to watch long form non-fiction content on cable! Shark week? Who cares about sharks?”

Everyone wants to post live video of their events these days, but it’s incredibly hard, expensive and time consuming to do well—something we’ve all learned getting TechCrunchTV up and running this summer. What gives Fora an edge is that it can do everything from filming a conference’s content to writing headlines and speaker bios to cutting the film into watchable DVD chapters and three-minute teasers to writing transcripts. And increasingly, Fora is working on distribution, trying to get that content available on as many platforms as possible. Already Fora is on Boxee and Comcast.

There are so many wonky, technical, tedious details in that process that most think-tank or university conferences just don’t have the staff or know-how to tackle. Put another way—maybe Fora doesn’t solve an obvious problem for millions of viewers (I have an hour to kill…..where can I find a lecture on free market economics?) but it does solve a big problem for thousands of conferences and event planners, who in turn will push that content to their constituents.

It’s no surprise Zerega was the managing editor of Wired during its “Long Tail” days.

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Fora.TV Triples Traffic. Wait, That Many People Want Hour-Long Videos on Economics?

I expressed some hope a while back, after seeing what appeared to be a teaser image for a 3D Mega Man, that Capcom would grace us with a version of the game for the 3DS. That hasn’t been ruled out, but this Mega Man Universe thing is… less exciting, and confusing.

The updated graphics look out of place; part of the charm of Mega Man 9 and 10 was the wonderful sprite art in the style of the original — they even added sprite flicker like on a real NES. The new style is… sort of anonymous, and it looks like you’re controlling a feeble child.

I don’t know. We’ll have to see how it actually plays.

[via Destructoid]

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