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You can’t deny one of Microsoft’s main goals with its revamped 360 dashboard update was to enhance the box’s entertainment attributes, and now the Redmond crowd has flipped the live switch on two more vid-focused apps. Crackle and CinemaNow are joining the likes of Vudu and UFC as part of the latest additions to the Xbox app locker
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Xbox 360 adds Crackle and CinemaNow to list of up and running apps
Xbox 720, Xbox Loop — whatever Microsoft ends up calling it, that hot rod of a console looks to be on deck for a late fall 2013 release. According to IGN’s sources, this successor to the Redmond gaming throne is purported to pack a GPU based on AMD’s 6000 series of chips and will boast silicon circuitry that catapults its performance past Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U by 20 percent
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Next Xbox console to be six times more powerful, headed for fall 2013 release?
With these gamer cans ready to bask in their full Xbox-certified glory in stores this week, we took the chance to hit up Tritton’s stand here at CES to try on its Primer . Despite the call-center employee appearance [above], the earphones are relatively comfortable, although the head band seemed a bit tight. While the Primer offers a 33 foot reception radius, we found its limits of receiving audio were closer to 40 feet.
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Mad Catz/Tritton’s Primer gaming headset arriving this week, we go ears-on
Netflix has launched its TV and movie streaming service in the UK and Ireland, as expected , offering unlimited access to its on-demand catalog for £5.99/€6.99. Promised back in October , the service can be accessed through Smart TVs, game consoles, Blu-ray players, tablets and smartphones, with some content available in HD and with 5.1-channel surround sound
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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Joseph (he’s from Atlanta) who needs a camera bag for his semi-professional photography enterprise. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com .
3D printing . Sure, that’s pretty neat, but there are other ways to make three dimensional objects at home. Roland’s new iModela, for example, is an “affordable” ($899) digital hobby mill that can carve 3D shapes, jewelry, textures and prototypes out of balsa wood, foam, modelling wax and plastics
Sony Ericsson is looking to start a bromance with the McTwist-loving, Double-Cork-landing, A-Frame-riding masses jonesing for a new Android device. The handset maker has announced a “global strategic alliance” with Billabong to launch the Xperia Active Billabong Edition smartphone in select markets. The handset will come preloaded with exclusive content, including Billabong screen savers, and bundle several Billabong-branded games and applications
(Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) What do you desire most right now? A drink?
