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hmmm… taking a quick peep at the Best Buy and Future Shop site shows the upcoming Samsung 16GB Galaxy Tab 10.1 with Wi-Fi now having an “Estimated release date: 08/26/2011″. This was expected to drop on the 19th but the 26th is currently those two retailers, others like The Source still have this coming on August 19th. I’m sure we’ll hear more info tomorrow about the official launch date of the Wi-Fi and the 4G versions.

In the meantime of this thin Android tablet getting on shelves and into your hands, check out our quick overview of it here.

Source: Future Shop
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Happy birthday, World Wide Web! Hard to believe you’re turning 20 already. It seems like just yesterday we were hearing the pitter patter of little dial-up, delighting at the words “you got mail,” and getting frustrated when calling our friends and receiving that dreaded busy signal. You’re all grown up now, helping people learn how to farm and become overnight pop sensations. What, we wonder, will the next 20 years bring? At the very least, you’ll eventually have to move out of your parents’ basement, get a real job, and settle down. It’s hard to pay attention to that kind of stuff, though, when you’ve got another year of sneaking beers ahead of you. So go ahead, World Wide Web, enjoy yourself tonight — just make sure to be home by midnight.

World Wide Web turns 20, finally shakes that acne problem originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You’ve seen the trailer for the next alien invasion movie The Darkest Hour. Now watch star Emile Hirsch explain how he fires his giant electric alien-killing gun! More »

Android: If you ever lose your phone and don’t have a contingency plan in place, you can remotely install Plan B on your phone and locate it instantly. More »

Sean Avery of the New York Rangers was arrested early Friday morning after an incident at his home in Los Angeles, the website TMZ.com is reporting.

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3. to block or hinder passage across or access to: to close a border to tourists; to close the woods to picnickers.
4. to stop or obstruct the entrances, apertures, or gaps in: He closed the crate and tied it up.
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Google Dictionary slams shut forever, world unsurprisingly at a loss for words originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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British actor Rowan Atkinson, known for his Mr. Bean TV and movie character, crashed his high-powered McLaren F1 supercar this week but escaped with just minor injuries.

More BlackBerry goodness coming at you this week! RIM announced today that BlackBerry App World 3.0 is now officially available in BlackBerry beta zone for smartphones, not for the PlayBook. There are several new features, mainly the overall layout has been redesigned which will ultimately make it a better experience for Berry users. The home screen has been rejigged and also now has a storefront search bar. RIM has gone a more social route and giving you the ability to share app details through BBM, Facebook, Twitter, email and SMS. Specifically for apps, new channels have been added: Apps, Games, and Themes. Here’s the complete list of the new BlackBerry App World 3.0:

New features include:

– Sleek New Design – The BlackBerry App World experience has been enhanced to help users discover the latest and greatest apps and content, starting right on the BlackBerry App World home screen where rotating spotlight banners show off all that’s new and exciting.

– New Channels – Apps, Games, and Themes now have their own channels so users can get to what they want even faster.

– Introduction of My Account – My Account makes managing BBID and payment options easy with direct access to all account information from the home screen.

– New My World Features – My World gives users a streamlined view of their apps and status, and now at a glance, in addition to seeing which apps are installed and uninstalled, users can manage subscription content and services. When new updates or subscription renewals are available for apps, users will be notified using push technology.

– App Social Sharing – When a user finds an app they can’t live without, they can share it directly from the app details screen through BBM, Facebook, Twitter, email and SMS

– Evolved App Details Screen – At a glance, users can get a quick summary, check out reviews and star ratings, take a look at screen shots, and more

– More Search Options – Quickly find apps with a Search Bar now appearing on the storefront home screen and search results are presented across Channels as well as My World. Search Bars are also within each Channel and users have the ability to filter by App Name, Price, Rating, Newest, Best Match, or Popular

Source: BlackBerry
Via: BlackBerry Beta Zone

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There’s no coffin or urn, but Sheen’s character Charlie Harper’s trademark bowling shirt is on display surrounded by elaborate flowers.

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Lovers often split up and then get back together. According to Mashable, however, the tiff between Google and Twitter over Realtime Search is taking on a cold air of finality — even though it seemed kinda temporary at the time. The Big G just reiterated plans to restore its social networking search function, based on Google+ and “other sources,” but it made no mention of its former sweetheart. Oh well, a wise person once told us that when it comes to relationships, you should never press rewind.

Google’s Realtime Search will return, probably sans Twitter originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The cable network is currently airing Season 4.5 of the veteran sci-fi series, starring Colin Ferguson.

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Air Canada has been fined $50,000 US by the U.S. Department of Transportation for violating "deceptive price advertising" rules in online ads.

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When I check my email, I often rely on the message snippets to figure out which messages to open first. Sometimes, though, I want to see more than snippets, which is why I’m happy to announce that you can now preview messages in your inbox using a new feature in Gmail Labs called Preview Pane. It’s probably a very familiar layout to those of you who have used Gmail on a tablet device. We also think it’s going to work especially well if you have a larger resolution screen.

After you enable Preview Pane from the Labs tab in Gmail Settings you’ll see a toggle button in the top right corner of your message list, which lets you switch between preview and list views.

For those of you who have more vertical space you can also move the preview pane below your message list. You can enable this using the dropdown arrow next to the toggle button:

By default there is a 3-second delay in marking a conversation as read after previewing it. If that doesn’t feel natural to you, you can change the timing in the General tab of settings:

If you’d like to remove the new layout, simply return to Gmail Settings and disable the lab. Finally, don’t forget to let us know what you think about the latest addition to Gmail Labs.

Multiple universes are accessed, in fiction, through portals in space or mystical necklaces or sometimes just in dreams, but always when characters break the rules of space time. In reality, alternate universes are not in other dimensions. They’re just far, far away. And the reason they are alternate universes is that they can’t be reached no matter what. But can they be tested for? More »

Android: Bubbleator is a utility that will slowly scroll notifications like missed calls, new SMS messages, and the latest posts from your Twitter and Facebook streams across your home screen as a live wallpaper. More »

Gmail for mobile was looking a little tired around the eyes, so Google went ahead and gave the ol’ web app a cosmetic lift. The update, announced on the Gmail blog, packs a hat trick’s worth of tweaks aimed squarely at iOS and QNX (read: BB PlayBook) users. Email messages can now be manually refreshed with a top-down pull and release — a feature similar to Twitter’s own drag-down approach. The team also added a bit of finesse to inbox navigation with new sliding transitions, and even beefed up the graphical interface, taking full advantage of that Retina Display. Curious to see these tune-ups in action? Then head to the source for your own hands-on.

Gmail for Mobile gets a facelift, now ready for its Retina Display close-up originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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