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The evidence for a Motorola Xoom launch on February 24th just became that bit more compelling, courtesy of this here Best Buy ad. It promises Moto’s Android tablet will be in stores a couple of weeks from now, decorated with a daunting $799.99 sticker. That price agrees with one of our earliest leaks on the matter, purportedly from Verizon’s own systems, so all the pieces seem to be falling into place for a pretty exciting end to February for Android fans. This flier also has some data tariffs on it, starting at $20 per month for a 1GB allowance and stretching up to a 10GB limit for $80 (identical to VZW’s pricing with the Galaxy Tab). Doesn’t really sound like the most appealing proposition we’ve ever heard, but maybe if those prices remain static once the Xoom gets its 4G upgrade, we could learn to love them.

Update: Motorola’s official Xoom portal just went live, presumably as its Super Bowl ad finally aired.

Best Buy ad prices Motorola Xoom at $800, affirms February 24th launch date originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s short and sweet, but Android’s new boot up screen for Honeycomb is pretty slick. It’s a pulsating honeycomb that glows like Tron and mixed with a little psychedelic-ness. If only the rest of the UI was as gorgeous. [TechCrunch] More »

You’ve surely seen that video from 1994 that circulated this week with Today Show hosts Katie Couric, Bryant Gumbel, and Elizabeth Vargas acting utterly baffled as they attempt to figure out that age-old question “what is Internet?”

We laugh, we cried, we got nostalgic for mid-90s haircuts and giant buttons.

Well, the fellow who posted the super viral video has apparently been let go from his job at NBC, according to Washington Post writer Rob Pegoraro on Twitter. Just so the guy’s firing didn’t come completely in vain, let’s also watch the video ten more times. It’s posted up, after the jump.

The top pass catcher in the Canadian Football League is no longer a Saskatchewan Roughrider.

I thought bomb squads used robots to extract explosives in a safe manner. When said robot drops potentially-live grenades AND THEN RUNS OVER THEM with its treads, I don’t think the robot is doing a very good job. More »

Joystiq has learned that the previously rumored remake of Halo: Combat Evolved will indeed launch this holiday season for Xbox 360 with a full visual overhaul. Sources explain that the re-release is not Bungie’s 2001 Xbox game simply running at a higher resolution — it’s being remade with new art assets. While Halo‘s audio will likely remain unaltered, the controls will allow for more recent Halo configurations.

The Halo: Combat Evolved remake is allegedly being developed by New Jersey-based Saber Interactive, the company behind TimeShift and Namco’s upcoming Inversion, but we’ve been unable to confirm the nature of the engine powering it. We understand that it’s something other than the Reach engine.

The Halo: Combat Evolved update, one of two Halo games currently in development under the watchful eye of 343 Industries, is expected to support 1080p resolution and 3D televisions. Details on multiplayer are supposedly still being worked out, but we understand the remake will likely feature online co-op (the original game supported two-player split-screen co-op).

The game is expected to re-evolve on November 15, 2011, ten years after Halo: Combat Evolved launched alongside the Xbox. Our sources didn’t know of any plans to similarly upgrade the recently disconnected Halo 2, but it’s hard to imagine Microsoft playing favorites with its biggest franchise.

Halo: Combat Evolved remake coming this holiday originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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