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You thought that 20% American figure was impressive? The same Sandvine traffic report says Netflix media streaming accounts for 95% of all bandwidth in Canada during peak evening hours. What is the other five percent? People signing up for Netflix? More »

Well, that didn’t take long. After hearing this morning that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab might possibly be hitting Sprint on November 14th, the carrier has come out and confirmed the date, along with some pricing details. Whereas the Verizon deal is a penny under $600 with no commitment required, Sprint’s offering the 7-inch slate for $399.99 along with a necessary two-year 3G Tablet Mobile Broadband plan (according to Phone Scoop who contacted the company, there’ll also be a $599.99 offer with no contract). That’ll run you $29.99 for 2GB and $59.99 for 5GB. Can’t wait to see what price the GSMers might offer? Pre-orders start today.

Galaxy Tab for Sprint confirmed for November 14th: $400 with two-year contract originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The majority of the PC tech world has fallen into a dystopian stupor. Monolithic corporations are now led by aging CEOs who seek solace in the comfort of profit and ego, rather than innovation.

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Holy frak! Syfy has just ordered a new “Battlestar Galactica” series pilot.

Windows 8, you say?! Yes! Someone’s talking about it, so when is it? About two years from now seems to be the “official” word from the Netherlands, although you’d be somewhat foolish to expect anything more concrete than that from Redmond. More »

The other day, we reported on the fact that those tiny new MacBook Airs are shipping without a pre-installed version of Flash. Based on Apple’s recent, vocal anti-Flash opinions, we took it as a sign that the company was putting even more distance between itself and Adobe, but according to a statement we’ve just received, that might not be the case. Apple spokesman Bill Evans just pinged us with the official word on the situation, claiming that it has more to do with making sure users have the most recent version of the software and less to do with politics. Here’s the word from Apple:

We’re happy to continue to support Flash on the Mac, and the best way for users to always have the most up to date and secure version is to download it directly from Adobe.

Interestingly, he also notes that this will be happening across all Macs in the future, though there may be some models still in the channel with Flash pre-installed. Obviously this makes some sense, but it’s hard not to see it as a dig against Adobe — there must be other solutions for ensuring users are up to date (like, oh, putting the plugin into your auto-updater). Also, it would be nice if those “missing plug-in” messages actually worked as links to the Adobe install page (because they don’t, at least in Safari). Hey — at least we know it wasn’t a fluke!

Apple responds on missing Flash in new MacBook Airs, says get used to it originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’d gotten a quick look at the Galaxy Player before, but not like this: a nearly three minute video that shows that Samsung’s brought a gun to the iPod Touch gunfight. More »

NASA has concluded that there may be enough water on the moon to sustain a manned lunar base.

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Here’s a kinda crazy statistic from a new report by the Nielsen Company: 32% of iPad owners have never downloaded an app. Come on, guys, not even Netflix!? More »

We’ve shown you how to automate just about anything on your Mac without coding, but if you’re a Windows user, you can automate repetetive tasks in the same way with free app Actions. More »

Windows 7, the Microsoft operating system that did a bang-up job washing out the sour taste of many Windows Vista complaints, is one year old round-about today (give or take a day). To celebrate, let’s make the most of it. More »

And with that, the long (long!) wait is (just) about over. Boxee just announced this morning that its long awaited Boxee Box (you know, the one built by D-Link) will be shipping out on November 10th for customers who have pre-ordered from Amazon in the United States and Best Buy or Future Shop in Canada. Furthermore, pre-orders taken in Australia / New Zealand and other nations across Europe will start heading out “shortly thereafter.” For those looking to pick one up after the initial rush, it’s expected to start splashing down in retail on November 17th. So, you in?

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Boxee Box shipping November 10th in US and Canada originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A holiday tradition? Making things out of gingerbread, and Google is doing its part to keep that practice alive according to a report stating Android 3.0 is set to hit some tablets this December. Those will just be early samples destined only to light up the eyes of engineers who’ve been very, very good this year, but the rest of us naughty boys and girls will get to see those slates when they launch to the public in January. We hear there’s a little electronics show happening that time of year, and supposedly HTC, Samsung, and Motorola will be showing their Gingerbread tablets there, amongst others (but not Lenovo, apparently). We can’t wait to get a taste.

Update: Thanks to James for pointing out that it’s still unclear whether 3.0 is going to be Gingerbread or, indeed, the truly tablet-minded Honeycomb release we’re really waiting for. This report states specifically that 3.0 is hitting tablets in December, with 4.0 later in 2011. Is that Gingerbread and Honeycomb, or Honeycomb and Ice Cream? Also, is anyone else hungry?

Android 3.0 due to start hitting tablets in December ahead of January launch originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How the hell did a show about high school theater geeks come to be the biggest TV show in America? Well, T&A helps. (That's talent and ambition, you pervs.) But so does a generous helping of pot-laced brownies, girl-on-girl subtext, and choreographed dry-humping.