Well just recently it has been announced that the rumors are true. Netflix and Playstation are teaming up to provinde PS3 owners with streaming videos through a "Watch Instantly" feature. However, this service will only be availble to users with a free, Netflix-provided BD Live-enable Blu-ray disc. Any Netflix members can pre-order their disc right here. (http://www.netflix.com/InstantStreamingDisc). "Watch Instantly" is said to come out sometime next month so start getting the popcorn ready.

PlayStation 3 Slim 250GB

The battle for dominance in the PC world is about to enter a whole new era with the release of Windows 7. There are mixed reviews between whether Windows 7 can put some hurt on Apple's market share. One argument is that Apple user's are too brand loyal and don't pay attention to what's happening in the world of Windows. Well they should be. This new OS has many features that is both visually pleasing and helpful to its users. You will be thoroughly impressed with everything from the easy way of switching through different windows and programs, to the new "pinning" feature, to the touch screen Windows 7 computers. This is an upgrade you don't want to miss.

Home Premium	Price	Professional	Price	Ultimate	Price
Amazon:	$199.99	Amazon:	$199.99	Amazon:	$219.99
BestBuy:	$199.99	BestBuy:	$199.99	Buy.com:	$213.99
Buy.com:	$118.99	Buy.com:	$195.99	OnSale:	$219.98
OnSale:	$199.99	OnSale:	$186.99	PC Mall:	$219.98
PC Mall:	$112.99	PC Mall:	$186.99

The PlayStation 3 has undergone many ups and downs since it was introduced into the market. And on November 3rd Sony plans to release their newest PS3. This version will have the same features and slim design as the 120 GB system. However, it will come with a 250 GB built-in hard drive. With all the new games being released for the holiday season, the extra space would come quite handy. But don't forget you can store music, movies, photos, TV shows, and anything else that's open on the Playstation Network. This new version will be $349.99 and if you're worried about having to fight off customers in the store, you can pre-order it right here.

Sony Computer Entertainment America has released UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves for the PlayStation 3. The sequel to Naughty Dog’s hit Unchartered, UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves blends the art of cinema and action platformer and shooter action in an all new adventure involving Nathan Drake, big explosions, exploration, running and jumping, and good old fashioned spelunking. The game promises a story-driven single-player mode and competitive multiplayer and cooperative modes as well. Reference

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G4	5/5
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GameSpot	9.5/10
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GameTrailers	9.3/10
IGN	9.5/10

HP has come a long way from their first touch screen computer, the HP 150, in 1983. The two new TouchSmart PC’s are the TouchSmart 300, and the TouchSmart 600. The 300 comes with a 20 inch LCD screen and is priced at $899.00 while the 600 comes with a 23 inch LCD screen and is priced at $1049.00.

Both of these PC’s will come with Windows 7 applications that allows their users to navigate services such as Twitter, control the streaming of videos from sites such as Hulu, play music from two music service providers, HP Music Store by Rhapsody from RealNetworks Inc. and Pandora Internet radio, and many other things. These applications are features limited to the TouchSmart 3.0 software suite by HP.

The TouchSmart 300 and the TouchSmart 600 will be available for purchase on November 1st and October 22nd (the same day as the release of Windows 7). However if your waiting for a TouchSmart PC to come out to suit your business needs you might need to wait a little longer. The TouchSmart 9100 comes with a 23 inch LCD screen and will be $1299.00. This will be released in December and it is going to be an all-in-one PC for business.

Facebook's poke features is the most useless and pointless feature. It apparently can land you in jail for a year with additional $2500 fine.

Shannon Jackson from Tennessee was arressted because she allegely broke an order of protectiong against another woman when she decided to "poke" her on Facebook.

The order protection stated that she wasn't to make any form of contact(internet poke included).

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Simple sketch turn into Photshopped image

PhotoSketch will be the new Photoshop. PhotSketch which transforms your stick figure drawings into a photograph.

The program, which has been built by five Chinese students at Tsinghua University and the National University of Singapore, uses a vast library of images to turn a basic sketch in to a well develop photograph.

The developers, Tao Chen, Ming-Ming Cheng, Ping Tan, Ariel Shamir, and Shi-Min Hu said that the software can take any rough sketch showing the shape of the each object, labelled with a name, and find images that correspondent to each element. It can also select the best match for the picture, which also adds in shadows to give a more natural look.

Can anyone say far well to Photoshop??

Created by: Tao Chen, Ming-Ming Cheng, Ping Tan, Ariel Shamir, and Shi-Min Hu

NBA 2K10 is now available for download from the Xbox Live Marketplace today. It allows you to play one 4 minute quarter, using either Los Angelos Lakers or Orlando Magic. According to 2K Sports, the demo will also be available for PlayStation users shortly.

There is a controller setup screen, which updates to the game controller button layout. There is no game play commentary in the demo version, but you can feel and hear the change of the crow reactions.

The NBA 2K10 Draft Combine will be available with the release. Combine demonstrated the graphic detail upgrades by 2K Sports. The amount of details for creating your own character.

2K Sports has announced a new on-line feature "Crew", where allows friends to team up and create a team of real or created players to compete online.

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Release Date: October 6, 2009

PS3	Price	Xbox 360	Price
Amazon	$59.99	Amazon	$59.99
Buy.com	$52.99	Buy.com	$52.99
BestBuy	$59.99	BestBuy	$59.99
GameStop	$59.99	GameStop	$59.99