Sony’s ‘Welcome Back’ campaign may have drawn to a close a bit early, but the PlayStation Network won’t make its full return to Japan until later this week. As of July 6th, Japanese gamers will once again be able to access the PlayStation Store and Qriocity, bringing an end to a nearly three-month suspension enacted after April’s widespread data breach. These services have already been reintroduced across other parts of the globe, but Sony encountered notably stiffer resistance in its homeland, where authorities demanded assurance of the PSN’s security before allowing it to relaunch within their borders. Read more…
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Remember when Gmail escaped Beta? Doesn’t feel like that long ago, but it definitely took Google a really, really long time to finally cross that milestone. And now, the company’s finally giving their Mail application the first major facelift that we can remember. For now, the company’s leaving these new themes in the “optional” folder, and they’ve only pushed a few very minor button changes to the masses. But if you’re feeling curious, you can poke around in the options / settings to see what’s to come.
It’s just a small part of a Google-wide effort to deliver an experience that’s “more focused, elastic, and effortless across all of their products.” The sneak peek includes Preview and Preview (Dense), which showcases the new interface. Read more…
In this week’s Gadget Lab podcast, the crew shines the spotlight on the TouchPad tablet, HP’s response to the iPad.
What’s so interesting about the TouchPad? HP made the pro
Samsung Korea has announced its new LTE Router on the South Korea Market called the SHV-E100L. The new SHV-E100L supports EVDO Rev. HSDPA networks which enables the user to browse the web at fast speed that will deliver up to 100 Mp3 music files in only 40 seconds. It features an compact ultra-mini design that will fit securely in your pocket while-on-go, it supports WiFi with a hotspot feature that will connect up to 10 WiFi-enabled devices simultaneously.
The Samsung SHV-E100L 4G LTE Router also offers Web Manager through a Wi-Fi Settings, Password management for network security.
This Green Power Island is designed to combat two things that the Earth might be greatly lacking in the future: land and energy.
The architectural firm of Gottlieb Paludan from Copenhagen created a serious combination of eco-friendly power with the wind turbines near the shore, not to mention all of the solar panels taking up the landmass.
Thats pretty visible from this mock-up image, but what you dont see is that the green space is for biofuel crops. Not only that, seawater is pumped into a lagoon-like reservoir, which is emptied by the turbine-powered pumps when it is low.