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Electronic Arts and Sports Illustrated today announced details of an exclusive marketing partnership between the internationally renowned Need for Speed and Swimsuit franchises bringing together the worlds of fashion, video games, cars and beauty in a first-of-its-kind partnership. The deal will see 2011 SI Swimsuit Cover model Irina Shayk and popular Swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen play guest starring roles in one of this holiday’s most anticipated releases, Need for Speed The Run.

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Apple will launch its next-generation iPhone 5 in five initial markets on October 14th according to a new report from Macotakara. The site, which has a mixed track record, reports that Apple will release the new device in the United States, the U.K., Germany, Japan and France on that date, with launches in additional markets to follow. The date aligns closely with earlier comments from France Telecom CEO Stéphane Richard, who said the iPhone 5 would launch from Orange on October 15th, a Saturday. Apple launched the original iPhone, the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS on Fridays, and the iPhone 4 launched on a Thursday last year.

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Ok, we’ve been hearing of a different launch date for Sandy Bridge E over what seems like every week in recent months, so this may be a bit of a case of the boy who cried wolf by now, but a new report from the folks over at VR-Zone looks to be a good deal closer to certainty than previous rumours, saying that new information reveals the first Sandy Bridge E processor to launch on November 14th.    This latest rumour also indicates that despite us being lead to believe for a while now that Intel’s own DX79SI and DX79TO motherboards would launch on the same said date as the processor(s), they won’t actually arrive until December. A Read more…

Amazon.com has slated a news conference for Wednesday, and media speculation focuses on the prospect that the Internet retailing major will unveil a tablet computer to compete with Apple Inc.’s market-dominating iPad. A new Kindle tablet would combine the retailer’s prominent electronic-book reader with connection to Amazon’s offerings of MP3 music and digital videos. And the media talk says the tablet will run on Google’s Android operating system, which means access to the Android applications at Amazon’s app store. The Wall Street Journal’s sources say the new tablet will have a roughly 9-inch screen; other reports say a 7-inch or 10-inch display is likely. Wednesday

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