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AT&T has just released new international rates that can be added or removed on top of your current contract with ease. For just a couple more dollars a month, you’ll be able to use your phone minutes at discounted rates in over 85 countries around the world. Pretty sweet deal if you ask [...]

Another busy week here at TNMS. Here are some important stories that you might have missed over the weekend!

Kevin Rose rumors on new iPods, etc. from Apple - CrunchGear
XBox360 will get motion controllers like the Wii? - Gizmodo
Google and Verizon to partner for cell phone searching - Gizmodo
Virgin Mobile to acquire Helio - Engadget
Cyborgs [...]

Apparently, AT&T has a new home theater tech support center: ConnecTech. Just like Best Buy’s Geek Squad and Circuit City’s FireDog, AT&T will have ConnecTech. CrunchGear has the price breakdown for the available services AT&T has to offer… which is basically the same as BestBuy and CircuitCity. But how well can [...]

Where has the weekend gone? Between the Olympics and the Massachusetts tax-free holiday, I’m spent (literally!)! Here is what you’ve missed:

First Android phone to be shipped in November… without Microsoft Exchange? - Engadget
Intel to release 160GB solid state hard drives, faster, bigger and use less energy - Tom’s Hardware
Dell’s Mini Inspiron laptop specifications [...]

As we’ve mentioned in this space in the past, Google is preparing to launch their first volley into the war for your mobile conversations when their Android Operating System hits cell phones worldwide.  We’ve also mentioned once or twice (and by “we’ve” I mean “I’ve”, and by “once or twice” I mean “about 30 times”), [...]

I don’t care how rich you are, what program for a phone is really worth $1000?
Let me list some programs that are around $1000:

Photoshop CS3 (graphic design, web design, movie editing): $975.99
Final Cut Studio 2 (Mac movie editing): $1299
TurboCAD (graphic design): $973.99

What do all these programs have in common? They are geared towards high [...]

I typically hate the sun. I’m pale, maybe a bit pasty (okay, plenty pasty), and all lights within 10 feet of my desk at the office are turned off. But if I had an iPhone, I’d start looking at the sun in a new light (har har).
The environmentally-conscious tech source EcoGeek has reported on an [...]

It is going to be a really busy week here at TNMS but we will get you stories as fast as we can!
Here is what you missed:

Lenovo makes a splash intro in the netbook department - Liliputing via Gizmodo
Acer’s netbook extended battery only 1/3 the cost of actual netbook! - Engadget
Blackberry’s Flowberry theme for [...]

So we all know a little bit about the Blackberry Bold and Thunder, but the the hottest information in RIM-land is their first EVER flip phone, the 8200 series code-named the KickStart. And by the look of it, I’d say they have been making them for years.

Apparently it is true. Slashdot reports that Pittsburgh Cancer Center warns that the radiation from cell phones could cause cancer. Now, this isn’t a new story as this myth has been around for years, but read the story for yourself here. The solution? A bluetooth headset! And besides, you need [...]

Obviously, the dominant story this summer is Apple’s release of the new 3G iPhone.  While there exist plenty of reasons why this remains the must-have gadget of 2008, there are certainly no shortage of reasons to consider waiting for one more model release before making the jump.

The folks at Gizmodo have done a lovely job of rounding up all of the battery tests performed on the new iPhone 3G this week. The results are varied, namely due to the ridiculous combination of things you could be doing with it. One thing that rang true in all tests, however, is [...]

Quite a few stories this weekend (of course being the first weekend of the 3G iPhone).

XBox360 20GB for $299? Better believe it! - Gizmodo/Kotaku
Typing with one hand… wait, its typing on one hand! - Engadget
Internet speeds at 640BG/sec, that’s 17 DVDs of info per second! - ZDnet via Digg
Microsoft’s offer for Yahoo!’s buyout has [...]

No, I didn’t bow down to the Apple/AT&T gods and get a 3G iPhone. To me, it really wasn’t of a need or want. I already have a BlackBerry Pearl and its small profile and Enterprise support through my employer makes it the prime candidate for a cell phone. But will I [...]