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The iPad is out and about. So is the iOS 4 and iPhone 4. Everything that has been really exciting is out. So in case you haven’t noticed, the Apple rumor mill has been a short hiatus of late. Well, not anymore. It is back with a rumor with the only thing on the horizon that falls in with the supercharged mobile industry — the iPod Touch.

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Intel is looking into Google’s newly released WebM format and considering adding hardware acceleration for the format on its specialized Atom chip. WebM is a new video format released by Google, which is based on the VP8 codec. Intel is one of the partners who are working with Google to bring about the Google TV platform to the world and the WebM format is meant especially for that platform.

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Google has decided enter yet another market with their Android platform and this time they will be invading your living space alongside it. Say hello to Google TV. Starting from later this year, Google’s Android will be found on devices from Google’s industry partners that range from TV’s to set top boxes and Blu-Ray players. The idea here is to bring the web to your living room like never before and make it as smooth an experience as possible.

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Sony becomes the latest company to try and invent a new category of gadgets. After the Apple iPad, you would think the other companies would take some time to deepen their understanding of these things but it seems like Sony will have none of that. This device is called Dash and I completely agree with Walt Mossberg when he says that this like a photo frame on steroids. However, it does have more usefulness than an internet enabled photo frame.

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Finally, some of the other major countries of the world will get to taste their own iPad action sitting at home. Apple has declared May 28th to be the date when the iPad becomes available in the UK, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and Australia. That pretty much covers all of Apple’s top international locations business-wise. But there is more than just the iPad coming for them.

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As if banning Flash on the iPhone was not enough, Apple is now working on a Flash alternative that will allow rich web applications to be built. Apple’s alternative is called Gianduia. The name is from an Italian hazelnut chocolate. The connection? Gianduia is basically a combination of browser-side Cocoa with CoreData along with WebObjects and JavaScript. At least that is is how one developer described it in his tweet.

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Borders has announced that they are getting their own e-book reader soon and it will be made by the Canadian company called Kobo. It will be a much cheaper reader than the main competition — namely the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Amazon Kindle and the Apple iPad. In the U.S. it will cost $149.99 and Borders has already started taking pre-orders. Availability as of now is June 17.

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So it seems like the Zune HD 64 is real after all! Last time we mentioned it, it was briefly seen on the main Zune website but then it disappeared. It was obviously an untimely mention thanks to a slip up made by someone who was in-charge of updating the site. Now that we are officially in April, Microsoft has made the device official and has released details.

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Well, well, well. What do we have here? If it isn’t a mention of a Zune HD 64 on the official website. This has to be a mistake of some kind but since it is on the official page (or was, at least), this has to be have some kind of truth behind. It is not impossible that Microsoft is planning to launch a new 64GB of the Zune HD. It has already been a while since the Zune HD was launched and now, before it gets an upgrade, it is the perfect time to add a little bit extra to the line up to keep the interest going.

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Even though everyone (including yours truly) is predicting the soon and sure demise of eBook readers now that the iPad and things like the iPad have come out, Interpark of Korea has decided that the time is right to launch it’s own eReader into the Korean Market. This is a 3G device that is no different from the numerous other eBook readers that have been released all over the world. It bears a striking resemblance to the Kindle, which is again nothing new for low budget eReaders but is has its differences alright. And the first difference is in the naming scheme. This one’s called Biscuit. I suppose they really are trying very hard to project the tea/coffee with book in hand image to the public. How artsy of them.

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