Corsair has added new 90GB and 180GB sizes to its blazin' fast Force Series of SSDs, growing the happy family which already included 60, 120, and 240GB versions in addition to the original 100GB and 200GB options released back in the spring. Unlike its previous siblings, both the F90 and F180 are also available immediately from Corsair dealers for suggested MSRPs of $255 and $430, respectively. Built around the lauded SandForce SF-1200 controller and capable of beastly 285MB/sec read speeds and 275MB/sec write rates, these latest releases are not too small and not too big, making them the perfect Goldie Locks drives of the SSD world. To hear the news straight from Corsair's mouth, check out the press release after the break.

A visual recap of the day's articles

Dec 3rd 2010 | 36 Articles

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/augmented-reality-tagcandy-creates-a-virtual-taste-explosion/

1:01 am

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Augmented reality TagCandy creates a virtual taste explosion

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/wheeme-massage-robot-asks-where-it-hurts-to-drive-away-the-pain/

2:35 am

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Wheeme massage robot asks where it hurts to drive away the pain

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/calm-act-approved-by-congress-should-make-tv-commercials-slight/

4:06 am

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CALM Act approved by Congress, should make TV commercials slightly less obnoxious

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/best-buy-mobile-will-offer-free-smartphones-mostly-android-eve/

3:25 am

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Best Buy Mobile will offer free smartphones, mostly Android, every day in December

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/mophie-juice-pack-plus-more-than-doubles-iphone-4-battery-life/

4:43 am

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Mophie Juice Pack Plus 'more than doubles' iPhone 4 battery life

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/chinese-passenger-train-reaches-302mph-claims-speed-record-for/

6:04 am

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Chinese passenger train reaches 302mph, claims speed record for unmodified trains

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/lee-kun-hees-son-promoted-to-president-of-the-samsung-electroni/

5:18 am

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Chairman's son promoted to president of the Samsung Electronics gang

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/phonesuits-primo-power-core-charges-your-ipad-blackberry-and/

7:15 am

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PhoneSuit's Primo Power Core charges your iPad, BlackBerry, and pretty much everything else

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/keepin-it-real-fake-verizon-branded-droid-x-ditches-android-fo/

6:38 am

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Keepin' it real fake: Verizon-branded Droid X ditches Android for Windows Mobile 6.5 (video)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/pentax-k-r-receives-a-rainbow-paintjob-35mm-prime-lens-for-limi/

7:44 am

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Pentax K-r receives a rainbow paintjob, 35mm prime lens for limited edition kit

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/verizon-trials-home-phone-connect-turns-your-landline-into-a-ce/

9:14 am

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Verizon trials Home Phone Connect, turns your landline into a cellphone

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/ftc-wants-to-fight-tracking-cookies-with-other-cookies-create-d/

8:47 am

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FTC wants to fight tracking cookies with other cookies, create delicious sugary warfare

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/sony-bravia-kdl-22px300-lcd-makes-room-for-a-ps2-your-classic-g/

8:19 am

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Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300 LCD makes room for a PS2, your classic game collection

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/ifan-concept-uses-gusts-to-power-your-iphone-solve-lingering-re/

10:03 am

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iFan concept uses gusts to power your iPhone, solve lingering reception issues

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/supertalent-usb-3-0-express-ram-cache-drives-join-with-ceedo-to/

9:39 am

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SuperTalent USB 3.0 Express RAM Cache drives join with Ceedo to make your apps portable (video)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/samsung-sells-one-million-galaxy-tab-units-throws-an-android-pa/

11:04 am

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Samsung sells one million Galaxy Tab units, throws an Android party to celebrate

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/thinkfloods-redeye-universal-remote-control-becomes-web-compati/

10:41 am

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ThinkFlood's RedEye universal remote control becomes web compatible, leaves past woes in the dust

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/htc-responds-to-hd7-death-grip-reports-says-some-signal-drop-is/

10:17 am

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HTC responds to HD7 death grip reports, says some signal drop is 'inevitable'

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/jawbone-jambox-review/

11:55 am

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Jawbone Jambox review

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/engadget-podcast-220-12-03-2010/

11:26 am

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Engadget Podcast 220 - 12.03.2010

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/mercedes-benz-biome-concept-car-grows-in-a-nursery-on-sale-now/

1:12 pm

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Mercedes-Benz BIOME concept car grows in a nursery, on sale now in Zion

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/nintendo-pulling-the-plug-on-the-wii-speak-gently/

12:51 pm

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Nintendo pulling the plug on the Wii Speak, gently

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/sigmas-mirrorless-camera-spotted-announcement-coming-later-tod/

12:26 pm

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Sigma's mirrorless camera spotted, announcement coming later today?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/d-link-dcs-930l-wireless-n-network-camera-review/

1:57 pm

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D-Link DCS-930L Wireless N Network Camera review

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/engadget-podcast-bingo-gets-an-app-nobodys-feelings-get-hurt-b/

1:34 pm

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Engadget Podcast Bingo gets an app; nobody's feelings get hurt because we're all made out of rubber

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/sources-google-branded-chromebook-to-launch-on-december-7th/

3:07 pm

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Sources: Google-branded Chromebook to launch on December 7th

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/world-disappoints-us-once-again-japan-loses-2022-3d-holographic/

2:43 pm

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World disappoints us once again: Japan loses 2022 3D holographic World Cup bid

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/dispute-over-square-card-reader-patent-gets-litigious/

2:19 pm

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Dispute over Square card reader patent gets litigious

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/nook-color-gets-an-sdk-documentation-aplenty/

3:53 pm

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Nook Color gets an SDK, documentation aplenty

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/app-review-djay-for-ipad/

3:32 pm

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App Review: Djay for iPad

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/chrome-event-confirmed-by-google-for-december-7th/

5:00 pm

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Chrome event confirmed by Google for December 7th

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/rogers-adds-data-sharing-plans-will-carry-both-wifi-and-cellu/

4:25 pm

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Rogers adds 'data sharing' plans, will carry both WiFi and cellular versions of BlackBerry PlayBook

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/viacom-files-appeal-in-youtube-copyright-case-continues-to-dra/

5:33 pm

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Viacom files appeal in YouTube copyright case, continues to 'drag it out'

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/playstation-phone-zeus-z1-caught-on-video-again-this-time-you/

6:56 pm

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PlayStation Phone 'Zeus Z1' caught on video again, this time you can actually see it

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/altec-lansing-octiv-stage-450-review/

6:17 pm

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Altec Lansing Octiv Stage (450) review

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/is-this-the-google-chrome-os-netbooks-keyboard/

7:46 pm

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This is the Google Chrome OS netbook keyboard

Chrome OS This is the Google Chrome OS netbook keyboard Chrome event confirmed by Google for December 7th Sources: Google-branded Chromebook to launch on December 7th Be (original) Engadget Podcast 220 - 12.03.2010 Engadget Podcast Bingo gets an app; nobody's feelings get hurt because we're all made out of rubber App Review: Djay for iPad Jawbone Jambox review D-Link DCS-930L Wireless N Network Camera review Altec Lansing Octiv Stage (450) review

PlayStation Phone Sony Ericsson's Zeus Z1 PlayStation phone contributes sample shots to Picasa PlayStation Phone 'Zeus Z1' caught on video again, this time you can actually see it Other news of import Samsung sells one million Galaxy Tab units, throws an Android party to celebrate HTC responds to HD7 death grip reports, says some signal drop is 'inevitable' Best Buy Mobile will offer free smartphones, mostly Android, every day in December Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300 LCD makes room for a PS2, your classic game collection

2010 may arguably be the year of the tablet, but darn if media streamers aren't breathing down their neck. This year, we've seen an explosion in the quantity and quality of media streamer options, with even the mighty Google buying in via its Google TV solution. One of the earlier birds, Roku, decided to dole out an updated box just a few months ago, and now it's competing against the Apple TV, a few WD TV Live units, D-Link's Boxee Box and scores of integrated options within HDTVs. At $99, there's an awful lot of choices on the market, but we're curious to know how XDS early adopters would tweak and / or overhaul things if given the golden opportunity. Would you change the exterior at all? How about the user interface? Add any content partners? How's the remote control situation treating you? Think of comments below ike you would an AA meeting -- speak your heart and wait for nods. We're all one in this brainstorming bubble.

At this point, does it really surprise anyone that a new phone is leaking by way of a photo sharing site? We totally understand the conundrum: when you're logged into a phone that you're testing and you're taking pictures, it's so easy to upload 'em. And hey, you need to test the sharing functionality at some point anyway, right? At any rate, we love it, so we're not going to complain that a few photos with Sony Ericsson Zeus clearly called out in the EXIF data have started showing up on Picasa. The four appropriately-labeled pictures all clock in at 5 megapixels, so we hope you weren't expecting an N8-beating resolution here... but then again, when you're heads-down in PlayStation-branded games for hours on end, do you really have time to be taking decent pictures anyway?

It looks like this CES could be a hot one for Motorola. Can you believe it was only a bit more than a year ago that Motorola introduced the Droid? Now it has a whole lineup of incredibly hot phones, and CES seems like a perfect time for the beating of chests in front of an industry. Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha just went on record during a keynote at the Credit Suisse 2010 Technology Conference, saying Motorola will be entering the tablet space 'in the near future.' He also said that he sees both 7-inch and 10-inch tablets as viable sizes -- something that seems perfectly logical to us, and might jibe with how we initially heard of Motorola's "Stingray" tablet as a smaller device, but later heard it was a full 10-incher upgradeable to LTE. This all follow's on Sanjay's statement in September that Motorola wouldn't be joining in on the tablet space until next year, a year which is rapidly approaching. Meanwhile, Sanjay also confirmed that Motorola would have 4G devices "early" next year, which also sounds like a CES hint to us, though it might just be 4G modems and hotspots at the outset. Still, bring it on.

It's just a Chrome OS sorta day, isn't it? To catch you up here, we told you earlier that Google is planning to announce its own Chrome OS netbook this coming Tuesday, and well, now we're peering at a supposed picture of that very machine's keyboard. We don't know all that much about the rest of the netbook -- we've heard from multiple sources that it's powered by an Intel Atom processor -- but the image above was taken from an Inventec (as in, the ODM making the netbook) presentation. We'll call a spade a spade here and say it looks like your average chiclet keyboard, but there are obviously some interesting differences. Over on the left side of the panel you'll see a "search" key subbing for a Caps Lock key, and up above, the function row has forward / back keys as well as Window, full screen, and "configuration" keys.

Wait, but couldn't this be any old netbook keyboard? Sure it could, we've got an exclusive photo of Acer's Chrome netbook (that "ZGA" model) which happens to have the same exact keyboard layout. You can check out the picture of that one after the break, and you'll see it looks extremely similar to this shot. We should also mention that the tipster that sent the above photo in claims the Google-branded Chrome OS netbook will be announced next Tuesday, but won't be on sale until December 14. Looks like it's going to be a very interesting Tuesday morning!

Wow guys, we just spotted a new video of the PlayStation Phone, codenamed Zeus Z1, and this time we get a long, loving look at the entire device -- a refreshing contrast to last time's blurry tease. In addition to appreciating just how fat this phone is, and just how real it is, you can clearly see a "PlayStation" icon, which should hopefully put to rest any doubts that this phone will actually play PlayStation games. Check out a close-up of the icon after the break. Oh, and by the way, there's no audio on the video, your computer is not broken.

[Thanks, Sha]

Update: There's another video! Check out a brief look at the PlayStation app after the break...

No matter how much you love your iPad, there will always come a time when you feel the need to prop up this hefty tablet while simultaneously giving its audio and battery a little boost. Well, Altec Lansing thinks you do, anyway. Like the $99 SMK-Link PadDock 10 we reviewed not long ago, Altec's Octiv Stage (or Octiv 450 outside the US) also provides a combo of swivel hinge and speakers for the iPad, but is this $149.95 dock worth the extra money? Read on to find out.

Don't worry -- that "drag it out" bit belongs to Google, not us. If you'll recall, the suits in Mountain View threw an underground party back in June when the federal court ruled that YouTube fell under the "safe harbor" provision of the DMCA which protects service providers from liability for user content. In essence, this ensured that Google couldn't be sued or held liable for damages caused by some prankster uploading a ripped episode of 30 Rock to the site, being that Google has promised to yank it post-haste if notified by the copyright owner. That essentially puts the burden of policing on the content creator, but (sensibly) frees Google from the impossible feat of looking at every single clip that gets uploaded before making it live to the world. Just to give you a little perspective, 24 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, and that's expected to become even greater as time passes. Despite the logic (and the ruling of the court), Viacom has today filed a 72-page appeal in a likely futile attempt to fight back.

All Things D highlights a killer quote from Viacom in the report -- apparently it thinks that if the ruling stands, it'll "radically transform the functioning of the copyright system and severely impair, if not completely destroy, the value of many copyrighted creations." As for Google's response? "We regret that Viacom continues to drag out this case. The court here, like every other court to have considered the issue, correctly ruled that the law protects online services like YouTube, which remove content when notified by the copyright holder that it is unauthorized. We will strongly defend the court's decision on appeal." We doubt anything will turn out differently the next go 'round, but obviously we'll be watching with great interest. Now, back to that clip of 30 Rock we were enjoying quite legally on Hulu...

Well, it looks like our sources were right: Google just announced an event in San Francisco for December 7th, which promises "exciting news about Chrome." Naturally, we're expecting that to be the announcement of a Google-branded netbook that runs the Chrome OS, in addition to the launch of the Chrome Web / App Store. Interestingly, it's pretty short notice for this sort of announcement, and it's also conflicting with the D: Dive into Mobile conference which is happening a few miles north on the same day. We don't know if that's poor planning on Google's part, a sign of last minute adjustments in the product, both, or neither, but either way it's going to be a pretty exciting week!

With the precedent the Galaxy Tab has set, it was an open question whether carriers would embrace the WiFi version of RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook -- after all, it's a little harder to fully monetize a data plan on a device that lacks its own cellular modem. Thing is, the WiFi version is the first one that's going to be available; RIM hasn't given much guidance yet on when the cellular version will follow on -- and RIM doesn't have much of a distribution channel outside its carrier partners. Well, Rogers has thrown its hat in the ring today at its TabLife event in Toronto, where it has been chatting up the success of the tablets it's sold so far (the Tabs apparently won't stay on shelves) and noting that it will be carrying both versions of the PlayBook as they become available.

How's that going to work from a data perspective? Well, a concurrent announcement out of Rogers seems to hold the answer. A pair of new so-called "data sharing plans" can be tacked onto your existing smartphone plan, effectively opening up your data bucket to other devices -- so it's basically like the tethering plans we've started to see sprout up on American networks under a different name. One oddity, though, is the CAD $20 (roughly $20) data sharing plan that allows unlimited social networking on "popular sites" above and beyond your normal bucket of gigabytes -- sounds silly, but when we think about what percentage of our mobile time is spent on Twitter and Facebook, it might just be crazy enough to work. Follow the break for Rogers' press release and a quick clip of Rogers exec John Boynton with the PlayBook mention.

The headline pretty much reveals the brunt of it, but indeed, it looks like next week Google is going to start talking about how its Chrome operating system is coming along. Multiple sources have told us that Google will be holding some sort of event on Tuesday, December 7th -- we're not sure if it'll be a live event, a webcast, or something else entirely -- and that the shindig will see the launch of that Google-branded Chrome OS netbook we've been hearing about. Again, we've heard that the Atom-powered laptop isn't going to be a mass market device -- there will only be around 65,000 units available to Google's closest "friends and family" -- and that the Cloud-based OS is still very much in a beta, non-consumer-friendly state. It's a bit odd that we still haven't received an invite to this planned event since it's purportedly days away, not to mention it conflicts with the All Things D: Dive Into Mobile Event, but at the time of publishing this post we had yet to hear back from Google's PR team with an official comment.

Of course, this all lines up with TechCrunch's report that Google will be launching its Chrome Web / App Store very soon, as well as yesterday's launch of Chrome 8, which supports those aforementioned Chrome apps. (Companies like TweetDeck have already started demoing their browser apps.) Don't forget that those apps are going to be a large part of the OS, so it would make sense for Google to talk about 'em in tandem. The pieces sure do seem to be fitting together quite well, and while we still have lots of unanswered questions, we're feeling confident that we'll be getting some official answers on all this Chrome-ness very soon.

Update: AllThingsD has also heard a similar December 7th launch date of the Chrome Web Store. The evidence seems to be mounting here...

Update 2: Well, there you have it, Google just sent out invites for its December 7th Chrome event! We will be there!

Image note: As we said last time, that picture above is just our own mockup of what a Chromebook may look like. We even added a Chrome key!

Look, we don't know anything about World Cup bids. They probably have a lot to do with "infrastructure" and "taking turns" and stuff like that. But really, world? You couldn't pick Japan just this once? Japan's incredibly great 2022 World Cup bid involved projecting 3D holograms of the games live onto soccer football fields around the world, allowing folks that can't make it to Japan for the actual games to get a pretty great simulacrum, while standing next to people that look like them and are probably rooting for the same team. "I have to admit that the idea of this blows my mind away," said Japan's committee chief Kohzo Tashima. Did you get that, world? Japan was offering you 3D holographic full field broadcasts, and you just turned a cold shoulder. Congrats, Qatar, we hope you're happy with 2022, and we're sure you earned it based on whatever arbitrary metrics FIFA uses to select World Cup countries. But you'll never earn our hearts. Video of Japan's bid is after the break.

As folks who follow such things may be aware, there's been some dispute over the origin of Square's card reader technology more or less since the company (led by Twitter's Jack Dorsey) went public with it last year. That dispute has now gotten even more contentious, however, with Square and its chairman, James McKelvey, taking aim at REM Holdings and Robert Morley, who actually holds the patent to the technology. The key issue is that McKelvey is not listed as one of the inventors in the patent, despite claims that he was the one that actually conceived the idea in a "flash of inventive insight," and that he and Morley worked together to develop the idea (and later discussed obtaining patent protection with Jack Dorsey). And that's pretty much where things stand at the moment -- Square is requesting a court order to add McKelvey as a co-inventor on the patent, but there's no indication as to when or if that will happen.

After we reviewed the DropCam Echo a few weeks back and found ourselves generally unimpressed, we received an e-mail from someone at D-Link saying something to the effect of: "Dude, you have to try out our thing, because our thing is totally better than their thing and costs a heck of a lot less too." We took them up on that offer and, while unfortunately D-Link's thing has a much less catchy name, DCS-930L Wireless N Camera hardly rolling off the tongue, the sub-$100 device does indeed live up to its billing -- for the most part.

Oh, sure, funny-ha-ha. There's an Engadget Podcast Bingo app available now, which lets you play a relevant game of bingo on your iPhone while you listen to Engadget, Engadget Mobile, or Engadget HD podcasts stored on your phone, or stream one live from your computer. It's full of funny jokes. But you know what the thing is about humor? Every humor thing has an element of truth in it. That's what makes it funny! But that's also what makes it hurt people's feelings. Sure, you might tap "Nilay Gets Fired" on your phone while chuckling quietly to yourself, but how do you think it makes Nilay feel? Or when someone accuses Chris of being "Paid by Apple," all Chris can think of is his poor upbringing where he didn't even have shoes to wear, and how he wishes someone would pay him for his mobile expertise. Or how when someone in chat says to somebody "can you be quiet for another 4 minutes" just because they want to fill in another bingo square. How do you think that makes that somebody, you know, theoretically, feel? How much psychic pain are you willing to cause? Go ahead, download the app, we don't mind. We're just robots, anyway.