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Earlier today, we broke the news that new Microsoft Zune media players had shown up on the FCC website for approval. In the last few hours, many more details about the new models have surfaced around the web.

For starters, there will be an 80GB hard drive model, similar to the original Zune models, but packing a larger 3.2-inch QVGA screen, and a slimmer case design…

Good news for DirecTV subscribers. The satellite provider today launched 21 new high definition channels for your viewing enjoyment. The channels are the first wave of programming for DirecTV’s 100 HD channel promise.

The initial 21 channels are available immediately if you’re signed up for the HD package and have the SD version of the channel in your current programming plan…

Bungie today confirmed that Halo 3 has gone gold. In other words, the game is done, complete, finito and in the can. After three years of design, development and testing, the latest installment in Microsoft’s FPS juggernaut is ready for the world.

The game will absolutely, positively make its planned release date of September 25th, just a little less than a month from now…

Look what I just got my grubby little hands on…

After a brief, uneventful visit to my local AT&T store (on the Northwest side of Chicago,) I managed to score one of the last couple of 8GB iPhones in stock. They only had about 35 or 40 total phones in stock, and it seems as if about 75% were 8GB models, and the other 25% were the 4GB…

A video surfaced today showing off the iPhone kiosks that will be going into select AT&T stores for the June 29th launch.

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The kiosks feature a giant interactive version of the iPhone which shows off the user interface magnified for all to see…

This weekend, a group of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in Austin, Texas set out to break the Guinness World Record for the number of simultaneously launched model rockets.

They successfully deployed 965 model rockets at the same instant, smashing the previous record of just under 400 rockets…

A French-Canadian artist is working on a plan to launch a gigantic banana-shaped blimp into orbit above the state of Texas.

The project proposes a 300-meter, helium filled banana floated skywards, to hover over the Lone Star state…

Despite rumors to the contrary, it sounds like the Sony Playstation 3 console is still slated for release in the United Kingdom this March. GamesIndustry.biz is reporting a March 23, 2006 U.K. launch date after speaking with several reputable sources.

Sony’s UK advertising agency, TWBA, told the publication that their advertising campaign would begin in late March…