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Nintendo Wii U Gamepad Finalized At E3
Since last year’s E3, Nintendo has had the time to test and refine the Wii U Gamepad. Now, the gamepad has been finalized, with an NFC reader and writer, motion and gyroscope sensors, and will serve as a fully-independent infrared TV remote. Interestingly, the design is also wider than before, which was already quite wide.
As for the thumbsliders: now replaced by analog thumbsticks. It will be available in white and black. Also, a hardcore controller called the Wii U Pro Controller will resemble both the Xbox 360 and PS3 controllers, for a more traditional design and feel. Via: Nintendo
This is a problem. The F-22 Raptor, the top gun of the United States Air Force (yawn, F-35), seen on the right, probably has been leaked and reverse-engineered to hell and back by the Chinese, because their J-20 fighter jet’s cockpit looks almost identical. Via: 
Whoa. Here’s what is going on: a version of Assassin’s Creed for the PS Vita, debuting this fall, as according to NeoGAF. The story? It will release alongside Assassin’s Creed III this fall, will take place in New Orleans (yes!) during the same time period as Assassin’s Creed III, will have a multiplayer, and won’t feature Desmond. Aveline, our new female assassin, will meet Connor from Assassin’s Creed III, and her mentor will be an escaped slave who is the leader of the New Orleans assassin’s guild, which combined with the location and time period could mean that “Liberation” would refer to the liberation of American slaves in that period.
In a rather promising, if not exciting piece of news from Google’s Android developers, Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) constitutes about 7.1 percent of the entire Android user platform, with Gingerbread (Android 2.3) remaining as the largest share. Check out Google’s post for the whole pie, deconstructed into a listed format. Via: 
Before the upcoming Apple keynote on June 11th 
Samsung thought it was time for sales numbers. So, I guess we all said, “okay”.
Let’s get this straight: the PS Vita’s browser doesn’t support HTML 5 or Flash. But today, a blog post by Sony states that at the end of June, the Vita will see its very own YouTube app alongside the Twitter, Facebook, Skype, and Foursquare apps that it already has for its 5-inch OLED touchscreen. Okay then, let’s see how that turns out. Via:
So, here is Windows 8 Release Preview, coming exactly after the Consumer Preview and Developer Preview. What the new features? A trio of new apps, a “Flip ahead” browser gesture, Flash support and a few of the updated multi-monitor features. Wikipedia and Box.net are also jumping to debut apps in the Windows Store, thanks to the operating system now being available in 13 languages. Also welcomed is are performance and stability fixes, along with smaller tweaks like being able to pin stocks to the Start screen. Microsoft also made note of the $14.99 upgrade price for those who buy select PCs starting June 2nd.
Weighing in at a tiny 975g (2.75 pounds) and measuring 16.5mm (0.65 inches) to 3mm (0.19 inches) by being made of carbon fiber, the X11 is Gigabyte’s claim to fame as the world’s lightest laptop (or Ultrabook?). As for internals, there’s Intel Core processors (Ivy Bridge generation), 4GB of DDR3 RAM, Mobile Intel HM77 Express chipset with Intel HD Graphics 4000, a 128GB SSD, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0.