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Toshiba Laptops that were sold Aug 2009 – Aug. 2010 have been recalled for overheating. 

Toshiba issued a voluntary recall on the T-series Satellite models laptops.  Potential defective wire harness was used in the Satellite T135, T135D, and Satellite Pro T130 laptops. 

Toshiba will release a BIO revision to determine if your laptop is overheating; the external power will be disabled immediately if it is.  If your laptop is affected you should call Toshiba Warranty for your repair.  Click Here for more information.

Free overnight shipping and waived activation on all new customer and add a line AT&T Wireless orders. Valid 9.3.2010 to 9.6.2010. Restrictions apply.

Starbucks Card app is now available for Blackberry.  You can check your balance and stars, you can also mobile pay for your Starbucks with your Blackberry at Target and certain stores in Seattle and Silicon Valley. 

To find out more and to download Starbucks Card Mobile Click Here for the Video.

Update From The Keynote 

• Steve Jobs reintroduces Apple TV.  Apple TV was introduced in 2007 and sold for $299.  The version introduced today will sale for $99.  TV rental will be 0.99 and will be commercial free; ABC and Fox have signed up so far.  The TV will also have Netflix integration to stream movies. It will be available in 4 weeks but you can pre-order now.
• 275 Million iPods sold since its debut in 2001.
• The iTouch is as close to the iPhone as you can get without the phone.  The following features have been added:   HD retina display, a front facing camera for FaceTime video calling and rear camera for HD recording.  The 8GB – $229, 32GB-$299, and 64GB-$399. 
• The iPod Shuttle will be smaller version and will have a voice over tool to let users select their playlist. It will hold 15 hours of music and will sell for $49. 
• The iPod Nano will not have a click wheel it will have a touch screen, it will be 46% smaller and 42% lighter.  The 8GB-$149 and 16GB-$179.
• iTune 10 features it own social network for music called Ping.  Jobs describe it as, “Twitter and Facebook meet iTunes.”  Ping allows you to follow like Twitter, users will able to share songs,  playlist, content with friends.  Jobs said, “that this concept that other music sites embraced a while ago.”  iTune 10 is available for download now. 

For more on these products and to view The Keynote Click Here.

We reported on Aug 26 that Apple would make product announcements today.  The event will take place at the 10 A.M. PST.  Apple will stream the keynote on their website; the stream will be available for Mac users only; it will not be available for PC users.   Look below for the event time in your time zone: 

07:00AM – Hawaii
10:00AM – Pacific
11:00AM – Mountain
12:00PM – Central
01:00PM – Eastern
06:00PM – London
07:00PM – Paris
09:00PM – Moscow
02:00AM – Tokyo – Sept 2nd

Lookinsyde will update you later today on the keynote.

The Samsung Epic 4G is available at Sprint for $249.99 after $150 instance rebate and $100 mail-in rebate. 

• 3G-4G capability — the latest arrival to the first wireless 4G network from a national carrier
• 3G-4G Mobile Hotspot capability. Connects up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices
• Slide-out QWERTY and virtual Swype keyboards
• Digital compass, proximity sensor, light sensor and GPS Navigation
• Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor
• Standard removable 1500mAh Lithium (Li-on) battery
• Expandable memory: 16 GB microSD card included; supports up to 32 GB
• Built-in Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n

It has been 4 years in the making; AMD will remove ATI name from the product line by the end of the year. AMD acquired ATI in 2007 for 5.4 Billion. ATI had the strong brand name for graphics, so AMD waited for the opportune time, the time is now.  The graphic division at AMD is at its strongest.  ATI was established 25 years ago in 1985. 

New products logo will not have ATI Radeon and ATI FirePro they will ship with the new AMD Radeon and AMD FirePro logo.

The social location base network hits 3 million users. It took Foursquares a year to reach 1M, 3 months to reach 2M and another 6 weeks to hit 3M. 

Foursquare is an app that allows users to share their location with friends, they also receive points for checking in at certain venues.

Foursquare raised $20M in funding to expand its growth which will include hiring new staff and new office space.

Best Buy is accepting pre-orders today for the Samsung Fascinate.  Samsung Fascinate is a Galaxy S smartphone that will be on the Verizon network.

 In the 1^st 24 hours of its launch, there were over 1 Million free Google Gmail calls.

Calls are free in the U.S. and Canada with Google Voice.  Users can call and receive cellphones and landlines from their Google email account.  Users can also make international calls, rates start at $0.02 per minute to landlines. 

For more on Google Voice Click Here.