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<title><![CDATA[Gears of War 3 landing worldwide Sept. 20]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=gears-of-war-3-landing-worldwide-sept--20</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lance a locust this September. (Credit:GameSpot)It may be one of the jewels in Microsoft's 2011 lineup, but Gears of War 3 has had a tumultuous time on the road to release. The game's unveiling was set to take place on talk show &quot;Late Night with Jimmy Fallon&quot; but was delayed, though not before the game's release date was reportedly leaked onXbox Live. Shortly after the &quot;Late Night&quot; showing, Microsoft confirmed that the game would be landing in April, but then had to renege on its initial promise and delay the game to a holiday 2011 release.  Today, Microsoft announced a new worldwide release date for Gears of War 3 of September 20. This brings territories such as Japan, Australia, and Europe in line with the U.S., which was originally going to get the game first when it was slated for an April release date.  Microsoft has also named some of the maps and weapons that are due to appear in the game when it lands in September. Read more of &quot;Gears of War 3 landing Sept. 20&quot; at GameSpot. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Daily: A good morning paper]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Liquiphant</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The firstiPad-only newspaper hit the stands this morning: Rupert Murdoch's The Daily is now available in the App Store (download). It's a fascinating experiment in publishing, blending old journalism standards and new media. A spin with The Daily shows Murdoch's fondness for the old form, but in subtle ways. While this &quot;paper&quot; isn't anything like a traditional print daily--it's got video, audio, interactive games, and a can-can carousel view of stories--reading it does evoke the old experience of settling down with a printed broadsheet, in ways that the online versions of existing newspapers don't quite capture. Most importantly, The Daily isn't a repackager of existing online news. The Daily is a genuine, new newspaper, with its own staff and the big budget (minus the expenses of printing and distributing) that running a newsroom entails. The Daily provides a good mix of national and global news.(Credit:Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET) So this ain't no free ride. After an initial two-week free period (now on), The Daily will cost readers 99 cents a week, or $39.99 a year, payable via the new App Store subscription service. It is a fair price to pay for real journalism, much less of a blocker than paying, for example, the $100+ that another Murdoch paper, the Wall Street Journal, costs for an online-only subscription. On the other hand, the New York Times iPad app is currently free (electronic-only subscription fees have not yet been announced, or, we believe, settled on). USA Today and other media outlets such as ABC, CNN, and CBS also have free apps.  What the user gets for 14 cents an issue is--as far as we can tell from the first issue--good but not consistently great print journalism. There's a comprehensive collection of national and global news, a rich sports section, and decent commentary. There's a substantial &quot;Gossip&quot; section, which reinforces The Daily's tabloid aesthetic, but the section has a different design language than News, so people (like me) who don't care about this content can easily and almost subconsciously skip over it. News writing varies from impressively strong and clear (the cover story, on Egypt), to serviceable. There is a lot of content in The Daily, however there's no local news. We don't yet know if future editions of The Daily will get better and more consistent, or if writing and story selection will suffer now that the staff has only 24 hours to turn out an issue, instead of the months they had to gear up for issue one. Turn the iPad to landscape mode for a photo essay, and back to portrait for the text story that goes with it.(Credit:Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET)The issue's news photography--from the Egyptian revolution to the American snowstorm--is all impressive and a pleasure to view on the iPad. The &quot;360-degree&quot; surround photos are gimmicky but do a good job of giving the reader a sense of place. The audio and video news hits are less stellar' they seem wooden compared to the text. The Daily staff does have its video chops, though. A video vignette on prison inmates making kids toys is lushly filmed and tightly edited, and leaves you wanting more. You also get a Sudoku and a crossword each day, which you can fill out in the app. That alone may be worth the price of admission for many. Animation is used in appropriate places, such as this sports illustration. The Daily flows smoothly between media types. The experience of consuming The Daily while sitting down over coffee or a sandwich is superior to using other apps for reading news, including dedicated newspaper apps and services like Zinio and PressReader that repurpose printed journals into iPad-viewable issues. There's clearly a strong editorial hand that appreciates the art of pacing in a periodical. It's a discipline discussed at magazine design meetings but rarely at daily papers or at online publications, because creating good pacing for an electronic, hyperlinked multimedia publication is nearly impossible. The Daily doesn't have embedded links, though, it just has pages--some with pictures, some with video, some with embedded polls or Twitter feeds--and going from one to another, between stories, feels natural and enjoyable. Again, it will be a challenge to make each issue as consumable as the premier issue, but if The Daily's staff is able to do so, I'd say this publication will be well worth its cost, solely as a morning breakfast-table or commute train read.  Unfortunately, The Daily lacks, for now, a unified way to experience its content on the Web or on another device, like theiPhone or an Android device, although there will be support for &quot;additionaltablets over the coming months,&quot; a press pack said. But without your tablet, you can't get online updates or see other readers' discussions on stories you're interested in, unless you take your iPad with you everywhere. The stories are hidden online, though, and you can share Web versions of stories (unfortunately without reader commentary) by e-mailing links to friends or posting the links to Facebook or Twitter, all of which are features built into The Daily's iPad app.  The Daily is not the savior of the newspaper industry, but it is a good read and it's worth the reasonable subscription fee. It's professionally produced, well-written, and edited by people who know and care about the craft. It's what a publication should be--on the iPad or anywhere.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What you need to know about Tesla&'s future]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Liquiphant</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Electric-car maker Tesla Motorsannounced this week an update to its plans to deliver its Model S sedan, a hotly watched launch for the company.It&amp;'s not just electric-car fans who are itching to hear the progress on the Model S (pictured), which starts at $57,400 before federal tax incentives. Investors are watching the Model S&amp;'s progress closely too. This represents the first time Tesla is building a car from scratch, and the company aims to ramp up to a capacity of 20,000 of Model S cars a year by 2013.Investors are looking for Tesla to hit the benchmarks it has set for itself. Tesla has to get the $42 million former NUMMI factory up and running, train hundreds of new hires and actually become a successful startup in the auto manufacturing business. The factory is meant to be a future ground for other Tesla models, too.But most crucially, Tesla needs to deliver the Model S on time. The car is due out in mid-2012. Capstone Investments analyst Carter Driscoll told VentureBeat today that Tesla&amp;'s earnings last quarter was &amp;''okay,&amp;'' and the company&amp;'s gross margins are improving (26 percent for last year, compared to 9 percent in 2009), but he still considers the stock overvalued.&amp;''They still have a long road to execute,&amp;'' Driscoll said. He&amp;'s something of a skeptic, though &amp;8212' last year he issued a price target of $22 for the stock, causing it to slide. It&amp;'s now trading around $24.Here are some key points to keep in mind as we track Tesla&amp;'s progress this year and next:TSLA stock still has a great deal of short interestTesla&amp;'s stock still continues to attract a lot of short interest, or investors seeking to profit from a drop in its price. As of Feb. 28, Tesla&amp;'s short interest was nearly 10 million shares, while its average trading volume was 2 million shares. That means buyers looking to bet against the stock outnumbered sellers nearly five to one.Tesla will have to start paying back its loans by 2013The company received a$465 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy last January. Up to $101.2 million was available under the first term loan facility to finance 80 percent of the costs for its powertrain facility. The remainder, $363.9 million, was intended to finance up to 80 percent of the development and manufacturing facility for the Model S.The loan advances for the powertrain facility can be repaid in 28 equal quarterly installments starting on Dec. 15, 2012, according to SEC filings. If Tesla takes advances for the powertrain facility after that date, then it will owe the cash in 26 equal quarterly installments starting on June 15, 2013. All outstanding amounts will be due on Sept. 15, 2019.The cash it owes for the Model S funds will be repayable in 40 equal quarterly installments starting Dec. 15, 2012. If it takes advances out of that loan facility after that date, then the advances will be due in 38 equal quarterly installments starting on June 15, 2013.All outstanding amounts under the Model S Facility will be due and payable on the maturity date of Sept. 15, 2022.In the case that Tesla can&amp;'t meet those payments, though, it&amp;'s unlikely the DOE would allow the company to default. The DOE recently restructured its loan terms for troubled solar company Solyndra, including extending the amortization period for the loan, according to VentureWire.It expects to increase revenues by 40 to 50 percent this yearThe company is targeting high growth this year. It will be looking for revenues in 2011 to hit $160 million to $175 million. It also expects Roadster sales to grow.It&amp;'s unclear how many Model S prototypes have been builtThe company has completed at least one prototype by January, and CEO Elon Musk says he drives a prototype to work every day. Carmakers need to build at least 20 prototypes just to pass crash test ratings. With the Model S due out in mid-2012, Tesla arguably needs to have a full fleet of validation prototypes built soon.The company wants to raise $150 million to fund the Model XTesla is looking to raise another $150 million,likely through a secondary market offering, to fund the development of the Model X, an all-electric SUV due to be unveiled this year. Driscoll points out that will add to Tesla&amp;'s debt load. Some have wondered whether all of the cash will go towards the Model X or, in reality, to complete the Model S.Tesla plans to sell another car for $30,000 in the next few yearsMusk said in January that Tesla will build such an electric car within four years, so that means such a car would be due out by 2015. The price point would be pretty impressive for a luxury carmaker like Tesla &amp;8212' the Nissan Leaf starts at $32,780. With loan payments come due in 2013, don&amp;'t be surprised if the company will look to raise more cash to fund the development of the mystery car.Previous Story: Japan gets free wi-fi from FON until quake emergency endsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Model S, Model X, RoadsterCompanies: Tesla, Tesla MotorsPeople: Carter Driscoll, Elon Musk          Tags: Model S, Model X, RoadsterCompanies: Tesla, Tesla MotorsPeople: Carter Driscoll, Elon MuskIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name). Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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