Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

• Comcast has unleashed XFinity TV. It’s now viewable on any ISP.
• Windows Phone 7 connector for Mac is now available.
• T-Mobile is said to unveil a tethering Plan on November 3rd for $14.99 per month.
• RIM has actually demoed the Playbook.
• Researchers are going to develop 1 Terabit ethernet by 2015. This means we’ll see it around 2030.
• The Chicago to Iowa City High speed rail has received some funding.
• The Chicago-area has been issued a rare October Tornado Watch. Warning and Sirens went off here this morning.
• Blackberry has released a simulator beta.
• The Nissan Leaf has launched in Europe.
• Researchers have identified a second ‘giant virus’ which lives in the ocean and infects single-celled organisms.
• The Author of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, Joseph Stein, has died.
• Dr. James Naismith’s rules on Basketball will be auctioned on December 10th.
• Ford has reported a profitably quarter and pays down some debt.
• China has laid out it’s plans for a mars mission in 2013.
• Signs of destroyed dark matter has been found in the Milky Way’s core.
• 100Mbps DSL is here now and 800Mbps DSL is around the corner.
• Amazon has won the right to keep customer records private.
• In the Amazon rainforest, a new species is discovered every three days.
• Amazon has unveiled WindowShop, and iPad App for shopping.
• Microsoft has released Office 2011 for the Mac.
• Bees can solve the traveling salesman problem quicker than a computer can.
• China’s Shanghai0Hangzhou rail line has opened and runs at 262mph.
• Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 RC for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.

Look for more stories tomorrow. If an important story has been missed please leave it in the comments.

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So I’m debating on buying a new phone, or an Internet Tablet. The features I’m looking for in either are:

1. Full Featured Internet Web Browser

2. Wireless 802.11B/G built in.

3. RSS Reader

4. Chat Client (for AIM, ICQ, GTalk, Yahoo, MSN)

If I get a phone, I’d want the ability to have customized ringtones for each person. So I’m not sure what else I’d want to get in a device. The two items I’m looking at are both from Nokia.

For a phone, it’d be the Nokia N95. As for an Internet Tablet, I’d get the Nokia N800. The price difference is about $350. $750 for the Phone, and $400 for the Internet Tablet.

Whichever I decide, I’ll end up getting it probably in late June. Which doesn’t rule out the iPhone, but I really don’t want to have to sign another 2 year contract with Cingular/AT&T.

Anybody have any thoughts?

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