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will we have in xbox 720 this time next year I'm Jeff Bakalar filling in for Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update a new report from Bloomberg suggests that Microsoft might be readying the successor to the xbox 360 for the 2013 holiday season we here at cnet have been speculating the company might make the big unveiling at e3 2013 which is next summer and then set up a release shortly after some of the rumored features of the next Xbox aside from an obvious bump in performance are a blu-ray drive and a more precise version of Kinect industry side telecoms com has discovered some information about the iphone 5s LTE functionality apparently Apple will not allow for LTE to work in the phone until the carrier it resides on is properly vetted meaning Apple could essentially prevent the phone from using LTE if they're not satisfied with the specific networks performance 3d printing is coming to a stable store near you if you live in Europe beginning next year select stores in the Netherlands and Belgium will offer customers access to the iris 3d printer a technology that uses tightly stacked paper and glue to generate high-resolution 3d color models orders can be placed at home and be picked up in store or shipped out no word yet on pricing whether or not this will be available any time in the United States video game publisher THQ may have just debuted the most impressive pc game bundle ever best of all you name the price and some of the money will go to charity gamers can customize their donation to either child's play or the American Red Cross now it's one thing to get a great bundle of games but to help out people in need is an incentive everyone can get behind weight of B THQ redbox instant which is verizon's attempt to compete with Netflix might be launching as early as December membership costs may go as low as six dollars a month with the option to upgrade so that customers can receive DVD rental credits cnet is awaiting confirmation on this leaked information but it looks like the service is almost ready to oh and finally we're saying goodbye to Nintendo Power this week which will publish its final issue after an impressive 25 year run the final cover nearly matches the first-ever cover featuring a claymation Mario free poster ed and similar coloring and styling anyone who grew up playing an NES has a special place in their heart for nintendo power it's so sad to see you go that's your tech news update you can find links to all these stories on the blog sina com / update be sure to follow me on Twitter and watch the 404 show every single day of your life from our Studios here in New York I'm Jeff Bakalar