Gadgetory

it's Thursday October 28th I'm Natali del Conte and it's time to get loaded Google got a reprieve from the FTC regarding its street view image investigations Google was in hot water for capturing user data when it captured images for Google Maps the FTC said that Google's sufficiently addressed this problem and is letting them off with just a slap on the wrist Google is also launching Google Place search which is a way to integrate local business listings directly into search results place search will be a standalone search option so you can choose this in the same way that you choose images news or products it will bring Places listings that business owners can claim into main search page results we now know when t-mobile will carry the Samsung Galaxy Tab the carrier says that the iPad competitor will hit shelves on November 10th so now we have dates for Verizon which is November 11th and Sprint which is November 14th it looks like Sony is in fact making a playstation phone photos of the phone were leaked on Engadget this week it looks like it will run Google's Android operating system the 3.0 Gingerbread variety it will also come with a custom Sony marketplace which will let you purchase and download games we don't know much more about this but we're thinking we'll actually see the phone officially in early 2011 and we fail to mention this earlier this week but outlook format came out on Tuesday it's the full-featured mail client that Windows users endear themselves to Mac users like me who cannot stand entourage should appreciate a full version of Outlook optimized for the Mac and a new Facebook game will let you play fantasy sports with celebrity news the game is called fan swarm you pick a group of celebrities and they become your fantasy team you compete against your friends teams to see how many of your celebrities get written up in the gossip blogs and tweets I am ashamed to say that I actually have played a game like this before with my friends on for Ozzy calm I lost terribly because Britney Spears was on an opposing team and she went and shaved her head that season it was bad those are your headlines for today I will see you tomorrow I'm Natalie Conte for cnet.com and you've just been loaded