Gadgetory

it's Tuesday februari 14 2012 I'm Bridget Carey at cnet com and it's time to get loaded today's tech headlines are chock full of rumors and anonymous insider sources and I normally don't report on speculation but this is Valentine's Day a time where mystery is somewhat romantic causing the most buzz today is the Wall Street Journal reporting that the next iPad will support 4G wireless speeds from verizon and AT&T and it also reports Apple is currently testing out a smaller eight inch iPad also expect the ipad 3 to be announced the first week in march according to all things d and when you round up all the other rumors if they are true the next iPad will also have a faster quad-core processor and higher resolution front and rear camera you might start seeing PlayStation games on HTC's Android devices sony entertainment network announced last year it would allow for early PlayStation games like crash bandicoot to be played on non Sony devices but a new report from the website pocket-lint says HTC has made a deal with Sony the announcement could come at the end of the month the next xbox game console might have a controller with a touchscreen at least that's what xbox world magazine is reporting the control there could look something like the PlayStation Vita with a touchscreen in the middle of the control pad this next Xbox controller would double as a TV remote a web browser and display for game information the concept is pretty similar to what we're seeing in nintendo's new console the Wii U which also has a touchscreen in its controller and other gaming news don't expect much work to get done today because angry birds is now on facebook the game is free and includes an exclusive Facebook level as well as new special effects and power-ups those power-ups like sling scope for laser targeting bird quake for shaking things up and supersedes to supersize your bird they all cost one dollar 420 uses and you can gift the power-ups to others because nothing says be my valentine like a king sling and windows lovers I hope this doesn't break your heart but the colorful windows logo will likely be retired windows 8 will say goodbye to the red green blue and yellow flag for a solid color for pain flat window that's slightly angled Toy Fair is going on this week in New York and we spotted quite a few cool new tech toys mattel is coming out with a whole line of figurines including Barbie Hot Wheels and Batman that interact with ipad games there are even figurines that are made for existing games like fruit ninja and angry birds Barbie now has a digital camera built into her for designing cool graphic tees and the force Flyers an RC helicopter that is controlled by a glove with a built-in accelerometer so it moves with your hand gestures those are your headlights for today I'm Bridget Carey for cnet.com and you just been loaded