Gadgetory

it's Thursday September fifteen twenty eleven I'm Wilson Tang on cnet com and it's time to get loaded you don't need to be a friend to follow someone on facebook anymore the social network has joined the likes of Twitter and Google+ offering a way to subscribe to sew ins public post without the person friending you back and you can choose the type of post you want to get like photos or status updates the subscribe button will only show up if the person activates the subscribed feature you can find a link to that at the Facebook blog Netflix expected people to unsubscribe after raising prices but the drop will be greater than the company initially anticipated Netflix predicted its third-quarter would have nine point eight million streaming only users down from the 10 million users it estimated in July and forecast on DVD only subscribers dropped also from 3 million this summer to 2.2 million but for those who want both streaming and DVDs Netflix sees those numbers unchanged estimating 12 million users would keep both services the Vita of the PlayStation Vita has been revealed get it Vita means life and at the Tokyo Game Show this week Sony said the battery life of the new handheld system will last for three to five hours of gaming and about five hours of video playback which is similar to the Nintendo 3ds that is when the 3d effects are turned on otherwise the 3ds last longer 48 hours of gameplay sony also showed off some accessories for the video like earbuds cases and cradles but still no word on a north american launch date which is sometime next year it will be available in Japan December 17th get ready world you're cute kitten videos will have slightly better lighting and editing thanks to a retouching and editing tool being added to YouTube the built-in video editor will let users make a quick fix without having to re upload a video and has settings to adjust contrast color trimming the start and end of the clip and stabilizing shaky video Jason products are always hot in the geek world but this one is literally hot really hot is the name of the dysons newest gadget a room heater and much like the air multiplier bladeless fan this is a bladeless way to stay toasty reaching up to 99 degrees it auto turns off in the room has reached the desired temperature and also turns off if it tips over it's retailing for four hundred dollars that's about a hundred dollars more than what the Air Multiplier went for when it first launched and if you think it's all hot air you're wrong you can blow air without the heat on if you want those are your headlines for today I'm Wilson tank for cnet.com and you've just been loaded