Gadgetory

it's Tuesday September 28 2010 I'm Jeff Bakalar and it's time to get loaded Research In Motion announced its much-anticipated tablet device yesterday and it's not called the black pad instead the company is calling it the playbook rim says that it's the first professional tablet it's got a 7-inch touchscreen to HD front and back facing cameras a 1 gigahertz dual-core CPU one gigabyte of ram Wi-Fi and an html5 browser with flash support the new device doesn't run on blackberry OS six but a new tablet OS based on qnx a company rim purchased last year Microsoft is saying it will abandon the windows spaces platform for windows live in favor of the more popular wordpress blogging interface this move mirrors what the company did with its video sharing site soap box opening up the option to post videos to youtube or facebook as well with apple relaxing its App Store rules apps that use google's voice service are starting to appear but the big elephant in the room is whether or not Google itself will release an official app altogether according to TechCrunch they will the tech blog is reporting that google's voice app has already been approved and that the company is working on updates to support iOS four and multitasking the US government has asked Congress for permission to wiretap any communication service including everything from encrypted blackberry messages to skype calls to even Facebook messages the federal government says that new encrypted communications effectively prevent the government from wiretapping so you can now add the US government to the ever-growing list of countries that are pushing for increased access to private communications and finally Logitech is about to release a new gaming headset that can wirelessly receive audio from three separate game consoles the f 540 will retail for a hundred and fifty dollars and let xbox 360 and playstation 3 users also chat as well the f 541 supports surround sound but it can charge over USB for up to 10 hours of playtime look for the f5 40 in stores and a scene at review next month those are your headlines for today I'm Jeff Bakalar for cnet.com and you've just been loaded