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hey I'm Kareem movie and welcome to rumor has it the show that rounds up the week's biggest tech rumors and you have a chance to vote on what you think will come true if you're watching on cnet now I have no co-host this week because everybody ditched me to attend Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference and the e3 gaming conference so let's just recap the news from those two shows so WWDC brought a set completely overhauled iOS 7 with airdrop and a new design just as we predicted iTunes radio a new OS 10 called Mavericks new macbook airs and a new Mac Pro that looks like a garbage can but you know we didn't get any mention of the iphone 5s i watch or apple television set or a flying car on the gaming front at e3 the microsoft keynote gave us a november release date for the xbox one and a four hundred ninety nine dollar price tag what wasn't mentioned was the whole used games debacle although the company did have stuff to say about it a few days before e3 most notably that Microsoft will let game publishers set the rules for reselling games to retailers because hey why keep all those emails from pissed off gamers all to yourself right but my favorite part of the whole event was when they announced that they're finally getting rid of stupid microsoft points i don't think i've ever used a microsoft point in my life but now that real currency is involved instead my little avatar person is getting a whole makeover and a brand new wardrobe and finally at a press conference on Monday night we got to see the ps4 basically it's a big black box sony also announced that the ps4 won't have any used game restrictions won't make you ping the server every 24 hours like the Xbox one it'll cost three hundred ninety nine dollars and it will be out in time for the holiday season Jack Tretton of Sony said when a gamer buys a ps4 disk they have the rights to use that disk they can sell it to another person lend it to a friend or keep it forever so take that Microsoft booyah I can't wait to watch how this plays out speaking of i watch component suppliers seem to be ready for iwatch production pointing to an inn recently likely launched in the second half of 2013 according to city analyst Glenn young here's the thing about analysts though they get paid to make things up so take this one with a grain of salt although recent news has indicated that an iWatch is imminent apple reportedly filed for an iWatch trademark in russia the economic times reported the apples been checking out 1.5 inch OLED screens and Bloomberg says that the watch is slated to be rolled out this year so based on all that nothing we really know nothing next up Samsung could introduce a 12.2 inch version of the galaxy note tablet in the second half of the year according to ET news not to be confused with ET phone home or entertainment tonight that's still on right according to the Korean websites industry sources the samsung tablet will feature a 2560 by 1600 pixel display and will come with an S Pen Stylus although there's no outright mention of a name we could assume it'll be part of the note line if this rumor pans out that means that there will be a galaxy note a galaxy note 8 a galaxy note 10 and a galaxy note 12 Samsung loves giving you a million different size options for the same product it just loves it back to my favorite topic gaming so Microsoft wants you to pay a hundred dollars more for a system that has restrictions and complications like it's used game policy and having to be connected to the Internet so after Sony's announcement I think that Microsoft will have to back off on the xbox one and ease up on some of its policies but what do you guys think will Microsoft stand down will it hold its ground don't forget to vote and leave a comment and we'll check in with the cnet council the cnet council is composed of five editors who cast their votes anonymously their opinions are not an endorsement by cnet or CBS interactive obviously because these are rumors folks and the scenic counsels verdict is no they outvoted me 322 that Microsoft will not ease up on its super restrictive policies that's our show everybody please share your rumors at rumor has it at cnet com or call us at 1 800 750 cnet and tweet us and tune in next week for more tech rumors you