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this episode of TechnoBuffalo is brought to you by Gamefly hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of rumor roundup the show where we get you up to speed on all the wacky exciting and generally awesome tech rumors that happen every single day online Jon's off still busy taking care of his brand-new son with his lovely wife right now so I'm still on rumor watch this week this week we're talking half-life 3 a potential TV push for Apple the Xperia Z 1 F and more Nexus 5 leaks this is rim roundup let's get started the Sony Xperia z1 is a gorgeous gorgeous phone and now it looks like it's getting a little brother the Xperia z1 F was leaked in a brochure from a major Japanese carrier and it looks like a scaled-down version of the sleek z1 it's very similar to the z1 in a lot of ways including a Snapdragon 800 chipset 2 gigs ram a camera with 20.7 megapixels but there are a couple of differences the z1 f seems to substitute the z1 s 5 inch 1080p screen to a downgraded 4.3 inch 720p screen it has new colors and a smaller 2300 milliamp hour battery we generally enjoyed the z1 here at the office but for anybody looking for a powerful phone in a smaller than 5 inch device the z1 F is already looking pretty damn good gamers everywhere this week were really freaking excited after hearing valve filed to trademark half-life 3 in Europe November of next year marks an entire decade since the release of half-life 2 and actually 16 years since the first half-life introduced us to dr. Gordon Freeman so what is this trademark filing mean is half-life 3 official not quite let's just all hold our horses there has been no filing here in the US so we're not really sure what's happening over at valve could it be that they're simply protecting their IP until they decided to make the game well that's probably unlikely - they're probably secretly working on the game and have been for a while now so it's really only a matter of time before valve decides to make it official I'm predicting mid November 2015 as a launch with an official announcement at e3 of next year so put my money in the internet betting pool everyone it's October now and we all know what fall means no not pumpkin spice everything even though that's also true it actually means new Android updates and a new Nexus phone fortunately though we do live in a time where leaks are king and this week was no different for the newest Nexus phone so another photo of the device seems to have popped up online showing us a very clear Nexus 5 look at the back of the device it does look gorgeous I'll admit that much I fear not up to speed on your next-gen Nexus rumors it's supposedly made by LG has a 1080p display snapdragon 800 2 gigs ram and an 8 megapixel camera the Nexus 5 leaks have been fast and furious lately and to me that suggests we'll be hearing an official announcement very very soon yay and last on the docket this week keen eyes notice that cable TV executive jean-françois Boulais changed his LinkedIn account to reflect his newest position engineering director at none other than Apple oh that's pretty interesting especially considering an Apple television set has been part of the tech rumor mill for a while now Alou is hiring may mean he's been tapped to help develop an ITV but it can also mean he simply been tapped to help develop software that unifies Apple TV iCloud and iOS devices into a single ecosystem it is still a little bit annoying that I can't rent something on my Apple TV and then pick up watching it on my iPad in another room later so I'm personally hoping moulay will help smooth out the rental process across devices I know you can use iTunes to use to get stuff across all of your devices but when do you do that when you open your computer and say I want to rent something no you do it right through your Apple TV so I want it through my Apple TV and right into my iPad guys we are right in the middle of the best gaming season fall is a time for new Playstation new Xbox the Wii U how am I gonna play all these games there's so many better yet after I buy all these new consoles how am I gonna pay for all of these games they're pricey Gamefly boom largest online video game rental service with over 7000 new and classic titles all the consoles all the handhelds plans start at just fifteen ninety-five a month and you can rent one two four games at a time and keep them for as long as you like no late fees no due dates free shipping and when you're done playing a game you just send it back and Gamefly will ship you the next game on your list pretty easily Oh what have you loved the game so much you never want to send it back what if you're playing a game you say I just can't possibly send this away that's ok game fly has you covered you just click keep it on the website and the game is yours at a discounted price you even get the case in manuals for free so you want to try out gameplay well we have got you covered you can get a free 15 day trial by heading over to gamefly.com slash TechnoBuffalo so don't miss out on playing a new game like grand theft auto 5 because you don't have the scratch man get some game fly and make it happen hopefully you're all caught up on the best tech rumors out there this week we're back every single week recapping all the rumors you can eat throw us a thumbs up if you enjoyed the video today cuz we appreciate that and you can always head over to TechnoBuffalo comm for all your latest and greatest tech news I'm Ashley sceva see you next time what's up everyone John here just wanted to let you know that if you liked what you just saw we've got two other shows that go live every single week ask the Buffalo where our very own ashley Esqueda answers you're burning gadget questions and retinues rants we're quite obviously I go off on things that bug me across consumer tech if you want to see me get super red-faced and mad you should click the text below that says subscribe and check out our other shows by clicking right over here I'll see you guys next time