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Sony's Alpha A37 and NEX-F3 pose for the camera, reveal more angles, details

Well, well, talk about déjà vu! It was just yesterday that a corner of Sony's 16.1 megapixel NEX-F3 leaked onto the interwebs and now more photos have surfaced, along with a previously unannounced shooter, the Alpha A37 SLT. The pictures come courtesy of Yang Canggih, which says it had a chance to demo the two devices yesterday at Sony's Partner's Conference in Jakarta (curiously, the NEX-F3 post isn't live as of this writing, but Sony Alpha Rumors has the images up). Starting with the F3, the mirrorless camera has lost a smidgen of the curves found on its older sibling, the C3, adopting a slight bit of the angular edges that once made the NEX-7 the badass standout in the lineup. You'll notice that the shutter button and grip have an uncanny resemblance to the 7's, not to mention that it's clearly gained a pop-up flash -- a first for the lower-end NEXs. Past that, the rumored -- and self-portrait friendly -- 180 degree tilt-screen is also present, which'll likely give the C3 an edge over its siblings when it comes to composing shots. Also worth note, some of the buttons on back have been slightly repositioned.

Moving along, those hoping for a successor to the A35 will apparently have their wish granted with the 16.1 megapixel A37. According to Yang Canggih, it features the articulating display from the last generation of NEX cams, Auto Portrait Framing (first introduced with the A57), four more effect modes than the A35 (up from 11) and an ergonomic grip in the vein of the A77. Sadly, that's about all that's currently known, so hopefully we'll get an official introduction to the cameras soon. Head past the break for a shot of the A37 and then check out the links below for even more of both.

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Google Maps 'Cube' game rolls out, back, up, back again

Cast your mind back to January if you will. Head full of steamy CES action? Of course, but you may also remember Google teased us about a new tilt-and-roll Maps game. Well, it looks like the creators may have missed the original February deadline, having finally snuck it out this week. The browser-based game is a series of maze challenges, that'll take you through the streets of San Francisco, downtown Tokyo and beyond. All atop Google's iconic 3D textured maps, naturally. Eight levels in total are on offer, making it an ideal lunchtime -- or if the boss is away -- afternoon time kill. Roll down to the source link below to give it a spin, nudge and roll.

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This Company Builds Some Of the Greatest Playgrounds On Earth [Image Cache]

Besides providing a safe place for kids to tire themselves out so they sleep through the night, playgrounds are one of the best places for young ones to foster their imaginations. And Denmark-based Monstrum builds playgrounds that are veritable wonderlands for make-believe. More »

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Time Warner Cable is preparing for TWC TV IPTV streaming on Roku boxes

Time Warner Cable's TWC TV streaming TV service has already arrived on iOS and Android 4.0, so what's next? According to information we've received, the next stop should be connected TV platforms, starting with the popular Roku media streaming boxes. We already got a glimpse of TWC TV on an HDTV during CES 2012 when it was being demonstrated at the Panasonic and Samsung booths, and were told at the time that it could launch on "multiple platforms" later this year. While company personnel are currently being briefed on compatibility with Roku the launch could still be some time off, as previous preparations for rollouts like streaming to PCs came months ahead. We contacted reps for the company about the plan and received a "no comment" in response, so there's nothing in the way of official word just yet. Either way, if all you want to do is ditch the bulky cable box for a diminutive hockey puck, it seems like 2012 could finally be the year.

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Lane Becker On How To ?Plan Serendipity? In Tech And Business [TCTV]

Lane Becker has been a familiar figure in the Silicon Valley tech scene for years, as the co-founder of startups such as Adaptive Path and Get Satisfaction, and an advisor at early-stage venture capital firm Freestyle Capital. Becker recently added "New York Times Bestselling Author" to his list of descriptors, when the book "Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business" which he wrote with his Get Satisfaction co-founder Thor Muller debuted at the number six spot on the NYT's best seller list.

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'Survivor: One World' Is Kim's Game To Lose

Troyzan goes and Kim falters in the latest episode, and MTV News is back with former player Rob Cesternino to recap it all.
By Josh Wigler

Kim Spradlin during the immunity challenge on "Survivor: One World"
Photo: CBS

Few people would have predicted Greg "Tarzan" Smith to be the last man standing on "Survivor: One World," but that's exactly what's happened now that his similarly named competitor Troyzan is no longer in the game.

After an astonishing drop in likability paired with an equally stunning win last week, Troyzan redeemed himself (to a degree) on a personal level in the latest episode, at the expense of his life in the game. Now, six women remain: wishy-washy Christina, foul-mouthed Alicia, dim-witted Kat, savvy Sabrina, the seemingly unbeatable Kim and her partner-in-crime Chelsea — with only Tarzan representing the men of "One World," poop pants and all.

As the season moves toward the end game, it's bridal shop owner Kim who remains the player to beat. Not only the dominant strategist in her alliance, Kim also proved herself a serious challenge threat this week by winning both reward and immunity with little to no competition. Still, not even Kim is infallible: She made a controversial choice to share her reward with her clear-cut ally Chelsea, leaving another member of her alliance, Kat, feeling insecure about her place in the grand scheme of things. Will Kim's biggest blunder to date come back to bite her down the line, or is it much ado about nothing?

MTV News once again paired up with two-time "Survivor" contestant Rob Cesternino to cover the latest episode of "One World," including the fall of Troyzan and Kim's continued warpath.

MTV: We were hard on Troyzan last week, understandably so. This week, even though he was voted off, I feel a lot better about the guy. He did what he could to survive without being overly obnoxious. What was your take on Troy this week?

Rob Cesternino: He sort of went through the five stages of grief over the last two weeks. Last week was anger and denial. This week, he moved onto bargaining and acceptance. He had a really good week this week. I really wanted to believe — and maybe I'm like Kat, and I just want to believe — but I hoped that Troyzan would pull it off this week. But I kept doing the math in my head: He still needs one more vote. Who's going to vote with him? The math just didn't work out that way.

MTV: Part of me thought that maybe, finally, Christina's time was up. Somehow, she gets to survive another day.

Cesternino: I don't understand why people keep trying to take her out, though. Even for Troyzan, if he could have swung the vote against Christina, it wouldn't have been a power move. It wouldn't have changed anything.

MTV: Well, in fairness, it would've changed a lot for Troyzan.

Cesternino: Sure, for Troyzan, it's important. But it's basically just cutting the tail off the snake [for anybody else]. Nothing really fundamentally changes if she's voted off. She's not a part of anybody's alliance, so getting rid of her wouldn't have been a power move for anybody else in this game. I think she's next though, and that's good for Kim — it keeps up the status quo, and gives her another week before she has to start making hard decisions. It's not looking good for Christina at all.

MTV: Why Christina over Tarzan? He's the last man on the beach, which makes him an easy vote.

Cesternino: I don't think they have a very strong preference either way between those two. They're both pretty expendable to the overall plan. I actually think Tarzan has now become someone who could win the game, if you have a bitter jury of men saying, "Well, at least he has a penis!"

MTV: Fair point! [Laughs] Sticking with Christina for a minute, I can't believe Sabrina just flat-out told Christina that she was getting votes that night.

Cesternino: It was so bizarre, Sabrina telling her, "We're putting votes on Troyzan, and we're also putting votes on you. Hope you're on board with this plan!" And Christina was pretty much on board. And then she goes, "You know, I don't know if I can trust the girls 100 percent." Well, they just said they're putting two votes on you! I don't know what kind of wakeup call she really needs in this game, because, come on!

MTV: You and I have been on the Kimsanity train for a while now, but she screwed up this week, picking Chelsea over Kat to come with her at the reward challenge.

Cesternino: She really did make a big blunder. It reminded me of "Survivor: Nicaragua," when Sash did the same thing with Fabio; he didn't let Fabio see his mom. He got a very similar reaction. Also, for future reference, anytime they show you two people [striking a deal] before a reward challenge, you know that one of those two people is going to win, and they're not going to do what they just said they'd do. It's "Survivor" foreshadowing.

MTV: How bad was Kim's blunder? What kind of damage is that going to do down the line?

Cesternino: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being no big deal and 10 being Erik Reichenbach giving his immunity necklace away on "Fans vs. Favorites," I'd give it about a 3. It's not a big deal. Kat's a little upset, but what's Kat going to do?

MTV: Kat was clearly very upset, though. Now she has those Russell seeds in there; she wants to be a power player.

Cesternino: I think this whole episode was about perception and reality. For Kat, when she was confronted with what reality is and how different it is from what her perception of the game is — how people really see her — she really did need to wake up and smell the coffee. I don't know which show Kat thinks she's on, where she's been the dominant player all season long, but I would like to watch that show.

MTV: That show exists in the same universe where Kat has never failed at anything in her life.

Cesternino: Right! [Laughs] This is so hard for her. She's never failed at anything. It's unfathomable!

MTV: Troyzan tried to make it look like Kim, Chelsea and Alicia were the top dogs based on the results of the reward challenge. Do you think that's the actual final three?

Cesternino: With final threes instead of final twos now in place on "Survivor," I think that everybody left really thinks that they're in the final three with Kim. It's like what Boston Rob was able to do a couple of seasons ago on "Redemption Island." Alicia thinks she's in the finals with Kim and Chelsea, Sabrina thinks she's in the finals with Kim and Chelsea, and Kat thinks she's in there too. We may not see how things really shake out until the final five, because you have all these people who think they'll be in that third spot. Plus, somebody's still working with Tarzan. Somebody's telling him what he wants to hear to keep him from voting with Troyzan. And nobody tells Christina anything; she'll vote however they want her to.

But what's going to happen is, these people on the bottom are going to scratch and claw their way for the top three. No one's going to get together and take out Kim, saying, "We can be the new top three. Forget Kim and Chelsea." If Alicia and Christina could just stop bickering with each other, they could do something. Troyzan laid it out so obviously: With seven people left in the game, it could very easily be Kat, Christina, Alicia and Tarzan as the final four of the game — but that's not going to happen.

MTV: Certainly not with Troyzan gone. Will you miss having him on the show?

Cesternino: It's sad to see him go, because it felt like he was the only one left who could give Kim a run for her money. It's really just Kim and a bunch of also-rans now. We'll see if a bitter jury just doesn't give Kim her money.

MTV: I would like to believe you're right, because I want to see Kim win the game. But there's an argument to be made for Chelsea, too. She's playing a solid game: She's vocal, she's strong in challenges. I think Chelsea could beat Kim.

Cesternino: Absolutely. Just like last season, where Coach dominated the game, brought his alliance to the finals, told everybody what they wanted to hear to get to that point, and the jury gave the money to Coach's loyal sidekick who was more blunt, honest and won challenges. It could easily go down the same way. I think Kim is savvier about the game than Coach is, but you have a voting block on the jury of five guys who want to blame somebody for what happened to them. Will they blame Kim and not give her the win because they look at her as the person who engineered the idea to get the men out of the game? We'll see.

MTV: Kim said that winning the reward challenge was the worst thing to happen to her in the game so far. I have a feeling she'll have worse days coming up.

Cesternino: Wah, wah, wah. [Laughs] If your worst day on "Survivor," you win a reward challenge and an immunity challenge, then you're doing pretty damn good out there. Let's start a new hashtag: #winnerproblems.

Get more of Rob's thoughts on "Survivor" by following him on Twitter.

Previously on MTV's "Survivor" coverage ...
» Leif blows away; Troyzan goes crazy
» Kimsanity is heating up
» Tarzan denies "poop pants" allegations
» Colton's appendix ruptured by evil
» The "One World" beach breaks in half

What did you think of this week's "Survivor"? Let me know in the comments section or hit me up on Twitter at @roundhoward!

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RIM's first BlackBerry 10 device may come as early as October

It's no secret that there's currently a sense of urgency in Waterloo, but if a recent report from N4BB is accurate, it seems that both consumers and enterprise are bound to benefit. According to the site's confidential source, Research in Motion is preparing to reveal its first BlackBerry 10 device in mid-August and will have the product in the hands of consumers by October. We'd previously known that RIM intends to have these units in the hands of developers next month, which gives a bit of credence to this most recent revelation. As for what consumers may expect, the first device is said to offer just a touchscreen, whereas we'll need to wait until Q1 of next year to see a handset with a physical QWERTY keyboard. As you'll recall, the company's previous leader, Mike Lazaridis, previously stated that consumers wouldn't see a BlackBerry 10 device until the end of the year, but this was due entirely to a shortage of the chipset that RIM deemed crucial to its manufacture. Perhaps Mr. Heins was able to light a bit of a fire under the company's partners, no?

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HTC One X case: Clear hard shell gets some forum love

We know, we know. You folks are chomping at the bit -- especially here in the U.S. -- to get your hands on an HTC One X. (We've still got a couple weeks before it drops on AT&T here.) But for the moment, let's talk about the HTC One X case.

We've already given you a little preview of HTC's own slim case. (Actually, that's us calling it a "slim case." HTC didn't even have a name for it yet when we saw it last week.) It's a really thin plastic deal that snaps onto the phone, offering some pretty basic protection. We've seen two versions -- one with a series of circles, and another that kind of looks like window blinds. The idea was that HTC didn't want to break up the underlying look and feel of the device. But while the cases certainly are slim (and they do fit very nicely), the designs are a bit on the extreme side. We'll just have to see how popular they are when they're finally made available. (And, no, we don't know when that will be.)

And we've done a full-blown review of the HTC One X Hard Shell Case with a flip stand.

But now we're getting another look at a new case -- and one that definitely lets the design of the phone shine through. Chrisjcks has posted a series of pics in our HTC One X forums showing the phone in the official HTC clear hard shell case. No crazy designs this time, just some pretty basic protection that still lets the polycarbonate shell of the phone show through.  One piece of bad news is that it looks like the charging contacts are covered, which means you'll need to remove the case to use the phone in one of HTC's docks. (The crazy-designed cases we played with last week will actually work with the docks -- no removal required.)

Check out more pics and full rundown in our HTC One X forums!

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Exclusive 'Battleship' Clip Premieres Monday On MTV!

Stars Rihanna, Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård and Brooklyn Decker will unveil clip during 'MTV First' at 7:56 p.m. ET Monday.
By Kara Warner

Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna in "Battleship"
Photo: Universal Pictures

We still have a few more weeks to wait to find out which "Battleship" castmember utters the immortal phrase "You sunk my Battleship!" So in the meantime, we're offering up the exclusive premiere of a very special new clip from the film, along with the stars themselves, for "MTV First: Battleship."

Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna and Brooklyn Decker will hit MTV's airwaves Monday, April 30, at 7:56 p.m. ET to premiere the exclusive clip, after which they will stick around for a meaty 30 minutes of Q&A on MTV.com hosted by MTV News' Josh Horowitz. Fans can get in on the action immediately by submitting video or text questions via MTV.com or via Twitter (using @MTVNews, hashtag #MTVFirst or #AskBattleship). During "MTV First," the four stars will also answer your Twitter questions and dish on the very latest news.

"Battleship" promises to be a true summer blockbuster in every way. It is an action-packed event movie with an A-list and very attractive cast.

"The movie is really the story of a younger brother (Kitsch) trying to grow up and be a man like [his older brother (Skarsgård)]," director Peter Berg told MTV News. "There just happens to be an alien invasion in the middle of it."

The "Friday Night Lights" director also promised that despite the "Transformers" comparisons, his film is "completely different."

"I think 'Transformers' is awesome," Berg said. "I think [director Michael] Bay did an incredible job with that film and I think when you sit through 4 minutes of 'Battleship,' you'll realize that they are two completely different experiences.

"Obviously, our big bosses who are concerned with making their money back have a vested interested in attaching themselves to other successful films. We don't think about that; we think about making our own movie, and I'm pretty confident that whether you love 'Battleship' or not, the issue of comparison to other films is pretty irrelevant."

The film hits theaters across the country May 18.

Don't forget to join Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Alexander Skarsgård and Brooklyn Decker for "MTV First: Battleship" on Monday, April 30, at 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV!

Check out everything we've got on "Battleship."

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