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The Daily Engadget: Xbox 360 Price Cut Official, Nintendo Goes Nerf
Our friends over at Engadget obsessively cover everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics, which is why we compile this daily roundup of their top stuff (or, at least, what we think is tops). For more details on any of these stories, click on the Engadget links in each story below.

Xbox 360 Price Cut Official
On the fence about getting one of the new PlayStation 3 Slim consoles? Your decision just got a little harder: Microsoft is lowering the price of its Elite Xbox 360 to $299 to match.

New Camera iPods on September 9th?
Ah, how we love the dog days of summer, especially when new iPod rumors are in the air. AppleInsider reports Apple will be unveiling camera-equipped iPods and a social-networked iTunes on September 9th.

Google Releases a Million Books in EPUB Format
If you have a Kindle or any other electronic book reader that supports the EPUB format, your choices for free titles just got a lot broader.


Amazon Making More Packaging Frustration Free
Those hard clamshell plastic cases that contain most newly purchased gadgets are a universally despised form of packaging, and Amazon has been working to get rid of them. The company announced a suite of new partners pledging support for frustration-free packaging.


Next Batman Could Be All-IMAX
Last year's 'The Dark Knight' had a number of IMAX segments, but word on the street suggests the Caped Crusader's next installment could be 100-percent IMAX.


HALO Headset Makes Bluetooth Look Good
Nobody wants to be "that guy" in public, the one strutting around with a Bluetooth headset perched in-ear, but Jabra's good-looking HALO headset (no relation to the Bungie game) changes things.


Amber Alert GPS Keeps Tabs on Your Kids
If knowing where your kids are at all times is worth $380 to you (plus a $10 monthly fee), check out this Amber Alert GPS, perfect for overprotective parents everywhere.


Pocket Pain Doctor Is Worst iPhone App Ever
Do you believe that blue and red lights can heal your pain? They won't, especially when they're beamed from your iPhone.


Nintendo's Football Controller Patent Application

Nintendo is apparently sick of seeing accessory makers rolling in the dough from cheap Wii console accessories. It's looking to make its own: a soft football that will cradle your Wiimote.


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