Hot damn Hot Wheels.  Mattel is stuffing a video camera inside the the toy cars that have long stood the test of time, but haven’t seen a significant update since the product’s inception.

Inside the tiny car is a front facing camera that records the action as it drives down the ramp while a micro screen underneath the toy vehicle allows the action to be reviewed instantaneously.  Gimmick or not, this will surely attract tween boys and some girls back to the probably seemingly terminal product.  A cable is included that will allow the footage, which can be recorded at 30 or 60fps, to be transferred to a computer where it can be edited using Mattel’s own Hot Wheel’s video editor.  

Mattel plans to launch the Hot Wheel’s Video Racer this Fall for $60 a pop.

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Along with a “review“, we’ve also got for you tonight some footage of the (rumoured) PlayStation Phone’s menu, game performance and screenshots of the thing in action.

First up is the phone’s menu system, which as you can see here is able to switch neatly between “phone” mode and “PSP” mode when the PlayStation Pocket app is activated.

This clip serves two purposes: the first to demonstrate that when playing mobile phone games on the handheld, the PSP d-pad controls don’t suddenly replace phone controls. At least, not on existing software, and not on this model. Secondly, it shows that the phone is able to run high-powered Android games just fine. Which, really, you’d expect.

The third video shows a loading time comparison between a game on the PS Phone and another Android device. While the PS Phone appears to load much slower, remember, this may not be the final hardware or software it’s running on, so this performance is liable to change.

Here are the more useful pictures of the phone’s menu screens, showing what the unit looks like when it’s not in “PSP mode”.

And here are a ton of glamour shots of the unit, showing it from all angles as well as in comparison with the PSPgo.

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With CES just around the corner, Liquid Image has several new goggles lined up to announce at CES 2011 that will pack 1080P HD video recording, allowing you to capture all your action-packed sports adventures in true HD. First off, there is the Model 337 Summit Series High Action Video Camera Snow Goggle that offers a 136-degree full field view wide-angle lens, designed to capture all your sports achievements. The other item will be the Model 367 Impact Series HD High Action Video Camera MX Goggle that offers Wind Guard Audio recording and capturing footage while riding Motocross, ATV or downhill biking. It also features a 136-degree field of view, 12-megapixel camera with 1080p recording at 30FPS. Both goggles are bundled with 4GB microSD card and support cards up to 32GB. Both are expected to retail for $400 and will be shipping in October 2011.

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Level 3 Communications, the networking company that delivers streaming video to Netflix users, says that Comcast is demanding a “recurring fee” for the transmission of such videos to its subscribers. This, it should go without saying, is very shitty news.

Level 3, who recently signed a deal to become the primary provider for streaming Netflix content, was pressured by Comcast to pay a “recurring fee” “to transmit Internet online movies and other content to Comcast’s customers who request such content.” After a few days of negotiating, Level 3 paid the fee, ensuring uninterrupted service for Netflix subscribers.

This is presumably the first volley in what will be a long battle between companies like Netflix and broadband providers, nearly all of whom have their own video on demand services to peddle. And this type of thing is precisely the reason that net neutrality—ensuring that internet providers don’t discriminate in how they deliver their content—has been and will continue to be such a big deal going forward. When service providers strong arm comparatively little guys like Netflix (and the partners upon whom Netflix relies, like Level 3) into paying higher fees, that turbulence eventually shakes down to the customer, either in the form of higher prices or interrupted service. Big corporate greed ends up screwing John Q. Public—it’s nothing new, but it’s always frustrating.

Thomas Stortz, Level 3′s chief legal officer, said this in a statement earlier today:

Level 3 believes Comcast’s current position violates the spirit and letter of the FCC’s proposed Internet Policy principles and other regulations and statutes, as well as Comcast’s previous public statements about favoring an open Internet. While the network neutrality debate in Washington has focused on what actions a broadband access provider might take to filter, prioritize or manage content requested by its subscribers, Comcast’s decision goes well beyond this. With this action, Comcast is preventing competing content from ever being delivered to Comcast’s subscribers at all, unless Comcast’s unilaterally-determined toll is paid – even though Comcast’s subscribers requested the content. With this action, Comcast demonstrates the risk of a ‘closed’ Internet, where a retail broadband Internet access provider decides whether and how their subscribers interact with content.

Level 3 says they’ll be taking the matter to government regulators soon—hopefully there will be sufficient outrage at some point in the process to get Comcast to back down. And maybe this will give the people at the FCC some pause before allowing the pending Comcast/NBC Universal mega-merger to actually go through. NYT

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