Amazon closes affiliates in North Carolina, a new service lets you trade stocks over Twitter, and rumors are swirling of a PlayStation Portable phone.

The PlayStation Network opens video downloads for the PSP in Japan, WiMax is up in Las Vegas, and iPhone users might want to be careful what they say over AIM.

PlayStation Move

Loaded: PSP video downloads live in Japan

During CNETs 2005 Holiday Helpdesk, Eric from New York was looking to find out if he should buy the Xbox 360 now or wait for the PlayStation 3.

The PlayStation phone

While it provides some of the best motion control weve seen in games, a few issues and a lackluster launch library may have you waiting to buy PlayStation Move.

No news except Apple news

WWDC and E3

Loaded: A PSP phone?

This week on the CNET Tech Review, all the news on Apples new iPods; Netflix comes to the iPhone; get off the couch with PlayStation Move; and how to resurrect your waterlogged phone.

Loaded: Apple makes time for a lawsuit

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Apple finally gets around to suing Psystar, Sony takes on the Apple TV with the new PlayStation, and a new Wii game lets you sword fight on the beach.

Touch me, Steve Jobs

The PlayStation phone suces, Chrome OS Netbooks are coming, and Toshiba launches a TV with battery backup.

The makers of PlayOn, a useful media-streaming program for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, have a new iPhone version of the PlayOn app.

PlayOn for iPhone

Apple rumors engulf technology news, Nintendo releases a new Wii controller, and the PlayStation 3 finally gets hacked.

Apple announces major features to its Mac OS X Lion and iOS 5 operating systems and its new iCloud service, Microsoft announces Halo 4, Live TV and voice recognition for its Xbox 360 and Kinect, and Sony unveils a name for the NGP, now called the PlayStation Vita.

EMILY: Hey, I?m Emily Dreyfuss. KARYNE: And Im Karyne Levy. EMILY: Welcome to Rumor Has It?s special year-end show, where we round up the biggest tech rumors of 2012. KARYNE: ? And look forward to the rumors we?re hearing that may come true in 2013. EMILY: Without delay, the biggest rumor of this year: an Apple HDTV! Though there is little evidence so r that this thing is in the works, the rumors that it could be released at any moment have persisted all year. To recap briefly: Before his death, Steve Jobs told his biographer that he had FINALLY CRACKED the code to simplifying and reinventing your television. Since the biography came out last year, we?ve been waiting. KARYNE: The most recent rumor finally suggests that the TV is actually being worked on at Foxconn. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple, its long-time manucturing partner Foxconn, and television maker Sharp are all collaborating on the project. EMILY: Even this rumor suggests it?s at the early testing phase, but if true, 2013 seems like the earliest we?ll see Steve Jobs? last product gift to the world. KARYNE: The most obvious of the 2013 Apple rumors is about....the iPhone 5S, of course. It seems like the iPhone 5 was barely in peoples hands before rumors of the iPhone 5S already started swirling. According to analysts,new york asian escort the next iPhone wiBiggest rumors to watch out for in 2013, Wedding Giftsll launch in June or July, with a new super HD camera/screen, a better battery, and NFC technology finally. It also could potentially have up to 128GB of flash storage, and it could come in different colors. EMILY: There is no doubt in my mind that the iPhone 5S will be released next year, sometime after Q2. That?s what they always do. KARYNE: Agreed. People who are on the S track of iPhone iterations will be happy with the improvements, and people who just got the iPhone 5, like us, will just be happy to wait for the iPhone 6. EMILY: And maybe grumbling a liiiitttttttttle bit. EMILY: Next up, Android ns like our fiancees have their panties in a twist over the rumor that the Samsung Galaxy S4 is coming next year. On the one hand, we have to say: of course it is! That?s how this works -- phones get better, new models come out. KARYNE: But knowing that doesn?t mean we know what the phone will have or when we?ll see it. EMILY: Recent rumors from Korean site Asiae.kr suggests it will have a 5- inch screen and a 1080p HD display. Benchmarks on NenaMark?s site suggest it will run Android 5.0 but will only be 720p. KARYNE: Our producer Sarah and I have money that we?ll see this at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. EMILY: We?ll see. KARYNE: Next, my vorite of the rumors: next-generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony. EMILY: These rumors heat up and then die down almost as st as we can report them. Its obvious that there will BE next-generation consoles, but we just dont know when -- or what. KARYNE: For the Xbox, most-recent speculations are that itll be ready for the 2013 holiday season. As for features, reports include Kinect 2.0, a Blu- ray drive, an enhanced controller, and an AV port for watching and recording broadcast TV shows. Basically its going to shoot unicorns out of its butt. EMILY: Rumors pin the PS4 as coming out during the holidays next year, as well. As for features, Wedding Gifts they range from excellent 3D gaming at 1080p, to the games coming on Blu-ray discs or as downloadable content, like with the PS Vita. KARYNE: What we do know is that the current-gen consoles have been around for almost 10 years. And although theyre excellent, perhaps its time for a refresh. EMILY: Our final rumored development next year is a necessity: that supercrisp 4K TVs will be commercially available for a way way lower price. Current Sony 4K TVs start at...$25 thousand dollars. What else can you get for $25K? Karyne: A car. Emily: A wedding. Karyne: A home movie theater. Emily: A downpayment on a house. Karyne: 25 MacBook Airs. Emily: 25 thousand hamburgers from the McDonalds dollar menu. Karyne: Yuck. OK fine, yum. EMILY: Now, we saw the first 4K TVs at CES last year, and everyone went googoo gaga over their lifelike picture quality that was like looking through a window. Personally, my vision is so imperfect that I was incredibly underwhelmed. KARYNE: Or maybe you werent standing at the right distance from it. As CNETs Geoff Morrison writes: Your eye has a finite resolution, and at the distance that most people sit from their TVs, its unlikely youd be able to tell the difference. EMILY: That?s it for this week. Our comment of the week comes from Garfnodie, who writes of the rumor that iOS will be getting a Microsoft Office app: ?My biggest problem with Office on mobile devices is the subscription model. I do not like paying a monthly fee to use an app...Give me free or premium, not freemium or subscription.? KARYNE: Hear hear. That?s our show everyone, share your rumors at or call us at 1-800-750-CNET. And tweet us! EMILY: Happy holidays, and have a happy new year!

Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3

Created: 12/19/2012 Waiting for that Apple television or the iPhone 5S? Want to know when the next Xbox and PlayStation will be announced? Well lay out our best guesses.