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Panasonic is finally ready to show off its first 3D projector, the PT-AE7000. This LCD beamer is a followup to the PT-AE4000 that debuted back in '09 and while some of the new features are for 3D -- 480Hz transparent LCD panels, integrated IR transmitter to sync the glasses and adjustable settings to tweak the picture at different viewing distances -- it also claims an improved 2D pedigree with a 200 watt lamp, claimed 300,000:1 contrast ratio and 2,000 lumens of brightness. With an MSRP of $3,499 it appears set to continue Panasonic's well-regarded line of midrange home theater projectors, check after the break for the press release with all of the specs.

Cisco has published its networking forecast for 2010-2015 and some of the things that it is forecasting are impressive. Cisco expects annual IP traffic to hit the zetabyte threshold by the end of 2015. That is 966 exabytes per year or about 80.5 exabytes each month. The report notes that global IP traffic has increased by a factor of eight times in the last five years and will increase by another factor of four in the next five years.

By 2015, the traffic across global IP networks every five minutes will be the equivalent to the data size of all movies ever made. There will be six million households globally that are consuming a terabyte of data each month. That isn't hard to fathom with the way everything is moving towards streaming deliveries for software and video.

Yes, there are still places you can’t see Angry Birds yet. Roku wants to fix that: The company, whose boxes are best known for making it easier to play Netflix on your TV, says it will bring the pig-killing game there, too. 

Roku says it will start selling casual games, beginning with all three versions of Rovio’s addictive titles, this summer.

But wait a minute: Rovio sells hardware that you connect to your TV and the Internet, but it doesn’t sell things you need to play games, like joysticks and other game controllers. How are Rovio customers going to play this stuff?

(Also, isn’t half the fun of Angry Birds the joy you get when you pull your finger across an iPhone or Android handset and send one of the little dudes catapulting into a building? What’s the point of doing this game on a non-touchscreen, anyway?)

Because the current lineup of 3D capable HDTVs just aren't exclusive enough, Bang & Olufsen has expanded its lineup with the BeoVision 4-85 plasma which will be available to North American buyers next month for a mere $85,000. While we prefer to save our riches for for even rarer sets like Panasonic's 152-incher, the BeoVision system does include the triangular BeoLab 10 center channel speaker and a motorized stand that lowers it when you're not watching. Either way, we won't tell you how to spend your (presumably ill-gotten) ducats beyond pointing out the specs in the press release below, but those interested in staying one step ahead of the Joneses should remember a refreshed version of the 103-inch edition with 3D will be available this summer as well.