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While the tech world has been waiting for Apple, Microsoft, and even TechCrunch to introduce their tablets, a company called Camangi has gone ahead and released its own device: The WebStation is a 7-inch touchscreen tablet that runs Android 1.5. The device features 802.11 b/g WiFI, a GPS ...
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Singers and podcasters take note, Blue Microphone recently released the Yeti , an affordably priced premium microphone and the world's first to be THX-certified. The Yeti is a USB mic, and it offers high quality recording by using Blue's premium condenser capsules in a proprietary triple ...
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Does your iPhone case match your outfit? I mean really match it? It can, now that case-maker Griffin has partnered with clothing co-op Threadless. The first offering of this team-up is a slim polycarbonate iPhone case featuring one of two original Threadless images : clouds within the thunder ...
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If a purported flyer is true, then Apple may be gearing up for some pretty significant discounts for Black Friday. The deals, leaked to The Boy Genius Report , claim that Apple will discount all Macs by up to 25 percent, all iPods (excluding the iPhone and Shuffle, but not the touch) by ...
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The New York Times reports on an Apple patent that was disclosed last month (the same day as the Windows 7 launch, incidentally) that would embed ads within the Apple OS, possibly as a way of subsidizing its hardware. The claims are eye-opening: "A computer-implemented method for providing ...
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When you receive a text from Canada's transportation minister reading, "Thatcher has died," there's really only one conclusion to jump to--that England's polarizing 84-year-old conservative leader has passed.
Thing is, Margaret Thatcher is alive and well. So why would a prominent government ...
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There are certain things that you just can't teach a computer--the ability to love, for one. Also, it's apparently really difficult to get one to appreciate the idiosyncrasies of The Old Man and the Sea . Researchers at The Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors recently put an ...
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As if a lawsuit wasn't enough, AT&T is now taking its fight against Verizon's ads to the court of public opinion. In an unusual statement, AT&T attempted to "set the record straight" with respect to Verizon's ads campaigns, which have focused attention on the networks of the ...
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After several months of deliberation and research--much of which looked fun , at least from here --NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Spirit Mars Rover in an attempt to free the five-year-old robot from its Martian sand trap. The rover has been stuck since April 23rd; engineers are ...
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Like so many of us, I spend a minimum of 8 hours a (work)day in front of a computer screen. Any product that promises to relieve some of the attendant aches and pains is worth a try, right? So when I got the Kensington Orbit Trackball with Scroll Ring to try, I connected it up. This new ...
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Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm all will debut on the Microsoft Xbox Live service beginning on Nov. 17, Microsoft officials said Thursday.
Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten made the announcement at the NewTeeVee Live conference on Thursday, according to a company spokesman.
Users ...
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Dell on Thursday formally unveiled its Inspiron Zino HD mini desktop PC. The small device is an 8-inch square that comes equipped with an AMD Athlon 2650e processor, with the option for a dual-core Athlon Neo X2 6850e. It includes built-in 2.1 high-definition audio, a four-in-one media card ...
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There are a lot of eye-catching iPhone and iPod cases out there, but for the most part they look like they were designed for a young, hip audience. Your options can be limited if you're looking for something more on the elegant and graceful side. Two new cases from Griffin, however, are going ...
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Online video platform Boxee has signed a deal with an unknown device manufacturer to produce a "Boxee box" that will stream the site's content. The company will show a mock-up of the box and reveal more details at its December 7 meet-up in Brooklyn, NY.
Boxee has been working on this ...
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HP yesterday announced plans to purchase 3Com in a move that's being seen as a direct challenge to Cisco Systems. HP will pay $7.90 per share for a total of around $2. billion. Both HP and 3Com's board of directors have already approved the deal.
"We wanted to create a powerhouse in the ...
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A few weeks ago Booq announced the Boa Flow , an ingeniously designed backpack for toting your laptop and lots of other gear, too. At $199, it's not cheap. But in this case, if you have the money, it's well spent. We got a Flow to try out. My first impression? I've rarely encountered such a ...
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It's all-systems-go for the Large Hadron Collider , just a week after a bird threatened to gum up the proceedings with a piece of bread. The world's largest particle accelerator has been under repair for over a year due to an electrical failure back in September 2008, but it's now gearing up ...
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Call it a portable projector for audio. SMK-Link has unveiled the GoSpeak! Pro , a bizarre-looking folding PA (public address) speaker system that weighs less than five pounds and fits in a laptop bag. The company designed the GoSpeak! Pro for gatherings of up to 200 people. It contains ...
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Motorola's Droid is not an iPhone-killer, but it will advance the use and adoption of web content on connected devices, according to Wednesday data from Nielsen.
With only 10,000 applications in the Android Market compared to about 100,000 on iTunes, "the Droid - or any Android phone - ...
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There are plenty of GPS solutions for iPhone owners, and now iPod Touch owners have one, as well. Dual Electronics, better known for its car stereos, just announced the GPS Navigation & Battery Cradle for iPod Touch (model XGPS300). The cradle provides the GPS reception that the iPod Touch ...
