T-Mobile myTouch 3G
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It appears that T-Mobile might be introducing the new model of the myTouch 3G Android based smartphone today as the phone has appears on their site.
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Riven coming to iPhone
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Filed under: Gaming, Software, iPhoneHere's great news for Myst fans with iPhones -- a port of Riven will be available this year. According to a post on the Myst Online Forums, the game is in development and will be released "...by early summer at the latest."
Fujitsu LifeBook MH380 netbook reviewed in all its weird trackpad glory
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Behold the Fujitsu LifeBook MH380 netbook. See that trackpad there? That crater is used for scrolling up and down web pages and documents with a circular swipe of your finger.
Conceptual (h)ear piercing jewelery
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The Deafinite Style is a concept from Munich-based Designaffairs STUDIO that turns a hearing aid into a piece of jewelry, provided you're up for a bit of lobe stretching to get started.
Google fiber network: 100x faster broadband promised [Video]
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Google have announced the latest stage in their plans to accelerate broadband speeds, with a scheme to offer 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections for between 50,000 and 500,000 people across the US.
New design for travel pillows
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One of my most prized travel possessions is an inflatable travel pillow similar to the one above. (I can't find the exact model online as I bought it in Japan.)
SMIT’s Solar Ivy in the running for a Pepsi Refresh grant
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SMIT—Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology—is in the running for a Pepsi Refresh grant of $50,000 to make their Solar Ivy product a commercial reality.
Macworld 2010: What is it? Apple Campus edition
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Filed under: Macworld, Humor, Cult of Mac, TUAW Business While we were walking around the Apple Campus yesterday, we spotted this strange device planted in the ground.
Identity theft costs rise overall, while costs per victim decline
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According to an article at Forbes, identity theft and related fraud were up considerably in 2009 with 11.2 million victims for an estimated cost of $54 billion U.S. dollars. In 2008, just under 10 million people were ripped off as a result of identify theft, for an estimated cost of $48 billion.
LG launches Cookie Plus
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LG on Wednesday released the Cookie Plus GS500 handset, an update of the hot-selling original Cookie. The biggest difference is the newfound 3G network support, along with custom software hooks for social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.
Warner to back away from free streaming services
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Warner Music Group chief Edgar Bronfman has cautioned that his label is likely to avoid free streaming music services. He expects to only offer music through paid services and says that free streaming services are "not net positive."
Google Buzz now available on iPhone web app
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Filed under: Software, Internet, Internet Tools, iPhoneGoogle revealed its new social communications feature Buzz yesterday while we were all traveling to Macworld, and the new service is now up and running in the Mobile Safari web app, as well as in your Gmail account everywhere else.
Sony Intros 3D-Ready Blu-ray Plater
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Sony today announced the launch of the BDP-S740, the company's first 3D-ready Blu-ray player. A firmware upgrade available this summer will will let users view 3D content with the player. The BDP-S470 also lets users stream content from Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, Slacker, NPR, Sony, and more.
Tokyoflash shows off concept devices from the far future
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Our buds at Tokyoflash are running a concept contest and asking designers to send in their best renders.
Raw Color on Sight Unseen
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Raw Color, whose vegetable dye experiments we blogged here late last year, is a design studio that makes color their primary agenda, experimenting with dyes, paper folding, and textures to bring hue to the forefront.
Google trialing 1Gbps fiber Internet across US
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Google today upturned the US Internet business by promising Google Fiber for Communities. The "experimental" service will give between 50,000 and 500,000 users 1Gbps fiber optic service, or more than 20 times faster than the fastest readily available Internet access in the US.
Interview Magazine Gets Ready for iPad
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Before Apple’s iPad was even confirmed to exist, several publications (including Wired) flaunted concept demos of tablet apps to show just how ready they are for the future of magazines.
The original iPad: The Cambridge Z88
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Retrothing has a paen to the Cambridge Z88, a clever little device made in 1987 that ran for 20 hours on four AA batteries. I honestly don’t know of a single device I own that can run that long.
Study finds most e-reader owners are happy with their devices
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Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks Apple take note: According to a study by the NPD Group, a whopping 93% of e-reader owners are very happy with their devices and only 2% said they were totally unhappy.
Puma to announce a sports-centric, solar powered cell phone next week
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We’ve known since around October of last year that Puma was working on a branded phone with Sagem (the same folks who make the Porsche-branded phones) – but outside of the fact that it was in the works, there wasn’t much else known about it.
7 million iPhone and iPod touch users tried to download Flash, and left sad
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Filed under: iPhoneDespite the widespread disdain for Adobe Flash, it remains a ubiquitous platform delivering streaming media to millions of browser windows -- except for mobile Safari.
7 million iPhone and iPod touch users tried to download Flash, and left sad
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Filed under: iPhoneDespite the widespread disdain for Adobe Flash, it remains a ubiquitous platform delivering streaming media to millions of browser windows — except for mobile Safari.
Thinking inside the box (when the inside used to be the outside)
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The cardboard boxes my Amazon purchases arrive in, after undergoing a slight operation, often go back out the door laden with eBayed stuff–just cut the packing tape off of the bottom flaps, pull the glued tab free from the inside, turn the box inside out, re-tape it and boom, you’ve got a new box.
Panasonic Gets Tough with its Tablet
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Now that tablets are the flavor of the season, Panasonic is launching a tablet computer. But unlike the sleek, sophisticated Apple iPad, Panasonic’s tablet is a rugged machine built for some tough love.
Wild Planet Spy Video TRAKR R/C programmable robot packs kid-friendly app store
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There’s been some talk recently of the Big Trak re-release, but if you’re looking for a truly modern reinterpretation of the programable robot then Wild Planet’s new Spy Video TRAKR may better fit the bill.
