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Conan O’Brien puts Tonight Show up for sale on Craigslist

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Section: Web, Web 2.0 / Social Networking, Websites The ugly mess known as NBC late night has taken an interesting turn of events.

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Fun Fact: New Super Mario Brothers is totally amazing when you play it with a sniper rifle

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I’m not sure how we missed these charming little PS3 and Wii sniper rifles (you know, for kids) at CES. However, as Technabob points out, both look like AK-47s, which aren’t very useful as sniper rifles.

NPD with report that Wii fronts video game industry to “biggest sales month ever” in December

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NPD Group’s retail data released last night discloses that December was the video game industry’s “biggest sales month ever”, besting last December by 4%.

IE security flaw abused in recent Google China cyber attacks

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Microsoft has revealed that its Internet Explorer web browser was exploited as part of the recent cyber attacks on Google’s China-based systems.

Gartner predicts that cell phones will overtake PCs as most popular global web browsing device by 2013

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A forecast predicting that phones will surpass PCs as the most popular device to be used for browsing the web has been made by research firm Gartner. When? In 3 years or so, in 2013.

Kindle self-publishing goes global

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Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks Amazon has announced that Digital Text Platform self publishing tool is now available to authors around the world and that support for French and German languages has been added. Previously only English was supported.

HTC HD2’s capacitive stylus available to purchase for smartphones

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It seems as if the world is trying to get rid of the stylus in favor of fingers, but HTC still manages to bring us a stylus, well, perhaps for those who still aren’t used to pinching and zooming and tapping and sliding on their smartphone.

Motorola ‘Ruth’ Android phone specs unearthed – not quite Droid-like

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Another Android phone planned by Motorola has been dug out from the depths of the company’s own user agent profile database – this time with the more unassuming name ‘Ruth’, and model number MB551.

Palm Pre Plus & Palm Pixi Plus – Pricing Leaked

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While we’re learning more about the Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pixi Plus in terms of their hardware and specs, according to an anonymous tipster at PhoneArena, Verizon’s pricing for its first two WebOS smartphones has been leaked.

VIA’s Latest Mini Server

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VIA has introduced their latest mini server which is targeted towards home users and small enterprises. Dubbed as the M’SERV S2100, the device is equipped with a 1.6GHz VIA Nano 64-bit processor, two DDR2 SO-DIMM sockets, two 3.5-inch SATA-II hard drive bays and a CompactFlash socket.

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Marc Jacobs’ Old-fashioned USB Hub

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If you are a retro-gadget lover, then check out the new USB hub from Marc Jacobs. This cassette tape-shaped USB hub features crudely drawn artwork and three USB ports. Pricing info is unavailable at this time.

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Sensor Soap Pump

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Here is a hands-free Sensor Soap Pump that comes equipped with an infra-red sensor to detect your hand and can automatically dispense one of four different volumes of soap. The device requires 4 AA batteries (not included), which will last up to 12 months.

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Edifier M3-Plus Speaker

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The Edifier M3-Plus consists of two ball-shaped speakers and a 2-inch Neodymium-iron Boron Magnet assembly subwoofer housed inside an aluminum tube. Designed specifically for travelers, the speaker comes equipped with rubber stands providing improved stability.

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Airtime concept watch ticks with the user’s body rhythm

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Like not everything made is as simple to be thrown out into production; similarly the Airtime concept watch too isn’t all that simple to see production anytime soon.

Wear The Cake and Eat It

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This unbelievable cake dress by Lukka Sigurdardottir, that's crazy! How she go piss?

Natural gas-powered space gun shoots stuff @ 13,000 mph

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John Hunter an ex-physicist from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has experience of shooting a 425-foot gun he built to test-launch hypersonic engines.

T-Mobile And Eric Clapton To Launch myTouch 3G Fender Edition

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The myTouch 3G Fender Edition will be released via T-Mobile USA on January 20, 2010. T-Mobile has teamed up with legendary guitarist Eric Clapton to promote this handset. FYI, the myTouch 3G Fender Edition has a 3.5mm headset jack and a 16GB MicroSD card in the box.

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Name the Thing Contest – 115

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Thanks to Ponoko for sponsoring the contest this week. They are providing a $50 gift voucher to a lucky winner to allow you to spread your creative wings and have your own design built. Here are some details about how the process works.

Daily Crunch: The Spy Who Texts Me Edition

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Here’s a handful of Friday’s noteworthy stories: Text-to-donate total exceeds $10m – I think we’re onto somethingNew technology helps to remotely monitor the health of the elderly around the clockThanko’s Spy Button Camera gets an upgradeMathletes appreciate the Pi shower...

Chinese researchers debut largest 3D holographic display

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After the flurry of 3D TVs we’ve seen over the past week or so, we’ve kind of got accustomed to the technology, but in China researchers have pushed those limits of 3D to another new level, we may still not be so ready for.

Mesh launches first DX11 notebook to take gaming lunacy to another high

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At CES AMD revealed a range of Directx11 graphics, and since many geeks out there have been wishing for a system that would support one of these.

Briefcase USB Turntable

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The Briefcase USB Turntable brings a new meaning to the term ‘portable media player’, now you will be able to carry you favourite vinyl albums with you wherever you go, luckily it can also convert them into MP3’s via USB.

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Briefcase USB Turntable

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The Briefcase USB Turntable allows you to carry and play your favorite vinyl albums with you wherever you go. What makes this turntable cool is that it can also convert vinyl albums into digital formats via USB.

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Nissan’s next move is to make a smiling car

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In the future, when you’re on the road, instead of honking you could just make your car smile at the passerby and other vehicles, thus building upon emotional bonding. For this, Nissan in collaboration with Hara Design Institute Nippon Design Center showed a “smiling car” concept.

Washable Rx tablet PC makes life easy for doctors

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Millions of patients worldwide lose their lives because of medical errors. Maintaining paper records is a cumbersome task, but in no way is a full proof process, because the records can tamper over time or can be misplaced.