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Motorola rethinking spin off of mobile division?

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Motorola is considering backtracking on its plans to spin off its mobile business, a leak from near the company suggests (subscription required).

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The PCP Station, everyone

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Matt: The color display is psychedelic, man. Devin: Featuring the hit game “Super Mario Tweakers” Dave: “In that moment, Steve realized that buying a game system off of e-bay wasn’t the best idea in the world” Nicholas: Screw Leno [via...

Good for Google: satellite pics of devastated Haiti added to Earth/Maps

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I just wanted to put a little attaboy in here for Google. The quake in Haiti will of course prompt a humanitarian response (donate if you can), and accurate aerial imagery will help get it to where it needs to be most.

MiniGuru keyboard tries to get you to change how you type

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Every so often, some company comes along and tries to get us to change how we type, or what kind of keyboard we use. The MiniGuru is the latest example of this phenomena, using programmable keys and macros to produce a functional keyboard with a tiny footprint.

Fear the Boot attacks our site, causing comment havoc

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So there is this podcast, Fear the Boot, and I accidentally stole their logo for this post involving boots. The resulting ruckus on that post’s comment thread is currently out of control and I am truly sorry that I unleashed this cancer on all of you, my dear, dear readers.

Apple gets one-upped on homescreen contact patent

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Filed under: Software, Apple, Developer, iPhone Quite a few people have been asking me what app it was that I used in that post the other day about the rumored new iPhone.

Locals: “Your radio tower gives us rashes!” Company: “You mean the one that’s been off all this time?”

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The readers of this blog are probably far to well-informed to take part in the “electromagnetic allergy” FUD and NIMBYism.

Apple C&Ds Gawker over bounty on tablet info

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Filed under: Hardware, Apple Yesterday, as you might have heard, the blog Valleywag offered up a total of $100,000 in prize money for information on the rumored Apple tablet.

Get you a rugged Casio EX-G1 camera (they’re for sale)

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If only Casio’s new FH100 was rugged as well! Then I would only need one camera in my life. Well, maybe two. And another for backup. At any rate, the waterproof and angular EX-G1 is available for purchase now, from Amazon for $275 or everywhere else for $300.

Segway Inc. acquired by unnamed UK firm

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Segway, maker of the two-wheeled, stand-up personal transportation vehicle, recently announced that it has been acquired by a UK-based company. This takeover is connected to a late December merger, though other details are scarce.

AT&T plans “second layers” for 3G during 2010

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AT&T today began ramping up its 3G network plans in a newer direction by adding one of its earliest "second layers" to its Atlanta service.

Sixpack

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Sixpack is designed to hold up to 6 beer! Designed by oooms. You may can DIY one!The Sixpack is..(more...

ASUS mulls both Android, Chrome for smartbooks and tablets

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Taiwanese PC maker ASUS is currently testing smartbooks running on both the Android and Chrome OS software, and is considering adding an ARM-based PC to complement its Intel-powered Eee PC netbooks, according to a Thursday ZDNet report.

Rumor: Tablet delays iPhone updates

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Filed under: Apple Corporate, Hardware, Rumors, iPhoneWith Apple's rumored media event only two weeks away, people are hopeful that it'll bring an announcement of the tablet.

Intel revenue jumps 28% in the fall

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Intel on Thursday night reported banner results for its fall 2009 quarter. In spite of its settlement with AMD, the company's revenue grew 28 percent to $10.6 billion.

ATI Intros Radeon HD 5670: Cheapest DirectX 11 card

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After the launch of its high priced 58XX series of graphics cards, ATI has now thrown another trump card in the form of an affordable graphics card HD 5670 which being a DirectX 11 card, is priced at less than $100.

Samsung outs Shark media phones

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Samsung has released three new multimedia phones on Thursday, with the candy bar Shark (S5350), slider Shark 2 (S5550) and Shark 3 (S3550). Each has integrated Social Networking Services (SNS) that consist of shortcuts to social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and other favorite sites.

Verizon to simplify phone plans, require more data

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A leaked plan for Verizon's cellular rates suggests the company is more aggressively chasing customers with a simpler and potentially cheaper structure.

Nexus One Car Dock and Desktop Docking coming soon, says Google

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Uh oh, Motorola Droid – you better look out! The Nexus One is going to cut you — Wait, no, that’s not right. The Nexus One is going to snag one of your flagship features. I always get those two mixed up.

Jezikalyn

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By photographer jezikalyn.

Mac sales growth continues, according to IDC numbers

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Filed under: Retail, Apple Financial, AppleApple is really defying gravity in this economic slump with impressive numbers. Market research firm IDC reports Apple sold about 5.6 million computers here in the U.S. in 2009, giving it an 8% market share.

PC shipments up 15 percent last quarter (but none of those are the Apple tablet so whatever)

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There was plenty of talk ever since Lehman Brothers exploded in mid-2008 about how would consumers cope. Would they keep buying widgets in the face of insane job cuts? Would they keep buying, but only at a fraction of what they had in the past?

Dow Corning: Bridging the lab and the design studio

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Ah, if only all companies thought like this.... Dow Corning Corp. is a materials company with a lab full of product just sitting there, waiting to be integrated into an object or process that will translate into dollars.

Prysm laser displays to use less power, take any shape

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San Jose, CA-based Prysm is working on reducing the power needs of large-screen displays, specifically those meant for outdoor advertising. The company claims its laser phosphor display (LPD) technology uses up a fourth of the energy used by the current LCD or LED displays.

Lenovo unveils pro desktops with Core i7, Phenom II

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Lenovo on Thursday revealed two new desktops that use Intel's relatively new Core i7 processor and AMD's Phenom II CPU.

Is it your imagination or is that ad following you?

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Filed under: Apple Corporate, AppleAs any good technology innovator should, Apple files quite a few patents. But I'm finding the advertising patents curiouser and curiouser these days.

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