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Open Letter To PC Makers: Ditch The Bloatware, Now!

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This is the final straw. This is the line in the sand. This is the year that companies have to wise up and realize that they're destroying the experience of the very machines that make their ends meet.

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A look: what phones are Verizon iPhone users switching from?

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With the iPhone just a day away from reaching most users, we thought it would be worth examination to see who's actually switching over. Analysts have claimed that a large portion are converts from Android and BlackBerry, but how much of this is wishful thinking versus the reality on the ground?

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Mobile version of iTunes Store gets Genius recommendations

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The desktop version of the iTunes Store has had Genius recommendations for quite some time, but the feature has been missing from the iPhone/iPod touch version of the Store -- until now.

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 6 2011

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Welcome to another edition of the SlashGear Week in Review. Lots of tablet and smartphone news this week with a few other cool items tossed in for good measure. Overall, it was a good week to be a geek.

XIM3 Adapter Enables Keyboard + Mouse Control On Xbox 360

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Remember "GameShark?" How about "Game Genie?" For older gamers, these names bring back memories of a time when game cheats required extra hardware, as our consoles weren't exactly equipped with extra memory or Internet connections -- things that make entering cheat codes easy today.

U.S. Man Fights Ice With Super-Efficient SnowBow

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Desperate times always call for extra mind muscle. In the frigid desperation of a particularly vicious snow storm’s aftermath across the Eastern United States, one man stood tall and decided enough is enough.

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RC Millennium Falcon – Renact Those Star Wars Battles

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Flying RC gadgets are in at the moment – think Parrot’s AR.Drone. If you’re into Star Wars this is one in particular you’re not going to want to miss out on.

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App Reviews: Stratego vs. The General

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Stratego is a classic board game. It's so common that you can probably find a decent copy at your local thrift store for the same price as one of the two iDevice versions available on the App Store. If you want a pocketable version instead, what will you get for your money?

Fractal Design Launches Core 3000 PC Enclosure

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If you've been searching high and low for a PC enclosure lately, you've probably been overwhelmed by the options. There are simply hundreds upon hundreds of them, and it's often tough to discern which is actually ideal for your needs.

Toshiba Have A Super Smart Grocery Scanner In the Works

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Deep within the Toshiba skunkworks (of course we’re exaggerating here for dramatic effect) a team of scientists are creating a checkout camera scanner unlike anything before it. Ever check out your stuff in the grocery?

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Mattel Intellivision Game Console Cake Looks Real Yummy

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It must be yummy because underneath all that black icing should be chocolate, right? Right? Anyway, for all the gamers out there with a taste for history, presented below is a cake shaped after the short-lived Mattel game console the Intellivision.The tasty eatable tribute to a console from the...

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How-To: Fingertip heart rate monitor

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Here’s a well-documented and rather enlightening project from Embedded Lab:This project demonstrates a technique to measure the heart rate by sensing the change in blood volume in a finger artery while the heart is pumping the blood.

SMSPrinters Print Out Your All Important SMS Messages

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That is, if you have a managerial position in a company and regularly send instructions to the rank and file, then the SMS Printer pictured below comes real handy. Anyone else using an SMS printer these days must either be a senior citizen or work in a restaurant.

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Nokia’s CEO Planning To Replace Top-Tier Execs?

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The tension is building, and the world at large (particularly those who pay attention to the mobile world) has to be wondering what’s next for Nokia.

DIY Chopsticks iPad Stand Is Clever Clever Clever

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iPad stands. There’s no end to them. Mostly cheap, sometimes clever, and occasionally inventive. To spare yourself having to shop for a suitable tablet rack, just help yourself to some chopsticks and wood glue.

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Verizon iPhone reaches its first known buyer

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Verizon forum members discovered the first known regular customer to get an iPhone. In what appears to have been an after-hours visit to a UPS depot in Fort Worth, Texas, one buyer managed to get his and activated it the same day. It “works great,” he said….

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How To Look After Your Laptop LCD Screen

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Ever since laptops came into existence, they have excited the mind and souls of those who love technology. Today, laptops sell far more units than desktops, worldwide. The biggest noticeable difference in a laptop from a regular desktop is the size.

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NBC Fires “What’s the Internet” Leaker

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NBC has fired the source of the recently leaked "Today Show" footage that showed then (1993) Today Show anchors Katie Couric, Bryant Gumbel, and Elizabeth Vargas asking "What is the Internet?

In Arlington, TX? Try the official Super Bowl app

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If you happen to be in Texas for Super Bowl XLV, it's worth your time to download the official app for the Super Bowl. While you could cobble together the same functionality from Google Maps and Yelp and a few other apps with food, travel and event info, why bother?

“Inner City Bike” Is A Minimalist’s Fixed-Gear

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I don’t post this because I condone the use of fixies in the city. I post it because these bikes are kind of rad.

Verizon Mocks AT&T’s iPhone Voice Problems in New Ad

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Although AT&T has just released an anti-Verizon iPhone ad that mocks the fact that Verizon CDMA users cannot use both voice and data at the same time, Verizon has an answer for that: who cares, if your phone cannot make or hold a voice call?

Huge Nokia exec slash incoming tips German business mag

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Nokia CEO Stephen Elop is reportedly preparing to significantly shake up the company’s top management, axing big names such as executive VP of phones Mary MacDowell and executive VP of markets Niklas Savander.

eLocity A10 Froyo Tablet Up For Pre-Order Today

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Tablets, tablets, and a few more tablets. There's no question that 2011 will be the launch year for tons of tablets, particularly with an all-new version of Android (Honeycomb) about to hit the market.

Rock Band Builds Their Own Portable Gaming Station For Rigorous Tours

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Ever heard of the band HelloGoodbye? Neither have us. Apparently they’ve been tearing up stages for several years now. Life on the road is never easy, especially when you’re travelling in a bus or minivan stuffed with gear. But the dudes at HelloGoodbye just needed their videogame fix.

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Nokia may drop multiple top executives in urgent reshuffle

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Nokia is likely to fire several top executives in an urgent attempt to reverse its collapsing market share in the face of Android and the iPhone, a German newspaper said on Saturday.

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The Sexy New Pagani Huayra Will Make You Weep

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Aside from the occasional concept vehicle, cars don’t get a lot of mileage here at Geeky Gadgets. In fact, the last time we featured anything from Pagani was a couple of years back. Lo and behold, Mr. Horacio Pagani has unveiled a new model—the Huayra—and it’s sexy as hell.

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