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Discovery, IMAX, and Sony team up for 3D TV station

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Just like clockwork more companies are announcing its plans for a 3D TV stations. ESPN’s plans were just announced and now we hear that Discovery, IMAX, and Sony have form a joint venture to develop a 3D station.

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KeyRemap4MacBook: the utility keyboard lovers have dreamed of

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Filed under: Software, Cool toolsI'm not a keyboard-only guy; I know when a mouse makes more sense. That being said, if I can do it from my keyboard, I do. So, as a followup to my post on the handy BetterTouchTool, I'd like to point out another free utility, KeyRemap4MacBook.

D-Link now has thingamajigs that will remotely monitor your house for security breaches. Amazing.

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And now D-Link is in the home security business. The company, of whose router I bought several months ago and fight to use on a daily basis (seriously, the Internet just cuts out at times… what are you gonna do?)

Google Nexus One gets official [Video]

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Google have officially launched the Nexus One, and it’s available to order through the search giant’s new webstore.

Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid notebook with removable Snapdragon screen-slate

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Lenovo’s CES 2010 line-up has turned out to be one of the more interesting, with a solid range of updated mainstream notebooks accompanied by some more curious models such as the Skylight Smartbook and multitouch IdeaPad S10-3t.

Google Debuts Android-Powered Nexus One ‘Superphone’

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Apple may have the Jesus phone, but today Google rolled out its own “superphone.” Google unveiled its Nexus One touchscreen handset during a private press-only event at its headquarters here Tuesday.

Google Nexus One Phone now Official

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As expected, Google have announced the Nexus One officially at the press event held a couple of hours ago. The Nexus One is a phone developed in close partnership with HTC and is described by Google as being in a new category called Superphones.

We know how it ended, but how did ID Mag begin?

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We all know about the fall of ID Magazine, but few know the story of its rise. In a Fast Company article entitled "What is Industrial Design?" Tucker Viemeister looks at the birth of the publication, which began all the way back in 1943 and involved his father, the legendary Read Viemeister.

Technocell Launches Combined USB Charger and Battery

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Those of us with smartphones know what it's like to barely make it through the day with a single charge, desperately turning down brightness and Wi-Fi in the hopes of eking out a few extra minutes of mobile goodness.

Meet Lenovo’s netbook killer

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Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Laptops, Netbooks This morning, Lenovo kicked off the smartbook category with its 10-inch Skylight. The first smartbook utilizes a 1GHz Snapdragonprocessor that allows it to do impressive things when compared to an Atom processor.

Review: Nexus One

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Yesterday Google wasn't in the business of selling mobile phones. Today, they are. The Nexus One smartphone has arrived and on sale at Google.com/phone. Our live notes from the event are here. I've been using the Nexus One with TMobile since mid-December as my primary mobile phone.

Viliv S10 Blade Tablet PC

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Viliv unveils a new tablet dubbed Viliv S10 Blade. Packs a 10.1 inch multitouch display with 1,366 x 768 resolution, Viliv S10 Blade has a 2.67 pounds, including its battery which capable to give 10 hours run time or 7 hours video playback.

3M unveils display with 10-finger multi-touch

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3M today unveiled one of the first multi-touch desktop displays that supports more than two input points. The M2256PW has a typical 22-inch, 1680x1050 display but can recognize as many as 10 points, or two full hands, without an increase in lag.

Report: One-fifth of smart phone buyers want Android

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Filed under: Apple Corporate, Hardware, Multimedia, Portables, Apple Financial, iPhoneThose incessant Droid ads are working, as consumer interest is climbing. Last December, ChangeWave Research conducted a study to determine what kinds of smartphones shoppers want.

Dutch Extremes: Queen Beatrix and Social Suicide

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In her annual Christmas Message, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands warned of the dangers of too much virtual friend making. She encouraged people to put down their phones and laptops and re-establish physical connections.

Google Nexus One Lacks Multi-Touch

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Although we just wrote about all the good stuff about the Nexus One and the new 3D Framework that incidentally isn’t backwards compatible due to complexity, we also hear that the browser, maps and all other programs do not make use of multi-touch.

Cobra brings touchscreens to its radar detector line

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Here’s the skinny: The new Cobra XRS 9970G and XRS 9965 both feature a 1.5-inch full color touchscreen. Neat, eh? No more random buttons to press while you’re probably speeding. Too bad that some dude’s fingers are essentially 1.5-inch thick sausages.

Apple files patent for multitouch manipulation of 3D objects

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Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, AppleA blogger at the Baltimore Sun found an Apple patent filed last month that describes a multitouch interface for manipulating "three-dimensional virtual objects."

Canon exposes new A-Series PowerShots

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Continuing its CES-related announcements, Canon has revealed four new A-Series PowerShot cameras: the A490, A495, A3000 IS and the A3100 IS. The group has been enhanced in several ways, most notably with increased light sensitivity ranging up to ISO 3200.

VIA AMOS-3001 mini-PC packs tiny EPIA-P820 1080p Pico-ITX board

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VIA have announced a new Pico-ITX board, together with a Fanless IPC which uses it, and together they add up to the most powerful and most compact system in the industry.

Light Touch: A projector-based touchscreen

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Section: Computers, Gadgets / Other, Lifestyle, Peripherals, Displays/Projectors, Trade Shows, CES Light Blue Optics has just announced their product called the ‘Light Touch’, which is a laser-based projector that turns virtually any flat surface into an interactive touchscreen!

D-Link makes the Boxee Box official, still leaves us wondering

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D-Link just went official on the Boxee Box. But they still didn’t answer our only last question: the price. All they said is that it will be less than $200.

I’ve Run Out of Ideas

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Every now and then I sit here for a few minutes and come up completely blank on a title or anything at all to talk about. Today is one of those days. So…I’ll just get right to it.

CES 2010: Lenovo Takes a Whack at Tablets With Multitouch Netbook

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We’ve seen companies try this before (with little success): the convertible tablet, aka a netbook with a swivel touchscreen that can be rotated for use as a tablet. Lenovo claims its convertible tablet, dubbed the S10-3t, is the first of its kind to use capacitive touchscreen technology.

CES 2010: Lenovo Delivers Skylight Smartbook

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What happens when you combine a smartphone with a netbook? You get what Lenovo calls a smartbook. The company on Tuesday announced its first smartbook product, the Skylight.