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ASUS Eee 1001P Netbook Available for Pre-Order

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Last week Amazon in Germany started listing the ASUS Eee 1001P available for pre-order. We now see that the ASUS 1001P is available for pre-order over at Amazon in the US at a price of $339.99. The ASUS 1001P has a 10.1 inch screen and an impressive 11 hour battery life.

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The new Sony Walkman A845 is thin, but not thin enough

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Sony’s new Walkman A845 is as slim as four SD cards. That’s slim, indeed. But even at 7.2mm, it’s still beat by the anorexic iPod nano at 6.2mm. Sorry, Sony. That’s all we care about these days. We’re that shallow.

CES 2010: My gear bag

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Section: Trade Shows, CES As CES was approaching, I put quite a bit of thought into the gear that I would bring and use while covering the show. It had to be the right mix of being good for blogging, but also light enough to not hurt my shoulder from carrying my gear bag all day and night.

BenQ Joybook Lite U103 netbook packs both HDD and SSD

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BenQ introducing its Joybook Lite U103, a 10-inch netbook which packs both HDD and SSD for storages. There’s a 500GB HDD to store your files and a 32GB SSD for its operating system and application.

Amazon Kindle DX Global Wireless looks imminent

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Back at the launch of the Kindle Global Edition, Amazon confirmed that the Kindle DX would be receiving a similar GSM 3G update sometime in 2010.

NVIDIA Optimus teases frugal discrete notebook graphics

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How does the sound of discrete graphics performance with integrated graphics power frugality strike you?

Has Skype skipped? It’s missing from the app store

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Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touchIf you have Skype on your iPhone, hang onto it. As of this morning it seems to be MIA from the app store. The reason? Unclear. It could be that a new version is about to roll out. It could be that AT&T/Apple are unhappy with the app.

Philips debuts “motivational” Activa MP3 player

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Ahead of CES, Philips on Tuesday launched its Activa portable audio player which offers a "focus on motivating people to improve their fitness."

The Lexar Media Echo SE and ZE drives backs up your files “on the go”

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So let’s say you’re “on the go” and you’re notebook dies. What do you do? I mean, you’re “on the go.” Well, you sure as hell don’t take it to Best Buy. Hopefully you have the Lexar Media Echo system in place.

BetterTouchTool makes multi-touch infinitely more useful, for free

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Filed under: Software, Cool toolsWe recently covered a utility called MagicPrefs that adds a hatful of new and configurable multi-touch gestures to your Magic Mouse.

Iomega debuts ScreenPlay Director hubs, v.Clone software

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Iomega has unveiled several new products, the focus being on the the ScreenPlay Director HD ($250) and the ScreenPlay TV Link Director ($130).

Pure Launches a Range of Internet Radios for Connected Homes

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While most homes are still catching up to the idea of Internet radios, U.K. company Pure is ready to take the product to the next level. Today, Pure unveiled a line of five radios with interactive features.

Parrot AR.Drone WiFi helicopter gets augmented reality iPhone control

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We primarily know Parrot as a purveyor of all things Bluetooth, but now the French company is segueing into remote controlled devices.

Samsung debuts “wellness”, transparent AMOLED players

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Samsung on Tuesday unveiled two MP3 players designed with a transparent touch AMOLED display and customized "wellness" applications.

The WD MyBook line gets the USB 3.0 treatment

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If you’re going to buy that new USB 3.0 hub, you might as well have something to plug into it. Why not the new WD MyBook 3.0? I mean, it’s damn fast, not that expensive, and looks sick. The drives will be available in both 1TB and 2TB flavors for $180 and TBA.

Marvell Plug Computer 3.0

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Some of our readers will remember the tiny Linux PC, the Marvell SheevaPlug that we featured on the site last year, Marvell has added a new tiny PC their range with the launch of the Marvell Plug Computer 3.0. The Marvell Plug Computer 3.0 comes with a range of new features over the previous model...

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The Giant Condom

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The Condom Mob - 223 young person in a giant condom against AIDS.

T-Mobile promise broad HSPA+ roll-out in 2010 (including Nexus One support)

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T-Mobile USA have started 2010 kicking, promising a speedy HSPA+ roll-out over the coming twelve months as it updates its existing HSPA 7.2 data service.

Canada’s Rogers claim Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 for Q2 2010 North America debut

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Canadian carrier Rogers Wireless has become the first to announce it will be offering the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, though neither carrier nor company are yet saying exactly when the Android smartphone will arrive.

Pure introduces Evoke Flow, Oasis Flow, Sensia Lifestyle, Siesta Flow, and Sirocco 550 digital radios

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For many people who work in an office where radio signals aren’t strong enough to penetrate thick walls or live in areas where the available music isn’t to their tastes, internet radio is the only option. Pure has unveiled an entire new lineup of internet radios at CES 2010.

Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid, 2 CPU and 2 OS

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Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid is more than just laptop with swivel touchscreen display to transfor to tablet. It’s way beyond that. First of all, it come with a retractable multitouch screen.

Apple pegged to buy Quattro Wireless for $275 million

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Apple will soon announce an acquisition of Quattro Wireless, "several sources" are said to have confirmed. The purchase could be officially revealed later today, and be worth approximately $275 million.

App Store tops 3 billion downloads

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Filed under: Apple Corporate, Apple Financial, App StoreApple announced this morning that App Store downloads have officially broken 3 billion, and it happened in less than 18 months. In a press release issued today, Steve Jobs said, "...this is like nothing we've ever seen before.

Air-powered motorcycle concept

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"The thing from the exhaust is the same that we breathe," said design stufent Edwin Yi Yuan, referring to the Green Speed Air motorcycle, a concept bike intended to run on compressed air.

Lenovo Skylight: Snapdragon smartbook is super thin, super light, and pricey

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Looks like we’re about to see Qualcomm’s ARM-based Snapdragon platform finally start to take off this year. One of the first devices out of the gate will be Lenovo’s unique “Skylight” smartbook.