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Nevada couple blindly follow GPS and wind up stranded for 3 days

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Section: Gadgets / Other, GPS/Navigation A Nevada couple found themselves stranded in a remote forest for 3 days after blindly following their GPS through the high desert of eastern Oregon.

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Korea clears flash memory makers of price fixing

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Korea’s Fair Trade Commission on Wednesday cleared four major memory producers of charges of price fixing. The regulators said their investigations, begun in January of 2007, found no evidence that the unnamed companies were colluding to keep flash and RAM prices high.

The Owen E1 E-Book reader brings some sexy curves to e-readers

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E-readers don’t always have to be stark slate’s of modern art and the Owen E1 E-Book is anything but. You just know by looking at it that it’s comfy to use and should fit into more pockets thanks to its rounded edges and smallish 5-inch screen.

TSA cracks down on gadget use while in flight

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Section: Gadgets / Other Following the attempted terror attack on a Christmas Day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, TSA officials have cracked down on the use of technology in flight.

iPhone devsugar: Improved Network Reachability routines

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Filed under: Developer, App Store, SDKApple makes it clear: when applications rely on network connectivity, they must always test for a valid connection and report those results to the user. If the app cannot reach the Internet, the user needs to know.

CrunchGear visits top robot store Vstone in Akihabara (photo report)

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We’ve covered robots from Japan-based robot developer and retail store Vstone a few times in the past.

HP’s Airlife, Zeen trademarks hint phones and players

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HP has filed for a pair of US trademarks that hint at a major return to handheld devices. One, for the term "Airlife," would apply to handheld computers, PDAs and phones as well as computers.

January 26th Apple Event confirmed by FoxNews, focus on “Mobility Space”

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It seems that Clayton Morris, from FoxNews, has confirmed from a “source inside Apple” that there will be a “big” event in January 26th. This source also stated that the event will focus on the mobility space, which could actually mean a lot of different things.

2009’s top products for Amazon: Kindle, Dan Brown, and “Twilight”

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Amazon has just released its “Best of 2009″ lists, showing the top-selling devices, books, DVDs, and such from this, the final year of the aughts.

iWork a quiet hit with sales up 50% this year

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Filed under: Retail, Software, iWorkWhile no one was looking, the Apple iWork suite jumped 50% in sales this year over 2008 levels.

ITC to investigate claims BlackBerries violated patent

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Prism Technologies has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) recently, accusing BlackBerry phone maker Research In Motion of violating its patents.

DataJack to offer $40 unlimited 3G data

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DataJack has promised heated competition in wide-area wireless with the launch of its own 3G service. The provider promises to be the first in years to drop the 5GB bandwidth cap imposed at rivals like AT&T and Verizon and will offer true unlimited access, making it useful as a regular and not...

Pantech touchscreen slider shows at FCC, to hit AT&T

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An upcoming Pantech handset has been spotted on the FCC website, revealing it will support GSM 850 and 1,900MHz bands and the same bands of the WCDMA network.

The courts say don’t blame Apple if your iPod caused you to go deaf

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a 2008 ruling that stated the iPod does not pose an unreasonable risk for hearing loss even though everyone knows the old stock iPod earbuds were the worst earbuds ever made.

NEC Working on Retinal Imaging Language Translation Glasses

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One day you may be able to wear glasses that translate other languages in real-time and display them onto the glasses’ lenses so you can read it, if NEC is successful. Called a retinal imaging display, the glasses incorporate a microphone and displays language as expressions.

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Live, from everywhere! It’s TUAW TV Live!

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Filed under: Video, Odds and ends, PodcastingGood afternoon, TUAW readers! The latest episode of TUAW TV Live is about to get underway at 5 PM ET (2 PM PT), with your host Steve Sande and probable co-host Kelly Guimont.

A-DATA intros flash drive with USB 3.0 and SATA II

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A-DATA this week introduced the first flash drive in the industry to use both a USB 3.0 and SATA II interface. The drive, N002, uses 8-channel architecture and is said to be capable of 200MBps sequential read and 170MBps write speeds.

Jan 26th Apple event on “mobile products” confirmed – report

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An inside source at Apple has confirmed a "big" press event for sometime in January, according to Fox News. The source has provided little other detail, other than to suggest the event will focus on mobile products, possibly related to the realm of the iPhone and iPod touch.

Polaroid name revived, new products due next month

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The famed Polaroid name has been purchased by a new company, after the brand's previous new owners failed to successfully re-launch it earlier this year.

Ford and MIT studying driver stress levels

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Your next Ford might have flowers, pastel colors, or calming scents coming from the interior. All of this will be aimed at reducing stress, and allow the driver to better connect with their vehicle.

Sprint to get Sierra 4G-to-Wi-Fi mobile hotspot

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Sprint's WiMAX-based 4G service will get its first pocket router early next year as a leak of training material today has revealed the carrier's plans. A mobile hotspot from Sierra Wireless, the Overdrive, should supply up to five users with the up to 6Mbps Internet access with 3G as a fallback.

HTC HD2 to get Windows Mobile 7 Update in Russia

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Back in November we came across a rumour that the HTC HD2 was to get a Windows Mobile 7 upgrade sometime in 2010. Although nothing is set in stone yet HTC in Russia have posted on Twitter that the HD2 will get a WM7 update sometime in the future.

Billings 3.5 paves the way for Billings Touch

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Filed under: Software, ProductivityBillings, my personal favorite time-tracking, estimating and invoicing application has just updated to version 3.5. The developers, Marketcircle, are labeling it the "Trojan" release due to its mostly-under-the-hood improvements.

Sorry, dude, Game Stop won’t be able to fulfill that Duke Nukem Forever pre-order

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Even though developement started in 1997, the year of Clinton was inaugurated a second time, Duke Nukem Forever never came out. It’s dead dead. Hopefully Game Stop at least gave him $10 worth of in-store credit.

Chariot Skates: half rollerblade, half chariot

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Australian designer Michael Jenkins is shaking up the world of outdoor activity with his new Chariot skates. Half Rollerblade and half chariot, these fun looking skates are bound to catch on. They strap onto your feet very much like traditional skates.

Windows Phone getting Xbox LIVE integration tips Microsoft job ad

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Microsoft have tipped their hand for upcoming integration between Xbox LIVE and Windows Mobile, after a job listing was spotted for a “principal program manager” responsible for “bringing Xbox LIVE enabled games to Windows Mobile”.

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