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Google Phone Nexus One Specs Revealed

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We have heard a lot recently about the Google Nexus One (N1) which has been rumoured to be launching soon. Finally we have the official specs to go along with what looks to be a fantastic phone.

Photosmile 5000 Office Photography Machine

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The Photosmile 5000 is a system that allows you to capture 360 degree images of a product. Inside the Photosmile 5000 is a turntable that you place the object on. A rail system is also part of the device and allows the camera to be moved 90 degrees on an arc.

Behold the Vespa stretch scooter

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File this one under “why?”. Vespa South Africa has launched a stretch scooter. Apparently, it’ll allow you to roll with three other people on a scooter. Or one prawn. No word on price, which is probably good considering it doesn’t look exactly safe.

Rumors have ex-Qualcomm chief heading up Verizon

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Verizon may soon undergo a significant transformation if speculative reports carry weight. Qualcomm Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer left his phone chipset maker late last week to become CEO at "another company" which it declined to name and has led to speculation that he will replace Verizon...

NVIDIA Fermi pushed to March?

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NVIDIA’s delay for Fermi will put it in March, video card makers said Monday. The company had acknowledged a push back to the first quarter of the year, but tips to DigiTimes now have the launch of cards based on the new chipsets moved to the very end of that period.

A Lull in the Action

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OK, so Christmas is over. Now we have a few days to get settled down again before it’s time to celebrate New Year’s.

Reports: AT&T Stops Some iPhone Sales in NYC

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The Consumerist reports that one of its readers has been unable to buy an iPhone from AT&T’s online store.

PSA: TweetDeck is free even if you don’t buy a CD from Best Buy

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You can thank Best Buy for making your post-holiday Monday morning a bit more enjoyable thanks to the retailer’s latest advertising snafu.

LG Android-based phone coming to Sprint?

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Sprint could soon get its third Android phone if a leak from the carrier's internal systems bears fruit. The LS680 has no other details from the BGR source other than that it will run Google's operating system but so far would only be the second Android-based LG phone after the Eve.

GSM phone security cracked, published

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German software engineer Karsten Nohl said at the Chaos Communication Congress hacker expo today that he and a group have cracked and published the primary encryption code for GSM, the protocol that handles most non-3G cellphone calls.

TenYears: Single Most Innovative Product of the Decade

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It’s almost January 1st, 2010 and we’ve been mulling over our favorites of 2009 – and the previous decade. Here present the first installment of our “Of the Decade” lists. Winner: The Trek Thumbdrive In 2000, something strange happened.

More video of the xpPhone released

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After the xpPhone was announced back in May, word of its development went surprisingly quiet - enough so, in fact, that I'd been convinced the project had gone the way of Duke Nukem Forever. With this recent media dump, however, the xpPhone is looking more real than ever.

Barnes & Noble expects to ship 60,000 Nooks in 2009

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Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks According to a recent report over on TechCrunch, it looks like Barnes & Noble is expecting to ship 60,000 Nook ebook readers this year.

Olive 4 HD Music Server

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With the ability to store over 20,000 24 bit audio tracks, the Olive 4 HD music server pretty much will make music afficionados scream – in HD. Sure, there are Pandora and GrooveShark offerings, but the sound is, well, lackluster for the discerning ear.

Apple Bought iSlate.com — Perhaps for a Tablet?

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Clever online sleuthing over the weekend led to the discovery of iSlate.com, a domain Apple purchased in 2007, which could be the name of its rumored tablet device.

ITG xpPhone gets second video demo

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ITG have released a second video of their xpPhone UMPC/smartphone crossover in action, and this time rather than merely show the boot sequence their demo shows the device actually working.

How early iPhone predictions fared in the face of reality

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Rumors, BloggingHarry McCracken over at The Technologizer published a fascinating piece this morning.

Lenovo slips out media remote with keyboard

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PLenovo has quietly released a handheld remote with a full QWERTY keyboard meant for use with a PC-based home theater setup. The Multimedia Remote is built for true hands-free use and has a built-in trackball to replace a mouse.

Pedal Brain gives iPhone, iPod wireless fitness gear

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Start-up company Pedal Brain has released a new iPhone/iPod touch app along with a piece of hardware that gives athletes use of accessories beyond just the Nike+ system.

Fox, Time Warner fight over more money than you can count. Let’s blame the Internet and stuff.

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It has all the makings of a drama that no one could possibly care about: a giant corporation looking to make even more money than it already does; an even bigger corporation looking to stand firm and not be bullied into making any decision against its will; helpless consumers with no one to turn...

webOS 1.3.5 for Palm Pre starts rolling out – Still no video recording.

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Pre-toting people around the Internets have been hoping and praying that Palm would add video recording support to the Pre ever since the device launched.

Sony PS4 to use multi-core CPU not Cell?

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Sony are considering replacing the PS3’s Cell architecture with a more mainstream multi-core processor in the PlayStation 4, according to PC Watch, after game developers have reported greater than average problems developing for the current-gen console.

iTunes Connect is still down, was due back today

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Filed under: App StoreIt looks like the iTunes Connect team is still on "holiday break"; it was scheduled to end today. iTunes Connect is used by developers to manage their apps on the iTunes Store and to check sales of their apps. Developers have been without iTunes Connect since last Wednesday.

Let’s feign surprise: Modern Warfare 2 was the most pirated game of 2009

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Spore was the most pirated game of 2008, but that needs to be viewed through the lens of EA wrapping the legitimate, retail copy of the game with all sorts of DRM nonsense that made it unplayable under certain situations. You know, like putting the disc in your drive and expecting it to work.

Google Chrome OS Netbook Specs Leaked?

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Last month, Google unveiled Chrome OS, a lightweight browser-based operating system for netbooks. But the company didn’t offer any details on what kind of device could run the OS. Now specs for a netbook with Chrome OS have leaked and it looks pretty.

Chrome OS netbook spec leaks hint at ARM, NVIDIA Tegra

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Some recent web rumors show that Google's Chrome OS netbooks, whether branded with its own name or third-party computer makers, will use an NVIDIA Tegra chipset for graphics processing and rely on the Tegra's ARM CPU for general computing.

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