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Droid is finally rooted, customized ROMs coming soon

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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones Those who have used any Android phone before, most likely know of the benefits of rooting. By gaining root access to the phones, users can do just about anything they want with them. There is a very active community base around modding...

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Giftable: Star Wars Republic Squadron motion flight game

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If you have a kid that likes Star Wars – especially the Clone Wars cartoons – then here’s one of the only gifts you’ll need to buy. Of course, that’s totally false because if you have kids you need to buy thousands of gifts around the holidays, right?

34GB of Content Consumed Daily by Americans

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Recent research conducted at the University of California at San Diego has enjoyed the attention of the internet attention gods. According to the university’s report, your average American consumes 34GB of content and a hundred-thousand words a day.

Hands-on with the Blump.it Firefox plug-in on a Viliv X70

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The Blump.it Firefox plug-in just hit the blogosphere today and I had to try it. So I loaded it up on the Viliv X70 with the hope that it will improve the functionality of the small-ish touchscreen and turn it into a certain tablet computer clone. In short, it does both very well.

NASA testing helicopter airbags – sounds like fun!

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So, big problem with flying in a helicopter: if you crash, you’re screwed. It’s not like a jet, where you can eject (for obvious reasons), and it’s not like helicopters are designed with a crumple zone.

The only thing better than the iLikeCereal!! app is the press release

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If you’re anything like me, you get incredibly annoyed each time one of Apple’s “There’s an app for that!” ads rolls. They like to pretend that there’s an app for everything – but you.. you know the truth.

Exemode SQ28m: Cute mini designer digital camera (video)

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Japanese camera maker Exemode has developed the SQ28m [JP, the site is currently down], a mini digital camera that’s quite nice design-wise. The device is sized at just 53×23×19mm, weighs21g, can be used with your key chain and is available in red or blue.

NVIDIA demos movie on 3D Blu-ray disc

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Graphics card maker NVIDIA has recently demonstrated a 3D movie using its 3D shutter glasses and an Acer G245 monitor that can be synchronized with them. While the name of the blockbuster cannot be revealed, the movie playback is said to be on par with other 3D movies shown by the company.

The Droid Has Been Rooted — Now What?

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Verizon’s Motorola Droid is a brand-new phone today. Like many smartphones before it, the Droid has been rooted so that owners of the Android 2.0-based smartphone can install multitouch support (including pinch-to-zoom gestures), enhanced themes and other previously forbidden goodies.

Acer: ultra-thin notebooks are the future

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Ultra-thin notebooks are the future but are being hampered by Dell, HP and even Intel itself, Acer chairman JT Wang said on Wednesday.

3D CAD News and Tips

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Weekly finds from the 3D world. RhinoTutorial: Creating your first toolbar/button/macro (pictured above).

AQ Amigo USB speaker sits comfortably atop your notebook screen

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Notebook speakers are generally the definition of suck. They tend to be flat, lifeless, and just plan bad, but then portable speaker sets aren’t exactly portable. The USB-powered AQ Amigo seems to be a nice solution though.

Asus Eee PC Seashell 1201N Available for pre-order

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The Asus Eee PC 1201N Netbook is now available for Pre-order. Just as a reminder and an attempted at getting you to purchase, it sports a 12.1-inch LED-backlit display with a 1366×768 resolution and is powered by an Intel Intel Atom 330 Dual Core Processor, NVIDIA’s ION graphics, up to a 320GB...

Review: Chinon AVi iPod dock with built-in digital TV tuner

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Short Version: There’s a whole lot of convergence going on with the $200 Chinon AVi. You’ve got an iPod dock, 7-inch digital TV that doubles as an iPod video screen, music player, FM radio, and alarm clock all contained within something the size of a toaster.

EU caps Rambus’ royalty rates

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The European Commission today negotiated a deal with Rambus to avert a possible legal penalty for the American memory designer.

iBuyPower rolls gaming PC with modular case

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iBuyPower this afternoon claimed to be the first to use Thermaltake's BMW-designed case in a production PC. Simply called the Level 10 based on the case's own name, the PC takes advantage of the modular, sectioned-off design to make upgrades easier and simply to provide a very unique look.

Swype gets hacked onto the original Omnia (Update: And more!)

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If you're one of the 3 million or so people rocking the original Samsung Omnia, you might be feelin' like you've been left out in the cold now that the Omnia II is on the shelves. At the very least, you're probably a bit envious of the Omnia II's finger-swiping text input method, Swype. Yeah?

CrunchGear in China: The Ex-Pats

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I’m sitting on a darkened patio of a club called Viva in the Futian district of Shenzhen. It’s not too late – about 1am – and the place is busy but not full. It’s mostly ex-pats here, folks who work at the various sourcing companies nearby.

University of South Florida athletes receive MacBook Pros

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Filed under: Apple Corporate, Hardware, Macbook ProJoin the team, get a MacBook Pro. Not a bad deal. The University of South Florida wants to ensure that their athletes maintain their academic pursuits while on the road.

Targus announces USB 2.0 Docking Station with Video

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Targus has announced a new product in its line of notebook gear, the USB 2.0 Docking Station with Video. The dock supports a range of devices, from mobile phones to peripherals including mice, keyboards and printers.

Samsung intros rugged CF, SDHC cards

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Samsung on Wednesday introduced its new line of rugged memory cards for the UK market. The CF plus and SD plus cards are waterproof, capable of withstanding 24 hours of submersion in sea water.

U.S. Air Force using the PS3 for ‘urban surveillance’ research

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A few weeks ago word got out that the U.S. Air Force had purchased 2,200 PS3s to throw into a supercomputing cluster. The cell-powered PS3s are to be used for research in “urban surveillance,” what that is. No, this isn’t the first time the PS3 has been used unusually.

Analyst sees Sprint, T-Mobile merging in 2010

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Citi Investment Research sparked a reaction in the market today by predicting that Sprint and T-Mobile will merge before the end of 2010.

How to cram the entire Internet Movie Database into your iPhone

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Filed under: Freeware, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, First Look, App ReviewThe Internet Movie Database (IMDb), an Amazon.com company, has just released a free iPhone app [iTunes Link] that puts the power of the huge repository of movie facts, fables, and trivia into the palm of your hand.

Stanford U shows paper batteries using ink, nanotubes

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Scientists at the Stanford University have found a way to create electricity using little else than regular paper coated in special ink that contains nanotubes and silver nanowires, the school's paper reported on Monday.

MSI ships Wind Top AE2020 all-in-one in the UK

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Computer maker MSI has began shipping its Wind Top AE2020 all-in-one PC to the UK. The PC has a 20-inch, multi-input touchscreen and is the first from MSI to combine this feature with Windows 7 Home Premium.

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