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Cowon brings iAudio E2 music player stateside

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Cowon's second announcement regarding the US market on Tuesday involves another one of its personal music players, the iAudio E2. The iPod Shuffle-sized player has Cowon's well-known audio enhancement features, letting users pick from one of eight audio enhancement profiles.

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What, exactly, is the Twitter Peek?

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I just got my hands on the the Twitter Peek (AKA the Tweek) and I’m trying to figure out who, specifically, this is for.

Droid tethering likely to cost less than iPhone’s

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Verizon today noted that it plans to add a data tethering option for the Motorola Droid. A representative tells Gearlog that, regardless of the open nature of Android, the new smartphone will eventually support the same $15 Broadband Connect add-on plan as other devices and can share its 3G...

OWC offers external Blu-ray burner with USB, eSATA, FW ports

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Other World Computing on Tuesday announced that it is now offering a Mercury Pro external Blu-ray drive with a quad interface. Users can choose between USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, or eSATA connection methods.

The HyperMac will charge your Mac notebook and iPhone off the grid

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The HyperMac from Koyono aims to keep your MacBook and iPhone charged when you don’t have access to a power outlet. If they had swappable batteries, this wouldn’t be an issue.

The HyperMac will charge your Mac notebook and iPhone off the grid

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The HyperMac from Koyono aims to keep your MacBook and iPhone charged when you don’t have access to a power outlet. If they had swappable batteries, this wouldn’t be an issue.

Shields Up!: Malwarebytes discovers it’s being ripped off by it’s Chinese rival

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Section: Computers, SecurityThe Malwarebytes Corporation, makers of the excellent anti-malware software of the same name, have discovered that a Chinese rival has been stealing from its database of malware samples and flagging a specific keygen code for the Malwarebytes software using the exact...

Bus-shelter made out of a bus

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Here's a sweet bus-shelter made out of a bus -- the irony is that the bus that stops here is made out of a bus-shelter. Dumping auto waste or old auto parts is one of the major problems for most nations across the world.

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iPhone-operated car

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The Spirit of Berlin is an iPhone-operated Dodge minivan. Researchers from the Freie Universität Berlin's Artificial Intelligence Group hacked the van to be semi-autonomous for DARPA's 2007 Urban Grand Challenge.

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Disposable laptop design

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Disposable cameras have been around for quite some time now. So why not disposable laptops? That's the question designer Je Sung Park is asking with the Recyclable Paper Laptop, which he imagines could be layers of materials and chips that can be easily replaced.

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Abandoned bowling alley becomes furniture

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Ape Lad sez, "The bowling alley I once enjoyed as a child (in Riverside CA), is now furniture." An abandoned bowling alley finds a second life in this beautiful series of furniture by LA-based designer/woodworker William Stranger.

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The perfect room: a bed, TV, and an Xbox 360

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Clearly the designers of this media room don’t care if you sit too close to the TV. The whole house is featured over on Design Sponge, but this media setup caught my attention. I’m jealous.

AT&T not happy with Verizon ads: ‘There’s a lawsuit for that’

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Filed under: Odds and endsStung by some pretty aggressive advertising by Verizon, AT&T has had enough and is suing the communications giant for false and misleading claims.

Windows 7 begins the long process of replacing Vista and XP

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With all the launch parties, cute ads, and reviews going on, you could be forgiven for thinking that the whole world was suddenly going to turn over to Windows 7 on the day of release.

LG’s Android-based Eve lands first at Rogers

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Rogers scored a minor coup tonight by becoming the first carrier in the world with the LG Eve. Also known as the GW620, the touchscreen slider is LG's first Android phone and hinges on a special Social Network Services app that pools Bebo, Facebook and Twitter updates into a single area.

OLPC aexs dual-screen XO, switches to ARM

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The One Laptop Per Child Association, the manufacturer behind the OLPC notebooks, has axed its plans to build a dual-screen XO device, according to an Xconomy interview with the group's founder and chairman, Nicholas Negroponte.

Do you fear when you fly? There’s an app to help that.

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Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, App Store, iPod touchFear of flying is nothing to laugh about. Having a panic attack while on an airplane, or not being able to even board a commercial flight because of fear, are both more common than most people would imagine.

The Price Is Wrong: 13 Overpriced iPhone Apps

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We love apps on the iPhone. Lurve them. They are capable of keeping track of your budget, translating foreign languages and even delivering ample doses of cow bell. But we can’t give every app out there a ringing endorsement.

Nintendo mulling WiiWare demos

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Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata said recently that his company would be testing out demo downloads of certain WiiWare titles this month. It’s unclear if this test program will only be for Wii owners in Japan or if those of us here in the U.S. would be able to participate as well.

SCUBACRAFT – Personal Submarine

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Not exactly the most common boat you will see at your local boat launch. The SCUBACRAFT Personal Submarine will be available in 2010. There is an interview over at James List that you may be interested in if you have some extra cash burning a hole in your pocket.

Hacker Holds Dutch iPhones for Petty Ransom

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A hacker on Monday annoyed several Dutch iPhone owners by sending an unremovable warning message stating their phones had been hacked. He offered instructions to remove the hack in exchange for a meager ransom of €5 ($7).

T-Mobile suffers nationwide outage

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T-Mobile users tonight have been reporting a widespread outage of service across the US. Those affected are finding themselves unable to call or use data services like 3G or messaging. The exact cause of the outage isn't currently known....

3M develops naked eye 3D for smartphones

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Sumitomo 3M has previewed an optical film capable of bringing naked-eye 3D to small- and medium-size LCD panels without requiring the viewer to wear special glasses, according to Tech-On.

Apple’s iTunes Affiliates site briefly subjected to image swaps

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Filed under: Hacks, iTunes, AppleOur friends over at OS X Daily passed along their story noting that Apple's site for iTunes Affiliates was vulnerable to a cross-site URL trick, letting you substitute your own images for the ones normally displayed on the page.

Verizon Charges Motorola Droid Users for Exchange Access

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Verizon Wireless loves to nickel and dime its customers and the upcoming Motorola Droid presents new opportunities. Droid supports Microsoft Exchange’s ActiveSync feature that lets users access email, calendar and contacts from their corporate servers running Exchange.

Verizon Charges Motorola Droid Users for Exchange Access

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Verizon Wireless loves to nickel and dime its customers and the upcoming Motorola Droid presents new opportunities. Droid supports Microsoft Exchange’s ActiveSync feature that lets users access email, calendar and contacts from their corporate servers running Exchange.

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