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AirPlay in 4.3 delivers on access for third-party apps

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AirPlay is one of the cooler new technologies Apple has brought us recently, and iOS 4.3 (coming March 11) will allow third-party apps full use of its wireless streaming capability, not just for audio, but for video as well.

Samsung Chief Calls Galaxy Tab 10.1 ‘Inadequate’

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The "inadequate" Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 at the Mobile World Congress, Barcelona. Photo: Charlie Sorrel Samsung’s mobile VP Lee Don-Joo has taken a look at the iPad 2 and decided that his own Galaxy Tab 10.1 isn’t up to scratch.

Samsung panics over iPad 2, may cut Galaxy Tab 10.1’s price

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Samsung was caught off-guard by the iPad 2 and may have to rethink its strategy for the Galaxy Tab 10.1, the company's executive VP of mobile Lee Don-joo said on Friday.

Report: Japanese Company Develops Cheap, Powerful Home And Car Battery

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Looks like we’re getting better, cheaper batteries soon: Sumitomo Electric Industries succeeded in developing a molten-salt battery that’s supposedly 90% cheaper to produce than lithium-ion batteries.

Chevy Volts, Nissan Leafs Not Selling in U.S.

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No one's buying Chevy Volts. And even less than no one is buying the Nissan Leaf. Sales figures for the electric cars are a dim bulb, indeed.

Geek Crime Scene Tape

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Very intelligent people are much too valuable to be distracted by mere mortals when they are working. Those same people hate it when they are interrupted while they are trying to play multi-player video games. GeekAlerts.com reader Mike S. sent us the solution: Geek Crime Scene Tape.

Plextor PX-PH500U3 500GB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive

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Plextor has introduced its new PX-PH500U3 500GB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive that utilizes USB 3.0 technology which offers super fast transfer speeds and will store up to 500GB of storage.

Japanese Researchers Invent Creepy, Doughy Phone in ‘Human’ Form

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This terrifying creature is the Elfoid, or Erufoido, a creepy, blob-shaped cellphone which I would never even touch, much less hold up close to my ear. Astonishingly, the Elfoid is meant to make people less scared of their phones, not more.

Scientists Make Bendy E-Readers From Silk

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Silk Screen. Photo: Steven Depolo / Flickr Researcher in Taiwan can make flexible e-reader displays out of silk. The material not only allows for bendy e-books, but the material is also cheap compared to existing tech.

HTC Flyer palm-rejection wins tableteer approval [Video]

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As the tablet ecosystem hurriedly juggles to face the new iPad 2 threat, attention turns to slates with differentiating features to see if they’ve got what’s needed to stand their own against the Apple juggernaut.

Conan O’Brien pokes fun at iPad 2

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Conan O'Brien takes on the iPad 2 with an amusing parody that pokes fun at the slick video presentations that peppered Apple's iPad 2 announcement and its reality distortion field. The video is located after the break for your viewing pleasure.

Motorola Atrix hits Canada on March 17

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Canada on Friday became the first country outside of the US to get the Motorola Atrix with firm launch details from Bell. The dual-core Android flagship should reach the carrier on March 17 and will cost $170 on a three-year contract, albeit with as little as a $50 smartphone plan.

Sound bite fun: Dale Earnhardt Jr. On The Chevy Volt

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Mr. Chevy Dale Earnhardt Jr. was wrangled into an interview and of course the Chevy Volt was brought up. His take? “I think that the Chevy Volt’s a good product.” Fair enough.

Daily Crunch: Night Vision Edition

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This Is Not An iPad Post. It Is About A Robotic SealVideos: This Camera Shoots Color Video Even In DarknessThe SmartShopper Makes You A Smart ShopperKrator Desktop Speakers Inspired By Sydney Opera HouseWhoa: Audiovox Now Owns...

Netflix app for iPad gets updated, but seemingly not by way of the App Store

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Section: Video, Content, Video Providers, Computers, Mobile Computers Netflix has recently updated the Netflix interface on the iPad, though it seems a little strange as to how they did that. I can say that after firing up the Netflix app on my iPad I have an updated version and layout.

WebGL 1.0 Specification Finalised And Supported By All Except Microsoft

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Yesterday at the Game Developers Conference, San Francisco the Khronos Group today released the final WebGL 1.0 specification to enable hardware-accelerated 3D graphics in HTML5 Web browsers without the need for plug-ins.The new WebGL 1.0 specification is great news for everyone running Chrome,...

Buffalo DriveStation Duo and DriveStation Quad USB 3.0 Storage Solution

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Buffalo has announced its new USB 3.0 Storage Solutions, the dual-drive DriveStation Duo and the quad-drive DriveStation Quad that both utilizes USB 3.0 SuperSpeed technology which delivers transfer speeds up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0. The dual-bay DriveStation Duo supports RAID 0 for...

Verifone adding NFC to all new payment systems

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Point-of-Sale (POS) hardware specialist Verifone has confirmed it will be integrating NFC support into all of its new terminals, a move that should dramatically speed the adoption of wireless payments.

GDC 2011: The latest from Disney Mobile

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Disney's mobile gaming division had a table claimed in the company's hotel suit during GDC 2011, and I stopped by to see Disney's Jeff Nuzzi and check out the company's latest offerings.

New iPad 2 cases by Case-Mate, Targus, iSkin and Marware

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Among the avalanche of accessories following the launch of Appleís iPad 2 are a range of new cases from Case-Mate, Targus, iSkin and Marware. Case-Mate's new range of iPad 2 cases includes the Pop! ($50), Simple ($35), Leo ($100), Venture $50, Versant ($40), and the Gelli ($30).

Gigabyte Aivia M8600 Macro Gaming Mouse

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Gigabyte have been showcasing their new M8600 macro Gaming Mouse again at Cebit this year. The Gigabyte Aivia M8600 Macro Gaming Mouse first made an appearance back in May 2010 when Gigabyte introduced its Aivia range to the world.

HTC Thunderbolt Coming March 10th?

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We have heard numerous dates over the last few weeks on when the new HTC Thunderbolt would officially go on sale, the last thing we heard was that the Thunderbolt had been delayed to battery issues.The guys over at Gotta Be Mobile, have received a tip on the launch of the HTC Thunderbolt will be...

Real Time Augmented Reality Edges Closer (video)

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Georg Klein one of leading researches in Augmented Reality has been discussing the development in realtime AR applications with Pocket Lint and the results of the progress are already very impressive. Watch the video after the jump to see examples of real time AR in action.(...

Booq’s Filofax-Like BooqPad, and The Future of iPad Cases

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Booq's Booqpad iPad 2 case mixes the old and the new The iPad 2 Smart Cover looks pretty sweet, despite my esteemed colleague Brian Chen’s griping about it, and may itself be reason alone to buy the iPad 2.

Zotac unveils new AD02 and AD02 Plus nettops with AMD hardware inside

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Zotac has unveiled a pair of new nettops today that include the new Zbox AD02 and AD02 Plus offerings. Both of the machines run the AMD Brazos platform inside that is combined with the E350 dual-core APU.

Elfoid P1 humanoid cellphone is bizarre telepresence attempt

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Back when we were initially befreaked by the Telenoid R1 robot midway through 2010, the last thing we wanted was a pocket-sized version of the creepy, fleshy telepresence ‘bot that could lurk in our pocket.

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