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HTC Touch HD2 coming to T-Mobile UK in November

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T-Mobile UK has put up a product page for the HTC Touch HD2 handset, revealing it will be out sometime this month. The device is the first Windows Mobile (6.5) smartphone to use a capacitive multi-input touchscreen.

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TAG Heuer intros Lamborghini-inspired phone

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TAG Heuer on Monday announced the release of a limited-edition cellphone, the design of which was inspired by the Lamborghini Murcielago supercar. Only 1963 examples of the MERIDIIST Automobili Lamborghini cellphone will be made worldwide to signify the founding year of Lamborghini cars.

Help Key: How to use Windows Remote Desktop Connection to connect to computers without user passwords

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Gather round, everyone. Gather round. I’m going to show you a trick that 98% of you will never use. But for the 2% of you that actually use the information contained herein, I hope you’ll consider removing at least part of the CrunchGear staff from your “People to Punch” list. Why?

Who you gonna call? Irene’s Spirit haunts your iPhone or iPod touch

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Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, App ReviewIrene's Spirit [US$1.99, iTunes Link] puts a fortune telling spirit into your iPhone or iPod touch (with the exception of the first generation iPod touch) as long as you're running OS 3.0. Forget the Magic 8 Ball or Ouija Board. That's kid stuff.

Sprint Announces Subsidized Netbook

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If you liked the Inspiron Mini 10v that Dell launched in May, but didn't have the $299 to pay out up front, you may be in luck: Sprint is offering essentially the same notebook for $199, after a mail-in rebate. Well, at selected Bay Area stores, anyway.

Small LED Circuit Board

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AnotherCoilGun has been hard at work making his LED control board even smaller! His other tiny version looks huge in comparison.

Cases and Coolers and PSUs!

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Yup, you guessed it. Cluttered inbox again. I’m starting to wonder if I shouldn’t come up with a new plan for these posts, since this seems to happen a lot more frequently than it used to.

Wherein tenuous links are made between BioShock and two new Ayn Rand biographies

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Working under the assumption that many of you have played BioShock, I point you in the direction of this week’s issue of The New Yorker, which has a quick review of two Ayn Rand biographies (here and here) that may interest you.

SnowChecker will help you make the jump to Snow Leopard

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Filed under: Software, Snow Leopard Most of us here at TUAW jumped aboard the Snow Leopard bandwagon immediately after receiving our upgrade disks -- and I mean immediately.

Toilet-as-computer comic

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This old, yellowed, photocopy hangs near the bathroom at my favorite burger joint in San Francisco, Joe's Cable Car. I can just see back in time to the late 1980s or so when it was probably a popular faxed gag in corporate America.

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Robotic exoskeleton arms

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Panasonic-owned firm Activelink Co. built this robotic exoskeleton called a Dual Arm Power Amplification Robot. The Activelink slogan is delightedly science fiction-esque: "Creating a New Human Machine Age."

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Mechanical computer uses matchboxes and beans to learn Tic-Tac-Toe

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James sez, "I just completed a working build of Donald Michie's MENACE (Matchbox Educable Noughts And Crosses Engine), an early (1960) example of machine learning. MENACE uses 304 matchboxes to play Noughts and Crosses (or Tic Tac Toe in the US) - and learns over time to play it better.

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Review: A bouncy, anti-gravity workout with the new AlterG treadmill

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When I finished my first half-marathon last month, I experienced what it felt like to run on the ground for two hours. But what is it like to run in a gravity-reduced vacuum? When AlterG offered me the chance to demo their new "anti-gravity" treadmill, I couldn't resist.

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Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z All-In-One Desktop PC

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Lenovo has added a new all-in-one desktop PC to its range by releasing the A70z. Targeted towards business users, the A70z is equipped with a 19-inch 16:10 widescreen LCD monitor, choices of Intel Core 2 Duo through Celeron Dual Core processors, up to 500GB hard drive, a DVD Multi Burner, two audio...

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Lenovo intros ThinkCentre A70z all-in-one

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Lenovo on Monday introduced the ThinkCentre A70z, an all-in-one system geared for small- and medium-size businesses. The systems offer a choice between Intel Core2 Duo or Celeron Dual Core processors, with hard-drive options reaching up to 500GB.

DIY: build a medium format film camera from scratch

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It’s amusing to me how sometimes how I’ll be considering a particular subject and then randomly find a DIY project related to that subject. For example, I’m been considering getting a medium format film camera, just for the experience of shooting in that format.

Atheros readies 802.11n chip for smartphones

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Atheros claimed a minor breakthrough on Monday through a new addition to its ROCm chips. The AR6003 is billed as not just a rare single-chip 802.11n Wi-Fi part for smartphones and other handhelds but also the fastest of its kind.

Half-Bust Corsets

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This Antiseptic Fashion's Hypsipyle leather corset($600) is smoldering hot and only covers..(more...

MSI Wind12 U230 with Windows 7 surfaces online

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While there was no official announcement, MSI will soon offer a new netbook-class Windows 7 portable, according to a product page for the Wind 12 U230. The PC has AMD's new 1.6GHz Athlon Neo X2 dual-core processor, which is paired with ATI's Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics chipset.

This 648-megapixel image of the Milky Way will melt your brain

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Yeah, this 648MP picture really puts it all in perspective. We really are just a small, insignificant speck in the whole scheme of things.

Google Voice has 1.419 million users, but only 570,000 are regularly using the service

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Section: Communications, Web, GoogleI have been a Google Voice user since before it was Google Voice. That was before Google had purchased the service, which was once called Grand Central.

Acer Liquid may have downclocked 768MHz chip

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The specifications for Acer's upcoming Liquid smarpthone have been revealed at a conference in France, Revioo reported on Monday. Despite an earlier report, the phone's Qualcomm SnapDragon processor will not be rated at its full, 1GHz clock speed but instead be limited to 768MHz....

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World of Worldcraft in China: The story that never ceases to befuddle

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Clearly nobody has any idea what’s going on in China regarding World of Warcraft. The rules over there are such that Blizzard just can’t open up shop, but has to contract a local company to run the game for Chinese users.

Apple pitching “all you can watch for $30 a month” TV to networks

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Filed under: Rumors, Video, AppleApple is already the huge name in the music business with the iTunes Store, and they've made continual inroads into the application, video, and movie markets as well. But what if Apple also became the content provider of choice for TV?