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IREX e-reader listed at Best Buy for $449

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With all the talk about the nook lately, you might have forgotten that this is ending up as being the year of the e-book reader. Just to remind you, pricing leaked today on the IREX DR 800SG reader.

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Walmart adds tech support staff

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Retail chain Walmart on Thursday said it’s now offering technical support staff at its locations. The staff will come from NEW Customer Service Companies, and will be available in all US Walmart stores, launching in October and in time for the holiday shopping season.

Beware the ‘r word’ when reading up on Net Neutrality

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The beauty of the Drudge Report right now is that Mr. Drudge is working against his very interests. He’s got some ridiculous headline right now, JULIUS AT FCC WANTS TO ‘REGULATE’ INTERNET, that’s meant to wile up his easily excitable readership.

Steering wheel tray

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Boing Boing guestblogger Connie Choe is a health and culture writer by day and a professional kimchimonger by night. Meet the AutoExec WM-01 Wheelmate Steering Wheel Desk Tray. This hunk o' plastic with a fancy name must be A) brilliant in its simplicity, or B) hopelessly dumb.

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Nokia sues Apple over iPhone

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The cellphone business is patented up to its eyeballs. Dumped at ground zero in the wasteland of owned ideas, newcomers typically have to pay as much as ten percent of sales to the old guard.

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Hockey’s Back!

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Yeah, like that’s news, right? But this weekend I get to work three games in a row for my local AHL team (which are the first three I’ll have worked this season), so I’m entirely too excited about it. You’ll remember this from last year, right?

Kindle is coming to the Mac and the BlackBerry

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Just so you don’t, you know, leave your place of work today without this bit of news: Kindle is making an app for Macs and Blackberries. This news follows the announcement for a yet-unreleased PC version announced yesterday. No expected release date. It’s just being worked on.

Just in time for Halloween: The Fleshlight Succu Dry

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I’m leaving this image of kittens here for those who don’t want to see the images after the jump. However, this is a $44 Fleshlight (for putting your penis into) with vampire teeth.

Apple’s 27-inch iMac review

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It’s the biggest all-in-one Apple have ever offered, not to mention the fastest and most media-centric, and it’s pretty much guaranteed to hypnotize anybody wandering into their local Apple Store.

Google Chrome released for Mac

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Filed under: Software, Internet, Internet ToolsGoogle has released an official developer preview of Google Chrome for the Mac. Rather than digging through nightly development builds, you can download the developer preview of the WebKit-based browser at Google's official webpage.

ZFS project for Mac OS X discontinued

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Filed under: OS, Open Source, AppleIs it a forgotten project? A fit of open-source pique? Or is it just that everyone got really busy on other stuff? Looks like Apple has just shut down the ZFS project for Mac OS X.

Motorola Droid (”Sholes”) hits the FCC with AT&T-friendly 3G – for real this time.

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Looks like Verizon might not be the only one getting the Moto Droid. A few days ago, we wrote a post highlighting the fact that a GSM version of the oh-so-hypetastic Motorola Droid (otherwise known as "Sholes" or "Tao") had cleared the FCC runway.

EZQuest expands capacities of Cinema Pro, Thunder RAID

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EZQuest has launched higher capacity versions of its Cinema Pro rack-mountable RAID and Thunder RAID products. Both storage devices are geared towards video professionals with flexible RAID settings for fast data-transfer rates or a balance between speed and redundancy....

Vuzix ships Wrap 310 video eyewear

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Vuzix has begun shipping its latest video eyewear device, Wrap 310, that was initially announced in September. The new eyewear incorporates the same basic functionality as the companyís visor-style displays, but with an outer design that resembles traditional sunglasses.

Droid preview: will “murder” non-iPhone devices

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Although not due to be unveiled until next week, Motorola's Droid stands to be Verizon's best phone to date, a preview finds.

LG X-Note T380 get slimmer

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LG rolled out its Windows 7 powered laptop called LG X-Note T380. Arrive with a 13.3 inch LED backlight display, X-Note T380 amazingly comes in a slim and light casing measured at 25 mm thick only while its weight just 1.89 kg.

EU greenlights 3G on 900MHz, 1,800MHz bands

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The European Union in a decision this week formally approved the use of 3G and eventually 4G data on the 900MHz and 1,800MHz GSM bands. The measure substantially improves the amount of bandwidth available for cellular Internet access in EU states and should render it less expensive as well.

Dell Inspiron One 19 Released in Japan

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Dell Inspiron One 19. an all in one pc is launched in Japan.Available with a 18.5 inch screen at 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, Inspiron One 19 is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processors clocking at either 2.6-or 2.93-GHz, up to 4GB of RAM, up to 500GB HDD and a DVD burner.

Win a Square Trade accident-coverage iPhone warranty from TUAW

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware Two weekends ago, Diet Coke was accidentally spilled onto my MacBook Pro Keyboard. The machine, a Core Duo 15" that was among the first of the Intel Macs rolled out, suddenly didn't work the way it used to.

American Booksellers Association concerned that rapidly falling book prices will be bad for consumers. Yes, you read that right. Low prices = bad.

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Books, books, books! The American Booksellers Association, a trade group that represents small bookstores (not Barnes and Noble and the other big guys), has asked the Department of Justice to investigate whether or not Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Target have “[devalued] the very concept of the book” with...

Amazon readying Kindle software for Mac

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Following Amazon's announcement of Kindle software for Windows users, the company has acknowledged that it is also working on a Mac version, according to Fast Company.

Lenovo launches 11.6-inch IdeaPad U150 in Japan

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Lenovo has officially launched a new 11.6-inch IdeaPad notebook in Japan, the U150. The portable is one of Lenovo's first CULV systems and runs a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor with 2GB of RAM.

Casio announces new blinged out Baby-G

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Casio just rolled out two new Baby-G watches, and this time they added a little bling to make your wrist sparkle. While I like the G-Force line, I have to admit I’m not a huge fan of the ‘bling’ factor. My wife tells me that she likes them, so there ya go.

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Barnes & Noble Nook: The fine print surrounding the “Lend Me” feature

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Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooksWhen Barnes & Noble unveiled the Nook the other day, one of the exciting features that was announced was the “LendMe technology” that it will offer.

Brinell Powerstorage External Hard Drives

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German manufacturers Brinell has unveiled the Powerstorage line of hard drives that comes with an eye-catching housing, made completely of exclusive, high-quality materials such as stainless steel, exotic wood, nappa leather or carbon.

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Star Wars Lightsaber Laser Pointer

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If you like the Lightsaber Desk Lamps that we posted last year, then check out the new Star Wars Lightsaber Laser Pointer from ThinkGeek. This laser pointer is one third scale versions of the Lightsaber carried by the Sith lords Darth Maul and Darth Vader.

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