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Symbian phones to hit 180m by 2014, iPhone unhurt

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The number of Symbian phones on the market should more than double in the next five years but won't have much of an impact on important rivals like the iPhone, a new study from Juniper Research said.

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Airis Kira 700 netbook Hits Spain

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Spain has just got another netbook called Airis Kira 700. As you may guess, this 10.2 inch netbook packs an Intel Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD and other features like three USB ports, Bluetooyth and Wifi. Airis Kira 700 will be priced at 299 Euros without any OS installed.

BlackBerry alert! BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac arrives

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Filed under: Software, Wireless, Odds and ends, Freeware, iTunes, DeveloperA TUAW reader zapped us a note with his BlackBerry device to tell us that as of today, BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac is available (we first noted it as "coming in September" back in July).

Dell to ship PCs with Napster tracks, subscriptions

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PC maker Dell and online music service Napster have come to an agreement that will see the two offering Inspiron and Studio models in Germany, the UK and the US with preloaded content from Napster's music service.

New Apple Bluetooth keyboard, mice teased at FCC

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Apple's revamped Mighty Mouse and other peripheral changes were virtually confirmed today through a pair of new filings posted at the FCC.

Oh dear: The Pirate Bay removed from Google’s search index

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The Pirate Bay just can’t catch a break these days. I won’t bore you with the past, but today’s juicy gossip is: Google has removed The Pirate Bay from its search index because of a DMCA complaint!

A-DATA intros rare waterproof hard drive

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A-DATA recently showed the first waterproof and shock resistant portable hard drive, its SH93. It can withstand being submerged in up to 3.3 feet of water for 30 minutes and carries the US military's MIL-810F standards for drop resistance and resistance.

Man threatens to shoot his iPhone in the middle of the Apple Store

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Okay, everyone. Time for a pop quiz! Lets say your iPhone is totally ruining your day. Maybe the battery is flaking out; maybe you dumped a gallon of soda on it just to see what would happen. Regardless, you pop into the Apple Store to try and get things worked out. Now, what would you do next?

Three years later, the PS3 outsells the Wii (in Japan)

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It only took Sony three years for it to get its act together! The recent introduction of the PS3 Slim was, as you know, a pretty big success, and today we have another metric: for the first time ever, the PS3 outsold the Wii in Japan last month. Everyone party!

Guest post: Setting up an AT&T MicroCell with Murphy Mac

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, iPhoneEditor's Note: We welcome guest poster Murphy Mac, a long-time friend of the site who shared with us his experience of setting up one of the new femtocell AT&T repeaters that promise to improve reception for well-heeled iPhone users...

Exemode Yashica DVF828 Digital Photo Frame and Scanner

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Yesterday we mentioned a new Sony digital photo frame that also housed a photo printer. Today we came across the Exemode Yashica DVF828 digital photo frame that actually is home to a scanner.

Dell Vostro 430 PC

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Dell unveils its Dell Vostro 430 desktop PC. Offering plenty of hardware configuration, Vostro 430 can be configured either with Core i5 or Core i7 processor, up to 16GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of HDD. Its price start at $699.

HP offers 17TB Windows Home Server box

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HP's latest mediasmart home server can stack up to 17TB of storage in a box the size of one of those little desktop fridges you can buy from Skymall. Data. Beer. Your decision.

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Apple working on major Mighty Mouse revision?

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The Mighty Mouse could receive "significant" changes in the near future, possibly by the end of the year in order to coincide with new iMacs, a report claims.

Bas van der Veer’s rain-based plant watering system

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Recent Design Academy Eindhoven grad Bas van der Veer's beautiful "A Drop of Water" is a simple rain-collection system with an integrated plant-watering bottle.

Mighty Mouse 2: Apple planning an upgrade its ill-fated mouse?

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I wanted to like the Mighty Mouse, Apple’s no-button mouse with tiny little ball on top. I was totally ready to make it my mouse of choice for years to come. We’d grow old together. We’d have children. Sadly, the Mighty Mouse was a mess.

Nokia Booklet to sell for $600 at Best Buy? Say it ain’t so.

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So we know that Best Buy is going to be the only place you can score the Nokia Booklet in the US. Cool, but it seems that the 3G netbook might be sold its full retail of $600 instead of being subsidized by a carrier, which kind of kills any appeal it might have.

Buy a W Series laptop or Rose Sony Reader and help support breast cancer awareness

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This is nice. Sony is donating $110,000 to breast cancer research in conjunction with sales of their Pink W Series notebook or their pink Reader Pocket Edition. Both items are pink and pretty.

Apple Mighty Mouse set for aluminum multitouch refresh?

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Apple’s Mighty Mouse replacement could accompany the rumored imminent iMac desktop computers, according to AppleInsider’s sources, with the current model’s mechanical trackball being replaced by touch-sensitive patches.

Sony preps single lens 3D, 240FPS camera tech

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Sony has said it's developing a single lens 3D camera capable of capturing left-eye and right-eye images simultaneously, all at high frame rates of 240fps.

Bill Gates lost $7 billion, still has very little chance of going broke

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Section: Gadgets / Other, Miscellaneous It seems the current economy can now be blamed for both the rich as well as the poor losing money. In recent news Bill Gates has lost $7 billion in this last year. Of course, while that may sound bad, truth be told he is still very rich. ...

Ooma Telo: VoIP your wallet can believe in

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Ooma sells lifetime VOIP subscriptions for $250, including excellent hardware: a great deal if you are even remotely capable of financial planning. Its new model, the Telo, also includes a matching DECT 6.0 handset. I prefer the blocky look of the original box, but this one is more fashionable.

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Nokia Joins Wireless Power Consortium

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SlashGear have reported that Nokia will join the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) which means we will start seeing Nokia phones starting to use wireless charging features.

Basic TV hack cuts HDCP copy-protection out of HDMI signal

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Opening up your brand new HDTV and soldering wires directly to its control board takes a certain type of devil-may-care attitude, but in doing so one new owner found he could bypass HDCP.

LG GW620 Android phone caught on camera in France [Video]

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LG’s first Android smartphone, the LG GW620, has made an appearance in France, and CNET were there to catch the sliding touchscreen handset on video. The GW620 has a 3-inch 320 x 480 resistive touchscreen, a full QWERTY keyboard, HSDPA 7.2Mbps and WiFi, and runs Android 1.5 Cupcake.