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New, Star Trek-ish Apple multitouch patent surfaces

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Filed under: Accessories, Peripherals, Rumors, Odds and endsDetails of a recent Apple patent have just emerged, and they describe a potential new multitouch input method that sounds like it came right off the Starship Enterprise.

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Overhead Bike Surf Racks Carry Boards, Block Sun

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Something seems very wrong about driving to the beach to go surfing. You’re all set to enjoy a fee ride from Mother Nature and marvel at the power of the sea, and yet you get to the coast by burning her very lifeblood and spewing toxic waste into her lungs. No, much better to go by bike.

Sony develops 60W wireless power

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Sony finished the week with word of one of the first wireless power systems that could supply significant amounts of energy. The approach uses a magnetic resonance technique that has the device operating on a frequency receptive to that of the energy itself.

FCC outs Flip Video remote

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The FCC has become a steady source of leaked product shots and scant bits of information on new gadgets and electronics before they are launched. The funny thing to me is that the FCC seems to not care when companies ask for images to be confidential.

ASUS unveils new Eee Box with Ion, DVD, Windows 7

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ASUS has quietly launched a major redesign of the Eee Box. The EB1501 has a much sleeker, rounded look but also gives it numerous features that improve its usefulness as a full-time PC: it uses NVIDIA's Ion chipset and can smoothly decode 1080p video in hardware as well as drive most visually...

Spotify Adds Offline Listening to Desktop

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Spotify, our favorite online music-streaming jukebox, has just added offline music to its desktop version, bringing it into line with the excellent but flawed iPhone version. Spotify is a piece of software that lets you play pretty much any music you like.

This Might Be It For Today

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I’m on the way out the door for what might be a four-hour workday or another one that turns into 18 hours. I’ll find out later. At any rate, I’m going to try to do this one a little longer than normal just in case I can’t get back here until tomorrow.

Navin miniHomer GPS waterproof keyring compass

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If you’ve ever lost your car, wife or house because of your poor sense of direction, then the miniHomer from Navin may save the day.

Nissan Eporo robot car gets updated

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There are many new robots being unveiled that tend to be design studies for other things. Nissan has an updated robot called the BR23C Eporo.

Andrew Aloisio: Kartell labware remix

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"The New In Between" is the final installment of Somewhere in Between, Australian designer Andrew Aloisio's remix of Kartell labware products into limited edition objects.

Jabra intros Arrow headset with auto-volume

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Continuing a string of introductions, Jabra has added the Arrow to its stable of Bluetooth headsets. Although an earpiece headset, it's uniquely oriented towards phone calls in cars and has automatic volume adjustment to avoid distracting the driver.

Eporo: Nissan develops robots that can rove in packs

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Nissan announced Thursday [press release in English] that it has developed robots that are able to move in a group without colliding into each other. Much like a school of fish, the so-called Eporo can also avoid obstacles standing in their way safely.

The Pixi is coming October 20?

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Rumor has it that the Pixi is dropping on October 20, just in time for pre-holidays sales. Not much more on pricing or availability but expect it on Sprint.BGR notes that Best Buy will also be carrying the phone and brings up an interesting point: The question is, with the original Palm Pre, iPhone...

A Flip Video remote? On the FCC website? What?

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A strange Flip Video remote has been found on the FCC website, whose existence alone seems to indicate Flip Video has something new coming out. I mean, you don’t really need a remote control for a pocket camcorder, right? However, you do need a remote for, say, a set-top box. Think about it.

StarTech’s got a solution for your headless computers

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Section: Computers, Hardware, Peripherals, Displays/Projectors, Mice / Keyboards Maybe you followed my advice over six months ago and decided to take an old computer and make it a server. Perhaps you are an IT professional who manages servers. Either way, you may want to check out...

A-DATA SH93 waterproof & shock-resistant portable hard-drive

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A-DATA have lobbed a few new external hard-drives our way and, while we’d normally squeal like little girls at the thought of data damage, today we’re mute as sensible, grown men.

Google removes Pirate Bay from index

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The irony being that searching for "Pirate Bay" now brings up the infinitely shiftier piratebay.com. From the Google results: In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 4 result(s) from this page.

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Asus EeeBox EB1501 Nettop with 1080p Output

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Asus have revealed details of the EeeBox EB1501 nettop today. The new computer is the first in the EeeBox range that has an optical drive along with Windows 7 installed.

OWC 1TB Mercury On-The-Go Pro Portable Hard Drive

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Other World Computing (OWC) will release the new Mercury On-The-Go Pro portable hard drive that comes in a 1TB of storage capacity. It is enough to store up to 1,000,000 JPEG photos, 500 DVD movies, 76-hours of digital video, or 350,000 MP3 songs.

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Novatel MC996D HSPA+ modem speeds through FCC

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Novatel Wireless’ MC996D HSPA+ USB modem has cleared the FCC, paving the way for up to 21.6Mbps connectivity. While the company has successfully blocked internal or external shots of the modem, together with the user guide, we caught up with a prototype MC996D back in April.

AUO vows half-price e-book readers

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AU Optronics (AUO) said on Friday that it hopes to slash the price of e-book readers in half within two years.

Nokia hops aboard wireless power bandwagon

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One of the things I always hate the most when my cell phone needs charged is that I know I will end up crawling around under the desk trying to find the cable to plug my phone in.

Honda nanotech has potential for new class of electronics

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I grew up at the dawn of the consumer electronics age. I remember the first cell phone my dad owned, it was a huge device compared to what we have today. I also remember playing Pong with my dad at a young age.

PUNCH camera concept creates rasterized perforated prints

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Despite the clamoring for higher and higher resolution digital cameras, all it takes is one good idea and we’re willing to make do with far fewer pixels.

Thrustmaster reveals more Wii accessories for Wii Fit and MotionPlus

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I bought a Wii Fit to mess around with when they first came out and realized quickly that you can actually get a work out using a game console. As more and more people starting using the Wii fit to get in shape new accessories starting hitting the market.

TUAW Tips: Get a better view with Quick Look

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Filed under: Hacks, Odds and ends, TUAW TipsQuick Look is such an awesome feature of Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6, making it really fun and easy to view files and folders from anywhere on your Mac. But what happens when you have a folder with multiple items and want to get a better idea of what's inside?

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