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Sony HX9V, HX100V long-zoom cameras slip out early

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Two Sony Cyber-shot cameras have leaked out on Friday that could have Sony pushing the limits of long-zoom cameras. The HX9V could have one of the longest zooms ever in a compact camera with a 16X, f3.3-5.9 lens.

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Verizon iPhone Trade-In May Not Be the Best Choice

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To add even more AT&T iPhone customers to the already large amount of people switching phone services to Verizon in order to get the iPhone 4, Verizon is letting some AT&T customers trade in their iPhones for credit when they buy a new Verizon iPhone 4 and sign up for a two-year contract.

iPad 101: Reverting to an older version of an application

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It happens to us all: an application update for the iPhone or iPad goes awry, and the new app doesn't do things the way we want (or, unfortunately, work at all on one of our devices).

Analyst: Apple to expand the iPhone to new carriers, boost sales in Asia

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Toni Sacconaghi of Sanford Bernstein said the Apple iPhone is enjoying wide-spread acceptance in Asia that is "on par with the U.S. in some cases."

Goodnight Sleep Trainer Teaches Your Baby to Sleep – In 2 Weeks!

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If you’ve just had a baby you’ll feel like the happiest person on earth, until you realise how bad sleep deprivation actually is. Here we’ve got an interesting (and perhaps controversial) way to get your baby to sleep through a full night within 2 weeks.

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Herman Miller promos: Win a Sayl or cash

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Herman Miller's currently running not one, but two promotional prize giveaways. The first is Twitter-based, and so low-effort you've got no reason not to try: "Simply tweet a TwitPic to @hermanmiller with the hashtag #liveunframed that shows how you 'live unframed.'

The two Kenwoods

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With shamefully similar logos and like hi-tech aesthetics, you could be forgiven for assuming Kenwood the kitchen appliance company and Kenwood the audio device company are one and the same.

BBC iPlayer app for iPhone and iPad to be released in February

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Paid Content:UK is reporting that the long-awaited BBC iPlayer app for iPhone and iPad is due to be released at some point late in February, almost a year after the app was first announced.

W3C drafts standard for touch-based web apps

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The W3C standards group today put out a draft of a standard for using touchscreen devices on the web. Touch Events would have a page react depending on conditions unique to the mouse-free environment, such as whether or or more fingers are in contact with the screen, dragging across the screen or...

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Keep Warm In the Frigid Outdoors With The Chaheati Chair

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The outdoors are great and a precious escape from the blandness of modernity. What isn’t great is frigid temperature and numbing cold, both of which have reared their ugliness this winter.

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Scientists Create The Ultimate Intelligence Test

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It’s called the “Anytime Universal Intelligence” project. What it does is measure the intelligence of computers and thinking machines so that better A.I. can be built. It also applies to humans.But the really compelling bit is the anytime system.

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MSI WindPad 100W Tablet Available Now

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I really like my iPad, but I admit that there have been a few times I wished it would run some of the software that I run on my desktop Windows computer. If it could run some of my software, I would never need my notebook again.

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Sony PSP 2/NGP

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Sony's latest PSP 2/NGP has unveiled. It has a 5-inch OLED(960 x 544) touchscreen, dual an..(Read...

AT&T MiFi 2372 Review

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It’s taken AT&T long enough to push a MiFi mobile hotspot out of the door, but finally the AT&T Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372 is available. As with the original MiFi units, the premise is straightforward: take one 3G connection and share it between a number of WiFi devices.

Apple Seeking RFID Expert in Recent Job Postings

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We all know Google is pushing big into the NFC market with the inclusion of support in the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, and it looks as if Apple is readying themselves to be ready for the next generation of mobile payment systems with two new job listings on their corporate site.

Google Experimenting with Display Ads in Gmail

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Don't go hitting the panic button if you suddenly notice ads in your Gmail account, you're not the victim of a virus or any other malware looking to wreak havoc on your system. So what's going on?

Ferrari F150: The First Formula One Car Of The Season Inches Toward Green

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The new Formula One season begins in March, and Ferrari is the first team to show its hand. Its new car, the F150 (so named to commemorate 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy), was launched just a few hours ago at its headquarters in Maranello—Italy, of course.

eBook Sales Overtake Paperbacks

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In a sign that digital books may just be taking over those made of paper, Amazon has announced that for the first time the company has sold more Kindle books than traditional paperbacks.

Solar Powered Pyramids Light Up The UAE

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As part of a UAE competition, a group of designers has come up with the Lunar Cubit: a solar powered pyramid that both provides power and looks beautiful.

SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: January 28 2011

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What’s the difference between a Windows 7 tablet and a steel hammer? Ask Fujitsu – they’ve got the answer. What’s better than listening to Aphex Twin? Listening to Aphex Twin on mushrooms.

Voice behind antennagate song records a patent ditty

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Remember that awesome antennagate song? You know, the one that was screened at the start of Apple's July 16th 2010 press conference all about the iPhone 4's antenna. Well...

HP: Feb. 9 webOS devices ship in weeks with Apple as target

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HP's new CEO Leo Apotheker said in an interview late Thursday that at least some of the webOS hardware due at the February 9 event will ship quickly. He promised the BBC that these would be real, near-term introductions and that the hardware would be ready 'just a few weeks later.'

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Google Swipes PayPal Vice President of Product Development

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Google has just poached the top payment executive from PayPal Osama Bedier, a man apparently key in moving the payment brand toward mobile payments. Does this have anything to do with Google’s recent big moves toward NFC implementation in their Android OS?

ZyXEL MWR211 Mobile Router Review

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Mobile hotspots are relatively common by now, and more and more smartphones offer data-sharing among their features; what, though, if you’ve already got a USB modem and are tied into – or content with – your existing data package?

Star Trek Potato Heads To Boldly Go Where No Potato Head Has Gone Before (sorry, had to)

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Nothing says selling out your brand than a Potato Head modeled after your star characters. I say that but I’ll still buy one of the TOS-themed toys “for my son” next Christmas. $30 and coming in August.

Nook Color firmware adds multi-touch browsing

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Barnes & Noble has quietly posted a 1.1 update for the Nook Color. The upgrade adds multi-touch web browsing to the Android reader and uses pinch gestures to zoom in. Home screen and shopping performance has also been given a significant speed boost....

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