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HP Pavilion dv6-1253cl: A Multimedia Powerhouse

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Multimedia desktops better watch their backs; the HP Pavilion dv6-1253cl is a powerful, portable desktop replacement. I took the machine for a spin to test how well it handles photo editing and Blu-ray discs, and the results were pretty impressive.

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Evil OS X pranks

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Here is a list of 10 OS X pranks you can pull of a coworker or friend. In the example below you can see someone setting up the key combo for ‘paste’ to ‘log out’ – probably really irritating for the person who get pranked. 9 more evil OS X pranks over at Maclife.com.

Premium Guitar Hero drum controller from Logitech

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Logitech has announced a premium Guitar Hero drumset for the PS2 and PS3, priced at $199 and available soon.

Samsung Releases N310, Newegg Shows It Off

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Samsung's new N310 netbook may not be too different from the rest of the field spec-wise, but it sure is pretty. The computer, which is available starting today from Newegg.com, comes in a choice of three colors--blue, red and black--with finish that extends over the entire body of the machine.

Stargate Coasters

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Here is something fun for all the Stargate fans out there, a set of Stargate coasters, which are bound to look cool in your geeky apartment. The SG-1 program, however, ran out of money in season 10 – er, I mean – 2007, and Cheyenne Mountain had to liquidate its assets.

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LG rolls out slick phone UI, invites you to play with it via desktop widget

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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Email / IM, Smartphones, MobileLG is very proud of their S-Class OS and want everyone to get some playtime with it. So the easiest way to do that is to create a downloadable widget for your computer and let you play with the 3D tumbling and sliding fun of...

Gold Lego USB Drive

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OK so it isn’t made from real gold, but this fun USB drive was made from a 50th anniversary gold Lego 2x 4 brick and it has been modified to fit a USB drive inside. The gold Lego USB drive comes with 2GB of storage, and has a key chain attachment so you can add your keys to it.

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Vacuum Tube Thumb Drives

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Vacuum Tube Thumb Drives CF14 Industries have created the Vacuum Tube USB Thumb Drive. According to Hacked Gadgets the thumb drives took a bit of trail and error to make, so having a few around when making your own is a good idea.

Sony Ericsson W205 Walkman Phone

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Sony Ericsson has added two new mobile phones to its Walkman range with the launch of the W205 and W205a Walkman phones. The W205 and W205a Walkman phones are according to Sony Ericsson affordable, although they haven’t released any pricing information as yet. Here are the specifications.

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Turntable+CD recorder+cassette recorder+radio: Teac Japan’s new all-in-one device

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Teac Japan announced the LP-R550 today [JP], a kind of Swiss Army knife for audio freaks. Buyers get a turntable, a cassette player/recorder, a CD player/recorder and a PLL synthesized AM/FM stereo tuner. Teac released a similar device on the Japanese market just a few months ago.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

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I managed to finagle the car for the morning (no, I haven’t taken my pain meds…I’ll do that after I’m done driving), so I’ve got 87 errands to run after I go to my doctor’s appointment. Charge!

ASUS Eee PC T91 Review Round-up

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Having showed up on Amazon earlier today, it seems the ASUS Eee PC T91 really is ready for US prime-time. The reviews have already begun to spring up across the usual suspects, so what’s the consensus?

More sn0w in the Form of Purplesn0w hits iPhone 3G S

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More sn0w in the Form of Purplesn0w hits iPhone 3G S Purplesn0w has been launched which provides a soft-unlock for your iPhone 3G S. It was developed by George Holtz who developed the jailbreak tool for the 3G S iPhone.

Ask TUAW: Case-sensitive file system, writing apps, universal remotes, and more

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Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWWelcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column!

This Just Inbox: A book-sensitive reading lamp

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Reading lamp, designed by French designers Jun Yasumoto, Alban Le Henry, Olivier Pigasse and Vincent Vandenbrouck, is wonderfully simple: it's "a lamp that shuts off when you put a book on it, and that turns on when you take your book to read it."(more...

Acer to release one Android, three Winmo handsets this year

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By a show of hands, who forgot about that unannounced Acer handset that Mr. BlurryCam spied a few months ago? It’s cool. That phone *might* turn out to be one of the four smartphones Acer still has on tap for this year.

RIP: Cloudbook maker, Everex 2008 – 2009

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The Cloudbook by Everex: It was one of the first netbooks released back in the wild and crazy days of 2008. But it didn’t start off on the right foot. Everex delayed the Cloudbook a few times and early reviews told a sad story, but it was eventually sold at Walmart.

Amazon’s UK Kindle deal almost final? December launch & 3G/WiFi tipped

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Amazon is reportedly close to setting a release date for the Kindle in the UK, with “advanced negotiations” underway with a carrier for providing the wireless connection via which the device downloads ebooks.

$5 Million Suit Filed Over Amazon Kindle Cracking

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Perhaps it's a bit much to ask, but I'd expect that a protective cover purchased for an expensive device like the Amazon Kindle would, at the very least, not damage the product.

Zombie T-shirt! For free!

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Impress your friends and mortify your co-workers with this unassuming Resident Evil T-shirt that TRANSFORMS YOU INTO A ZOMBIE! How much will this shirt set you back? Zero dollars!

Vaccuum Tube USB Thumb Drive

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We have seen lots of different USB drives here on geek gadgets, the latest one is this cool Vacuum Tube USB Thumb Drive made by the guys over at CF14 Industries.

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La Guitare à Crayon: Wacom meets acoustic guitar [Video]

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An acoustic instrument bristling with buttons and knobs is always off to a good start, but Patrick Sébastien Coulombe’s “la Guitare à crayon” goes a few steps further into strangeness.

Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360)

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Movie licensed games have generally sucked something fierce. Very rarely are any of them ever any good, and the same goes for movies based on videogames. Something gets lost in translation.

Visualizing Complex Functions

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From the paper (PDF) "Lifted Domain Coloring" by Konstantin Poelke and Dr. Konrad Polthier: Domain coloring, as the name suggests, makes use of a color spectrum to compensate the missing dimension.

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International iPhone users: bringing your iPhone to the States? Your options are limited.

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Wireless, iPhoneThe iPhone seems like it should be the perfect companion for the international traveler. Not only can it make phone calls in pretty much any country, it can also help keep you entertained on long flights.

65,000 signatures on petition to get LAN back in StarCraft II (but will Blizzard listen?)

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By now I’m sure you know that Blizzard doesn’t plan to support LAN in StarCraft II. There’s a petition going around that politely asks Blizzard to reconsider. Said petition has some 65,000 signatures on it. You should sign it, too.

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