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Cheap diamond USB watch necklaces raises question of fashionable multifunction

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Fake diamonds + watch + USB drive make up this blinged out necklace marketed towards ladies who might want to carry their data around their necks. At $22 for 2 gigs, it's most definitely cheaper than buying each separately. But can Multifunction really = High Fashion?

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Gadget Accessories: Are These Do’s Or Don’ts?

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If you're going to sport a full-on utility belt*, as opposed to a more diminutive one, is it necessary that you also wear some legit combat gear, ninja boots, or a Batman cape?

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Senators wonder aloud if only AT&T should be able to sell the iPhone

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Four senators have sent a letter to Michael Copps asking the FCC Commissioner to decide if wireless carriers having exclusive partnerships with phone companies is fair to the consumer, in anticipation of a Commerce Committee meeting this week.

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Altec Lansing Backbeat Pro headphones now shipping

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If you’ve been waiting around for a good pair of in-ear headphones to drop, then you might just be in luck with the latest from Altec Lansing. The Backbeat Pro earphones are now shipping and they look pretty slick, to boot.

Digital Britain: Internet access is as vital as access to clean water

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This is the second piece of government or state-related literature that in the past few days has equated Internet access with access to clean water and electricity. (The first was that French court ruling.)

How to Avoid Paying the iPhone 3GS Upgrade Tax

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Those tears of joy shed by iPhone loyalists are turning into cries of grief with the announcement by AT&T that it will impose a $200 fee to upgrade to the next-generation iPhone, which lands in stores Friday.

WWDC Live: Adrian Kosmaczewski

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Filed under: Video, WWDC, DeveloperWe featured the work of Adrian Kosmaczewski last year, when he helped out WWDC '08 attendees with a script he whipped up to convert the AJAX-based schedule to an iCal .ics file.

Gigabyte T1028M, Atom Powered Tablet PC

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Gigabyte roll out its 10.1″ touchscreen tablet pc called Gigabyte T1028M. Come in a convertible design with a 10.1″ touchscreen, Gigabyte T1028M is powered by an Intel Atom N270, 1GB of RAM and 160GB HDD. T1028M is preloaded with Windows XP Home OS without Microsoft Tablet Input.

Sony VAIO VGP-BMS10 Bluetooth Mouse revealed

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Sony is showing off a new bluetooth mouse that’s super compact. It’s called the VGP-BMS10 and it’s made to go perfectly with the VAIO P ultraportable laptop. Now, apparently you can have the complete package.

USB cassette player

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If you have lots of old cassette tapes in your drawers you might be interested in this nice little gadget that will convert your old tapes into more useable mp3 files.

Bezos: The Kindle is competition

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Jeff “Michael Stipe Awake” Bezos told a set of analysts that the Kindle - as a physical object - and the ebook store are two different and separate animals and that the device team is completely separate from the ebook sales business. Why is this important?

Happy 5th birthday (plus or minus a few months) TUAW!

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Filed under: Odds and ends, TUAW BusinessWhile writing up a short post about Wolfram|Alpha yesterday, I decided to test the service by entering a few domain names to see what kind of results I would get.

Scamander RRV can cover any ground (and water)

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Now this is pretty cool. The Scamander was built to go over anything and it truly lives up to its build promise. Peter Wheeler decided to make a car that could go anywhere and before he died, he saw his dream fulfilled.

TomTom announces Homer Simpson voice skin

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If you own a TomTom Sat Nav you will now be able to have everyones favorite cartoon character giving you directions, Homer Simpson. Head on over to the TomTom website for more details and to check out some of the sample sound clips. The Homer Simpson voice skin will be available for $12.95.

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Dog Stapler

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Dog staplers come in all different kind of shapes and sizes. We have covered one earlier here at GeekAlerts and you might also have seen this other model. If that’s not enough, now you have yet another one to choose from. When this dog bites, your work is done.

Huawei Android U8230 Phone

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The Huawei Android U8230 from MWC this year has now been revealed and while the specifications are a bit on the vauge side, we do have some of the skinny on this upcoming phone. The U8230 will feature a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 1500mAH battery and a sleek design.

AT&T U-Verse Total Home DVR gets speed boost, free films, more

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AT&T have announced a bevy of new features for their U-verse Total Home DVR system, that will begin rolling out to customers from today.

Kingston debuts 128GB DataTraveler 200 flash drive

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Kingston announced a brand new flash drive series yesterday called the DataTraveler 200, which sports a 128GB capacity for the very first time. Other models are 32GB and 64GB, rounding out the line up nicely. These flash drives feature added security by means of the Password Traveler software.

Gigabyte T1028M Tablet PC Using Atom Processor

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Gigabyte release the tablet PC with Intel Atom processor inside. The design of T1028M looks elegant with 10.1-inch touchscreen display using Windows XP Home OS without Microsoft Tablet input.

Recently on Offworld

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Recently on Offworld, we saw the latest best proof of concept mobile augmented reality game -- ARhrrrr -- (that's the name, not an interjection), a camera phone game from Savannah/Georgia Tech that lets you use green and orange Skittles as proximity mines to help fend off a zombie invasion.

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Rumor Quashed: No new Xbox 360 in 2010

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The rumor that Microsoft would be shipping a bumped-up Xbox 360 console with Natal integrated in 2010 has turned out to be false according to director of product management, Aaron Greenberg.

Olmypus E-P1: Part DSLR, Part Point-and-Shoot, All Awesome

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I think I love this camera. I mean, I haven't actually tried the thing out--in fact, I just heard about it a few minutes ago, but I'm fairly certain this is love at first sight. Olympus's new E-P1 is a little bit point-and-shoot, a little bit DSLR, and just generally a rad -ooking little camera.

How Much Junk Is In My Trunk?

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By trunk, I mean this lightweight nylon jacket from Scottevest, maker of gadget-minded, pocket-rich clothing. Frankly, a lot of technical gear mdash much of Scottevest's stuff included mdash doesn't suit my everyday aesthetic and/or looks huge on my frame*.

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Twitter Icon Pillow

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Some of our readers will remember the fun RSS Icon pillow that we featured on the site previously, which was made by Etsy seller Craftsquatch, they have just added a fun new geeky pillow to their range, the Twitter Icon Pillow.

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Seagate and Rebit Team Up for Easy Backup

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PC users will no longer need to look at Apple's Time Capsule in envy, thanks to the Seagate and Rebit-powered Seagate Replica, a backup appliance supporting whole-PC backup on multiple machines.

Flip Cams Now Come with FlipShare Software

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Starting today, all Flip video cameras will come with new preloaded software that makes it incredibly easy to share your videos with friends. Called FlipShare, the software arrives on the camera itself and works with Windows and Macintosh computers.

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